john bellenden translated latin ''history scotland'' compiled hector boece verse prose ref name brownetalpp david lyndsay c diplomat head lyon court prolific poet wrote elegiac narratives romances satires ref name vanheijnsbergen pp van heijnsbergen culture renaissance reformation poetry lynch ed ''the oxford companion scottish history'' oxford oxford university press pp nbsp ref george buchanan major influence latin poet founding tradition neo latin poetry would continue seventeenth century ref name mason pp r mason culture
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