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A Descriptive Catalogue of Books, in the Library of John Holmes, F.s.a.
A Descriptive Catalogue of Books in the Library of John Holmes Fsa Author:John Holmes Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3French Auxiliaries as a common soldier, in which capacity, on his arrival in 1523 upon his native soil, he was marched under the Duke of Albany against England. In 1524 Buchanan was sent t... more »o the University of St. Andrew's, and in 1525 took his Bachelor's degree as a textit{pauper or exhibitioner. In 1527 he was admitted to the same degree at Paris, where he also became A. M. in 1529, and Procurator for the German Nation, and returned the second time to Scotland in 1537.—In 1539 he passed through London in his way to France, resided awhile at Bourdeaux, went thence into Portugal, and was in that country persecuted by the Inquisition. In 1553 Mr. Buchanan visited both France and Italy. In 1560 he went back to Scotland, avowed his conversion to Protestantism, and was appointed Principal of St. Leonard's College at St. Andrew's. In 1567, he was (although a layman) textit{Moderator of the General Assembly of the textit{Church of Scotland, and was made textit{Preceptor to the young King [James Vlth.] During the last twelve or thirteen years of Buchanan's life, he was employed in composing his History of Scotland, and spent the remainder of his days at Stirling. His work intituled " textit{Re- " rum Scoticarum Historia," (comprized in 20 books) was published at Edinburgh in 1582; and he died the same year. The celebrated Robertson used these words respecting this historian :—" The happy genius of Buchanan, equally formed " to excel in prose or verse, more textit{various, more textit{original, and " more textit{elegant, than that of almost any other modern who " writes in Latin, reflects with regard to this particular the " greatest lustre on his country." Aldrovandi—Delle Statue antiche, che per tutta Roma, in diversi luoghi and case si veggono— 12mo. 15G2. Ulisses Aldrovandi, (a celebrated Physician and Nat...« less