The Regent possesses Edinburgh: Arran is proclaimed traitor, 185. French reinforcements meet with disaster, 185. News from England: a waiting game is played, 186. The French invade Fife, 186. An affair at Pettycur, 186. The French occupy Kinghorn, 187. John Knox preaches at Cupar, 187. The campaign in Fife, 188. An English fleet arrives in the Forth, 190. The French retire on Edinburgh, 190. A greedy Frenchman dies in a beef-tub, 191. The negotiations between the Congregation and the English Court, 191. Cecil's letter to Knox, 193. Reply of Knox to Secretary Cecil, 194. A practical response, 195. Knox reproaches the Lords for slackness and thoughtlessness, 196. After the French retreat from Fife, 199. At Berwick the Lords made a contract with England, 200. Principal clauses of the treaty of Berwick, 200. The Regent lays waste the country, 202. Second siege of Leith: April 1560, 204. The assault upon Leith is unsuccessful, 206. Sir James Crofts is blamed, 207. The siege is continued: illness of the Queen Regent, 208. The Regent expresses repentance, and receives godly instruction, 208. Death of the Queen Regent, 209. Peace with France is concluded, 209. The English army is withdrawn, with honours, 210. Public thanksgiving in St. Giles's Kirk, 210. Preachers and Superintendents are appointed, 212. The first Protestant Parliament, 212. John Knox preaches, and reformation is agreed upon, 213. The Protestants petition Parliament, 213. Parliament calls for _The Confession of Faith_, 214. _The Confession of Faith_ is considered by Parliament, and solemnly ratified, 214. The Mass is prohibited, 216. Queen Mary and the King of France do not ratify the Acts of Parliament, 216. _The Book of Discipline_, 217. The House of Guise and the Papists design further trouble, 217. Death of the King of France: 5th December 1560, 218. Queen Elizabeth declines the hand of the Earl of Arran, 218. A public debate concerning the Mass, 219. Lord James Stewart is sent to Queen Mary, 221. An embassy from France, 221. Lord James has a narrow escape from the Papists, 222. Messages from the Queen, 223. Queen Mary's relations with Queen Elizabeth, 223. BOOK FOURTH: 1561-1564.