of France, or
that he war not revengeit upoun sick seditious personis. That he wald
never have suspectit sick inobedience and sick defectioun frome his awin
sister in him." To the quhilk the said Lord James ansuerit, first by
word, and than by writting, as followis:--

"SCHIR,

"My dewtie rememberit. Your Majestieis letter I resavit frome
Pareis, the xvij of Julij last, proporting in effect, that your
Majestie sould mervell that I, being forgetfull of the graceis and
favouris schawing me be the King, of blissitt memorie, your
Majestieis Father, and the Quenis Grace, my Soverane, sould declair
my selff heid, and ane of the principall begynnaris of the allegeit
tumultis and seditioun in thir pairtis, desaving thairby your
Majestieis expectatioun at all tymis hard of me; with assurance,
that gif I did not declair by contrarie effectis my repentance, I,
with the rest that had put, or yitt putis handis to that wark,
sould resave the rewaird quhilk we had deservit and meritit.

"Schir, it grevis me heavelie that the cryme of ingratitude sould
be laid to my charge be your Hienes, and the rather that I persave
the same to haif proceidit of sinister informatioun, of thame
quhais pairt it was not sua to have reportit, gif trew service
bigane had bene regairdit. And as tuiching the repentance, and
declaratioun of the same be contrar effectis,[890] that your
Majestic desyris I schaw, my conscience perswaidis me in thir
proceidingis to have done na thing aganeis God, nor the
debtfull[891] obedience towartis your Hienes and the Queneis Grace
my Soverane, utherwayis it sould have bene to repent, and als
amendit allreddy, according to your Majestieis expectatioun of me.
Bot your Hienes being treulie informeit, and perswaidit that the
thyng quhilk we have done makis for the advancement of Godis
glorie, (as it dois in deid,) without ony maner derogatioun to your
Majesteis dew obedience, we dowt not bot your Majestie sall be
weill contentit with our proceidingis, quhilk being groundit upoun
the commandiment of the eternall God, we dar [nocht] leif the samyn
unaccompleischeit; onelie wisching and desyreing your Majestie did
knaw the same, and treuth thairof, as it is perswaidit to our
conscience, and all thame that ar treulie instructit in the
eternall word of our God, upoun