Excerpt from The Life of Andrew Melville, Vol. 1: Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland, During the Latter Part of the Sixteenth and Beginning of the Seventeenth Century; With an Appendix, Consisting of Original Papers My bestiaeknowledgement'a are due to Thomas Thomson, Esq. For the theiltties whim he politely afl'orded me in insulting the public records and to Sir William Hamilton, Bart. For pointing out to me various documents of great utility. 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.