OF

SCOTTISH WORTHIES.

BY

PATRICK FRASER TYTLER, ESQ.,

F.R.S. AND F.S. A.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

MDCCCXXXIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES,

Stamford Street.

CONTENTS.

JAMES I.

(Continued from Vol. II.)

Good Effects of the King's Return to his Dominions, page 2.- In-
ternal Administration of his Kingdom, 3.-Birth of the Princess
Margaret; Embassy from Charles VII. of France, 3.- Institution
of the Session,' 5.- Acts of the Parliament assembled at Perth,
12th March, 1425, 6.- State of the Highlands, and James's Pro-
gress to the North, 8.- -Rebellion of Alexander of the Isles: he
is compelled to submit, 9.-The King's Sternness, 13.- Consti-
tution of the Scottish Parliament; important Change in it, 14.
- Marriage with France, 16.—James's Attention to the Condi-

tion of the Poorer Tenantry and Labourers, 17.- Parliament at

Perth, April, 1429; its Sumptuary Laws, 19.-State of the Navy,

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-Rebellion of Donald Balloch, 20.- Feuds in Strathnaver,

21.-Royal Progress to the North, 22.- Pestilence revisits Scot-

land, 23. Persecution of the Wickliffites, and burning of Paul

Crawar, 24. James's Efforts to strengthen the Royal Authority.

Power of the Earl of March, 28.- Stripped of his Lands, he

flies to England, 30.- Jealousy and Alarm of the Nobles, 32.-

Hostilities with England on the Borders; Skirmish at Piperden, 34.

- Marriage of the Princess Margaret of Scotland to the Dauphin,

35.-War with England; the King besieges Roxburgh, but sud

denly retires, 35.- Conspiracy against James I.; its Secret His-

tory investigated, 36.- Graham's Flight to the Highlands, 41.-

His League with Athole and Stewart, 43.- A Spae-wife attempts

to warn James of his Danger, 43. - The King arrives at Perth, 44.

- His Murder, 45.-The Murderers escape, 49. They are appre-

hended and executed, 50.- James's great Talents, 51.- His Ge-

nius as a Poet, 52. The King's Quhair; Criticism of this Poem,

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52.-Its Opening, 53. - Description of Windsor, 55.- The Gar-

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den, 56.- Appearance of his Mistress, 59. - Introduction of the

Vision, 62.-Its Conclusion, 67.- Remarks upon it, 68.

Humorous Poetry of James I., 69.-' Christ's Kirk on the Green,'

70. Peebles at the Play,' 72.- James's varied Accomplish-

ments, 74.

ROBERT HENRYSON.

Scantiness of our Biographical Notices of Henryson, 76. - Passage

from Urry, 77.- Character of his Poetry, 78.- Fine Picture of

Saturn, 78. Troilus and Cressida, 79.- Fine description of a

Winter Night, 81. Analysis of the Poem, 82.- Praise of Age,'

83.Town and Country Mouse,' 85.-Criticism on the Poem

and Extracts, 87. Conclusion, 88.

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WILLIAM DUNBAR.

Little known of Dunbar, 89.-Error of Pinkerton, 89. - Educated

for the Church, 90.- Received a small Annual Pension, 90.-

His Address to the Lords of the King's Checquer, 91.- He at-

taches himself to the Court of James IV., 92. Character of this

Monarch, 93.- Dunbar's Description of the Court, 94.- Verified

by the curious Manuscript Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer,

96. Poverty of Dunbar, and Neglect with which he is treated,

99. Poem of the Thistle and the Rose,' 100.- Its beautiful

Commencement, 101. Criticism of the Poem, and Extracts, 102.

Fine Picture of the Lion, 104.

Coronation of the Rose as

Queen of Flowers, 105.- Digression on the Marriage of James

IV., 107. Particulars of this Event, from the Treasurer's Ac-

counts, 108. Dunbar's humorous Address to Jamie Doig, 109.

Complaint of the Grey Horse, Auld Dunbar, 111. Reply of

James IV., 112.- Flytings of Dunbar and Kennedy, 112.- Dance

in the Queen's Chamber, 114.- Reform in Edinburgh; Address

to its Merchants, 115.- Dunbar's Allegorical Taste; his Dream,

116.- Dunbar's Satirical Powers; his Twa Married Women

and the Widow,' 118.-His Friars of Berwick,' 120. - Criticism

of this Poem, and Extracts, 121.-'The Golden Targe,' 128.

Its fine Opening, 129.- Address to Chaucer and Gower, 131.

Dunbar's Religious Poetry, 132. — Conclusion of the Life, 133.

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