La Mothe Fénelon (French ambassador), on the Lords’ possession of Letters written and signed by Mary, 198, 199; on their publication in ‘Detection,’ 200; pleads for Mary to be allowed to see originals or copies of Casket Letters, 284; opinion of the Casket Sonnets, 344, 345 Laing, Malcolm (historian), on Letter III., 325, 326; on the Hamilton Casket, 367 Lennox, Earl of (Darnley’s father), 10; forfeited estates restored, 55; complains of Mary’s intimacy with Riccio, 58; a competitor for the Scottish crown, 62; wishes to see Darnley at Peebles, 62, 63; schemes to get the crown for Darnley, 66; accuses Mary of threatening to avenge Riccio with her own hands, 72; avers that improper relations began between Mary and Bothwell soon after the birth of James VI., 79; on Mary’s behaviour at Stirling, 80; warned of a plot to put Darnley in ward, 100; ‘Discourse’ prepared by him for York conference, 101; ‘Brief Discourse’ put in at Westminster, 102; on a second conference at Craigmillar, 103; not present at James VI.’s baptism, 105; sends men to guard Darnley at Stirling, 107, 110, 111; Minto, Walker, and Hiegait working in his interests, 111; denies that either Darnley or himself suspected foul play from Mary, 113; Darnley’s letter to him respecting Mary, 133; urges the collection of the sayings and reports of all Mary’s servants, 138; account of his son’s murder, 141; asks for the deposition of the priest of Paisley, 150; states that Mary caused a hagbut to be fired as a signal for the Kirk o’ Field explosion, 173; describes Mary’s conduct at Seton, 175; asks for the arrest of Bothwell, 176; flight after his son’s death, 180; his account of the Glasgow Letter tallies with Moray’s, 214, 215; his additions to and differences from that Letter, 216 et seq.; marginal note to Sonnet IV., 217, 218; common source of his and Moray’s reports, 221; proposed co-regency, 223; collects extraneous evidence regarding Mary, 224, 226; avers that Wood knows the murderers of Darnley, 227; knowledge of the contents of the Casket Letters, 227, 228; his indictments against Mary, 222, 223, 229, 230; cites Letter II., 231; activity in getting up evidence against Mary before the York Commissioners, 253; attitude at Westminster, 266; on Crawford’s talk with Mary, 311, 312 note; seeks to prove that the Kirk o’ Field plan was arranged between Bothwell and Mary before Mary met Darnley at Glasgow, 316; Papers, quoted, 58, 59, 74 Lennox, Lady, Mary complains to Elizabeth of her, 225