325, 326, et seq.
** Melvil, p.

140, 141.

Strype, vol.iii.p.

156.
*** Melvil, p.148.Jebb, vol.ii.p.

530.
{1584.} The king of Scots, persevering in his present views, summoned a parliament; where it was enacted, that no clergyman should presume in his sermons to utter false, untrue, or scandalous speeches against the king, the council, or the public measures; or to meddle, in an improper manner, with the affairs of his majesty and the states,[*] The clergy, finding that the pulpit would be no longer a sanctuary for them, were extremely offended; they said that the king was become Popish in his heart; and they gave their adversaries the epithets of gross libertines, belly-gods, and infamous persons.[**] * Spotswood.p.