-

murder of Rizzio, 147-named one of
the Council of Regency, 279-accom-
panies Murray to Lochleven, 286-
meeting with Seton, Lethington, &c.,
against Murray, v. 7-feud with Argyle,
and Morton's intervention, 159-joins
with Argyle against Morton, 161-be-
comes Chancellor, 163-suspected poi-
soning of him, 165.
Athole, Lord, joins Glencairn for Charles
II., vii. 68.

Athole, the Marquis of, a candidate for
the presidency of the Convention, vii.
302-implicated in the Montgomery
Plot, 348-his position during Claver-
house's campaign, 373-feud of, with
the Frasers, 414-a subscriber to the
Darien scheme, viii. 30- charged by
Lovat with Jacobitism, 95, 96-pro-
posed levy of the Highlanders under
him against the Union, 162 - the
charge of bribery against him, 180-de-
clines concurrence in the proposed
rising of 1708, 199-in 1745, 440.
Athole, the Duke of, and the Glen Tilt
case, ii. 76.

Athole men, the, at the rising in 1715,
viii. 257.

Attacotti, the, named as a Scots race,
i. 45-the Scots in Scotland so called,

Bacon, Sir Nicholas, a member of the
commission on Queen Mary, iv. 431.
Bagimond's Roll, its origin and history,
ii. 38 et seq.

Bailey, Charies, a secret emissary of Les-
lie's, v. 105.

Baillie, General, sent against Montrose,
vi. 371-his defeat at Alford, 372—and
at Kilsyth, 373.

-

Baillie, Rev. R., on the introduction of
Laud's Liturgy, vi. 125, note-his ac-
count of the Bishop of Brechin and
the Service-book, 157-of the Bishop
of Galloway, 171-of the crimes charged
against the bishops, 231 et seq.-of the
march to the Border, 259 et seq. 262-
and of the camp on Dunse Law, 264
of the king's demeanour at the
conference, 267 accompanies the
march into England, 301-account of
the occupation, &c., of Newcastle, 307
-on Strafford's arrest, 318-on the feel-
ing against Episcopacy, &c., 319-his
account of the "Incident," 336, note-
commissioner to the Westminster As-
sembly, 381-notices from him of it, ib.
382 et seq. 390, 391-on the metrical
versions of the Psalms, 399 et seq. notes
-one of the commissioners to Charles
II., vii. 9-his testimony to Cromwell's
moderation, 31-his escape from the
decision on "the causes of God's
wrath," 34-on the debates as to em-
ploying Malignants, 35-on Strachan
and the Western Whigs, 39-account
of Cromwell's dismissal of the Assem-
bly, 49-on the difficulties regarding
the petition against toleration, 69-his
letters, &c., 78.

Baillie, David, connected with the
Queensberry Plot, viii. 96, 97.

Baillie, Rev. Mr, one of deputation to the
Court in 1711, viii. 223.

Baillie of Jerviswood, trial and execution
of, vii. 247.

Baillie of Jerviswood, joins William of
Orange, vii. 269-viii. 100-a leader of
the Squadrone, III.

Balcanquall, Rev. W., attack on Lennox
by, v. 205-disturbance excited in Edin-
burgh by, 310-his conduct regarding
the Gowrie Conspiracy, 339-discussion
with the king on it, 340-the author of
the 'Large Declaration' of Charles I.,
vi. 278-denounced by the Assembly, ib.
-excepted from indemnity of 1641, 329.
Balcarras, Lord, seizure of, vii. 364.
Balder, the Norse deity, i. 225-the myth
of his death, 226.

