. Bygone church life in Scotland . ace in detail the great events in which it hasbeen called to play a part, would be to recountno small portion of the annals of the Scottishkingdom. This spot has long been treated asthe very centre and heart of the country. HereScottish sovereigns met the citizens of theircapital; here proclamation was made of peaceand war, of the accession of kings, and of aughtelse of prime and pressing interest to the people ;here, too, many have suffered for their devotionto causes, political or religious, which had—atany rate for a time—fallen before superior force. A fo
. Bygone church life in Scotland . ace in detail the great events in which it hasbeen called to play a part, would be to recountno small portion of the annals of the Scottishkingdom. This spot has long been treated asthe very centre and heart of the country. HereScottish sovereigns met the citizens of theircapital; here proclamation was made of peaceand war, of the accession of kings, and of aughtelse of prime and pressing interest to the people ;here, too, many have suffered for their devotionto causes, political or religious, which had—atany rate for a time—fallen before superior force. A fountain near the old Cross ran red withwine when James IV. of Scotland brought homehis bride, Margaret of England, and the firstlink in the golden chain was forged which should 12 BYGONE CHURCH LIFE. shortly join the reahns. Here in 15 12 the royalsummons was read for the musterinof of thatarmy, so many of the gallant members of whichwere to fall at Flodden ; and here—most fate-ful of all proclamations published there — the. EXECUTION OK THE EAUL OF ARGYLE,SHEWING THE OLD HIGH CROSS, EDINBURGH. death of Elizabeth was announced, and theaccession of James VI. to the double Crown ofGreat Britain. John Knox was burnt in effigy at the Cross in THE CROSS IN SCOTLAND. 13 1555, when he failed to return from Geneva inanswer to a summons from the bishops ; and tenyears later a Roman Catholic Priest was tyedto the Cross and pelted because he had daredto say Mass on Easter Day. The Earl ofMorton was beheaded here in 1581, UnderJames the Seventh of Scotland and Second ofEngland many a powerful head fell on thescaffold beneath the shadow of the Cross. Thosewere stormy times in which religion and politicswere curiously and unhappily mingled, so thatthose who to one side seemed mere rebels, tothe other appeared as martyrs. Among otherswho suffered was the Earl of Argyle, togetherwith many of his clan who had been led byhim to open revolt. Edinburgh had another Cross, known as StJohns, s
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