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Textseetland, the menætft of the human race. To acute me of following the death of the queen my filter, is to brand me with he infany which I sabro molt. It is my nature to employ the direction and Efter, and not the fwof of Judith. Elizabeth herself will attach, that I have often admitted her was to draw upon her head the retention of my friends by the economy of her eruties to me. My innocence cannot finely be doubted; and it is known to the Almighty God, I could not potify think to forcego his mercy, and to ruin my folly, in order to compels a transgirtion fo horrible as that or her murders. But amidt the time ment and impropried pretences which my silverfa-ries are pleased to invent to overvelmim me with cala- mules and angelit, I can trace and discover with erie the next cause of their mobility and promotion. My crimes are my birth, the injuries I have been com- pelled to endure, and y religion. I am proud of the first, I can forgive the freedom, and she tried in a fource to me of fuch comfort and hope, that for its glory I will be contested that my blood fall flow upon the faithful?

TextTo the defense of Mary, a returns were made befe flace and indisporaffitions of the field of the evidence produced to her prejudice. In the course of the trial, however, there occurred some incidents which defence to be rotated. By Lord Erleigh, who was willing to disconnect her, charged her with a fixed relation of conveying her claims and titles to England to the king of Spain. But though, in a discounted humonism with the fen, the had threatened to dinhent him, and had even corpoined on the failed, with her feet fetre friends, it appears that this project to be eradicated as only a transient effect of redefensement and puffion. She indeed acknowledged, that the Spaniard profited to have pretensions to the kingdom of England, and that a book in justification of them had been communicated to her. She declared, however, thus the had incorrect the displacement of many by disapproving of this book, and that no conveyance of her titles to the Spanish had been ever executed.

TextThe trial continued during the space of two days but the commitment awaited to deliver their opinions. My lost Burleigh, in whole management Elizabeth chiefly condides, and whom the Scottish quen dicom-pofed in no common degree by her ability and vigors, being eager to consider the findings, demand to know if the bad any thing to add to what the bad gregd in her defence. She informed him, that the would be infinitely placed and geefied, if it should be permitted to her to be heard in her justification before a full meeting of the parliament, or before the queen and her privy-conned. This information was unsecc-ected, and the request implied in it was rejected. The court, in consequence of previous individuals from Elizabeth, adjored to a further day, and appointed that the place of its convention should be the flat- clamber at Wetherden, in accordingly attended these shows and Yaw and Curl, who had not been pro-duced a Motheringy coffee, were now called before the commillions. An cash to dealer the trust was put to then ,) and they definitely affirmed and protected that the declaration they had lubferbed was in every refect juit and faithful. Nothing farther remained,

Textbut to pronounce femeence against Mary. The com- millifrons unanimously concurred in delivering it as their verdict or judgment, that the "was a party to judgment the conspiracy of Bologony, and that the had com-pafiled and imagined matters within the realm of Engi- landending to the hard, death, and delivered of the royal portion of Elizabeth, in opposition to the feature framed for her protection." Upon the fame day in which this extraordinary femeence was given, the com- millions and the judges of England lifted a decla- ration which imported, that it was not to derogate in any degree from the titles and honour of the King of Stots.

TextThe reference against Mary was very foon afterwards ratified by the English parliament. King James there is there with herner as hearing of the execution of his English mattres; but that spiritilled prince could how his re-fentant so darker than by unwailing cheatles and remontances. France integrated in the flame in effectual manner, and on the 6th of December 1986, Elizabeth caufed the femeence of the commalliance against her to be proclaimed. After this the was made acquainted with her fate, and received the news with the greatest monopolies, and even apparent faith-fiction. Her keepers now refused to test her with any reverence or respect. They entered her apartments with their hands covered, and make no balance to her. They took down her canopy of date, and deprived her of all the budget of royalty. By thefe infringning institutions they meant to inform do that the had fnuk from the digity of a princely to the abject that of a criminal. She findeld, and fails. " Is defite of your foreign and one for laborivental judges, I will live and die a queen. My royal characters in-delibs; and it will fororder it with my finite to the Almaghy Goo, from whom I received it, and to whom my honor and my convinces are fully known." In this melancholy duration Mary adderfield a magan nouve letter Elizabeth, in which almost making the faultlicitation for her life, the only requested that her body might be carried to France; (that the might be publicly executed), that her terrains might be per-mitted to depart out of England undemolded, and enjoy the legacies which lie bequearched them. But to this letter no answer was given.

TextIn the mean time James, who had neither adrefa nor courage to attempt any thing in behalf of his mother, announced her donation to his friend died in jects, and ordered prayers to be fail for her in all the churches. The form of the person for preferred was framed with delivery and caution, that the clever might have no objection to it. He enjoned them to pray, " that it might pleal Goo to college Mary with the light to the truth, and to proceeds her from the danger which was hanging over her." His own chapals, and Mr David Lindley mintier of Lerich, deferred his command. But all the other cergy referful to profitute their pulpits by preferring any pe-titions to the Almighty for a Papil. Jana, shocked with their point of anience and fictitious apportioned a new day for prayers to be fail for Mary, and illued a father injunction to the cergy to obey him, and that his might be for himself from any faults, the commanded the archibihop of St Andrews to preach be-fore him. The recietificates, diligutted with his injunc-

Caption8e d discuss to be heard before the parliament, a full meeting of the parliament, or before the queen.