Strictures on the Duke of Argyll´s Essay on the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland
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Excerpt from Strictures on the Duke of Argyll´s Essay on the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland: In a Letter to His Grace My Lord Duke, "The ecclesiastical history of Scotland since the Reformation," your Grace informs us, "is one which bears assuredly no inviting aspect. To those even who know it best, it is a picture of which the lines are harsh, the colours dark, and the effect disquieting." These remarks are too true to be disputed or denied. In addressing your Grace upon the subject of the Essay with which the public has been favoured, it is not my present intention to re-write the history of what is popularly called the Scottish Reformation. Much has been written upon this subject, and great additional light has been cast upon the characters of the persons engaged in that revolutionary movement. Facts are stubborn things, and the records of the State Paper Office, and other repositories of musty but valuable documents, have yielded to late historians much fresh information, to tarnish, rather than regild, the martyr crowns of some Scottish saints. Wishart, prophet and martyr, as well as heretic, is now discovered to have been an agent, with other notable worthies, in the pay of Henry VIII.; and from the evidence which Mr Tytler has produced, the grounds of suspicion are strong indeed for supposing that Wishart was particeps criminis in the murder of the Cardinal Archbishop of St Andrews. It is not necessary, however, to dwell further upon the guilt of one man, in an age so fertile in deeds of violence and blood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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