At a later period still, the early part of the sixteenth century, this mount was used by James V., in his minority, for a much more agreeable purpose, to wit, that of amusing himself by sliding down its steep sides on the bone of a cow’s head. On this account, probably, it was called the Hurly Hawky, (_hawky_ being a familiar word for _cow_ in Scotland,) a name which is still sometimes applied to it. Lyndsay, in his ‘Complaynt,’ written _anno_ 1529, stating what he had himself done for James in his childhood, to amuse and instruct him, and bewailing the efforts made by the less grave companions of his boyhood, to mislead his mind, says: ‘Ilk man after thair qualitie, Thay did solist his Majestie; Sum gart him ravell at the rakket, Sum harlit him to the _hurly hacket_, And sum, to shaw thair courtlie corsis, Wald ryde to Leith, and ryn thair horses, And wichtly wallop ouir the sandis,’ _&c._ At present, the Mote-hill forms a delightful part of the public walks, already mentioned with such high praise. The only other objects, connected with Stirling Castle, which fall to be noticed at this place, are _the Valley_, and _the Ladies’ Hill_. The Valley is an enclosed and somewhat hollow piece of waste ground, now belonging to the burgh, lying a little below the south side of the esplanade formed in front of the Castle. It is about a hundred yards in extent, either way; but is said to have been much larger before the erection of the Earl of Mar’s house in 1570, when the garden attached to that edifice was taken off its length. The use of the Valley in former times was that of a tournament ground; while the Ladies’ Hill, (which was formerly considerably broader,) rising by one of its sides, was a sort of theatre for the female spectators, whose bright eyes, in the words of Milton, here ‘Rained influence and judged the prize.’