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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