Borthwick, Lord, one of the queen's
party, iv. 377, note.

The

Borthwick Castle, style of, iii. 434-flight
of the queen and Bothwell to, iv. 234-
their escape from it, ib.-the battering
of, by Cromwell, vii. 45, note.
Boston, Rev. T., discovery of
Marrow of Modern Divinity' by, viii.
400-his 'Fourfold State,' 401.
Bothgowan, the scene of the slaughter of
King Duncan, i. 343.

-

Bothwell, Earl, joins the English, iii. 150
-arrest of Wishart by, 253.
Bothwell, Earl, said by Leslie to have
accompanied Queen Mary from France,
iv. 18, note-his alleged plot with
Arran for the seizure of the queen, 84
et seq.-impeached for it, 85-his trial
for the conspiracy with Arran, 110-
joins the queen after her marriage, 125-
notice of his influence by Castelnau, 129
-his marriage to Lady Jane Gordon,
126, 138-increasing favour with the
queen, 140-in Holyrood during the
murder of Rizzio, 147-his escape from
the palace, 150-the queen's first indi-
cation of her love to him, 162, 173-his
position, character, &c., 163-estates
and offices conferred on him, ib. et seq.
-his personal appearance, 174-his
rank and means, ib.-his ancestry, and
their connections with royalty, ib. -
his services to the queen, 175-his pre-
dominance at Court, ib.-wounded in a
Border fray, and the queen's visit to
him, 176 et seq.-on the proposed divorce
of the queen from Darnley, 179-super-
intends the baptism of the prince, 181
-his movements and proceedings on
the night of Darnley's murder, 188 et
seq.-informs the queen of her hus-
band's death, 191-his report to Mel-
ville of Darnley's death, ib., note-his
first proceedings after the murder, 194
-the ambassadors of France, &c., re-
fused inspection of the body, ib.-de-
nounced in the placards as one of the
murderers, 196-the feudal superiority
of Leith conferred on him, 198-attends
Mary to Seton, 199-their amusements,
&c., there, ib.-denounced, and his trial
demanded by Lennox, and agreed to by
the queen, 202-his arrogance and vio-
lence, 203-his rapid advancement, and
first hints of the marriage, 204-his
anger against the remonstrants, 206-
the proceedings on his trial, 208 et seq.
-its results, 210 et seq.-challenge by
him after his trial, 211-declaration ob-
tained by him from Parliament regard-
ing the Church, 212-emoluments con-
ferred on him, 213-his wealth and
power at this time, 214-the band
recommending him as husband to the
queen, 215-carries her off on her re-
turn from Stirling, 216 et seq.-prepara-

tions for his divorce, 218-sentence of
it pronounced, ib.-commission issued
by the queen regarding it, 221-the
alleged ground of consanguinity, ib.-
the alleged dispensation, 223, and note
-his return to Edinburgh, 224-the
"declaration" of the queen's liberty,
ib.-created Duke of Orkney, ib.-pre-
parations for the marriage, ib.-procla-
mation of the banns, and conduct of
Craig regarding this, 225-the marriage-
contract, &c., 226-the marriage, 227-
Sir James Melville's interview with him
that day, ib.-the scene of the mar-
riage, 228-their early married life, ib.
-flight to Borthwick Castle, 234-his
escape from it, is joined by the queen,
and flees to Dunbar, ib.-the confede-
racy against him, 235-loses Edinburgh
Castle, 236-proclamation of the con-
federates against him, 238-his march
against them, and forces raised, 239-
position at Carberry Hill, 240-Le
Croc's attempts to mediate, 241 et seq.
-the conferences there, 245 et seq.-
his flight and surrender of the queen,
246-his treatment of the queen, 247-
her expressed determination to adhere
to him, 251 et seq.-the casket letters,
252 et seq.-his flight to Orkney, 463—
his escape to Denmark, and ultimate
fate there, 464 et seq.-his confession,
470-Professor Schiern's work on his
residence in Denmark, 472, note-Queen
Mary agrees to divorce him, 435-ex-
cepted from truce of 1572, V. 73-Crown
jewels, &c., given by Mary to him, 155
-questionableness of the mummy said
to be his body, 473..

