CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons_A

m agistrate o f th a t p lace, E rik R o senkrantz, decided upo n no t dism issing B othw ell but sending him , w ith a re p o rt o f the exam ination, to D e n m a rk , th a t the K ing, F rederik I I . , m igh t deal w ith him according to his p leasure. "B o thw ell arriv ed in D enm ark a b o u t the close o f the y e a r 15t>7, an d w as a t first lodged in the P alace a t Copenhagen, w here, although regarded as a p riso n e r, he w as treated h o n o u ra b ly , and as a person o f high ra n k ; the K ing even sending him valuable presen ts and advancin g him m oney. B o th­ well now lo st no tim e in rep resentin g to the K ing, in a m em o ria l, th a t he w as sent by Q ueen M ary, h is C onsort, to dem and F re d e rik ’s aid an d assistance again st h e r rebellious subjects; that, in retu rn , he w as autho rised by her to resto re to the K in g o f D enm ark the isles o f O rkney and S h etlan d , (which had been pledged to the C row n o f Scotland in lieu of a p ecuniary dow ery th a t should have been paid a t a form er p eriod on the m arriag e of a D anish P rincess w ith a Scottish K in g ); and th at, as soon as the object o f his m ission to D enm ark w as ac­ com p lished, he w ished imm ediately to proceed to F ra n c e , being charged w ith a sim ilar m ission to th e French Court. B ut, ju s t ab o u t this tim e, envoys from the R egent M u rray a rriv ed a t Copenhagen, accusing B othw ell of parricide (i. e. the m u rd er o f D arnley) and other heinous crim es, and dem anding