Balfour, Sir James, fellow-prisoner with
Knox in France, iii. 368-his after-
character, ib. -draws the bond for
Darnley's murder, iv. 182-denounced
in the placards as one of the murderers,
196-the marriage-contract between
the queen and Bothwell drawn up by

him, 226-deserts Bothwell, and gives
up Edinburgh Castle to the confede-
rates, 237-removed from command of
Edinburgh Castle, 290-Murray's diffi-
culties regarding him in connection
with Darnley's murder, 358-arrested
by Murray, v. 7-present at the con-
ference between Knox and Lethington,
55, 59, 61-aid from France to Kirk-
caldy intercepted by him, 118.
Balfour, James, his conduct regarding
the Gowrie Conspiracy, v. 339-discus-
sion with the king, 340.
Balfour, Sir James, on King Charles's
revocation, vi. 76-on the Commission
of Grievances, ib.-on the Parliament
of 1633, 89-
-account of Charles I.'s
coronation, 91-account of the pro-
ceedings against the Engagers by him,
415, note-his account of the massacre
of Dundee, vii. 42, note.
Balfour, John, of Burley, vii. 209-one of
Sharp's murderers, 210, 212 et seq.-
after the deed, 219-present at Drum-
clog, 224.

Balfour, Robert, the owner of Kirk-of-
Field, iv. 184.

Balfour, Colonel, vii. 369-proclaims
James VIII. in 1715, viii. 263.
Baliol, Bernard de, i. 446-at the battle
of the Standard, 437-

Baliol, John, charges of rebellion brought
against Bruce, ii. 43, note-supported
by the Bishop of St Andrews, 116
summoned to the meeting of barons at
Norham, 117-accepts Edward's supe-
riority, 124-ground of his claim to the
crown, 128 et seq.-arbiters appointed
between him and Bruce, 132-decision
in his favour, 145 et seq.-his pleadings,
148, 151-final judgment for him, 154
-his investiture, 156-his coronation
at Scone, and yields homage as king to
Edward, ib.-his reception as king, 157
-renounces the treaty of Brigham, 159
-cited to appear in law cases before
Edward, 160-his demeanour there, 161
-treaty with France against England,
165-ground assumed by him, 166—
renounces his vassalship, 170.
Baliol, Edward, ii. 298-his position as
regards the Scots crown, 310-invades
Scotland with the disinherited barons,
315-victory at Duplin, ib.-besieged
in Perth, ib.-crowned at Scone, ib.-
yields superiority to England, 316, 319
-proceedings of Parliament under him,
319-abandons Scotland, 324-assisted
by the English, 330-formal surrender
of his crown to Edward III., 334-his
French estates forfeited, ib.
Ballads, the Scots, vii. 87 et seq.
Ballot, motion for the, in the Scots Par-
liament, viii. 113.

Balmerino, Lord, joins the Pretender,
viii. 460-trial and execution of, 497.

et

Balmerinoch, Secretary of State, tried in
connection with James VI.'s letter to
the Pope, V. 353.
Balmerinoch, Lord, restoration of his
estates, v. 454-his trial in connection
with the Supplication of 1633, vi. 94
seq.-condemned, but pardoned, 97.
Balmerinoch, Lord, commissioner to
Westminster Assembly, vi. 381.
Balnamoon, the Laird of, ii. 428.
Balnamoon, defeat of the Earl of Craw-
furd at, ii. 428.

Balnaves, Henry, at the formal accusation
of the queen, iv. 440, note.
Balthasar, Don, defeat of, by the Darien
colonists, viii. 57.

Bancroft, Archbishop, attack by Melville
on him, v. 438.

Banff, Lord, viii. 179, and note.
"Banished lords," the, 1583, V. 214-
their proceedings, &c., in England, 216
-they are outlawed, 223-their surren-
der demanded, 224- their return in
arms, 236.

Bank of England, Paterson's connection
with it, viii. 16-its establishment, 18
-Paterson a director, 19, note.
Bank of Scotland, its foundation, viii. 67.
Banking, Paterson's views on, viii. 17-

system of Scotland, foundation of it, 67.
Bankruptcy, Act of the Scots Parliament
regarding it, 1695, viii. 68-history of
previous legislation on it, 69 et seq.
Bannatyne, notice of John Hamilton by
him, v. 37, note-his account of the
last conference between Knox and
Lethington, 62, note-his character of
Knox, 87.

Bannock Water, the, ii. 263, 264, note.
Bannockburn, circumstances which led
to it, determined its site, &c., 262-the
battle, 265 et seq.-completeness of the
defeat, 268.

