THE PORTRAITS OF JOHN KNOX. 225 ' Tlic scope of this little work, such as it is, you will
- learn from the preface ; namely that the King, when
' he shall he aware of the high expectations which he
- has excited in all the Churches, may at the same
'time, delighted with those various and excellent
- examples, hecome more and more familiar with his
' duty. Of this Work I likewise send a copy to you, ' that is, owls to Athens ; and request you to -accept 'it as a token of my regard. My late Paraphrase ' of the Psalms, if it has reached your country, will 'I hope inspire you with the design of reprinting 'your own, to the great advantage of the Church: 'and, believe me, it is not so much myself as the 'whole Church that entreats you to accelerate this 'scheme. Farewell, excellent man. May the Lord 'Jesus bless your hoary hairs more and more, and ' long preserve you for our sake. — Geneva, March the 'sixteenth, 1580.'* What Buchanan or the King thought of this Book, especially of the two Icons, Johannes Cnoxus and the little silver Pepper-box of a King, we have not any-
- Buchaiiani Epistoloe, p. 28. Translated by Dr. Irving, Life
and Writings of George Buchanan (Edinburgh, 1807), p. 184. Q
