and Doouglas, but he also translates from Clément Marot and from Ronsard, and some of his work invites comparison with Baroque writers such as Marino, Góngora, Donne and Herbert. Bibliography Alexander Montgomerie, Poems, ed. David Parkinson (Edinburgh: Scottish Text Society, 2000) Alexander Montgomerie. A selection from his songs and poems. Ed. & Introduced by Helena M. Shire. Pub. Oliver & Boyd for The Saltire Society. (1960). Selected early imprints The text of the frontispieces of three early imprints of works by Montgomerie run as follows: The Cherrie and the Slae. Composed into Scottis Meeter, be Alexander Mongomerie. Prented according to a Copie corrected be the Author himselfe. Edinburgh. Prented be Robert Waldegrave, prenter to the Kings Majestie. Anno 1597. Cum Privilegio Regio. The Mindes Melodie. Contayning certayne Psalmes of the Kinglie Propheete David, applyed to a new pleasant tune, verie comfortable to everie one that is rightlie acquainted therewith. Edinburgh. Printed be Robert Charteris, printer to the King's most Excellent Maiestie. 1605. Cum Priuilegio Regali. The Flyting betwixt Montgomery and Polwart. Edinburgh. Printed by the Heires of Andro Hart, 1629. Discography Thus spak Apollo myne: The songs of Alexander Montgomerie. Paul Rendall (tenor) and Rob MacKillop (lute). Gaudeamus CD GAU 249 See also Hessilhead Scottish literature References Further reading Irving, David, ed., The poems of Alexander Montgomery: with biographical notices, Edinburgh (1821) Jack, R.D.S., Alexander Montgomerie, Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh (1985) Lyall, Roderick J., Alexander Montgomerie: Poetry, Politics, and Cultural Change in Jacobean Scotland, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, (2005) Parkinson, David John, ed., Poems of Alexander Montgomerie, 2 vols, Scottish Text Society (2000) Shire, Helena Mennie, Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland under King James VI, Cambridge University Press, (1969) Translations Александр Монтгомери. Вишня и Тёрн. Сонеты. Перевод Сергея Александровского. Составитель и научный редактор Е. Витковский. – М.: Водолей Publishers, 2007 (Alexander Montgomerie. The Cherrie and the Slae. Sonnets. Translation by Sergei Alexandrovsky. Foreword, ed. and annotations by Eugen V. Witkowsky. М., 2007) External links Sonnets of Alexander Montgomerie (original texts and Russian translations by Sergei Alexandrovsky). 1550s births 1598 deaths 16th-century Scottish writers 16th-century male writers 16th-century Scottish poets People from Ayrshire Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism Scottish soldiers Scots Makars Castalian Band Burials at Holyrood Abbey Burials at the Canongate Kirkyard Scottish Renaissance writers Middle Scots poets Scottish courtiers