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Thus happy was Elizabeth in her dissimulation! In her hypocritical imposture on the French and Spanish ambassadors. Thus low could the ambition of Murray stoop, as the drudge of Elizabeth: yes; to be a king, he demeaned himself more than became a man. On the conduct of Henry VIII.'s daughter, there cannot be two opinions: Like a fiend, she tempted, and betrayed. Like a fury, she reproached, and tormented, the miscreants of her delusion and treachery: Like another Hecate, she thrust them forward into rebellion; and then deceived them, for the gratification of her envy, her hate, her strong desire of double-dealing. In return, for such perfidious conduct, which they might have expected, from her habits, all that they could obtain were general protection, and secret supplies, for their subsistence, on the borders, from Bedford; as we know, from Camden, and Strype; and still more, from the statement of money received, and paid, to them; from the accounts rendered, by her lieutenant.†

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man servant.

Rockaris: Jane Olyphant. The ladie

Kippenross. Jane Crummy. Katherine Murray. Christiane Stewart, the daughter to the late lord of Coldingham. Alysown Sinclair, keeper of the King's claythis.

Pantrie: James Cawbraith.

Kitching: John Lyon, maister cuik. James Murray, foreman. William Murray, keeper of the veschell. Christell Lamb, gallepyn, in the kitching. Jok Słowan, porter in the kitching.

Wyne Sellar: Jerome Boy, in the wyne sellar.

Aell Sellar: George Boig, browster, and sellerman. John Boig, his brother.

Lauandrie: Margaret Bakomie, lauander John Cunnyngame, maister houshald to the Kingis grace, with ane servande. Andrew Hagie, stewart, with ane servande. John Dunkesoun, minister. William Murray, in the Kingis chalmer. William Brokkes, in the Kingis chalmer. Alexander Fargisoun, in the Kingis chalmer. Johne Acutrie, Franchman, and his vyife

The whole state papers; the entire narrative of facts, before stated; demonstrate, that

Elizabeth incited Murray to rebel against his sister, and benefactress; and then betrayed and disgraced him..

Office.

Bedford's accounts remain, in the Paper

Patrik Rannald.

Violaris: Mekill Thomas Hudsoun. Robert Hudsoun. James Hudsoun. William Hudsoun. William Fowlartoun, thair servand.

Item. For my Ladie Mar, and hir servandis, and furnist mease daylie takand thairto in bred, vyn, and kiching, as after followis:

Imprimis daylie xiiij get bred 1 qt. 1 pt. vyne, 1 galloun ii qts. aell, iij leiddes collis wouklie, in vynter, viz. frome the first of September to the first of Aprill; and in symmer 14, leid, viz. frome Aprill till the month of September wouklie; and ane half punde candle in vynter, and in symmer ane quarter of ane punde.

Item. to the Kingis awne mowthe daylie gret bred.

Item. Of aell to the Kingis mowth, 1 q'. 1 pt.

Item. To his mowth, daylie, ij caponis. Summa of bred, LIX gret bred. Summa Item to my Ladie and hir servandis of aell, viij glls, ij qts. Summa of vyne, daylie the kiching, on ane flesche day, ij 1 galloun, I pt. Summa of beif, iiij parti particles beef, ij byilzeit pulterie, ij ca- clis. Summa of weill, ij quarteris, iiij parponis rosted, iij quarteris of muttoun, ane ticlis. Summa of caponis, viij caponis. kyd, ane syd of sukand weill, vj chikynis Summa of pultrie, v pultrie. Summa of or dowis; with bakyne meit to my Ladie, chikynis, xviij, or dowis, Summa of kydis, alanerlie, at the discretioun of the maisterij kydis. Summa of candle. Summa of houshalde, with potages, after thair dis- collís, xiiij, leiddis, thairof, in ouklie. cretioun; and on the fische dayis siclyk Leverayis x leiddis, and to the Kingis refarrit to the stewart, ande maister hous- kiching daylie, ij leiddis, and to his chalhalde. mer daylie ij leiddis. Summa of muttoun iij muttoun 1 quarter.

The maisteres nutrix, rokkeris, and vtheris gentilmen, in the chalmer.

