▁around ▁ 1 5 6 0 ▁and ▁contains ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁many ▁Sc ots ▁po ets ▁who ▁would ▁otherwise ▁be ▁unknown . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁fif teenth ▁century , ▁Sc ots ▁pro se ▁also ▁began ▁to ▁develop ▁as ▁a ▁genre . ▁Although ▁there ▁are ▁earlier ▁fragments ▁of ▁original ▁Sc ots ▁pro se , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Auch in le ck ▁Chron icle , ▁the ▁first ▁complete ▁surv iving ▁work ▁is ▁John ▁Ireland ' s ▁The ▁Mer oure ▁of ▁Wy ss d ome ▁( 1 4 9 0 ). ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁pro se ▁transl ations ▁of ▁French ▁books ▁of ▁ch ival ry ▁that ▁surv ive ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 4 5 0 s , ▁including ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁the ▁Law ▁of ▁Ar mys ▁and ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁K nych th ode ▁and ▁the ▁treat ise ▁Sec re ta ▁Sec et orum , ▁an ▁Arab ic ▁work ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁Arist ot le ' s ▁advice ▁to ▁Alexander ▁the ▁Great . ▁The ▁land mark ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁James ▁IV ▁was ▁G av in ▁Douglas ' s ▁version ▁of ▁Vir g il ' s ▁A ene id , ▁the ▁E ne ados , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁complete ▁translation ▁of ▁a ▁major ▁classical ▁text ▁in ▁an ▁Ang lic ▁language , ▁finished ▁in ▁ 1 5 1 3 , ▁but ▁over shadow ed ▁by ▁the ▁dis aster ▁at ▁Fl od den ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁Golden ▁age ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁patron ▁of ▁po ets ▁and ▁authors ▁James ▁V ▁( r .