quibus septem, veterum Scotorum res in primis memorabiles contractius reliqui vero tres posteriorum Regum ad nostra tempora historiam, quæ hucusque desiderabatur, fusius explicant; and the title prefixed to the second part is: De rebus gestis Scotorum posteriores libri tres, recentiorum regum historiam, quæ hucusque desiderabatur, ab anno Domini . usque ad annum . fusius continentes. Nunc primum in lucem editi. It owes much, in its earlier chapters, to the accounts of Hector Boece and John Mair, though some portion of the topographical matter is first-hand. In later sections he gives an independent account, from a Catholic point of view, which is a valuable supplement and corrective in many details, to the works of George Buchanan and John Knox. De origine moribus & rebus gestis Scotorum libri decem, Rome (1675), second Latin edition. Cody, E. G., ed., History of Scotland, 2 vols., Scottish Text Society (1888, 1895). A Scots language translation of the published Latin made in 1596 by James Dalrymple of the Scottish Cloister at Regensburg. Thomson, Thomas, ed., The history of Scotland, from the death of King James I. in the year M.CCCC.XXXVI to the year M.D.LXI, Bannatyne Club (1830) from a Scottish manuscript of De Origine Lesley's Latin continuation of his history from 1562 to 1571, is translated in Forbes-Leith ed., Narrative of Scottish Catholics, (1885), from the original manuscript in the Vatican. De illustriun feminarum in repubtica administranda authoritate libellus, Reims, (1580). A Latin version of a tract on The Lawfulness of the Regiment of Women (cf. Knox's pamphlet) De titulo et jure Mariae Scot. Reg., quo regni Angliae successionem sibi juste vindicat, Reims, (1580); translated in (1584). Editions Söllradl, B. (2020) De origine, moribus et rebus gestis Scotorum VIII. Lateinischer Text mit Einleitung, Übersetzung und Kommentar. Vienna: ÖAW. Notes References Anonymous life of John Lesley c.1594 and his letters, in Anderson, James, ed., Collections, vol.3, Edinburgh (1727) External links 1527 births 1596 deaths Bishops of Coutances Bishops of Ross (Scotland) 16th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Scottish abbots 16th-century Scottish historians People from Badenoch and Strathspey Alumni of the University of Aberdeen University of Paris alumni University of Poitiers alumni University of Tours Historians of Scotland John 1596 in Scotland