We can only find room for one other Item. To the maisteris nutrix daylie vj extract of the same curious kind, as illusgret bred, 1 pt. vyn, 1 gils, aell, ij leiddistrative of the age: it is the account of coillis, ouklie in vynter, and 1 leid in the mourning for Darnley :symmer; ane half pund candle in vynter, and ane quarter punde in symmer. Item. The iiij rokkaris, alysoun Sinklar, Gressell Gray, and my Lord of Coldinghame his douchter, dailie, viij z gret bred, 1q.vyne, 1 gi. 1 qt. 1 pt. aell, I leid collis ouklie in vynter, and nayn in symmer; ane half quarter punde of candle.

On the 15th of February 1566-7, the directing him, in her own hand, to furnish Queen issued a precept to the Treasurer; her mourning, as under, which every reader must be glad to see, as a real curiosity, from the Register-house, at Edinburgh

Item. Of sarge of Florence to be ane goune, and ane cloik, mulis, and schuine, elle and a half;

Item. Of chamlothe of sylk to be ane velicotte, and ane vasquine, xvii elle and half;

The kiching for the maisteres nutrix, rok-x karis, and vtheris, in the chalmer. Item. Ane particle of beif daylie, and builzeit pultrie, ij rosted caponis, iij quarteris of muttoun, ij particlis of weill; vj chikkins, or dowis; ane kyde, with potagis refarrit to the maister houshald, his discretioun.

It. Of Ormaise taffatis to lyne the bodeis and sclevis of the goune, and velicotte iiii elle;

It. Of black pladine v. doubile elle;
It. Of treilie buccharem v elle;'
It. Of Camarage to be four curges xvii

elle;

It. Of smalle holen claith to be curges

Kiching to the violaris: Item. ij quar-x elle; teris of muttoun; ij powterie; with potagis, and fische, to be refarrit to the maister houshald, his discretioun.

Maister Robert Richartsoune, thesaurer; ze sall not faille to answer alle this aboune orders quhilk salle be allouit to zou in zour comptis keipand this our precepe, for zour invarrand. Subscryvit vyt our hand, at Edin burcke, the xv of Fabruar 1566. Marie R.

Lavander: Item. To the lavander iij gret bred, 1 qt. I pt. aell, ij leiddis coillis vynter, and in symmer 1 leide.

Kiching: Item. In the flesche day ane quarter of mouttoun, and on the fische day for hir liveray fische daylie xviijd.

We have only to add, that much Item. To the maister houshalde, the pains appears to have been taken to pantreman, twa sellerman, Johne Lyoun, adorn each of these volumes with an maister cuik, Johne Dunkesoun, James authentic portrait of Queen Mary, Murray, foirman, Williame Murray, An-painted by Paillou, and engraved by drow Hagie, Jerome Boy, the pastesar, Scriven. Besides the pictures and busts John Acutre, franchman, James Merschell, consulted, we have seen one of the for

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Written by a Correspondent, and adopted, with

some alterations, after perusing the Poem.]

We confess that the title of this poem did not at first impress us in its favour. We considered that Young's "Night Thoughts," which contains so many beauties, was likely to throw into the shade any other production inspired by the same season. We, have, however, been agreeably disappointed in this work, which certainly possesses many passages of great original excellence.

In a modest preface the character of

the volume is announced in these words: "It is a descriptive poem, in the narrative form; an attempt to depict the scenery of night as connected with great t and interesting events." The design appears to us new and excellent, differing widely from that of Young, or indeed of any other author with whose works we are acquainted. It must be allowed that the scenes of Night are well calculated to afford matter for a descriptive poem. In the day, the eye sees distinctly all that lies before it, and nothing is left for the imagination to conceive. But in the Night every thing is unde

fined and obscure. Silence is favourable to inspiration, as are the superstitious notions connected with darkness, to terror and the sublime.

The volume before us is divided into four books, each forming in itself a short poem. The time in each is night. The subjects are, with the exception of the first, founded on tradition or history.

