[} (\COMMENTARIA DIURNA JOANNIS LESLIE, EPISCOPI ROSSENSIS, # LEGATI SERENISSIMI MARIE SCOTORUM REGINE IN ANGLIA.\) }] xj (^Aprilis^) 1571. - My Lordis Gallovay and Leveinstowne # departit furth of Lundon toward Scheffeild to the Queenis Majestie, quhair # thaj arriuit the xiiij day, being Pashe evin. I tereit at London. xij (^Aprilis^) 1571. - William Leslie of Carny departit # furth of Lundon towart France. That same nycht, James Cunneingam arryvit with # sure word that Dunbartan was taken, and my Lord Fleming eschapet, # and my Lord Sanctandrous in handis quha wald be execuite. xiij (^Aprilis^) 1571. - Jhone Chesholme departit towart the # Queene with letters. Charles Balze was takin at Dover with certaine printed # buikis in Inglish for Defens of the Queenis Honour and Title; and some # packedis

of letters quhilk war delyuerit till my Lord Burghly; and # Charles was put in clois presone in the Marschelsea. xiiij (^Aprilis.^) - My Lord Burghlie declared to me albeit # the Queene haid commandit me till depart towart the Queene my mistres +git he # had obtined licens to me to remane. xv (^Aprilis, being Pasche day.^) - I passit in the morning # till my Lord Burghly, and requestit him to be good in the mater tuiching # Charles. xvj (^Aprilis.^) - Robert Makesone and Melchior, the Spanes # Ambassadouris secreter, passit till visie Charles, and was haldin presonaris # in the Marschelsea. Bot Melchior was relivit within ten dayis, and Makesone still # kepit two monthis therefter. xviij (^Aprilis.^) - Charles was examinat be the Concell, # and was send to the Towre, quhair he was pute on the rak and racked a little, and # thairefter careit to the court and examinet agane, and returnit to the # Towre, and pepair and ink giffiin him to wreit his awin depositione: all # that tyme I maid continuallie suite to the Concell for him. xxj (^Aprilis.^) - I wreit to my Lordis Lecester and # Burghly, complenand for the racking of Charles, and that the president and example # was evile till all ambasadouris; and the Frenshe Ambassadour send to # Court to assist my former complent. And that same day the laird Garteley # departit towart the Queene with letters, and ane packed of letters from # my self to mony of the Nobiletie of Scotland, that no fault suld be # imput onto me that the Treatie tuik nocht better effect. He borrowit fourtie pundis sterleing from Acerbo de Vitelly, # for the quhilkis I am becum cautionar till be peyit within sax # monethis, and I haf Gartleis obligatione for my relief.

xxiij (^Aprilis.^) - Jhone Chesholme arryvit from the Queene # with certane packeddes of letters to France for him and Capitaine Muire, # P.D. xxvj (^Aprilis.^) - Jhone Chesholme, and Capitane Muir, and # Jackes, the Frensheman, departit from Lundon towart Ry, and so to France. I lenit to Johne Chesolm thre pundis, and to Capitane Mure # thre lib~s. striueling, to be payit to me agane, (\ut patet per # obligationes eorundem.\) (\Primo Maii\) 1571. - That day began gryt triumphe and # justing befoir the Queene at Vestminster; quhilk day I tuik the first fitte of # my feaver at ix hours at nycht, with ane gryt veirines, cold, schattring of # tyeith, and thair efter a gryt hait, quhilk held me all that nycht. The # same day Mr Dauid Borthik and Mr Williame Arthe arryvit with letters from # the Queene. (\2=o= Maij.\) - Doctouris Caldvall and Goode com and # visitit me, and declared I had the agew, and prescryvit remedeis, and that same day # caussit minister ane clyster. (\3=o= Maij.\) - I hade the 2 futte. (\4=o= Maij.\) - A vayne of my rycht arme vas oppened. I # laten bloud, ten or xij unces. The said day arryvit Williame Fuller, Michall # Gilbert, and vtheris marchandes, and brocht letters from the Queene, makand mentione # that my Lord Schrewesberrie was commandit to keip hir moir strait, and # hade pute new ordour till hir servandis; quheirupone I send till my Lord # Burghlie the letters that I resaued, and desyred him till get answer of the # Queenis Majistie of all thais particularateis, and delyuer the same till George # Dowglas, quha was till repair towart the Queene; quhilk he did. (\5=o= Maij.\) - I tuik my 3 futte.

(\6=o= Maij.\) - I tuik medecin, and George Dowglas departit # towart the Queene, quhairwith I send letters, and sic packedis as I hade resaued # from France. (\7=o= Maij.\) - I had the 4 futte of my ageu; and thair # arryvit from the Queene Mr Nynean Vynnart, the perfoumer, Gileis Reid appointit # till remane with me, and Gil+geam, Frenshman, to pas into France, and # Lowrence Gordon apuntit be his fader, my Lord Gallovay, to go to # Camarage. (\8=o= Maij.\) - I wreit at lynth in Scotland till # Leidtheintoun, Huntlie, Grange, and Robert Melving, and send thame be ship with ane marenall # callit Smyth; and tuik ane cleyster the same day. (\9=o= Maij.\) - I hade the 5 futte. (\10=o= Maij.\) - The Frenshe Ambassadour come and visitat # me in my seiknes, as he did very oft. (\11 Maij.\) - I had the 6 futte of my agewe. (\12=o= Maij.\) - I resauit letters from Mr Thomas Maitland # to be send to the Queene, and letters from Mr George Hackert, quho send me sum # bookes with Thomas Covy, viz., (\Theatrum Orbis Terrarum\) , contining # all the chartes that ar prented, with the Epistilles of Antonio de Gueuerra, in # Spaneis and Frenshe; with ane rym of fyne paper. (\13=o= maij,\) (^Sonday.^) - I hade my 7 fitte. That day efternovne, I lying seik in my fitte, thair com to # my lodging the Erle of Sussex, Lord Burghlie, Sir Walter Myldmay, and Sir # Ralph Saidlar, quha askit at me many questions, to the quhilkis I # anserit as seamit most reasonable and conuenient to me. And than presentlie they # did

