[352] Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary Queen of Scots, i. 543.
“Das Leben geliebt und die Krone geküsst,
Und den Frauen das Herz gegeben,
Und zuletzt einen Kuss auf das blut’ge Gerüst—
Das ist ein Stuartleben.”
[354] Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary Queen of Scots, i. 551.
[355] Ibid. i. 547.
[356] That is the impression which his letters give me. Cf. Calendar, etc. pp. 565-609.
[357] “If there be not in her a proud mind, a crafty wit, and an indurate heart gainst God and His truth, my judgment faileth me” (The Works of John Knox, etc. ii. 286).
[358] The Works of John Knox, etc. vi. 132, Letter from Knox to Cecil (Oct. 7th, 1561).
[359] Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary Queen of Scots, i. 565.
[360] For summary of evidence, cf. Hay Fleming, Mary Queen of Scots, pp. 267-68.