The first book contains the tragical story of two unfortunate lovers, Macdonald and Eliza. The day for their nuptials is fixed. The night previous to it, Eliza, disturbed by anxious forebodings of the morrow, rises from her couch, and walks out into the open air. It is moonlight, and she seats herself under a favourite tree, where she falls into a mournful reverie, from which she is at length startled by the rustling of the leaves near her. She rises, and listens, indulging the fond hope that it is her lover come to seek her, it is her lover, but not Macdonald. A person is here introduced of very forbidding aspect

and mysterious character, who had been a former admirer of Eliza's, but whom she had rejected in favour of his rival. He addresses her in very harsh language, and, to avenge his slighted affection, murders her. To her death, he adds those of her parents, who come in search of their daughter. Macdonald himself arrives at the fatal spot, and a struggle ensues between him and the murderer, which terminates in favour of the former, Glanfillan being compelled to fly for his life. The victor, found by the neighbouring peasants bending with a bloody dagger over the dead, is mistaken by them for the assassin, carried before the with calamity, he becomes instantajudge and condemned. Overwhelmed neously insane," his mind expires," and in that state he is executed. Glanfillan, unable to enjoy any peace, frequents, by night, the place where Macdonald's gibbet stands. He is at last worn out with mental suffering, and found dead (apparently self-murdered) by

a peasant.

and critic. It has this also to recommend it, that it is founded on fact, and celebrates one of the greatest martial exploits with which the page of our history is embellished.

The invocation of the Muse, in the commencement of this book, is written in a spirited strain of poetry; and the short digressions, to notice the private history of some of the soldiers who are slain, are justified by the high authority of Homer.

darkness of the night, to Wolfe, comThe appearance of the spectre, in the manding him to ascend the steep banks of the river, and surprise the sleeping enemy, is conceived in the true spirit of

that romantic poetry, which loves to people solitude with supernatural figures; but we question the propriety of its introduction. If we apply to this passage the 'cui bono' of the ancients, and ask for what purpose this spectre is introduced, or what benefit results to the poem from its introduction, we shall find that no reason can be given to shew that it was useful in any way whatever.

the description of Miranion in the camp Our limits will not allow us to quote of Montcalm, waking him from his disturbed slumbers, and alarming him with the news of Wolfe's approach; it is a passage of great merit, as is indeed all the little episode of the love of Miranion for the French general.

In the introduction of this poem, there struck with the comparison of Macare lines of great beauty. We were donald to a pine on his native hills, or an alpine larch, and also with the comparison immediately succeeding it. The reflections of Eliza, the night previous to her marriage, as she is looking from her window on the scenes of night illuBut the most affecting picture is that of titled Napoleon,' and contains a deminated by a brilliant moon, are natural. The last book in this volume is enGlanfillan, haunting, like a ghost at mid-scription of the fatal consequences of his night, the spot where his unfortunate expedition into Russia, a subject highly rival was executed, and murdering him- interesting, from its recent occurrence, self beneath his gibbet. The scene of the story contained in the face of Europe. The introduction and the great change it has effected in the second book is placed at Wharncliffe, contrasts the sights and sounds of a and founded on the baffled fury of an stormy night with those of war. Enchantress recoiling on herself. She transition is easy to the burning of is a female Macbeth; but we have not Moscow, the description of which is reroom for the detail of the "juggling markably grand. The picture of BuonaThe introduction of supernatural ma- disturb his dreams, is drawn with the fiends' who deceive her to her ruin. parte sleeping, and of the spectres which chinery in this book is justified by the powerful hand of a master, and contains superstitions connected with the place in strokes, which we think, either in point which the scene of the story is laid, as of conception or embellishment, equal there is still an obscure tradition of its to some of the finest pieces in the having once been the scene of enchant-dern school of poetry. We have only ment and witchcraft.

The Canadiad,' contained in the third book, we consider as the most interesting, and least imperfect of the whole. There may, perhaps, be finer passages selected from the others, (especially the last,*) but there is in this more unity of action, time, and place, more of the 'lucidus ordo,' and the simplex duntaxat et unum,' of the Roman bard * We prefer the fourth book entirely.—ED.

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room to quote the conclusion of the
vision, which reveals to Napoleon his
present residence, and the description of
his loneliness and horror on awaking and
finding himself alone in the Kremlin.
Beauteous as light, then came a queenly form :
He sprang to clasp it, but it sigh'd, and fled:
"Wretch throneless, thou art widow'd!" He,
too, wept:

And, o'er the desert of his horrid march,
His spirit, all perturb'd, seem'd to pursue
That flying spectre-Was it here?""Tis gone.