The  King  has  written  to  his  ambassador,  Chateauneuf,  telling  him
to  take  such  steps  as  he  considers  fitting  with  the  queen  of  England,
for  the  purpose  of  ensuring  the  safety  of  the  queen  of  Scotland,  and
to  report  to  him  (the  King)  whether  it  was  necessary  to  take  up
the  matter  more  strongly  than  tliis.
The  arrest  of  the  secretaries  of  the  queen  of  Scotland  took  place
in  the  following  manner.  Paulet,  who  was  in  charge  of  her,
entered  her  apartment,  and  said  that,  as  the  weather  was  so  tine
she  could  if  she  desired  it  go  out  hunting.  She  accepted  the
offer  with  the  pleasure  that  any  prisoner  would  fee),  and  Paulet
ordered  the  principal  members  of  her  household  to  mount  for  the
purpose  of  attending  her.  When  she  had  gone  about  a  mile  from
the  house  Waad,  the  man  who  went  to  Spain,  came  and  told  her
that  he  had  orders  from  the  queen  of  England  to  convey  her  to
another  castle,  with  her  secretaries  and  other  servants  prisoners
When  the  queen  of  Scotland  heard  this  she  proceeded,  with  great
lamentations,  to  another  house  belonging  to  a  gentleman,  where  she
is  now  confined  to  a  single  room,  without  one  of  her  own  servants
to  attend  her.    Her  secretaries  and  steward  were  taken  to  Windsor,,

B  K


626  SPANISH  STATE  PAPERS.
1686.
