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# A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen/Bissat, or Bissart, Peter

From volume 1 of the work.
​BISSAT, or BISSART, Peter, professor of the Canon Law in the University of Bononia, was born in Fife in the reign of James V., being a descendant of Thomas Bissat, or Bissart, who was Earl of Fife in the reign of David II. He received instructions in grammar, philosophy, and the laws, at the University of St Andrews, and afterwards perfected his education at that of Paris. Having then travelled into Italy, he was honoured by the University of Bononia with the degree of Doctor of Laws, and shortly after became professor of the Canon Law in that seminary, in which situation he continued for several years, "with great applause."
Bissat appears to have been a man of general accomplishment a poet, an orator, and a philosopher; but his forte lay in the Canon Law. His various writings were published at Venice in 1565, in quarto, under the title, "Patricii Bissarti Opera Omnia, viz. Poemata, Orationes, Lectiones Feriales, et Liber de Irregularitate." The last of these compositions was a commentary on that part of the Canon Law which gives the reasons assigned by the Church of Rome for excluding certain laymen from the clergy. Bissat died in the latter part of the year 1568.
# A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen/Bernard

From volume 1 of the work.
​BERNARD, made abbot of Aberbrothick in 1303, and the first chancellor of king Robert Bruce after his assumption of the crown in 1306, deserves a place in this work, as the supposed writer of that spirited remonstrance which the Scottish nobility and barons transmitted, in 1318, to the Roman pontiff, asserting the independency of their country. He held the great seal till his death in 1327. Crawford supposes that his surname was Linton.
# A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen/Binning, Hugh

From volume 1 of the work.
​BINNING, HUGH, an extraordinary instance of precocious learning and genius, was the son of John Binning of Dalvennan, a landed gentleman of Ayrshire. He appears to have been born about the year 1627. In his earliest years he .outstripped all his seniors in the acquisition of Latin. At Glasgow college, which he entered in his fourteenth year, he distinguished himself very highly in philosophy. What was to others only gained by hard study, seemed to be intuitively known by Binning. After taking the degree of Master of Arts, he began to study for the church. When Mr James Dalrymple, afterwards Lord Stair, vacated the chair of philosophy at Glasgow, Binning, though not yet nineteen, stood a competitor with some men of graver years and very respectable acquirements, and gained the object of his ambition by the pure force of merit. Though unprepared for entering upon his duties, no deficiency was remarked. He was one of the first in Scotland to reform philosophy from the barbarous jargon of the schools. While fulfilling the duties of his chair in the most satisfactory manner, he continued his study of theology, and a vacancy occurring in the church of Govan, near Glasgow, he received a call to be its minister. Here he married Barbara Simpson, the daughter of a presbyterian clergyman in Ireland. As a preacher, Mr Binning's fame was very great: his knowledge was extensive, and there was a fervour in his eloquence which bore away the hearts of his congregation, as it were, to heaven. At the division of the church into Resolutioners and Protesters, he took the latter and more zealous side, but yet was too full of virtuous and benevolent feeling to be a violent partizan. In order to heal the difference as much as possible, he wrote a treatise on Christian love. When Oliver Cromwell came to Glasgow, he caused a dispute to be held between his own independent clergymen, and the Scottish presbyterian ministers. Binning having nonplussed his opponents, Cromwell asked the name of "that bold young man." On being told that he was called Mr Hugh Binning, the sectarian ​general said, "He hath bound well, indeed, but" (clapping his hand upon his sword,) "this will loose all again." This excellent young preacher died of consumption, 1653, in his twenty-sixth year, leaving behind him a reputation for piety, virtue, and learning, such as has rarely been attained by any individual under that age. Besides his treatise on Christian love, he wrote many miscellaneous pieces, of a pious nature, which were published, in 1732, in one volume quarto. A selection from these, under the title of "Evangelical Beauties of Hugh Binning," appeared in 1829, with a memoir of the author by the Rev John Brown of Whitburn.
# A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/First Treatise/Chapter 8

