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         Middleton, Thomas, 17th cent.
      
       
         
           1677
        
      
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             An appendix to the history of the Church of Scotland containing the succession of the archbishops and bishops in their several sees from the reformation of the religion until the year 1676, as also the several orders of monks and friers &c. in Scotland before the Reformation : with the foundation of the universities and colledges, their benefactours, principals, professours of divinity and present masters : and an account of the government, laws and constitution of the Kingdom.
             Middleton, Thomas, 17th cent.
          
           [4], 47 p.
           
             Printed by E. Flesher for R. Royston ...,
             London :
             MDCLXXVII [i.e. 1677]
          
           
             Preface signed: Thomas Middleton.
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           AN
           APPENDIX
           TO
           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           The
           Church
           of
           Scotland
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           AN
           APPENDIX
           TO
           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           The
           Church
           of
           Scotland
           ;
           CONTAINING
           The
           Succession
           of
           the
           ARCHBISHOPS
           and
           BISHOPS
           in
           their
           several
           Sees
           ,
           from
           the
           Reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           until
           the
           year
           1676.
           
           AS
           ALSO
           The
           several
           Orders
           of
           MONKS
           and
           FRIERS
           ,
           &c.
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           before
           the
           Reformation
           :
           WITH
           The
           Foundation
           of
           the
           VNIVERSITIES
           and
           
             COLLEDGES
             ,
             their
          
           Benefactours
           ,
           Principals
           ,
           Professours
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           
             and
             present
          
           Masters
           :
           AND
           An
           Account
           of
           the
           
             GOVERNMENT
             ,
             LAWS
          
           and
           CONSTITVTION
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             E.
             Flesher
          
           ,
           for
           
             R.
             Royston
          
           ,
           Bookseller
           to
           the
           KING
           's
           most
           Sacred
           MAJESTY
           ,
           
             Anno
             Domini
          
           MDCLXXVII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           I
           May
           be
           justly
           ashamed
           to
           appear
           in
           print
           near
           so
           great
           an
           Authour
           ,
           whose
           Work
           is
           received
           and
           entertained
           with
           such
           universal
           Applause
           ,
           that
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           reckoned
           among
           the
           Patterns
           of
           Historie
           .
           But
           many
           do
           still
           complain
           of
           one
           Defect
           ,
           that
           his
           Historie
           being
           written
           chiefly
           for
           his
           own
           Countrie
           ,
           those
           things
           that
           relate
           to
           the
           Constitution
           and
           Government
           there
           ,
           are
           rather
           hinted
           ,
           and
           supposed
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           then
           fully
           opened
           .
        
         
           This
           has
           made
           many
           desire
           a
           clear
           Account
           of
           those
           things
           ;
           and
           the
           Humour
           of
           writing
           the
           
             present
             State
          
           of
           Kingdoms
           being
           now
           common
           to
           most
           Nations
           ,
           many
           have
           wished
           to
           see
           the
           present
           State
           of
           Scotland
           .
           Therefore
           the
           quick
           Sale
           of
           this
           excellent
           Historie
           encouraging
           the
           Bookseller
           to
           give
           the
           World
           a
           Fourth
           Edition
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           was
           earnest
           with
           me
           ,
           to
           write
           such
           an
           Appendix
           to
           it
           as
           might
           adde
           somewhat
           to
           its
           value
           and
           sale
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           importunate
           to
           find
           out
           one
           who
           would
           write
           a
           Continuation
           to
           it
           :
           but
           I
           knew
           well
           ,
           that
           both
           my
           Abilities
           in
           writing
           and
           my
           Informations
           were
           too
           defective
           to
           adventure
           on
           such
           a
           Work.
           And
           the
           Bookseller
           receiving
           a
           full
           satisfaction
           to
           his
           design
           in
           the
           Memoires
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Hamilton
           ,
           (
           from
           which
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           not
           a
           full
           History
           of
           all
           that
           passed
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           hoped
           the
           World
           will
           receive
           more
           light
           about
           the
           late
           Troubles
           then
           has
           been
           yet
           published
           ,
           )
           there
           remained
           nothing
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           to
           give
           the
           
             Succession
             of
             the
             Bishops
          
           from
           the
           time
           where
           the
           former
           History
           ends
           ,
           with
           the
           Account
           of
           
             Religious
             
             Orders
          
           and
           Houses
           ,
           the
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Universities
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Learned
             Men
          
           that
           flourished
           in
           them
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           true
           State
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           in
           its
           
             Government
             ,
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           
             Supreme
             Courts
          
           .
           Which
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           doe
           as
           fully
           as
           seemed
           needfull
           .
           I
           did
           not
           adventure
           on
           so
           hardy
           a
           Work
           without
           communicating
           it
           to
           Learned
           and
           knowing
           Persons
           ,
           by
           whose
           directions
           I
           have
           now
           finished
           these
           Sheets
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           long
           searched
           into
           those
           things
           ,
           and
           have
           used
           all
           the
           endeavours
           that
           were
           possible
           ,
           to
           get
           any
           Mistakes
           that
           might
           have
           crept
           in
           with
           such
           a
           variety
           of
           Informations
           rectified
           :
           so
           that
           I
           am
           very
           confident
           there
           are
           no
           considerable
           Errours
           in
           matters
           of
           fact
           in
           the
           Account
           that
           follows
           .
        
         
           I
           once
           intended
           to
           have
           published
           a
           Collection
           I
           have
           made
           of
           the
           
             Noble
             Families
          
           in
           Scotland
           :
           But
           hearing
           there
           was
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ingaged
           in
           it
           ,
           who
           intends
           to
           write
           from
           very
           authentical
           grounds
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           I
           have
           stifled
           that
           part
           of
           my
           Collection
           .
        
         
           If
           my
           Style
           or
           way
           of
           writing
           be
           not
           according
           to
           what
           the
           Reader
           expects
           ;
           as
           I
           need
           great
           Allowances
           for
           my
           Defects
           ,
           so
           I
           know
           upon
           what
           Disadvantages
           I
           appear
           after
           such
           a
           Grave
           and
           Masculine
           Writer
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           as
           when
           one
           comes
           out
           of
           a
           very
           lightsom
           place
           ,
           where
           his
           Eyes
           were
           filled
           with
           Brightness
           ,
           into
           a
           darker
           Room
           ,
           it
           appears
           quite
           dark
           unto
           him
           ;
           I
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           wonder
           ,
           if
           after
           so
           clear
           a
           Light
           ,
           all
           my
           Informations
           look
           like
           Night
           and
           Darkness
           .
        
         
           
             THOMAS
             MIDDLETON
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           I
           May
           be
           justly
           ashamed
           to
           appear
           in
           print
           near
           so
           great
           an
           Authour
           ,
           whose
           Work
           is
           received
           and
           entertained
           with
           such
           universal
           Applause
           ,
           that
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           reckoned
           among
           the
           Patterns
           of
           History
           .
           But
           many
           do
           still
           complain
           of
           one
           Defect
           ,
           that
           his
           History
           being
           written
           chiefly
           for
           his
           own
           Country
           ,
           those
           things
           that
           relate
           to
           the
           Constitution
           and
           Government
           there
           ,
           are
           rather
           hinted
           ,
           and
           supposed
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           then
           fully
           opened
           .
        
         
           This
           has
           made
           many
           desire
           a
           clear
           Account
           of
           those
           things
           ;
           and
           the
           Humour
           of
           writing
           the
           
             present
             State
          
           of
           Kingdoms
           being
           now
           common
           to
           most
           Nations
           ,
           many
           have
           wished
           to
           see
           the
           present
           State
           of
           Scotland
           .
           Therefore
           the
           quick
           Sale
           of
           this
           excellent
           History
           encouraging
           the
           Bookseller
           to
           give
           the
           World
           a
           Fourth
           Edition
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           was
           earnest
           with
           me
           ,
           to
           write
           such
           an
           Appendix
           to
           it
           as
           might
           adde
           somewhat
           to
           its
           value
           and
           sale
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           importunate
           to
           find
           out
           one
           who
           would
           write
           a
           Continuation
           to
           it
           :
           but
           I
           knew
           well
           ,
           that
           both
           my
           Abilities
           in
           writing
           and
           my
           Informations
           were
           too
           defective
           to
           adventure
           on
           such
           a
           Work
           :
           therefore
           all
           that
           I
           could
           undertake
           was
           onely
           to
           give
           the
           
             Succession
             of
             the
             Bishops
          
           from
           the
           time
           where
           the
           former
           History
           ends
           ,
           with
           the
           Account
           of
           
             Religious
             Orders
          
           and
           Houses
           ,
           the
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Universities
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Learned
             Men
          
           that
           flourished
           in
           them
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           true
           State
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           in
           its
           
             Government
             ,
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           
             Supreme
             Courts
          
           .
           Which
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           doe
           as
           fully
           as
           seemed
           needfull
           .
           I
           did
           not
           adventure
           on
           so
           hardy
           a
           Work
           without
           communicating
           it
           to
           Learned
           and
           knowing
           Persons
           ,
           by
           whose
           directions
           I
           have
           now
           finished
           these
           Sheets
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           long
           searched
           into
           those
           things
           ,
           and
           have
           used
           all
           the
           endeavours
           that
           were
           possible
           ,
           to
           get
           any
           Mistakes
           that
           might
           have
           crept
           in
           with
           such
           a
           variety
           of
           Informations
           rectified
           :
           so
           that
           I
           am
           very
           confident
           there
           are
           no
           considerable
           Errours
           in
           matters
           of
           fact
           in
           the
           Account
           that
           follows
           .
        
         
           If
           my
           Style
           or
           way
           of
           writing
           be
           not
           according
           to
           what
           the
           Reader
           expects
           ;
           as
           I
           need
           great
           Allowances
           for
           my
           Defects
           ,
           so
           I
           know
           upon
           what
           disadvantages
           I
           appear
           after
           such
           a
           grave
           and
           Masculine
           Writer
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           as
           when
           one
           comes
           out
           of
           a
           very
           lightsome
           place
           ,
           where
           his
           Eyes
           were
           filled
           with
           Brightness
           ,
           into
           a
           darker
           Room
           ,
           it
           appears
           quite
           dark
           unto
           him
           ;
           I
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           wonder
           ,
           if
           after
           so
           clear
           a
           Light
           ,
           all
           my
           Informations
           look
           like
           Night
           and
           Darkness
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             A
             List
             of
             the
             
               
                 KINGS
              
               
                 NOBILITY
              
               
                 
                   ARCH-BISHOPS
                   and
                   BISHOPS
                
              
            
             of
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             
               The
               First
               CHAPTER
            
             Containeth
             
               The
               Succession
               of
               the
               Archbishops
               and
               Bishops
               ,
               in
               their
               several
               Sees
               ,
               from
               the
               Reformation
               of
               Religion
               ,
               to
               the
               year
            
             1676.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Second
               CHAPTER
            
             Containeth
             
               The
               several
               Orders
               of
               Monks
               and
               Friers
               and
               other
               Religious
               persons
               that
               were
               in
               SCOTLAND
               ,
               with
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               their
               Convents
               and
               Founders
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Third
               CHAPTER
            
             Containeth
             
               The
               Erection
               of
               Vniversities
               ,
               the
               Foundation
               of
               Colledges
               ,
               with
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               the
               Benefactours
               ,
               Principals
               ,
               Professours
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               present
               Masters
               and
               Professours
               therein
               ,
               and
               Learned
               Writers
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Fourth
               CHAPTER
            
             Containeth
             
               An
               Account
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               Laws
               and
               Constitution
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ;
               with
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               the
               Peers
               ,
               Shires
               ,
               Burroughs
               ,
               Lords
               of
               His
               Majestie
               's
               Privy
               Council
               ,
               Senatours
               of
               the
               Colledge
               of
               Justice
               ,
               Officers
               of
               State
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             Whereunto
             is
             added
             
               A
               Catalogue
               of
               the
               Lord
               Chancellours
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               Writers
               of
               the
            
             Scotish
             
               History
               ,
               and
               High
               Commissioners
            
             .
          
           
             With
             
               A
               compleat
               Catalogue
               of
               all
               the
               Arch-bishops
               and
               Bishops
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         AN
         APPENDIX
         TO
         THE
         HISTORY
         OF
         THE
         Church
         of
         Scotland
         .
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           Containing
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           BISHOPS
           ,
           in
           their
           several
           SEES
           ,
           from
           the
           Reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           the
           year
           1676.
           
        
         
           
             Archbishops
             of
             SAINT
             ANDREWS
             .
          
           
             AFTER
             that
             Cardinal
             
               David
               Beaton
            
             was
             murthered
             in
             his
             Castle
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             by
             
               Normand
               Leslie
            
             and
             his
             Complices
             ,
             
               James
               Hamilton
            
             ,
             
             Duke
             of
             Chattelrault
             ,
             Governour
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             did
             nominate
             his
             base
             Brother
             
               John
               Hamilton
            
             ,
             Abbot
             of
             Pasley
             ,
             to
             the
             place
             ;
             who
             thereupon
             was
             elected
             by
             the
             Canons
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             confirmed
             by
             Pope
             Paul
             the
             Third
             :
             who
             ,
             fearing
             that
             Scotland
             would
             follow
             the
             example
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             casting
             off
             the
             Yoak
             of
             the
             Roman
             See
             ,
             was
             glad
             to
             gratifie
             the
             Governour
             in
             that
             particular
             .
          
           
             About
             this
             time
             ,
             the
             Estimation
             of
             the
             Clergy
             began
             to
             decrease
             ,
             
             because
             of
             their
             corrupt
             Lives
             and
             gross
             Ignorance
             ;
             which
             induced
             divers
             of
             that
             number
             to
             relinquish
             their
             Order
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             open
             profession
             of
             the
             Truth
             :
             multitudes
             also
             of
             Monks
             and
             Friers
             ,
             leaving
             their
             Cloisters
             ,
             began
             to
             exhort
             the
             people
             to
             renounce
             the
             Romish
             Fopperies
             and
             Superstitions
             ,
             and
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             ,
             every-where
             crying
             out
             against
             the
             Corruptions
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             The
             Prelates
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             composing
             matters
             calmly
             ,
             took
             the
             contrary
             course
             ,
             exercising
             great
             Severity
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             cruelly
             burning
             such
             of
             the
             
               New
               Religion
            
             (
             as
             they
             termed
             it
             )
             as
             fell
             into
             their
             hands
             :
             those
             who
             fled
             they
             prosecuted
             with
             the
             highest
             Censures
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             Burning
             them
             
               in
               Effigie
            
             ,
             and
             Cursing
             them
             by
             Book
             ,
             Bell
             ,
             and
             Candle
             .
             But
             all
             this
             Cruelty
             served
             to
             no
             purpose
             ;
             for
             the
             death
             of
             
               Walter
               Mill
            
             (
             who
             was
             the
             last
             Martyr
             that
             suffered
             for
             Religion
             )
             was
             the
             very
             bane
             of
             Popery
             in
             Scotland
             ;
             mens
             minds
             being
             now
             wholly
             alienated
             from
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             
             and
             their
             Consciences
             convinced
             ,
             that
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             did
             neither
             allow
             such
             cruel
             Principles
             ,
             nor
             countenance
             such
             bloudy
             Practices
             .
          
