Scotland -- History -- Stuarts, to the Union, 1371-1707
Montchrestien, Anthoine de, of doubtful nobility, 129.
-- his education, 129.
-- encounter with Baron de Gouville, 130.
-- marries a rich widow, 130.
-- publishes tragedy of _Sophonisbe_, 130.
-- publishes his "Stuart" tragedy, _l'Escossoise_, 130.
-- kills his adversary in a duel, 130.
-- retires to England, 131.
-- presents his tragedy to James VI, 131.
-- returns to France, 131.
-- writes the first treatise on political economy, 131.
-- joins Protestant party, 131-2.
-- is shot in encounter with Catholics, 132.
Mungo, St., and Glasgow, 191.
"Ochtyern", meaning of, 268.
-- fine imposed on, for neglect of military service, 268.
_OEconomie Politique, Traicté de l'_, published
by Montchrestien, 131.
Ogilvie, Alexander, of Boyne, marries Mary Beton, 66-7.
-- the Jesuit, imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle, 208.
Oman, Mr., his estimate of Bruce's "Testament", 277 _n._
Origin, traditional, of "Longtail" myth, 325-6, 327,
328-9, 329-31, 331-2, 332-3, 333-4, 335, 336,
337-9, 341-2, 343, 344, 345, 346-7, 348-9, 349-352, 354.
-- suggested, 355, 356, 356-7, 358, 359-60.
Paris, evacuated by English, in 1436, 305.
Patrick, chaplain of Dunbar, action raised against,
by Monks of May, 165.
Pensions established in Scottish army, 289.
Poitiers, Battle of, 303.
Preston of Gortoun gives relic of St. Giles to Edinburgh
Parish Church, 193-4.
Priory of Pittenweem or May, 173.
Randolph, Thomas, his description of life at Scottish Court, 17.
-- account of Court scandal, 27 _n._
-- account of Maitland's courtship of Mary Fleming, 39-41.
-- reports intended marriage of Mary Livingston, 50-51.
-- in love with Mary Beton, 62-3.
-- at Scottish Court, 92-5.
-- accused of writing a satire against Queen Mary, 95.
-- his denial, 95-8.
Reading, monks of, and May Island, 160, 166, 170-2.
Richard I, his followers jeered at as "tailards", 295, 296-7.
Rochelle, la, epigram against "tailards" on taking of, 298.
Rodorcus, King, reigns on the Rock of Clyde, 200.
Roland, a carpenter, warns Bruce of Menteith's
intended treachery, 202.
Ronsard, Mary Stuart's admiration of, 15.
Row, reference to shrine of Loretto in his history, 145.
-- his account of alleged sham miracle at Loretto, 148-9.
Ryderchen, obtains possession of stronghold of Dumbarton, 200.
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