Education in Europe; L'Education En Europe. Sociological Research. Recherches Sociologiques. [Proceedings of the European Seminar on Sociology of Educ (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ORIGINAL PAPERS CHARACTERISTIC OF SCOTTISH COUNCILS AND COUNCILLORS DURING THE BOYHOOD AND MINORITY OF MONTROSE. M.DC.XV-M.DC.XXXIII. I. From Lord Napier's Autograph Relation. After I had left the Schooles, I addressed my selfe to the service of King James of blessed memory, and wes gratiously receaved by him; and after the death of Queene Elisabeth I followed his Majestic into England, when he went to receave the Crown of that Kingdome. I served him there, as Gentleman of his Privy-chamber, the space of sixteen or seventeen yeares, or thereabout, continually, till his Majestic wes pleased to cast the Earle of Summerset out of his favour, and [ i6ie. j take in his place George Villiers, afterwards Duk of Buckinghame; a powerfull Favorite, and no good friend of myne, because I, with some of our Countrey-men, endeavoured to support Summerset, which in his construction wes ane opposing of his rysing. Therefore I (being before much desyred thereto by my worthy Father) took this occasion to repair to Scotland, and expect the event of things: wherewith I did acquaint the King, and desyred his leave, which he granted; but not hefore he made his Favorite (against his mynd I think) to give me large promises of friendship, and faire hlossomes of protestations and complement which never bore fruit.1 Some yeares after, Sir Gideon Murray, Deputy Thes- aurer to his Majestic, dyed; and the King, knowing every man's friends in his Bed-chamber, said in the presence of myne, that he had found a meane to employe me; whereof I being advertised came vp to his Majestic, who commanded me to attend his tyme and pleisure heirin. But the Earle of Mar, Thesaurer principall, (who could not well brooke a Colleg,) by means of the Duk of Buckingham got the tryall of the place solely for a year...