Poser 387 - court books of the High Court of Justiciary, 1566 (part 2)

In this week's poser, taken from the court books of the High Court of Justiciary , we asked you when Queen Mary escaped and where she escaped to.

Answers: Queen Mary escaped 48 hours after the murder of her secretary, David Rizzio, and she went to Dunbar castle.

Transcription:

fra the [com]mitting of the crewale and treasonabill slauchter of vmq[uhi]le
secreter dauid riccio q[uhi]lk wes vpon the nynt day of mo[n]th
last bipast to the space of xlviij houris nixt th[air]eftir Treaso-
nablie and maist awfulie stoppi[n]g hir hienes to uss hir libertie
in the meynetyme Lyke as also sho had bene haldin be thame
in presoun as zit maist treasonablie and wikkitlie had nocht
bene that be the prouisioun of god scho th[air]eftir fred & deliuerit
hir selfe furth of thair handis in maist sobir and quiet
maner vnder scilence of ny[ch]t  and w[i]t[h] grat hasert of hir
Lyfe past to hir castell of du[n]bar for saiftie thereof And

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