Jane Seton; or, The King's Advocate: A Scottish Historical Romance

CHAPTER I.

JANE SETON.

"I prithee mark His countenance; unlike bold calumny, Which sometime dare not speak the thing it looks, He dare not look the thing he speaks, but bends His gaze on the blind earth."--_The Cenci_.

On the 19th of May, 1537, the bells of Edinburgh rang joyously. It was a day of loyalty and merriment such as never more may gladden Scotland&#...