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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