           
             To
             return
             then
             to
             Archbishop
             
               John
               Hamilton
            
             ,
             who
             was
             attainted
             of
             Treason
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Murray
             :
             He
             lurked
             a
             while
             amongst
             his
             Friends
             in
             the
             West
             of
             Scotland
             ;
             but
             finding
             little
             security
             there
             ,
             he
             betook
             himself
             to
             the
             strong
             Castle
             of
             Dumbarton
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Lord
             Fleming
             was
             then
             Governour
             .
             But
             this
             Fort
             be●ng
             negligently
             kept
             ,
             was
             afterwards
             surprised
             by
             three
             Companies
             of
             Foot
             sent
             thither
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lennox
             ,
             then
             Regent
             ,
             commanded
             by
             three
             Captains
             ,
             
               Ramsay
               ,
               Crawford
            
             ,
             
             and
             Hume
             ;
             who
             seising
             upon
             the
             Prisoners
             ,
             sent
             them
             to
             sundry
             places
             ,
             and
             the
             Archbishop
             with
             a
             strong
             Guard
             to
             Striveling
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             publickly
             hanged
             on
             a
             Gibbet
             erected
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             1570.
             
             He
             was
             the
             onely
             Bishop
             that
             suffered
             by
             form
             of
             Justice
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             
             At
             this
             time
             the
             Rents
             of
             this
             Bishoprick
             were
             by
             the
             Regent
             conferred
             upon
             the
             Earl
             of
             Morton
             for
             some
             years
             ,
             as
             a
             recompence
             of
             his
             great
             charges
             in
             his
             Embassy
             to
             England
             .
             That
             Earl
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             enjoy
             them
             legally
             ,
             made
             choice
             of
             
               John
               Douglas
            
             ,
             Provost
             of
             the
             New
             Colledge
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             (
             before
             a
             Carmelite
             Frier
             ,
             and
             Chaplain
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Argile
             ,
             )
             to
             be
             Titular
             Bishop
             ;
             who
             was
             ,
             with
             much
             opposition
             of
             the
             Presbytery
             ,
             (
             for
             at
             that
             time
             there
             was
             no
             Chapter
             ,
             )
             admitted
             and
             installed
             ,
             1572.
             
             This
             Bishop
             sate
             little
             above
             two
             years
             ,
             and
             died
             at
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             1575.
             
          
           
             After
             his
             death
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Morton
             ,
             then
             Regent
             ,
             did
             prefer
             
               Patrick
               Adamson
            
             ,
             his
             Chaplain
             ,
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
             This
             Bishop
             was
             sorely
             vexed
             by
             those
             of
             the
             Kirk-party
             ,
             who
             prosecuted
             him
             with
             the
             highest
             Censures
             of
             their
             Church
             ,
             and
             excommunicated
             him
             (
             very
             informally
             )
             for
             not
             submitting
             to
             their
             Judicatory
             :
             but
             the
             business
             was
             afterwards
             compounded
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             relaxed
             .
             He
             was
             a
             man
             of
             great
             Learning
             ,
             but
             an
             ill
             Administratour
             of
             the
             Churche's
             Patrimony
             .
             He
             sate
             fifteen
             years
             ,
             and
             died
             at
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             1591.
             
          
           
             Hereupon
             the
             See
             continued
             void
             ,
             and
             the
             Profits
             thereof
             were
             by
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             bestowed
             on
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lennox
             ,
             till
             the
             Parliament
             1606.
             wherein
             the
             Temporalties
             of
             Bishopricks
             (
             in
             former
             times
             annexed
             to
             the
             Crown
             )
             were
             restored
             ;
             the
             want
             of
             which
             had
             rendered
             the
             Bishops
             of
             unserviceable
             both
             to
             Church
             and
             State.
             About
             this
             time
             ,
             
               George
               Gladstanes
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Cathnes
             ,
             was
             translated
             to
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ;
             a
             man
             of
             ready
             utterance
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             invention
             ,
             but
             of
             an
             easie
             nature
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             his
             being
             induced
             so
             easily
             to
             lease
             out
             his
             Benefice
             for
             so
             many
             Ages
             to
             come
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             detriment
             of
             his
             Successours
             .
             But
             in
             this
             he
             was
             not
             singular
             ,
             for
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             both
             Papists
             and
             Protestants
             ,
             did
             let
             Leases
             of
             their
             Benefices
             ,
             to
             their
             Friends
             and
             others
             ,
             for
             Hundreds
             of
             years
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             a
             pitifull
             pittance
             .
             Which
             Extravagancy
             was
             afterwards
             restrained
             by
             the
             wisedom
             of
             King
             James
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             of
             age
             :
             for
             he
             enacted
             ,
             That
             Bishops
             should
             let
             Leases
             for
             nineteen
             years
             ,
             Rectours
             ,
             &c.
             for
             their
             Life-time
             and
             three
             years
             ,
             and
             other
             Beneficed
             persons
             for
             their
             Life-time
             and
             three
             years
             ,
             with
             consent
             of
             their
             Patrons
             .
             Bishop
             Gladstanes
             governed
             the
             See
             ten
             years
             ,
             and
             dying
             at
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             1615.
             was
             interred
             in
             the
             South-East
             Isle
             of
             the
             Parish-Church
             .
          
           
             Upon
             his
             death
             ,
             
               John
               Spotiswood
            
             ,
             Archbishop
             of
             Glasgow
             ,
             was
             translated
             to
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ;
             who
             procured
             to
             this
             See
             (
             whose
             Rents
             were
             almost
             wholly
             alienated
             by
             his
             Predecessours
             )
             the
             Revenues
             of
             the
             Priory
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             then
             in
             Lay-hands
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             restauration
             of
             three
             hundred
             pounds
             of
             English
             money
             
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             of
             a
             long
             time
             swallowed
             up
             in
             the
             Crown-rents
             .
             The
             Office
             of
             the
             Chancellary
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             conferr'd
             upon
             him
             by
             that
             Glorious
             
               Martyr
               King
               CHARLES
            
             the
             First
             ,
             he
             discharged
             to
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             his
             Royal
             Master
             ,
             and
             the
             Churche's
             advantage
             .
             He
             was
             a
             person
             of
             rare
             Endowments
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             things
             compleatly
             qualified
             for
             his
             imployment
             .
             Yet
             did
             he
             not
             escape
             the
             hard
             measure
             which
             other
             Loyal
             Subjects
             afterward
             tasted
             of
             ;
             for
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             retire
             into
             England
             ,
             where
             he
             met
             with
             entertainment
             more
             suitable
             to
             his
             worth
             .
             He
             ended
             his
             days
             in
             a
             good
             old
             age
             ,
             and
             was
             honourably
             interred
             in
             
             Westminster-Abby
             ,
             Anno
             1639.
             after
             he
             had
             governed
             the
             See
             twenty
             four
             years
             .
          
           
             
             About
             this
             time
             our
             long
             Peace
             ,
             and
             the
             Plenty
             which
             did
             accompany
             it
             ,
             made
             us
             wanton
             ,
             our
             Prosperity
             puft
             us
             up
             with
             Pride
             ,
             we
             were
             Enemies
             to
             our
             own
             welfare
             ,
             weary
             of
             our
             present
             estate
             ,
             too
             much
             desirous
             of
             Revolutions
             ,
             and
             greedy
             of
             Novelties
             .
             Our
             private
             Discontents
             begat
             Jealousies
             and
             Animosities
             ,
             which
             (
             since
             they
             could
             be
             no
             longer
             smothered
             )
             must
             needs
             burst
             out
             into
             a
             flame
             .
             We
             were
             afraid
             of
             we
             knew
             not
             what
             ;
             nothing
             but
             the
             Preservation
             of
             Religion
             must
             be
             the
             Pretext
             ,
             and
             the
             Cloak
             to
             cover
             the
             Knavery
             which
             was
             afterwards
             acted
             :
             and
             notwithstanding
             the
             Satisfaction
             given
             unto
             us
             by
             the
             
               Best
               of
               Kings
            
             ,
             in
             laying
             aside
             the
             Book
             of
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             Book
             of
             Canons
             ,
             and
             High
             Commission
             ;
             yet
             still
             we
             continued
             dissatisfied
             .
             All
             the
             Favours
             conferr'd
             upon
             us
             by
             the
             
               Best
               of
               Princes
            
             could
             not
             ingage
             us
             to
             continue
             in
             our
             Duty
             and
             Allegeance
             to
             Him.
             All
             the
             good
             fruit
             we
             brought
             forth
             was
             ,
             our
             ingaging
             in
             a
             most
             desperate
             and
             horrible
             Rebellion
             ,
             such
             as
             former
             Ages
             could
             hardly
             parallel
             .
             Like
             
             Aesop's
             envious
             Dog
             ,
             we
             would
             neither
             be
             at
             rest
             our selves
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             our
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             such
             who
             continued
             firm
             in
             their
             Allegeance
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             be
             at
             quiet
             ,
             and
             live
             in
             Peace
             .
             Alas
             !
             we
             metamorphosed
             our
             plough-shares
             into
             swords
             ;
             the
             Son
             rose
             up
             against
             the
             
             Father
             ,
             Brother
             against
             Brother
             ;
             Parishes
             were
             divided
             ,
             Shires
             went
             into
             Factions
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             was
             divided
             against
             it self
             ,
             sheathing
             the
             Sword
             in
             its
             own
             bowels
             .
             Which
             way
             soever
             we
             look'd
             ,
             we
             saw
             nothing
             but
             that
             which
             might
             consume
             our
             eyes
             ,
             and
             grieve
             our
             hearts
             .
             If
             towards
             the
             Church
             ,
             't
             was
             rent
             by
             Schism
             ;
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             the
             Reverend
             Clergy
             ,
             were
             thrust
             out
             ,
             imprisoned
             ,
             plundered
             ,
             and
             banished
             ;
             the
             
               House
               of
               Prayer
            
             made
             (
             in
             the
             most
             literal
             sense
             )
             
               a
               Den
               of
               Thieves
            
             .
             If
             towards
             the
             State
             ,
             we
             saw
             the
             Anointed
             of
             the
             Lord
             imprisoned
             ,
             arraigned
             ,
             and
             ,
             under
             colour
             of
             Justice
             ,
             most
             barbarously
             murthered
             ,
             by
             those
             who
             slew
             him
             ,
             like
             the
             Heir
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             seise
             on
             his
             Inheritance
             .
             Alas
             !
             when
             Church
             and
             State
             were
             come
             to
             this
             pass
             ,
             the
             case
             of
             the
             poor
             Land
             must
             needs
             be
             deplorable
             .
             We
             saw
             the
             Loyal
             Subjects
             ,
             under
             the
             names
             of
             Malignants
             ,
             Traitours
             ,
             and
             Rebels
             ,
             imprisoned
             ,
             banished
             ,
             and
             miserably
             butchered
             ;
             their
             Estates
             and
             Lands
             forfeited
             and
             sold
             ;
             their
             Houses
             garrisoned
             ,
             plundered
             ,
             and
             burnt
             ;
             and
             their
             Posterity
             almost
             reduced
             to
             poverty
             and
             misery
             .
             Alas
             !
             how
             quickly
             did
             our
             after-games
             of
             Loyalty
             vanish
             through
             our
             own
             Divisions
             ?
             Was
             there
             any
             possibility
             of
             prospering
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             we
             continued
             Traitours
             to
             our selves
             ?
             When
             we
             had
             almost
             ruined
             our selves
             by
             our
             own
             intestine
             Divisions
             ,
             we
             became
             a
             Prey
             to
             a
             Tyrannical
             Crue
             of
             Usurpers
             :
             and
             to
             compleat
             our
             Miseries
             ,
             our
             Estates
             ,
             our
             Friends
             ,
             yea
             our
             very
             Consciences
             groaned
             under
             the
             grievous
             burthen
             of
             that
             insupportable
             Yoak
             ,
             which
             our
             own
             Sins
             had
             prepared
             ,
             and
             other
             mens
             Sins
             had
             put
             on
             .
             Nine
             years
             did
             we
             groan
             under
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             these
             Usurpers
             ;
             till
             it
             pleased
             Almighty
             God
             to
             remember
             us
             in
             mercy
             ,
             and
             to
             free
             us
             from
             the
             House
             of
             bondage
             ,
             blessing
             us
             ,
             after
             so
             many
             Calamities
             and
             Miseries
             ,
             with
             Peace
             ,
             by
             the
             miraculous
             Restauration
             of
             our
             
               most
               Sacred
               Sovereign
            
             to
             the
             Throne
             of
             His
             Ancestours
             ;
             whom
             God
             long
             preserve
             ,
             for
             the
             Good
             of
             this
             Church
             and
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             face
             of
             Affairs
             began
             to
             change
             ,
             and
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             
             that
             He
             might
             settle
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             summoned
             his
             First
             Parliament
             to
             meet
             at
             
               Edinburgh
               ,
               January
            
             the
             first
             1661.
             giving
             a
             Commission
             under
             the
             Great
             Seal
             to
             John
             Earl
             of
             Middleton
             ,
             to
             represent
             His
             Person
             therein
             .
             In
             the
             First
             Session
             ,
             the
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             was
             condemned
             ,
             as
             an
             unlawfull
             and
             wicked
             Oath
             ,
             imposed
             on
             the
             Subjects
             by
             a
             prevailing
             Faction
             ,
             contrary
             to
             Authority
             ;
             the
             pretended
             Triennial
             Parliaments
             from
             1640.
             to
             1649.
             with
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Glasgow
             1638
             ,
             &c.
             were
             annulled
             ;
             the
             unjust
             Transactions
             at
             Newcastle
             1646.
             and
             1647.
             condemned
             ;
             Duke
             
             Hamilton's
             Ingagement
             1648.
             approved
             ;
             the
             pretended
             Forfeitures
             of
             the
             Marquesses
             of
             Huntly
             and
             Montross
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Forth
             ,
             Barons
             of
             
               Glengarey
               ,
               Haddo
               ,
               Dunerub
               ,
               Delgaty
               ,
               Harthill
               ,
            
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             had
             suffered
             for
             their
             Loyalty
             ,
             and
             all
             Acts
             made
             in
             prejudice
             of
             Lawfull
             Authority
             ,
             were
             rescinded
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Second
             Session
             ,
             the
             Hierarchy
             was
             restored
             ,
             which
             had
             suffered
             an
             Eclipse
             for
             twenty
             four
             years
             .
             Dr.
             
