James, the son of King James IV…

James, the son of King James IV of Scotland and his queen Margaret Tudor, a daughter of Henry VII of England, is the only legitimate child of his father to survive infancy.

He was born on April 10, 1512, at Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgowshire and christened the next day, receiving the titles Duke of Rothesay and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.

He becomes king at just seventeen months old when his father is killed at the Battle of Flodden Field.

James is crowned on September 21, 1513, in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle.

Sir David Lindsay (or Lyndsay) of the Mount, a poet and dramatist active in court life, will be appointed guardian of the infant King James V in October.

Gawin Douglas, the leading, poet produces an outstanding translation of Vergil's Aeneid.

Among the earliest translations of the Aeneid into a dialect of English, the work adheres closely to the Latin original.

In the evocative passages describing storms and the sea, Douglas makes good use of the great range of words available to him, capturing the joy and brightness of Vergil’s phrasing.

His original prologues to each book of the Aeneid are rich in fine literary criticism, autobiography, and nature description.