Chapter M

_Macbee_, (_Maccabæus_,) John.
Embraces the reformed sentiments, and is obliged to leave the
kingdom, i. 31.
Made professor at Copenhagen, i. 372.
His proper name, M‘Alpine, i. 373.
Verses on, ii. 440.

_Macbray_, (Macbraire,) John.
An early reformer, i. 31, 373, 414; ii. 292.

_Macdowal_, John.
An early reformer, i. 81, 373.

_Maitland_, Thomas.
Author of a fabricated conference between Knox and the Regent
Murray, ii. 174.
Insults over the Regent’s death, ii. 175.

_Maitland_, William, of Lethington.
Attends Knox’s sermons at Edinburgh, i. 173.
Reasoning between Knox and, i. 175; ii. 42‒3, 112‒28.
His conduct at Knox’s trial, ii. 98, 105.
Defends Knox’s prayers, ii. 138.
His defection from the Regent Murray, ii. 167, 223‒4.

_Major_, John.
Knox’s education under, i. 7, 339.
Political and religious sentiments of, i. 7‒9.
Present at Knox’s first sermon, i. 61.

_Mar_, Countess of.
ii. 12.

_Mar_, Earl of.
Made Regent, ii. 196.
His death, ii. 226.
See _Erskine_, Lord.

_Marischal_, Earl.
Suspected by the clergy, i. 36.
Favours Knox, i. 183.
Remains neutral in the contest between Queen Regent and the
Congregation, i. 263.
Knox sends salutations to him, ii. 401.

_Marsiliers_, Pierre de.
Teaches Greek at Montrose, i. 345.

_Martyrs_, Scottish.
i. 354‒369.

_Martyr_, Peter.
i. 78‒9.

_Mary_, Queen of England.
Proclaimed, i. 112.
His prayer for, i. 113, 412.
Her cruelty, i. 138.
This promotes the reformation in Scotland, i. 169.
Manner in which the English Exiles spoke of, i. 415.

_Mary_, of Guise, Queen Dowager of Scotland.
Her intriguing spirit, i. 39.
Favours the Reformers, i. 168.
The protestant barons petition her, i. 233.
Her dissimulation, i. 245‒6, 257.
{480} Prohibits the protestant preachers, i. 252.
Summons them to Stirling, i. 254.
Proclaims Knox an outlaw, i. 256.
Advances with an army to Perth, i. 260.
Violates the treaty of Perth, i. 262; ii. 387.
Offers a reward for Knox’s head, i. 294.
Knox advises her suspension, i. 297.
Reflections on this, i. 298.
Her death, i. 318‒19.
Remarks on Dr Robertson’s account of her conduct, i. 444.

_Mary_, Queen of Scots.
Her proposed marriage with Edward VI. defeated, i. 39.
Married to the Dauphin, i. 39, 77.
Refuses to ratify the acts of Scots Parliament, ii. 21.
Arrives in Scotland, ii. 22.
Her education, and prejudices against the protestant religion,
ib.
Popular alarm at her setting up mass, ii. 24.
Resolves to punish Knox, ii. 30.
Interview between Knox and, ii. 31‒40.
Second interview between Knox and, ii. 48‒52.
Third interview between Knox and, ii. 77‒82.
Her artifice, ii. 82‒3.
Prevails on the Parliament not to ratify the reformed religion,
ii. 83‒5.
Fourth interview between Knox and, ii. 88‒92.
Her conduct at Knox’s trial by the Council, ii. 95‒106.
Writes to the Pope, and Council of Trent, ii. 110‒11.
Knox’s form of prayer for, ii. 113‒16.
Marries Lord Darnley, ii. 130‒1.
Resolves on restoring the Popish worship, ii. 143, 305.
Banishes Knox from Edinburgh, ii. 147.
Restores archbishop Hamilton, ii. 149.
Her alienation from her husband, ii. 151.
Her participation in the murder of her husband, ii. 150‒2.
Her marriage with Bothwell, ii. 153‒4.
Her imprisonment and resignation, ii. 154‒5.
Knox vindicates his not praying for her, ii. 185.

_Maxwell_, Master of.
i. 440; ii. 98.

_Melville_, Andrew.
i. 345; ii. 242, 295.

_Melville_, Sir James.
Strictures on his memoirs, i. 445.
On his account of Regent Murray, ii. 338, 341.