sequester all my servandes from me, saiffing two, to depend # upone me in my chalmer, and apoynted two gentlemen of the Queenis # servandes, callit Mr Kingismyll and Maister Skipwith, to attend upone me in my # howse, and that none suld go furth nor cum in. Thai visitat my studie, # quhairin all my principale wretingis was, with ane litill coffer with sum # jevuelles thairinto, and tuk the key thairof with thame, and sealet the door; and # tuik with thame ane wretin buik of the "Defens of the Queenis Title # and Honour," to confer with the prent book to see yf thai war conform. I # made a minute of this conference. I deliuered to my Lord Burghly the copie of certaine lettres # writtin be Mr Randolph into Scotland aganis the Queene of Scottis my # Maistres, and complenit thairupon. (\14=o= Maij.\) - Efternoune the Queenis litter was brocht # to my lodgyng be hir awin servandes, quhairin I was careit to the Bischope of # Ely's howse in Holburne; quhair I remanit, and two serwandis with me, with my # cooke boy, and haid all my awin furniture, and maid my awin chargeis # during my residens thair. Thair was one of the Bishopis servandis # appoynted to be cator to by my meat, and all necessaries to me; and the said # two gentlemen did continuallie attend upon me, quhil the 17 day of August # that I departed from Lundon. (\15=o= Maij.\) - I hade my 8 fitte; and George Dowglas # arryvit in the towne from the Queene, and brocht ane packed of letters direct to me; # quhilk he delyuered to my Lord Burghly, with ane memor till by sume # graith to the Queene. Maister Fouller wreit to me to haif his lodging # delyuered onto him, becaus of my absens, and that my servandis suld haif the vther # lodging to remane into quhair my Lord Gallovay and Leveinstowne was; and # to that effect he did speik with my Lord Leicister and Burghlie, that # no impediment suld be maid be reasone of the studie that was loked and # sealet. I wreit to him answer at lynth, and that I wald pleis hym in that, becaus # I was to

pass to Esleintoune, quhen I gat my libertie; and commandit my # servand to gif him +L11, 13s. 4d. for the byrune maill of his howsis, as # is continit in the dobbill of the letter quhilk I wreit to him. (\16=o= Maij.\) - Sir Walter Myldma and Sir Thomas Smyth com # and spak with me, at the command of the Concell, and told me, thai hade # bene with the Spaneis Ambassadour, inquyring him, gif I hade delyvered # him any letters; and askit me, quha maid the booik of the Title. To the # quhilk I maid reasonable answeris, as is to be seine be the minutes of # that conference. (\17=o= Maij.\) - I hade the 9 fitte. (\18=o= Maij.\) - The packed of letters was send to me, # quhilk George Dowglas brocht be the Concell cloiss, quho willit me till take the # Queenis letters direct on to me, and to send the remanent to thame agane; and efter # that I haid oppened the packed and red the Queenis letter, I send the same # and all the rest to thame agane, becaus thai war onlie letters com from the # Erles Cassilis and Egleintoune, and otheris, compleining on the Erle # Lenox for the putting of thais two Erles in vairde during the Abstinance # and treatie; and desyrit thame till caus the Queene thair Soverane put # remeid tharto, becaus it tweched hir in honour to have that Abstinance kepit, # quhilk hade beine so many vais brokin. But I culd haif no answer thairto; # and becaus thair was credit commit till George Dowglas, I desyrit that he # mycht be sufferit to cum and speik with me. (\19=o= Maij.\) - I hade the 10 fitte. (^Sondai,^) (\20=o= Maij.\) (\21=o= Maij.\) - I hade the 11 fitte.

(\22=o= Maij.\) - George Dowglas com and spak with me in # presens of my keiparis, and told me of the Queenis estait, and that Mr James # Boyd had beine thair and returnit in Scotland, and that adverteisment # was cum thairfra that the Erle of Argyle, the Lord Boyd, and many utheris, was # cum to Edinbrucht; and that Mr James Kircady was saiflie landit at # Leith, and convoyit to the Castell be the Lord Boyde, and all that he # brocht; and that Lenox was in the Abbay, quhair he intendit to hold his # Parliament; with sundre uther lyk adverteisments; and that the Frenshe # Ambassadour had audience the day preceding, and that he himself hade # presented the letter wretin to the Queene in George Dowglas favour; bot the # Q. Ingl. wald not grant to wreit to Lenox for his favouris at this # present. That same day, the moist part of the Lordis of the Concell # com and dynit with the Bishop of Ely, and send me word be my two keparis, # that Maister Randell was callit before the Concell to answer to thaise # copeis of letters quhilk I hade giffin in, and that he answerit, that he # rememberrit not that he hade wretin ony such letters in Scotland; and thairfor thay # inquyred me, gif I hade the principalles to be produced. I answerit, # that I trustit the principalles was in the Queene my Mistres hands, and that I # wald vreit for thame so I myght haif my letters convoyed. (\23=o= Maij.\) - I hade the 12 fitte of my agew; and maid # ane letter to be sent to the Queene my Mistres, declaring my estait, desyring # hir to vreit to the Queene for my libertie, and to send Maister Randellis # letters, or els hir awin answer to the court; and wreit ane letter thairwith to # my Lord Burghly, desyring him till send the same till the Queene my # Mistres be the ordinar post, or els to gif ane pasport to one of my awin # to pass thairwith, and to returne with answer. Mr Kyngismyll did present theis # letteris to my Lord Burghly.

