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SIR JAMES SEMPILL (1566–1626)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 633 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JAMES See also:SEMPILL (1566–1626) was the son of See also:John Sempill of Beltrees, and See also:Mary See also:Livingstone, one of the " four Marys," companions of Mary, See also:queen of Scots. He was brought up with James VI. under See also:George See also:Buchanan, and later assisted the See also:king in the preparation of his Basilikon Doron. See also:Ambassador to See also:England 1 S9o-1600, he was made a See also:knight See also:bachelor, and in 16o1 was sent to See also:France. He died at See also:Paisley in 1626. His wife was Egidia or Geillis See also:Elphinstone of Blythswood. He wrote some theological See also:works in See also:prose, but is chiefly remembered for the poem " The Packman's See also:Pater Noster," a vigorous attack upon the See also:Church of See also:Rome. An edition was published at See also:Edinburgh in 1669 entitled " A Pick-tooth for the See also:Pope, or the Packman's Pater Noster, translated out of Dutch by S. I. S., and newly augmented and enlarged by his son R. S." (reprinted by See also:Paterson). Seven poems, chiefly of an amorous See also:character, are printed in T. G.

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Stevenson's edition of The Sempill Ballates.

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