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made themselves Masters of St. Domingo by assault and this was the first attempt of the English to form settlements--Mary Queen of Scots being accused of having consented to Babington's conspiracy of puting Elizabeth to death and her upon the Throne of England she was removed from Lord Scropes to Fotheringay Castle Elizabeth sent her a letter informing her of the commission and of the approaching trial-- Mary though surprized at this message, was not unmindful of her dignity--she protested in the most solemn manner that she was-- innocent of the crime laid to her charge-- Two different days did Mary appear before the judges and in every part of her behavour maintained the magnanimity of a Queen tempered with the gentleness and modesty of a woman The Commissioners by Elizabeths express-- commands adjurned without pronouncing any sentence to the Star Chamber in Westminster and there unanimously declared Mary to be accussary to Babingtons conspiracy-- Affecting
