Contemporary manuscript copy of a letter : to the Lord Chancellor of Scotland [John Maitland], ca. 1587.

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Contemporary manuscript copy of a letter : to the Lord Chancellor of Scotland [John Maitland], ca. 1587.

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Concerning potential retaliation by James VI and I against England in response to the recent beheading of his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots. Expressing sorrow at any potential "alienac[i]on in the kinge your Sou[er]eignes mynde and of that people from the Amitie of this Realme" (p. 1); advising that it would "bee everye waie best for his Maiestie to forbeare such a desperate and violent Course as maye render him subiecte to soe manie hazards and inconveniences where on the other side Carryeinge [sic] himselfe w[i]th that moderac[i]on that becometh a Prince of his perfections and educac[i]on and is necessary in this remediles accident" (p. 7). Also hinting that "the advancem[en]t of such a one to this Crowne who [would be] soe much the more mightie by the Vnion of the two Crownes" (p. 10), and advising that "it shall be the more his for honor assuredly, to show howe [being shee is nowe deade,] he Can modderate his passion by ... reason" (p. 17).

1 item (17 p.), bound ; 29.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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