Of the maruellous gouernement of the kings of honny, and of the obedience which they vſe to him. Cap. viij.
NAture hath not onlye committed hir lawes to bookes, the which men may lerne by, but hath eſpecially ſet forth conditions and properties, as for an example of the lyke, by the bees, whoſe kings for doubt of reuenging, haue by the prouidēce of nature no ſtings. Whereby is to be vnderſtanded, that the kings ruling in power, thorough the lacke of their ſtings maye be by that meanes the ſlower to hurt, and offer reuengemente. Yet ſome affirme the kings to haue ſtings, but they ſuppoſe them not to vſe their ſtings. And of this Plinie maketh a doubt whether the king be armed as the other bees, or lacketh a ſting. Which Columella putteth out of doubt, writing of the king he hath no ſting, vnleſſe any perhappes thinketh that big head as it were, whiche the the king carrieth in his belly, to be his ſting, with which at no time they vſe to ſting or hurt anye. This king only do Bees reuerence, and honor him in ſuch ſort, that any of them is obedient and very ready at his bidding, to do whatſoeuer he aſſigneth them vnto. Alſo this obedience and ſeruice whiche they vſe to their king, they do not the ſame for feare of puniſhment, but onely of a loue which they owe vnto him. Yet they puniſh one another in ſuch ſorte, that after their ſtings be loſt, they dye forthwith. Ariſtotle {{bl|writeth of two maner of kings, the one as he affirmeth to be red, which he iudgeth the better, the other king black of colour, which he confeſſeth to be leſſer of body yet howſoeuer the kings, they are notwithſtanding far bigger of body, thā the honny bees, & haue a brighter goodlier head thē the other Bees, yet ſhorter wings. So ye their king created among them, goeth not any time forth of ye hiue, without ye whole ſwarm folow him. The king flying forth of the hiue at anye time, ye other folow him, in ſuch ſort, ye eche couet to flie next him, & ioyeth to be ſeen of ye king in office, and whereſoeuer ye king ſettleth him or reſteth, there be other Bees placed like ſtrōg holds or caſtels about him. About ye king alſo ​certaine rulers, which wayte vpon him by a dayly authoritie. If anye happeneth, as writeth}} Plinie, to breake of the kings right wing, then from the king will not the ſwarme after departe, as the like was rehearſed afore. Beſides theſe, the Bees haue a maruelous order among them, if their king happen to die, for then thay ſhal bitterly mourne for their king deade, and for the lacke of another, as ſuch whiche cannot be guided and ruled without a king among them, and of this they be in continuall mourning. So that for the time, they carry no foode into theyr Hyues, nor flye not forth, but with a ſadde bewailyng and humming, after theyr King, they heape thicke togyther aboute the deade body, and vnleſſe another King increaſeth by little and lyttle among them, they dye for hunger. Theyr king laboureth not, but as the other flye foorthe, hee in the meane tyme as an exhorter moueth and encourageth forwarde euerye one to hys worke, by his flying aboute in the Hiue.
# A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/Second Treatise

Certaine Husbandly Coniectures of Dearth and Plentie for euer.
# A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/First Treatise/Chapter 6

Of the great vtilitie and profite of the Bees vnto mans vſe. Cap. vj.
A Great profite ariſeth by Bees, if they be ſet in a conuenient and fit place, and that both carefully & wiſely guided, as ​Plinie writeth in his vj. booke, where he willeth, that of al other clouen beaſtes, the Bees to bee principallye cheriſhed, bicauſe to man svſe they gather a ſubtile and wholeſome myre, beyng bery ſweete, and beſides they frame by a maruelous ſkill and cunning, theyr cotages of ware vnto mans vſe, that no workman (to be neuer ſo ingenious) can do the like. The profite alſo comming by them in a ſhort time, if the weather hindereth not, is ſo greate, that they increaſe in a ſhorte time into manye ſwarmes, which ſwarmes againe increaſe others, ſo that the firſte ſwarmes increaſed, they eſpecially thruſt forth from them in the moneth of May, or June, by whych meanes they cauſe a great increaſe of thē. As Varro affirmeth the ſame of two head Gentlemen in Spaine, which only by the means of their Bees, gayned yerely tē thouſand poūd (but I rather thinke fiue thouſand pounde, which alſo is very muche) yet here is to be noted, that the ſwarmes of ſyxe yeares olde, doe ſeldome encreaſe after other ſwarmes of themſelues, although in ware they giue a great yeelde and gayne to the owners.
# A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/First Treatise/Chapter 9

