VIII. MARY’S CONDUCT AFTER THE MURDER 171 IX. THE EMERGENCE OF THE CASKET LETTERS 193 X. THE CASKET LETTERS 208 XI. THE LETTERS AT THE CONFERENCE OF YORK 237 XII. THE LETTERS AT WESTMINSTER AND HAMPTON COURT 266 XIII. MARY’S ATTITUDE AFTER THE CONFERENCE 283 XIV. INTERNAL EVIDENCE OF THE LETTERS 290 XV. THE SIX MINOR CASKET LETTERS 322 XVI. THE CASKET SONNETS 344 XVII. CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE LETTERS AND THE POSSIBLE FORGERS 346 XVIII. LATER HISTORY OF CASKET AND LETTERS 365 _APPENDICES_ A. THE SUPPOSED BODY OF BOTHWELL 371 B. THE BURNING OF LYON KING OF ARMS 374 C. THE DATE OF MARY’S VISIT TO GLASGOW 379 D. THE BAND FOR DARNLEY’S MURDER 381 E. THE TRANSLATIONS OF THE CASKET LETTERS 385 THE CASKET LETTERS: LETTER I. PUBLISHED SCOTS TRANSLATION AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION AT RECORD OFFICE 391 " II. PUBLISHED SCOTS AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS 393 " III. ORIGINAL FRENCH VERSION AT HATFIELD 414 " IV. ORIGINAL FRENCH VERSION 416 " V. ORIGINAL FRENCH VERSION AT HATFIELD 417 " VI. PUBLISHED SCOTS TRANSLATION 418 " VII. SCOTS VERSION 419 " VIII. ORIGINAL FRENCH VERSION 420 " IX. THE FRENCH ‘SONNETS’ 422 CRAWFORD’S DEPOSITION 427 INDEX 433 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS _PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES_ MARY STUART _Frontispiece_ _From the Portrait in the Collection of the Earl of Morton._ MARY AT EIGHTEEN _To face p._ 4 DARNLEY ABOUT THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN " 10 THE REGENT MORTON " 30 _From the Portrait in the Collection of the Earl of Morton._ LE DEUIL BLANC " 48 _Sketch by Janet, 1561._ HOUSE OCCUPIED BY QUEEN MARY AT JEDBURGH " 94 _OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS_ BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF EDINBURGH " 40