ical ▁sat ires ▁in ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁Douglas ▁and ▁court ier ▁and ▁minister ▁Alexander ▁H ume ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 5 6 – 1 6 0 9 ), ▁whose ▁cor pus ▁of ▁work ▁includes ▁nature ▁poetry ▁and ▁ep istol ary ▁verse . ▁Alexander ▁Scott ' s ▁(? 1 5 2 0 – 8 2 / 3 ) ▁use ▁of ▁short ▁verse ▁designed ▁to ▁be ▁s ung ▁to ▁music , ▁opened ▁the ▁way ▁for ▁the ▁Cast il an ▁po ets ▁of ▁James ▁VI ' s ▁adult ▁reign . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁mid ▁six teenth ▁century , ▁written ▁Sc ots ▁was ▁increasing ly ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁developing ▁Standard ▁English ▁of ▁Southern ▁England ▁due ▁to ▁develop ments ▁in ▁royal ▁and ▁political ▁interactions ▁with ▁England . ▁The ▁English ▁supplied ▁books ▁and ▁distrib uting ▁B ibles ▁and ▁Protest ant ▁literature ▁in ▁the ▁Low lands ▁when ▁they ▁inv aded ▁in ▁ 1 5 4 7 . ▁With ▁the ▁increasing ▁influence ▁and ▁avail ability ▁of ▁books ▁printed ▁in ▁England , ▁most ▁writing ▁in ▁Scotland ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁done ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁fashion . ▁Le ading ▁figure ▁of ▁the ▁Scottish ▁Re formation ▁John ▁Kno x ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁being ▁host ile ▁to ▁Sc ots ▁because ▁he ▁wrote ▁in ▁a ▁Sc ots - inf lect ed ▁English ▁developed ▁while ▁in ▁ex ile ▁at ▁the ▁English ▁court . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 5 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 5 9 0 s ▁James ▁VI ▁strongly ▁promoted ▁the ▁literature ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁of ▁his ▁birth ▁in ▁Sc ots . ▁His