Item 19 (Panegyric, historical, Scaffold speech), fols 6v-22v

An account of the trial, execution, and burial of Mary Queen of Scots

[Much of this account is sympathetic to Mary, suggesting Roman Catholic sympathies on the part of the compiler. This section is written on fols 6v-8v, 12v-16v, 17v-22v, working around the Latin commentary (see msItem 20) which was written first.]

Item 19.5 (historical, Scaffold speech), fols 16r-20r

The manner of th' execution performed the 8.th of February 1586. in the great hall within the Castle of Fotheringhay

[This section describes in detail the execution: how Mary entered the hall supported by her servants, her speech, how she rejected attempts to convert her to Protestantism, how she prayed, and how it took three blows from the axe to sever her head from its body. The portions on Mary, Queen of Scots have been written around some earlier material, written on fol. 17r (see msItem 20).]