[182] "The attempt to make one's self the interpreter of the secret sentiments of historical personages is always dangerous and frequently ridiculous."
[183] See "Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland, preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office. 2 vols. quarto. London, 1858."
Copy in Astor Library. This calendar gives the date and abstract of the contents of each document. There is no record of any letter of Randolph to Cecil of Oct. 5th, 1565, but there is one of Oct. 4th.
[184] A copy of this rare poem in the original Italian may be found in the Astor Library.
"These puissant legions, whose exile
Hath emptied heaven."
Paradise Lost, Book i.
"Into our room of bliss thus high advanced
Creatures of other mould."
Par. Lost, Book iv.