24 (^Maij.^) - George Robysone passed to court and spak with # my Lordis Lecester and Burghly; quho told him, that no ordoure wold be # tane in my effayres quhill the Parliament war endit. Quhilk nicht thair # com neuis that Mr Androw Leslie, my cusing in Ab~e [\Aberdene?\] , was # deceissed the 20 of Aprile, to my greif. This same day ane cariar passit to the # Queene, with quhom M. N. wreit my estait. 25 (^Maij.^) - I hade the 13 fitte of my agew. I receaved # ansuer from Court to reforme some wordis of my letter, and to send it be a # servand of my Lord Shreuberes, quha departit the 27 day; quhilk was done. 26 (^Maij.^) - I had a fitte, being the 14; bot it was bot # licht, and therupon I wan a nycht cap fra Doctour Calduell, who said I suld have no # mair efter the 12. 27 (^Maij.^) - I was more fast, and gat a clistere, and # efter that had no more fittes. 28 (^Maij.^) - I had no access of fitt in effect. 29 (^Maij.^) - I past furth first to tak the ayre, bot was # veray feble, and very [\weary\] or I culd retorne to the house from the gardin. 30 (^Maij.^) - The Queene of England past to the Parliament, # and endit the same; in the quhilk, contrare to the expectation of many, # she wold not conferme any Actes past for more extreme using of the # Religion, and sundry others. I was virie all that day for my passing furth the nycht # precedyng. 30 (^Maij.^) - The two Doctours, Calduell and Good, was with # me, and gafe every one of thame 12 angell nobillis for thair panis, # (^inde^) , 12 lib~.; and to

thair apothecar, 4 lib~. or thereby; and to the barbour that # oppined my vaine, ane angell; summa, 16 lib~. 10 sh. sterling; and thai # promesed to retorne as I suld have ado. Then begouth I to reid the Historie of Polidorus Virgilius # Anglie, partly be my self, and sumtymes causit my servand reid to me; quhilk # was compleitly red before the 16 of Junij therefter following, wherin I lerned # many notable historeis necessarie to be knowen. (\Primo Junij\) 1571. - I was trobled with a deflux and # distillation humours from my head, quhilk maid me to have sore teith, and a gryit # havines in my body, with a reast and constipation; and so continewit quhill # the 6 of Junij, that I was constrained to send for the phisicians againe. 6 (^Junij.^) - The two Doctours begouth a new cure, and gave # me thrie dayis following preparatives for a medicine. (^Sonday,^) (\x=o= Junij\) 1571. - They gafe me a potion of # medecine quhilk was the most vehement that ever I gat in all my tyme, quhilk # provoked me both to vomiting and other purgation, wherby I was mervelous # seik. My Lord Burly send me word that thair was letters cummin to # the Q. Ingl. for my liberte, fra the Q. my Mistres, and I suld # heare of them within three or four dayes. xij (^Junij^) 1571. - Thair was prepared a bath-fatt for to # bathe me intill, quhilk cost 30 sh., and efter I had used it I lenit it to # Doctor Good, quho hes it still in keping. xiij=o=. (^Junij.^) - Efter the forsaid purgatione, I tuik # the baithe twa sundrie dayis preparit with heit watter, and sindrie herbes, sic as red # roses, vialet, laiffiis, camavyne, malvis, quhilk was hotte with the water, # bot not put in the baith-fatt, but the watter sythed throw ane cloith; # quhairin I tareit the

space of ane hour nereby at every tyme, and thairefter laid in # bed and dryit, and ordinat to sleip. xvj=o= (^Junij^) 1571. - A skarmish in Skotland, betwix # Edinburgh and Leith, betuix Huntly, Hwme, and thair cumpany, for the Queene, against # Morton and his cumpany, baith the parties drawin to the feildis be the # Marshell of Bervik, Sir William Drury, onder colour of a concord, quho # stude by and did behold them. The Lord Hume was taken, the Abbot Kilvynning slayne, Capitane Cullane, and mony otheris taken. The King of France had wreiten to the Queene of Ingland for # my liberte, quhilk his Ambassadour hed delyverit, the day # preceding, to the Queene in his audience. And this day I was send for at 7 of the clok at nycht, and # passit with my keparis to the Erle of Sussex howse; quher the Erle, my Lord # Burghlie, and Mr Knollis, thesaurer, did inquire me of sic things as was # demandit abefor, with uthers, as is contanit in the minute thairof, put # be me in wreit; and thay promised to move the Queene for my libertie. The same day, the Lord [\Laird\] of Skeldon, Jhone # Dryisdell, and Alexander Eskyne, arryvit from France with letters from Jhone Chisholme, # and Jhone Daividson, and James Davidsone, requiring ansuer to be # send to Jhone to Flanders, and to James to Paris. (^Sonday,^) xvij (^Junij.^) - I pat the examinatione in # forme, and send the copy therof to D~. I begouth to reid (\Confession Augustianiana\) , # quhilk is (\tanquam Epitome omnium Operum diui Augustini.\) xviij (^of Junij.^) - I wreit to Scotland to Lid. Gr. V. M., # in ane ship with Thomas Ramsay. xix (^Junij.^) - Williame Leslie of Carny aryvit from # France. Letters fra [^SIGN^] & [^SIGN^] Thoma Chisholme, and M. D~. C. A~.

xx=o= (^Junij.^) - Capitane Bukell com fra Scotland with # newis of the forsaid defait betwix Edinbrucht and Leith, and with letters desyring # support, wherupon James Cuninghame was still avaitting at Lundon. xxj (^Junij.^) - Chalmer aryvit from the north partis of # Scotland, with letters from sundry my freinds and servandis, of particular effaires, # and woord of the dethe of the Lard of Geycht. xxij (^Junij.^) - I wreit to the Queene to be send with # Skeldon (dat. 20 Junij) with the copy of the last examinatione; bot he went away # the nixt day without my letters. I wreit a lang letter to the Queene of Ingland for my # purgation, her satisfactione, and desyring my libertie (\ut patet\) , dat. 23 # Junij; and two letters to my Lordis Lecester and Burghly, to present the same; # quhilk thay did, and the ansuer was promesed within three dayes. xxiij (^Junij.^) - I wreit to D., and send therwith the copy # of my letter written to the Queene of Ingland. Lecester told G. Robeson that # I suld have libertie shortly, albeit my lyfe was ... and that he was still my friend. William Leslie made suite to # speik with me, bot culd not have it; gat hard ansuer fra Lord Burghly, and # faire speches fra Lecester. This day Jhone Chesolm departit furth of Diep towart # Scotland, with money and munitione. (^Sonday the^) 23 (^of Junij.^) - Midsymmer day. ... Letters fra xx, and fra the B. Dumblayne, and Mr Alexander # Chesolm, and sundry others. 25 (^Junij.^) - I wret to Glasgo be the 9 pacquett at lenth.

