or BALLANTYNE, JOHN (_fl._ 1533-1587?).-Poet, _b._ towards the close of the 15th century, and _ed._ at St. Andrews and Paris. At the request of James V. he translated the _Historia Gentis Scotorum_ of Boece. This translation, _Chroniklis of Scotland_ is a very free one, with a good deal of matter not in the original, so that it may be almost c