1384. See Gallia Christiana, vol, iii, col. 71 Uoefcr,
Xonr. liiog, Generale, s. v.
Montreuil, P.Kits a nnix de, a French theologian, was born in I'aris in 1596. He joined the Jesuits in 1624, and taught ])hilosophy and moral theology. He died in Paris in 1(>46. His works arc: Vie de .Jesus- Christ, liree dfs quatre Erangeli.ites (1637, 4u>):~La Vie glorieiise de Jesus-Christ ft rei/aUuis<w(nt de son Eglisepar le ininistere des A pot res, ou les Ac/es des Apo- tres et fUistoire de FEglise naissante (Paris, 1640 and
MONTROCHER
553
MONTROSE
1799, 2 vols. 12mo) : — Les demiers Combats de VEglise, dans V explication de P Apocalypse (Paris, 1645, 4to). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, xxxvi, 396.
Montrocher {Guido de Monte-Rochei-i), Gui de, a Spanish theologian of some note, who flourished in the first half of the 14th centurj' at Valencia, is noted as the author of Manipulus Curatorum, a work regarded of so much value that it was among the very first books issued after the invention of the art of printing, and passed through over fifty editions in the first thirty years of the 15th centurj% The oldest edition is enti- tled Manipulus Curatorum, liber utilissimus, per Chris- tophorum Bwjamum etJohannem Glim (Savigliano, 1471, folio). See Du Pin, Biblioth. des Auteurs Eccles. du quartorzi'eme siecle ; Fabricius, Biblioth. Grceca, x, 786 ; Biblioth. Hispana vetus, ii, 155, 156.
Montrose, James Graham, Marquis of, a Scotch soldier, noted for the part he took in the contests be- tween the Covenanters and king Charles I, was a mem- ber of a celebrated noble family, and born at the family estate of Auld Montrose in 1G12, and on the death of his father in 1G26 became earl of jMontrose. He was edu- cated at the University of St. Andrews ; and after having married a lady who lived only four years before death separated them, leaving him a child, he went abroad and travelled for several j'ears in France and Italy, devoting much of his time to study in general literature and army tactics. Introduced on his return to England to king Charles, he was so coldly received that he at once left for his native country, and there allied him- self with the Covenanters, who were just then arrayed against the king. It was the year 1637 when the tu- mults broke out in Edinburgh on the attempt to intro- duce the Prayer-book. Jlontrose, to all appearances, became heart and soul enlisted in the movement to resist the introduction of episcopacy in the Scottish Church, and was one of the four noblemen selected to compose the " table" of the nobility, which, along with the other tables of the gentry, of tlie burghs, and of the ministers, drew up the famous National Covenant [see Covenant and Covenanters] sworn to by all ranks at Edinburgh in the spring of 1638. He was likewise sent on a mission to Aberdeen, to secure the support of its citizens also ; was instrumental in bringing many of them to join the national cause, and in 16B9 went there ■with an army to overawe those who had refused to join his side. Encountering finally the army of king Charles, he gave it battle at Meagra Hill, near Stonehaven (.June 15), and obtained a complete victory. When the temporary peace of Berwick was made, Charles invit- ed several of the Covenanting nobles to meet him at Berwick, where he was then holding his court, and to consult with him about Scottish affairs. Among those who went was Montrose, and his party dated what they regarded as his apostasy from that interview. Be that as it may, his political position was certainly much modified after his return. In the General Assembly which met August 13, 1639, under the presidency of the earl of Traquair as roj-al commissioner, he showed symp- toms of toleration towards the Royalists, and was the ob- ject of much popular obloquy. One night he is said to have found afiixed upon his chamber-door a paper bear- ing these words, Incictus ai-mis, verbis vincitur. The dissolution of the Parliament, in June, 1640, led to an open rupture between the king and the Covenanters, and both parties prepared to decide their quarrel by force of arras. The former assembled at York an army of 21,000 horse and foot; the latter another of 26,000, whicli, under the command of Leslie, crossed the Tweed August 21, 1640. Montrose was the first man who ford- ed the stream. The successes of the Scots, as is well known, soon forced Charles to summon a new Parlia- ment for the settlement of the national grievances. But though iMontrose had fought, he had, along with several other influential nobles, entered into a secret engagement at Cumbernauld, for the purpose of frus-