▁ 1 5 1 3 – 4 2 ) ▁supported ▁William ▁Stewart ▁and ▁John ▁Bell enden , ▁who ▁translated ▁the ▁Latin ▁History ▁of ▁Scotland ▁compiled ▁in ▁ 1 5 2 7 ▁by ▁H ector ▁Bo e ce , ▁into ▁verse ▁and ▁pro se . ▁David ▁Ly nd say ▁( c . ▁ 1 4 8 6 ▁– ▁ 1 5 5 5 ), ▁diplom at ▁and ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Lyon ▁Court , ▁was ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁poet . ▁He ▁wrote ▁eleg iac ▁narr atives , ▁roman ces ▁and ▁sat ires . ▁From ▁the ▁ 1 5 5 0 s , ▁in ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Mary , ▁Queen ▁of ▁Sc ots ▁( r . ▁ 1 5 4 2 – 6 7 ) ▁and ▁the ▁minor ity ▁of ▁her ▁son ▁James ▁VI ▁( r . ▁ 1 5 6 7 – 1 6 2 5 ), ▁cultural ▁purs uits ▁were ▁limited ▁by ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁royal ▁court ▁and ▁by ▁political ▁tur mo il . ▁The ▁Kirk , ▁heavily ▁influenced ▁by ▁Cal vin ism , ▁also ▁disc ou rag ed ▁poetry ▁that ▁was ▁not ▁dev ot ional ▁in ▁nature . ▁Nevertheless ▁po ets ▁from ▁this ▁period ▁included ▁Richard ▁M ait land ▁of ▁L ething ton ▁( 1 4 9 6 – 1 5 8 6 ), ▁who ▁produced ▁med itative ▁and ▁sat ir ical ▁vers es ▁in ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁Dun bar ; ▁John ▁Rol land ▁( fl . ▁ 1 5 3 0 – 7 5 ), ▁who ▁wrote ▁alleg or