The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

And so, contrary to the Oath which they had made, they denied their assistance, counsel, & comfort to the Provest and Bailiffs, which are arguments very probable that the said tumult rose by their procurement. The end thereof was, That the Provest and Bailiffs were compelled to give their hands writs, that they should never pursue any of those that were of that tumult, for any crime that was done in that behalf. And this was proclaimed at the Cross, after nine of the clock at night; and so was that trouble quieted: But the Nobility vowed, That they would not spare it, nor forget it; and so a great number of that faction were absent from the Town, till the arrival of the Queen. The whole multitude were holden excommunicate, and were admitted to no participation of the Sacraments, until such time as they satisfied the Magistrates, and made humble suit unto the Church. Of the death of the Queen Regent, we have heard before spoken; but of her Burial was nothing heard. And it may appear, That such matters are unworthy of remembrance: And if all things should be rightly weighed, we shall perceive Gods just Judgements, how secret soever that they be. Before we heard the barbarous inhumanity that was used at Leith by the French, who exposed the naked carcasses of the slain, as it were in a spectacle despiting God. We have heard that the Queen Regent rejoiced at the sight, but her joy was suddenly turned into sorrow, as we have heard. The question was moved of her Burial: The Preachers boldly gainstood,¹ That any Superstitious Rites should be used within that Realm, which God of his mercy began to repugn. And so conclusion was taken, That her Burial should be deferred till farther advertisement;² and so was she wrapped in a Coffin of Lead, and kept in the Castle, from the ninth of June, until the 19 of October, when she by Pynours was carried to a Ship, and so carried to France: what pomp was used there, we neither heard, nor yet regard: But in it we see, That she that delighted that others lay without Burial, gat it neither so soon as she her self (if she had been of the counsel in her life) would have required it;³ neither yet so honourable in this Realm, as sometimes she looked for. As men do, so they receive.

And so, contrary to the Oath which they had made, they denied their assistance, counsell, & comfort to the Provest and Bayliffs, which are arguments very probable that the said tumult rose by their procurement. The end thereof was, That the Provest and Bayliffs were compelled to give their hands writs, that they should never pursue any of those that were of that tumult, for any crime that was done in that behalf. And this was proclaimed at the Crosse, after nine of the clock at night; and so was that trouble quieted: But the Nobility vowed, That they would not spare it, nor forget it; and so a great number of that faction were absent from the Towne, till the arrivall of the Queen. The whole multitude were holden excommunicate, and were admitted to no participation of the Sacraments, untill such time as they satisfied the Magistrates, and made humble suit unto the Church. Of the death of the Queen Regent, we have heard before spoken; but of her Buriall was nothing heard. And it may appear, That such matters are unworthy of remembrance: And if all things should be rightly weighed, we shall perceive Gods just Judgements, how secret soever that they be. Before we heard the barbarous inhumanity that was used at Leith by the French, who exposed the naked carkasses of the slain, as it were in a spectacle despighting God. We have heard that the Queen Regent rejoyced at the sight, but her joy was suddenly turned into sorrow, as we have heard. The question was moved of her Buriall: The Preachers boldly gainstood,