Excerpt from The History of Scotland, Vol. 2 of 4: From the Union of the Crowns on the Accession of James Vi. To the Throne of England, to the Union of the Kingdoms in the Reign of Queen Anne They are said expressly to have been made in the tol booth of Edinburgh, the building in which the parliament was held, the privy council assembled, and the lords of ses sion convened, for the trial of civil or criminal causes. In this structure Bothwell was tried, for the murder ofthe king. In this his followers were equally tried. In this the rebel lords assembled for business. And in this therefore would. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.