26 (^Junij.^) - I wreit to my Lord Burghly to solicit the # Queene to gif me ansuer, because the three dayes was past, allegeing the # verses of Horace - [^LATIN VERSE OMITTED^] 27 (^Junij.^) - I wrait in to Scotland, to Mr Alexander # Lesly, ansuer to all the letters ressavit with Chalmer, and letters to D. Gr. Rob # Melving, to certifie of all; but wer not send quhill 29 Junij 1571. 28 (^Junij^) 1571. - I wreit to Glasgow with Johne Dryisdale. 29 (^Junij.^) - Letters send to Lid. Gr. Rob Mel., with a # marchand of Dundee. 30=o= (^Junij.^) - The forsaidis letters sent to Mr # Alexander Lesly with Alexander Zoung, to be delyverit to Johne Lyl of the Nachtane. This day thair airyved ane gentillman callit Monsieur de # Arange, capitane of Monsieur D'Anjowis gard, at London, with a brave cumpany. # His message was to treate with the Queene of Ingland for the # marriage of the Duke Anjow: And he hed credit and commission from the King to speik for # the Queene of Scotland, and for my liberte.

(^Sunday, primo Julij^) 1571. - I wrat to the Ambassadour to # congratulat the cuming of the gentillman, wishing I was as I wont to be, to # do him service and plesour in his Majesties affairs. Thair audience # was differrit, becaus the Queene was seik. 2=o= (^Julij^) 1571. - The French Ambassadour and the said # gentillman had audience. Amonges other thair affairs, thay spak for my # delyvery to my Lordis Lecester and Burghly; bot the ansuer wes delayed. 3=o= (^Julij.^) - I ressavit advertisment cuming fra # Scotland of certan challenges for singular combat betuix the Lard of Grange and +goung # Garleis, in Scotland; and certan articles of Abstinence betuix the Duke of # Shatullerault and Lenox, be the mediation of the Mershell of Berwik; and # becaus thay culd not aggrie in Scotland therupon, therfore, both ther # offeris was send to the Q. to advyse. 4=o= (^Julij.^) - I wrot to Glasgo, with Johne Dryisdale. 5=o= (^Julij^) 1571. - I wrait a lang letter to my Lord # Lecester for my liberte, and one to the Lord Burghly; quhilk Maister Kingismel delyverit # on the nixt day, being the sext day, and had ansuer of them both, that # within two dayes I suld be put to liberte. 6 (^Julij.^) - Hary Cobham arryved fra Spayne. 7 (^Julij^) 1571. - The Q[\ueene of\] Ingland removed to # Hampton Court. They war so bissie that we culd have no resolution; bot # delayed, whill foure of fyve dayes be past. Michell Gilbert com to the Court, and send me in his ringis # and tablettis cumin furth of France, to be sene gif I wold be [\buy?\] ony of # them.

8 (^Julij.^) - Thair was letters written with Michell # Gilbert. Vl wreit to [^SIGN^] and his cumpany, be M. Gilbert, of the occurrences. 9 (^Julij.^) - I did reid the Actis of Parliament newly sett # out by this last Parliament; amonges quhilk, the first conteynis mony clauses # veray extreme and prejudicial to D., as may be ivell considerit therby, # specially in the word demand, and for speiking of a successour, and for bookes # (\ut patet\) . x=o= (^Julij.^) - The Franshe gentelman capitane departit # toward France, and, as is reported, no gryit hope of the mariage. Cutbert wreit me a letter that the money quhilk I left with # him is neir done, and therfore desyris me to provyd for more furnising. And # therfore I wreit to Mr Lesly of Carny to pas to Court and sutte for my # liberte, and for a pasport, to send ane to the Queene for ordour taken for # more furniture, and that he wold send down the keay of my study with ane of his awn, quhair thair is sum money that will serve for sum tyme, # quhill we send to the Queene and gett ansuer. xj=o= (^Julij.^) - Newis that the A. is offendit, that # Leith is fortiffied mor; and, in case Chesholm be taken, and the ship in quhilk he his # convoyit, in the cuntrey it will move him more. xij=o= (^Julij.^) - .. com to the .. hous ... I resseivit a # letter for the V. M., that H. C. had gotten ane cauld ansuer for M., quhilk # was the better for D. and N.'s effaires, zit to caus .. N. liberte. xiij=o= (^Julij.^) William Lesly advertist me that he hed # bene at Court and spak with my Lord Lecester, who gaf him good wordis; bot my Lord Burghly was gone to his hous in the cuntrey, and wold not # retorne for 8 dayes. It is certane that Johne Chesholm and Virak is taken, # with all the money and munition that they caried into Scotland.

I wrait to D. ansuer of the letter, quhilk I had ressavit # fra the Queene of the dait the 28 of Junij, with a ticket of the 5 of Julij. xiij=to= (^Julij^) 1571. - The V. G. past to Hampton Court, # whair he hed audience and complaynit upon the fortification of Leith as # aganis the treteis betuix the three realmis; desyred ordour to be taken # for the Queenis liberte, and als me to be relesit. He ressavit no direct ansuer # bot for me, quhilk was, that the Queene wold caus anes yit examine me, and # thereforth send me to my Mistres, and fra that into Scotland. Michell Gilbert offered to caus ressave money fra me here, # and give in Edinbrucht v li. vj sh. for every pound sterueling; bot I wold # have had v li. x sh. and likwyse to give so mekle as suld be ressavit # here from Scotland. He differred to the cuming of his good sone, Nicoll Vdwart, bot # he said he wold ansuer it in Deip, quhilk is most sure. He # affermed the sylver is mekle fynar and better shaipe in Paris nor in London, to be # bocht. (^Sonday,^) xv (^Julij.^) - The [^SIGN^] send me his # audience in wreit, and I wreit againe thankes for my part. 16 (^Julij^) 1571. - I was adverteist that Sir Thomas # Stanley, Sir Thomas Gerard, Mr Volson, and Hall was examinat, and put in the Towre. 17 (^Julij.^) - My Lord Burghly retorned to Court, and Mr # Kyngesmell past with my lettres to my Lord Lecester and Burghly, to remember to # get me the Queenis Majesties resolution, quhilk was promeist suld # be send from Hampton Court. 18 (^Julij.^) - I ressavit letters fra D., with ane copy of # ane letter fra the Bishop of Galleway to the Queene, of the estait and procidinges # in Scotland. Newis, a Parlement halden in Edinburgh the 12 of Junij be the Duke of Shatillo, Huntly, and utheris, with croun, sheptour, # and swourd;

