. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . C riD tj) o C c 5b -J o s O ^ ^ y ?^ s J3 2 5 ^ ^ ti. >> . Q Q U ?a y s ^ 3 M rt > t. es o <; :; w 3 > ,, ^ w ?^ ^ , ^ ho -^ Sc c5 •~1 ^-1 wi V ^ o ^ ^ CV J 5 s^ 1- •J. ^ — o S 33 8 JOHN MAITLAND 201 castles until liberated at the Restoration. For the first three yearsafter this event his influence in Scotland was overshadowed by thatof Middleton. and he had to be content with the minor office ofSecretary of State for Scotland. Both in this capacit} and for therest of his life he showed himself to be a true Scottish pa
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . C riD tj) o C c 5b -J o s O ^ ^ y ?^ s J3 2 5 ^ ^ ti. >> . Q Q U ?a y s ^ 3 M rt > t. es o <; :; w 3 > ,, ^ w ?^ ^ , ^ ho -^ Sc c5 •~1 ^-1 wi V ^ o ^ ^ CV J 5 s^ 1- •J. ^ — o S 33 8 JOHN MAITLAND 201 castles until liberated at the Restoration. For the first three yearsafter this event his influence in Scotland was overshadowed by thatof Middleton. and he had to be content with the minor office ofSecretary of State for Scotland. Both in this capacit} and for therest of his life he showed himself to be a true Scottish , whose object was to govern the Nation of vermin , as hecalled the Scots, from Whitehall, met more than his match in thiscoarse, shrewd, profane wit, who was withal a man of the widestreading in the classics, in modern languages, and above all intheology; Lauderdale had the Kings ear and the Kings favour andprevailed. All Englishmen were excluded from the Scottish PrivyCouncil, and all English troops withdrawn from Scotland. As forthe Church Settlement of 1661, which restored Episcopacy, that wasnot of Lauderdales making, but he acquiesced in it, and, havingacquiesced, set himself to see that neither the bishops nor th
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