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Some Of King James’ Laws

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On Private Wars.  ” Tha na man talc on hande in tyme to cum to amuff (excite) or male weire aganst other under payne that may folowe be course of common lawe.” Parliament of Perth, 1424-5. On the Help to be provided for the King.  ” Gif ony disobeyis till inforse the kyng aganst notoure [...]

James’s treaties with Norway and HOLLAND

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” Fecit enim multa bona in vita sua, regno perpetue profutura. Unde cum sibi constiterat regnum Noricis obligari pro insulis in inaestimabilem summam, a multis retroactis temporibus insolutam, misit rex suum militem intimum dominum Willelmum de Creichton et magistrum Willelmum Fowles, custodem sui sigilli privati, cum honorabili familia, regi Norwegian in ambassata ; ubi sic [...]

King James’s Poems

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A VARIETY of poems have been attributed to King James ; the authenticity of them all has been disputed. The principal minor works with which he has been credited are “Christis Kirk on the Green,” ” Peebles to the Play,” “Song on Absence,” and a “Ballad of Good Counsel” : this last, a short poem [...]

The Truce Between England And Scotland

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A TRUCE had been concluded in 1404 “atte castel of Pountfreyt, the sixte day of Juyl, the yeer of our lord Jesu Crist a Thousand foure hundred and four,” between English and Scottish commissioners who decided ” that fro the twentyth day of this presente moneth of Juyl, the sunne rysyng, until the day of [...]

The Wild Scots

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THERE is another testimony (of a later date) concerning the ” Wild Scots.” The southern inhabitants of Scotland are ” assez civils ” and they speak English ; ” mais ceux qui sont septentrionaux sont plus rudes, agrestes et fascheux, et pour cette raison sont appelez sauvages. lis portent comme les Irlandois une grande et [...]

The Breaking of Hedges

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“He Who breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.” James had reigned twelve years, and his iron hand had broken down many a hedge ; he strove to reconstruct and regulate, to reach the unattainable ideal for which his nation was as yet unfitted. After the bold enterprises of earlier years, always crowned with [...]

The Despatching of Embassies

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SEVERAL other solemn embassies were sent to James : by the Pope, whose encroachments the Scotch king ever wanted to stop, and with whom he had ever-recurring difficulties ; by the King of England, who sent once as an envoy Henry Beaufort, cardinal of St. Eusebius, uncle of Queen Jane ; and by the sovereigns [...]

The Retribution of the Poet King

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IN our days, a prince who should have the bloody limbs of his foes gibbeted on the public square, would be considered cruel ; he would doubtless be so even in his own eyes, and his life would be disturbed by the thought of vengeance to be dreaded, or retaliation prepared. It was not so [...]

Fighting Continues in Scotland

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The highland chieftains, disregarding the commands of king and Parliament, continued to fight together at will. Lost in their ravines, sheltered by their hills and bogs, hidden in their islands, they went on acknowledging no master but God. James mustered his forces, mounted his horse, met the ” catervani ” on the shore of one [...]

The State of Affairs in Scotland

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Salmon, a staple article of trade in Scotland, is protected by special laws ; smoked it was exported in barrels to England and the Continent ; merchants who brought foreign goods to Scotland were often paid partly in money and partly in salted salmon. War shall be waged on those immense flocks of rooks who [...]