Note 198 — PART II.

In the later editions the dispute is said to have arisen about ‘education,’ not ‘religion,’ and it is stated of George that ‘he blanked the bishop remarkably.’ While this story undoubtedly presents an exaggerated picture of the educational virtues of Scotland, it must be remembered that owing to the system of parochial schools instituted by Knox the lower classes in Scotland had facilities for instruction, especially in the classics, which the otherwise more favoured English people did not possess.