History of the life and death of John, Earl of Gowrie

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quarian Society of Perth, which I think should be
called " Stewart's Collections," says, " After the
Earl of Gowrie's death, a small treatise was pub-
lished in his vindication, but was suppressed. Some
copies of it were, however, preserved ; and Sir
Robert Douglas has said, that his brother Sir Wil-
liam had seen one of these vindications, and that
also several old gentlemen in Perthshire owned that
they had seen it."
3. A LATIN TREATISE.
In 1601, was published a Latin treatise, entitled,
" Ruvenorum Conjuratio," (the Conspiracy of the
Ruthvens.) It was chiefly a translation into the
Latin language, of the king's account published
by authority. The preface to it contains a violent
declamation against the Earl of Gowrie, for his
having become, from being " a wise, and learned,
and good young man, a companion of devils, and
a practiser of magical arts." I suspect the author
of it was Mr. Patrick Galloway, then one of the
king's chaplains, as it exactly corresponds with the
sermon which he delivered at the Cross of Edin-
burgh, August 11th, 1600.