John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . despatched by Mary to variousScots of standing in the prospect of her earlyreturn. The Catholic bishops assembled at Stir-ling in the spring of 1561 to take counsel inview of the changed and (from their point ofview) more hopeful circumstances. The Catholiclords were credited with a design to seize thecapital. In the month of April, Bishop Lesleywas in France with authority to propose, ontheir behalf, that the Queen should land some-where in the north of Scotland, where Romanismwas strong, and be received by an army of 10, Papists, writ
John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . despatched by Mary to variousScots of standing in the prospect of her earlyreturn. The Catholic bishops assembled at Stir-ling in the spring of 1561 to take counsel inview of the changed and (from their point ofview) more hopeful circumstances. The Catholiclords were credited with a design to seize thecapital. In the month of April, Bishop Lesleywas in France with authority to propose, ontheir behalf, that the Queen should land some-where in the north of Scotland, where Romanismwas strong, and be received by an army of 10, Papists, writes Knox, began to brag as ifthey would have defaced the Protestants. * 1. The first object of the Reformers was tostrengthen the new edifice of the ProtestantChurch, in order to increase the difficulty ofundermining its stability and of interfering withits polity. Here the General Assembly tookthe initiative. The Church had failed, as wehave seen, to secure the transference to herself of 1 Knox, H. of R., ii., 156-161; Lesley, H. of Sc, ii., w V) • ?A u M ^ 1-1 ^ ^ n -j « w u J >-i -a > £ | p H ^ C »? ^ w ^ «* 2 4 •-a > T3 h H ??^ H c- 1 hi 3 £
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