The life of Andrew Melville Author:Thomas M'Crie 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: to the instructions of the Royal Professors, Melville took his share in the usual academical exercises. And, during the second year of his abode in the universit... more »y, he excited great admiration by the ease and fluency with which he declaimed in Greek . There are two circumstances relating to the university of Paris, during the time that Melville attended it, which deserve notice. The first relates to the religious liberty that was enjoyed, and the rapid progress which the protestant opinions were consequently making in it. A number of the professors, including several heads of colleges, avowed their attachment to these, and others were strongly suspected of the same religious biass f. But a few years after Melville left Paris, all those who refusedto subscribe the Roman Catholic faith, including the students, were driven from the university . Jacobus Carpentaria (Cbarpentler) the great oppopent of Bamus, was chosen royal Professor of Mathematics in 1565. llaimm opposed his admission on the ground of his ignorance of that science, and urged that, as he had taken the title of Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics, there was reason to fear he intended to confine himself to the former branch, and to neglect the latter.—Bulaens, torn. vi. pp. 650—652.—James Melville mentions Salinacus among the professors of Mathematics. But this is a mistake. Joannes Salignacus was the favourite scholar of Vatablus, and distinguished for his acquaintance with Jewish and Rabinical learning. He appears to have been one of the, royal Professors of Hebrew when Melville was at Paris. Colo- mesii Gallia Orientalis, pp. 33—35. Calvini Epist et Kesp, p. 163. Oper. tom. ix. Afelville's Diary, p. 33. t Nicholas Charton, Principal of the College of Beauvais, Joannes Dahin, Principal of Chenai, and P...« less