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Rh ould acquetants that they wer so unkynd in wryteing to you$r$ l. and pātlye becaus of my vandes repareing towart they partis I thocht goud to let your l. haif knowlege that my lord regent, with the rest of the lordes, dynitt in the castell this Fryday, and it was delyitt to my lord regent thair ane shippe cũit from the laird of Grange and hes schawyn, that y$e$ Erll Bothell hes escapit narrolye$a$ in schytland, and left his shippis, and followeing so neir the unecorne one of the pryncepall shippis q'lk the laird of grange had is brokkin, and y$e$ men saif, and ye laird of grange w$t$ ye Cõstabill of Dunde is landit in Schytland, and hes tain ye pryncepall mã of ye cũtre, and hes takin ane of the lord Bothelles shippis, and two spetiall mariners callit David Willye and Georde fogo: y$e$ laird of Tillebairn hes followit the rest of y$e$ shippis. This comytt you$e$ l. to the protection of y$e$ eternall God. Fra your l. ever at power to com̃and,

(In dorso,) R$d$ in September, 1567,

David S$t$cler to therle of Bedford.

(Addressed,) To the ryth wyrshippull my lord off Bedford.

(Also,) To M$r$ Secretary.

(4.) Same volume, art. 97.—"The King of Denmark to the King of Scotland, in answer to a letter of his Majesty respecting the murder of the late King Henry, and requesting that the Earl of Bothwell, who was stated to be the author of the murder, and had been arrested in Norway, might be sent back to Scotland. Stating that, inasmuch as the Earl of Bothwell had legally been acquitted of the charge, and for other reasons, he hopes to satisfy the King of Scotland's expectation by keeping Bothwell in safe and stricter custody. Dated Dec. 30th, 1567. Latin:"

Fredericus secundus Dei gratia Daniæ, Norwagiæ, Gothorum, Vandalorumque rex, Dux Slcsvici, Holsatiæ, Stormariæ, ac Diethmariæ, comes in Oldenbourgh et Delmenherst, Serenissimo Principi Domino Jacobo Scotorum regi consanguineo et fratri nostro charissimo, salutem ac continuum felicitatis incrementum. Serenissime Princeps consanguinee et frater charissime, Reddidit nobis die xv hujus mensis literas Serenitatis vestræ ultima Septembris Strivelingi scriptas presentium exhibitor fœcialis vester. Quibus nos de miserabili casu Illustrissimi Principis domini Henrici Scotorum Regis patris Serenitatis vestræ bone recordationis iterum certiores facit. Ac comitem Bothuallum non ita pridem a prefecto nostro in Noruagia captum, quem crudelissimæ cadis istius reum et authorem facit, ad supplicium deposcit eumque sibi a nobis dedi, et si ita nobis videatur tempus certum constitui petit quo is nostra ex jurisdictione in Scotiam reduci et poena adfici possit. His nos amicè jam respondemus, nos sicut superioribus literis nostris testati sumus tragicum istum et plane miserandum casum optimi Principis tanto maiore cum animi dolore percepimus quanto magis nota fuerunt omnibus Serenitatis ipsius varia et animi ct corporis dona et ornamenta, præsensque Serenitatis vestræ etas et rerum in Scotia status parentem et moderatorem talem requirere videbantur. Ideoque pro communi nostra regnorumque nostrorum necessitudine mortem Christiani et vicini regis