A Vindication of James Hepburn : Fourth Earl of Bothwell, Third Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
A Vindication of James Hepburn : Fourth Earl of Bothwell, Third Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
De Peyster, J. Watts (John Watts), 1821-1907
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p. 58 ; and Burton (Scribner and Welford's Edition), iv. 362-3, and notes 1 and 2, and others either refer to or furnish particu- lars as to this child — " Poor scapegoat of crimes, where — her part what it may, So tortured, so hunted to die ; Poul age of deceit and of hate-^on her head Least stains of gore-guiltiness lie; To the hearts of the just her blood from the dust Not in vain for mercy will cry. " Poor scapegoat of nations and faiths in their strife, So cruel — and thou so fair ! Poor g...irl ! so best, in her misery named — Discrowned of two kingdoms, and bare ; Not first nor last on this one was cast The burden that others should share" — whose career is worked up into the novel " Unknown to History," EARL OF BOTHWELL. 33 by Charlotte M. Yonge, author of the " Heir of Redclyife," etc., of which the Frejace bears date 27th February, 1882. At page 99, and note annexed, in the writer's " Study," " Mary, Queen of Scots," given to the public about the 1st February, 1882, nearly a month previous to the date of Miss Yonge's Preface, the particulars of the Birth and Fate of this child are presented.
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