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Knot variety and suitableness, as astonished those who waited 

 "/' on him. He expired on the 24th day of November, 

 1 578, in the 6?th year of his age, exhausted by his ex- 

 traordinary labours of body and anxieties of mind, ra- 

 ther than worn down by the number of his years. He 

 was interred in the church-yard of St. Giles, (now the 

 area of the Parliament Square) ; and his funeral was 

 attended by Morton, the newly-elected regent, by all 

 the nobility who were in the city, and by a great con- 

 course of people. When his body was laid in the grave, 

 the regent emphatically pronounced his eulogium in 

 the well-known words, " there lies he, who never fear- 

 ed the face of man." 



This eminent reformer was possessed, unquestiona- 

 bly, of strong natural talents ; and, notwithstanding his 

 many disadvantages, was a stranger to none of the 

 branches of learning cultivated in that age by persons 

 of his profession. He united, in a. high degree, the 

 love of study with a disposition tp active employment. 

 A desire to propagate the reformed tenets, and to deli- 

 ver his countrymen from the delusions of popery, was 

 his ruling passion. An ardent attachment to civil liber- 

 ty held the next place in his breast ; and he laboured 

 to advance these great objects with a zeal of the most 

 disinterested kind. His integrity was above the suspi- 

 cion of corruption ; and his firmness was proof equally 

 against the solicitation of friends, and the threats of ene- 

 mies. His impetuosity frequently exposed him to danger ; 

 but he never neglected the precautions of prudence. He 

 discharged his ministerial functions with the greatest as- 

 siduity, fidelity, and fervour ; and no avocation or infir- 

 mity prevented him from appearing in the pulpit. He 

 lived in the utmost cordiality with his brethren in the 

 ministry; and there is no record of his having had the 

 slightest variance with any of his colleagues. In private 

 life, he was both beloved and revered by his friends and 

 domestics. When free from melancholy depressions, 

 to which he was subject, and the morose influence of 

 which he often lamented, he used to indulge among his 

 acquaintances in innocent recreations, and in sallies of 

 humour ; to which, notwithstanding the gravity of his 

 general deportment, he had naturally a strong propen- 

 sity. Although, in the course of his public life, the 

 severer virtues of his character were most frequently 

 called into action, yet repeated instances of acute sen- 

 sibility occur in his history ; and the unaffected teuder- 

 ness, which occasionally breaks forth in his private let- 

 ters, shews that he was no stranger to " all the chari- 

 ties" of human life. Most of his faults may be traced 

 to his natural temperament, and to the character of the 

 age and country in which he lived. His passions were 

 Strong ; he felt the utmost keenness on every subject 

 which interested him ; and as he felt, so he expressed 

 himself, without disguise and without affectation. But 

 he protested, in his last sickness, that, in his sharpest 

 rebukes, he was influenced by hatred of vice, not of the 

 vicious ; that his great aim was to reclaim the guilty ; 

 and that, in using the means which were necessary for 

 this end, he frequently did violence to his own feelings. 

 He was austere, not unfeeling ; stern, not savage ; vehe- 

 ment, not Vindictive. " Those very qualities which 

 now render his character less amiable, fitted him to be 

 the instrument of Providence for advancing the Refor- 

 mation among a fierce people ; and enabled him to face 

 danger, and surmount opposition, from which a per- 

 son of a more gentle spirit would have been apt to 

 shrink back." (-Robertson's History of Scotland.) He 

 bore a striking resemblance to Luther in personal in- 



trepidity and popular eloquence; to Calvin, in his reli- 



gious sentiments, severity of manners, and an' impres 

 sive air of melancholy ; to Zuinglius, in his ardent at- K 

 tachment to the principles <Jl- civil liberty" and in his s^. 

 exertions to advance, at the same time, the ^formation 

 of the church, and the political welfare of the people ; 

 and though not, perhaps, equal in all respects to any of 

 those eminent characters, is well entitled to be ranked 

 next to them in honour, whether we consider the ta- 

 lents with which he was endowed, or the important 

 services which he performed. 



In this article, we have attempted nothing more 

 than to abridge, (as far as our limits would admit, and 

 as nearly as possible in the words of the author,) the 

 able and accurate life of the reformer by Dr. M'Crie ; 

 and content ourselves with referring to that standard- 

 work alone, both for farther details on the subject, and 

 for the fullest notices of the most authentic sources of 

 original information.- () 



KNOXVILLE. See TENESSEE. 



KNUTSFORD is a town of England, in Cheshire. 

 It is pleasantly situated on the banks of a small stream, 

 called Birken, which divides it into two parts, called 

 High Knutsford and Low Knutsford. The town con- 

 tains several good houses, and has a handsome modern 

 church, with a very fine organ. The town is supposed 

 to derive its name from Canute's ford, as that king 

 forded the river here after having obtained a victory iii 

 the neighbourhood. Races are held annually in the vi- 

 cinity ; and at that season the town is crowded with 

 company. There are extensive cotton works in the 

 town, and a silk mill, in imitation of the one at Stock- 

 port. Shag velvets, and the best sewing threads, 

 are also manufactured. The flax, from which the 

 thread is manufactured, is brought principally from 

 Ireland, Russia, and Hamburg. The two townships 

 of Upper and Lower Knutsford contained, in 1811, 

 497 houses, 529 families, 313 families employed in 

 trade and manufactures, and 2357 inhabitants. See 

 the Beauties of England and Wales, vol. ii. p. 286. 



KOANG-f ON. See CHINA, vol. vi. p. 209. 



KOAN-SEE. See CHINA, vol. vi. p. 209. 



KOEI-TCHEEO. See CHINA, vol. vi. p. 214. 



KOLIVAN, or KPLHYVAN, is a village of Russia, si- 

 tuated on the rivulet Bielaia, in the district of Kusnetz. 

 The silver mines, for which it is principally celebrated, 

 lie between the rivers Oby and Irtish, near the moun- 

 tains which separate Siberia from China. They were 

 discovered in 1 728, by Akinfi Nikitich Demidof ; and 

 were for several years wrought as copper mines for his 

 own private benefit. The secret was concealed till the 

 year 1743, when he made the discovery to the Empress 

 Elizabeth, who appropriated them to the crown. These 

 mines are situated near Voskeresensk, in the Mountain 

 of Serpents ; and receive the name of Kolyva Mines, 

 because the ore was formerly smelted at that village. 

 From the scarcity of wood, however, about Kotyva, 

 new founderies have been erected at Barnaul, Novo- 

 paulofsk, and Susunsk, to the north-east of Kolyva. The 

 following is a state of the produce of the mines at dif- 

 ferent periods : 



General Produce in 

 Pounds of Silver. 

 Years between 1749 and 1768 . . 8,000 to 16,000 



1763 ... 1769 . . 20,000... 32,000 



1769 ... 1778 . . 40,000... 48,000 



Since 1771 44,000 of silver, 



and 1,200 of gold. 



The total produce, up to the year 1771, amounted to 

 400,000 Ibs. of silver, and 12,720 of gold. The silver 

 contains above 3 per cent, of gold. 



olitan. 