What kinde of Bees are beſte, and rather to be choſen. Cap. ix.
IN this point, for true knowledge of theſe, doth M. Varro diſcribe thoſe Bees to be beſt, which be finall of body, and diuerſe and round, bycauſe they be earneſt in labour, and make a thinne honny, and better endure labour, and gather their honny on hilles, but the worſer Bees gather their honny of the garden floures onlye, whiche be ſomewhat long of bodye, lyke to waſpes. Virgil doth eſpecially commend the ſmall Bees, beyng ſomwhat long, light, and clenly in their buſineſſe, and gliſtering to golde. So that the greater and rounder Bee, is diſcommended of all writers. Although the fierce Bees are very ill, yet is their yrefulneſſe, a note of the better Bees, whiche may easily be appeaſed, by the daylye haunting among them, for if the kepers do often handle the Hyues, then do they become gentle in in a ſhort time.
{{bl|The Bees alſo endure if they be diligently loked vnto, for ​the ſpace of ten yeares, and beyonde this age no ſwarme can paſſe, althoughe the keepers ſupplye the Hyues yearelye with yong Bees, in the ſteade of the olde deade, for in the tenth yere, in a manner, of the generall death of them, the vniuerſall kinde of the whole Hyue is then conſume. And therefore, that thys maye not happen throughe all the Hyues in that place you muſt alwayes increaſe your Hyues with yong Bees, which diligently Hyue in the ſpringtime, or beginning of Sommer, when as the ſwarmes be firſt and newe thruſt forth of the Hiues, and ſo maye the number of your Hiues be encreaſed. Agayne ſome wryte, that in the Countrey of}} Pontus, the beſte Bees bee white, bycauſe they gyue theyr yeelde of Honnye twyce in a moneth. And Gulihelmus de couchis affirmeth the beſte Bees to be aboute Thermodoon in Capadocia, abyding in the Earthe, for that theſe doe buylde and make a tryple yeelde of ware, and giue alſo aboundaunce of Honny.
The foreſayde Varro, affirmeth thoſe Bees to be in healthe, which often kepe and be in a ſwarme togither, that be clenly & can do their buſineſſe and worke alike, and that quicke & light in the ſame, beyng neyther hearie nor foule of body, or appearing duſtie, ſuch alſo which be not ouerleane of body, and that out of any of their cotages no dead bees be carried thēce, & forth of their Hiues. For all theſe notes do declare ſuche like Bees, to be both euill and vnprofytable. Palladius declareth, that the beſt Bees may be knowen by the fulneſſe or emptineſſe of their veſſels, for if the Hiues be full, then thoſe Bees doth be beſt cōmende, if the Hiues be nothing ſo full ſtuffed, thoſe Bees doeth be greatly diſſalowe. And he alſo praiſeth thoſe Bees, whiche excelleth or paſſeth others in the loudneſſe of humming, or do abound in the great haunte of the ſwarme, not broughte to the Hiues from farre places, ſo that there maye be ſuch agrement, that they be not after feared alwaye, with the newneſſe of the aire and place.
# A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/First Treatise/Conclusion

The concluſion to the Reader.
to others, whoſe knowledge and experience is leſſe than thine herein, that they may gather ſuche things as to them are ſtrange, thoughe to thee wel known before. And thus brieflye I committe thee to God.
# A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/First Treatise/Chapter 7

