[1] Petit. [2] M. M. Shoemaker. [3] Petit. [4] For a narrative of it see Author's work on _Mary Queen of Scots, and who wrote the Casket Letters?_ [5] Strickland. [6] State Paper Office. [7] Hosack. [8] Hosack. [9] Hosack. [10] Tytler. [11] For details, see the Author's _Queen of Scots_, vol. ii. pp. 222-52. [12] Petit. [13] Before James I. had ascended the English throne Pope Clément VIII. caused it to be intimated to him that he prayed for him as the son of a virtuous mother; that he desired for him all kinds of prosperity, temporal and spiritual, and trusted yet to see him a Catholic (Ranke's _History of the Popes_, vol. ii. pp. 222). [14] Petit. [15] Labanoff. [16] See _Mary Queen of Scots_, by the Author, vol. ii. p. 224. [17] Petit. [18] Strickland. [19] _Life of Egerton._ [20] _Mary Queen of Scots, and who wrote the Casket Letters?_ [21] Labanoff, vol. vi. p. 343. [22] Translated by the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell Scott, of Abbotsford, and the Rev. Dr. Conway, Manchester. INDEX Argyle, Earl of, 287. Arundel, Earl of, 6. Aston, Sir Walter, 19, 21, 25, 161, 169, 172. Babington, Anthony, 32, 52, 55, 57. Babington conspiracy, 43, 50, 57, 64, 69. Babington plot, 43, 55, 73. Bagott, Richard, 22, 44, 174. Ballard, 8, 32, 54. Barker, Edward, 66, 191, 197, 206. Beale, Robert, Clerk of the Council, 83, 246. Beauregard, Renee, Maid of Honour, 178. Bellievre, P. de, French ambassador— Interview with Elizabeth, 122, 126. Letter to Henry III., 126-28. Letter to Queen Mary, 129-31. Bourgoyne, D., physician to the Queen— Opinion of Burghley, 5. His devotion to the Queen, 29. Interview with the Queen, 73. His Journal, 159 _et seq._ Bromley, Lord Chancellor— Tries to get secret information from Pasquier, 47. His cunning interrogatories, 48. Fotheringay Commissioners, 60. His interviews with Mary, 67, 197. Addresses Mary at the trial, 207. Buckhurst, Lord— Elizabeth's final instructions, 82. Sent to announce death sentence, 98. His message from Elizabeth, 245. Burghley, Lord (Wm. Cecil)— His ability, 5. Endorses Nau's declaration, 32. Appointed to conduct trial, 60. Letter from Elizabeth, 65. Interview with Mary, 67. His letter to Davison, 75. Connection with the death proclamation of Elizabeth, 132. Alleged paper on Mary, 144-46. Interview with Mary, and debate, 199. Continuation of debate, 201. His prosecution at the trial, 217. His speech, second day, 219. Charles IX., 6. Chancellor, Lord, 47. Chartley, 18, 19, 24, 43, 171. Chateauneuf, French ambassador— Letters from Queen Mary, 11-16. Second letter from Queen Mary, 16, 17. Interview with Elizabeth, 122-126. Commission for Queen Mary's trial, 60. Courcelles, French ambassador in Scotland— Forces being levied for Elizabeth, 58. Curle, Elizabeth, 29, 165. Curle, Elspeth, 178, 279.