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和墮云慕

耶紗慕禰

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thumping his desk�察�and   falls asleep   for a   few minutes�察�to start up at   the 

sound of the four´o'clock bell�察�and be in school by five�察�his Virgil in one 

hand�察�and his rod in the other�察�trying to do work on his own account at old 

manuscripts�察  �and   bawling   all   the   while   at   his   wretched   boys�察  �who   cheat 

him�察  �and   pay   each   other   to   answer   to   truants'   names。      The   class   is   all 

wrong。      ;One   is barefoot�察 �another's   shoe is   burst�察 �another   cries�察 �another 

writes home。         Then es the rod�察�the sound of blows�察�and howls�察�and 

the   day   passes   in   tears。;    ;Then   mass�察  �then   another   lesson�察  �then   more 

blows�察�there is hardly time to eat。;             I have no space to finish the picture 

of the stupid misery which�察�Buchanan says�察�was ruining his intellect�察�while 

it   starved   his   body。    However�察  �happier   days   came。           Gilbert     Kennedy�察�

Earl of Cassilis�察�who seems to have been a noble young gentleman�察�took 

him   as   his   tutor   for   the   next   five   years�察  �and   with   him   he   went   back   to 

Scotland。 

     But    there    his  plain    speaking     got   him�察   �as  it  did   more    than    once 

afterward�察�into trouble。          He took it into his head to write�察�in imitation of 

Dunbar�察�a Latin poem�察�in which St。 Francis asks him in a dream to bee 

a    Gray    Friar�察  �and    Buchanan       answered       in  language      which     had    the 

unpleasant   fault   of   being   too   clever�察  �andto   judge   from   contemporary 



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evidenceonly too true。          The friars said nothing at first�察�but when King 

James      made    Buchanan       tutor  to   one   of  his   natural   sons�察   �they�察  �men 

professing meekness�察�took the matter somewhat more angrily than befitted 

men so pious in the opinion of the people。;               So Buchanan himself puts it�此�

but�察�to do the poor friars justice�察�they must have been angels�察�not men�察�if 

they   did   not   writhe   somewhat   under   the   scourge   which   he   had   laid   on 

them。     To be told that there was hardly a place in heaven for monks�察�was 

hard to hear and bear。          They accused him to the king of heresy�察�but not 

being then in favour with James�察�they got no answer�察�and Buchanan was 

manded   to   repeat   the   castigation。        Having   found   out   that   the   friars 

were   not   to   be   touched   with   impunity�察  �he   wrote�察  �he   says�察  �a   short   and 

ambiguous poem。           But the king�察�who loved a joke�察�demanded something 

sharp and stinging�察�and Buchanan obeyed by writing�察�but not publishing�察�

;The Franciscans�察─�a long satire�察�pared to which the ;Somnium; was 

bland and merciful。          The storm rose。        Cardinal Beaten�察�Buchanan says�察�

wanted to buy him of the king�察�and then�察�of course�察�burn him�察�as he had 

just burnt five poor souls�察�so�察�knowing James's avarice�察�he fled to England�察�

through freebooters and pestilence。 

     There  he  found�察�he   says�察  �men   of   both   factions being   burned   on   the 

same   day   and   in   the   same   fire;a   pardonable   exaggeration;by   Henry 

VIII。�察�in his old age more intent on his own safety than on the purity of 

religion。;     So   to   his   beloved   France   he   went   again�察  �to   find   his   enemy 

Beaten ambassador at Paris。            The capital was too hot to hold him�察�and he 

fled south to Bordeaux�察�to Andrea Govea�察�the Portuguese principal of the 

College   of   Guienne。       As   Professor   of   Latin   at   Bordeaux�察  �we   find   him 

presenting a Latin poem to Charles V。�察�and indulging that fancy of his for 

Latin poetry which seems to us nowadays a childish pedantry�察�which was 

thenwhen Latin was the vernacular tongue of all scholarsa serious�察�if 

not altogether a useful�察�pursuit。         Of his tragedies�察�so famous in their day 

the   ;Baptist�察─  �the   ;Medea�察─  �the   ;Jephtha�察─  �and       the   ;Alcestis;there   is 

neither space nor need to speak here�察�save to notice the bold declamations 

in   the   ;Baptist;   against   tyranny   and   priestcraft�察  �and   to   notice   also   that 



