Queen Mary's trial, [ca. 1660?].

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Queen Mary's trial, [ca. 1660?].

Manuscript on paper, in multiple hands, of copies of over 100 documents relating to the imprisonment and trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. The volume includes Buchanan's Chamaeleon and Against the Hamiltons; numerous letters, including some by Mary, Elizabeth I, George, Earl of Shrewsbury, and Robert Beale; "Instructions for the Earl of Shrewsbury & Sr. Walter Mildmay appointed to treat with the Queen of Scots 24th of May 1583;" and "The Order of the proceedings at the arraignment of the late unfortunate Lady, Mary, Queen of Scots."

1 v. (276 p.) ; 33 x 20 cm.

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