the Queenis dimission maid null, the Queene restored, and # proclamed at the Crosse be Haroldis with thair coittis of armoure; and of # the maner of the skarmishes. Item, certaine articles for ane abstinance taken betwix # baith the parteis in Scotland. Ane Parlement be Lennox to be haldin in Stirling, # and ane be the Queenis partie in Edinburgh, the third of August, and # money summonit to be forefalted in them baith. 19 (^Julij.^) - I wreit to D. of all occurrentis with George # Robisone, and that the Frenshe Ambassadour hed ressavit money fra [^SIGN^] to be # send to the Queene, wherof he desyrit ane acquittance and he wald delyver # it. I wreit to [^SIGN^] , and send him the copy of the Bishop of # Gallewayis letter and the articles from Scotland. 20 (^Julij.^) - Robisone departit toward D. 21 (^Julij.^) - I red a booke in Inglis, newly prented, for # the defens of Apparell of the clergy, bering certane letters of Bullenger, Petir # Martyr, and M. Buser and others, quhilk the Bishop of Ely willed me to reid. I red the book of the new Statutes sett out in this last # Parliment, bering sundry actes worthy to be noted for examples to govern a # commounwealth; specially concerning the ministres of the Kirk, that none be # promoved before he be xxiij zeris of age, and bachelour in theologie, to # be a precheour or preist. That no leasse or tak be maid of any ecclesiasticall # benefice of landis, or possessiones partening therto, bot for xxj zeris, or # thrie lyfes. Nota, a lyfe is accounted heir bot v zere; for in bying of # purchasses, the commone use is to gif fywe zeris purchasse, as they call it, # which is fywe zeris proffeit for a lyfe rent, and xx zeris purchasse for # heritages. Item, ane Statut for usurie, that in all bondis, contractis, # and lones, it sall not be lesum to tak bot 10 for the hundreth in the zeare. Item, the act for fraudfull alterationes and bankruptes.

Item, for fugityves from their cuntrey for conseyence sak, # or otherwyse to losse their goodes and benefeit of their landis. Item, Nota, and acte maid for preservation of the Queenis # Majestie of Ingland, and for her seurty, wherein the Queene our Mistres is # touched for the Tytle. (^Sonday,^) xxij (^Julij^) 1571. - I had a book, intitilat # (\De Theologo, seu de Ratione Studii Theologici, Libri 4, Andrea Hyperio authore\) ; # quhilk I begouth to reid. Item, G. Rob. deperted toward D. xxiij (^Julij.^) - A. Cuninghame went into Scotland with # ansuer to Lennox, to keip quyetnes quhill new adverteismente. Mr Henrie Keir arriuit from France, and broht me crydeit # from Glasco, and send me ane new buk of Histories, (\Nostri Temporis ab anno # 1500, usq~ in annum 1568, authore Laurentio Surio\) . xxiij (^Julij.^) - I receaved a letter from my Lord Setoun. xxv. - A pasport refused to Keir, to pass towart the Queene; # bot ane granted till George Dowglas, so that he depart shortlie # thairefter furth of this realme. The Bishop of Ely dyned with me, and his wyfe # and cumpany. xxvj (^Julij.^) - I receaved lettres from the Queene, dated # 19=o= and 21=o= Julij, bearing newis from Scotland, wreiten at Edinbrucht, 2=o= Julij, # desyring support of money. xxvij (^Julij.^) - Diligence maid with Ambr. to satify the # contentis of D. lettres. xxviij (^Julij.^) - G. Rob. arryvit with letters from D.

(^Sonday,^) xxix (^Julij^) 1571. - Lettres sent with George # Dowglas to D. Lettres sent to [^SIGN^] and Grange, be my Lord Herys. Lettres sent to my Lord Setoun. Lettres sent to Hamyltoun. 30 (^Julij^) 1571. - I lennit twenty poundis to William # Lesly upon his obligation. G. Douglas departed toward the Queene. (\Ultimo Julij\) 1571. - M. H. Keyr made me advertisment of # the desyres of M., D., Th., Q., Flemyng, and of the - (\Primo Au=ti=\) 1571. - W. Lesly past to Court, and # Monsieur Saborine to travell for an ansuer of my liberte. I was requyred by Mr Skypwoth, in the ... nayme, to send the naimes of all my cumpany; quhilk I send in wreit, extending to # 25 persones. Veneson send to me be the [^SIGN^] of France, ane quartar of red deir, quhilk was slayne be the Queene of Ingland, and send be her to him. I wreit a lettre to my Lord Burghly, to remember him to get # me ane ansuer before the progres, quhilk was send to Mr Skipwothis servand. 2=o= (^Au=ti=.^) - Mr Skipwoth was send to remayne with the # Duke of Norfolk for ane day or two, becaus his kepar, Sir Hary Nevell, was # lycenced to pas hayme to visite his wyfe. Mr Kingesmell being still at Court, # and so no kepar left to await upon me bot my Lord Ely's servandes. I dynit with the Bishop of Ely, and efter conferred with him # upon dyvers purposes, specially of an union to be maid in the # Religioun be a Generall Counsell, quhilk is easy, gif the Princes will apply # them selfes therto.

