Every effort has been made to preserve Knox's vigorous phraseology intact. Obsolete and Scots words are glossed at the foot of the page on which they first occur; and a full Glossary is appended to the work. For the rest, the editor has sought to bring the mind and heart of Knox into touch with those of the reader, without unessential distractions. Footnotes are a manner of impertinence when a wonderful story is forward, and such an one is Knox's. He himself tells us to go to "universal histories of the time," if we want exact information. Here is no dry-as-dust chronicle of days and dates. Here we have an inspired record of the dealings of God with men. Here we read of their sinning, their shortcoming, and their struggling, of their faith and its victory, in a narrative that can be likened to nothing else in literature than the books of the Old Testament. This is a book for the heart, a human book, written by "one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh." CUTHBERT LENNOX. _February 1905._ TABLE OF CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY NOTE v TABLE OF CONTENTS ix BOOK FIRST: 1422-1558. Early persecutions, 1. Paul Craw: A.D. 1431, 1. The Lollards of Kyle: 1494, 2. Archbishop James Beaton, 4. The Coming of Patrick Hamilton, 5. Persecution of Hamilton, 6. His martyrdom, 7. Questionings arise, 8. Friar William Arth speaks out, 8. The abuse of God's curse, 9. False miracles, 10. Friar Alexander Seton preaches the Evangel, 11. His apology, 12. His persecution, 13. Persecution flags, 13. The Reformation in England, 14. Scots Reformers abroad, 15. Persecution revived: 1534, 15. David Stratoun and his teind fish, 16. The conversion of Stratoun, 16. Martyrdom of Stratoun and Gourlay, 17. The true light spreads: Cardinal David Beaton notwithstanding, 17. The Reformation in Court and cloisters, 18. Friar Kyllour and others go to the stake: February 1538, 18. The trial of Friar Russell and Friar Kennedy, 18. They are burned, 20. The bigotry of James V., 20. God speaks to him, 20. George Buchanan: his arrest and escape, 21. The broken tryst, 22. War with England: 1542, 23. Halden Rig, 23. Fala Raid, 24. The Lords plot against the courtiers, 24. The English army retires, 25. The courtiers and priests plot against the Lords, 25. "An answer worthy of a prince," 26. Solway Moss: how it began, 27. The rout of Solway Moss, 29. The blow falls on the King, 31. The birth of Mary Stuart, 32. The death of James V., 32. The Cardinal claims the regency, 33. The Earl of Arran is proclaimed Regent, 34. Thomas Williams and John Rough preach, in despite of the Friars, 35. Edinburgh drowned in superstition, 35. Liberty to read the Scriptures is demanded, 36. An open Bible is secured, 37. The Bible becomes fashionable, 37. King Harry suggests the betrothal of Queen Mary to Prince Edward, 38. The contract of marriage is adjusted and ratified, 38. The Papists