-

Bothwell, the second Earl of, his parent-
age, &c., v. 281-his first attempt to
seize the king, 282-again at Falkland,
ib. -and again, 283- and again at
Leith, ib.-his after-life, ib.-his popu-
larity, 284-English rumours regarding
him, ib. - proceedings of Huntly
against him, 289.
Bothwell, Adam, Bishop of Orkney, the
marriage ceremony between the queen
and Bothwell performed by, iv. 227-
performs the anointing at the corona-
tion of James VI., 284-deposed for his
part in the marriage of the queen, 327-
one of the commissioners to York, 417
-at the formal accusation of the queen,
440, note--a member of the Parliament
of 1582, V. 188.
Bothwell Bridge, the battle of, vii. 234.
Bothwell Castle, the ruins of, ii. 99-cap-
ture of, by the Scots, 324.
Boundary question, commission to settle
it, ii. 9.

Bournezel, the Lord of, his embassy to
Scotland, ii. 350.

Boutot, M., made governor of Orkney,
iii. 286.

Bower, account of the coronation of
Alexander III. by, ii. 21, note - ac-
count of the martyrdom of Reseby by,
386.
Bower, Laird, implicated in the Gowrie
Conspiracy, v. 346, 416 et seq.

Bower or Bowmaker, Walter, one of the
writers of the Scotichronicon, iii. 414.
Bowes, Sir Robert, raid into Scotland
by, and his defeat, iii. 182-during
Hertford's second raid, 241-account
of the struggle for possession of James
VI., v. 163 et seq.-efforts to prevent
civil war, 164-sent on mission to
counteract Aubigné, 171 et seq.-his
reception, 173 et seq.-his recall, 175-
efforts to save Morton, 178-instruc-
tions regarding the king, 182-account
of the Doune Castle plot, 185-conver-
sation with Ruthven, ib.-sent as am-
bassador after the Ruthven Raid, 189
et seq.-gifts to the conspirators, 190-
account of the plots, and final dismissal
of Lennox, 192 et seq.-curious confer-
ences with the king, 193-the associa-
tion project, 195 et seq.-negotiations
regarding the casket letters, 198
rumours sent by him to England, 199,

200.

Boyds, rise of the, under James III., iii.

6-honours, estates, &c., appropriated
by, 7-their fall, 12.

Boyd, Sir Alexander, tutor to James III.,

iii. 6-carries off the king to Edinburgh,
7-his fall and execution, 12.

Boyd, Thomas, created Earl of Arran,
and married to the king's sister, iii. 8-
his fall and flight, 12-his subsequent
fate, 13, and note.

Boyd, Lord, iii. 6-guardian of the king,
&c., 7-his fall and flight, 12.
Boyd, Lord, one of the queen's party, iv.
377, note-one of Mary's commissioners
at York, 415-commission from Queen
Mary to sue out her divorce from Both-
well, 435-indemnity to, v. 117.
Boyd, George, indicted for riot at Holy-
rood, iv. 75.

Boyd, Wm., his motives and views in
conforming to the Establishment, vii.
433.

Boyd, Zachary, his metrical version of
the Psalms, vi. 399.

Boyer d'Egville, the Marquis, in 1745,
viii. 480.

Brabazon, Roger, Chief Justice to Ed-
ward I., ii. 118.

Bracelet, gold, ancient, i., 122, note.
Braemar, the gathering at, in 1715, viii.
257 et seq.

Braemar Castle, viii. 260, note-destrue-
tion of, vii. 371.

Brahe, Steen, and Borgen, witnesses to
Bothwell's confession, iv. 472.
Brand, Rev. John, charged by the Pres-
byterians with defection, v. 233.

Brandubh, legend of, i. 253, note.
Brandy, importations into the Thames
from Scotland, and their seizure, viii.
207-settlement of the question, 208.
Brankstone or Flodden, battle of, iii. 77.
Brantôme, accompanies Queen Mary to
Scotland, and his account of the
voyage, iv. 18-his account of Chate-
lar, 86, 88.

Branxholm, destroyed by the English, v.

24.

Braun on the name Culdee, i. 394, note.
Braxfield, Lord, on forest laws, ii. 77,
note.

Bread, old regulations regarding, ii. 105.
Breadalbane, as one of the heads of the
Campbells, vi. 37.

