1792. Memoirs of the Karl of Mart. ^ 



and curious memorials worthy of being separated 

 from the mafs. 



In a bundle of old papers belonging to one of 

 this school, I found lately some of the primce cures 

 of Buchanan's satires, which had been transcribed 

 by Lord Innerteil, or some of his acquaintance, 

 and differ considerably from Buchanan's printed 

 works. 



la the year 1578, when Mar had attained to his 

 twentieth year, and looked forward to the full pof-« 

 sefsion of his estate, Morton, backed by the Eng-» 

 lish interest, filled Erskine with high expectations, 

 and prompted him to emancipate the young king 

 from the councils of the bishop of Rofs, and the 

 adherents of his mother. With this view he in- 

 duced Marr to the Raid, as it was called, for invest- 

 ing James with the governnaent, by the surprise 

 of Stirling castle ; in which attempt his cousin 

 Alexander, the eldest son of his uncle Sir Alexan- 

 er Erskine of Gogar, was killed. 



A compromise took place, by which it was a- 

 greed, that the Earl of Marr, being now come to 

 reasonable age, should attend the king's person, 

 and have the custody of the castle of Stirling, and 

 that Sir Alexander Erskine, his uncle, should be 

 governor of the castle of Edinburgh, one of the 

 gentlemen of his Majesty's bed chamber, and, when 

 he came to court, to have his table at the king's 

 charge as formerly*: That the Earl of Marr should 

 guard the castle, attend the king's person therein, 



* Spottlswoode'i Ecclesiastical history. 



