“‘He shall not leave the room,’ said the Queen; ‘I read his danger in your face.’
“Then Ruthven and his followers rushed upon Rizzio, dragged him from the room, and stabbed him fifty-six times. You have seen the blood-stains in the Palace, where the wily Italian was killed.
“It is said that his body was thrown upon the same chest, at the foot of the stairs, where Mary had seen him first.
“Mary knew that Darnley had caused the murder.
“‘I will now have my revenge,’ she said, in the presence of the conspirators.
“She said to Darnley, ‘I will cause you to have as sorrowful a heart as I have now.’
“For political reasons she, however, became seemingly reconciled to him. Three months after the tragedy, James VI. of Scotland and I. of England was born. You have seen his birthplace to-day.
“Twelve months passed. Earl Bothwell, a profligate noble, had won the Queen’s confidence. There is little doubt that the two formed a plot to destroy Darnley’s life.
“The Queen went to visit Darnley at Glasgow, he having fallen ill. She pretended great affection for him, and brought him to Edinburgh, and secured lodgings for him in a private house. She left him late one Sunday evening, to attend a marriage feast.
“She remarked to him, in one of their last interviews,—