and won over Glencairn, whom she liked, and Rothes; Bothwell and Huntly
joined her with a sufficient force, Ruthven and Morton fled to Berwick
(Ruthven was to die in England), and Knox hastened into Kyle in Ayrshire.
Darnley, who declared his own innocence and betrayed his accomplices, was
now equally hated and despised by his late allies and by the queen and
Murray,--indeed, by all men, chiefly by Morton and Argyll. Lethington
was in hiding; but he was indispensable, and in September was reconciled
to Mary.

On June 19, in Edinburgh Castle, she bore her child, later James VI.; on
her recovery Darnley was insolent, and was the more detested, while
Bothwell was high in favour. In October most of the Lords signed, with
Murray, a band for setting Darnley aside--_not_ for his murder. He is
said to have denounced Mary to Spain, France, and Rome for neglecting
Catholic interests. In mid-October Mary was seriously ill at Jedburgh,
where Bothwell, wounded in an encounter with a Border reiver, was
welcomed, while Darnley, coldly received, went to his father's house on
the Forth. On her recovery Mary resided in the last days of November at
Craigmillar Castle, near Edinburgh. Here Murray, Argyll, Bothwell,
Huntly, and Lethington held counsel with her as to Darnley. Lethington
said that "a way would be found," a way that Parliament would approve,
while Murray would "look through his fingers." Lennox believed that the
plan was to arrest Darnley on some charge, and slay him if he resisted.

At Stirling (December 17), when the young prince was baptised with
Catholic rites, Darnley did not appear; he sulked in his own rooms. A
week later, the exiles guilty of Riccio's murder were recalled, among
them Morton; and Darnley, finding all his enemies about to be united,
went to Glasgow, where he fell ill of smallpox. Mary offered a visit
(she had had the malady as a child), and was rudely rebuffed (January 1-