               James
               Sharp
            
             ,
             Professour
             of
             Divinity
             at
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             
             (
             who
             had
             been
             Professour
             of
             Philosophy
             in
             Saint
             Leonard's
             Colledge
             ,
             )
             was
             preferred
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             Primate
             and
             Metropolitan
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             who
             now
             governs
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             The
             present
             Chapter
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             (
             the
             old
             one
             being
             dissolved
             with
             the
             Priory
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Reformation
             )
             had
             its
             beginning
             Anno
             1606.
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             consists
             of
             the
             persons
             following
             :
             
               
                 The
                 Prior
                 of
                 Portmollock
                 ,
                 Dean
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Archdeacon
                 of
                 
                   Saint
                   Andrews
                
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Vicar
                 of
                 
                   
                     
                       Saint
                       Andrews
                    
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Couper
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Craill
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Dysert
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Kircaldy
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Pittenweem
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Lewchars
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Kinkell
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Dearsie
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Fordun
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Kennoway
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Merkinch
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Abercromby
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Forgund
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Fowlis
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Rossie
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Balmerino
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Longforgund
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Vicar
                 of
                 Eglisgreig
                 ;
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 twenty
                 four
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             Cathedral
             ,
             which
             was
             an
             ancient
             and
             magnificent
             Fabrick
             ,
             was
             demolished
             with
             the
             Priory
             ;
             since
             which
             time
             the
             Parish-Church
             serves
             for
             one
             .
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             contains
             the
             whole
             Country
             of
             Fife
             ,
             part
             of
             Perthshire
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             Angus
             and
             Mernis
             .
          
           
             The
             Coat
             of
             Arms
             belonging
             to
             the
             Archiepiscopal
             See
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             is
             Saphir
             ,
             a
             Saltier
             (
             being
             the
             Cross
             of
             Saint
             Andrew
             the
             Apostle
             )
             Pearl
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Bishops
             of
             EDINBVRGH
             .
          
           
             THE
             Bishoprick
             of
             Edinburgh
             was
             founded
             by
             King
             CHARLES
             the
             First
             of
             glorious
             Memory
             ,
             about
             the
             year
             1633.
             and
             by
             him
             amply
             endowed
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Bishop
             thereof
             was
             
               William
               Forbes
            
             ,
             Doctour
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Preachers
             in
             Edinburgh
             ,
             (
             before
             ,
             Principal
             of
             the
             Marischal
             Colledge
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             )
             a
             very
             worthy
             Person
             .
             His
             Works
             shew
             him
             to
             have
             been
             a
             man
             of
             vast
             Learning
             and
             sound
             Judgment
             .
             He
             sate
             but
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             and
             died
             at
             Edinburgh
             about
             the
             year
             1634.
             
          
           
             Upon
             his
             death
             ,
             
               David
               Lindsay
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Brichen
             ,
             was
             translated
             to
             Edinburgh
             .
             The
             Fury
             of
             the
             rude
             Multitude
             fell
             heavy
             upon
             this
             Bishop
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             manifest
             danger
             and
             hazard
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             upon
             the
             first
             reading
             of
             the
             Book
             of
             Common-Prayer
             in
             
               Edinburgh
               ,
               July
            
             1637.
             
             He
             was
             thrust
             out
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             ,
             1638.
             
          
           
             
               George
               Wishart
            
             ,
             Doctour
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             was
             ,
             upon
             the
             Restitution
             of
             the
             Hierarchy
             ,
             Anno
             1662.
             promoted
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Edinburgh
             .
             This
             worthy
             man
             was
             1638.
             
             Preacher
             at
             Leith
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             Loyalty
             had
             very
             hard
             measure
             from
             the
             Covenanters
             ,
             being
             thrice
             plundered
             of
             all
             that
             he
             had
             ,
             and
             thrice
             imprisoned
             in
             a
             filthy
             stinking
             Gaol
             .
             But
             being
             delivered
             from
             thence
             ,
             he
             went
             beyond
             Sea
             with
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Montross
             1646.
             
             He
             was
             a
             person
             of
             great
             integrity
             ,
             and
             well
             seen
             in
             History
             .
             Having
             in
             his
             time
             seen
             many
             Changes
             and
             Alterations
             ,
             from
             better
             to
             worse
             ,
             and
             from
             worse
             to
             better
             ,
             he
             had
             his
             
               Nunc
               dimittis
            
             in
             peace
             ,
             at
             
               Edinburgh
               ,
               Anno
            
             1670.
             
          
           
             Upon
             his
             death
             ,
             
               Alexander
               Young
            
             ,
             Archdeacon
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Edinburgh
             ,
             who
             now
             governs
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             The
             Cathedral-Church
             is
             that
             of
             
               Saint
               Giles
            
             ,
             (
             of
             old
             a
             Collegiate
             Church
             ,
             )
             a
             vast
             and
             magnificent
             Structure
             .
             It
             is
             at
             present
             divided
             into
             four
             Partitions
             ,
             three
             whereof
             are
             allotted
             to
             God's
             publick
             Worship
             .
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Edinburgh
             containeth
             the
             Shires
             of
             
               Edinburgh
               ,
               Linlithgow
            
             ,
             and
             Berwick
             ,
             the
             Constabulary
             of
             Haddington
             ,
             and
             Bailiary
             of
             Lawderdail
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             DVNKELD
             .
          
           
             AFter
             the
             death
             of
             Bishop
             
               Robert
               Creighton
               ,
               James
               Patton
            
             was
             preferred
             Bishop
             of
             
               Dunkeld
               ,
               Anno
            
             1572.
             
             How
             long
             he
             sate
             I
             know
             not
             .
             After
             whose
             death
             ,
             the
             Bishoprick
             had
             one
             or
             two
             Titulars
             ,
             Lay-men
             ;
             but
             I
             cannot
             recover
             their
             Names
             .
          
           
             About
             the
             year
             1606.
             
             
               James
               Nicolson
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Meigle
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             To
             whom
             succeeded
             
               Alexander
               Lindsay
            
             ,
             (
             Brother
             to
             the
             Baron
             of
             Evelick
             ,
             )
             Rectour
             of
             
               Saint
               Madoe
            
             .
             This
             Bishop
             being
             threatned
             with
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Glasgow
             ,
             did
             abjure
             Episcopacy
             ,
             and
             submitted
             to
             Presbyterian
             Government
             ,
             1639
             ,
             and
             betook
             himself
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             a
             particular
             Parish
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1662.
             
             
               George
               Halyburton
            
             ,
             Preacher
             at
             Perth
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See
             ;
             a
             very
             worthy
             person
             :
             he
             sate
             little
             above
             two
             years
             .
          
           
             Upon
             his
             death
             ,
             
               Henry
               Guthry
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             —
             was
             promoted
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Dunkeld
             ,
             who
             died
             in
             the
             year
             1676.
             
          
           
             The
             Chapter
             of
             Dunkeld
             consists
             of
             the
             persons
             following
             :
             
               
                 The
                 Rectour
                 of
                 
                   
                     Kinelevin
                     ,
                     Dean
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Tibbermure
                     ,
                     Cantor
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Couper
                     ,
                     Archdeacon
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Lethindy
                     ,
                     Chancellour
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Dunkeld
                     ,
                     Thesaurer
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Parson
                 of
                 Rattray
                 ,
                 Subdean
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Rectour
                 of
                 Fungart
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Parson
                 of
                 
                   
                     Ruffill
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Kepit-mack
                     in
                     Athol
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Rectour
                 of
                 
                   
                     Inch-mack-grannoch
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Logy-Alachie
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Parson
                 of
                 Moneidy
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Rectour
                 of
                 
                   
                     Blair
                     in
                     Athol
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Eliot
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Prebendary
                 of
                 
                   
                     Fearn
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Menmure
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Aberdaigy
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             I
             can
             give
             no
             account
             of
             the
             Cathedral-Church
             ,
             in
             what
             condition
             it
             stands
             at
             present
             ,
             seeing
             I
             never
             saw
             it
             ,
             nor
             had
             any
             information
             concerning
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Dunkeld
             contains
             the
             most
             part
             of
             Perthshire
             ,
             part
             of
             Angus
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             West-Lothian
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Bishops
             of
             ABERDENE
             .
          
           
             THE
             Bishoprick
             of
             Aberdene
             suffered
             very
             much
             by
             Bishop
             
               William
               Gordon
            
             ;
             for
             he
             alienated
             the
             Profits
             thereof
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             short
             time
             brought
             the
             Revenues
             of
             that
             See
             almost
             to
             nothing
             .
             And
             indeed
             this
             Benefice
             was
             at
             his
             death
             scarce
             worth
             the
             accepting
             .
             About
             the
             year
             1579.
             
             
               David
               Cunninghame
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             
               Saint
               Nicolas
            
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See.
             This
             Bishop
             was
             a
             grave
             ,
             learned
             ,
             and
             wise
             man
             ;
             imployed
             by
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             in
             an
             Embassy
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Denmark
             ,
             and
             the
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Bishop
             did
             faithfully
             discharge
             his
             trust
             ,
             to
             his
             great
             commendation
             .
             He
             died
             about
             the
             year
             1603.
             
          
           
             Unto
             him
             succeeded
             
               Peter
               Blackburn
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             
               Saint
               Nicolas
            
             ,
             who
             governed
             the
             See
             about
             twelve
             years
             ,
             and
             dying
             Anno
             1615.
             was
             buried
             in
             
               Saint
               Nicolas
            
             Church
             in
             
               New
               Aberdene
            
             .
          
           
             Upon
             whose
             death
             ,
             
               Alexander
               Forbes
            
             ,
             (
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Ardmurdo
             ,
             )
             Bishop
             of
             Cathnes
             ,
             was
             translated
             to
             Aberdene
             .
             He
             sate
             little
             above
             three
             years
             ,
             and
             dying
             Anno
             1618.
             was
             buried
             in
             the
             Cathedral-Church
             .
          
           
             To
             him
             succeeded
             ,
             upon
             King
             
             James's
             Nomination
             ,
             and
             the
             Chapter
             's
             Election
             ,
             
               Patrick
               Forbes
            
             of
             Corse
             .
             This
             worthy
             man
             ,
             at
             the
             earnest
             importunity
             of
             the
             Bishops
             of
             Aberdene
             and
             Murray
             ,
             did
             enter
             into
             Orders
             in
             the
             forty
             eighth
             year
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             An.
             1612.
             and
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             Benefice
             of
             Keath
             in
             Strath-Yla
             ;
             in
             which
             station
             he
             continued
             six
             years
             :
             and
             after
             the
             death
             of
             Bishop
             
               Alexander
               Forbes
            
             ,
             at
             the
             importunity
             both
             of
             the
             Clergy
             and
             Laiety
             ,
             he
             did
             accept
             of
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Aberdene
             .
             He
             was
             in
             great
             esteem
             and
             favour
             with
             King
             James
             and
             King
             Charles
             ,
             being
             Privy
             Councellour
             to
             both
             Kings
             .
             In
             his
             old
             age
             he
             was
             much
             troubled
             with
             the
             Palsie
             .
             Seventeen
             years
             did
             he
             faithfully
             and
             wisely
             govern
             the
             See
             ,
             and
             died
             in
             his
             house
             in
             
               Old
               Aberdene
            
             1635.
             in
             the
             seventy
             first
             year
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             being
             interred
             in
             the
             South
             Isle
             of
             the
             Cathedral-Church
             ,
             near
             the
             Sepulchre
             of
             Bishop
             
               Gawan
               Dumbar
            
             .
             His
             Commentary
             upon
             the
             Revelations
             ,
             and
             a
             Discourse
             of
             the
             Ministerial
             Office
             ,
             do
             shew
             his
             Learning
             and
             Judgment
             .
          
           
             Upon
             his
             death
             ,
             
               Adam
               Bannatyn
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Dumblane
             ,
             was
             translated
             to
             Aberdene
             ,
             who
             being
             thrust
             out
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             ,
             retired
             into
             England
             ,
             where
             he
             died
             shortly
             after
             .
             His
             house
             in
             
               Old
               Aberdene
            
             ,
             for
             magnificence
             in
             all
             things
             like
             a
             Palace
             ,
             was
             plundered
             by
             a
             Regiment
             of
             the
             Covenanters
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             quite
             demolished
             by
             the
             English
             Usurpers
             .
          
           
             Several
             Learned
             and
             Worthy
             men
             ,
             in
             the
             Diocese
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             were
             at
             this
             time
             thrust
             out
             of
             their
             Livings
             .
             The
             most
             considerable
             were
             ,
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Forbes
                
                 of
                 Corse
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 and
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 in
                 the
                 King's
                 Colledge
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Baron
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 and
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 in
                 the
                 Marischal
                 Colledge
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Leslie
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 Principal
                 or
                 Warden
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Colledge
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Scroggie
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 Minister
                 in
                 
                   Old
                   Aberdene
                
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Patrick
                   Dune
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 Principal
                 of
                 the
                 Marischal
                 Colledge
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Ross
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 Parson
                 of
                 
                   Saint
                   Nicolas
                
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   James
                   Sibbald
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 Minister
                 in
                 Aberdene
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Forbes
                
                 ,
                 Parson
                 of
                 Auchterless
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Andrew
                   Logie
                
                 ,
                 Parson
                 of
                 Rayne
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Ross
                
                 ,
                 Parson
                 of
                 Birse
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Gregory
                
                 ,
                 Rectour
                 of
                 Drummaok
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Logie
                
                 ,
                 Rectour
                 of
                 Raphan
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Thoires
                
                 ,
                 Minister
                 at
                 Vdny
                 .
              