Breadalbane, the Earl of, implicated in
the Montgomery Plot, vii. 348-his
proposals regarding the Highlands, 395
-his negotiations with the chiefs, 396,
397-his suspected treachery, 398-the
Massacre of Glencoe, 402 et seq. -
charged with high treason for the mas-
sacre, 410-his policy as to the French
descent in 1708, viii. 199-measures
against, 1714, 252-his conduct in 1715,
267-sketch of him, 314, note.
Breadalbane men, the, in the rising of
1715, viii. 257, 258.

Brechin, the abbot of the Culdees of, i.
398-bishopric of, founded by David I.,
442-the round tower at, ii. 104-an-
cient bridge at, 110-Castle of, taken
by Edward I., 219 Cathedral, the
architecture of, iii. 431-success of the
king's party at, v. 35-Bishop of, uses
Laud's Service-book, vi. 157-James
VIII. proclaimed at, viii. 263.
Bremeníum, now called High Rochester,
i. 20, note, 31.

Brereton, Sir William, his sketch of
Edinburgh, vii. 105- and of other
towns in Scotland, 107 et seq.
Bretagne, John de, appointed Lieutenant
of Scotland, ii. 231-driven out by the
Scots, 243.

Bretagne, origin of the province of, i
44.
Brets and Scots, the ancient laws of the,
ii. 62-cancelled by Edward I., 232.
Brett, Captain, engagement with the
Pretender's force, viii. 434.
Breviaries, various, vi. 4.
Breviary, the Romish, the source of the
Reformed Liturgies, iv. 329-of Aber-
deen, the, i. 264, and note-printed by
Chepman, iii. 425-commemoration of
the medieval saints and their miracles
in, iii. 329 et seq.

Bribery, the charge of, in connection
with the Union, viii. 178 et seq.-the
parliamentary investigation into it,

180.

Bridge, a member of the Westminster
Assembly, vi. 388.

Bridge of Dee, the affair of the, vi. 252.
Bridges, early, ii. 110.

Brienne, John de, second husband of
Mary de Coucy, ii. 26.

Briggs, Henry, on Napier's discovery,
vii. 97.

Brigham, the meeting of the Scots
Estates at, ii. 48-the composition of
the Estates at, 81-treaty of, renounced
by John Baliol, 159-how represented
by Edward I., 214.

Brissot, the murder of, v. 37.
Britain, first notices of Christianity in
connection with, i. 42-changed char-
acter of the struggle in, 43-the Ro-
manised inhabitants of the south, ib.
-the troops furnished by, 44—its final
abandonn.ent, 47.

Britannia, first appearance of figure on
coinage, i. 26.

Britannicus, surname of, first bestowed
on Hadrian, i. 26.

British American colonies, proclamation
by them against the Darien colonists,

viii. 49.

British Linen Company's Bank, the, viii.
515.

British constitution, the peculiarities of
its growth, iii. 386.

Britons, the, confined to Cornwall,
Wales, &c., i. 181-displaced from the
former, 182-their custom of painting
themselves in war, 197-their kingdom
of Strathclyde and its history, 279 et seq.
Brodie, the Laird of, one of the commis-
sioners to Charles II., vii. 9.
Brodir, a Norse chief, i. 315.
Broichan, a Magus, contest of St Co-
lumba with, i. 220, 221.
"Broken men" in the Highlands, what,
iii. 63.

Bromley, Thomas, v. 107.

Bronze implements found in Scotland, i.
119 et seq.

Brooches, &c., Roman, i. 58-ancient,

122.

Brosse, the Sieur de la, iii. 226-aid
brought from France by, 220.
Broughty Castle, siege and capture of,
by the Scots, iii. 278.

Broun, John, of Wamphray, vii. 78.
Brown, Sir A., mission to the Borders,
iii. 216.

Brown, John, of Priestfield, his execu-
tion, vii. 251 et seq.

Brown, the founder of the Brownists,
and his sect, vi. 123.

Brownists, their increase, views, &c., vi.
387.
Bruce, Edward, siege of Stirling Castle

by, ii. 261, 271-his invasion of Ireland,
and death, 273, 274 et seq.
Bruce, Marjory, daughter of King Robert,

ii. 273
Bruce, Nigel, capture and execution of,

ii. 245.