Of the great care and diligeuce of the Bees. Cap. vij.
{{bl|FIrſt certain Bees as the ſkilfull practiſers do write, ſtand in ye day time at the mouthes of ye Hyues, diligently loking to their buſineſſe, like warders placed at the gates of a Caſtel, that they maye defend in ſafegarde whom they will within. In the night time they ſetle thēſelues to reſt vnto the morning, vntil one of them by humming twice or thrice about, doeth ſo ſtyire them forward to flye out after the other. For if they happen to keepe themſelues in the morning within the Hiues, thē doth the ſame declare a tempeſt to inſue that daye. But being a cleare and fayre morning, then do they flye forth and returne againe to their Hiues, laden with the ſubſtaunce of the floures on their legges, for their buſineſſe, and this eſpeciallye doe the yonger Bees, ſo that the other Bees beſides do eyther carrye the water in their bils, or on the ſoft moſſineſſe of the whole bodie. The elder Bees remayning ſtill within, do alſo folow their ​buſineſſe, as in diligētly laying vp, and aptly dreſſing the ſame, as they wold diſpoſe their kindely foode. Such as ſluggiſh & not labouring they diligently note, which for their ſluggiſhnes, they bitterly puniſh to death.}}
And flying abroade in a mightye winde, they maruelouſlye ſtay and guyde themſelues, by waying their bodyes down with little ſtones, caryed in their legges. They at the euening comming to reſt do make leſſe and leſſe noyſe in the hyue, vntill one of them flyeth about, which by a like order as he moued them forewarde in the morning, euen ſo by the ſame noyſe and humming doth he procure them to take their reſt, and to be all ſilent within the hiue. If the Bees happen to ſcatter in their flying abroade, then do they call and gather them togither into a ſwarme, by the helpe of making a ſhrill ſounde, eyther with pā or baſon, or other loude cymball. They alſo followe their king whether ſoeuer he taketh his flight, who beyng wearie, and not further able to flie, they carrye hym betweene them.
Wherefore that the king may not often attempte forth with the ſwarme, for feare of looſing them, the ſkilful practiſers wil, the wings of the kings be broken off. Whiche feeling himſelfe thus depriued of his wings, will not after attempt to flye forth of his boundes, but remayning ſtill within, will ſo cauſe the other Bees to abide continually with him, not leauing the Hiue at any time after. They alſo haue counſels priuily and rulers among them.
And Ariſtotle declareth the Bees to be the clenlyeſt amongſt all other beaſtes, bycauſe in flying abroad, they ſhed then their dung from them, leaſte anye fauour or ſtincke of their dung be felte in their cotages or hoales. If theſe want honny at anye time, then doe they eyther kill, or driue quite away the drone Bees.
# A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/Preface

The Preface into the inſtruction of Bees.
endeuours in good part, which be meant to do thee good. And thus leauing (gentle reader) to trouble thee farther, I commit thee to God, who giue thee the furtherance of knowledge, both in theſe and all other needefull artes.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 52

HYMN 52.
I know that my Redeemer lives; O the sweet joy this sentence gives; He lives, He lives, who once was dead; He lives, my everlasting Head.
He lives to bless me with His love, And still He pleads for me above; He lives to raise me from the grave, And me eternally to save.
He lives, my kind, wise, constant Friend Who still will keep me to the end; He lives, and while He lives I'll sing, Jesus, my Prophet, Priest, and King.
He lives, my mansion to prepare, And He will bring me safely there; He lives, all glory to His Name, Jesus, unchangeably the same.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 54

HYMN 54.
Jerusalem! My happy home! Name ever dear to me! When shall my labours have an end, In joy, and peace, and thee?
O, when, thou city of my God, Shall I Thy courts ascend, Where congregations ne'er break up, And Sabbaths have no end?
Apostles, Martyrs, Prophets there, Around my Saviour stand; And soon my friends in Christ below, Will join the glorious band.
Jerusalem! my happy home! My soul still pants for thee; Then shall my labours have an end, When I thy joys shall see!
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 57

HYMN 57.
Jesus! exhalted far on high! To whom a Name is given, ​A Name surpassing ev'ry name That's nam'd in earth or Heav'n.
Before whose throne shall ev'ry race Bow down with one accord; Before whose throne shall ev'ry tongue Confess that Thou art Lord.
Jesus! who in the form of God Did'st equal honour claim; Yet, to redeem our guilty souls, Did'st stoop to death and shame;
May we be meek, and humbly learn To emulate Thy love; So shall we bear Thine image here, And share Thy throne above.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 5