_Melville_, James.
His account of Knox’s pulpit eloquence, ii. 205‒6.

_Melville_, Sir John, of Raith.
An early favourer of the reformation, i. 35.
Is executed, i. 162.

_Methven_, Paul.
One of the protestant ministers, i. 233, 253, 447‒8.
Excommunicated, ii. 74‒6.

_Mill_, Walter.
His martyrdom, i. 231.

_Milton_, John.
His eulogy of Knox, i. 464.

_Monasteries_, Scottish.
Their number and degeneracy, i. 17‒18, 348‒9.
Causes of their demolition at Perth, i. 257, 268.
Apology for this measure, i. 270‒6.
Lamentation over, i. 449.
Loss sustained by their demolition, i. 450‒6.

_Monteith_, Earl of.
Joins the Congregation, i. 263, ii. 423.

_Montgomery_, Robert.
Joins the reformed preachers, i. 320.

_Montrose._
Greek early taught in, i. 6, 343.
Early provided with a minister, i. 283.

_Morrison_, John.
i. 56.

_Morton_, Earl of.
Accused of simony, ii. 198.
His interview with Knox on his death‑bed, ii. 225‒6.
Elected Regent, ii. 226.
His eulogium on Knox, ii. 234.
His attention to Knox’s family, ii. 268.

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_Murray_, Earl of.
In favour with Mary, ii. 58.
Variance between Knox and, ii. 85‒6.
Endeavours to intimidate Knox, ii. 98.
Defends Knox, ii. 107.
Is outlawed, ii. 132‒3.
Returns from banishment, ii. 145.
Appointed Regent, ii. 157.
His favour to the protestant church, ii. 160‒1.
Is assassinated, ii. 165, 167.
His character, ii. 168‒70.
Distress of Knox at his death, ii. 172‒4.
Fabricated conference between Knox and, ii. 174.
Knox’s sermon before his funeral, ii. 177.
Remarks on Dr Robertson’s character of, ii. 335‒43.
Epitaph, and verses on, ii. 343‒5.
Prayer used by Knox after the death of, ii. 402.
Letter to General Assembly by, ii. 404.
See _Stewart_, Lord James.

_Murray_, Patrick, of Tibbermuir.
i. 447.

_Murray_, Sir William, of Tullybardine.
ii. 355.

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_Newcastle_ upon Tyne.
Knox preaches at, i. 83, 86, 95.
Knox offered the bishopric of, i. 100.

_Northumberland_, Duke of.
Offended at Knox, i. 92‒3.

O

_Ochiltree_, Lord.
Knox marries the daughter of, ii. 109.
See _Stewart_, Walter, and Margaret.

_Ormiston_, Laird of.
See _Cockburn_.

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_Parliament_, Scottish.
Protestant confession ratified by, i. 328‒31.
Their indifference about the security of the protestant
religion, ii. 83.
Knox prepares overtures for, ii. 158, 334.
Receives a commission from, ii. 159.
See _Bible_ and _Reformation_.

_Parkhurst_, Bishop.
i. 171, 400‒4.

_Paterson_, John.
Convicted of heresy, i. 357, 362.

_Paterson_, Robert.
Convicted of heresy, i. 357, 362.

_Patritz_, John.
i. 233.

_Perth._
Demolition of monasteries at, i. 257.
Queen Regent threatens, i. 260.
Violates the treaty of, i. 262; ii. 387.
A minister settled in, i. 283.
Hebrew first taught at, ii. 16, 293.
Verses on the grammar school of, ii. 294.
See _Simson_, Andrew.

_Pillour_, Laurence.
Convicted of heresy, i. 359.

_Pitmilly_, Laird of.
i. 360.

_Pittarrow_, Laird of.
See _Wishart_, Sir John.

_Poetry._
Its influence in promoting the reformation, i. 33‒4, 374‒380.

_Ponet_, Bishop.
Similarity of his political sentiments to Knox’s, ii. 333.

_Pont_, Robert.
ii. 269, 285.
Extracts from his sermons, ii. 289.
Account of, ii. 347‒8, 356, 406.

_Popery._
State of, in Scotland, i. 14.
Sanguinary spirit of, ii. 26‒7, 306‒7.
Preparations for its restoration in Scotland, ii. 143.