            
          
           
             After
             the
             Restauration
             of
             the
             Hierarchy
             ,
             His
             most
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             King
             CHARLES
             the
             Second
             ,
             preferr'd
             
               David
               Mitchel
            
             (
             one
             of
             the
             Prebendaries
             of
             Westminster
             )
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Aberdene
             .
             This
             worthy
             man
             was
             Anno
             1638.
             one
             of
             the
             Preachers
             of
             Edinburgh
             ;
             and
             being
             thrust
             out
             by
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Glasgow
             ,
             retired
             into
             England
             .
             He
             lived
             not
             a
             whole
             year
             after
             his
             Consecration
             :
             he
             died
             in
             
               Old
               Aberdene
            
             ,
             and
             was
             interred
             in
             the
             South
             Isle
             of
             the
             Cathedral-Church
             ,
             1663.
             
          
           
             To
             him
             succeeded
             
               Alexander
               Burnet
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             —
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Kent
             ;
             who
             sate
             little
             above
             a
             year
             ,
             being
             translated
             to
             Glasgow
             ,
             which
             was
             then
             void
             by
             the
             death
             of
             Archbishop
             Fairfoul
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             Translation
             ,
             Anno
             1664.
             the
             Reverend
             
               Patrick
               Scougal
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Salton
             ,
             was
             promoted
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Aberdene
             ;
             who
             is
             yet
             alive
             ,
             and
             governs
             the
             See
             wisely
             and
             piously
             .
          
           
             The
             Chapter
             of
             Aberdene
             consists
             of
             the
             persons
             following
             :
          
           
           
             Since
             the
             Rectory
             of
             
               Saint
               Machar
            
             was
             annexed
             to
             the
             King's
             Colledge
             ,
             the
             Principal
             thereof
             is
             Dean
             ;
             
               
                 The
                 Parson
                 of
                 
                   
                     Auchterless
                     ,
                     Cantor
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Rayne
                     ,
                     Archdeacon
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Birse
                     ,
                     Chancellour
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Daviot
                     ,
                     Thesaurer
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Rectour
                 of
                 
                   Saint
                   Peters
                
                 ,
                 Subcantor
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Parson
                 of
                 Kinkell
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 the
                 Patron
                 of
                 seven
                 Churches
                 ,
                 
                   Kinkell
                   ,
                   Drumblait
                   ,
                   Monkeigie
                   ,
                   Kintor
                   ,
                   Kemnay
                   ,
                   Kinnellar
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Dyce
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Parson
                 of
                 Morthlick
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Rectour
                 of
                 
                   
                     Monimusk
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Kincairden
                     of
                     Neill
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Rectour
                 of
                 
                   
                     Turreff
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Belbelvies
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Banchory-Devoneif
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Logie-Buchan
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Parson
                 of
                 
                   
                     Clatt
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Methlick
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Innernochty
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Rectour
                 of
                 Coldstane
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 Parson
                 of
                 
                   
                     Oyn
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Crowdan
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Tillinessill
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Forbes
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Phillorth
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Lonmay
                     ;
                  
                
              
               
                 The
                 Prebendary
                 of
                 
                   
                     Deir
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Ellen.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             The
             Cathedral
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             dedicated
             to
             Saint
             Macbar
             ,
             was
             founded
             by
             Bishop
             Kinninmouth
             ,
             who
             died
             before
             the
             work
             was
             raised
             six
             cubits
             high
             ,
             Anno
             1370
             ,
             Bishop
             Leighton
             ,
             1430
             ,
             built
             Saint
             John's
             Isle
             ,
             laid
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             great
             Steeple
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             two
             lesser
             Steeples
             ,
             and
             advanced
             the
             Fabrick
             mightily
             .
             The
             Roof
             was
             laid
             on
             ,
             and
             the
             Floor
             paved
             with
             free-stone
             ,
             by
             Bishop
             
               Lindsay
               ,
               Anno
            
             1445.
             
             Bishop
             Spence
             adorned
             the
             Chancel
             with
             many
             brave
             Ornaments
             1460.
             
             Bishop
             Elphingston
             did
             perfect
             the
             great
             Steeple
             ,
             (
             which
             was
             a
             mark
             for
             Sailours
             in
             those
             days
             ,
             )
             and
             furnished
             it
             with
             costly
             and
             tunable
             Bells
             ,
             1489.
             
             Bishop
             Dumbar
             did
             perfect
             the
             two
             lesser
             Steeples
             ,
             cieled
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             built
             the
             South-Isle
             ,
             1522.
             
             And
             his
             Successour
             ,
             Bishop
             Stewart
             ,
             built
             the
             Consistory-house
             Anno
             1539.
             
             This
             glorious
             Structure
             (
             being
             near
             ninescore
             years
             in
             building
             )
             did
             not
             remain
             twentie
             years
             in
             its
             integrity
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             almost
             ruined
             by
             a
             Crue
             of
             sacrilegious
             Church-robbers
             :
             for
             Anno
             1560.
             the
             Barons
             of
             Mernis
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             some
             of
             the
             Towns-men
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             having
             demolished
             the
             Monasteries
             of
             the
             Black
             and
             Gray
             Friers
             ,
             fell
             to
             rob
             the
             Cathedral
             ,
             which
             they
             spoiled
             of
             all
             its
             costly
             Ornaments
             and
             Jewels
             ,
             and
             demolished
             the
             Chancel
             .
             Having
             shipped
             the
             Lead
             ,
             Bells
             ,
             and
             other
             Utensils
             ,
             intending
             to
             expose
             them
             to
             sale
             in
             Holland
             ,
             all
             this
             ill-gotten
             Wealth
             sunk
             (
             by
             the
             just
             Judgment
             of
             God
             upon
             Sacriledge
             )
             not
             far
             from
             the
             Gridle-Ness
             .
             The
             body
             of
             the
             Cathedral
             was
             preserved
             from
             utter
             ruine
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             Huntly
             .
             Afterwards
             ,
             An.
             1607.
             the
             Church
             was
             repaired
             ,
             and
             covered
             with
             Slate
             ,
             at
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             and
             so
             continues
             yet
             in
             pretty
             good
             repair
             .
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Aberdene
             contains
             the
             Shire
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             most
             part
             of
             Bamff-shire
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             Mernis
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             MVRRAY
             .
          
           
             AFter
             the
             death
             of
             Bishop
             
               Patrick
               Hepburn
            
             ,
             this
             Benefice
             was
             conferred
             upon
             
               Alexander
               Lindsay
            
             ,
             Lord
             Spinie
             ,
             who
             possessed
             it
             many
             years
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             See
             continued
             vacant
             till
             about
             the
             year
             1606
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             
               Alexander
               Douglas
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Elgin
             ,
             was
             promoted
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             .
             How
             long
             he
             sate
             ,
             I
             cannot
             learn.
             
          
           
             His
             Successour
             was
             
               John
               Guthry
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Preachers
             in
             Edinburgh
             ;
             in
             whose
             time
             fell
             out
             our
             second
             Reformation
             .
             Most
             of
             the
             Bishops
             left
             their
             Bishopricks
             ,
             having
             wisely
             withdrawn
             themselves
             into
             England
             ,
             to
             avoid
             the
             Storm
             which
             threatned
             them
             ;
             whereas
             this
             Bishop
             stay'd
             at
             home
             till
             his
             Bishoprick
             left
             him
             .
             Being
             thrust
             from
             his
             Benefice
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             ,
             he
             retired
             to
             his
             ancient
             Inheritance
             of
             Guthry
             in
             Angus
             ,
             where
             he
             lived
             very
             contentedly
             and
             hospitably
             ,
             exercising
             his
             Charity
             amongst
             the
             Poor
             .
             He
             died
             much
             lamented
             ,
             during
             our
             Civil
             Wars
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1662.
             
             
               Murdo
               Mackenzie
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             Elgin
             ,
             was
             preferred
             Bishop
             of
             Murray
             ,
             who
             now
             governs
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             The
             Cathedral-Church
             of
             Elgin
             ,
             founded
             by
             Andrew
             Bishop
             of
             Murray
             ,
             1230.
             was
             one
             of
             the
             rarest
             Monuments
             that
             this
             Kingdom
             afforded
             ,
             equal
             almost
             to
             Saint
             Paul's
             in
             London
             (
             as
             I
             am
             informed
             )
             in
             length
             ,
             but
             surpassing
             it
             in
             breadth
             .
             It
             was
             demolished
             at
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             yet
             some
             of
             the
             stately
             Ruines
             are
             still
             to
             be
             seen
             and
             admired
             .
          
           
             The
             Parish-Church
             ,
             dedicated
             to
             
               Saint
               Peter
            
             ,
             was
             (
             as
             I
             am
             informed
             )
             founded
             by
             George
             the
             second
             Earl
             of
             Huntly
             ,
             about
             the
             year
             1490.
             
          
           
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Murray
             contains
             the
             Shires
             of
             
               Elgin
               ,
               Nairn
            
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             Innernes
             and
             
             Bamff-Shires
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             BRICHEN
             .
          
           
             BIshop
             
             Sinclair's
             Successour
             in
             the
             See
             of
             Brichen
             was
             one
             Campbell
             ,
             Cousin
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Argile
             ,
             about
             the
             year
             1567.
             
             How
             long
             he
             sate
             ,
             I
             cannot
             learn.
             
          
           
             Anno
             16
             —
             
               Andrew
               Lamb
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             Burnt-Island
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             translated
             to
             Galloway
             ,
             then
             void
             by
             the
             death
             of
             Bishop
             
               William
               Cowper
            
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             Translation
             ,
             Anno
             1619.
             
             
               David
               Lindsay
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Dundee
             ,
             was
             promoted
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Brichen
             :
             he
             was
             translated
             to
             Edinburgh
             1634.
             
          
           
             Unto
             whom
             succeeded
             
               Walter
               Whitfurd
            
             ,
             (
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Milnton
             ,
             )
             Rectour
             of
             —
             who
             was
             outed
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             1639.
             and
             his
             house
             plundred
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1662.
             
             
               David
               Straughan
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Fettercairn
             ,
             was
             preferred
             Bishop
             of
             Brichen
             ,
             He
             sate
             nine
             years
             ,
             and
             dying
             1671.
             was
             buried
             in
             the
             Cathedral-Church
             .
          
           
             His
             Successour
             was
             
               Robert
               Lowry
            
             ,
             Dean
             of
             Edinburgh
             ,
             who
             now
             governs
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             The
             Cathedral-Church
             of
             Brichen
             is
             a
             pretty
             handsom
             Fabrick
             :
             it
             hath
             on
             the
             South-side
             a
             small
             Steeple
             ,
             not
             unlike
             the
             Monument
             on
             
               Fish-street-hill
               ,
               London
            
             ,
             save
             that
             it
             is
             broader
             at
             the
             top
             then
             at
             the
             bottom
             ;
             by
             whom
             built
             ,
             I
             cannot
             learn.
             The
             Chancel
             was
             demolished
             by
             our
             first
             Reformers
             .
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Brichen
             contains
             part
             of
             Angus
             and
             Mernis
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             DVMBLANE
             .
          
           
             ABout
             the
             year
             1572.
             
             
               Andrew
               Grhame
            
             ,
             Uncle
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Montross
             ,
             was
             preferred
             Bishop
             of
             Dumblane
             .
          
           
             —
             and
             translated
             to
             Orkney
             1615.
             
          
           
             To
             whom
             succeeded
             
               Adam
               Bannatyn
            
             of
             Kilconqhuar
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             Fawkirk
             ,
             who
             governed
             the
             See
             till
             Anno
             1635.
             at
             which
             time
             he
             was
             translated
             to
             Aberdene
             ,
             then
             void
             by
             the
             death
             of
             Bishop
             
               Patrick
               Forbes
            
             .
          
           
             His
             Successour
             was
             
               James
               Wedderburn
            
             ,
             Professour
             of
             Divinity
             in
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             who
             was
             thrust
             out
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             1639.
             
          
           
             Anno
             1662.
             
             
               Robert
               Leighton
            
             ,
             Principal
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Edinburgh
             ,
             was
             promoted
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Dumblane
             .
             He
             was
             a
             man
             of
             singular
             and
             wonderfull
             Piety
             ,
             of
             great
             Learning
             ;
             and
             in
             him
             most
             of
             the
             eminent
             Vertues
             we
             admire
             in
             the
             Primitive
             Bishops
             seemed
             to
             be
             revived
             .
             His
             Life
             was
             most
             exemplary
             and
             severe
             ,
             he
             preached
             constantly
             ,
             and
             seemed
             like
             one
             in
             heaven
             when
             he
             preached
             :
             his
             Humility
             was
             astonishing
             ;
             his
             Meekness
             and
             Charity
             were
             extraordinary
             ;
             his
             expence
             on
             himself
             very
             small
             ,
             but
             all
             he
             had
             he
             laid
             out
             on
             the
             poor
             :
             he
             was
             very
             tender
             of
             all
             the
             concerns
             of
             his
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             excellent
             deportment
             ,
             and
             heavenly
             discourses
             ,
             did
             much
             edifie
             and
             instruct
             them
             all
             :
             and
             he
             studied
             by
             the
             most
             gentle
             methods
             possible
             to
             overcome
             the
             peevishness
             of
             the
             Schismaticks
             ;
             but
             all
             was
             in
             vain
             ,
             for
             they
             became
             more
             insolent
             and
             stubborn
             .
             He
             was
             translated
             to
             Glasgow
             1670.
             
          
           
             Upon
             which
             Translation
             ,
             
               James
               Ramsay
            
             ,
             Dean
             of
             Glasgow
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See
             ,
             now
             living
             1676.
             
          
           
             The
             Bishop
             of
             Dumblane
             is
             always
             Dean
             of
             the
             King's
             Chappel
             Royal.
             
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Dumblane
             contains
             part
             of
             Perth
             and
             Striveling-shires
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             ROSS
             .
          
           
             
               JOhn
               Leslie
            
             ,
             Doctour
             of
             the
             Canon
             Law
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             Senatours
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Justice
             ,
             (
             before
             Canonist
             in
             the
             King's
             Colledge
             ,
             and
             Official
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             )
             was
             ,
             upon
             the
             death
             of
             Bishop
             Sinclair
             ,
             preferred
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Ross
             1564.
             
