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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
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY                                       9

CHAPTER II
BIRTH--EDUCATION--YEARS ABROAD                    15

CHAPTER III
SERVICES TO SCOTTISH EDUCATION--PRINCIPALSHIP OF
GLASGOW AND ST. ANDREWS                           23

CHAPTER IV
THE 'DINGING DOWN' OF THE BISHOPS--MELVILLE
AND MORTON                                        31

CHAPTER V
THE 'BIGGING UP' OF THE BISHOPS UNDER LENNOX
AND ARRAN--MELVILLE'S FLIGHT TO ENGLAND           43

CHAPTER VI
THE KING'S SURRENDER TO THE CHURCH                56

CHAPTER VII
THE POPISH LORDS--MELVILLE AND THE KING AT
FALKLAND PALACE                                   71

CHAPTER VIII
THE KING'S GREEK GIFT TO THE CHURCH               93

CHAPTER