Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587; Queens -- Scotland -- Biography; Scotland -- History -- Mary Stuart, 1542-1567
Casket Letters: their discovery, 195, 274, 275;
early tampering with suggested, 198, 199, 200, 208;
published in Scots, Latin, and French, 198;
Scots versions compared with French originals, 226, 243;
unsigned copies, 240;
Scots versions sent to Mary by Lethington’s wife, 248;
French copies, 273;
English translations, 274;
original language in which they were written, 346;
phraseology and orthography, 347;
tone and style, 347, 348;
compared with the Sonnets, 349, 350;
uniformity of sentiment and passion, 350, 351, 352;
authenticity considered, 352;
Lethington’s suspected garbling, 361;
Archibald Douglas a possible forger, 362;
translations of, 385-391.
_See_ under each Casket Letter
Casket Sonnets, 217;
Mary’s love for Bothwell depicted, 235;
topics of, 345;
prove Mary’s passion for Bothwell, 345;
compared with the Letters, 349;
the French, 422, 426
Cassilis (member of council), 172
Catherine de Medicis, 84, 85, 87, 89, 92, 192
Catholic League, the, 64
Cauldwell, Alexander (a retainer of Eglintoun’s), arrested by Mary, 103;
denies the rumour that Darnley was to be put in ward, 110, 111
Cecil (William Lord Burghley), his account of Riccio’s murder, 68;
avers that Bothwell obtained his divorce by accusing himself of an
amour with Lady Reres, 82;
circulates libels about Mary, but does not use Paris’s confession, 168;
knows of the existence of the Casket Letters and their proposed uses,
201;
Jhone a Forret’s mission to him, 209;
receives the Itinerary of Mary, 277, 291, 296;
on Mary’s stay at Callendar, 318 note;
Kirkcaldy’s letter to him, 359;
hints at Lethington’s manipulation of the Casket Letters, 361;
his description of the Casket, 369
Chalmers, David (a friend of Bothwell), 82
Charles IX. of France, 80;
resents the publication of the Casket Letters, 200
Chastelard, cited, 39
Chatelherault, Duke of (heir to the Scottish Crown), 10;
suit to be restored, 61;
acquires and builds a château on land near Kirk o’ Field, 125
Clark, Captain (in command of Scots in Danish service), Paris extradited
to him, 154, 374;
in correspondence with Moray, 154
Clernault (Frenchman), on the blowing up of Kirk o’ Field, 140
Cockburn of Ormiston, seized by Bothwell while carrying English money to
the Lords, 47;
his son carried off by Bothwell, 49
Coventry, Mary at, 337 and note
Craig (Protestant preacher), denounces Mary’s marriage with Bothwell,
183;
Lethington’s statement to him of his offer to Mary, 188
Craigmillar Castle, conference at, 91, 95, 96, 98, 99, 103, 319, 320
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