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| | A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John W. Cousin (s) |
 | | — Poet, novelist, and biographer, son of Walter S., a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, and Margaret Rutherford, daughter of one of the Prof. |
 | | — Historian, 2nd son of James S. of Rubislaw, friend of Sir Walter Scott, was a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, and Clerk of the Bills in the Court of Session. |
 | | In 1590 he was visited by Sir Walter Raleigh, who persuaded him to come to England, and presented him to the Queen, from whom he received a pension of £50, which does not, however, appear to have been regularly paid, and on the whole his experiences of the Court did not yield him much satisfaction. |
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