John Knox and His Times

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...Parliament--Knox addresses the Lords fro'm St Giles' Pulpit--Another Meeting between the Queen and Knox--No flattering Words from Mary this time. But Mary was not satisfied, and her uncles, the Guises, advised her to throw off the mask, and openly befriend the Catholics. To this she was well inclined, had such a course been practicable. But it was not; and so averse were the common people to everything Komish, that when a Jesuit, with a secret message from the Pope, arrived, the Queen was afraid to see him openly; and Maitland, who was no longer true either to England or the Keformation, managed the matter, and admitted him into the Queen's presence whilst the Protestant nobles were at church. However, the sermon was short, and Lord James, coming suddenly into the ante-chamber, the Papal envoy was almost detected. As it was, in the hurry of smuggling, him away, Kandolph was sure he saw a strange visage, and Lord James acknowledged that his sister had deceived him--that after all Knox had been right. The messenger, who was a bishop, narrowly escaped with his life. Early this year, Lord James was made Lieutenant of the Border, and at the same time the Queen gave him the lands of Murray, hitherto illegally held by the Earl of Huntly. The Earl refused to part with them, and Lord James, determined to punish him, carried Mary off to the north, to visit him in his stronghold, and force him either to submission or open rebellion. It is difficult to understand Mary's reason for consenting to this plan, but she set off in high spirits. Whether, says Knox, there was an agreement between the Papists of the north and the Papists of the south, or, to speak more plainly, between Huntly and the Queen, is not known, but suspicion is...