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1566.3 THE DARNLEY MARRIAGE. 37' men with him,; that the name should become a reality, and * the crown matrimonial ' be legally secured to him at the approaching Parliament. But there were signs abroad that his wish would not be acceded to ; Mary Stuart was unwilling to part with her power for the same reason that Darnley required it. On Christmas- day Randolph wrote again of ' strange alterations.' ' A while ago/ he said, 1 ' there was nothing but King and Queen ; now the Queen's hus- band is the common word. He was wont in all writings to be first named ; now he is placed in the second. Lately there were certain pieces of money coined with their faces Heiiricus et Maria ; these are called in and others framed. Some private disorders there are among themselves ; but because they may be but amantium irce, or ' household words/ as poor men speak, it makes no matter if it grow no further.' In January a marked affront was passed on Darnley. M. Rambouillet brought from Paris ' the Order of the Cockle ' for him. A question rose about his shield. Had * the crown matrimonial ' been intended for him he would have been allowed to bear the royal arms. The Queen coldly * bade give him his due/ and he was en- rolled as Duke of Rothsay and Earl of Ross. 2 Darnley retaliated with vulgar brutality. He gave roistering parties to the young French noblemen in Rambouillet's train and made them drunk. 3 1 Scotch MSS. Rolls House. 2 KNOX ; History of the Reform- ation. 8 ' Sick with draughts of aqua composita.'