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these   tragedies   gained   for   the   poor   Scotsman�察  �in   the   eyes   of   the   best 

scholars of   Europe�察 �a credit   amounting   almost to   veneration。                When   he 

returned      to   Paris�察  �he   found     occupation      at  once�察    �and�察  �as   his   Scots 

biographers love   to   record�察  �three   of   the   most   learned   men   in   the   world 

taught     humanity      in  the   same    college�察─    �viz。   Turnebus�察      �Muretus�察    �and 

Buchanan。 

     Then   followed   a   strange   episode   in   his   life。    A  university  had   been 

founded at Coimbra�察�in Portugal�察�and Andrea Govea had been invited to 

bring   thither   what   French   savants   he   could   collect。       Buchanan   went   to 

Portugal      with   his   brother    Patrick�察  �two    more    Scotsmen�察     �Dempster      and 

Ramsay�察  �and   a   goodly   pany   of   French   scholars�察  �whose   names   and 

histories   may   be   read   in   the   erudite   pages   of   Dr。   Irving�察  �went   likewise。 

All prospered in the new Temple of the Muses for a year or so。                        Then its 

high´priest�察�Govea�察�died�察�and�察�by a peripeteia too mon in those days 

and countries�察�Buchanan and two of his friends migrated unwillingly from 

the Temple of the Muses for that of Moloch�察�and found themselves in the 

Inquisition。 

     Buchanan�察       �it  seems�察   �had   said   that   St。  Augustine       was   more     of  a 

Lutheran than a Catholic on the question of the mass。                    He and his friends 

had   eaten   flesh   in   Lent�察  �which�察  �he   says�察  �almost   everyone   in   Spain   did。 

But   he   was   suspected�察  �and   with   reason�察  �as   a   heretic�察  �the   Gray   Friars 

formed   but   one   brotherhood   throughout   Europe�察  �and   news   among   them 

travelled surely if not fast�察�so that the story of the satire written in Scotland 

had reached Portugal。           The culprits were imprisoned�察�examined�察�bullied 

but not torturedfor a year and a half。             At the end of that time�察�the proofs 

of heresy�察�it seems�察�were insufficient�察�but lest�察�says Buchanan with honest 

pride�察 �they  should get the reputation of having vainly tormented   a  man 

not altogether unknown�察─�they sent him for some months to a monastery�察�

to   be   instructed     by   the   monks。      ;The     men�察─   �he   says�察   �were     neither 

inhuman nor bad�察�but utterly ignorant of religion�察─�and Buchanan solaced 

himself  during   the  intervals   of   their  instructions�察 �by  beginning   his   Latin 

translation of the Psalms。 



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     At last he got free�察�and begged leave to return to France�察�but in vain。 

And   so�察  �wearied   out�察  �he   got   on   board   a   Candian   ship   at   Lisbon�察  �and 

escaped to England。          But England�察�he says�察�during the anarchy of Edward 

VI。's reign�察�was not a land which suited him�察�and he returned to France�察�to 

fulfil   the   hopes   which   he   had   expressed   in   his   charming   ;Desiderium 

Lutitiae�察─�and the still more charming�察�because more simple�察 �Adventus in 

Galliam�察─  �in   which   he   bids   farewell�察  �in   most   melodious   verse�察  �to   ;the 

hungry   moors   of   wretched   Portugal�察  �and   her   clods   fertile   in   naught   but 

penury。; 

     Some seven years succeeded of schoolmastering and verse´writing�此�the 

Latin paraphrase of the Psalms�察�anothe
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