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Letters and Negotiations of Sir Ralph Sadler; Ambassador of King Henry VIII of England to Scotland, Containing the Transactions of Two Memorable Embassies - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1720. Excerpt: ... ster of Morton answering, That he knew well they had never failed in their Duty of Allegiance to their sovereign Lady; and so long as they did nothing prejudicial to the Realm, nor against the Weal of the, fame, he thought they could not be Enemies to England, having received such Benefit as they had done at the King's Majesty's Hands. The Governour replied, That he would all the World were Enemies to England, for he knew well he was the Man the King's Majesty loved worst of all Men alive. Whereunto the Master of Morton saith he answered, That, if so was, he was himself the Cause thereof; for of late he knew that the King's Majesty loved and esteemed him as well as he did any Nobleman in Scotland; and if he had observed his Faith and Promise to the King's Majesty, he might have been sure to have had both his Favour, and also great Honour by the same. The Governour replied again, and said, The King's Majesty had broken with them first, in taking of their Merchant-Ships and Goods in the time of Peace, and therefore he might justly break with him again. Then he told the said Master of Morton, how the Earls of Angus,CÆls and' Glencairn, the Lord Maxwell, Sir George Douglas and the Sheriff of Air, had dispatched the LordSomervail with Letters & Writings to the King's Majesty; which Letter s,th.d,wereintercepted'with the said Lord Somervail, being about him when he wot taken, and do contain no less than high Treason;for that by the same it may appear that the said Earls & Lords i?itended to practise with the King's Majefty to the great Mischief and Confusion of this Realm. And besides that, he said, there was certain Credence in the said Letters committed to the Lord Somervail, which he would gladly know; but he coidd in no wife cause the said LordSomervai...
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