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repeated ly com plained o f the too g re at lenity shewn
to him a t M alm ø. T h e ch ief object o f his rem oval
to D rachsholm seem s to have been th a t o f m ore
certain seclusion.
“ W ith resp ect to the g reat discrepancies re
g arding the date o f B othw ell’s death, it is p ro p er
to observe th a t they m ay p a rtly arise from a
c on tem p orary D anish M em orandum B o o k , o f some
au th o rity and often referred to , in w hich we find
the follow ing n o tes: " I n the y e a r 1575, the 14th.
o f A pril, die«l J o h n , the C haplain of D rachsholm ,
and w as b uried in the C hurch o f Faareveile, near
D ra ch sh o lm .” — " In the y e ar 1578, the 14th. of
A pril, died the S cottish E arl a t D ra ch sh o lm , and
w as b uried in the sam e C hurch.
H is nam e was
Jam e s H ep h u n e (sic: H ep b u rn is m e a n t), E arl of
B othw ell.” — H ere it should be observed th at
these notices or m em o ran d a are a rran g ed according
to the D ays o f the M o n th , n o t according to the
Y e ars: and, thus, events w hich occur on the sam e
D a y , alth o u g h in different Y e a rs, are placed in
ju x ta position.”
Mr. Repp has, in his book, collected about
thirty documents never before published, consisting
o f Diplomatic Despatches and Letters in Latin,
French, German, and Danish, in a high degree in
teresting and characteristic o f the times in which
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