See Goodall, vol.ii.p.

64, 67.

But it is not considered, that this circumstance is of no manner of force.

There were certainly letters, true or false, laid before the council; and whether the letters were true or false, this mistake proceeds equally from the inaccuracy or blunder of the clerk.

The mistake may be accounted for; the letters were only written by her; the second contract with Bothwell was only subscribed.