Banquet of Dun na N-Gedh,' the, notice
of, i. 291, note.

Baptism, directions of the Book of Com-
mon Order regarding, iv. 338.
Barbour's Bruce, character of, ii. 254, note
-its date, &c., iii. 413-notices of Ban-
nockburn from, ii. 266, note.

Barclay, John, his work on the Quakers,
vii. 271, note-Captain, his pedigree, ii.
346, note.

Barhill fort, i. 34, note.

Barlow, English resident in Scotland, iii.
158.

Barlow, Dr, account of James VI. at the
Hampton Court conference by, v. 426,
429, note.

Barmkin hill, fort on, i. 85.

Barnard, Sir John, opposes the bill for
the punishment of Edinburgh for the
Porteous Mob, viii. 366.

Baron, Robert, vi. 234-writes in favour
of the Service-book, 157:
Baronets of Nova Scotia, the, vi. 63.

Baronial architecture, its state in Scot-
land to the Reformation, iii. 433 et seq.
-its progress from the Reformation,
vii. 103.

Barons, the, in the Parliament of 1640,
vi. 283.

Barony, burghs of, ii 85.
Barron, James, iv. 119.

Barrows or tumuli, attempt to classify,
i. 110-contents of, 126, note.
Bartholomew, Roger, lawsuit appealed
to Edward I. by, ii. 158.
Barton, Captain, commands Perkin War-
beck's escort, iii. 50-his naval exploits
and death, 70 et seq.

Barton, W., metrical Psalter by, vi. 400.
Bascube, the Laird of, heads the insur-
gent Covenanters, vii. 171.

'Basilikon Doron,' the, v. 387-attack
by the clergy on it, 315.
Bass Rock, seized by the Jacobites, vii.
414-its siege, 415 et seq-its surrender,
417-fortress dismantled, 418.
Bassendyne, Kirk censorship of works
printed by him, iv. 321.

Basset, Ralph, governor of Edinburgh
Castle, ii. 137.

Basternæ, the, the Peukini identified
with, i. 187, note.

Bastiat, the marriage of, on the night of
Darnley's murder, iv. 189, 191-de-
nounced as one of Darnley's murder-
ers, 196-leaves the country, 199.
Bastie, the Sieur de la, his murder, iii.
91 et seq.

Baston, a friar, his capture at Bannock-
burn, ii. 270.

Bateman, Mr, tumuli examined by, i.
126, note.

Baths, Roman, supposed remains of, i.
34.

Battle, the wager of, ii. 66, 67 et seq.
Beanston, the Laird of, iv. 237.
Beaton, Chancellor, divorce of Queen
Margaret from Angus by, iii. 137.
Beaton, Bishop James, iii. 94-his views
and policy, 111 et seq.-Wolsey's at-
tempts to secure his person, 113 et seq.
-temporarily imprisoned, 116-during
the negotiations for treaty with Eng-
land, 135.

Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow, one of
the commissioners to France on Queen
Mary's marriage, iii. 289.
Beaton, David, afterwards Cardinal, iii.
112 dissuades the king from visiting
Henry VIII., 163-negotiates the
second marriage of James V., 168-
becomes Archbishop of St Andrews,
170-his character, &c., ib.-attempt
to secure the person of Queen Mary on
her father's death, 189-his imprison-
ment and charge against him, 198-his
liberation, &c., 200-is joined by the
Regent Arran, 206-objections urged
by him to the English treaties, 220 et

seq.-arrest and execution of Wishart
by him, 253 et seq.-the question as to
the complicity of the latter in the plot
against him, 257 et seq.-his profligacy,
iv. 20, 22-his wealth, 25-the plot for
his assassination, iii. 258 et seq.-his
death, 262.

Beaton, Bishop, communications from,
regarding marriage between Don Carlos
and Queen Mary, iv. 97-letter from
Mary to him after Darnley's murder,
194-and from him, 206-sent by the
queen and Bothwell as emissary to the
governor of Edinburgh Castle, 237-
account of the queen's extraordinary
conduct on the night of her being
brought back to Edinburgh, 250-
mentioned in the queen's State, 266,
note- Mary's letter to him on the
assassination of Murray, v. 19-appeal
by Lethington through him to France
for aid, 65.

