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tem p o rary po liticians by no m eans hop eless: it w as
n o t till the m onth o f A ugu st in the latter y ear th a t
it w as considered as to tally lost.
T he St. B a r
tholom ew M assacre in F ran ce p u t an end to every
chance w hich M ary m ig h t hav e h a d , because h e r
connection w ith the league, indeed th a t she w as in
som e m easure th e a u th o r o f it, w as strongly
suspected by the princes and nations o f E urope,
w hich suspicion the L etters lately collected by
P rin c e L ab an off h a v e clearly p rov ed w as not
w ith o u t foundation.
T h is event had g re at influence
on the fate of B othw ell in D enm ark. On the 28th.
o f Ju n e , 1 5 7 3 , D a n tz a y w rote to the K ing o f
F ra n c e : "L e R oy de D an n em arck au o it iusques
k
p re sen t assez bien entretenu le Conte de B audouel.
M ais depuis pen de jo u rs il la faict m ettre en un
fo rt m au luaise et estroite p ris o n :” by w hich is
m ean t the C astle of D rachsh olm in S e a la n d , w here
he died ab out five y e ars later.
A fter the rem oval
o f B o thw ell to th is la st p riso n , he seem s to have
been dep riv ed o f all comm unication beyond the
C astle w a lls ; a n d , from th is p e rio d , one o f the
ch ief reaso n s for his n o t being delivered up m ay
h a v e been the prom ise given th ro u g h D an tzay to
th e K ing o f F rance.
"Ow in g to the close confinement o f Bothwell
after his removal to Drachsholm his history is
involved in so great obscurity that even contem