refuse to acknowledge the contract, 39. They turn the tables, 40. The Abbot and the Cardinal next threaten the Regent, 41. The Regent breaks faith with England and receives absolution, 42. King Harry remonstrates without avail, 42. War is declared by King Harry, 43. The revolt of the Earl of Lennox, 43. Cardinal Beaton stirs up strife betwixt his enemies, 44. The fight for the provostship of Perth, 45. Treachery of the Cardinal, 46. The persecution at Perth, 47. The English invade Scotland, and sack Edinburgh and Leith, 48. France comes to the aid of Cardinal Beaton, 51. John Hamilton, Abbot of Paisley, 51. George Wishart comes to Scotland, 52. He is driven from Dundee, 52. Goes to Kyle, 53. The plague comes to Dundee: Wishart returns, 54. The Cardinal attempts to assassinate him at Dundee, 55. Further treachery of the Cardinal, 56. The agony of Wishart, 57. He arrives in Leith, 58. For safety he is removed to the Lothians: preaches at Inveresk, 59. He goes to Haddington, 60. John Knox's first appearance, 60. The last sermon of Wishart: his arrest, 61. He is betrayed into the hands of the Cardinal, 62. The bishops and clergy are convoked to the trial of Wishart, 62. A merry tale of the Cardinal and Archbishop Dunbar, 63. Pilate and Herod patch the quarrel, 64. Wishart before the Cardinal's tribunal, 65. The Sub-prior preaches on heresy, 66. A fed sow accuses and curses Wishart, 67. His oration in reply to his accusers, 67. He is brought to the stake, 78. Vengeance on the Cardinal is vowed, 80. Assassination of Cardinal Beaton: 29th May 1546, 82. The reforming party is besieged in the Castle of St. Andrews, 83. A treacherous truce, 83. John Rough resumes preaching, 84. John Knox comes to the Castle of St. Andrews, 84. He is called to the office of preacher, 85. He denounces the Roman Kirk: his challenge, 86. The first public sermon of John Knox is made in the Parish Kirk of St. Andrews, 87. The people comment on Knox's sermon against Papistry, 89. He is called on to defend his doctrine, 90. Signs follow his ministry: the backsliding of Sir James Balfour, 96. The Regent and the Queen-Dowager violate the Appointment: a French army comes to their aid, 96. The Castle is stormed, and surrenders upon terms, 98. The company of the Castle are carried to France, and cast into prison and the galleys, 99. The Papists rejoice, and the Regent receives the Pope's thanks, 99. The Duke of Somerset invades Scotland, 100. The Battle of Pinkie Cleuch, 100. The Parliament at Haddington: Queen Mary is sold to France, 104. The siege of Haddington, 105. The French fruits: arrogance of the French soldiery, 105. The Scots prisoners in France, and their deliverance, 107. John Knox prophesies of himself: his confidence in God's deliverance, 109. John Knox in England, and on the Continent, 111. Haddington proves the truth of Wishart's foreboding, 112. Peace proclaimed (April