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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.

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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-

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