... _Item._ ... In ane uther lettre, "I pray you, according to your promeis, to discharge your hart to me, utherwayis I will think that my malheure, and the guid composing of thame, that hes not the third part of the faythfull and willing obedience unto yow that I beyre, has wyne, againis my will, that advantage over me quhilk the secund luif of Jason wan; not that I wolde compair yow to ane soe unhappie as he was, nor yit myself to ane soe unpetifull a woman as she...." {Letter iv., p. 185.} _COMMISSION REMOVED TO WESTMINSTER_ The Conference at Westminster. [At the beginning of the Westminster Conference, Mary found herself "ever straiter and straiter kept from liberty," and demanded to be allowed to appear in person. Her request and Elizabeth's reply will be found on pp. 145, 148. On the 26th November, Murray made his "eik" or additional charge. For the relevant portions of this document, and of the reply of Mary's Commissioners, see pp. 146-7. On December 6th, Mary's representatives protested that they would withdraw from the Conference if their mistress's demand were not granted. Cecil declined, on a formal point, to receive the protest. On the 6th, 7th, and 8th, Murray produced his proofs. On the 9th, the protest was accepted, and Mary's Commissioners withdrew. After their retirement further evidence was received. It may be of use to enumerate the documents produced at Westminster:-- _PRODUCTIONS AT WESTMINSTER_ The Book of Articles. Acts of Parliament ratifying the proceedings of the insurgent Lords. Two contracts of marriage, and record of Bothwell's trial and divorce. Five of the six letters produced at York, three additional letters, and the sonnets (pp. 162-201). Recognition of the Regent's Government by Huntly, Argyll, and Herries (pp. 154-5). Depositions and confessions of Hay, Hepburn, Powrie, Dalgleish, Nelson, and Crawford. Murray's "Journal or Diary of Events."