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Updated: June 23, 2025

And surlie his service was easie, nocht to me onlie, bot even to the fremdest man that ever served him. So great was Melville's scholarly reputation by this time that, at the General Assembly held a month after his return, the Universities of Glasgow and St. Andrews put in competing claims for his services as Principal.

William Morison - Andrew Melville: Famous Scots Series