...that whatsoever she undertaok, she did it to the halves only, to save charge ; that suits were very hardly gotten, and in effect more spent in expectation...whom I can repose trust : I am a miserable forlorn woman.' But after a few years, when we had experience of the Scottish government, then in disparagement...

...that whatsoever she undertook, she did it to the halves only, to save charge; that suits were very hardly gotten, and in effect more spent in expectation...out into such words as these: ' They have yoked my neck,—I can do nothing,—I have not one man in whom I can repose trust: I am a miserable forlorn...

...seen but on holy days'. Bishop Goodman, looking back on the reign some years after her death, said that 'the Court was very much neglected, and in effect...people were very generally weary of an old woman's government'.117 There were many reasons for dissatisfaction with her rule. In refusing to name her...

...in people their natural desire and inclination towards change.5 And Bishop Godfrey Goodman recalled that "the court was very much neglected, and in effect...people were very generally weary of an old woman's government."6 "Length of government and uncertainty of succession" had indeed caused restless and anxious...