R.
Rabbling, 154.
Ramsay, Allan, his poems, 89.
Ramsay, Allan, the painter, 189.
Randolf, Earl of, of Moray, 53.
Reform Bill, passing of, 184.
Reformation, causes of, 97;
statutes passed, 100;
results of, 123.
Regalia, story of, 142.
Reseby, John, burning of, 66.
Rizzio, murder of, 103.
Robert I., _see_ Bruce.
Robert II., his marriages, 59;
his death, 61.
Robert III., his change of name, 61;
his imbecility, 61;
his death, 63.
Rothesay, David, first Duke of, 61.
Roxburgh, siege of, 75.
Ruthven, Lord, his share in the murder of Rizzio, 103.
Ruthven, raid of, 116.
S.
St. Andrews, founding of University at, 66.
Sanquhar, Declaration of, 149.
Sauchieburn, battle of, 79.
Scotia, Nova, founding of, 128.
Scott, Sir Walter, 190.
Scots, first coming of, 6.
Seabury, Dr. Samuel, his consecration, 186.
Sedition, trials for, 183.
Severus, invasion of, 5.
Sharp, James, Archbishop of St. Andrew, his consecration, 144;
murder of, 148.
Sheriffmuir, battle at, 171.
Siward defeats Macbeth, 14.
Slavery, abolition of, 183.
Smith, Adam, his "Wealth of Nations," 189.
Smollett, Tobias, the novelist, 189.
Solway, Moss, defeated at, 87.
Spider, Bruce's, 48.
Standard, battle of, 23.
Stewart, origin of the name, 59.
Stirling, battle of, 43.
Stirling, Earl of, founder of Nova Scotia, 128.
Supplication, Great, 131.
T.
Tables, choosing of, 131.
Test Act, passing of, 150.
Theodosius makes Valentia a Roman province, 5.
Thomas, the Rhymer, his predictions, 32.
Tippermuir, battle of, 136.
Toleration, Act of, 185.
Touraine granted to Douglas, 65.
Treasurer, first appointment of, 70.
Tudor, Margaret, marries James IV., 80.
Tulchan Bishops, 113.
Turriff, Trot of, 133.
U.
Union, 163;
results of, 164;
discontent with, 167.
Uttoxeter, surrender at, 138.
V.
Verneuil, battle of, 65.
Veto Act, passing of, 187.
W.
Wallace, William, his rising, 42;
his victory at Stirling, 43;
his defeat at Falkirk, 44;
his military genius, _ib._;
his betrayal and death, 45.
Warbeck, Perkin, his reception in Scotland, 80.
Watt, James, his inventions, 188.
Whiggamores' Raid, the, 138.
William of Orange, 154;
his reduction of the Highlands, 158;
his death, 161.
William the Lion, his capture, 27.
Wilson, Margaret, death of, 152.
Wyntoun, Andrew, his chronicle, 66.
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