 Rizzio, and a few other persons, the king suddenly entered the apartment by a private passage. At his back was Ruthven, clad in complete armour, and with that ghastly and horrid look which long sickness had given him. Three or four of his most trusty...  Mary Queen of Scots: And Other Poems - Page 83by John Heneage Jesse - 1829 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English prose literature - 1925 - 1124 pages
...resistance, seized all the gates. While the Queen was at supper with the Countess of Argyll, Rizio, and a few domestics, the King suddenly entered the apartment by a private passage. At his back was Ruthven, clad in complete armour, and with that ghastly and horrid look which long sickness... | |
 | John Bennett Black - Historiography - 1926 - 220 pages
...made, Robertson's version runs thus : * On the gth March, Morton entered the court of the palace with a hundred and sixty men ; and without noise, or meeting...While the queen was at supper with the Countess of Argyll, Rizio, and a few other persons, the King suddenly entered the apartment by a private passage.... | |
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