A History of the Scottish People from the Earliest Times, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A History of the Scottish People From the Earliest Times, Vol. 4The only effect of these invasions, besides the suppression of Mary's party, was a general de sire that some settled form of government should be established. All parties were impoverished by this war, and everything was thrown into uncertainty, agriculture was discouraged and trade diminished. Except, indeed, the restora tion of their queen to her throne, which was less desired and more unlikely than ever, any form of rule would have been welcomed as the recall of a settled state of things. It was necessary, however, in such an important affair to asoer tain the wishes of Elizabeth, who had main tained a mysterious silence, and until this could be obtained they appointed the Earl of Lennox lieutenant. In twenty days the expected answer of the English queen arrived. She approved of the step they had taken in appointing an ia terim governor, and declared she would be con tent with their election of some one to the office of regent, let their choice fall on whom it might, but that in her Opinion the Earl of Lennox, as grandfather of the young king, was meetest for the appointment, whether he was to hold it alone or in conjunction with others. She would not, however, prescribe this choice to them unless they themselves fully and freely allowed it. She also added, that finding their realm under a king invested by the act of coronation, she would not, by receiving the complaints of his mother against her son, disturb the order of their government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.