he Archbishop of St Andrews expressed the strongest aversion. He was
quite a different man--a man of family undoubtedly, and most probably
related to James Douglas the Earl of Morton, son of Sir George Douglas
of Pinky, and, like him, a branch of the great family of Angus" (Lee's
Lectures, ii. 3). When working in the Register House, I found
unimpeachable evidence concerning his parentage. On the 2nd of January
1563-64, letters of legitimation were granted in favour of Mr John
Douglas, Rector of the University of St Andrews, bastard son natural of
quondam Robert Douglas in Langnewtoune (Register of Privy Seal, xxxii.
23).]

[244] Melville's Diary, p. 32; Calderwood's History, iii. 206.

[245] These honest men earnestly implored their pastor to return also to
Edinburgh, if he could do so without serious injury to his health.

[246] Melville's Diary, p. 33.

[247] [Dr Cameron Lees says that the Tolbooth, in which Knox preached
for some little time and where he delivered his last sermon, was "the
portion of St Giles which had been cut off the western part of the nave,
and was used for meetings of the Council" (St Giles', 1889, p. 157).]

[248] M'Crie's Knox, 1855, p. 269.

[249] Melville's Diary, p. 33.

[250] [In the opinion of Dr David Laing, Lawson was the author of the
Vera Historia extremae vitae et obitus eximii viri Joannis Knoxii,
appended to Smeton's Responsio ad Hamiltonii Dialogum, in 1579 (Laing's
Knox, vi. 646).]

[251] Walsingham's abuse of Wycliffe. [Thomae Walsingham, Historia
Anglicana, ii. 119, 120; and Ypodigma Neustriae a Thoma Walsingham, p.
340; Rolls series. Translations will be found in Vaughan's John de
Wycliffe, 1853, pp. 468, 469; and in Lechler's Wycliffe, Relig. Tract
Soc., p. 423.]

[252] [For the substance of Archibald Hamilton's account, see M'Crie's
Knox, 1855, p. 405. Bannatyne's account is in both editions of his work
(Journal of Transactions, 1806, and Memoriales of Transactions, 1836).
It is likewise in Laing's Knox, vi. 634-645; and there (pp. 649-660) is
also given a translation of Smeton's (or Lawson's) account. The accounts
of Bannatyne and Smeton do not always agree as to the exact day on which
certain events happened.]

[253] [Morton was elected regent on the 24th of November 1572, the day
on which Knox died (Acts of Parliament, iii. 78; Bannatyne's Memoriales,
p. 280). Bannatyne places Morton's visit on the 19th; Smeton leaves the
day uncertain.]

[254] For a defence