This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...powerful Barons leading cards to the rest, the Abbey of Arbroath and the Lordship of Glasgow were procured by secret purchases, and conferred on the two Archbishoprics. Several other estates of less value were managed in a similar way. So long as value was obtained, the Nobility, pretending favour to the Court, made a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...powerful Barons leading cards to the rest, the Abbey of Arbroath and the Lordship of Glasgow were procured by secret purchases, and conferred on the two Archbishoprics. Several other estates of less value were managed in a similar way. So long as value was obtained, the Nobility, pretending favour to the Court, made a shew of zeal after a good bargain; but when the Earl of Nithsdale came down in 1628 to offer merely the King1s favour to those who surrendered the church lands, and to wrest them from those who refused, open resistance was in an instant determined upon, and the old cry of Popery was raised to serve the purpose of those interested in these grants. At a secret meeting it was settled that, if no other argument should induce Nithsdale to desist, the Barons should at once knock out his brains after the good old Scottish manner. When the parties came to a conference in Edinburgh, the dark scowl of the Nobles, patiently waiting for vengeance, terrified the Court party so much, that they did not even disclose their instructions, but sent back Nithsdale to London to declare that the service was desperate. From this Dr Aiton here refers to Balfour, p. 464, and Burnet1s History, vol. i. p. 31. time the Nobles suspected the King, and began to play underhand the game against his government. With a view to coalesce with a powerful opposition party they became avowed champions of Presbytery; and from pecuniary motives, in their opposition to the Bishops, artfully laid the blame of every misfortune on Episcopacy. By thus making religion a mere stalking-horse to their own interests, they verified the general remark, that at the bottom of the purest boilings of patriotism there often lies a thick sediment of gross selfishness." Such are the admissions an...
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As New. Reprint of the original publication. Minimal shelf wear from storage, Cover looks very nice. inside is like new clean and crisp. Looks Great. 900 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; ISBN: 1174472871. ISBN/EAN: 9781174472879. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561060548.