▁apparently ▁to ▁advert ise ▁Scotland ' s ▁min eral ▁wealth . ▁ ▁At kin son ▁takes ▁up ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁Corn el ius ▁de ▁V os ▁again , ▁after ▁describing ▁his ▁own ▁recent ▁invol vement ▁with ▁Scottish ▁gold ▁and ▁John ▁Murray ▁of ▁the ▁Bed ch am ber , ▁as ▁a ▁story ▁from ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Elizabeth , ▁" some ▁forty ▁years ▁past ". ▁In ▁this ▁version , ▁a ▁young ▁Corn el ius ▁persu ades ▁his ▁friend ▁the ▁painter ▁Nicholas ▁Hill i ard ▁to ▁join ▁his ▁Scottish ▁gold min ing ▁vent ure . ▁Hill i ard ▁sent ▁his ▁associate , ▁Arnold ▁Bron ck hor st , ▁a ▁painter ▁and ▁min eral og ist , ▁into ▁Scotland . ▁Hill i ard ' s ▁efforts ▁and ▁influence ▁secured ▁a ▁pat ent ▁for ▁Corn el ius ▁de ▁V os , ▁( per haps ▁meaning ▁a ▁letter ▁of ▁recommendation ▁from ▁Elizabeth ). ▁At kin son ▁then ▁describes ▁Corn el ius ▁de ▁V os ▁export ing ▁gold ▁ore ▁for ▁ass ay . ▁Arnold ▁Bron ck hor st ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁agent ▁for ▁s elling ▁the ▁gold ▁to ▁Scottish ▁mint ▁in ▁Edinburgh ▁but ▁failed ▁to ▁secure ▁a ▁contract . ▁He ▁was , ▁however , ▁appointed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁royal ▁portrait ▁painter . ▁ ▁Bron ck hor st ▁was ▁officially ▁appointed ▁as ▁royal ▁painter ▁in ▁Scotland ▁in ▁ 1 5 8 1 , ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁gold min ing ▁events ▁At kin son ▁described . ▁However , ▁port ra its ▁made ▁during ▁the ▁years ▁of ▁Mort on