There is enough to justify most of it in the "Relaciori" itself.

The exceptions mentioned being made, I hope it may be found that I
have adhered rigorously to my purpose of owing nothing to invention
in my attempt to flesh and clothe these few bones of history.

I should add, perhaps, that where authorities differ as to motives,
where there is a conflict of evidence as to the facts themselves,
or where the facts admit of more than one interpretation, I have
permitted myself to be selective, and confined myself to a point
of view adopted at the outset.
R. S.
LONDON, August, I9I7




CONTENTS

I. THE NIGHT OF HOLYROOD
The Murder of David Rizzio

II. THE NIGHT OF KIRK O' FIELD
The Murder of Darnley

III. THE NIGHT OF BETRAYAL
Antonio Perez and Philip II of Spain

IV. THE NIGHT OF CHARITY
The Case of the Lady Alice Lisle