The Protestant religion, he said, was false and he would not give any guarantee that he would not use his power to the prejudice of a false religion.

The altercation was long, and was not brought to a conclusion satisfactory to either party.
[139] The time fixed for the meeting of the Scottish Estates drew near; and it was necessary that the three Councillors should leave London to attend their parliamentary duty at Edinburgh.

On this occasion another affront was offered to Queensberry.

In the late session he had held the office of Lord High Commissioner, and had in that capacity represented the majesty of the absent King.

This dignity, the greatest to which a Scottish noble could aspire, was now transferred to the renegade Murray.
On the twenty-ninth of April the Parliament met at Edinburgh.