[48]Melville’s Diary, p. 48.

[49]Mackenzie, Lives of Scots Writers, III. p. 180.

[50]Irving’s Memoirs of Buchanan, p. 166.

[51]Ibid., p. 176.

[52]Bowes’ Correspondence, pp. 6, 7. Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, III. p. 711.

[53]Reg. of Privy Council, III. p. 689.

[54]Calderwood, III. pp. 413, 414.

[55]Moysie’s Memoirs, p. 22.

[56]Moysie’s Memoirs, p. 25.

[57]Tytler, VIII. pp. 64, 65.