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Rh zeanclencht, and quhairin the said Paule is ellis infeft, and that to be ane help to hald him at the scuillis.' " He was ordained minister of Kelso in 1574. "John Knox, third son of William Knox, at Presion, died in 1623. He, it is thought, had a son, John, whose elder son, Henry, a preacher and Master of Arts, attended Charles II. in his exile, and a sum was by the English put upon his head. He died in the house of a friend in Edinburgh.

"John Knox, the younger son, served as chaplain in the army in support of Charles II., and was present at the battle of Inverkirthing, in July, 1651. He rendered valuable service to the Royalist cause by capturing a merchant vessel bearing supplies to the English army. He had a son and a daughter. John Knox described as his son, married Isobel Mack, by whom he had three sons. One, Robert, was physician to the forces during the American war. He afterwards settled in London, and died in 1792."

Page 74. "John Knox, the Reformer, was born in a suburb of Haddington, known at Giffordgate. The Rev. Dr. Barclay, minister of Haddington, writing in 1785, represents as then standing in the Giffordgate the house in which the Reformer was born."

On page 107 is a picture and description of his residence at the Netherbow Port, in the city of Edinburgh. "This dwelling remains entire (now over three centuries old) as the only monument in the Scottish capital of the illustrious Reformer. A stone building of irregular architecture, with small ornate windows; it exhibits a timber projection, and outside stair. At an angle is a statue of Moses receiving the law. The lawgiver points to a carved stone, designed to represent the sun rising among the clouds, on which is engraved the name of God, in Greek, Latin and English. On the west front is the legend, 'Lufe God above al, and your neighbor as yourself.' In October, 1561, the Town