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no t be considered as here legitim ately in place, yet
it m ay be adm itted as an interesting episode.
"A fte r p artin g w ith Queen M ary on C arberry
H ill, n e ar E din b u rg h , E arl B othw ell w andered abou t
in the W e st and N orth o f S co tlan d, p robably in
disguise, b u t a t all events so as to elude the search
o f the R eg ent M u rra y ’s p a rty , and a t last reached
the O rkneys and S hetland isles, w h e re , as bearing
the title o f D u k e o f O rk n e y , conferred on him by
the Q u e e n , w hich carried w ith it Signorial rights,
it w ould a p p ea r he deem ed concealm ent less ne
cessary.
B othw ell soon fo u n d , how ever, th a t he
had deceived h im self in supposing th a t he w as
sa fer in the O rkneys th an on the Scottish co n tin en t;
for, the R egent having despatched som e ships of
w a r in p u rsu it o f him , he n arrow ly escaped capture
b y h urried ly em barking, w ith som e of his m ovables,
on b oard o f tw o vessels w h ic h , lying at Ounst in
S h e tla n d , he h ired to convey him to D enm ark.
F o r th is country he set sa il; but, being driven, by
stress o f w eather, to the coast of N o rw ay , he w as
there regarded as a p ir a te , and detained — a
m istake arising from the circum stance o f one of
the vessels belonging to a noted p ir a te , D avid
W odt, o f H am burg .
H ow ev e r, after a strict exa
m ination a t B erg en , in w hich B oth w ell’s rank and
m arriag e w ith Queen M ary w ere disclosed, the
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