[50] _E._ "No more." _L._ "Ne saepius." _Fr._ "Ne ... si souvent."
[51] _E._ "Till after tomorrow." _L._ "In diem perendinum." _F._
"Encor deux jours."
[52] _E._ "More pleasantly." _L._ "Valde ferociter." _F._ "Fort
asprement."
[53] _E._ "Make but one bed." _L._ "Communem fore lectum." _F._ "Ne
faisions plus qu'un lict."
[54] _F._ "But did fear lest, considering the threatening which he
made in case we did agree together, he would make them feel the
small account they have made of him, and that he would persuade me
to pursue some of them." _L._ "Sed in timore futuros quod comitatus
fuisset, si aliquando inter nos concordes essemus, se daturum operam
ut intelligerent quam parvi eum aestimâssent; item quod mihi
consuluisset ne gratiam quorundam seorsum a se expeterem." _F._
"Ains seroient en crainte de ce qu'il m'auroit suivy. Et si nous
pouvions estre d'acord ensemble, qu'il pourroit donner ordre, qu'ils
entendroient combien peu ils l'avoient estimé. Item de ce qu'il
m'avoit conseillé, que je ne recerchasse la bonne grace d'aucuns
sans luy."
[55] _E._ "Than you think." _L._ and _F._ as in _S._
[56] _E._ "He giveth me certain charges (and these strong) of that
I fear even to say that his faults be published; but there be
that commit some secret faults, and fear not to have them spoken of
so lowdely, and that there is speech of greate and small." _L._
"Interim me attingit in loco suspecto; idque ad vivum hactenus
proloquutus est, sua crimina esse palam; sed sunt qui majora
committant, et opinantur ea silentio tegi; et tamen homines de
magnis juxta et parvis loquuntur." _F._ "Cependant il m'a donné
attainte du lieu suspect, et a jusques icy discouru bien au vif, que
ces fautes sont congreües; mais qu'il y en a qui en commettent de
plus grandes, encores qu'ils estiment qu'elles soient cachées par
silence; et toutesfois que les hommes parlent des grands aussi bien
des petits."
[57] _E._ "To conclude, for assurety he mistrusteth her of that that
ye know, and for his life." _L._ and _F._ as in _S._
[58] _E._ "He was very merry and glad." _L._ and _F._ as in _S._
[59] _E._ Adds after "speak"--"Now, as far as I perceive.
{J'ay bien la vogue avec vous[63]} Guess you whether I shall not
{I may do much without you. } be suspected."
[60] _E._ "For I think upon nothing but grief if you be at
Edinburgh." _L._ and _F._ as in _S._
[61] _E._ Omits "Be not ... credit."
[62] _E._ Omits from "Remember you" to the end.
[63] This is a comment in the margin, perhaps a quotation from the
French version shown to the Commissioners. According to Mr. T. F.
Henderson, it is in Cecil's handwriting. ("The Casket Letters and
Mary Queen of Scots," p. 78.)
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Letter III.[64]
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