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Scotland vald lyke such ane motione saying thair w' all that 
my anso" mytht cleare monye poyntes and gywe hyme a far- 
ther sycht quhair opone perchanse ane gryter mater vald 
grow mor werilk man at the fyrst sytht could ima- 
gyne. He prayed me to deale syncerlie w' hyme as 
he had bene varay frank wt me, my anso" was this 
that Zo" Mat“ fame vas no thing gryter than in effect thair 
vas cause quhy, albeit ze var not my maistres gyff 1 vald bair 
record to the trewth | could speik no les nor he had hard 
riported, I thanked hyme upone Zo" Mat‘ behalf for the guid 
vill he hes to do yow service not douting bot Zo" Ma” being 
th'off informit vald accordinglie recognose it as occasione mycht 
serwe, as to Zo™ Ma‘ interest to the crowne I tuik it to be so 
cleare that nather the quene heir nor peple vald think onye 
thing in the contrarye, for the mariage it vas ane gryter mater 
than I durst onye vais deale in, I could never to this ho" per- 
cewe Zo" Ma“ mynd onye thing disposit to mariage quhilk I 
- Jamentet w' all my hart, being a meane subject I durst never 
enterprice that boldnes as ains to mak mentione of onye 
mariage in particulare bot onlye generallye that God vald mowe 
zo" hart to lyk of mariage, and ay the sonar the gryter com- 
fort to the subjectes quhay no thing so ernistlie desyres as 
be zo’ mariage to enter any time in the hope of the issue of 
zo" bodye suay that having never had conference wt Zo" MY 
in that poynt I could speek nothing of Zo" Ma'* inclinance 
lykyng or mislykin of onye mariage, bot prevalie to speik my 
awin opinione so far as I cowld ever lerne of Zo" Ma'** humo” 
I find zo” hart so gryt and so guid y‘ I can not juge that ever 
Zo" hynes vill marye zo” self baselye bot vill remembre in 
the makin zo" chose quhat ze or now presentlie quhar ze ar 
lyke and autht to be heireafter and quhow honorablye ze 
hawe bene maryit heirsofvir, quhilk circumstances vill admit 
no pelit compangnone to that place, for my awin dispositione 
being Zo" Ma‘** servand aad for that respect obligt to desyre 
and procure Zo" Ma‘ grandeur I wyss Zo" Ma!‘ had the grytest 
