Produced by Susan Skinner, Hazel Batey and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net SCOTTISH HISTORY FROM CONTEMPORARY WRITERS NO. II. Mary Queen of Scots =ENGLISH HISTORY from Contemporary Writers.= Edited by Prof. F. YORK POWELL. In 16mo volumes, averaging 200 pages, with illustrations, neatly bound in cloth, cut flush, or cloth, uncut edges, comprising extracts from the Chronicles, State Papers, and Memoirs of the time, chronologically arranged. With Introductions, Notes, Accounts of Authorities, Tables, Maps, Illustrations, etc. =Edward III. and his Wars= (1327-1360). Edited by W. J. ASHLEY, M.A. Cut edges, 1s.; uncut edges, 1s. 6d. =The Misrule of Henry III.= (1236-1251). Edited by the Rev. W. H. HUTTON, M.A. Cut edges, 1s.; uncut edges, 1s. 6d. =Strongbow's Conquest of Ireland.= Edited by F. P. BARNARD, M.A. Cut edges, 1s.; uncut edges, 1s. 6d. =Simon of Montfort and his Cause= (1251-1265). Edited by the Rev. W. H. HUTTON, M.A. Cut edges, 1s.; uncut edges, 1s. 6d. =The Crusade of Richard I.= Edited by T. A. ARCHER. 396 pp. Cut edges, 2s.; uncut edges, 2s. 6d. =S. Thomas of Canterbury.= By Rev. W. H. HUTTON. 286 pp. Cut edges, 1s. 6d.; uncut edges, 2s. =England under Charles II., from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimwegen.= Edited by W. TAYLOR. Cut edges, 1s.; uncut edges, 1s. 6d. =The Wars of the Roses.= Edited by Miss E. THOMPSON. 180 pp. 1892. Cut edges, 1s.; uncut edges, 1s. 6d. =The Jews of Angevin England.= Edited by J. JACOBS. xxix, 425 pp. 1893. Cut edges, 4s.; uncut edges, 4s. 6d. =King Alfred.= Edited by F. YORK POWELL. _In the Press._ =SCOTTISH HISTORY from Contemporary Writers.= =The Days of James IV.= Edited by G. GREGORY SMITH, M.A. 1891. Cut edges, 1s.; uncut edges, 1s. 6d. =Mary Queen of Scots.= Edited by R. S. RAIT. 1899. Cut edges, 2s.; elegant cloth cover, top gilt, edges trimmed, 3s. Illustration: THE BLAIRS PORTRAIT. SCOTTISH HISTORY FROM CONTEMPORARY WRITERS. No. II. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 _Extracts from the English, Spanish, and Venetian State Papers, Buchanan, Knox, Lesley, Melville, The "Diurnal of Occurrents," Nau, &c. &c._ ARRANGED AND EDITED BY ROBERT S. RAIT M.A. (ABERDON.) EXHIBITIONER OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD LONDON DAVID NUTT, 270-71 STRAND 1899 Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press PREFACE