             He
             was
             a
             person
             of
             great
             Integrity
             ,
             and
             a
             faithfull
             servant
             to
             Queen
             Mary
             in
             the
             time
             of
             her
             Troubles
             .
             He
             wrote
             the
             History
             of
             his
             Nation
             ,
             together
             with
             a
             Description
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             He
             died
             at
             Bruxels
             in
             Flanders
             1596.
             
          
           
             To
             him
             succeeded
             Anno
             1599.
             
             
               David
               Lindsay
            
             ,
             (
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Edyell
             ,
             )
             Preacher
             at
             
             Leith
             ,
             a
             worthy
             ,
             pious
             ,
             and
             learned
             Prelate
             .
             He
             sate
             —
             years
             ,
             and
             dying
             161
             —
             was
             buried
             in
             the
             Parish-Church
             of
             Leith
             .
          
           
             After
             his
             death
             ,
             
               Patrick
               Lindsay
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             
               Saint
               Vigens
            
             in
             Angus
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See
             ,
             who
             being
             translated
             to
             
               Glasgow
               ,
               Anno
            
             1635.
             left
             for
             his
             Successour
          
           
             
               John
               Maxwell
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Preachers
             of
             Edinburgh
             ,
             a
             very
             Learned
             man
             ,
             a
             great
             Preacher
             ,
             and
             of
             excellent
             parts
             ;
             but
             was
             generally
             censured
             for
             meddling
             too
             much
             in
             Civil
             affairs
             ,
             and
             for
             being
             too
             violent
             ,
             which
             was
             thought
             a
             great
             occasion
             of
             the
             Troubles
             that
             followed
             .
             He
             was
             thrust
             out
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             Anno
             1639.
             and
             afterwards
             much
             prosecuted
             by
             them
             as
             an
             Incendiary
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1662.
             
             
               John
               Paterson
            
             ,
             Preacher
             in
             Aberdene
             ,
             was
             promoted
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Ross
             ,
             who
             now
             governs
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             The
             Cathedral
             of
             Chanonry
             (
             where
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Ross
             his
             Seat
             is
             )
             was
             demolished
             by
             our
             first
             Reformers
             ;
             some
             part
             whereof
             (
             as
             I
             am
             informed
             )
             is
             lately
             rebuilt
             .
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Ross
             hath
             under
             its
             Jurisdiction
             the
             Shires
             of
             
               Tayn
               ,
               Cromarty
            
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             Innernes-shire
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             CATHNES
             .
          
           
             AFter
             the
             death
             of
             Bishop
             
               Robert
               Stewart
            
             1586.
             the
             See
             continued
             vacant
             till
             the
             year
             1599.
             at
             which
             time
             
               George
               Gladstanes
            
             ,
             Preacher
             in
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             was
             preferred
             Bishop
             of
             Cathnes
             .
             He
             was
             translated
             to
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             about
             the
             year
             1606.
             
          
           
             Unto
             whom
             succeeded
             
               Alexander
               Forbes
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             Fettercairn
             in
             Mernis
             ,
             who
             was
             translated
             to
             Aberdene
             ,
             then
             void
             by
             the
             death
             of
             Bishop
             
               Peter
               Blackburn
            
             ,
             1615.
             
          
           
             Upon
             this
             Translation
             ,
             
               John
               Abernethy
            
             was
             promoted
             to
             the
             See
             ,
             a
             Learned
             and
             worthy
             Prelat
             ,
             thrust
             out
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             1639.
             
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Restitution
             of
             Hierarchy
             ,
             1662.
             
             
               Patrick
               Forbes
            
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See
             ,
             now
             living
             ,
             1676.
             
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Cathnes
             (
             whereof
             Dornoch
             in
             Sutherland
             is
             the
             Bishop's
             Seat
             )
             contains
             the
             Shires
             of
             Cathnes
             and
             Sutherland
             .
          
           
             I
             can
             give
             no
             account
             of
             the
             Cathedral
             ,
             having
             neither
             seen
             it
             ,
             nor
             received
             any
             information
             concerning
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             ORKNEY
             .
          
           
             ABout
             the
             year
             1565.
             
             
               Adam
               Bothwell
            
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Orkney
             ,
             and
             deposed
             1568.
             for
             marrying
             Queen
             Mary
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Bothwell
             ,
             but
             was
             the
             year
             after
             restored
             .
             He
             exchanged
             his
             Bishoprick
             of
             Orkney
             (
             with
             
               Robert
               Stewart
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             base
             Sons
             of
             King
             James
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             )
             for
             the
             Abby
             of
             Holy-rood-house
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             he
             became
             a
             Senatour
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             a
             Temporal
             Lord
             ,
             being
             the
             Ancestour
             of
             the
             Lord
             Holy-rood-house
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             Exchange
             ,
             
               Robert
               Stewart
            
             became
             Bishop
             of
             Orkney
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             (
             upon
             the
             Forfeiture
             of
             
               James
               Hepburn
            
             Earl
             of
             Bothwell
             ,
             and
             the
             obtaining
             of
             these
             Isles
             for
             a
             Temporal
             Estate
             ,
             )
             sole
             Lord
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             being
             created
             Earl
             of
             Orkney
             1581.
             
          
           
             About
             the
             year
             1606.
             
             
               James
               Law
            
             was
             Bishop
             of
             Orkney
             ,
             and
             translated
             to
             Glasgow
             1615.
             
          
           
             To
             Bishop
             Law
             succeeded
             
               Andrew
               Grahame
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Dumblane
             .
             How
             long
             he
             sate
             ,
             I
             cannot
             learn.
             
          
           
             
               George
               Grahame
            
             was
             after
             him
             preferred
             Bishop
             of
             Orkney
             .
             This
             Bishop
             being
             terrified
             with
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Glasgow
             ,
             did
             abjure
             Episcopacy
             ,
             and
             submitted
             to
             Presbyterian
             Government
             ,
             betaking
             himself
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             a
             particular
             Parish
             ,
             1638.
             
          
           
             Hereupon
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             did
             promote
             
               Robert
               Baron
            
             ,
             Doctour
             and
             Professour
             of
             Divinity
             in
             the
             Marischal
             Colledge
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             .
             This
             Learned
             and
             worthy
             man
             having
             incensed
             the
             Covenanters
             ,
             by
             expressing
             his
             Loyalty
             so
             publickly
             in
             the
             Disputes
             between
             the
             Doctours
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Henderson
             ,
             Mr.
             Dickson
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Cant
             ,
             the
             three
             great
             Champions
             for
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             flee
             to
             Berwick
             ,
             where
             he
             died
             shortly
             after
             ,
             before
             his
             Consecration
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1662.
             
             
               Thomas
               Sydserfe
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Galloway
             ,
             the
             onely
             Bishop
             then
             alive
             of
             all
             those
             who
             had
             been
             outed
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             ,
             was
             translated
             to
             Orkney
             .
             He
             sate
             but
             a
             few
             years
             ,
             and
             died
             Anno
             1663.
             
          
           
           
             Unto
             whom
             succeeded
             
               Andrew
               Honniman
            
             ,
             a
             learned
             and
             pious
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             Preacher
             .
             This
             Bishop
             accompanying
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             at
             Edinburgh
             ,
             received
             a
             wound
             in
             the
             Arm
             by
             Pistol-shot
             ,
             aimed
             at
             the
             Archbishop
             by
             an
             obscure
             fellow
             ,
             1668.
             
             He
             died
             Anno
             1676.
             and
             was
             buried
             at
             Kirkwall
             in
             the
             Cathedral-Church
             .
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Orkney
             hath
             under
             its
             Jurisdiction
             all
             the
             Northern
             Isles
             of
             Orkney
             and
             Schetland
             .
          
        
         
           
             Archbishops
             of
             GLASGOW
             .
          
           
             UPon
             the
             death
             of
             Archbishop
             
               Gawin
               Dumbar
               ,
               Anno
            
             1552.
             
             
               James
               Beaton
            
             ,
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Balfour
             in
             Fife
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See.
             This
             Prelat
             ,
             being
             attainted
             of
             Treason
             ,
             went
             into
             France
             ,
             carrying
             with
             him
             all
             the
             Ornaments
             ,
             Plate
             and
             Writings
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Glasgow
             ,
             which
             he
             put
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Carthusians
             in
             Paris
             ,
             to
             be
             restored
             when
             Scotland
             became
             Popish
             again
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1572.
             
             
               James
               Boyd
            
             ,
             of
             Trochrig
             ,
             was
             promoted
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             ;
             a
             wise
             ,
             worthy
             and
             Religious
             Prelat
             .
             He
             died
             1578.
             and
             was
             interred
             in
             the
             sepulchre
             of
             Bishop
             Dumbar
             .
          
           
             Unto
             whom
             succeeded
             
               Robert
               Montgomery
            
             ,
             Preacher
             at
             Striveling
             ;
             who
             being
             much
             vexed
             by
             the
             Kirk-men
             ,
             was
             glad
             ,
             for
             peace
             sake
             ,
             to
             betake
             himself
             to
             the
             Charge
             of
             a
             particular
             Parish
             in
             Kile
             ,
             1587.
             resigning
             his
             Bishoprick
             in
             favour
             of
          
           
             
               William
               Erskine
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Campsey
             ,
             who
             injoyed
             it
             but
             a
             short
             time
             :
             For
          
           
             Archbishop
             Beaton
             was
             by
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             restored
             .
             He
             was
             a
             person
             honourably
             disposed
             ,
             faithfull
             to
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             while
             she
             lived
             ,
             and
             to
             King
             James
             ,
             whose
             Embassadour
             he
             was
             ,
             a
             Lover
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             and
             liberal
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             means
             ,
             to
             all
             his
             Country-men
             .
             He
             died
             1603.
             a
             full
             Jubilee
             of
             years
             from
             his
             Consecration
             .
          
           
             After
             his
             death
             ,
             
               John
               Spotiswood
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Calder
             ,
             was
             preferred
             Archbishop
             of
             Glasgow
             .
             He
             sate
             twelve
             years
             ,
             and
             was
             translated
             to
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             1615.
             
          
           
             Hereupon
             
               James
               Law
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Orkney
             ,
             was
             translated
             to
             Glasgow
             ,
             who
             dying
             Anno
             1635.
             
          
           
             
               Patrick
               Lindsay
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Ross
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See
             ,
             and
             outed
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             Anno
             1638.
             
          
           
             The
             first
             Archbishop
             after
             the
             Restitution
             of
             the
             Hierarchy
             was
             
               Andrew
               Fairfoul
            
             ,
             Preacher
             in
             Dunce
             ,
             who
             sate
             little
             above
             a
             year
             .
          
           
             Upon
             whose
             death
             ,
             Anno
             1664.
             
             
               Alexander
               Burnet
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             was
             translated
             to
             Glasgow
             ,
             and
             outed
             1669.
             and
          
           
             
               Robert
               Leighton
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Dumblane
             ,
             preferred
             to
             the
             See
             ,
             who
             resigning
             Anno
             1674.
             
          
           
             Archbishop
             Burnet
             was
             restored
             ,
             and
             now
             governs
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             The
             Cathedral
             of
             Glasgow
             ,
             a
             very
             magnificent
             Structure
             ,
             was
             built
             by
             Bishop
             
               John
               Achtian
            
             1135.
             
             It
             oweth
             thanks
             to
             the
             memory
             of
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             for
             its
             preservation
             from
             utter
             ruine
             .
             For
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Glasgow
             persuaded
             the
             Magistrates
             to
             pull
             it
             down
             ,
             and
             to
             build
             two
             or
             three
             Churches
             with
             the
             materials
             thereof
             :
             the
             Magistrates
             condescending
             ,
             a
             day
             is
             appointed
             ,
             and
             workmen
             ready
             to
             demolish
             it
             .
             The
             Crafts
             or
             Tradesmen
             ,
             having
             notice
             given
             them
             of
             this
             design
             ,
             convene
             in
             Arms
             ,
             and
             oppose
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             threatning
             to
             bury
             the
             workmen
             under
             the
             ruines
             of
             that
             ancient
             Building
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             matter
             is
             referred
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Council
             ,
             who
             decided
             the
             Controversie
             in
             the
             Tradesmens
             favours
             ,
             reproving
             the
             Magistrates
             very
             sharply
             .
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Glasgow
             contains
             the
             Counties
             or
             Shires
             of
             
               Dumbarton
               ,
               Ranfrew
               ,
               Air
               ,
               Lanerick
               ,
            
             part
             of
             the
             Shires
             of
             
               Roxburgh
               ,
               Dumfreis
               ,
               Peeblis
            
             and
             Selkirk
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             GALLOWAY
             .
          
           
             ABout
             the
             year
             1606.
             
             
               Gawin
               Hamilton
            
             was
             Bishop
             of
             Galloway
             ,
             a
             very
             worthy
             person
             .
             His
             Successour
             ,
             Anno
             1614.
             was
             
               William
               Cowper
            
             ,
             Preacher
             at
             Perth
             ,
             a
             Learned
             and
             pious
             Prelat
             :
             he
             died
             1619.
             of
             whom
             see
             the
             former
             History
             ,
             page
             540.
             
          
           
             Upon
             whose
             death
             ,
             
               Andrew
               Lamb
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Brichen
             ,
             was
             translated
             to
             Galloway
             .
             How
             long
             he
             sate
             ,
             I
             cannot
             learn.
             
          
           
             After
             him
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Sydserfe
            
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See
             ,
             a
             learned
             and
             worthy
             Prelate
             :
             he
             was
             outed
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             1638.
             and
             upon
             the
             Restitution
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             Estate
             ,
             Anno
             1662.
             translated
             to
             Orkney
             .
          
           
             About
             which
             time
             
               James
               Hamilton
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             Cambusnethan
             ,
             was
             promoted
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             .
          
           
           
             Unto
             whom
             succeeded
             Anno
             1674.
             
             
               John
               Paterson
            
             ,
             Dean
             of
             Edinburgh
             ,
             who
             now
             governs
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Galloway
             hath
             under
             its
             Jurisdiction
             the
             Shire
             of
             Wigton
             ,
             Stewartry
             of
             Kirkubright
             ,
             Regality
             of
             Glenluce
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             Dumfreis-shire
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             ARGILE
             .
          