Mr Painter, the Bishopis servand, avaitted upon me during Mr # Skipwothis absence. 3 (^Au=ti=.^) - Ane called Capitane Cais arryvit from Barvik # with lettres from the Marshell and Scotland, with newis that a part of the money # that Johne Chesolme had was savely delyvered into the Castell. Erlis Eglinton and Cassillis was put to liberte, onder # condition they sall not bear armis aganis Lenox. Morton and Mar was wery of Lenox; # that Lenox himself was very of his quartaris in respect of the # chargeis; yet ane Melvin was to cum fra him to requyre ayd of men to be send be # Queene of Ingland to them, or ellis they wold aggre with the adversar. # That Virak was keped with Lenox. 4 (^Aug=ti=.^) - Ansuer fra Court be the Ambassadour of # France and be William Lesly, that thair is no apperance of haisty liberte, (\ut patet # per literas Legati\) . Mr Skipwoth retorned at night. (^Sonday,^) (\quinto Aug=ti=.\) - Mr Kingesmell retorned # from Court to await upon me, and told me that my ansuer was delayed, becaus the Queene # is not able to go to progres. Lettres from Queene of Scotland, (\de dat. primo Aug=ti=\) , # to the quhilk ansuer was maid presently this day. (\Sexto Aug=ti=.\) - Ane called Inglis, ane archer of the # King of France gard, arryvit be sea, quho tellis thair was frequent skarmushes # betwix Edinbrucht and Leyth, and the last before his departing, thair was slane # xxx on Lennox part. And told that Captane Cullane was beheadit at # Leyth; and that the Lard Drumquhassill was the occasione of the # sending of the boit with the munitione to Streviling, quhilk was taken be # the way, be Wormeistowne; for the quhilk caus Lennox and Morton bostit # till

have hangit Drumquhassill, quho departed therfor suddantlie to Dunbartaine. (^7=o= Augusti.^) - Mr Skipworth departed towart Court, to # solicit what he could for my liberte and his awn releif; and I wreit two # lettres with him to my Lord Lecester and my Lord Burghly. Bot he tareit at # Westmunster all night, and past the nixt day at morne to Court, and # delyverit my lettres. (\Octauo Augusti\) 1571. - I was send for to cum to Hamptoun # Court, quhair I past be watter, accumpaneit with Mr Kingesmell, and # com to the keparis hous in the park at sex hours efter none; whair the # Erl Sussex, Lord Chamberland, Lord Burghly, and Sir Francis Knollis, # thesaurar, com and declarit to me the Queenis mynd, that she culd not # presently put me to liberte, as she intendit, for sundry respectis. # Therfore willed me to tak patience quhill the progress tyme suld be done, and # in the mene tyme that I suld pass with my Lord Ely into the cuntrey to remayne. For the Queenis Majestie looked to ressave ane full # ansuer from Scotland of sic articlis as was send thether be her # Majestie, wherof they culd not send ansuer before they suld hald ane full # Parlement, quhilk was to be haldin the 28 of this instant; efter the quhilk the # Trety suld be begun agane, and I would be employed therto. Thair was # sundry thingis inquirit of me, as touching Sir Thomas Stanley (\ut # patet\) , be the tenour of the conference. I obteynit a passport to send ane to the Queene to advertis # her therof. I was in Kingstoun all that night. (\Nono Aug=ti=\) 1571. - I retorned to London, and the # Frenshe Ambassedour travailled ernistly with my Lord Burghly to stay me in the town;

and he gave him hope therof. George Douglas retorned from D., # and broght lettres conform to the last, of the tenour of [^SIGN^] , # and of the dait the xxij day of Julij, of all proceidingis and intention, and of # the moyen that they have used in furnishing money. Item, that the D. wreit to me anent St Andrese, that she # wold have providit therto, and wold labour the Duke Shatt. gude will to # that effect. Bot I will ansuer in my nixt lettres, that I wold not have it # for dyvers respectis. And conselit the Queene to give it Glasco, and his # bishop[\rik\] to ane of the D. Mad~ freindis. This night the Queene begouth her progres, and past to # Endein besyid Lundoun, and my Lord Burghly com to Lundoun. I send the double of my ansuer to the Frenche Ambassadour. x (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - I send certain articlis to my Lord # Burghly with Mr Kingismell with my lettre; and in the mene tyme he send for me, # and promesed to travell at the Queenis hand to obtain the same. My Lord Burghly past to Court, at the Frenche Ambassadouris # hand, to labour my stay; bot no thing was done. xj=o= (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - Advertisment of the Queenis # spechis after my examination, and of [^SIGN^] wordis. A pasport send to Makeson, to depart towart D.; and a letter # send to my Lord Ely to depart of towne shortly. Monsieur de Foyx arryvit at Lundon. (^Sonday, xij=o= Aug=ti=^) 1571. - I maid my despeshe to the # Queene at Leyth,

viz. ane oppin lettre, with a discourse of the last conference # at Hampton Court, and the Queene [\of\] Inglandis determination; desyring # to knaw her plesour what suld be done with the servandis, and for # furniture; with sic other advertissemens as occurred for the tyme. xiij=o= (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - Makeson departed this morning # with my packquet towart the Queene [\of\] Scotland. (^No.^) - Mr Kingismell, and Mr Windebankis, Clerk of the # Signett, past with me to my wonted logeing, and oppined my study dur and # visitt the hole lettres that was in it, to sie gif thair was any that hed # past betwix any of the subjetts of Ingland and me, bot none was found; and # therefore they advertisit my L. Burghly, quha caused delyver them all to me # the nixt day, with all uther thing that was in the study. I appointed my servandis to prepaire sic thingis as was to # be taken with me in the cuntrey, and which ordour suld be used for keping of # the rest of my furniture and cofferis. xiiij=to= (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - Angelo Maria, perfumer, and G. # Robeson, past to Court; and I wreit with them to my L. Burghly for ansuer to my # articlis; and ressavit his ansuer that same night therto, that it was the # Quenis plesour that I suld be honourably treated with my Lord Ely, # with all favour, and have all maner of good ayr and intertynement # necessaire for my helth, having regard to my restrainet. Item, that I suld have with me two at least in my chalmer, # and ane cook, yf I war scrupulous, and ane other to await on my horses. Item, that I might impart my materis to the Fr[\enshe\] # Amb[\assadour\] be letters, bot not be speche. Item, that I might wreit oppin letters to the Q. my Mistres, # to know of her helth and estate, so being the same was first send to # Court. Item, that the Q. Ingland wold not grant licence to G. # Douglas to pass towart D., nor into Scotland; nor to Angelo Maria to pass to # the D.