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_Portfield_, ――――.
ii. 406.

_Presbytery._
Early state of, ii. 8, 9.

_Preston_, Dr.
Attends Knox in his last illness, ii. 229, 231.

_Prophesying._
See _Exercise_, Weekly.

_Protestant_ Lords.
Invite Knox to return from Geneva, i. 196.
Repent of this, i. 197.
Knox animates them by his letters, i. 198.
His advice to them respecting resistance, i. 212‒14.
Renew their invitation to Knox, i. 226.
Petition the Queen Regent, i. 233, 441.
Resolve on decisive measures, i. 263.
Their aversion to the Book of Discipline, ii. 12, 13.

_Protestant_ Preachers.
Summoned to Stirling, i. 254.
Knox resolves to accompany them, i. 256.
Outlawed, i. 257.
Released, i. 277.
Their exertions during the civil war, i. 319.
Their increase, i. 320.

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_Randolph_, the English ambassador.
His account of Knox’s preaching, ii. 41.
His letter respecting Knox’s History, ii. 359.
Knox’s confidential communications with, ii. 402.

_Readers._
Their temporary employment, ii. 6, 282.

_Reformation_ in Scotland.
Urgent necessity of, i. 24‒5.
Causes of its progress, i. 32, 34.
Early embraced by nobles and gentry, i. 35.
Spreads in the University of St Andrews, i. 30, 37.
Laws against, i. 37‒8, 163.
Embraced by Knox, i. 38.
Languishing state of, i. 160‒68.
Causes of its revival, i. 168‒71.
Progress of, i. 190, 226.
Its influence on civil liberty, i. 301‒14.
Established by Parliament, i. 330.
Knox’s History of, ii. 358.
See _Church_, Protestant.

_Reformers_, English.
Approve of Knox’s call to the ministry, i. 55.
Dislike many things in their ecclesiastical establishment,
i. 105, 400‒5.
Their opinion of Knox, ii. 239‒40.

_Religion._
Corrupt form of it in Scotland before the Reformation, i. 14‒24.

_Resistance_ to civil rulers.
Knox’s advice respecting, i. 212‒4.
Doctrine of the New Testament respecting, i. 308‒12.
Knox vindicates it before Queen Mary, ii. 35‒6.
Debate between Knox and Maitland concerning, ii. 117‒25.
Craig’s account of a dispute on, at Bologna, ii. 126‒7.
See _Government_, Political.

_Richardson_, Robert.
Embraces the reformed sentiments, and is obliged to leave
Scotland, i. 31.
Account of, i. 374.

_Ridley_, Bishop.
His testimony to Knox, i. 411. ii. 240.

_Rizzio_, David.
Assassination of, ii. 144.

_Robertson_, Dr.
Remarks on his account of the Queen Regent’s conduct to the
protestants, i. 444.
On his character of Queen Mary, ii. 248‒9.
On his character of Regent Murray, ii. 335‒43.

_Robeson_, John.
Convicted of heresy, i. 358.

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_Rollock_, George.
ii. 389.

_Rollock_, James.
Convicted of heresy, i. 358, 359, 365.

_Rollock_, Richard.
Convicted of heresy, i. 362.

_Rothes_, Earl of.
Joins the Congregation, i. 263; ii. 423.

_Rough_, John.
A friar, embraces the Reformation, i. 51‒2.
His solemn charge to Knox to undertake the ministry, i. 53.
Knox assists him in a dispute, i. 58.
Summoned before the clergy, i. 62.
Is martyred in England, i. 67.
Verses on, ii. 456.

_Row_, John.
Account of, ii. 15.
Teaches Hebrew at Perth, ii. 16.
Further account of, ii. 291‒3.
Verses on, ii. 461.

_Row_, son to the above.
His early proficiency in Hebrew, ii. 294.
His epitaph, ii. 301.

_Russel_, Jerom.
Suffers martyrdom, i. 31.
Account of, i. 355.

_Ruthven_, Lilias, daughter to Lord Ruthven.
An early favourer of the Reformation, i. 35.

_Ruthven_, Lord.
An early favourer of the Reformation, i. 35.

_Ruthven_, Lord, son to the former.
Joins the Congregation, i. 263.
His son visits Knox on his death‑bed, ii. 226.

