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When the Queen of Scots ascended the scatfold, “ she wore onher head,” writes Burleigh’s reporter, “ a dressing of lawn edgedwith bone lace,” and “ a vest of lawn fastened to her caul,” edgedwith the same material. This lace-edged veil was long preservedas a relic in the exiled Stuart family, until Cardinal York be-queathed it to Sir John Cox Hippisley. Miss Pigott 15 de-scribes it of “ transparent zephyr gauze, with a light check orplaid pattern interwoven with gold ; the form as that of a longscarf.” 16 Sir John, when exhibiting the veil at Baden, had theindiscretion to throw it over the Queen of Bavaria’s head.The queen shuddered at the omen, threw olf the veil, andretired precipitately from the apartment, evidently in greatalarm.

“ Cuttit out werk,” collars of " hollie crisp,” “ quailfs of woventhread,” 17 “ cornettes of layn (linen) sewit with cuttit out werk ofgold,” “ wovin collars of tlirede,” follow in quick succession. The“ cuttit out werk ” is mostly wrought in gold, silver, cramoisi, orblack silk. 18 The queen’s “ towell clniths ” are adorned in similarmanner. 19

The Chartley Inventory of 1508 20 is rich in works of pointcoupe and reseuil, in which are portrayed with the needle figuresof birds, fishes, beasts, and flowers, “couppes chascune en sonenrre.” The queen exercised much ingenuity in her labours, vary-ing the pattern according to her taste. In the list are noted fifty-two specimens of flowers designed after nature, “ tires au naturel121 birds; as well as sixteen sorts of four-footed beasts, “ entre

15 “Records of Life,’ - by Miss II. Pigott.1839.

'• Similar to the New Year’s gift ofthe Baroness Aletti to Queen Eliza-beth ;—

“ A veil of lawn outwork flourishedwith silver and divers colours.”— Nichols’Rnjal Progresses.

17 “ Twa quaiffs one of layn and utherof woving thread.

“ Ano quaiff of layn with twa cornettessowitt with cuttit out werk of gold andsilver.

“ Twa pair of cornettes of layn sewittwith cuttit out werk of gold.

“ Ano wovin collar of thread passe-mentit with inenrnit and blew silk andsilver.”— Jnv. of 1578.

19 “ Ane rabbat of cuttit out werk andgold and crainoisie silk with the liandis(cuffs) thereof.

“ Ane rabbat of cuttit out work of goldand black silk.

“Ane rabbat of cuttit out werk withpurpure silk with the liandis of thosame.”— Ibid.

19 “ Twa towell claiths of holano claithsewitt with cuttit out werk and gold.

“ Four napkinnes of holano claith andcamniaraye sewitt with cuttit out werkof gold and silver and divers cullours ofsilk.”— Ibid.

20 Published by Prince Lubanoff.“ Uecueil de Lcttres de Marie Stuart,”t. vii. p. 217.