▁treat ise , ▁Some ▁R ules ▁and ▁Ca utions ▁to ▁be ▁Ob ser ved ▁and ▁E sch ew ed ▁in ▁Scottish ▁Pro s ody , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 5 8 4 ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁aged ▁ 1 8 , ▁was ▁both ▁a ▁po etic ▁manual ▁and ▁a ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁po etic ▁tradition ▁in ▁his ▁mother ▁tongue , ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁applied ▁Renaissance ▁principles . ▁He ▁became ▁patron ▁and ▁member ▁of ▁a ▁loose ▁circle ▁of ▁Scottish ▁Jacob e an ▁court ▁po ets ▁and ▁mus icians , ▁later ▁called ▁the ▁Cast al ian ▁Band , ▁which ▁included ▁William ▁F ow ler ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 6 0 ▁– ▁ 1 6 1 2 ), ▁John ▁Stewart ▁of ▁Bald yn ne is ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 4 5 ▁– ▁c . ▁ 1 6 0 5 ), ▁and ▁Alexander ▁Mont gom erie ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 5 0 ▁– ▁ 1 5 9 8 ). ▁They ▁translated ▁key ▁Renaissance ▁texts ▁and ▁produced ▁po ems ▁using ▁French ▁forms , ▁including ▁son net s ▁and ▁short ▁son net s , ▁for ▁narr ative , ▁nature ▁description , ▁sat ire ▁and ▁med itations ▁on ▁love . ▁Later ▁po ets ▁that ▁followed ▁in ▁this ▁ve in ▁included ▁William ▁Alexander ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 6 7 ▁– ▁ 1 6 4 0 ), ▁Alexander ▁Craig ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 6 7 ▁– ▁ 1 6 2 7 ) ▁and ▁Robert ▁Ay ton ▁( 1 5 7 0 – 1