Bruce, Robert de, at the battle of the
Standard, i. 437-alleged arrangement
with Alexander II. as to his succession,
ii. 13, and note-the race of, 13-his
claim to the crown on the death of
Alexander III., 43-one of the Scots
commissioners at Salisbury, 47—his
first proceedings on the death of the
Maid of Norway, 116-summoned to
the meeting of Barons at Norham, 117
-accepts King Edward's superiority,
122-nature of his claim to the crown,
129-the alleged settlement by Alex-
ander II., 130, and note-arbiters ap-
pointed between him and Baliol, 133
-decision against him, 145 et seq.-his
pleadings, 148 et seq.-lawsuit appealed
to Edward I. by him, 160-his death,
167.

Bruce, Robert, his policy on the rising
of Wallace, ii. 186 et seq.-surrenders
to the English, 187-his flight from
the English Court, 233-his parentage
and previous life, 234 et seq.-compe-
tition with Comyn, 236-league with
Lamberton, 237-his danger from this,
and flight, 238-meeting with the Red
Comyn, and death of the latter, 239 et
seq.-his coronation, 240 et seq.—ex-
communicated, 243-defeated at Meth-
ven, 247-and by John of Lorn, 248-
his personal prowess in the last battle,
251 defeats Percy, 249-victory at
Loudon Hill, ib.-his character and
habits, 250 et seq.-various adventures,
252-escape from a bloodhound, ib.-
joined by Lord James Douglas, 253-
defeats the Earl of Buchan, 255-cap-
ture of various castles, &c., 256-truce
with England, 257-adherence of the
clergy to him, ib.-coerced homage
by him, 258, note-disregard by the
Scots of the truce, 261 battle of
Bannockburn, 263 et seq.-his courtesy
to the prisoners, 270-incursions into
England, and efforts for peace, 272-
adjustment of the succession, 273 et
seq.-proceedings and negotiations with
the Pope, 275 et seq.-capture of Ber-
wick, 278-its defence against the Eng-
lish, 279-invasions and successes in
England, 281-truce with England, 282
-renewed negotiations with the Pope,
and appeal to him, ib. et seq.-renewal
of war, 288-invasion by Edward II.,
and its defeat, 289 et seq.-England
again invaded, 290-secret negotiations
with the northern English barons, 291
et seq.-final truce with England, 294
-mission of Randolph to the Pope,
and its success, 294 et seq.-treaty with
France, 296-renewal of war with Eng-
land, and successful invasion, 298 et
seq.-peace concluded, and his title
acknowledged, 303-treaty of North-
ampton, ib.-conspiracy against him,

307-birth of a son, ib.-his death, and
veneration with which regarded, 308-
the burghs first represented in Parlia-
ment under him, 90-endowment of
Melrose Abbey by, íii. 430.

Bruce, Earl of Carrick, ii. 234-his mar-
riage, ib., note-a member of the Scots
Council, 230, and note.
Bruce, Lord Edward, v. 353

Bruce, Dr, his work on the Roman wall,
i. 20, 27, 28, note.

Bruce, John, his edition of 'Borough's
Notes of the Ripon Treaty,' &c., vi.
294 note, 295 note, 311 note.
Bruce, Rev. Robert, dispute with James

VI., v. 280-his conduct regarding the
Gowrie Conspiracy, 239-discussions
with the king on it, 340 et seq.-his
writings, vii. 79.

Bruce, Isabella, married to Eric of Nor-
way, ii. 114, note.

Bruce, Sir William, viii. 542.

Brud, King, notices of, i. 219, 220-St
Columba's mission to, 256, 260, 281.
Brunenburgh, the battle of, i. 335.
Brunstone, the Laird of, a leader in the
plot against Beaton, iii. 258, 260.
Brutus, the fabulous conqueror of Britain,
ii. 212.

Buccaneers, the parallel between them
and the Darien colonists, viii. 46 et
seq.

Buccleuch, the Laird of, at the battle of
Ancrum, iii. 236-curious interview be-
tween him and Wharton, 237-saves
Morton during the attack on Stirling,

V. 41.

Buchan, the Earl of, one of the guardians
on the death of Alexander III., his
death, ii.
43.

