Copy in a contemporary hand, apparently that of one of his secretaries, of `A Discourse, conteyninge A perfect Accompt given to the moste vertuous and excellent Princesse Marie Queene of Scotts and her Nobility, by John Leslie B. of Rosse, Ambassador for her highnes toward the Queene of England Of his whole charge and proceedings duringe the time of his Ambassadge from his entres in England in September 1568 to the xvj[??] day of March 1571’.
Scope and Contents
The discourse begins at folio 8 being preceded by the Epistle and preface (folio 1 verso). Leslie`s account was used by William Camden in his ‘Annales ... regnate Elizabetha ... ad annum 1589’, there being several copies in manuscript, but it remained unpublished until it was printed with an introduction by James Anderson, Writer to the Signet, in his ‘Collections Relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland’, volume iii. Anderson used this copy as his text: another copy, British Library, Cotton MS Caligula C.4, has additions which Anderson printed at pages 243-252 of his edition.
Dates
- Creation: ?1571.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (1 + 62 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The volume was repaired and bound or re-bound about 1815.
Custodial History
The manuscript was presented `Jun.18.1704. To the Hon[???] the Dean and Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh ...` by William Nicolson, bishop of Carlisle (later archbishop of Cashel), whose presentation note is written on a piece of paper pasted to folio 1, the Faculty`s accession note being written in Thomas Ruddiman`s hand at folio i.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Other contemporary copies of the work are recorded in “John Leslie’s ‘Libri Duo’” by Pamela Robinson, note 8, page 65, in ‘Order and Connexion …’, edited by R C Alston (1977), pages 63-76.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 07 08 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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