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of St Andrews, Mary &
Charles II, all people
of great ability.

Perhaps Mary was the
ablest man of them
all.

What a devil of a
kingdom for a young
civilized woman to rule!
Of all the traitorous, self
seeking men about her,

the Regent Murray was
easily the meanest, & the
most self-seeking hound.
The best shot ever fired
in Scotland was fired
by Bothwell of Philiphaugh,
in Linlithgow.

Morton a scoundrel of
course, but able, as was
Murray. Poor Mary
had no chance from the
first. Knox, though
I loathed him, was