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See also:MURE, See also:SIR See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1594–1657) , Scottish writer, son of Sir William Mure of Rowallan, was See also:born in 1594. His See also:mother was See also:Elizabeth, See also:sister of the poet See also:Alexander See also:Montgomerie (q.v.). He was a member of the Scottish See also:parliament in 1643, and took See also:part in the See also:English See also:campaign of 1644. He was wounded at See also:Marston See also:Moor, but a See also:month later was commanding a See also:regiment at See also:Newcastle. He died in 16J7. He wrote See also:Dido and See also:Aeneas; a See also:translation (1628) of See also:Boyd of Trochrig's Latin Hecatombe Christiana; The True Crucifixe for True Catholikes (1629); a See also:paraphrase of the See also:Psalms; the Historie and Descent of the See also:House of Rowallane; A See also:Counter-See also:buff to See also:Lysimachus See also:Nicanor; The Cry of See also:Blood and of a Broken See also:Covenant (165o); besides much See also:miscellaneous See also:verse and many sonnets.
A See also:complete edition of his See also:works was edited by William Tough for the Scottish See also:Text Society '(2 vols., 1898). Mure's See also:Lute-See also:Book, a musical document of considerable See also:interest, is preserved in the See also:Laing collection of See also:MSS. in the library of the university of See also:Edinburgh.
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