Item, that I suld warne all these that did attend about me # to depart with diligens out of the realme. As to the rest of the articles, he send no ansuer to me, bot # all was referred to my L. Ely's discretion touching my favourable # usages. This day I maid a letter, quhilk comprehendit a hole throch # of Lombard paper, in the Frenshe tounge, and wreit it and send it to the # Ambassadour of France; quhilk comprehendit the haill conferences with the # Consell, and causes of my restraint; praying him and Monsieur Du Foys to # trawell for the D. releve, and for her subjectis and my liberte. Mr # Kingismell did reid it, and said, he never red ane better wreittin, of # more pith and better order, nor it was. I send it with William Lesly of # Carny, quha delyvered it to the Frenshe Ambassadour that same night. I prepared silver wark to be carried with me in the cuntrey; # ane silver bassie and lawer, ane salt falt, 6 silver sponis, two # goblettis, and ane drinking pott gilt, which all was gottin fra G. M. Item, I caussit ressave fra the Frenshe Ambassadour, in the # Q. my Mistres nayme, four hundreth crounes of the sone in ryallis, # quhilk makis sax score pundis Stirveling: Wherof I ressavit bot forty # pundis, and left with Cutbert the uther four score pundis, to outtred D. H. the # Quenis servandes, and uther necessaries in the town; quhilk was all # debursed and mair, (\ut patet per computum\) . Item, I raised a pasport for Theophilus and Chalmer to pas # into Scotland. xv=to= (^Au=ti=^) 1571. - The Frenshe Ambassadour and # Monsieur Du Foys past to Court. New letters sent to my L. Ely to depart with # diligens; therfore he appointed Fryday to depart without further delay. I sorted all my letters that day, and took with me only bot # the commissionis

gevin be the Q. Scot. and the Nobilite, to me and my L. # Galloway and Levinstoun for the last Treaty, with the Articlis, and the # ansueris subscryvit and past at Chattisworth, and instructiones, quhilk ar in a # trein buist. Item, the K. Q. of France, and Monsieur De Anjow, Card. and # Glasgow testimonialis in a box of whyit yerne. Item, certain copeis of oppin letters written sen my # restraint. Item, I put the principallis of the rest in a little coffre, # which I left at Lundon. Item, all uther generall letters in a tronk, which remains # with the rest of my graith. And what was brocht with me of all furniture, is conteynit # in ane inventair maid therof. xvj=o= (^Aug.^) 1571. - I wreit minutes of letters to the Q. # Mr Alexander Lesly, Glasgo, seind the gift of James Gord. to be gevin to the # B[\ishop\] of Aberden, be Chalmer. I wreit to the Ambassadours. I wold have left William Panton behind me to depart toward # Scotland, bot Mr Kingismell wold not suffre him to be interchanged with # Cuthbert, quhill we suld cum to Fenny-Stanton. (^Fryday^) , xvij=o= (^Aug=ti=^) . - I departed from Lundoun # in cumpany with the B. of Ely, and com to Wair at night, and with me William # Panton, Mr Thomas Lesly, Willie the cooke, and Theophilus. [^BILL OMITTED^]

I wreit with Mr Kingismell to my L. Burghly, that I was # departed

notwithstanding the gret clamour of the Quenis servandis, # praying him to have respect therto. xviij (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - We com [\to\] Roystoun to denner, # quhair Robert Makeson was arryved with letters fra the Queene, quhilkis was inclosed # in my Lord Shreusbereis packet, directed to my Lord Burghly, and # therefore I send him to Court with the same; and George Robeson with him, # to rais a pasport to William Panton to passe into Scotland. Ressavit sum # other letters fra D. We com to the Bishope of Elyis hous, callit Fenny-Stentoun, # within five myles of Huntingtoun, at night. (^Sonday,^) xix (^Aug=ti=.^) - Makeson retorned from Court # with my awin packet closed; and my Lord Burghly send ane other packet that was # thairwith to the Frenshe Ambassadour, for it was directed to him. In my pacquet there was ane letter to myself, with ane # memoire for ordour taking with the Queenis servandis, viz., that Mr N. # Vingzet suld remayne with myself, Makeson to pass into Scotland. Parfumour and Polis to be ordourit by the Frenshe # Ambassadour; Laurence Gordon to be sent to Caimerage, to the scooles; George Robeson # to remayne at Lundon, gif it may be solisted. The Bishop of Lincolne, callit Doctor Coper, com and dynit # with the Bishop of Ely, efter he had preched in the churche of ...; and # I dined with them, whair we had conference of mony materis; bot # the Bishop of Lincolne complayned fest that mony of his diocess was # favourable to the old religion, and wold not come to the service.

xx=o= (^Aug=ti=.^) - I despeched Makeson agane to my Lord # Burghly, and wreit with him, and send the said letter and memoire to him. Item, I wreit to the Frenshe Ambassadour, praying him to # help to tak ordour for accomplyshing of the Queenis direction. Item, I wreit to Cutbert Read to ansuer them of money to # that effect, viz. - To Makeson, to mak his journey into Scotland, and, as he was # wont, to get fra the Queene xxx crounis of the sone. To every one of them suld pass into France, xx crounis. To G. Robesone, gif he sall pass into Scotland, xxx crounis; # gif he passis into France, xx crounis; gif he remainis, x crounis. The same day, I send Laurence Gordon to Camerage, with Mr # Bell, tone of the chapellaneis of the Bishop of Ely. He was bourdit with # Monsieur Chevalier, Lectour in Hebrew in Camerage; and suld pay every # month three French crounis for his bourd, chalmer, candill, and # weshing of his clothis. I gave him fyve pounds with him, to by hym clothes and necessaries. Item, I send to him with the carriar efteruart, 27 Aug=ti=, # 3 lib~. to furneis the rest of his necessaires; quhilk he ressavit, as he wreit to # me with the same caryar. xxj=o= (^Aug=ti=.^) - I begouth to the repetition of the # Greik and Hebrew toung, and visited the rudimentis of boith, as tyme mycht serve. # Conference with the Bishop of Ely anent the governement of commone weillis. He # dispyittis Johne Knox and Gudeman, with the band, for the wreittin aganes the Regement of Wemen, and otheris there singular opiniones, # and holdis tham Puritanis. Goodman is depryved laitly from his benefice # and precheing for the same caus. xxij=o= (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - Conference with the Bishop of # Ely, quha counseled