Beaton's Mill, the scene of the death of
James III., iii. 34, note.

Beaufort, Jane, marriage of James I. to,
ii. 397.

Beauge, the battle of, ii. 398.
Beaumont, Henry de, one of the disin-
herited barons, ii. 312-or Bellmont,
a member of Edward Baliol's Parlia-
ment, 319-hostility to Baliol, 321.
Beaumont, M. de, French ambassador to
Queen Mary, joins her after her escape
from Lochleven, iv. 368-his return to
France, 396.

Beck, Anthony, Bishop of Durham, ii.
117-his flight from Scotland, 185-
capture of the Castle of Dirleton by,
199 at the siege of Caerlaverock, 216.
Bede, notice of St Ninian from, i. 42, 68
-on the early British Church, 180-
notice of the Pictish language by, 186
-on the Easter controversy, 268-on
St Aidan, 269-his account of the
Abbot Ceolfrid's letter to King Naitan,
273- notice of the Picts by, 284.
notices of Aidan from, 290-his testi-
mony to the Celtic civilisation, 296-
his account of King Oswald and Aidan,
ib.-the Chronicle of, its value to Scots
history, iii. 411.

Bedford, Lord, English ambassador in
France, interviews with Queen Mary
there, iv. 13-instructions of Elizabeth
to him as regards the confederate
lords, 130-coghisant of the intended
murder of Rizzio, 142-his account of
it, 145, 151, note-account of Both-
well's predominance, 176-intimation
to him of the intended marriage to
Bothwell, 207.

Bedford, the Earl of, captured at the
Raid of the Redeswire, v. 153.
Bedford, Countess of, chief mourner at
the funeral of Queen Mary, v. 260.
Bedrule, destroyed by the English, v. 24.

Belhaven, Lord, a subscriber to the
Darien scheme, viii. 29-a leader of
Opposition, 64-his speech against the
Union, 150 et seq.-improvements in
agriculture by, 511.

Bell, leader of the attack on Stirling
when the Regent Lennox is killed, v.
39.

Bell, H. G., his 'Life of Queen Mary,' iv.

444, note.

Bellarmine, Cardinal, v. 353.

Bellenden on King David's Church en-
dowments, i. 442, note.

Bellenden, Thomas, report from, on the
views of James V. regarding the
Church, ii. 170.

Bellenden, Archdeacon, on the internal

state of the Church, ii. 326, note.
Bellenden, Justice-Clerk, present at the
Council which directs Bothwell's trial,
iv. 208.

Bellenden, Adam, Bishop of Dunblane,

his difficulties, &c., v. 459 et seq.-let-
ter from Laud to, vi. 101, note.
Bellenden, Sir John, at the coronation
of James VI., iv. 285.

Bemulie, the Roman fort of, i. 34, 35.
Benochie, the Maiden Stone at, i. 144.
Bergen, woman claiming to be Margaret

of Scotland executed at, ii. 113-land-
ing of Bothwell at, iv. 464.
Berkeley, David de, murder of, ii. 326.
Berry, William, the intaglios of, viii. 540.
Berwick, the Duke of, the intended com-
mander of invading force, vii. 351.
Berwick, Arthurian legend regarding, i.
171-Castle, surrendered to the Eng-
lish, 448-its early importance, ii. 53
-burgher laws in, 68-one of the four
burghs, 90-changes it has undergone,
94-early bridge at, 95-siege and cap-
ture of, by Edward I., 168 et seq.-re-
captured by the Scots, 194-recaptured
by Bruce, 278-besieged by the Eng-
lish, 279 et seq.-siege and capture of,
by Edward III., 317 et seq.-its subse-
quent history, 318-besieged by the
Scots, 335-surrendered by Henry VI.
to Scotland, iii. 2-recaptured by the
English, 29-treaty of, between Eliza-
beth and the Lords of the Congrega-
tion, 366 et seq.-reception of James
VI. in, v. 359-the pacification of, be-
tween Charles I. and the Covenanters,
vi. 267 et seq.-this closes the contest
in the north, 253.

