Bath.
_The Laird of Brodie._--Can any of your correspondents explain what James
V. of Scotland means in his celebrated ballad when he says:
"I thocht you were a gentleman,
At least the Laird of Brodie."
According to the literal meaning, it would seem that the Laird of Brodie
was something less than a gentleman? Could his majesty intend to satirise
the alleged royal descent of Brodie from Bruidhie, the son of Billi, king
of the Picts (see James' _Critical Essay_), by insinuating that the "Picts"
and their descendants were not entitled to be ranked as "Generosi?"