204 RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



" Here lyeth the most serene Henry of Scotland, murdered the 

 19th of February, in the year of our Lord 1567." 



In the foreground of the piece before the monument 

 is a cloth or carpet of purple velvet, fringed with 

 the same colour, on which the young King James 

 is represented kneeling, with his crown on his head 

 and uplifted hands, before a prie-dieu covered with 

 the same colour, and upon which lies a cushion. 

 The sceptre over the head is a scroll bearing in Latin 

 the inscription : — 



" Hear, Lord, and avenge the innocent blood of the King, 

 my father, and defend me, I beseech Thee, with Thy right hand." 



Upon the floor to the left hand are represented 

 the Earl and Countess of Lennox, Darnley's father 

 and mother, and his youngest brother, and over 

 their heads are scrolls bearing the words : — 



" Hearken to our cry, Lord, and avenge the innocent blood 

 of the King, our most dear son. Grant, we beseech Thee, to his 

 son prosperity and long life. 



" Avenge, Lord, the innocent blood of the King, my brother ; 

 make me, I beseech Thee, an instrument of Thy vengeance." 



On a table hung by a ring to the wall of the 

 chapel, and near the last figures and scrolls, is 

 another inscription containing the following account 

 of the design and intention of the work, which being 

 translated runs as follows : — 



"The occasion of this work, that the most Hon. Earl of 

 Lennox, and the Lady Margaret Douglass, his wife, ordered this 



