▁included ▁Ly nd say ' s ▁The ▁Th rie ▁Est ait is , ▁the ▁anonymous ▁The ▁Man er ▁of ▁the ▁C yr ing ▁of ▁an e ▁Play ▁and ▁Phil ot us . ▁After ▁his ▁acc ession ▁to ▁the ▁English ▁throne , ▁James ▁VI ▁increasing ly ▁fav oured ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁southern ▁England ▁and ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁the ▁court ▁as ▁a ▁centre ▁of ▁patron age ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 3 ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁blow ▁to ▁Scottish ▁literature . ▁The ▁po ets ▁who ▁followed ▁the ▁king ▁to ▁London ▁began ▁to ▁ang lic ise ▁their ▁written ▁language ▁and ▁only ▁significant ▁court ▁poet ▁to ▁continue ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁Scotland ▁after ▁the ▁king ' s ▁departure ▁was ▁William ▁Dr um mond ▁of ▁Haw th or nd en . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Union ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 7 ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁Sc ots ▁was ▁disc ou rag ed . ▁All an ▁R ams ay ▁( 1 6 8 6 – 1 7 5 8 ) ▁is ▁often ▁described ▁as ▁leading ▁a ▁" vern ac ular ▁rev ival " ▁and ▁he ▁laid ▁the ▁found ations ▁of ▁a ▁re aw ak ening ▁of ▁interest ▁in ▁older ▁Scottish ▁literature . ▁He ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁community ▁of ▁po ets ▁working ▁in ▁Sc ots ▁and ▁English ▁that ▁included ▁William ▁Hamilton ▁of ▁Gilbert field , ▁Robert ▁C raw ford , ▁Alexander ▁Ross , ▁William ▁Hamilton ▁of ▁Bang our , ▁Al ison ▁R uther ford ▁C ock burn ▁and ▁James ▁Thompson . ▁Also ▁important ▁was ▁Robert ▁Fer g us son . ▁Robert ▁Burn