[230] [According to Martine, it was built, not for the reception of Mary of Guise, but when James V. was married to Magdalene, the fair daughter of Francis I., in 1537, the tradition being that the physicians chose this place as peculiarly suitable for such a delicate creature; and that "so many artificers were conveened and employed, and the materials so quicklie prepared, that the house was begun and finished in a month" (Reliquiæ Divi Andreæ, p. 190). There is better evidence to show that Mary of Guise spent her honeymoon within its substantial walls in the summer of 1538 (Lesley's History, pp. 155, 156; Pitscottie's History, 1778, pp. 250, 251).] [231] Melville's Diary, p. 26. [232] Ibid. [233] Bannatyne's Memoriales, p. 256. [234] Melville's Diary, p. 32. [235] [In the rather scurrilous Legend of the Bischop of St Androis, it is said:-- "Ane baxters sone, are beggar borne, That twyse his surnaime hes mensworne; To be called Constene he thocht shame, He tuke up Constantine to name. * * * * * Thinking that poore professione vaine, He changed his surname ower agane; Now Doctor Adamsone at last, Whairthrow he ower to Paris past." --Dalyell's Scotish Poems, 1801, ii. 309, 310. He inherited both names from his ancestors, who were called Constantine or Adamson (M'Crie's Melville, 1856, p. 461).] [236] Melville's Diary, p. 32. [237] Laing's Knox, vi. 481, 482. [238] [This Assembly met on the 6th of March 1571-72.] [239] Melville's Diary, p. 31. [240] [This convention was held in January 1571-72. See Booke of the Universall Kirk, i. 203-236; Calderwood's History, iii. 168-196.] [241] Bannatyne's Memorials, p. 223. [242] Calderwood's History, iii. 206. [243] [Dr Laing has not only indicated that there has long been much uncertainty and speculation as to the parentage and social status of John Douglas, but has stated that he "was descended from the Douglasses of Pettendreich" (Laing's Knox, i. 286 n.) Principal Lee has said: "All the accounts of Douglas which I have ever seen in modern books abound with errors. He is represented as having been an obscure Carmelite friar whom the Earl of Argyle chose to employ as his chaplain, and for whom the Archbishop of St Andrews expressed the strongest aversion. He was quite a different man--a man of family undoubtedly, and most probably related to James Douglas the Earl of Morton, son of Sir George Douglas of Pinky, and, like him, a branch of the great family of Angus" (Lee's Lectures, ii. 3). When working in the Register House, I found unimpeachable evidence concerning his parentage. On the 2nd of January 1563-64, letters of legitimation were granted in favour of Mr John Douglas, Rector of the University of St Andrews, bastard son natural of quondam Robert Douglas in Langnewtoune (Register of Privy Seal, xxxii. 23).] [244] Melville's Diary, p. 32; Calderwood's History, iii. 206.