THE

WORKS

OF

JAMES THE FIRST,

KING OF SCOTLAND.

WORKS

JAMES THE FIRST

KING OF SCOTLAND,

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

A HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL DISSERTATION
ON HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS.

ALSO,

SOME BRIEF REMARKS ON THE INTIMATE CONNEXION OF

THE SCOTS LANGUAGE

WITH THE OTHER NORTHERN DIALECTS.

AND

A Dissertation on Scottish Music;

THE WHOLE ACCOMPANIED WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL,

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY.

Sweet bard! to Scotia dear, thy laws

Were ever true to Freedom's cause;

And while the Thistle rears its head,

While swains old Scotia's mountains tread,

Or Freemen her rich vallies throng,
Thy name shall live, immortaliz'd in song.

GLASGOW:

PRINTED BY W. LANG.

SOLD BY BRASH AND CO. REID AND HENDERSON, T. OGILVIE,
AND MCLEOD & MORRIS, GLASGOW.

A. CONSTABLE & CO. AND OLIVER & BOYD, EDINBURGH.