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Gordon, Principal of the Scot's College, but that nothing particular passed there. Nobody, of course, can believe a word that James Mohr ever said, but his disclosures, in the following full report of his examination, could only have been made by a person pretty deep in Jacobite plans. For example, Balhaldie, chief of the Macgregors, did really live at Bievre, as James Mohr says.
And were not most of them, probably all of them, rejoicing? His bitterness grew, and at last he turned on his subordinate. "Bluffed, but not beaten," he said, with a fierce oath which did the Scot's heart good. "We're not beaten," he reiterated, "if only Jason will leave us alone, and trust us further. I've got to convince him.
"Well, thou hast given him leave to keep the hound, so there is an end of it. But to this piece of learned heathenness say'st thou the Scot met him in the desert?" "No, my liege, the Scot's tale runs thus: He was dispatched to the old hermit of Engaddi " "'Sdeath and hell!" said Richard, starting up, "by whom dispatched, and for what?
They were digging out an enormous shell which had plumped into the grass, taking off the Scot's hat and knocking him down with the shock as it fell. The thing had burst in the ground, and it was as good as a Chinese puzzle to fit the great chunks of iron together. At first we could not find the solid base, but we dug it out with a pick from the stiff, black clay.
It is a series of "Reasons" why witches should be believed in the MS. in its present state beginning with the "5th Reason" and breaking off in the midst of the 108th. See Nicholson's opinion on this, pp. xxxvii-xxxix of his introduction to Scot's book.
Farquharson was in the Scot's Greys; it was understood that at his marriage he should resign his commission, so, though he greatly admired Helen, he was in no hurry to leave the delights of metropolitan and military life.
The cheese curds were left in the dairy and the wool was left at the wheel, and Mysie forget her household, and Andrew forgot his argument, and the preacher at last said, "You shall tell us, Davie, what the Lord has done for you since you left your father's house." "He has been gude to me, vera gude. I had a broad Scot's tongue in my head, and I determined to go northward.
Defoe carried the same system of vouching for the truth of his narratives by referring them to likely sources, into pamphlets and books which really served the purpose of newspapers, being written for the gratification of passing interests. The History of the Wars of Charles XII., which Mr. Lee ascribes to him, was "written by a Scot's gentleman, in the Swedish service."
Such, very briefly, were the philosophic bases of Scot's skepticism. Yet the more cogent parts of his work were those in which he denied the validity of any evidence so far offered for the existence of witches. What is witchcraft? he asked; and his answer is worth quoting.
Yesterday the sea was too heavy to bring it. Can you get it for me to-morrow?" "An' the sea be willing, sir." "There is a box of books also, but they are very heavy." We'll try and bring them ony way." "You love books then?" "Better than bread." "What have you read?" "I have read my Bible, and The Institutes, and the Scot's Worthies, and pairt o' the Pilgrim's Progress.
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