CONTENTS. xi PAGE Randolph is expelled from Scotland . . . . 379 Sketch of the Plot . . . ; . . . . 382 Intended Attainder of Murray . . . . . . 383 The Queen's Eooms at Holyrood . . . . . . 385 Murder of Eizzio . . . . . . . . 387 Return of Murray . . . . . . . . 396 Escape of Mary Stuart to Dunbar . . . . . . 40 1 Return in form to Edinburgh . . . . . . 404 Flight of the Conspirators . . . . . . 404 Letter of Morton and Ruthven to Cecil . . . . 405 CHAPTER XLV. THE MVRDERJ)F^ DASNLE7. ( Popularity of Mary Stuart in England . . . . 407 General Character of Elizabeth's Policy .. .. 409 Prospects of the Queen of Scots . . . . . . 411 Treachery of Darnley . . . . . . . . 415 Argyle threatens to join Shan O'Neil . . . . 417 A Spy at Holyrood . . . . . . . . 420 Letter of Elizabeth to the Queen of Scots . . . . 422 Birth of James Stuart . . . . . . . . 424 .The Archduke or Leicester . . . . . . 425 Increasing strength of Mary Stuart's Party . . . . 430 Elizabeth visits Oxford . . . . . . . . 432 Position of Darnley in Scotland . . . . . . 436 Mary Stuart and Both well . . . . . . 437 Intended Flight of Darnley to England .. ..441
The Scotch Council at Holyrood . . . . .' . 442
Meeting of the English Parliament . . . . 445 The Bishops' Bill ,' > . '. i .' ii .. .. 445 The Succession . . . . . . . . 448 The Queen Promises to Marry . . . . . . 449 The Queen and de Silva , . . . . . - . <. 451