           
             AFter
             George
             Laird
             of
             Balcomie
             ,
             (
             who
             is
             the
             last
             Bishop
             of
             Argile
             mentioned
             by
             our
             Reverend
             Authour
             in
             his
             Second
             Book
             ,
             )
             I
             meet
             with
             some
             who
             have
             been
             Bishops
             before
             the
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             was
             
               Robert
               Montgomery
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Sons
             of
             Hugh
             the
             first
             Earl
             of
             Eglington
             .
          
           
             Then
             ,
             one
             Campbell
             ,
             who
             spoiled
             the
             Benefice
             ,
             about
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             there
             was
             one
             Kerswell
             Bishop
             of
             Argile
             :
             how
             long
             he
             governed
             the
             See
             ,
             I
             cannot
             learn.
             
          
           
             To
             him
             succeeded
             —
             Boyd
             .
             [
             
               See
               the
            
             Addenda
             .
             ]
          
           
             To
             whom
             succeeded
             
               James
               Fairley
            
             ,
             who
             was
             thrust
             out
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             1638.
             and
             afterwards
             renounced
             his
             Bishoprick
             ,
             and
             accepted
             a
             private
             Charge
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1662.
             —
             Fletcher
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             —
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See
             ;
             who
             dying
             Anno
             1665.
             
          
           
             
               William
               Scrowgie
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Rapban
             in
             Aberdene-shire
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             place
             .
             He
             governed
             the
             See
             nine
             years
             ,
             and
             died
             at
             
               Dumbritton
               Anno
            
             1675.
             
          
           
             Unto
             him
             succeeded
             
               Arthur
               Ross
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Glasgow
             ,
             who
             now
             governs
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             The
             Diocese
             of
             Argile
             contains
             the
             Countries
             of
             
               Argile
               ,
               Lorn
               ,
               Kintire
            
             ,
             and
             Lochabyr
             ,
             with
             some
             of
             the
             West
             Isles
             ,
             such
             as
             Lismore
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Bishops
             of
             the
             ISLES
             .
          
           
             ABout
             the
             year
             1606
             ,
             
               Andrew
               Knox
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             Pasley
             ,
             was
             preferred
             to
             the
             See.
             
          
           
             How
             long
             he
             sate
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
          
           
             His
             Successour
             was
             
               John
               Knox
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             —
             How
             long
             he
             governed
             the
             See
             ,
             I
             cannot
             learn.
             
          
           
             Anno
             162
             —
             
               John
               Leslie
            
             was
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Isles
             ,
             and
             after
             translated
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Rapbo
             ,
             in
             the
             Province
             of
             Armagh
             in
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             To
             him
             succeeded
             Anno
             162
             —
             
               Neil
               Campbell
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             —
             who
             was
             thrust
             out
             by
             the
             Covenanters
             1638.
             
          
           
             Since
             the
             Restauration
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             
               Robert
               Wallace
            
             ,
             Rectour
             of
             Barnwell
             in
             the
             Sheriffdom
             of
             Air
             ,
             was
             made
             Bishop
             of
             this
             See.
             He
             governed
             it
             seven
             years
             ,
             and
             died
             An.
             1669.
             and
             the
             See
             hath
             been
             void
             ever
             since
             .
          
           
             EVery
             Bishop
             hath
             under
             him
             an
             Official
             or
             Commissary
             ,
             who
             is
             Judge
             of
             the
             Spiritual
             Court
             within
             his
             Diocese
             .
             Unto
             this
             Court
             are
             referred
             matters
             of
             Testaments
             ,
             Bastardy
             ,
             Divorce
             ,
             Tithes
             ,
             Perjury
             ,
             &c.
             and
             many
             Civil
             cases
             .
             It
             sits
             in
             the
             Months
             of
             
               November
               ,
               December
               ,
               January
               ,
               February
               ,
               June
               ,
            
             and
             July
             .
          
           
             
               Commissaries
               of
               Scotland
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Sir
                   
                     David
                     Falconer
                  
                   of
                   Glenfarqbuar
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Henry
                     Fowlis
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Aikenbeid
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Wishart
                  
                   ,
                
              
               Commissaries
               of
               Edinburgh
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lindsay
              
               ,
               Official
               of
               
                 Saint
                 Andrews
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Fleeming
              
               ,
               Official
               of
               Glasgow
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Stewart
              
               ,
               Commissary
               of
               Dunkeld
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Scougall
              
               ,
               Commissary
               of
               Aberdene
               .
            
             
               
                 Alexander
                 Mackenzie
              
               ,
               Official
               of
               Murray
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Paterson
              
               ,
               Commissary
               of
               Ross
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Straughan
              
               ,
               Commissary
               of
               Brichen
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Innes
              
               ,
               Official
               of
               Cathnes
               .
            
             
               —
               Monro
               ,
               Commissary
               of
               —
            
             
               
                 William
                 Scrougie
              
               ,
               Commissary
               of
               Argile
               .
            
             
               The
               Officials
               of
               
                 
                   Dumblane
                   .
                
                 
                   Galloway
                   .
                
                 
                   Orkney
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Isles
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             HAving
             given
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Succession
             of
             the
             Bishops
             in
             their
             several
             Sees
             ,
             let
             us
             take
             a
             short
             view
             of
             the
             several
             Courts
             ,
             subordinate
             to
             them
             ,
             wherein
             is
             exercised
             Ecclesiastical
             Discipline
             .
          
           
           
             The
             First
             and
             Lowest
             (
             which
             is
             in
             every
             Parish
             )
             is
             called
             
               the
               Session
            
             .
             It
             consists
             of
             the
             chief
             and
             most
             grave
             men
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             who
             are
             termed
             Elders
             and
             Deacons
             .
             In
             this
             small
             Court
             (
             whereof
             the
             Minister
             is
             President
             )
             all
             Fornicatours
             ,
             Adulterers
             ,
             Blasphemers
             ,
             Swearers
             ,
             Prophaners
             of
             the
             Lord's-day
             ,
             &c.
             are
             convented
             ,
             and
             put
             to
             make
             publick
             Confessions
             of
             their
             Sins
             ,
             and
             Professions
             of
             their
             Repentance
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             degree
             or
             hainousness
             of
             them
             .
             For
             Fornication
             ,
             they
             make
             publick
             Confession
             in
             the
             Church
             three
             several
             Lord's-days
             ;
             in
             the
             last
             of
             which
             they
             receive
             Absolution
             .
             For
             an
             Adultery
             ,
             they
             make
             their
             Profession
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             for
             half
             a
             year
             ,
             every
             Lord's-day
             ;
             and
             for
             six
             Lord's-days
             they
             stand
             in
             sackcloath
             at
             the
             Church-door
             half
             an
             hour
             before
             Morning-prayers
             :
             and
             then
             in
             the
             end
             receive
             Absolution
             .
             And
             for
             other
             Faults
             ,
             they
             doe
             penance
             according
             to
             their
             several
             degrees
             .
             The
             Deacon's
             Office
             is
             ,
             to
             collect
             the
             Money
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             to
             delate
             Delinquents
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             that
             of
             the
             Elder
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             carefull
             of
             the
             Fabrick
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             to
             assist
             in
             the
             censuring
             scandalous
             persons
             ,
             and
             to
             wait
             on
             the
             Minister
             at
             the
             Celebration
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ,
             &c.
             
             This
             Court
             sitteth
             once
             a
             week
             .
          
           
             The
             number
             of
             the
             Parishes
             in
             Scotland
             is
             uncertain
             :
             I
             conjecture
             them
             to
             be
             about
             a
             Thousand
             .
          
           
             The
             Next
             Court
             is
             called
             
               the
               Presbyterie
            
             ,
             consisting
             of
             twelve
             or
             twenty
             Ministers
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             .
             That
             sits
             once
             in
             two
             or
             three
             weeks
             .
             The
             Moderatour
             or
             President
             thereof
             is
             chosen
             by
             the
             Bishop
             .
             In
             this
             Court
             are
             discussed
             Appeals
             from
             Sessions
             ,
             and
             other
             difficult
             cases
             .
             Here
             are
             convented
             all
             those
             who
             refuse
             to
             submit
             to
             Church-Discipline
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             as
             apostatize
             to
             Popery
             or
             Quakerism
             ;
             who
             ,
             if
             they
             remain
             obstinate
             ,
             are
             prosecuted
             with
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Here
             also
             all
             such
             as
             enter
             into
             Holy
             Orders
             are
             examined
             ,
             and
             an
             account
             taken
             of
             their
             Learning
             ,
             and
             other
             Qualifications
             ,
             in
             a
             course
             of
             many
             several
             Trialls
             ;
             as
             making
             Homilies
             ,
             Sermons
             ,
             and
             Common-places
             ;
             which
             hold
             two
             or
             three
             months
             :
             and
             then
             they
             are
             returned
             to
             the
             Bishop
             well
             qualified
             ,
             who
             upon
             that
             proceeds
             to
             ordain
             them
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Presbyteries
                 of
                 SCOTLAND
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Presbyteries
                 of
              
               
                 
                   
                     Dunce
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Chirnside
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Kelso
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Ersilton
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Jedburgh
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Melross
                  
                   
                     Dumbar
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Haddington
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dalkeith
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Edinburgh
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Peeblis
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Linlithgow
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Perth
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dunkeld
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Auchterardor
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Striveling
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dumblane
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dumfreis
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Penpont
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Lochmabane
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Middlebie
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Wigton
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Kirkubright
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Stranraver
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Aire
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Irwing
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Pasley
                  
                   
                     Dumbarton
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Glasgow
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Hamilton
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Lanerick
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Biggar
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dunnune
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Kinloch
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Inneraray
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Kilmoir
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Skye
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       Saint
                       Andrews
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Kirkaldy
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Cowper
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dumfermling
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Meegle
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dundee
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Arbroath
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Forfair
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Brichen
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Mernis
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Aberdene
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Kincairden
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Alford
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Gareoch
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Deir
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Turreff
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Fordyce
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Ellon
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Strathbogy
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Abernethie
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Elgin
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Forress
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Aberlower
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Chanrie
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Tayne
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dingwell
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Dornoch
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Week
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Thirso
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Kirkwall
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Scalloway
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Colmkill
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             A
             Third
             Court
             (
             whereof
             the
             Bishop
             is
             President
             )
             is
             
               the
               Provincial
               Assembly
            
             ,
             or
             Synod
             .
             In
             this
             Court
             are
             discussed
             all
             Appeals
             from
             Presbyteries
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             difficult
             cases
             .
             From
             hence
             are
             issued
             Warrants
             for
             visiting
             of
             Churches
             .
             Here
             also
             the
             Lives
             of
             Scandalous
             Ministers
             are
             tried
             ,
             who
             ,
             if
             found
             guilty
             of
             crimes
             laid
             to
             their
             charge
             ,
             are
             either
             deposed
             ,
             suspended
             ,
             or
             excommunicated
             .
          
           
             The
             Sentence
             of
             Excommunication
             cannot
             be
             pronounced
             against
             an
             obstinate
             person
             
             but
             after
             a
             long
             Process
             of
             near
             a
             years
             continuance
             ,
             and
             many
             Citations
             ,
             and
             much
             pains
             to
             bring
             the
             Scandalous
             person
             (
             against
             whom
             onely
             it
             is
             denounced
             )
             to
             a
             due
             sense
             of
             his
             Sins
             ,
             and
             a
             willingness
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             and
             then
             it
             must
             be
             ratified
             and
             approved
             by
             the
             Bishop
             .
             The
             Provincial
             Synod
             meets
             twice
             in
             the
             year
             ,
             in
             April
             ,
             and
             October
             .
          
           
             The
             Highest
             Ecclesiastical
             Court
             is
             
               the
               General
               Assembly
            
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             its
             Constitution
             and
             Authority
             was
             settled
             in
             King
             
             James's
             Minority
             ,
             was
             made
             up
             of
             two
             Ministers
             Commissioners
             from
             every
             Presbytery
             ,
             and
             one
             Lay-Elder
             ,
             a
             Commissioner
             from
             every
             Royal
             Burrough
             ,
             one
             from
             every
             University
             ,
             and
             one
             from
             the
             King.
             These
             had
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             about
             all
             Church-matters
             ;
             and
             how
             much
             trouble
             they
             bred
             King
             James
             ,
             
             the
             former
             History
             has
             fully
             discovered
             .
             A
             shadow
             of
             this
             still
             remains
             :
             for
             the
             Supreme
             Ecclesiastical
             Court
             is
             declared
             to
             be
             a
             National
             Synod
             made
             up
             of
             Bishops
             and
             Deans
             ,
             and
             two
             Members
             from
             every
             Presbytery
             ,
             one
             of
             whom
             is
             of
             the
             Bishops
             nomination
             ,
             and
             a
             Commissioner
             from
             every
             University
             .
             But
             nothing
             is
             to
             be
             proposed
             but
             by
             the
             King
             or
             His
             Commissioner
             :
             nor
             can
             any
             thing
             that
             they
             doe
             be
             of
             any
             force
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             ratified
             by
             the
             King.
             But
             as
             the
             calling
             of
             this
             Synod
             is
             wholly
             in
             the
             Crown
             ,
             so
             there
             is
             little
             need
             of
             it
             ,
             since
             the
             King's
             Supremacy
             is
             so
             large
             ,
             that
             He
             needs
             not
             their
             concurrence
             ,
             to
             adde
             their
             Authority
             to
             any
             thing
             that
             He
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             doe
             about
             Church-affairs
             .
          
           
             The
             Bishops
             of
             Scotland
             take
             their
             places
             thus
             :
             
               Saint
               Andrews
               ,
               Glasgow
               ,
               Edinburgh
               ,
               Galloway
            
             ;
             the
             rest
             according
             to
             the
             Seniority
             of
             their
             Consecrations
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           Containing
           a
           short
           account
           of
           the
           several
           ORDERS
           of
           RELIGIOUS
           PERSONS
           in
           SCOTLAND
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           their
           Convents
           ,
           suppressed
           at
           the
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           Infancy
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           when
           Persecution
           was
           grown
           so
           hot
           ,
           that
           most
           Cities
           and
           populous
           Places
           were
           visited
           therewith
           ,
           many
           Godly
           men
           fled
           into
           Desarts
           ,
           there
           to
           live
           with
           more
           safety
           ,
           and
           serve
           God
           with
           less
           disturbance
           .
           These
           were
           called
           MONKS
           .
           from
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           solus
           ,
           because
           living
           alone
           by
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Their
           Houses
           were
           either
           Caves
           ,
           Grots
           ,
           or
           little
           Cells
           ;
           what
           would
           Hide
           and
           Heat
           ,
           Cover
           and
           Keep
           warm
           ,
           served
           them
           for
           Cloaths
           ;
           Herbs
           and
           Roots
           were
           their
           Diet
           ,
           and
           Water
           their
           Drink
           .
           In
           these
           Solitary
           places
           they
           spent
           their
           lives
           constantly
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           Reading
           ,
           Meditating
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           pious
           employments
           .
           They
           vowed
           no
           Poverty
           ,
           Chastity
           ,
           or
           Obedience
           .
           Thus
           continued
           they
           during
           the
           heat
           of
           Persecution
           ;
           and
           when
           Peace
           was
           restored
           ,
           they
           returned
           to
           their
           former
           Dwellings
           ,
           resuming
           their
           Callings
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           not
           left
           off
           ,
           but
           for
           a
           time
           laid
           aside
           .
        
