" ▁and ▁" Th omas ▁the ▁Rh ym er ", ▁but ▁which ▁are ▁not ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁existed ▁until ▁they ▁were ▁collected ▁and ▁recorded ▁in ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century . ▁They ▁were ▁probably ▁composed ▁and ▁transm itted ▁or ally ▁and ▁only ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁written ▁down ▁and ▁printed , ▁often ▁as ▁broad s ides ▁and ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁chap books , ▁later ▁being ▁recorded ▁and ▁noted ▁in ▁books ▁by ▁collect ors ▁including ▁Robert ▁Burn s ▁and ▁Walter ▁Scott . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁fif teenth ▁century ▁Sc ots ▁historical ▁works ▁included ▁Andrew ▁of ▁W ynt oun ' s ▁verse ▁O ry g yn ale ▁C ron yk il ▁of ▁Scotland ▁and ▁Bl ind ▁Harry ' s ▁The ▁Wal lace , ▁which ▁bl ended ▁historical ▁rom ance ▁with ▁the ▁verse ▁chron icle . ▁They ▁were ▁probably ▁influenced ▁by ▁Sc ots ▁versions ▁of ▁popular ▁French ▁roman ces ▁that ▁were ▁also ▁produced ▁in ▁the ▁period , ▁including ▁The ▁Bu ik ▁of ▁Alexander , ▁La un cel ot ▁o ▁the ▁La ik , ▁The ▁Por te ous ▁of ▁Nob len es ▁by ▁Gilbert ▁Hay . ▁ ▁Much ▁Middle ▁Sc ots ▁literature ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁mak ars , ▁po ets ▁with ▁links ▁to ▁the ▁royal ▁court , ▁which ▁included ▁James ▁I , ▁who ▁wrote ▁the ▁extended ▁poem ▁The ▁King is ▁Qu air . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁mak ars ▁had ▁university ▁education ▁and ▁so ▁were ▁also ▁connected ▁with ▁the ▁Kirk . ▁However , ▁William ▁Dun bar ' s ▁( 1 4 6 0 – 1 5 1 3 ) ▁L