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was appointed as second master in the college,
where he taught Latin for the first year, and Greek
in the second. He died in 1586 ; and from the circumstance
that he and Rollock were paid board by
the Town Council, it has been supposed that they
were both bachelors, and did not live within the
college.
ture upon being examined in their knowledge of
Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and the whole circle
of the sciences.? Those chosen on this occasion
were Mr. Adam Colt of Inveresk, and Mr. Alexander
Scrimger of Irwin.
The first visitation of this university was held
in 1614, when the,Town Council appointed sixteen
THE LIBRARY OF THE OLD UNIVERSITY, AS SEEN FROM THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF THE QUADRANGLE,
LOOKING NORTH. ( F Y o ~ a8 Eng-raving by W. Ff. Lizarr of a Drawing by Playfatr).
for which, and for preaching weekly in St. Giles?s,
he had 400 merks per annum.
As students came in, the necessity for adding
as their assessors.
There was not then a chancellor in the university,
or any similar official, as in other learned
to advertise for candidates all over the kingdom.
Six appeared, and a ten days? competition in skill
followed-a sufficient proof that talent was necessary
in those early days, and much patience on the
part of the judges. ?They must have possessed
great hardihood,? says Bower, ? who could adven-
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at Stirling, he desired the principal and regents of
his favourite university to hold a public disputation
in his presence. On this, the five officials repaired
to Stirling, where the royal pedant anxiously
awaited them, and took a very active part in the
discussion.
