 | Thomas M'Crie - Literature and society - 1819 - 558 pages
...was observed, that, at this very time, Gilbert Brown, abbot of Newabbey, who had for many years been a busy trafficker for Rome and Spain, and a chief...south of Scotland under ignorance and superstition, was released from the castle of Edinburgh, where he had been liberally entertained at the public expence,... | |
 | Thomas Murray - Authors, Scottish - 1822 - 402 pages
...that period, as it is inferior in every useful quality to the elaborate production of Welch. — Welch wished for a verbal and public disputation on the...south of Scotland under ignorance and superstition." t Accordingly, the commissioners of the Assembly, in a list of grievances, which, in 1596, they submitted... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, Scotland, 1679 - 1846 - 524 pages
...was observed, that, at this very time, Gilbert Brown, abbot of Newabbey, who had for many years been a busy trafficker for Rome and Spain, and a chief...south of Scotland under ignorance and superstition, was released from the castle of Edinburgh, where he had been liberally entertained at the public expense,... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - Reformation - 1856 - 542 pages
...was observed that, at this very time, Gilbert Brown, abbot of Newabbey, who had for many years been a busy trafficker for Rome and Spain, and a chief...south of Scotland under ignorance and superstition, was released from the castle of Edinburgh, where he had been liberally entertained at the public expense,... | |
 | Peter Handyside M'Kerlie - Galloway (Scotland) - 1879 - 478 pages
...Ayr, on the subject of Popery. The abbot continued in the country. He is described by Dr M'Crie as "a busy trafficker for Rome and Spain, and a chief...South of Scotland under ignorance and superstition." It is also gathered that he was considered superior to other of his brethren in learning, but inferior... | |
 | Maria Hornor Lansdale - Scotland - 1902 - 550 pages
...Irongray, in defence of the Church of Rome. " A busy trafficker for Rome and Spain," he has been called, and " a chief instrument of keeping the south of Scotland under ignorance and superstition." Whether this were so or not, he seems to have been able to win and hold the affection of his people... | |
 | Maria Hornor Lansdale - Scotland - 1901 - 534 pages
...Irongray, in defence of the Church of Rome. " A busy trafficker for Rome and Spain," he has been called, and " a chief instrument of keeping the south of Scotland under ignorance and superstition." Whether this were so or not, he seems to have been able to win and hold the affection of his people... | |
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The people contrasted the harsh treatment of their ministers with the suspicious lenity shown to Roman Catholics. It was observed, that, at this very time, Gilbert Brown, abbot of Newabbey, who had for many years been a busy trafficker for Rome and Spain,... 