Stuart dynasty

22 The Stuart Dynasty.
" In person," says Tytler, " Kobert was tall, and of a
princely presence ; his countenance was somewhat florid, but
pleasing and animated, whilst a beard of great length, and
silvery whiteness, flowed down his breast, and gave a look of
singular sanctity to his appearance." *
Excessive humility, a virtue estimable at all times, seems
to have been carried to such an extent that it destroyed his
usefulness as a feudal ruler, although as a Christian man
(apart from the youthful amours to which we have alluded,
p. 12 note) his record stands clear.
It is said that Queen Annabella once desired that, like his
father and grandfather, he should provide a monument for
himself, but that the King declined " a proud tomb for his
miserable remains." " Cheerfully (said he) would I be buried
in the meanest shed on earth, could I thus secure rest to my
soul in the day of the Lord." j -
* ' History of Scotland,' edition 1841, vol. iii. p. 136.
t Ibid.