Let that fire-brand" (the preacher) "show us by what title _he_ is lord of the land where he has been burning things." Knox must have been aware of Calvin's opinion about such outrages as those of Perth, which, in a private letter, he attributes to the brethren: in his public "History" to the mob.

At St.Andrews, when similar acts were committed, he says that "the provost and bailies.

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did agree to remove all monuments of idolatry," whether this would or would not have satisfied Calvin.
Opponents of my view urge that Knox, though he knew that the brethren had nothing to do with the ruin at Perth, yet, in the enthusiasm of six weeks later, claimed this honour for them, when writing to Mrs.Locke.

Still later, when cool, he told, in his "History," "the frozen truth," the mob alone was guilty, despite his exhortations and the commandment of the magistrate.