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Church Discipline. 319
be "banischet his Maiestie's dominionnes, and nevir to
returne againe within the samyn under the pane of
deid.""" In August, 1622, Andro Hathoure, " burges of
Glasgow," and his wife, were convicted by the Court of
Justiciary, for the tressonabill recept of George Morti-
mer, a Jesuit priest ; they were banischet furth of
Scotland." In 1631, Sir John Ogilvy, of Craig, was
imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle, and afterwards at St.
Andrews, for " daily conversing " with members of the
Romish Church.
Those persons who possessed Popish books, or
accepted employment from priests or monks, were sub-
jected to high censures. Shortly after the Reformation,
David Calderwood, a citizen of Glasgow, was denied
church privileges, owing to a copy of Archbishop Hamil-
ton's Catholic Catechism having been found in his
dwelling. At the same period another citizen of Glas-
gow was subjected to discipline for painting cruciiixes.
Henry Ross, another painter, was " delated " to the
Presbytery of Glasgow, under the suspicion of his having
accepted employment from Papists. He was acquitted
" on emitting a declaration that he had not paynted the
pictures of the Father, the Son, and the Haly Gaist, in
ony houssis within this realme."
The General Assembly inhibited the publication of
any work on the subject of religion before it had been
approved by the " superintendent " of the province. In
1568, Thomas Bassandyne, the King's printer, was
ordered to recall certain books published by him, as
being unsuitable for general circulation. While sup-
pressing an obnoxious literature, the General Assembly
evinced a commendable zeal for the wide circulation of
* Pitcaim's Criminal Trials, vol. iii., pp. 371-9.