The history of Scotland from the year 1423 until the year 1542 containing the lives and reigns of James the I, the II, the III, the IV, the V : with several memorials of state during the reigns of James VI and Charles I : illustrated with their effigies in copper plates. / by William Drummond of Hauthornden ; with a prefatory introduction taken out of the records of that nation by Mr. Hall of Grays-Inn.

Title

The history of Scotland from the year 1423 until the year 1542 containing the lives and reigns of James the I, the II, the III, the IV, the V : with several memorials of state during the reigns of James VI and Charles I : illustrated with their effigies in copper plates. / by William Drummond of Hauthornden ; with a prefatory introduction taken out of the records of that nation by Mr. Hall of Grays-Inn.

Author

Drummond, William, 1585-1649.

Publication

London :: Printed for Matthew Gillyflower, at the Spread-Eagle in Westminster-Hall,

1696.

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Subject terms

Scotland -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800.

Scotland -- History -- 15th century -- Early works to 1800.

Scotland -- History -- 16th century -- Early works to 1800.

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"The history of Scotland from the year 1423 until the year 1542 containing the lives and reigns of James the I, the II, the III, the IV, the V : with several memorials of state during the reigns of James VI and Charles I : illustrated with their effigies in copper plates. / by William Drummond of Hauthornden ; with a prefatory introduction taken out of the records of that nation by Mr. Hall of Grays-Inn." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B02782.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• THE PREFACE TO THE READER.
• text
  • illustration
  • THE HISTORY OF THE Reign of James the first, KING of SCOTLAND.
  • illustration
  • THE HISTORY OF THE Reign of James the second, KING of SCOTLAND.
  • THE HISTORY OF THE Reign of James the Third, KING of SCOTLAND.
  • illustration
  • THE HISTORY Of the LIFE and Reign of James the Fourth, KING of SCOTLAND.
  • illustration
  • THE HISTORY Of the LIFE and Reign of James the Fifth, KING of SCOTLAND.
• MEMORIALS OF STATE.
  • letters
• A CYPRESSE GROVE.
• To the Memory of the most Ex∣cellent Lady, JANE Countess of Perth.
• To S. W. A.
• On the Report of the Death of the Author.