factions  of  the  day,  whom  he  regarded  as  his  own
and  his  country's  enemies;  but  a  life  not  without  its
social  and  family  enjoyments.  He  had  a  fair  stipend
of  four  hundred  mcrks  Scots,  equal  to  about  forty-
four  pounds  of  English  money  of  that  day,  and  the
value  of  which  may  be  computed,  when  it  is  stated
that  the  anuiunt  was  considerably  higher  than  that
of  the  salaries  of  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Session  in
Scotland,  and  not  much  lower  than  those  of  the  Eng-
lish Judges  of  the  same  times.  Then  he  had  a
good  hou.se,  which  was  provided  and  kept  in  repair
by  the  municipality;  a  house  pre%'iously  occupied
by  the  Abbot  of  Dunfermline.  The  house  is  still
preserved,  with  little  change,  and  forms  a  memorial,
hitherto  the  only  memorial  of  the  great  Reformer  in
the  scene  of  so  many  of  his  labors.  Nor  was  he,  with
all  his  severity  of  temper,  a  man  indisposed,  in  those
days,  to  exchange  friendly  and  kindly  relations  with
his  neighbors,  many  of  whom,  in  every  rank,  were
among  his  intimate  friends,  or  to  give  way,  when  the
occasion  fitted  (perhaps  even  sometimes  when  it  did
not  fit),  to  mirth  and  humor,  of  which,  as  of  other
traits  of  his  character,  his  writings  furnish  abundant
evidence.
An  interesting  aescription  of  Knox's  appearance,
and  especially  of  his  style  as  a  preacher,  in  his  later
years,  is  fm-uishcd  in  the  Diarij  of  James  3IdviUe.
