[38]Melville’s Memoirs, pp. 167, 169 (Bannatyne Club).

[39]Melville’s Memoirs, pp. 171, 172.

[40]Birrel’s Diary, p. 6.

[41]Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 107.

[42]Diurnal of Occurrents, pp. 147–9.

[43]Calendar of State Papers (Foreign), 1561–71, pp. 526, 527.

[44]Calderwood, III. pp. 139. 140. Spottiswoode, II. pp. 164, 165. Historie of King James the Sext, pp. 90, 91. Diurnal of Occurrents, pp. 247, 248.

[45]Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 317.

[46]Tytler’s History, VIII. p. 10.

[47]Secret History of the Court of James I., II. p. 2.