         
           Afterwards
           there
           sprung
           up
           another
           sort
           of
           Monks
           leading
           a
           solitary
           life
           ,
           when
           no
           Persecution
           forced
           them
           thereunto
           .
           These
           considering
           the
           inconstancy
           of
           humane
           affairs
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           had
           Prosperity
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           soon
           changed
           into
           a
           contrary
           condition
           ,
           if
           either
           the
           restless
           endeavours
           of
           Satan
           took
           effect
           ,
           or
           sinfull
           Christians
           were
           rewarded
           according
           to
           their
           deserts
           ,
           and
           prompted
           also
           thereunto
           by
           their
           own
           Melancholick
           dispositions
           ,
           chose
           a
           lone
           life
           ,
           and
           lived
           in
           Desarts
           .
           Afterwards
           they
           were
           gathered
           together
           to
           live
           under
           one
           Roof
           ,
           because
           their
           Company
           would
           be
           chearfull
           in
           Health
           ,
           and
           needfull
           in
           Sickness
           one
           to
           another
           .
           They
           sustained
           themselves
           by
           their
           Labour
           ,
           (
           for
           every
           one
           had
           a
           Calling
           whereby
           to
           gain
           his
           Livelihood
           ,
           )
           and
           relieved
           others
           by
           their
           Charity
           ;
           and
           very
           strict
           were
           they
           in
           their
           Lives
           and
           Conversations
           .
           But
           afterwards
           ,
           Monks
           having
           sufficiency
           turned
           lazie
           ,
           then
           getting
           waxed
           wanton
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           endowed
           
           with
           superfluity
           became
           notoriously
           vicious
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           continued
           till
           they
           were
           finally
           extirpated
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           concerning
           their
           Original
           :
           proceed
           we
           next
           to
           their
           several
           Orders
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           are
           the
           Benedictines
           or
           Black
           Monks
           ,
           so
           called
           from
           Saint
           Benedict
           or
           Bennet
           ,
           an
           Italian
           ,
           (
           who
           flourished
           about
           the
           year
           500
           )
           .
           first
           Father
           and
           Founder
           of
           that
           Order
           .
           The
           Benedictines
           and
           Augustinians
           came
           into
           Scotland
           about
           one
           time
           .
        
         
           
             Their
             Convents
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Icolmkill
             ,
             in
             the
             Isle
             Jona
             ,
             founded
             by
             Saint
             Columba
             ,
             about
             the
             year
             590.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Dumfermling
             ,
             in
             Fife
             ,
             founded
             by
             Saint
             David
             the
             First
             ,
             King
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             about
             the
             year
             1130.
             
             The
             Church
             whereof
             was
             built
             by
             King
             Malcolm
             the
             Third
             ,
             and
             was
             ,
             for
             several
             hundreds
             of
             years
             ,
             the
             Sepulchre
             of
             the
             Scotish
             Kings
             .
             This
             Abbey
             was
             ,
             at
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             annexed
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             
               Saint
               Colme
            
             ,
             in
             Inch-Colme
             in
             the
             River
             Forth
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             Alexander
             the
             First
             ,
             about
             the
             year
             1120.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Aberbrothock
             or
             Arbroath
             ,
             in
             Angus
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             William
             ,
             1178.
             
             This
             was
             the
             richest
             of
             our
             Scotish
             Abbeys
             .
             At
             the
             Reformation
             it
             was
             conferred
             upon
             James
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Chattelrault
             and
             Earl
             of
             Arran
             ,
             who
             gave
             it
             to
             his
             second
             Son
             Lord
             
               John
               Hamilton
            
             .
             At
             this
             day
             it
             is
             in
             the
             possession
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Panmure
             ,
             and
             the
             stately
             ruines
             thereof
             are
             yet
             to
             be
             seen
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Vrqhuart
             ,
             in
             Murray
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             Alexander
             the
             Third
             ,
             126
             —
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             Dumfermling
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Coldinghame
             ,
             in
             the
             Mers
             ,
             founded
             by
             Edgar
             King
             of
             Scots
             ,
             1106.
             
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             Durham
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             The
             Monastery
             of
             South-Berwick
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             Monastery
             of
             
               Three
               wells
            
             ,
             or
             Trefontana
             ,
             in
             Lamermoor
             on
             the
             Borders
             of
             Lothian
             ,
             founded
             by
             the
             Countess
             of
             March.
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             South-Berwick
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             Monastery
             of
             Kilconqhuar
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             ,
             founded
             by
             Ethred
             (
             or
             rather
             Fergus
             )
             Lord
             of
             Galloway
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Cluniacks
           are
           Benedictines
           sifted
           through
           a
           finer
           fearce
           ,
           with
           some
           additionals
           invented
           and
           imposed
           upon
           them
           by
           Odo
           Abbot
           of
           Clugny
           or
           Cluni
           in
           Burgundy
           ,
           who
           flourished
           Anno
           913.
           
        
         
           
             Their
             Convents
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Pasley
             ,
             in
             Ranfrew-shire
             ,
             founded
             by
             Alexander
             the
             great
             Steward
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             12
             —
             .
             The
             Monks
             whereof
             wrote
             a
             History
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             At
             the
             Reformation
             it
             was
             bestowed
             upon
             
               Claud
               Hamilton
            
             ,
             third
             Son
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Chattelrault
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Rewls-Cross
             ,
             or
             Corsraguel
             ,
             in
             Carrict
             ,
             founded
             by
             Thomas
             Earl
             of
             Carrict
             ,
             126
             —
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Cistercians
           are
           so
           called
           from
           Robert
           Abbot
           of
           Cisteaux
           in
           Burgundy
           ,
           who
           Anno
           1088.
           did
           the
           second
           time
           refine
           the
           drossie
           Benedictines
           .
        
         
           
             Their
             Convents
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Sanudell
             ,
             in
             Kintyre
             ,
             founded
             by
             Saint
             
               Coule
               Milicora
            
             .
             What
             this
             Founder
             was
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             
               Souls-Seat
               ,
               Sedes
               Animarum
            
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             ,
             was
             founded
             by
             Fergus
             Lord
             of
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Dundrennan
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             ,
             was
             founded
             by
             Fergus
             Lord
             of
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Melross
             ,
             in
             Teviotdail
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Newbottle
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Culross
             ,
             in
             Clackmannan-shire
             ,
             founded
             by
             
               Malcolm
               Mackduff
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Fife
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Glenluce
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             ,
             founded
             by
             Rolland
             Lord
             of
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             
               Sweet-heart
               ,
               Dulcis
               Cordis
            
             ,
             or
             
               New
               Abbey
            
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             ,
             founded
             by
             Dornogilla
             ,
             Daughter
             of
             Alan
             Lord
             of
             Galloway
             ,
             and
             Wife
             to
             
               John
               Balliol
            
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Balmerino
             ,
             in
             Fife
             ,
             founded
             by
             Emergards
             ,
             Wife
             to
             King
             William
             .
          
           
             
             10.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Deir
             ,
             in
             Buchan
             ,
             founded
             by
             
               William
               Cummin
            
             Earl
             of
             Buchan
             ,
             1218.
             
          
           
             11.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Cowper
             ,
             in
             Angus
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Kelso
             ,
             in
             Teviotdail
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Machlein
             ,
             in
             Kile
             .
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             the
             Abbey
             of
             Melross
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             The
             Monastery
             of
             Elcho
             ,
             in
             Strath-Jern
             ,
             founded
             by
             
               David
               Lindsay
            
             ,
             Ancestour
             to
             the
             Earls
             of
             Crawfurd
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Monks
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           
             Valley
             of
             Reeds
             ,
             Vallis
             Caulium
             ,
          
           are
           a
           Branch
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Cistercians
           ,
           whose
           Institutions
           ,
           both
           in
           Habit
           ,
           Diet
           ,
           Divine
           Offices
           ,
           &c.
           they
           punctually
           observe
           ;
           but
           with
           greater
           strictness
           ,
           confining
           themselves
           to
           much
           narrower
           Bills
           .
           They
           possess
           very
           mean
           Revenues
           ,
           being
           wholly
           intent
           upon
           their
           Devotions
           ;
           and
           may
           not
           goe
           without
           the
           bounds
           of
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           it
           being
           onely
           lawfull
           for
           the
           Prior
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Order
           to
           goe
           abroad
           upon
           necessary
           occasions
           ,
           and
           to
           visit
           the
           Monasteries
           under
           their
           charge
           .
           They
           are
           daily
           imployed
           in
           dressing
           the
           Gardens
           of
           Fruits
           and
           Herbs
           ,
           which
           are
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           and
           improved
           for
           the
           use
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             This
             Order
             had
             four
             Convents
             in
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Ardehattan
             ,
             in
             Lorn
             ,
             founded
             by
             
               Duncan
               Mackowle
            
             of
             Lorn
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Lismehago
             ,
             in
             Clidisdail
             ,
             founded
             by
             Fergus
             Lord
             of
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Bewley
             ,
             in
             Ross
             ,
             founded
             by
             John
             Lord
             Bisset
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Pluscardy
             ,
             in
             Murray
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             Alexander
             the
             Second
             :
             the
             Monks
             whereof
             did
             write
             a
             Scotish
             Chronicle
             .
             It
             was
             afterwards
             turned
             into
             a
             Convent
             of
             
               Black
               Monks
            
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Augustinians
           are
           older
           in
           Europe
           then
           the
           Benedictines
           .
           These
           do
           observe
           the
           Institutions
           of
           Saint
           Augustine
           Bishop
           of
           Hippo
           ,
           who
           was
           Saint
           
           Bennet's
           Senior
           by
           sixty
           years
           .
           The
           Augustinians
           are
           also
           called
           
             Regular
             Canons
          
           .
        
         
           
             Their
             Convents
             in
             Scotland
             were
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Jedburgh
             ,
             in
             Teviotdail
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Holy-rood-house
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             ,
             adjoyning
             to
             the
             Canon-gate
             in
             Edinburgh
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
             This
             Abbey
             is
             now
             one
             of
             the
             King's
             Palaces
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Cambuskeneth
             ,
             in
             Striveling-shire
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Inchassray
             ,
             in
             Strath-Jern
             ,
             founded
             by
             Gilbert
             Earl
             of
             Strath-Jern
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Scoon
             ,
             in
             Gowry
             ,
             founded
             by
             Alexander
             the
             First
             ,
             King
             of
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Crusa
             ,
             in
             the
             West
             Isles
             ,
             founded
             by
             Saint
             Columba
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Omistai
             ,
             in
             the
             West
             Isles
             ,
             founded
             by
             Saint
             Columba
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Holy-Cross
             ,
             at
             Peeblis
             in
             Tweedail
             ,
             founded
             by
             Fergus
             Lord
             of
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             
               Saint
               Mary
               Isle
            
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             .
             A
             Cell
             pertaining
             to
             the
             Abbey
             of
             Holy-rood-house
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             
               Saint
               Colonor's
               Isle
            
             ,
             in
             Menteith
             ,
             founded
             by
             Edgar
             King
             of
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             in
             Fife
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             Alexander
             the
             First
             ,
             1122.
             
             It
             is
             annexed
             to
             the
             Archbishoprick
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             May
             ,
             in
             the
             Mouth
             of
             Forth
             .
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Pittenweem
             ,
             in
             Fife
             .
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Monimusk
             ,
             in
             Mar.
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             the
             Priory
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Restennot
             ,
             in
             Angus
             .
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             the
             Abbey
             of
             Jedburgh
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Straphillan
             ,
             in
             Athol
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             Robert
             the
             First
             ,
             132
             —
             .
          
           
             17.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Blantyre
             ,
             in
             Clidisdail
             .
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             the
             Abbey
             of
             Jedburgh
             .
          
           
             18.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Port-Mollock
             ,
             in
             Loch-Leiven
             in
             Fife
             .
             A
             Cell
             belonging
             to
             the
             Priory
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
             It
             is
             annexed
             to
             
               Saint
               Leonard's
            
             Colledge
             .
          
           
             19.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Loch-Tay
             ,
             in
             
               Broad
               Albain
            
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Order
           of
           the
           Praemonstratenses
           was
           founded
           by
           Norbert
           ,
           born
           at
           Colein
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           ,
           as
           is
           said
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           Memberg
           .
           He
           is
           said
           to
           have
           done
           it
           at
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           who
           appear'd
           to
           him
           ;
           whereupon
           with
           some
           Companions
           he
           retired
           into
           a
           desolate
           place
           called
           Praemonstratum
           ,
           (
           thence
           comes
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           Order
           ;
           )
           where
           they
           settled
           their
           Society
           ,
           Anno
           1120.
           
