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. 1859. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER LXI. SUMMARY. Commission for Mary"s trial--King of France demands that she should be allowed the aid of counsel--Refused--Commissioners arrive at Fotheringhay--Mary receives Mildmay and Barker in her sick-chamber--She denies their authority to try her--Intimidating letter of Elizabeth--Hatton persuades Mary to appear before the Commissioners--Arrangement of the Hall--Mary supported into Court by Andrew Melville and her physician--Her dress, deportment, and answers--Array of power and talent against her--Her intrepidity and self-poBsession--Phillipps"s decipherments brought forward--She denies their authenticity--Attacks Walsingham--He defends himself--She apologizes--Alleged testimony of Nau and Curie against her--She demands them to he confronted with her--No genuine evidence produced--Her pathetic answer to the chargeB--Second day"s proceedings--Mary"s eloquence and courage--Taxes her judges with partiality--She appeals to the English Parliament--The Court breaks up without passing sentence--Mary"s illness after the departure of the Commissioners--Her calm discussion with Paulet on the scene--Mary Seton writes anxiously from Rheims--James VI. urged to defend his mother--His dialogue with George Douglas--StarChamber proceedings against Mary--Intimidation practiced on Nau and Curie--Nan Btoutly denies the charge--Star-Chamber pronounces Mary guilty of death--Parliament petitions for her execution--Lord Buckhurst sent by Elizabeth to announce her fate to Mary--He reproves Beale"s brutality--Mary hears the sentence calmly--Her letter describing Paulet tearing down her canopy, etc.--Resistance of her maids of honor--Her letter after sentence--Remonstrances of her son to Elizabeth--Perfidy of his embassadors--Mary"s sentence proclaimed in London--Depu...