Buchan, the Earl of, a supporter of Ed-
ward ĺ.,ii. 236, note-defeated by Bruce,

255.

Buchan, the Earl of, his victory at
Beaugé, ii. 398.

Buchan, the Earl of, in the secret em-
ployment of Henry VII., iii. 30, 31,
note-his life spared, 37-a party to
plot for seizure of James IV., 39
Buchan, the Countess of, coronation of
Bruce by, ii. 241-revenge taken by
Edward on her, 242.

Buchan, General, sent to command the
insurgent Highlanders in 1690, vii.
390-his defeat at Cromdale, 391.
Buchanan, George, his History of Scot-
land, i. 17, note, iii. 1or, note-account
of Albany's expedition from, 104, note
-his account of the siege of Werk,
107, note-his Epithalamium for Queen
Mary, 292-characteristics of his His-
tory, 415-its political influence and
importance, 416 et seq.-his account of
Rizzio, iv. 111-his account of the pro-
posed divorce of Darnley, 179-his pic-
ture of the house at Kirk-of-Field, 186,

note-account of the state of Edin-
burgh after Darnley's murder, 197,
note-his interpretation of the abduc-
tion of the queen, 217, note-his ac-
count of Bothwell's divorce, 222 and
note-his 'Detection of the Doings of
Queen Mary,' publication of the casket
letters in, 253-arguments against his
being the forger of the casket letters,
and general character of his Detection,
273 et seq.-its exaggerations, &c., 275
-his change of view with regard to
the queen, 277-named as one of the
censors of the press, 322-first "Mo-
derator" of the Assembly, 326-present
at the York Commission, 424-his ac-
count of Morton's mission to London,
100, 101, note-lampoon on Lething-
ton ascribed to him, 130, and note-as
tutor to James VI., 135- Melville's
character of him, ib.-his treatment of
the young king, 136-his character as
a scholar, 137-his work on the Rights
of the Scots Crown, 138 et seq.-his
History, 139-the dedication of his
tragedy of Baptistes, ib., note-dis-
like of the king to his constitutional
views, 140-his last days and death,
and character of his works, 210 et seq.
-his History, its completion and char-
acter, 211-his 'De Jure Regni' con-
demned after the Restoration, vii. 156.
Buchanan of Arnprior, executed, viii.

497.

Buckingham, the Duke of, allowed by
the Covenanters to attend Charles II.,
vii. 14.

Buddhism, attempt to connect the sculp-
tured stones with, i. 146—and the
Norse mythology, 231.

Bull, Stephen, defeated by Sir Andrew
Wood, iii. 69 et seq.

Bulmer, Sir William, letter to Wolsey
regarding the "erection" of James V.,
iii. 100.

Burgess, Dr, in the Westminster Assem-
bly, vi. 386.

Burgesses, laws regulating wager of battle
among, ii. 68-in the Parliament of
1640, vi. 283.

Burgh or borough, origin of name, ii. 86.
Burgh franchise, the early, ii. 92.
Burgh-on-the-Sands, death of Edward I.
at, ii. 246.

Burghead, attempts to identify the
"Winged Camp" with, i. 62, note-
ancient well at, ib.
Burgher corporations, the ancient code
of, ii. 65.

Burgh-moor, encampment of infected on
it during the plague, v. 9, note.
Burghs, or so-called Danish towers, the,
i. 91 et seq.

Burghs, royal, ii. 84-those of regality
and of barony, 85-earliest charters,
&c., of, 88-their first representation

