it of umquhile the Kyngis Grace my father, hir Grace, and me,
sick graceis and favouris, that ye sould be sa forgetfull as to mak
youre self the heid, and ane of the principall begynnaris and
nureischaris of the tumultis and seditiounis thar ar sene thair.
The quhilk, becaus it is sa strange as it is, and syne against the
professioun that ye at all tymeis have maid, I can not gudlie
beleif it; and gif it be sa, I can not think bot ye have bene
entyseit and led thairto be sum personis that haif seduceit and
caussit yow commit sic ane falt, as I am assureit ye repent of
alreddy, quhilk will be ane greit emplesour[885] to me, to the
effect I mycht lose ane pairt of the occasioun I have to be
miscontent with yow, as I will yow to understand I am, seing sua
far ye have dissavit the esperance I had of yow, and your
effectioun towart God, and the weill of our service, unto the
quhilk ye knaw ye ar als mekill and mair obleist nor ony uther of
the Lordis thair. For this cause, desyrand that the materis mycht
be dutelie[886] amendit, and knawand quhat ye may heirintill, I
thocht gude on this maner to write unto yow, and pray yow to tak
heid to returne to the guid way, from quhilk ye ar declyneit, and
caus me knaw the samin be the effectis that ye have ane uther
attentioun nor this quhilk thir folies bipast makis me now to
beleif; doing all that ever ye can to reduce all thyngis to thair
first estait, and put the samin to the rycht and gud obedience that
ye knaw to be dew unto God and unto me: [SN: BRAGGIS NOW.[887]]
Utherwayis, ye may be weill assureit, that I will put to my hand,
and that in gud eirnest, that ye and all thay have done, and dois
as ye, sall[888] feill, (throw thair awin falt,) that quhilk thay
have deservit and meritit; evin as I have gevin charge to this
Gentilman, present beirar, to mak yow knaw mair largelie of my
pairt; for quhilk caus, I pray yow creddeit him, evin as ye wald
do my selff. Prayand God, my Cousing, to haif yow in his holy and
worthy protectioun.

"Writtin at Pareis, the xvij day of July 1559."

The samyn messinger brocht alssua letteris frome the Quene our Soverane,
mair scharp and threatning than the former; for hir conclusioun was,
"_Vous senteras la poincture a jamais_."[889]

This creddeit was, "That the Kyng wald spend the Croun