Berwickshire ravished by the English,

iii. 153.

Béthencourt, arrival of, as ambassador
from France, iii. 348.

Bevois, M. de, French ambassador to
Scotland, iii. 155.

Beza, his 'Vindiciae contra Tyrannos,' v.
334, note.

Bianci, the Italian poisoner, v. 168.
Bible, the authorised, in the vernacular

in Scotland, iii. 337-the authorised
version, its origin, &c., v. 430-this
never formally adopted in Scotland,
vi. 107-versions there used, ib.-the
canonical, as fixed by the Westminster
Assembly, 401.

Billeting Act, the, vii. 163 et seq.
Binning, Lord, see Hamilton, Sir Thomas.
Birrens, proofs of Roman occupancy at,
i. 62.

Bishop, Thomas, letter from, against
the intended marriage to Bothwell,
iv. 205.

Bishops, position, &c., of, in the time of
St Columba, i. 251-their great num-
ber, &c., in the Irish Church, 252-
traditional list of early, 391-first trust-
worthy notice of, in the Scots Church,
396-their position in the Columbite
Church, 403-titular, retained by the
Church, as first organised, v. 74-their
position in it, 76-form for their elec-
tion, ib.-resolutions of General As-
sembly regarding them, 77-their posi-
tion in the Kirk to 1574, 146-charges
against them in the Assembly, 147-
motive of these, 148-discussions as to
their lawfulness, &c., ib. et seq.-hos-
tile attitude of the Assembly toward
them, 201-proceedings against them,
209-Act enforcing submission to the.
232-its general acceptance by the
clergy, 233-restoration of them in
Scotland, v. 441-measures for their
due consecration, 443-their pecuniary
difficulties, 445 et seq.-their subser-
vience to Laud, vi. 1o1 et seq.-their
position in connection with Laud's
measures, 157-their removal from the
Council demanded by the Supplicants,
176-their withdrawal, 177-their trial
by the Assembly of 1638, 231 et seq.
-they retire to England, 233-in the
Convention Parliament, vii. 421-diffi-
culties of the Scots Episcopal Church
in providing, viii. 419.
Bisset, Baldred, envoy to the Papal
Court, ii. 208.

Black, Rev. David, v. 300-attack on
Queen Elizabeth in the pulpit, and his
trial for it, 309 et seq.

"Black Agnes" of Dunbar, ii. 324.
Black Aida or Aidus, the story of, i. 251.
Black or Holy Rood, its seizure by
Edward I., ii. 175-its restoration,
305-again taken at Neville's Cross,

329.

Black Castle, flight of Mary from Both-
well Castle to, iv. 235.

"Black Watch," the embodying of, viii.
375 their mutiny and flight from
London, 376 et seq.

Blackadder, Archbishop of Glasgow, per-
secution of the Lollards by, iii. 43.
Blackadder, Captain, his account of the
abduction of Queen Mary, iv. 216-

Colonel, at the siege of Dunkeld, vii.
390, note-services of, in 1715, viii. 273.
Blackfriars' Monastery, Perth, murder of
James I. in the, ii. 407-destroyed by
the Reformers, iii. 351-Edinburgh,
attack by mob on it, 250.
Blackness, commencement of the wall of
Antonine near, i. 34.
Blackwell, Prof., one of deputation to
the Court in 1711, viii. 223, and note.
Blackwood, Adam, his rejection of the
casket letters as forgeries, iv. 407, note.
Bladus, traditional Bishop of the Isles,
i. 391.

Blaeu, Scotland as represented in his
Atlas, i. 17, note.

Blair, The Grave, by, viii. 547

Blair, the Laird of, captured by Claver-
house, vii. 368.

Blair, burial of Claverhouse at, vii. 382.
Blair Castle, its importance, and efforts
of Mackay to secure it, vii. 371-and of
Claverhouse, 373-captured by Mackay,
390-held by the Royalists in 1745,
viii. 486.

