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CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI 1 Andrew Melville, by William Morison The Project Gutenberg EBook of Andrew Melville, by William Morison This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series Author: William Morison Release Date: July 30, 2007 [EBook #22174] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANDREW MELVILLE *** Produced by Jordan, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ANDREW MELVILLE BY WILLIAM MORISON FAMOUS SCOTS: SERIES PUBLISHED BY OLIPHANT ANDERSON FERRIER EDINBVRGH AND LONDON The designs and ornaments of this volume are by Mr. Joseph Brown, and the printing from the press of Messrs. T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh. Transcriber's notes: Minor typos have been corrected. Footnotes have been placed at the end of the paragraph to which they refer. Greek has been changed to Latin letters and placed in brackets. PREFATORY NOTE Let it be understood that the quotations in Scots, where the author is not mentioned, are from the Autobiography and Diary of James Melville. March 1899. CONTENTS PAGE Andrew Melville, by William Morison 2 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY 9 CHAPTER I 3 CHAPTER II BIRTH EDUCATION YEARS ABROAD 15 CHAPTER II 4 CHAPTER III SERVICES TO SCOTTISH EDUCATION PRINCIPALSHIP OF GLASGOW AND ST. ANDREWS 23 CHAPTER III 5 CHAPTER IV THE 'DINGING DOWN' OF THE BISHOPS MELVILLE AND MORTON 31 CHAPTER IV 6 CHAPTER V THE 'BIGGING UP' OF THE BISHOPS UNDER LENNOX AND ARRAN MELVILLE'S FLIGHT TO ENGLAND 43 CHAPTER V 7 CHAPTER VI THE KING'S SURRENDER TO THE CHURCH 56 CHAPTER VI 8 CHAPTER VII THE POPISH LORDS MELVILLE AND THE KING AT FALKLAND PALACE 71 CHAPTER VII 9 CHAPTER VIII THE KING'S GREEK GIFT TO THE CHURCH 93 CHAPTER VIII 10 [...]...CHAPTER IX CHAPTER IX MELVILLE AT HAMPTON COURT 116 11 CHAPTER X CHAPTER X THE KING'S ASSEMBLIES 134 12 CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XI THE TOWER: SEDAN 140 ANDREW MELVILLE 13 CHAPTER I 14 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY While Andrew Melville has other claims on the lasting honour of his countrymen than the part he took in securing for... 1580 Melville was translated to the Principalship of St Mary's College, St Andrews Mainly through his own exertions a new constitution for the University had just been framed and sanctioned by Parliament, in accordance with which that College was to be henceforth set apart for theological education The reforms made at this time in St Andrews went on the same lines as those effected in Glasgow Before Melville' s... was restored The academic labours of Melville caused a great revival in Scottish education Not only did Scotland after this time keep her own students, but foreign students began to attend her Universities A few years after Melville went to St Andrews, names of students from all parts of the Continent began to appear on the matriculation registers, chiefly of St Andrews, but of the other Universities... James Melville, fresh from his journey from England, arrived in Linlithgow on the eve of the Assembly, and found his brethren much dispirited They had almost come to a rupture among themselves, high words having passed between those of them who had subscribed the deed of submission to the bishops and those who had refused This dispute had caused much trouble to Andrew Melville In a letter of James Melville. .. Andrew Melville and other brethren He also despatched to the King an appeal against the Synod's sentence, defying the sentence at the same time by appearing in his own pulpit on the following Sabbath On the same Sabbath Melville was preaching in his own college chapel to a crowded congregation; and a neighbouring laird, with a number of his friends, having come to the city on that Sabbath to hear Melville, ... thee yet!"' Melville finished his curriculum at St Andrews in 1564, and left with the reputation of being 'the best philosopher, poet, and Grecian of any young maister in the land.' It was common at that time for Scottish students on leaving their own Universities to seek, at the Continental seats of learning, a more abundant education than their own country could afford We shall see that when Melville. .. to the CHAPTER IV 24 Court From the moment when he first met Melville he had the sagacity to perceive that this was the strongest man he would have to deal with: he accordingly did his utmost to secure Melville' s support for the Government scheme He offered him, as we have said, a Court Chaplaincy, and he would have made him Archbishop of St Andrews on the death of Douglas When he found him incorruptible... intimacy with Melville, who, however, never trusted him Melville, ever shrewd in discerning character 'he had a wounderfull sagacitie in smelling out of men's naturalls and dispositions' early saw that Adamson would prove a better servant of the Court than of the Church When the Assembly met in the autumn of 1576 it was reported that Adamson had been presented by Morton to the See of St Andrews, and... captain More than James Melville could have said at that time that they felt a 'cauld heavie lumpe' lying on their hearts The ministers of Edinburgh showed their characteristic spirit in this crisis, and raised such a storm against the King and Council on account of their treatment of Melville that the Court had to defend itself by an apologetic proclamation Within a few months after Melville' s flight measures... als ill!"' Buchanan put the proof of his Epistolary Dedication to the King into the hands of Melville, who read it and suggested some amendments 'I may do no mair,' said the worn-out veteran, 'for thinking on another mater.' When Melville asked what he meant, he replied, 'To die.' Leaving him for a little, the Melvilles accompanied his nephew, Thomas Buchanan, on a visit to his printer, whom they found . included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series Author: William Morison Release Date: July 30, 2007 [EBook. VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI 1 Andrew Melville, by William Morison The Project Gutenberg EBook of Andrew Melville, by William Morison This eBook