Excerpt from The History of Scotland, Vol. 2: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time A.d. History OF the Scottish queen there appeared the lords Livingston, Boyd, and Herries, the bishop of Ross, the abbot of Kilwining, Gordon of Lochinvar, and Cockburn of Skirling. The commissioners who appeared in the name of the young king of Scots were the earls of Murray and Morton, the lord Lindsay, the bishop of Orkney, and the commendator of Dunfermline, with Lethington, Makgill, Balneaves, Buchanan, and others as assist ants. We bave already seen the instruo tions given by Mary to her commissioners; Elizabeth's instructions were artfully drawn up, but they were in accordance with her previous declarations and professions. Her commissioners were to assure the regent, in case he should be afraid to accuse his queen, though possessed Of sufficient evidence for that purpose, that, however desirous Eliza beth might be that she should prove inno cent, she would nevertheless certainly hold her unworthy to reign, if she were plainly convicted of the murder of her husband; and that in that case her conscience would not allow her to wish for her restoration to her kingdom. If, however, nothing could be proved against her but imprudent con duct in her suspicious connection and mar riage with Bothwell, Elizabeth's commis sioners were to promotepan accommodation on such conditions as might secure Scotland from future misgovernment, and dissolve the alliance between Scotland and France. 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.