“ Selections from his own poems occupy pages 439–647 of the first volume, divided into three sections, Parerga, Epigrammata and Musae Aulicae. He published a volume of epigrams at Aberdeen in 1632. In these pieces he shows himself at his best. ”

“ The earliest lives are by Lauder (u.s.) and Benson (in Psalmi Davidici, 1741) . Ruddiman’s Vindication of Mr George Buchanan’s Paraphrase (1745) began a pamphlet controversy regarding the merits of the rival poets. ”