repared, in Providence,' for his Gowrie
troubles, judging (apparently) by these 'Meditations.' But Mr. Henry
Paton has searched for and found the lost 'Meditations' in MS., which are
mere spiritual outpourings. Wodrow's meaning is therefore obscure. Mr.
Bruce had great celebrity as a prophet, but where Wodrow found prophecy
in the 'Meditations' of August 3, 4, 1600, is not apparent (Wodrow's
'Bruce,' pp. 83, 84. Wodrow MSS., Advocates' Library, vol. xliv. No.
35).

{111} Calderwood, vi. 49, 66-76.

{114} Pitcairn, ii. 196.

{118} Bain, _Calendar_, ii. 350; Nau, p. 59.

{121a} _Form of certain Devices_, &c. See _Papers relating to William_,
_Earl of Gowrie_, London, 1867, pp. 25-29.

{121b} Form of examination and death of William, Earl of Gowrie.
British Museum, Caligula, c. viii. fol. 23.

{126} Thorpe, _Calendar_, ii. 650

{127a} _De Natione Anglica et Scota Juristarum Universitatis Patavinae_
Io. Aloys. Andrich. Patavii, 1892, pp. 172, 173.

{127b} Ottavio Baldi to the King, June 22, 1609. Record Office.
Venice, No. 14, 1608-1610. See _infra_, Appendix A, 'Gowrie's Arms and
Ambitions.'

{128a} Gowrie's letters of 1595 are in Pitcairn.

{128b} State Papers, Scotland (Elizabeth), vol. lxiii. No. 85.

G. Nicolson to Sir Robert Cecil.

Edinborough, 25 December, 1598.

. . . . .

'I heare Gowry is become a papist. But the K. takes little care to
this, And yet sure it importes him most to se to it, vnlest he
accompt otherwais of it than he hath cause, except he haue other
pollicy than I will conjecture.' Compare Galloway's sermon, in
Pitcairn, ii. 249, and _A Short Discourse_, ii. 231, 232.

{129a} Simancas, iv. pp. 653, 654, 677, 680, 715.

{129b} Compare note, p. 110, _supra_.

{130a} _Winwood Memorials_, pp. 1, 156. Hudson to Cecil. State Papers,
Scotland (Elizabeth), vol. lxvi. No. 19.

{130b} _Border Calendar_, vol. ii. May 29, 1600. Carey to Cecil.

{131a} The whole proceedings are printed in Arnot's _Criminal Trials_.

{131b} Nicholson to Cecil, June 22, June 29, 1600. Tytler, vol. ix. pp.
325, 326, 1843.

{131c} This date I infer from Cranstoun's statement. On August 5 he had
scarcely seen the Ruthvens, to speak to, for a fortnight.

{133} _Border Calendar_, vol. ii. p. 698, Oct. 21, 1600. Carey to
Cecil.

{134a} Calderwood, vi. 71.

{134b} A defender of Gowri