Melville at Poitiers, 18.
at Geneva, 21.
returns to Scotland, 22.
declines Morton's patronage, 23.
is offered the Principalships of Glasgow and St. Andrews, 24.
Principal of Glasgow, 26.
Principal of St. Andrews, 27.
attracts students from the Continent, 30.
his first Assembly, 35.
encounter of, with Morton, 37.
his intimates, 41.
_in re_ Archbishop Montgomery, 45, 46.
encounter of, with Arran, 47.
before the King and Council, 48, 49.
his flight to England, 50.
returns to Scotland, 56.
_in re_ Archbishop Adamson, 61.
his kindness to Adamson, 62.
and the Armada, 65.
_in re_ Popish lords, 76.
admonishes the King and the Lords of the Articles, 79.
with the expedition against Huntly, 81.
at Falkland Palace, 83, 89, 90.
at the Dundee Assembly, 102.
at the Second Dundee Assembly, 105.
at the Holyrood Conference, 106-108.
at the Montrose Assembly, 109.
Melville attends the Parliament,
summoned to London by the King, 116.
before the King and Council of England, 121.
attends Michaelmas Day service In Royal Chapel, 123.
his satiric verses on the service, 123.
before the Scottish Council in London, 124.
at Whitehall, 125.
his attack on Archbishop Bancroft, 125.
is ordered into ward, 127.
his _Henker-mahl_, 129.
again before the English Council, 131.
is sent to the Tower, 131.
his occupations in prison, 141.
his visitors, 143.
his release, 145.
leaves for France, 146.
settles in Sedan as Professor in the University, 146.
his letters from Sedan, 146, 148, 150.
receives tidings of James Melville's death, 149.
the last production of his pen, 150.
his death, 151.
his character, 151.
James, affection of, for his uncle, 16, 24, 51, 132, 141, 143.
a great literary impressionist, 18.
has a warrant issued for his apprehension, 52.
escapes by open boat to Berwick, 52.
his labours at Berwick, 57.
his attack on Archbishop Adamson, 59.
has a private interview with the King, 77.
as a courtier, 78.
with the expedition against Huntly, 81.
at Hampton Court (chap. ix.), 116-133.
is ordered into ward at Newcastle, 132.
his death, 149.
his character, 149.
his Autobiography and Diary quoted, 24, 25, 37, 41, 47, 48, 49, 55, 60,
79, 80, 83, 90, 107, 109, 120, 122, 129 _et passim_.
Morton, Regent, 31, 33, 36, 37, 38, 43.
Nicolson, Bishop of Dunkeld, 136.
Paris, University of, 18.
_Perth_, the _Five Articles of_, 151.
Poitiers, 18.
Pont, Robert, minister in Edinburgh, 51, 144.
Presbyterian Church the only voice of the nation, 94.
Presbyterianism, what Scotland owes to, 10.
Puritans of London and the Scottish ministers, 116, 125, 132.
Raid of Ruthven, 48.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 143.
Reformation, Assembly scheme of, 86.
'Riot of December 17th' [1596, in Edinburgh], 97.
Ruthven lords, 55, 57.
Salisbury, Earl of, Premier of England, 121, 128, 131.
Scott, William, minister of Cupar, 122, 132.
Seaton, the Chancellor of Scotland, 146.
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