E-text prepared by Nigel Blower, Jordan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Transcriber's note: In the original text, Scottish names, such as M'Clelland or M'Kail, sometimes use a regular apostrophe and sometimes a reversed apostrophe. In this transcription, the ASCII apostrophe character (') has been used throughout. Greek has been transliterated in this version of the e-text, and is surrounded by braces, {like this}. A caret character (^) is used to indicate a superscript in "Rob^t." and "ALEX^R." Page numbers in the Contents, Errata, and these notes, refer to the page numbers in the original text. The original page numbers have an error: the page following 336 is numbered 347. Missing quotation marks and other minor punctuation errors and inconsistencies such as differing hyphenations of words have been silently corrected. Missing or poorly printed letters in words have been silently supplied. Illegible text that could not be supplied from other sources is marked {illegible}. Where a word differs from modern spelling, but is consistent within the text, e.g. atchievement, the original spelling is retained. Other typographical errors have been corrected, particularly where there is inconsistency within the text. A detailed list of these changes (including those described in the Errata) can be found at the end of the text. CONTENTS Biographia Scoticana The Preface The Introduction The Lives and Characters of the Scots Worthies Contents Errata Footnotes to Biographia Scoticana The Judgment and Justice of God Exemplified, &c. Footnotes to The Judgment and Justice of God Exemplified The Subscribers Transcriber's Notes _Biographia Scoticana:_ or, a BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the LIVES, CHARACTERS, and MEMORABLE TRANSACTIONS of the most eminent SCOTS WORTHIES, Noblemen, Gentlemen, Ministers, and others: From Mr. _Patrick Hamilton_, who was born about the year of our Lord 1503, and suffered martyrdom at _St. Andrews_, Feb. 1527, to _Mr. James Renwick_, who was executed in the Grass-market of _Edinburgh_ Feb. 17, 1688. TOGETHER WITH A succinct Account of the Lives of other seven eminent Divines, and Sir _Robert Hamilton_ of Preston, who died about, or shortly after the Revolution. AS ALSO, An Appendix, containing a short historical Hint of the wicked Lives and miserable Deaths of some of the most remarkable apostates and bloody persecutors in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution. Collected from historical Records, Biographical Accounts, and other authenticated Writings:--The whole including a Period of near Two Hundred Years. By JOHN HOWIE. The SECOND EDITION, corrected and enlarged.