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INTRODUCTION.
usual ‘The 18th Bulk of the Cronicles of Scotland quhair
‘ Maister Hector Boes left and M. Johone Ballentein
‘ translaitit of the five Kingis of the Steuarts begynning
‘ at James II.’ But it differs from almost all the MSS.
by having a division into chapters and a table of contents
at the head of each chapter, down to the murder of
Darnley. The first may be taken as an example:—
‘ Heir beginnis the first chapt quhan James the Secund
‘ was crounit at Scone be awyce of the heill nobillitie :
‘ and quhan Schir Allexander Levingstoun of Callendar
‘ was chossin governour: And Schir William Crichtoun
‘ neu approvit Chansellar. Of gret extortionis and enor-
‘ meteis done in spetiall in annerdeill: and in money
‘ other pairtis of Scotland. Of money other troubillis
‘ that fell in Scotland at this tyme: And hou the queine
‘ tuik her sone out of the Castell of Edinburghe, be slicht
‘ fra Schir Williame Crichtoun capten thairof to the gov-
‘ ernour to Stiruiling.’
After narrating the murder of Darnley the division into
chapters ceases and the concluding portion of the MS. is
in one unbroken narrative, though in the same style and
handwriting as the preceding portion. The division into
chapters and statement of their contents seem to show
the MS. had so far been prepared for publication.
3. There are verses at the end of each of the reigns of
James II., III., IV., and V., and ‘The Deploratioun of
Quein Madelein’s death ’ by Sir David Lyndesay is in¬
serted at the commencement of the 21st book, chapter
xxviii. Most of the verses at the end of each reign are
taken from Lyndesay’s ‘ Complaynt of the Papingo,’ the
rest appear to be original, or at least have not been
traced.
INTRODUCTION.
usual ‘The 18th Bulk of the Cronicles of Scotland quhair
‘ Maister Hector Boes left and M. Johone Ballentein
‘ translaitit of the five Kingis of the Steuarts begynning
‘ at James II.’ But it differs from almost all the MSS.
by having a division into chapters and a table of contents
at the head of each chapter, down to the murder of
Darnley. The first may be taken as an example:—
‘ Heir beginnis the first chapt quhan James the Secund
‘ was crounit at Scone be awyce of the heill nobillitie :
‘ and quhan Schir Allexander Levingstoun of Callendar
‘ was chossin governour: And Schir William Crichtoun
‘ neu approvit Chansellar. Of gret extortionis and enor-
‘ meteis done in spetiall in annerdeill: and in money
‘ other pairtis of Scotland. Of money other troubillis
‘ that fell in Scotland at this tyme: And hou the queine
‘ tuik her sone out of the Castell of Edinburghe, be slicht
‘ fra Schir Williame Crichtoun capten thairof to the gov-
‘ ernour to Stiruiling.’
After narrating the murder of Darnley the division into
chapters ceases and the concluding portion of the MS. is
in one unbroken narrative, though in the same style and
handwriting as the preceding portion. The division into
chapters and statement of their contents seem to show
the MS. had so far been prepared for publication.
3. There are verses at the end of each of the reigns of
James II., III., IV., and V., and ‘The Deploratioun of
Quein Madelein’s death ’ by Sir David Lyndesay is in¬
serted at the commencement of the 21st book, chapter
xxviii. Most of the verses at the end of each reign are
taken from Lyndesay’s ‘ Complaynt of the Papingo,’ the
rest appear to be original, or at least have not been
traced.
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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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