OF THE COURT OF James the First: CONTAINING, I. OSBORNE'S TRADITIONAL MEMOIRS. II. SIR ANTHONY WELDON'S COURT AND CHARACTER OF KING JAMES. III. AULICUS COQUINARIÆ. IV. SIR EDWARD PEYTON'S DIVINE CATASTROPHE OF THE HOUSE OF STUARTS. WITH NOTES AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. EDINBURGH: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. FOR JOHN BALLANTYNE AND CO., EDINBURGH; AND LONDON. 1811. ADVERTISEMENT. THE scarce Works, which are here republished in a uniform shape, bear reference to an interesting period of history, and throw considerable light upon each other. They may be considered as holding a middle character between History and Memoirs, neither presenting the systematized form and dignified elevation of the one, nor the connected narrative and detail of the other species of composition; but they contain many curious facts concerning the Courts of James I., his predecessor, and successor, for which the reader might in vain ransack either the work of the professed historian, or the memoirs of individuals. Some notes have been added for the purpose of ex 173572 |