in Parliament, 89-their aspect, archi-
tecture, &c., before the great war, 96-
repeated burnings of, 97-represented
in the treaty of Baliol with France,
165-their early representation in Par-
liament, iii. 386.
Burgundy, the Duchess of, and Perkin
Warbeck, iii. 45, 49, note.
Burial, dues exacted by the Church on,
iii. 323-
directions of the Book of
Common Order regarding, iv. 345 et
seq.
Burial cairns in Scotland, i. 104-urns,
105-their probable era, 108.
Burleigh, Lord, efforts to detach Scot-
land from the treaty of France, iii. 298
-plans of, for aiding the Scots Reform-
ers, 359-communications with Kirk-
caldy of Grange, 360-efforts to secure
the co-operation of Knox, ib.—his diffi-
culties, and communications between
them, 361 et seq. - urges assistance
being given to the Scots Reformers,
364-on the creation of Darnley King
of the Scots, iv. 121-instructions to
Throckmorton from, after the queen's
abdication, 301-urges the danger to
Queen Mary of intervention, 304-views
as to the restoration of Queen Mary,
370 et seq.-his perplexities after Mary's
flight to England, and paper on the
subject, 385-his account of Lord Her-
ries's negotiations on behalf of Queen
Mary, 397-answer to Murray and the
Scots Council, 404-on Mary's with-
holding all resignation of the crown of
England, 410-a member of the com-
mission on Queen Mary, 431-letter
from him condemning Kirkcaldy's pro-
ceedings in Edinburgh, v. 46-motives
of his policy towards the king's and
queen's parties during the civil war,
72-orders the surrender of Kirkcaldy
and Lethington to Morton, 125-in-
structions sent regarding Aubigné, 172.
Burleigh, Lord, President of the Parlia-

ment of 1640, vi. 282—in the Parlia-
ment of 1641, 326.
Burley, see Balfour.

Burne, Nicol, his controversial works, vi.
8, and note.

Burnet, Bishop, his account of Lord
Nithsdale's mission, vi. 77-on the
trial, &c., of Balmerinoch, 98-on the
lukewarmness of the Scots lawyers for
the king, 198-account of alleged agree-
ment between the Parliamentarians
and the Scots, 298 his account of
Montrose's defection, 332-his account
of the Whigamores' Raid, 413, note
-his account of the battle of Dunbar,
vii. 24, note-character of Robert
Douglas by, 135, note-and of Sharp,
140 his account of Lauderdale's
policy, 179-interview with Sharp, 200
-a refugee with William of Orange,

269-revelation of supposed plot to,
vií. 343-exempted from Jacobite in-
demnity, 347-during the debate on
the Union Act, viii. 193, 194-his an-
nals, 555.

"Burning of Frendraught," the, vi. 209,
Burning the dead, traces of, in Scotland,
105 et seq.-denounced by the Church,
108 et seq.-ceremonial attending it,
109, note.

i.

Burning Bush, the symbol of, adopted
from the Huguenots, iv. 340.

Burns, improvement of Scots songs by,
vii. 92.

Burntísland, riot headed by women at,
1615, vi. 153, note.

Burt, Captain, engineer officer under
Wade, viii. 370, 371.

Bushell, Captain, the case of, viii. 355 et
seq.-condemned but pardoned, 356.
Butchers, old regulations regarding, ii.
106.

Byng, Sir George, force under, for inter-
cepting the French descent in 1707,
viii. 203-defeats it, 204.
Byrthensack, ancient law of, ii. 69.
Byssets, the feud of, with the Lord of
Athole, ii. 16-their head appeals to
the English king, 17.

Cadogan, General, joins Argyle in 1715,
viii. 324

Cadomo, Johannes de, notary public at
the meeting at Norham, ii. 118 and
note, 121, note.

Caerlaverock Castle, the ruins of, ii. 99
-its siege and capture by Edward
I., 214 et seq.-death of James V.
at, iii. 183-surrendered to Hertford,
243.

Cæsar, his invasion of England, i. 2—

notices by him of the Britons painting
themselves for war, 197-his references
to the Druids and Druidism, 211-his
account of the ships of the Veneti, 308,
note.

Cairnbeth, the supposed site of Mac-
beth's death, i. 347, note.

Cairns, burial, in Scotland, i. 104-cham-
bered, 101-attempts to classify them,
110, 126, note.
Caithness, prehistoric remains in, i. 113
-Norse settlements in, 319-bishopric
of, founded by David I., 442-recep-
tion of King Haco in, ii. 32- the
Bishop of, appointed by Edward I.
Lord Chancellor, 135-the Bishop of,
under James VI., his difficulties, v.
455 et seq.-the Earl of, a member of
the Romanist party, iv. 11-one of the
councillors who direct Bothwell's trial,
208-chancellor of the jury at it, 210-
his arbitrary proceedings toward the
bishop, v. 455.

Cakemuir, flight of Mary from Borthwick
to, iv. 235.