Blaithmac, Abbot of Iona, martyrdom
of, i. 276.

Blakeney, General, in 1745, viii. 480.
Blakhal, Gilbert, vi. 207, note.
Blantyre, Lord, authorised by the Con-
vention to raise troops, vii. 297.
Bleking, remarkable Runic stone at, i.
140, note.

Blind Harry's Wallace, date, &c., of, iii. 413.
"Blue Ribbon" of the Covenanters, the,
vi. 248, and note.

Boadicea, questions as to the received
histories of, i. 12.

"Board of Trustees," the, viii. 514.
Bochetel, French envoy to the Emperor
of Germany, iv. 97.

Body-guard, want of one on the accession
of Queen Mary, iv. 23.
Boece Hector, use made by him of the
Agricola of Tacitus, i. 11 et seq.-his
account of Galgacus, Caractacus, &c.,
12-and of the Grampians, 16, note-
on the Roman remains in Scotland,
51, note on Arthur's Oon, 53-on the
sculptured stones, 155-his account of
the battle of Luncarty, 339, note-and
of the murder of Kenneth III., ib.,
note on the capture of Aberdeen, ii.
256, note-first Principal of King's
College, Aberdeen, iii. 404-character-
istics of his History, 414.

Bohun, Sir Henry de, killed at Bannock-
burn, ii. 266.

Boiamund de Vicci or Bagimond, rating
of Church lands by, ii. 38.
Bolingbroke, his accession to office, viii.
223 secretly implicated with the
Jacobites, 243-his policy on the charge
against Harley, 245.
Bolton Castle, removal of Queen Mary to,
iv. 393-and from it, v. 248.

Bondsmen or thralls, ancient laws regard-
ing, ii. 72 et seq.-burgh regulations re-
garding, 92 note.

Bone, ancient ornaments of, i. 123.
Book of Canons and Ordination abolished
by Assembly of 1638, vi. 230 — and
again by that of 1639, 272.

Book of Common Order, the, its origin
and history, iv. 331-its character, 332
-differences between it and the Eng-
lish Liturgy, 333-directions for the
ministration of the Lord's Supper, 335
et seq.-marriage, 338-baptism, ib.-
variations in different editions, 339-
the various editions of it, 341, 342-
directions regarding the burial of the
dead, 346 et seq.-translation of it into
Gaelic, 348 et seq. its general use,
vi. 115-enlarged version of it, 1618,
116.

Book of Common Prayer, the English, at
first used in the Scots Kirk, iv. 330-
differences between it and the Scots
Book of Common Order, 332.
Book of Discipline, dissensions between
the clergy and laity regarding it, iv. 34
et seq.-rejected by the State, v. 146-
the Second, 202 et seq.-it rejected by
Parliament, 204.

"Book of Ordination," Laud's, vi. 105,
note, 230, 272.

Boot, the torture of the, vii. 175.
Borcovicus, supposed modern name of, i.
20, note.

Border laws, repeal of, after the acces-
sion of James VI. to the English throne,
V. 409.

Border peels, remains of, iii. 434.
Borderers, the, proceedings of James V.
against, iii. 142 et seq.-their alienation
from James V., 152-their conduct at
the battle of Ancrum, 237-traffickings
of Henry VIII. with them, ib. et seq.
-excommunication or cursing of, 320
et seq.-expedition of Murray against
them, iv. 46-measures of Murray
against them, v. 8-shelter the fugitive
leaders of the northern rebellion, and
invade England, 22-excepted from
truce of 1572, 73.

Borders, position of affairs on the, iii. 221
-Bothwell created warden, iv. 163–
vigorous measures of Murray on, 356-
troubles on the, 1575, V. 153-negotia-
tions with England regarding them, 154
-troubles on, 1584, 229-and on Queen
Mary's execution, 262-disorders on,
and their repression, vi. 18.

Bore Stone, the, at Bannockburn, ii. 264,
note.

Borough or burgh, origin of name, ii.
86.

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

Borthwick, commander of artillery at
Flodden, iii. 77.