Indeed, when I saw Duke Hamilton's daughter coming out
of the coach with the queen, I never could think after, that a lady
of her degree would have countenanced the queen had the matter laid
to her charge been as it was said. Not but in any circumstance it
behoved a lady of that ancient and royal blood, to be seen beside
the queen in such a great historical case as a trial.
I hope, in the part I have taken, my people will be satisfied; but
whether they are satisfied or not, my own conscience is content with
me. I was in the House of Lords when her majesty came down for the
last time, and saw her handed up the stairs by the usher of the
black-rod, a little stumpy man, wonderful particular about the rules
of the House, insomuch that he was almost angry with me for stopping
at the stair-head. The afflicted woman was then in great spirits,
and I saw no symptoms of the swelled legs that Lord Lauderdale, that
jooking man, spoke about, for she skippit up the steps like a
lassie. But my heart was wae for her when all was over, for she
came out like an astonished creature, with a wild steadfast look,
and a sort of something in the face that was as if the rational
spirit had fled away; and she went down to her coach as if she had
submitted to be led to a doleful destiny.
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