De origine, moribus et rebus gestis Scotorum

In the history of Scotland published at Rome in 1578 by John Lesley, Bishop of Ross, under the title “De origine, moribus et rebus gestis Scotorum” an engraved plate which contains medallion portraits of Mary Stuart and also her son James VI at the age of twelve.

John Lesley was one of Mary Stuart’s most trusted friends and councillors and wrote the Latin history while representing her at the Papal Court in Rome.

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