The advice to princes tradition in Scottish literature, 1450-1500

Preface iii Conventions and Abbreviations v Introduction 1 Chapter 1: De Regimine Principum 12 Chapter 2: Sir Gilbert Hay, the prose MS and the Buik of King Alexander 45 Chapter 3: Lancelot of the Laik 143 Chapter 4: The Talis of the Fyve Bestes 201 Chapter 5: The Buke of the Chess 244 Chapter 6: Friar William Touris: The Contemplacioun of Synnaris 273 Chapter 7: The Thre Prestis of Peblis 316 Chapter 8: John Ireland : the Meroure of Wyssdome 355 Conclusion 453 Bibliography 464