Oure Tounis Colledge

Excerpt from Oure Tounis Colledge: Sketches of the History of the Old College of Edinburgh Scotland. The young Queen Mary was in France; but her mother, Mary of Cruise, who ably carried on the struggle in her name, had obtained the assistance of a considerable number of French troops, against whose discipline the Lords of the Congregation, led by the Duke of Chatelherault and Lord James Stuart, had difficulty in making head. In their extremity, acting very much on the advice of John Knox, they bethought them Of seeking assistance from England; and after long negotiation, an English army, under Lord Grey de Wilton, crossed the Border early in April 1560, joined the forces of the Protestant Lords. 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.