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314 meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, it might lead, one way or another, to the solution of the mystery.

I remain, my dear Uncle, your affectionate Nephew, Rh

—Since writing to you the above I have been fortunately able to find some additional evidence as to the date of the incarceration of Bothwell in Drachsholm Castle. The only evidence that had been hitherto obtained was the allusion by the Chevalier Dantzay, in a dispatch to the King of France dated June 28th, 1573, where he states that Bothwell had been placed in "un fort mauluaise et etroite prison." Now, however, thanks to Professor Kall-Rasmussen, I am in possession of further and more conclusive proof of Bothwell's incarceration at Drachsholm.

I have before referred to a MS. in the library of Karen Brahe at the nunnery of Odense in Fyen as containing the entry relating to Both well's interment at Faareveile. A portion only of this MS., containing the entries relating to the four first months of the year, had been published; but Professor Kall-Rasmussen has kindly obtained for me a copy of an entry relating to June 16, which is as follows: "Anno 1573, den 16 Junii, bleff den Schottske Greffne indsat paa Dragsholm;" that is, "in the year 1573, on the 16th of June, the Scottish Earl was placed at Drachsholm."