New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-27
QUEEN MARY'S BOUTWELL,.


He could drain a deeper emp, back wilder
horse ride il like q whlrlwlnd. and couch heavier
spear than the rudest of his jackmen tBOrderers
or Moss-tr0Opers) possessed fine -talwart person,
Invested OF superfuOus flesh, bnilt more like
tower than "a man," great strength and military
bearing. exercising fascination over his savage
hereditary hegemen that won while 1t controlled
them. His features were manly bronzed by expo
sure 10 the changing vlclssitudes OF his rough
native climate, ana his determined mouth was con-
Cealed beneath long, dropping moustaches that
mingled with his fair curling beard No wonder
that Mary looked upon him with favor for she had
agreeable recollecilOns OF his respectful homage
when she first wore the white robes Of quoenly
widOwhOod; and after she returned to Scotland she
still found his loyalty so lofty and unchan seable
that 1t seemed to partake OF that DC ouon which
shed halo over the days OF chlvaIly"
One of the eDthets hurled at nm by those VINO
hated and feared him is the stigma that lie was
"oneey ed" If, however, the Earl had lost the
sight OF eye in combat, by sea or and, the orb
itself uninjurcd aud it has been observed that
the scar his forehead, which the only visible
estlge of the injury became bis face as 1t would
have become none other
Boutwell,, like Mary. was entirely ont OF the
common. His appearance was no index 10 MS age
He was enc of those completely lmbued with
vitality that years pass over them and leave none
OF the traces which stamp season after season
their impress on ordinary men, or scar them deeply
as the glaciers furrOw the rocks over which they
glide, grinding on age by age leaving channels
that remain ndelible after the superintendent ice
has melted away. There NAV have been silver
mingled with his darker locks, but this was not
the result Of time but of thought, just as in the
days Of pate-armor soldier could he recognized
by frnges OF gray where the helmet bad pressed
II ost closely and persstenily, while every where
else the original color held its own He was
curious commngling Of the selt-pUssessOn that
results from deep thought and severe discipline of
mind and body IN VAT politics and courts, and the
mobility which Is lnseparabe from an original
nervous temperament while yet the frame has
not known sufficient rest TO take on superfuOus
flesh.
Contemporaries attributed the domination exer-
cised by Boutwell, over Mary TO necromancy; but
the best answer to such charge Is that made y
the unfortunate leOnora Galigai.-daughter OF the
nurse of Mary de Medicis, aud widow of the
| assassinated ConcnO Concini. Marshal dAncre,-
when accused OF similar powers over the FlOrenne
qneen OF Herry ". Of France. She replied, NJ
arts were SIMPLY the superiority OF strong mind
over weak one" As regarded Boutwell, Mary
stuart was weak however strong IL other cases.
| While 30 many writers have sOukh. 10 degrade and
even 70 caricAture Boutwell,. there are some who
seek to do him justice without the slightest sacri-
| flee Of truth
! Boutwell, a gentleman of ancient race. He
had the manners of a great lord. and the haught-
ness or fcudal noble His resOlute features never
! b ushed His eyes we're beautiful although one had
been deprived OF vision; but he far from being
disfigured by the accident Indeed, the defect Of
| his Rht was hardly perccptible. His voice which
| had a genuine, manly ring, susceptible of the
| gentest infections. His mouth exl ressed his
| feeling Of superiority He had a marked nose and
| a patrician physiOgnOmy and his fascinating look
| Iesembled that OF eagle. This martial Nisage.
| this noble and easy figure. this soul without
! carried the Qneen away. 70 this must be added
the attest Of Sir Walter Scott as 70 the hold ad-
dress and county manners OF Boutwell," d" a
nObleman possessed OF his great power and hered-
itarY influence"
AL these (ljs gifts OF He'll were rsAv"d by a