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_Sadler_, Sir Ralph.
Ambassador from Henry VIII., i. 45.
Carries on the correspondence with the Congregation, i. 288.
Greek motto of, i. 344.

_Sandilands_, Sir James.
An early favourer of the Reformation, i. 35.
Knox dispenses the sacrament in the house of, i. 176.
A petition to the Queen Regent presented by, i. 234, 441.

_Seatoun_, Alexander.
Embraces the reformed sentiments, and is obliged to leave
Scotland, i. 31.
Account of, i. 370.

_Scotland._
State of literature in, at commencement of the Reformation,
i. 3‒6.
State of Religion in, i. 14‒24.

_Scottish language_, cultivation of.
By the reformers, ii. 18, 298.

_Scrimger_, Henry.
i. 346.

_Session_, Kirk.
What, ii. 8.

_Session_, Court of.
Robert Pont one of the judges of, ii. 347.

_Simson_, Andrew, master of the grammar school of Perth.
i. 5.
Anecdote respecting the scholars of, i. 377.
See _Dunbar_.

_Simson_, Duncan.
Suffers martyrdom, i. 31.
Account of, i. 354, 357, 363.

_Simson_, Patrick.
Teaches Greek at Spot, i. 346.

_Sinclair._
The name of Knox’s mother, i. 2.

_Sinclair_, Bishop of Ross.
Informs against Knox, ii. 97.
Votes for his acquittal, ii. 105.

_Smeton_, Thomas.
His learning, i. 347.
His account of Knox’s last illness and death, ii. 219.
His character of Knox, ii. 238‒9.
His Hebrew literature, ii. 295.

_Somerset_, Protector of England.
His fall lamented by Knox, i. 92.

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_Somerville_, Lord.
His vote against protestant confession, i. 330.

_Spotswood_, John.
Favours the Reformation, i. 177.
Joins the preachers, i. 320.
Made superintendent of Lothian, ii. 7, 47.

_Spotswood_, Archbishop.
His commendation of Knox, ii. 244.
His account of the Book of Discipline, ii. 283‒4.

_Stewart_, Archibald.
Visits Knox on his death‑bed, ii. 221.

_Stewart_, Lord James, Prior of St Andrews.
Attends Knox’s sermons, i. 177.
Invites Knox to return to Scotland, i. 196.
Joins the Congregation, i. 263‒4.
Proofs of his loyalty, i. 458.
Created Earl of Murray, ii. 58.
See _Murray_, Earl of.

_Stewart_, John, son to Lord Methven.
An early favourer of the reformation, i. 35.
Convicted of heresy, i. 367.

_Stewart_, Margaret, daughter of Lord Ochiltree.
Married to Knox, ii. 109, 220, 268, 410, 415.
Married to Sir A. Ker of Fadounside, ii. 268, 353.
Copy of Knox’s letters in her possession, ii. 372.

_Stewart_, Walter, son to Lord Ochiltree.
Convicted of heresy, i. 360, 362.

_Stewart_, William.
Translator for the kirk, ii. 355.

_Stirling._
Demolition of the monasteries at, i. 268; ii. 425.
A minister early settled in, i. 283.

_Story_, Dr.
His defence of Mary’s persecution, i. 239.

_Straiton_, David.
Suffers martyrdom, i. 31.
Account of, i. 353, 358, 363.

_Straiton_, of Lauriston.
An early friend of the Reformation, i. 35.

_Sudderland_, Nicoll.
ii. 406.

_Superintendents._
Bishops so called in England, i. 401.
Their office in the foreign churches in London, i. 406.
Difference between diocesan bishops and, ii. 283‒4.

_Switzerland._
Knox visits, i. 132.

_Syme_, James.
i. 173, 196.

_Synods_, Provincial.
What, ii. 9

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_Testament_ of Knox.
ii. 410‒16.

_Testament_ of Mrs Welch.
ii. 417.

_Throkmorton_, Sir Nicholas.
i. 281, 457; ii. 157.

_Thou_, De.
His character of Regent Murray, ii. 341‒2.

_Tonstal_, Bishop of Durham.
Character of, i. 81‒2, 238.
Knox’s defence before, i. 83‒4, 395‒9.

_Tremellius_, Emanuel.
i. 79.

_Tulchan_ Bishops.
ii. 200.

_Tyrie_, John.
Knox’s answer to, ii. 207‒9.