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SCOTTISH WORTHIES.
BY
PATRICK FRASER TYTLER, ESQ.,
F.R. S. AND F.S. A.
VOL. III.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
MDCCCXXXIII.
Good Effects of the King's Return to his Dominions, paye 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 Parliameat assembled at Perth,
12th March, 1425, 6.- State of the Highlands, and James's Pro-
gress to the North, S.- 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,
19. 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.-Grañain'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,
52.-Its Opening, 53. - Description of Windsor, 55.- The Gar-