queen at Stirling and got possession of the royal children; then he joined Margaret after her flight at Morpeth, and on her departure for London returned and made his peace with Albany in 1516.  He met her once more at Berwick in June 1517, when Margaret returned to Scotland on Albany’s departure in vain hopes of regaining the regency.  Meanwhile, during Margaret’s absence, Angus had formed a connexion with a daughter of the laird of Traquair.  Margaret avenged his neglect of her by refusing to support his claims for power and by secretly trying through Albany to get a divorce.  In Edinburgh Angus held his own against the attempts of James Hamilton, 1st earl of Arran, to dislodge him.  But the return of Albany in 1521, with whom Margaret now sided against her husband, deprived him of power.  The regent took the government into his own hands; Angus was charged with high treason in December, and in March 1522 was sent practically a prisoner to France, whence he succeeded in escaping to London in 1524.  He returned to Scotland in November with promises of support from Henry VIII., with whom he made a close alliance.  Margaret, however, refused to have anything to do with her husband.  On the 23rd, therefore, Angus forced his way into Edinburgh, but was fired upon by Margaret and retreated to Tantallon.  He now organized a large party of nobles against Margaret with the support of Henry VIII., and in February 1525 they entered Edinburgh and called a parliament.  Angus was made a lord of the articles, was included in the council of regency, bore the king’s crown on the opening of the session, and with Archbishop Beaton held the chief power.  In March he was appointed lieutenant of the marches, and suppressed the disorder and anarchy on the border.  In July the guardianship of the king was entrusted to him for a fixed period till the 1st of November, but he refused at its close to retire, and advancing to Linlithgow put to flight Margaret and his opponents.  He now with his followers engrossed all the power, succeeded in gaining over some of his antagonists, including Arran and the Hamiltons, and filled the public offices with Douglases, he himself becoming chancellor.  “None that time durst strive against a Douglas nor Douglas’s man."[1] The young king James, now fourteen, was far from content under the tutelage of Angus, but he was closely guarded, and several attempts to effect his liberation were prevented, Angus completely defeating Lennox, who had advanced towards Edinburgh with 10,000 men in August, and subsequently taking Stirling.  His successes were consummated by a pacification with Beaton, and in 1527 and 1528 he was busy in restoring order through the country.  In the latter year, on the 11th of March, Margaret succeeded in obtaining her divorce from Angus, and about the end of the month she and her lover, Henry Stewart, were besieged at Stirling.  A few weeks later, however, James succeeded in escaping from Angus’s custody, took refuge with Margaret and Arran at Stirling, and immediately