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Scotland.
patron , pleased with the talents and accomplishments of Cochrane , and being himself a devoted amateur of the architectural art , appointed him frequently to be about his person , and conferred on him many marks of favour . Under the direction of this master the great hall in the castle of Stirling was planned and erected , as also the adjacent chapel , which was a splendid work . Such , in short , was the prince ' s patronage of his favourite superintendent of works , that he elevated him to the dignity of
the earldom of Mar—a title destined to be fatal to him , as well as to others who bore it . Jealous of the honours bestowed upon this gentleman , in whose society the king found a congeniality of tastes , a band of rude and unprincipled nobles conspired to rid themselves of a rival and upstart , as they considered him , and effect by force what they found they could not do by other means . When " the king ' s was encamped at
army Lauder , they seized poor Cochrane , unconscious of their designs , when he was entering into the council , and hung bim , along with several others who were obnoxious for similar reasons . Thus perished an eminently accomplished man and Mason , whose chief crime appears to have consisted in his talents and success .
The gallant and generous James IV . was a patron of science and the fins arts . In his reign was the University of Aberdeen founded and endowed ; and that unparalleled invention , " the art of printing , was first introduced into Scotland , by Walter Chapman . Amongst ' his architectural acts , James adorned and enlarged the palaces of ' Falkland and Stirling , besides building several monastries and collegiate churches . George , Lord Seton , an enlightened man in this reign , erected the
collegiate church or chapel of Seton , and , about the same time , Wintonhouse , both on the shores of the Forth . Then , also , Henry , Lord St . Clair flourished as the Maecenas of the time , a man " illuminate with liberahtie , " as Gawin Douglas , the Virgil of that day , hath it . _ As grand protector of the Order of Masons , James V . early showed himself in the fairest li ght . The gates of his palace were ever open to the petition of the pooror the of the distressedand while with
, prayer ; one hand he raised up the fallen , with the other lie put down the oppressor . His very words were seasoned with the spice of humanity" sermo humanitate tanquam sale , aspersus . " Such was the character of this King of the Craft . He built a palace within the walls of Stirling Castle , and another at Linlithgow , which Mary of Guise commended as
equal _ to any they had in France . About this period ( 1530 ) , Peter Scrimigeour was " Master of Work , " or superintendant under the Grand Master Mason of Scotland . Of the St . Clairs , indeed , we then hear nothing by name , but it is to be presumed that their hereditary title would inspire them with the spirit of their ancestor . The distracted state of the times , when Scotland was alternately torn with internal contests and external wars , has unfortunatel y deprived us of any memorials that
may have existed relative to the meetings of the Craft . Mary ' s reign was a miserable epoch for Masonry ; and the accession of James VI . to the throne of England , left the Masons , like many others , without a present patron . So much did the fraternity feel the effects of this change and other concurrent causes , that in the previous part of the seventeenth century they met to petition and prompt St . Clair of Roslin to resume his hereditary and active rule over them . This appears from two documents still extant ; the latest of which is dated 1 C 30 , and addressed to Sir William Saint Clair of Roslin , by the leading Lodges . This instrument sets forth , that whereas " from age to age it has been
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Scotland.
patron , pleased with the talents and accomplishments of Cochrane , and being himself a devoted amateur of the architectural art , appointed him frequently to be about his person , and conferred on him many marks of favour . Under the direction of this master the great hall in the castle of Stirling was planned and erected , as also the adjacent chapel , which was a splendid work . Such , in short , was the prince ' s patronage of his favourite superintendent of works , that he elevated him to the dignity of
the earldom of Mar—a title destined to be fatal to him , as well as to others who bore it . Jealous of the honours bestowed upon this gentleman , in whose society the king found a congeniality of tastes , a band of rude and unprincipled nobles conspired to rid themselves of a rival and upstart , as they considered him , and effect by force what they found they could not do by other means . When " the king ' s was encamped at
army Lauder , they seized poor Cochrane , unconscious of their designs , when he was entering into the council , and hung bim , along with several others who were obnoxious for similar reasons . Thus perished an eminently accomplished man and Mason , whose chief crime appears to have consisted in his talents and success .
The gallant and generous James IV . was a patron of science and the fins arts . In his reign was the University of Aberdeen founded and endowed ; and that unparalleled invention , " the art of printing , was first introduced into Scotland , by Walter Chapman . Amongst ' his architectural acts , James adorned and enlarged the palaces of ' Falkland and Stirling , besides building several monastries and collegiate churches . George , Lord Seton , an enlightened man in this reign , erected the
collegiate church or chapel of Seton , and , about the same time , Wintonhouse , both on the shores of the Forth . Then , also , Henry , Lord St . Clair flourished as the Maecenas of the time , a man " illuminate with liberahtie , " as Gawin Douglas , the Virgil of that day , hath it . _ As grand protector of the Order of Masons , James V . early showed himself in the fairest li ght . The gates of his palace were ever open to the petition of the pooror the of the distressedand while with
, prayer ; one hand he raised up the fallen , with the other lie put down the oppressor . His very words were seasoned with the spice of humanity" sermo humanitate tanquam sale , aspersus . " Such was the character of this King of the Craft . He built a palace within the walls of Stirling Castle , and another at Linlithgow , which Mary of Guise commended as
equal _ to any they had in France . About this period ( 1530 ) , Peter Scrimigeour was " Master of Work , " or superintendant under the Grand Master Mason of Scotland . Of the St . Clairs , indeed , we then hear nothing by name , but it is to be presumed that their hereditary title would inspire them with the spirit of their ancestor . The distracted state of the times , when Scotland was alternately torn with internal contests and external wars , has unfortunatel y deprived us of any memorials that
may have existed relative to the meetings of the Craft . Mary ' s reign was a miserable epoch for Masonry ; and the accession of James VI . to the throne of England , left the Masons , like many others , without a present patron . So much did the fraternity feel the effects of this change and other concurrent causes , that in the previous part of the seventeenth century they met to petition and prompt St . Clair of Roslin to resume his hereditary and active rule over them . This appears from two documents still extant ; the latest of which is dated 1 C 30 , and addressed to Sir William Saint Clair of Roslin , by the leading Lodges . This instrument sets forth , that whereas " from age to age it has been