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

See also:

• SIR WILLIAM MURE (1594–1657)
• MURE, WILLIAM (1799–1860)

MURE (1594–1657)  , Scottish writer, son of Sir William Mure of Rowallan, was born in 1594 . His mother was Elizabeth, sister of the poet Alexander Montgomerie (q.v.) . He was a member of the Scottish parliament in 1643, and took part in the English campaign of 1644 . He was wounded at Marston Moor, but a month later was commanding a regiment at Newcastle . He died in 16J7 . He wrote Dido and Aeneas; a translation (1628) of Boyd of Trochrig's Latin Hecatombe Christiana; The True Crucifixe for True Catholikes (1629); a paraphrase of the Psalms; the Historie and Descent of the House of Rowallane; A Counter-buff to Lysimachus Nicanor; The Cry of Blood and of a Broken Covenant (165o); besides much miscellaneous verse and many sonnets . A complete edition of his works was edited by William Tough for the Scottish Text Society '(2 vols., 1898) . Mure's Lute-Book, a musical document of considerable interest, is preserved in the Laing collection of MSS. in the library of the university of Edinburgh .