THE

WORKS

OF

WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.D.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND PRINCIPAL
OF THE UNIVERSITY, OF EDINBURGH,

HISTORIOGRAPHER TO HIS MAJESTY FOR SCOTLAND,

AND

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF HISTORY
AT MADRID.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS,

BY DUGALD STEWART, F.R.S. EDIN.

A NEW EDITION.

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR CADELL AND DAVIES; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; G. WILKIE;
J. NUNN; J. CUTHELL; CLARKE AND SONS; LONGMAN, HURST, REES,
ORME, AND BROWN; E. JEFFERY; J. BOOKER; J. AND A. ARCH; S. BAGSTER
BLACK, PARBURY, AND ALLEN; J. AND T. GRAY; JOHN RICHARDSON;
J. M. RICHARDSON; CARPENTER AND SON; R. H. EVANS; J. MURRAY;
W. PHILLIPS; W. STEWART; J. MAWMAN; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY;
OGLE AND CO; GALE AND FENNER; R. S. KIRBY; W. H. REID; AND W. GINGER.

1817.

Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street, London.

THE

HISTORY

OF

SCOTLAND

DURING THE REIGNS OF

QUEEN MARY and of KING JAMES VI.

TILL

HIS ACCESSION TO THE CROWN OF ENGLAND:

WITH

A REVIEW OF THE SCOTTISH HISTORY PREVIOUS TO THAT PERIOD;

AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING ORIGINAL PAPERS.

To which is prefixed,

An Account of the LIFE and WRITINGS of the AUTHOR,

BY DUGALD STEWART, F.R.S. EDIN.

VOL. I.

ACCOUNT

OF THE

LIFE AND WRITINGS

OF

WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.D.F.R.S. E.

LATE PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, AND HISTORIOGRAPHER TO HIS MAJESTY

FOR SCOTLAND.

[Read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh.]