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No sooner , however , had his strength overcome the disease , than she was seized with this fond sympathy , and came flying with her endearments , seemingly to foster his recovery with caresses and love . The which excessive affection was afterwards ascribed to a guilty hypocrisy ; for in the sequel it came to light that , while she was practising all those winning blandishments , which few knew the art of better , and with which she regained his confidence , she was at the same time engaged in unconjugal correspondence with the Earl of Bothwell . The King , however , was won by her kindness , and consented to be removed from among the friends of his family at Glasgow to Edinburgh , in order that he might there enjoy the benefits of her soft cares and the salutary attendance of the physicians of the capital . The house of the provost of Kirk o ' Field , which stood not far from the spot where the buildings of the college now stand , was accordingly prepared for his reception , on account of the advantages which it afforded for the free and open air of a rising ground ; but it was also a solitary place -- a fit haunt for midnight conspirators and the dark purposes of mysterious crime . There , for some time , the Queen lavished upon him all the endearing gentleness of a true and loving wife , being seldom absent by day , and sleeping near his sick-chamber at night . The land was blithened with such assurances of their reconciliation ; and the King himself , with the frank ardour of flattered youth , was contrite for his faults , and promised her the fondest devotion of all his future days . In this sweet cordiality , on Sunday , the 9th of February , A.D. 1567 , she parted from him to be present at a masquing in the palace ; for the Reformation had not so penetrated into the habits and business of men as to hallow the Sabbath in the way it has since done amongst us .