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INTRODUCTION.
liii
‘ on his own estate.’ Proceedings were taken against him
in 1574 as a Catholic, which he evaded by declaring that
‘ he was not fully resolved upon sundry headings of
1 Religion,’ and though he was given only to midsummer
‘ to be resolved,’ it is very doubtful whether he ever even
outwardly conformed. He continued to live in Athole
till the spring of 1578, when he took part with Argyle in
depriving Morton of the regency, and was made Chancellor
on 28th of March. Next year, after meeting Morton in
arms near Stirling, they were apparently reconciled by
the influence of Bowes the English Ambassador ; but he
died at Kincardine on 24th April 1579 after a banquet
given by Morton, who was accused by his son and
widow, it would appear without ground, of poisoning him.
It must have been while he was still in Athole, and
probably before he came south in 1578, that Pitscottie’s
verses were written, for he requests the bishop after he has
read the manuscript to send it to—
‘ Athoill that most hie cuntrie
‘ And to that lord hairtlie zow commend.’
The concluding lines of the verses could scarcely have been
written after the first downfall of Morton in 1578:—
‘ Salute his lordschip with all humillitie
‘ Beseikand him of his benegnitie
‘ That of thy fame nothing as zit be sprong
‘ Into the cuntrie quhill that the king is zoung.
‘ Becaus thow mellis with the authoritie
‘ At this tyme quha lies it now in hand
‘And als declairis of that clan the veritie
‘ Thairfoir I wald thay did nocht vndirstand
1 That thow hes taine sick hie matteris in hand
‘To this guid lord gif thy haill credence
‘ Quhan he thinkis tyme thy matter to avance.’
liii
‘ on his own estate.’ Proceedings were taken against him
in 1574 as a Catholic, which he evaded by declaring that
‘ he was not fully resolved upon sundry headings of
1 Religion,’ and though he was given only to midsummer
‘ to be resolved,’ it is very doubtful whether he ever even
outwardly conformed. He continued to live in Athole
till the spring of 1578, when he took part with Argyle in
depriving Morton of the regency, and was made Chancellor
on 28th of March. Next year, after meeting Morton in
arms near Stirling, they were apparently reconciled by
the influence of Bowes the English Ambassador ; but he
died at Kincardine on 24th April 1579 after a banquet
given by Morton, who was accused by his son and
widow, it would appear without ground, of poisoning him.
It must have been while he was still in Athole, and
probably before he came south in 1578, that Pitscottie’s
verses were written, for he requests the bishop after he has
read the manuscript to send it to—
‘ Athoill that most hie cuntrie
‘ And to that lord hairtlie zow commend.’
The concluding lines of the verses could scarcely have been
written after the first downfall of Morton in 1578:—
‘ Salute his lordschip with all humillitie
‘ Beseikand him of his benegnitie
‘ That of thy fame nothing as zit be sprong
‘ Into the cuntrie quhill that the king is zoung.
‘ Becaus thow mellis with the authoritie
‘ At this tyme quha lies it now in hand
‘And als declairis of that clan the veritie
‘ Thairfoir I wald thay did nocht vndirstand
1 That thow hes taine sick hie matteris in hand
‘To this guid lord gif thy haill credence
‘ Quhan he thinkis tyme thy matter to avance.’
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| Description | From the slauchter of King James the First to the ane thousande fyve hundreith thrie scoir fyftein zeir. Written and collected by Robert Lindesay of Pitscottie ; being a continuation of the translation of the chronicles written by Hector Boece, and translated by John Bellenden. Edited by Ae. J.G. Mackay. Also known as: Lindesay of Pitscottie’s Historie and Cronicles. |
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