Excerpt from The History of Scotland, During the Reigns of Queen Mary, and of King James Vi; Till His Accession to the Crown of England, Vol. 3 of 3: With a Review of the Scottish History Previous to That Period; And an Appendix, Containing Original Papers

During this summer the kingdom enjoyed an nu usual tranquillity. The clergy after many struggles were brought under great subjection; the Popish earls were restored to their estates and honours by the authority of parliament, and with the consent of the church; the rest of the nobles were at peace among themselves, and obedient to the royal autho rity; when, in the midst of this security, the King's life was exposed to the utmost danger by a conspi racy altogether unexpected and almost inexplicable. The authors of it were John Ruthven, Earl of Gow rie, and his brother Alexander, the sons of that Earl who was beheaded in the year 1584. Nature had adorned both these young men, especially the elder brother, with many accomplishments, to which edu cation had added its most elegant improvements. More learned than is usual among persons of their rank; more religious than is common at their age of life; generous, brave, popular; their countrymen, far from thinking them capable of any atrocious crime, conceived the most sanguine hopes of their vol. 111. B Tr.

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