me to tak panes at my retorning into Scotland, to recover all # the antient bookis that was in the Abbayes and Cathedrall churches, as the # Archbishope of Canterbery hes done in Ingland, and to gather furth of them # all thingis notable touching the Religion from tyme to tyme; and # gif ther be ony wreit in Inglis toung or Saxon towng. xxiij=o= (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - I raid about the medowis with # my Lord of Ely and his servandis; shot at revaris and buttis, and saw the ryvar # quhilk rynis neir by, and is partative to Lin, quhilk is fourty myles be # wattir. The Bishop of Ely said to me, upon the watir syde, that I micht tak # boitt in thair and pas to Ros be watter; bot he beleivit wele I wold not # do it respect of the appearance that thar was no caus to depart in # that maner, &c. 24 (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - I did reid upon Hiperius in the mene # tyme, and sum of the Byble every day. 25. - My Lord of Ely past to his chasse and perk of # Somershame, and hunted a buk, and dynit thair, and returned at night. I gave the principall huntaris a croun amonges them, becaus # they killed a buk, and I gat the honour to cutt the first cutt in his skin, # as the use is that honestast man in the company hes it. (^Sonday,^) xxvj=to= (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - The Sheref of # Camerage, callit Mr Hynnein, and Mr Maillery, quho was Sheref the +geir precedant, dynit # with the Bishop of Ely. I maid certanes versis upon the hunting the day precedent, # and gave them to Doctour Ty, doctour in music, for ane argument, to mak # the same in Inglis.

xxvij=o= (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - The caryar of Camerage brocht # ane tronk, and bowes and quaveris, with uther furniture, fra Lundon to Stentoun, # quhilk Cutbert Read and Mr Ninian hed send before them. I send with the said carryar to Camerage, to Laurence # Gordon, thre lib~., quhilk he ressavit, (\ut patet supra\) . xxviij=o= (^Aug=ti=.^) - I had conference with the Bishop of # Ely, quho did offer to give me friely certain thingis, sic as bread and beir, and # uther small thingis of frindship. To quhom I ansuerit, Gif the Qeene of # Ingland will gif him any allowance to mak my charges, I will tak it glaidly, # as the Queene my Mistres doeth; utherwyse, it is nether my Mistres # honour, nor her will, that I tak any thing of any subject. He ansuerit, # He had hard no thing of the Queene nor Concell in that mater, bot he did # offer it of freindship. xxix (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - Mr Ninian and Cutbert Reid com to # Stantoun, and brocht a pasport for William Pantoun to pass into Scotland. Advertisement fra the Franche Ambassadour, that he and # Monsieur du Foys hed bene wele treated at Court; [^PASSAGE IN FRENCH # OMITTED^] Item, Jame Broun, Archibaldis sone, and Wille Lesle, Johne # of the Briggis sone, was cum to Lundon. Item, I ressavit two pair of perfumit gluffis, sent be # Angelo Maria. xxx (^Aug=ti=^) 1571. - I maid William Pontones despeshe for # Scotland, and instructed him as was necessar in all thingis.

The Ambassadour of France and Monsieur de Foys was at # Camerage. I wreit to Nicolas, the Ambassadour of France servand, and # to William Lesly, to place Jame Broun with a wretar in the Franche tongue, # in London, for thre moneth; and Wille Lesllie to remayne with .. Leslie, # or ellis to remayne with a horse cosar to learne to treate horses. xxxj (^Aug=ti=.^) - William Pantoun departed towart # Scotland. I wreit with him opin letteres - [^LIST OF NAMES OMITTED^] Item, I send a lang memoriall with him of all my particular # affairis, (\ut patet per copiam ejusdem\) . Item, I gave four auld angell nobilis to be gevin to Janet # Lesly of New Lesly. Item, I appointed him to send Chalmer agane with the first # ansuer.

Item, I gave him ten lib~. to mak his expensis in going and # retourning, and fyve lib~. viij. s. more to by him a horse by the # Bordouris. Item, I wreit with him to the Queene of Scotland, in case he # sall speak with her Majestie be the way. William Pantoun made rekning with the Clerk of kitching for # all expensis sence our departing furth of Lundon, and payit him compleitly; # and every Fryday the count to be gevin in, (\ut patet p~ # compot~\) . [^LATIN OMITTED^] (^Sonday,^) 2=o= (^Septemb.^) 1571. - Mr Maleray and his # wyfe, with dyvers uderis, was with the Bishop of Ely, and I sowpet with him. Thair com a servand of Lord Burghly to the Bishop of Ely # with a lettre and a booke, new maid [^PASSAGE IN LATIN OMITTED^]

new printed at Lundon, 1571; quhilk booke the Bishop gave me to # reid over shortly therefter. 3=o= (^Septembris.^) - (\Vacavimus studiis nostris.\) Item, I wisited Bervely. Cuthbert Reidis countis. 4=to= (^Sept.^) 1571. - The Bishop of Ely removed fra # Stantoun and com to Somershayme, with his hole company and plenissing, and I with # him. And our hole furniture was caryed be cartes with the Bishoppis # own furniture. And I was lugeit in a chalmer callit the Cardinallis # chalmer, and dynit and soupit myself with the Bishop of Ely. [^LATIN OMITTED^] George Robeson arryvit that efternone with lettrs fra the # Franche Ambassadour, the Bishop of Glasgo, and oderis, quhilk I # considered that night. The Franche Ambassadour wreit that Monsieur du Foys was # departed, and hes gotten a revard of silver weshell, worth 12 crounes; # bot as to the mater he com for, it was incertane yf it wold tak # effect, (\ut patet p~ l~ras ejusd~.\) Item, that my Lord Burghly had advertist him that boith the # parteis in

Scotland was agreyit to hald a Parliment the 29 of August, # efter the quhilk, neweis wold be send hether. Item, newis of the putting of Higford and Barkar in the # Towr, for dealing with the Franche Ambassadour. Item, George Robeson hes license to remayne at Lundon. Robert Makison a pasport to pass in Scotland and retorne. Geilis and Perfumer to pass into France. I ressavit my huoh [\knok?\] (\Septimo Sept.\) 1571. - I wreit to the Queene Majestie, # and send all the lettres quhilk I ressavit, to her for advertisment; and send # sum quenchis to her to prove gif sho will have of them. [^LATIN OMITTED^] Mr Adley lenit me Maister Escame's book callit The Scole # Mayster, quhilk is worthy to be red. [^REST OF DIARY IN LATIN, ALL OMITTED^]