In Byways of Scottish History

Name: In Byways of Scottish History
Author: Barbé, Louis A.

Barbé, Louis A.

Scotland -- History -- Stuarts, to the Union, 1371-1707

-- grants "exercise of the offices" of Glasgow to
          Stewarts of Minto, 255.
   Lyndsay, Sir David, his lines on shrine and hermit of Loretto, 144-5.

   _Maister Randolphe's Fantasie_, 91-128.
     -- analysis of poem, 103-128.
     -- authorship of, 128.
   Maitland, Secretary, courts and marries Mary Fleming, 39-42.
     -- death of, 44.
   Maitland of Thirlstane and James VI, 210-11.
   Malcolm, the King's Cupbearer, and Monks of May, 167-8.
   Marie, Ballad of the Queen's, question of its authenticity, 26-7.
   Mary, Queen of Scots, 1-23.
     -- her beauty, 3-4.
     -- her portraits, 4-5.
     -- her complexion, 5.
     -- her eyes, 6.
     -- her hair, 6-7.
     -- wears wigs, 7.
     -- her hands, 7.
     -- her voice, 7-8, 19.
     -- her stature, 7.
     -- her figure, 8.
     -- a precocious child, 8.
     -- her Latin discourse, 9.
     -- her books, 11, 14.
     -- her knowledge of Greek, 11.
     -- of Spanish and Italian, 12.
     -- of English, 12-13.
     -- her love of French poetry, 15.
     -- as a writer of French poetry, 15-16.
     -- anagrams on her name, 16.
     -- handwriting, 16-17.
     -- fond of amusements, 17-18.
     -- dancing, 18.
     -- plays the lute and virginals, 19.
     -- plays chess, tables, and cards, 19.
     -- her puppets, 19.
     -- fond of fancy-work, 19-20.
     -- as a sportswoman, 20.
     -- fond of dogs, 20-21.
     -- hawking, archery, pallmall, and golf amongst her pastimes, 21-2.
     -- her courage, 22-3.
     -- sails from Dumbarton, 28-9.
     -- makes her will, 41, 55.
     -- bequests to her Marys, 41-2.
     -- enters Edinburgh after Carberry, 56-7, 70.
     -- favours Andrew Beton's courtship of Mary Seton, 73-6.
     -- complains to Queen Elizabeth of a book written
          against her, 91-2.
   Marys, the four, 25-34.
     -- their popularity, 25.
     -- their family names, 25-6.
     -- sail from Dumbarton with Mary Stuart, 28-9.
     -- Leslie's mention of them, 28, 30.
     -- figure in masques, 31-2.
     -- Buchanan's verses to them, 32-4.
     -- courted for their influence with Mary Stuart, 34.
   May, the Isle of, 153-89.
     -- description of, 153-6.
     -- and St. Adrian, 156-9.
     -- monastery on, 160.
     -- grants and donations to monks, 160-3.
     -- litigations of monks with rival claimants, 163-7.
     -- plundered by Swein, 169.
     -- monastery sold to Bishop of St. Andrews, 170-2.
     -- severance of connection between Scottish "cell" of,
          and English monastery of Reading, 172.
     -- Mary of Gueldres at, 174.
     -- royal visits to, 174-6.
     -- pirates about, 176.
     -- used for quarantine, 177.
     -- lay proprietors of, 177-8.
     -- first lighthouse on Scottish seaboard, 178-80.
     -- new lighthouse built in 1816, 184-5.
     -- visited by Sir Walter Scott, 185-6.
     -- modern lighthouse, 187-9.
   Menteith, Sir John, Governor of Dumbarton Castle, 201.
   Military training organized in Scotland, 273.

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In Byways of Scottish History

Barbé, Louis A.

Scotland -- History -- Stuarts, to the Union, 1371-1707

-- grants "exercise of the offices" of Glasgow to
          Stewarts of Minto, 255.
   Lyndsay, Sir David, his lines on shrine and hermit of Loretto, 144-5.

   _Maister Randolphe's Fantasie_, 91-128.
     -- analysis of poem, 103-128.
     -- authorship of, 128.
   Maitland, Secretary, courts and marries Mary Fleming, 39-42.
     -- death of, 44.
   Maitland of Thirlstane and James VI, 210-11.
   Malcolm, the King's Cupbearer, and Monks of May, 167-8.
   Marie, Ballad of the Queen's, question of its authenticity, 26-7.
   Mary, Queen of Scots, 1-23.
     -- her beauty, 3-4.
     -- her portraits, 4-5.
     -- her complexion, 5.
     -- her eyes, 6.
     -- her hair, 6-7.
     -- wears wigs, 7.
     -- her hands, 7.
     -- her voice, 7-8, 19.
     -- her stature, 7.
     -- her figure, 8.
     -- a precocious child, 8.
     -- her Latin discourse, 9.
     -- her books, 11, 14.
     -- her knowledge of Greek, 11.
     -- of Spanish and Italian, 12.
     -- of English, 12-13.
     -- her love of French poetry, 15.
     -- as a writer of French poetry, 15-16.
     -- anagrams on her name, 16.
     -- handwriting, 16-17.
     -- fond of amusements, 17-18.
     -- dancing, 18.
     -- plays the lute and virginals, 19.
     -- plays chess, tables, and cards, 19.
     -- her puppets, 19.
     -- fond of fancy-work, 19-20.
     -- as a sportswoman, 20.
     -- fond of dogs, 20-21.
     -- hawking, archery, pallmall, and golf amongst her pastimes, 21-2.
     -- her courage, 22-3.
     -- sails from Dumbarton, 28-9.
     -- makes her will, 41, 55.
     -- bequests to her Marys, 41-2.
     -- enters Edinburgh after Carberry, 56-7, 70.
     -- favours Andrew Beton's courtship of Mary Seton, 73-6.
     -- complains to Queen Elizabeth of a book written
          against her, 91-2.
   Marys, the four, 25-34.
     -- their popularity, 25.
     -- their family names, 25-6.
     -- sail from Dumbarton with Mary Stuart, 28-9.
     -- Leslie's mention of them, 28, 30.
     -- figure in masques, 31-2.
     -- Buchanan's verses to them, 32-4.
     -- courted for their influence with Mary Stuart, 34.
   May, the Isle of, 153-89.
     -- description of, 153-6.
     -- and St. Adrian, 156-9.
     -- monastery on, 160.
     -- grants and donations to monks, 160-3.
     -- litigations of monks with rival claimants, 163-7.
     -- plundered by Swein, 169.
     -- monastery sold to Bishop of St. Andrews, 170-2.
     -- severance of connection between Scottish "cell" of,
          and English monastery of Reading, 172.
     -- Mary of Gueldres at, 174.
     -- royal visits to, 174-6.
     -- pirates about, 176.
     -- used for quarantine, 177.
     -- lay proprietors of, 177-8.
     -- first lighthouse on Scottish seaboard, 178-80.
     -- new lighthouse built in 1816, 184-5.
     -- visited by Sir Walter Scott, 185-6.
     -- modern lighthouse, 187-9.
   Menteith, Sir John, Governor of Dumbarton Castle, 201.
   Military training organized in Scotland, 273.

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In Byways of Scottish History

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