HYMN 5.
Angels from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth; Ye who sang creation's story, Now proclaim Messiah's birth; Come and worship—Come and worship, Worship Christ the new-born King.
Shepherds, in the field abiding, Watching o'er your flock by night; God with man is now residing; Yonder shines the infant light; Come and worship—Come and worship, Worship Christ the new-born King.
Saints, before the altar bending, Waiting long with hope and fear; ​Suddenly the Lord descending, In His temple shall appear; Come and worship—Come and worship, Worship Christ the new-born King.
Sinners wrung with true repentance, Doom'd for guilt to endless pains; Justice now revokes the sentence, Grace is given to break your chains; Come and worship—Come and worship, Worship Christ the new-born King.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 50

HYMN 50.
How sweet the hour of closing day, When all is peaceful and serene; And the broad sun's retiring ray Sheds a mild lustre o'er the scene.
Such is the Christian's parting hour, So peacefully he sinks to rest; And faith re-kindling all its power, Lights up the languour of his breast
A beam from Heav'n is sent to cheer The pilgrim on his lonely road; ​And angels are attending near, To bear him to their bright abode.
O Lord! that we may thus depart, Thy joys to share, Thy face to see, Impress Thine image on our heart, And teach us now to walk to Thee.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 55

HYMN 55.
Jesus, and shall it ever be, A sinful man asham'd of Thee? Asham'd of Thee, whom angels praise, Whose glories shine through endless days!
​Asham'd of Jesus! that dear friend, On whom my hopes of Heaven depend! No; when I blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere His Name.
Asham'd of Jesus! yes I may When I've no guilt to wash away, No tears to wipe, no good to crave No fears to quell, no soul to save.
Till then,-nor is my boasting vain, Till then I boast a Saviour slain; And oh may this my glory be, That Saviour's not asham'd of me.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 51

HYMN 51.
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In the believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.
It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary, rest.
Dear Name! the Rock on which I build, My shield and hiding place; My never failing treas'ry, filld With boundless stores of grace.
Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But when I see Thee as Thou art, I'll praise Thee as I ought.
Till then I would Thy love proclaim With ev'ry fleeting breath; And may the music of Thy Name Refresh my soul in death.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 53

HYMN 53.
In Thee, O Lord I trust; My hope is in Thy Name; In righteousness deliver me, Nor put my soul to shame.
From Heaven bow down Thine ear, My cause in mercy plead; My Rock, my Fortress, my Defence, Vouchsafe my soul to lead.
From ev'ry snare preserve, From ev'ry foe defend; ​For Thy Name's sake, O God my strength, Divine protection send.
Into Thy hands O Lord, My spirit I commend; Thou hast redeem'd me, God of Truth, In death be Thou my friend.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 56

HYMN 56.
Jesus Christ is ris'n to day, Our triumphant holiday, Who did once, upon the cross, Suffer to redeem our loss. Hallelujah.
Hymns of praise then let us sing, Unto Christ our Heav'nly King; Who endur'd the cross and grave, Sinners to redeem and save. Hallelujah.
But the pains which he endur'd, Our salvation hath procur'd; Now above the sky He's King, Where the angels ever sing. Hallelujah.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 58

HYMN 58.
Jesus, Refuge of my soul, Let me to Thy presence fly, While the raging waters roll, While the tempest still is high; Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life be past; Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last.
Other refuge have I none, Clings my helpless soul to Thee; Leave, oh leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me: ​All my trust on Thee is stay'd, All my help from Thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of Thy wing.
Plenteous grace with Thee is found, Grace to pardon all my sin; Let the healing streams abound, Make and keep me pure within: Thou of life the fountain art, Freely let me take of Thee; Spring Thou up within my heart, Rise to all eternity.
# Abdication of King Edward VIII

INSTRUMENT OF ABDICATION
I, Edward the Eighth, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Emperor of India, do hereby declare My irrevocable determination to renounce the Throne for Myself and for My descendants, and My desire that effect should be given to this Instrument of Abdication immediately.
In token whereof I have hereunto set My hand this tenth day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, in the presence of the witnesses whose signatures are subscribed.
Edward RI
SIGNED AT FORT BELVEDERE IN THE PRESENCE OF
Albert
Henry.
George.
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