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51 



M E M 



hew the 



Melt *Jt. iehmu 1 in May 1601 , when the king thought fit to renew the use of pen, ink, and paper. When the rigour of 



his confinement was relaxed, he was consulted both by 

 Arminius and his antagonist Ludbertus on their theu- 

 logical disputes. He still continued to refresh hi* 

 mind by occasion*! poems; and in two or three l.-nu - 

 to hia nephew, he reviewed Dr. Downturn's sermon on 

 Episcopacy. In 1610, he printed a specimen of poe- 

 tical translations of the Psalm* into Latin verse; and 

 he never wrote a letter to his nephew, without tram- 

 of some of hia versos. 



necessity of revising the translation of the 

 . In the course of the following Tear, hit 

 baaed a Mrrr aV core*, ehtvfing Mehrfltt to 



( :ier. S*afm . 

 ,ft.ri:tin ; ei 



of the laeebjwuy, to transfer the exercise of the New 

 oy the Latin tongue aa the vehicle 

 At the accession of Jamea to the 

 , Melville, who had now obtained the 

 of coin*, six miles round St. Andrew's, 

 story poems, which prove at least 



CXCflsTMOM fW sHB wtmtlCT* 



In the progieej of James to the metropolis of I 



to 

 hia tide, f i a petition ii| lie, their grie- 



.,e tlirni wi..n,.lc.| > <Wj..r. ur 



... the original poem. 

 In 1604 and 1905. the artivitj 



nephrw in 



m i.^h.;i ofh,. , 



activity of Melville and his 

 the rights of ike Ceneml As- 

 to the aeiejeign, that a war- 



He tenaiisj a lessor from the 



o repair to IxMdon before the I ^U> 



with seven other ensinent nvin*- 



Andre 

 Mtmel. 



ir yean i 



of the Duke 'of Bouillon, was permitted to ac- 

 the oflsce of professor of divinity at the Protestant 

 of Sedan, in France ; but the infirmities in- 

 cident to the age of three score and ten were now ga- 

 thering round his heed, although he continued u> 

 and act with all the force and fire of his youth. In hi* 

 74th year, be wrote an epithalannuni on* the marriage 

 of the One de k Tretnouille to the daughter of ha be- 

 nefactor Du Bouillon ; and he wrote and published a 

 year or two afterwards, a treatise in opposition to the 

 Aitideaof Perth. His health, bowe^r. vh.di had 

 been broken by hia long confinement, was now sadly 

 and he died in the year Ititt, at the age of 



natural talents, and hi* 

 with the choicest Morea of ancient 

 Hi* ascendency waa owing en- 

 I srnmtiKi. and not to am 

 lid intrigue, iiis piety waa fer- 

 vent and iineftrteri; his brneyolence enlarged but un. 

 obtruaive ; he waa ardent in bis pursuits, and dininter- 

 eatedry asaka.i in the public service. He pgsMsisJ 

 great independence of spirit, an unyielding boldncas in 

 word and action, and amating readiness and rapulin in 



d amaaing i 



illJHill. In short, hi. talent*, his erudition, and hi/he- 

 raic coursge. well qualified him for a Presbyterian lead- 

 er in the diflkalt times in which he lived. See Dr. 

 M-Crie's Lift tf *+tm tdtitillt, &c. Edinburgh, 

 1819 (:) 



. . a town of Eaatern Pruasia. u traversal l>v 



and which being hrrr about II feet deep, allow, small 

 boats to paaa directly to the sea. The town consul* of 

 two part.. AUu.lt, the oU town, and Kredericksta.lt ; 



great iigillinni Melville, conceiving that the tar- 

 vice did notdjCrrmatenaUy from that of the dlufdi 



t,, ti- U.g. the ,th. ... .urun,.,,.,l ,.,.,,,, 3C. 



the LngUi privy counr.1 ; .nd the inninsmai ter- 

 rams*ssTio fca being found gulry of im^rfalaVassy. 

 ~,.m. aod rimmitl. I to the Tower. Hu oftce was 

 WiareJ vacant, and one Robert Howdic waa ajipafat 



. andoneEobmHowdiewas 



,,) I.,. 



The fim year of hia 



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uj warrUw twcntY, nd psVticMAriT by that 



ssmmmt smsf smmmmmsts* wammsMtak aitHsaeaii sasTsiiJ *A -1 t-t^ *L_ 



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tie.ofhiatusm?l)Tawtwivine:himoftbemeana of 



preasing hia thiijilli either by writing or oral eem- 

 assiisiJmi. Through the influence of Sr Jarnea Sets). 

 pill, he was removed; at the end of tea months, to a 

 more healthy and spedou apartment, and was allowed 



Urge, yet it u obetractcd by 



. * 



The trade ," Mn,,,-!. 



Elk. 



tallow, bristles, wax, saathers. and I .Jthuanm. yam. Its 

 - are chiefly articles of colonial produce, Tl.r 

 number of vessels which trade to this port it 

 600 and TOO, above two-thirds of winch air 

 In 1800, 574 vesaela arrived, and 584 cleared 



out ; of which 853 van British, It8 Russian, 38 Dan- 

 iah. and Swedish. In 1815, 441 vessel, arri 



4s 



arrived, and 



oBt. In 1816. 460 vesaels arrived, and *Sf) 

 out In 1*01, there were here SO great com- 

 I hunsM. There is held annually at Mewl a fair, 

 frequented by the inhabitants of C'ourland and thi- 

 ef Poland, where nearly 450,000 crowns worth oi 

 chandii* are sold. Population about 6000. East Lon- 

 gitude 81* W 9V. and North Lat. S3* 4* li". See 

 Cattrau'i Tableau lie It Mtr BaMonr, ><>). ii. ]>. 304 ; 

 and Rondcnfs Ennpfan Commtrct, p. 1 19. 



