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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