trewlie and sempillie spokin, we will nott
refuise the jugement of thay verray men, quham sche allegeis to be
of sa honest a reputatioun. [SN: THE DUIKEIS ANSWER.] Thay knaw
that the Dukeis Grace did answer, that gif the realme mycht be sett
at libertie frome the bondage of thay men of weir quhilk presentlie
did oppress it, and was sa feirfull to him and his brethren, that
thay war compellit to absent thame selfis from the placeis quhair
sche and thay maid residence; thatt he and the haill Congregatioun
sould cum and gif all debtfull[974] obedience to oure Soverane hir
dochter, and unto hir Grace, as Regent for the tyme. Bot to enter
in conference, sa lang as sche keipis above him and his brethren
that feirfull scourge of crewell strangearis, he thocht na wyise
man wald counsall him. And this his answer we approve, adding
farther, That sche can mak us no promeis quhilk sche can keip nor
we can creddeit, sa lang as sche is forceit with the strenth, and
reuillit be the counsall of Frensche.[975] We ar not ignorant that
princeis think it guid policey to betray thair subjectis be breking
of promeissis, be thay never so solempnitlie maid. We have nott
forgett quhat counsall sche and Monsieur Dosell gaif to the Duike
against thame that slew the Cardinall, and keip the Castell of
Sanctandrois: And it was this, "That quhat promeis thay list to
requyre sould be maid unto thame: bot how sone that the Castell was
randerit, and thyngis brocht to sick pass as was expedient, that he
sould chope the heidis frome everie ane of thame." To the quhilk
quhan the Duike answerit, "That he wald never consent to sa
treassonabill ane act, bot gif he promesit fidelitie, he wald
faithfullie keip it." Monsieur Dosell said, in mockage to the
Quene, in Frensche, "That is ane guid sempill nature, bot I knaw na
uther prince that wald swa do." Gif this was his jugement in sa
small ane mater, quhat have we to suspect in this oure caus: [SN:
_NOTA._] For now the question is not of the slauchter of ane
Cardinall, bot of the just abolisching of all that tyrannie quhilk
that Romane Antechryst hes usurpit above us, of the suppressing of
idolatrie, and of the reformatioun of the haill religioun, by that
verming of schavelingis utterlie corruptit. [SN: THE QUARRELL
BETUIX FRANCE AND THE CO