History of Mary Queen of Scots

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Maitland Club, 1834 - 222 pages
 

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Page 184 - Januarye, 1599, and in the two and fortyth yeare of the reigne of our fovereigne ladie Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queene of England, Fraunce and Ireland, defender of the fayth, &c.
Page 193 - The corpes was carryed into a chamber next adjoining, fearinge the saide maids should come to do any charitable good office. It did increase greatly their desire so to do after they did see their mistress corpes thorowe a little hole of the chamber wall, which [was] covered with cloath, but the wofull corpes was keepte a longe time in this chamber till it began to corrupt and smell strongly, so that in the end they were constrained to salt it, and to embalm lightly to save charges...

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