23 OCTOBER 1926, Page 12

GOD'S SILLIE VASSAL

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

Sm,—From " The Scot versus the Englishman," in your issue of October 9th, " God's sillie Vassal " is attributed to Knox, but Andrew Melville, in an interview with King James, at Falkland Palace, actually used the words. James Melville; describing the scene, says, " the King used his authoritic iri mist crabbit and coterie rainier, yet Mr. Andro bore him down; and ()uttered the Commission as from the almightie God,, calling the King God's sillie Vassal.' "—I am, Sir, &c.,