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castle of Edinburgh, the principal strength of that 

 kingdom, with peace, incontinently, without cuncta- 

 tions or cavillations, the preambles of a wavering 

 faith, she rendered with all honour and security ; 

 and his person to safe and faithful hands ; and so 

 ever after during his minority continued his prin 

 cipal guardian and protector. In the time and be 

 tween the two occasions of Scotland, when the same 

 faction of Guise, covered still with pretence of reli 

 gion, and strengthened by the desire of retaining 

 government in the queen-mother of France, had 

 raised and moved civil wars in that kingdom, only to 

 extirpate the ancient nobility, by shocking them one 

 against another, and to waste that realm as a candle 

 which is lighted at both ends : and that those of the 

 religion, being near of the blood-royal, and otherwise 

 of the greatest house in France, and great officers 

 of the crown opposed themselves only against their 

 insolency, and to their supports called in her aid, 

 giving unto them Newhaven for a place of security : 

 see with what alacrity, in tender regard towards 

 the fortune of that young king, whose name was 

 used to the suppliants of his strength, she em 

 braced the enterprise ; and by their support and 

 reputation the same party suddenly made great pro 

 ceedings, and in conclusion made their peace as they 

 would themselves : and although they joined them 

 selves against her, and performed the parts rather of 

 good patriots than of good confederates, and that 

 after great demonstration of valour in her subjects. 

 For as the French will to this day report, specially 



