LIVES

OF

SCOTTISH WORTHIES.//

BY

PATRICK FRASER TYTLER, ESQ.

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

(3)

VOL. III.//

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY,
ALBEMARLE STREET;

AND THOMAS TEGG, No. 73, CHEAPSIDE.

MDCCCXL.

CONTENTS.

JAMES I.

(Continued from Vol. II.)

Good Effects of the King's Return to his Dominions, page 2.

Internal 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 Progress to the North, 8.-Rebellion

of Alexander of the Isles: he is compelled to submit, 9.-

The King's Sternness, 13.-Constitution of the Scottish Par-

liament; important Change in it, 14.- Marriage with

France, 16.-James's Attention to the Condition of the

Poorer Tenantry and Labourers, 17.-Parliament at Perth,

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

19. Rebellion of Donald Balloch, 20.-Feuds in Strath-

naver, 21.-Royal Progress to the North, 22.-Pestilence

revisits Scotland, 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, 20.-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 suddenly

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

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, 19.

-They are apprehended and executed, 50.-James's great

Talents, 51.-His Genius as a Poet, 52.-The King's Quhair;

Criticism of this Poem, 52.-Its Opening, 53.-Description

of Windsor, 55.-The Garden, 56.-Appearance of his

Mistress, 59.-Introduction of the Vision, 62.-Its Conclu-

sion, 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 Accomplishments, 74.

ROBERT HENRYSOUN.

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

sage 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.-Con-

clusion, 88.

WILLIAM DUNBAR.

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

cated for the Church, 90.-Received a small Annual Pen-

sion, 90.- His Address to the Lords of the King's Checquer,

91. He attaches 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.-Par-

ticulars of this Event, from the Treasurer's Accounts, 108.--

Dunbar's humorous Address to Jamie Doig, 109.-Com-

plaint 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, 123.

GAVIN DOUGLAS.

Douglas's noble Birth; born about 1474, 137.-Anecdote of his

Father, the Earl of Angus, 138.-Death of his Brethren at

Flodden, 140.-Douglas made Rector of Hawick, 140.-His

Poem of "King Hart," 141.-His own Analysis of the Story,

142.-Its spirited Opening, 143.-Criticism on its Merits and

Defects, 144.-"Castle of Dame Pleasance," 145.-Progress

of the Poem, 146.-Marriage of King Hart, and Happy

Life, 147.-Arrival of Age, and King Hart's Distress, 148.-

His Queen and her Subjects desert him, 149.-His Death

and Testament, 149.-Douglas's "Palace of Honour," 151.

-Indiscriminate Panegyric of Sage, 151.-True Character

of the Poem, 152.-Extracts, 153.-Progress of the Story,

156.-Court of Minerva, 157.-Court of Venus, 158.-Fine

Picture of Mars, 158.--The Castalian Spring, 159.-Appa-

rition of the Muses, 161.-Palace of Honour, 162.-De-

scription of King Honour, 165.-Conclusion of the Poem,

168.-Douglas's Translation of Virgil, 169.-Extracts, 170.

-Great Beauty of his Prologues to each Book, 172.-Pro-

logue to the 7th Book, 173.-Douglas's Language, 176.—

His Adieu to his Poetical Studies, 177.-His future Life

troubled and eventful, 179.-Nominated Archbishop of St.

Andrews, 180.-Hepburn and Forman compete with hin

for the Primacy, 180.-Douglas retires from the Contest,

180.--He is elected to fill the See of Dunkeld, 181.-Diffi-

culty in obtaining possession of this Dignity, 182.-Factions

amongst the Nobles and the Clergy, 183.-Bishop Douglas

takes refuge at the Court of Henry VIII., 185.-He is seized

with the Plague; Dies, 186.-His Character, 187.

SIR DAVID LINDSAY.

Lindsay's Birth in the Reign of James IV., 191.-Antiquity

and respectability of his Family, 191.-His early introduc-

tion at Court, 192.-Singular Apparition at Linlithgow, 193.

-Lindsay's Picture of the Infancy of James V., 194.-

Troubled State of the Country, 196.-Letter of Lord Dacre,

197.-English Incursions, 198.-James's promising Boy-

hood, 199.-Revolution which deprives Lindsay of his

Office, 200.-Servitude under which the young King is kept;

he escapes, 201.-Lindsay writes his "Dream;" its defects,

and beauties, 202.-A Winter Landskip, 203.-Analysis of

the Poem, 204.-Appearance of Johne Commonweill; his

Description of the state of Scotland, 205.-Nervous Lines