Item Description: | Taken from a French mamuscript in the Cottonian library, bearing the title "An historical treatise concerning the affairs of Scotland; chiefly in vindication of Mary, queen of Scots. (French, a fragment)" From internal evidence the authorship is ascribed to Claude Nau. cf. Pref., p. xxxiv-xxxv. The original French is here printed for the first time, preceded by an English translation. |