page 38 note * This ought to be the 14th. Buchanan, Knox, Robertson, and other historical writers, are mistaken in the dates they assign to the birth of Mary and the death of her father. Chalmers, upon the authority of the official registers, determined the former to have taken place upon the 7 th of December, 1542, the latter upon the 14th. (Chalmers's Life of Mary, i. 2.)

page 40 note * The treaty is printed in Rymer's Foed. xiv. 786.

page 41 note * This is an allusion to a practice in the Scotch law with which the readers of “The Antiquary” have been made partially acquainted. The process of horning is simply this. The Sovereign by his letter commands a debtor to pay a debt, or an obnoxious reformer to appear, under pain of rebellion. If the command be not obeyed, the person to whom it was directed may be declared a rebel. This declaration is made at the market cross of the head borough of the shire in which the culprit dwells, and in the following form :—“The messenger must, before witnesses, first make three several ‘O yesses’ with an audible voice. Next he must read the letters, also with an audible voice, and afterwards blow three blasts with an horn, by vhich the debtor is understood to be proclaimed rebel to the King for contempt of his authority, and his moveabies to be escheated to the King's use. Hence the letters of diligence are called letters of horning, and the person summoned said to be denounced at the horn.” Eiskine's Institutes, edit. 1838, i. 295, 6.

page 42 note * “the reporteth,” in MS.

page 45 note * “Marsilia” in MS.

page 47 note * Printed in Haynes, 268. It is dated the 24th March, 1560.

page 48 note * They are printed in Haynes's Collection of State Papers, p. 253.

page 48 note † Not during the life of the French King, hut during the continuance of his marriage with the Queen of Scotland, and one year after the dissolution of that marriage (Haynes, 255). In addition to the hostages named by Hayward, there is mention of “The Lord Ruthen's sonn, Archibald Ruthen” (ibid. 238. 244). The hostages were to be changed every six or four months, at the pleasure of the Scottish party (ibid. 255). Whilst in England they were distributed about amongst the Bishops, “both for safe keeping and the increase of their learning” (ibid. 287).

page 48 note ‡ In one of Cecil's letters dated “At Westminster, hora 12^a nocte, 23 of December, 1559,” he exclaims in his usual hearty manner, “Our ships be on the seas, God spede them!” He mentions at the same time that William Wynter was appoynted to their command (Sadler's State Papers, i. 654). Extraordinarily boisterous weather detained them beating about on the coast until the third week in January, when part of the fleet succeeded in reaching the Frith of Forth. The details may be seen in Haynes, pp. 225. 227. 231.

page 49 note * The Duke's account of this matter, contained in his report to the council, dated 11th February, 1559, is as follows:— “I have received Lettres from the Quene Dowagier of Scotland, brought hither by a Scottishe herauld, which lettre I send you herewith. And, albeit the same importeth sum credytt to have bene commytted to the seid herauld, yet he had nothing at all to saye, besides the contents of his Lettres. Wherefore supposing rather that he was addressed hither to espie our doinges here, then for any other speciall cause, I thought good for the reciproque to send the aunswer to the seid Dowagier by an Englishe herauld, to th'intent he may bring us such intelligence of their doings in Scotland, as he cann attein. And I dismissed the Scottish herauld, to whom, I said, that, within a daie or twoo, I wold send a speciall messenger to the seid Dowagier, with such aunswerr to here seid Lettres as I doubted not shuld be to here contentacion. According whereunto I have nowe sente Chester Herauld to Edenburghe for that purpose, with lettres to the seid Dowagier of such effect as ye shall perceive by the copie of the same, which I send you herewith.” (Haynes, i. 240). On the 24th February, the Duke, in another despatch, makes mention of the return of Chester Herald, and incloses his written report of such matters as passed in his conference with the Queen (ibid. 250).

page 50 note * This is an allusion to the reception of the English fleet in the Frith of Forth. The French quartered at Inchkeith, Burntisland, and Leith received Winter “with great creueltye,” as the Duke of Norfolk remarked, “shooting canons and all their other great artilarye.” (Haynes, 231, 233.) In return for this uncourteous reception, at which he pretended to be much surprised, Winter “fell uppon certein French ships lying in Fiffe side . . . . and tooke two of them, being men of warre, and one hoy,” laden with arms and ammunition, (ibid. 231.)

page 51 note * Lord Grey esteemed himself to be more of a soldier than a counsellor. When the French began to treat, he wrote to the Council that he could not “attend both the marshall affayres and a treatye,” wherefore Sir Ralph Sadler was sent into Scotland to take the burthen of the latter off his hands. (Haynes, 287.) The Council corresponded with Lord Grey as if they thought him a mere rough soldier, one whom it was not well to perplex with long letters or many instructions. The following is one of their characteristic epistles to him :—” After our hasty commendations, we will not trouble your Lordship how so euer you be occupyed, but bidd God spede yow, and wish you all good fortune to accomplish this so honorable a Jornaye, as never the like was attempted for good to our Posterite. Styck not to go through with this enterprise, and your praise wilbe more than all the rest of your lyffe, if all your lyffe war layd togither. Take hede of French Inchantements. They will wyn Tyme of yow, if ye take not good end [heed ?]. Well, thus we leave your Lordship to your Business.” (ibid. 290.)

page 52 note * Hayward has this word several times (vide pp. 53, 56, and elsewhere) in the sense of—“a foot soldier who used fire-arms.” This probably fixes the meaning of a passage in Falstaff's expression of admiration at Wart's management of his caliver, “Very good! exceeding good! O give me always alittle, lean, old, chapt, bald shot.” (Second Part of Henry IV. act iii. sc. 3.) We retain this use of the word in the phrase—“a good shot.”

page 55 note * “Bloid” in MS.

page 56 note * “Apparrell” in MS.

page 57 note * Their instructions are printed in the Foedera, xv. 581.

page 68 note * Vide their Commission in the Fœdera, xv. 596.

page 70 note * The Treaty is printed in the Fœdera, xv. 593, and the separate convention for the destruction of the fortifications of Leith, ibid. 591.

page 72 note * “of” in MS.

page 73 note * “of” in MS.

page 73 note † “greater” in MS.