           They
           are
           under
           the
           Rule
           of
           Saint
           Augustine
           ,
           which
           they
           tell
           us
           Norbert
           in
           a
           Vision
           immediately
           received
           at
           the
           hand
           of
           Saint
           Augustine
           himself
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Habit
           of
           their
           Order
           is
           a
           White
           Garment
           ,
           and
           over
           that
           a
           White
           Cloak
           or
           Mantle
           ,
           with
           a
           Cowl
           upon
           their
           head
           of
           the
           same
           Colour
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Monks
             of
             this
             Order
             had
             five
             Convents
             in
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Tungland
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             ,
             founded
             by
             Alan
             Lord
             of
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Holy-wood
             ,
             in
             Nithisdail
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Dryburgh
             ,
             in
             Teviotdail
             ,
             founded
             by
             
               Hugh
               Morvil
            
             ,
             High
             Constable
             of
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Ferne
             ,
             in
             Ross
             ,
             founded
             by
             Ferqbuard
             Earl
             of
             Ross
             .
             This
             Abbey
             is
             annexed
             to
             the
             Bishoprick
             of
             Ross
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Whiteborn
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             ,
             founded
             by
             Fergus
             Lord
             of
             Galloway
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Tironenses
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           are
           not
           a
           distinct
           Order
           of
           Monks
           ,
           but
           rather
           young
           Novices
           ,
           or
           fresh-water
           Monks
           .
           In
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           the
           Religious
           Houses
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           by
           me
           ,
           I
           find
           some
           styled
           or
           termed
           
             Ordinis
             Tironensis
          
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           were
           written
           Turonensis
           ,
           it
           would
           relate
           to
           Tours
           in
           France
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           in
           France
           a
           
             Conventus
             Turonensis
          
           of
           Augustinian
           Monks
           :
           but
           wherein
           ,
           or
           whether
           they
           differed
           from
           others
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           .
           But
           leaving
           that
           to
           the
           Reader
           's
           farther
           inquiry
           ,
           let
           us
           take
           a
           view
           of
        
         
           
             Their
             Convents
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Kilwining
             ,
             in
             Cunninghame
             ,
             founded
             by
             
               Hugh
               Morvil
            
             ,
             Constable
             of
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Abbey
             of
             Lindoris
             ,
             in
             Fife
             ,
             founded
             by
             David
             Earl
             of
             Huntington
             ,
             Brother
             to
             King
             William
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Fyvie
             ,
             in
             Forumarten
             .
             A
             Seminary
             belonging
             to
             the
             Abbey
             of
             Arbroath
             .
          
        
         
           We
           proceed
           next
           to
           the
           Monks
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           
             Saint
             Antony
          
           ,
           whose
           Original
           was
           from
           Saint
           Antony
           an
           Egyptian
           ,
           who
           about
           the
           time
           of
           the
           later
           Persecutions
           ,
           not
           long
           after
           Decius
           ,
           retired
           into
           the
           Desarts
           ,
           where
           he
           lived
           the
           best
           part
           of
           an
           hundred
           years
           ,
           and
           became
           the
           Father
           of
           an
           Eremitick
           life
           ,
           wherein
           he
           educated
           all
           those
           Disciples
           that
           resorted
           to
           him
           .
           After
           whose
           Example
           other
           Orders
           were
           set
           up
           .
           About
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Wars
           in
           Palestine
           ,
           his
           Body
           was
           translated
           from
           Constantinople
           to
           Mota
           ,
           (
           now
           called
           
             Saint
             Antony
          
           )
           a
           Town
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           Viennoys
           in
           France
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           honourably
           laid
           up
           in
           a
           Church
           built
           to
           his
           memory
           ,
           and
           became
           famous
           for
           miraculous
           Cures
           .
           Among
           which
           ,
           Gasto
           ,
           a
           Nobleman
           of
           that
           Province
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           Girond
           ,
           being
           heal'd
           of
           a
           mortal
           Plague
           ,
           dedicated
           themselves
           and
           all
           that
           they
           had
           to
           Saint
           Antony
           ,
           wholly
           devoting
           themselves
           to
           the
           curing
           and
           attending
           of
           the
           Sick
           that
           came
           thither
           .
           To
           whom
           shortly
           after
           eight
           more
           joyned
           themselves
           ,
           who
           combined
           into
           a
           Society
           .
           This
           was
           about
           the
           year
           1121.
           
           Their
           Order
           was
           confirmed
           by
           several
           Popes
           ,
           especially
           ▪
           Boniface
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           Anno
           1297.
           who
           prescribed
           unto
           them
           Rules
           ,
           and
           conferred
           upon
           them
           their
           Privileges
           .
           They
           observe
           the
           Rule
           of
           Saint
           Augustine's
           Order
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           peculiar
           and
           distinguishing
           Badge
           of
           their
           Order
           ,
           wear
           about
           their
           Necks
           the
           letter
           T
           in
           Gold
           or
           Silver
           hanging
           upon
           their
           Breasts
           ,
           and
           carry
           a
           little
           Bell
           about
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Monks
           of
           this
           Order
           had
           onely
           one
           Convent
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           at
           Leith
           ,
           but
           who
           was
           the
           Founder
           thereof
           ,
           I
           cannot
           learn.
           
        
         
           The
           Carthusians
           were
           instituted
           by
           Saint
           Bruno
           ,
           a
           Native
           of
           Colein
           ,
           who
           being
           a
           Parisian
           Doctour
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           a
           Canon
           of
           Rheims
           ,
           abandoned
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           with
           six
           Associats
           began
           his
           austere
           Eremitical
           course
           of
           life
           on
           the
           Carthusian
           Mountains
           ,
           in
           the
           Diocese
           of
           Gratianopolis
           ,
           with
           the
           Licence
           of
           Hugh
           then
           Bishop
           thereof
           .
           This
           Bruno
           flourished
           under
           Pope
           Vrban
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           died
           
             Anno
             Christi
          
           1101.
           
           King
           James
           the
           First
           did
           bring
           the
           Carthusians
           into
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           built
           them
           a
           Convent
           in
           Perth
           ,
           (
           known
           afterwards
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Charter-house
           ,
           )
           about
           the
           year
           1430.
           
        
         
           FRom
           Monks
           we
           proceed
           to
           FRIERS
           .
           These
           were
           differenced
           from
           Monks
           ,
           in
           that
           Monks
           were
           confined
           to
           their
           Cloisters
           ;
           whilst
           more
           liberty
           was
           allowed
           to
           Friers
           to
           go
           about
           ,
           and
           preach
           in
           neighbouring
           Parishes
           :
           as
           also
           Monks
           had
           nothing
           in
           propriety
           ,
           but
           all
           in
           common
           ;
           Friers
           had
           nothing
           in
           propriety
           nor
           in
           common
           but
           being
           
           Mendicants
           ,
           begg'd
           all
           their
           subsistence
           from
           the
           Charity
           of
           others
           .
           But
           they
           met
           with
           very
           bountifull
           Benefactours
           ;
           and
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           when
           their
           Nests
           were
           pull'd
           down
           ,
           were
           too
           rich
           to
           profess
           Poverty
           .
        
         
           The
           Dominicans
           ,
           or
           
             Black
             Friers
          
           ,
           called
           also
           
             Praedicatores
             ,
             Preaching
             Friers
          
           ,
           were
           instituted
           by
           Saint
           Dominick
           ,
           a
           
             Spaniard
             ,
             Anno
          
           1206.
           and
           confirmed
           by
           Pope
           Honorius
           the
           Third
           ,
           
             Anno
             Christi
          
           1216.
           
        
         
           
             
               The
               Dominicans
               had
               their
               Convents
               At
            
             
               1.
               
               Wigton
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               Air
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               Glasgow
               ,
            
             
               4.
               
               Edinburgh
               ,
            
             
               5.
               
               Perth
               ,
            
             
               6.
               
               Dundee
               ,
            
             
               7.
               
               Striveling
               ,
            
             
               8.
               
               Monross
               ,
            
             
               9.
               
               Cowper
               of
               Fife
               ,
            
             
               10.
               
               Aberdene
               ,
            
             
               11.
               
               Elgin
               ,
            
             
               12.
               
               Innerness
               ,
            
             
               13.
               
               
                 Saint
                 Andrews
              
               ,
            
             
               14.
               
               Haddington
               ,
            
             
               15.
               
               Jedburgh
               ,
            
             
               16.
               
               Dumfreis
               ,
            
             
               17.
               
               Cowper
               of
               Angus
               ,
            
             
               18.
               
               Innerkeithing
               ,
            
             
               19.
               
               Dysert
               ,
            
             
               20.
               
               Linlithgow
               ,
            
             
               21.
               
               Kinghorn
               ,
            
             
               22.
               
               Forres
               ,
            
             
               23.
               
               Selkirk
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           Franciscans
           ,
           or
           
             Gray
             Friers
          
           ,
           called
           also
           Minorits
           ,
           were
           instituted
           by
           Saint
           Francis
           ,
           an
           Italian
           ,
           about
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           1198.
           and
           confirmed
           by
           Pope
           Innocent
           the
           Third
           .
           His
           Rule
           prescribed
           Chastity
           ,
           Obedience
           ,
           Poverty
           ,
           much
           Fasting
           ,
           and
           other
           Austerities
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           should
           be
           admitted
           of
           that
           Order
           .
           The
           Franciscans
           are
           ,
           
             Minores
             tam
             Observantes
             ,
             quàm
             Conventuales
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Conventuals
               had
               their
               Houses
               At
            
             
               1.
               
               Ronburgh
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               Dumfreis
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               Haddington
               ,
            
             
               4.
               
               Innerkeithing
               ,
            
             
               5.
               
               Lanerick
               ,
            
             
               6.
               
               Dundee
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Friers
               Observant
               had
               their
               Monasteries
               At
            
             
               1.
               
               Edinburgh
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               Striveling
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               Air
               ,
            
             
               4.
               
               Glasgow
               ,
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 Saint
                 Andrews
              
               ,
            
             
               6.
               
               Perth
               ,
            
             
               7.
               
               Aberdene
               ,
            
             
               8.
               
               Elgin
               ,
            
          
        
         
           The
           Carmelite
           Friers
           had
           their
           beginning
           at
           ,
           and
           name
           from
           ,
           Mount
           Carmel
           in
           Syria
           ,
           being
           instituted
           by
           Almerieus
           Patriarch
           of
           
             Antioch
             ,
             Anno
          
           1122.
           
           They
           are
           also
           called
           
             White
             Friers
          
           ,
           and
           had
           their
           Convents
           At
           
             
               1.
               
               Dumbar
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               Linlithgow
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               Tillilume
               ,
            
             
               4.
               
               Queens-ferry
               ,
            
             
               5.
               
               Aberdene
               ,
            
             
               6.
               
               Irwing
               ,
            
             
               7.
               
               Bamff
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           Trinity
           Friers
           ,
           or
           Mathurins
           ,
           follow
           .
           These
           were
           also
           called
           Robertines
           ,
           and
           
             De
             Redemptione
             Captivorum
          
           ,
           whose
           work
           was
           to
           beg
           mony
           of
           well-disposed
           people
           for
           Ransoming
           of
           Christian
           Captives
           from
           the
           Slavery
           of
           the
           Turks
           .
        
         
           
             
               These
               Friers
               had
               their
               Houses
               At
            
             
               1.
               
               Falle
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               Houstoun
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               Dornoch
               ,
            
             
               4.
               
               Cromarty
               ,
            
             
               5.
               
               Scotland-well
               ,
            
             
               6.
               
               Aberdene
               ,
            
             
               7.
               
               Peeblis
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           can
           give
           no
           account
           concerning
           the
           several
           Orders
           of
           NVNS
           in
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           
             Their
             Convents
             were
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             North-Berwick
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             ,
             founded
             by
             Duncan
             Earl
             of
             Fife
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Haddington
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             ,
             founded
             by
             Ada
             Countess
             of
             Northumberland
             ,
             Wife
             to
             Prince
             Henry
             ,
             onely
             Son
             of
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             
               Saint
               Bothans
            
             ,
             in
             Lammer-moor
             ,
             founded
             by
             Christiana
             Countess
             of
             March.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Manuel
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             Malcolme
             the
             Fourth
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Coldstream
             ,
             in
             Mers
             ,
             founded
             by
             the
             Countess
             of
             March.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             Priory
             of
             Ecclis
             ,
             in
             Mers
             ,
             founded
             by
             King
             David
             the
             First
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Gray
           Sisters
           had
           their
           Houses
           At
           
             
               1.
               
               Dundee
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               Aberdene
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               Sheens
               near
               Edinburgh
               .
            
          
        
         
           What
           kind
           of
           Monks
           were
           in
           the
           following
           Monasteries
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           as
           yet
           learned
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Monastery
           of
           Abernethy
           ,
           in
           Strath-Jerne
           ,
           founded
           by
           Caranachus
           ,
           the
           —
           King
           of
           the
           Picts
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Monastery
           of
           
             Saint
             Andrew
             de
             beugh
          
           ,
           founded
           by
           King
           Constantine
           the
           Second
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Abbey
           of
           Soutre
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           founded
           by
           King
           Malcolm
           the
           Fourth
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Priory
           of
           Cannabie
           ,
           in
           Eskdail
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           Priory
           of
           Star-inch
           ,
           in
           Lewis
           ,
           founded
           by
           Maclewid
           Baron
           of
           Lewis
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           Priory
           of
           Rowadill
           in
           Harrigh
           ,
           founded
           by
           Maclewid
           Baron
           of
           Harrigh
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           The
           Priory
           of
           Inchmahomo
           ,
           in
           Perth-shire
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           The
           Monastery
           of
           Elbottle
           ,
           a
           Cell
           belonging
           to
           
             South
             Berwick
          
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           The
           Priory
           of
           Gulane
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           a
           Cell
           belonging
           to
           
             South
             Berwick
          
           ,
           founded
           by
           King
           David
           the
           First
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           The
           Priory
           of
           Aberdowr
           ,
           in
           Fife
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           concerning
           Monks
           and
           Friers
           .
        
         
           BEsides
           the
           Convents
           of
           Regulars
           ,
           there
           were
           Colledges
           erected
           for
           
             SECVLAR
             PRIESTS
          
           ,
           and
           amply
           endowed
           with
           Revenues
           .
           The
           chief
           person
           of
           the
           Colledge
           of
           Secular
           Canons
           was
           called
           the
           Provost
           ,
           and
           the
           Colledge
           it self
           the
           Provostry
           .
           Let
           us
           take
           a
           view
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Bothwell
           ,
           in
           Clidisdail
           ,
           founded
           by
           Archbald
           the
           First
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Douglas
           .
           It
           was
           before
           a
           Cloister
           of
           Nuns
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Linclowden
           ,
           in
           Nithisdail
           ,
           founded
           by
           the
           same
           Archbald
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Bothans
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           founded
           by
           
             William
             Hay
          
           Baron
           of
           Yester
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Minniboll
           ,
           in
           Carrict
           ,
           founded
           by
           Sir
           
             Gilbert
             Kennedy
          
           Knight
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Dumbar
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           founded
           by
           George
           ,
           Earl
           of
           March.
           
        
         
           6.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Carnwath
           ,
           in
           Clidisdail
           ,
           founded
           by
           Thomas
           Lord
           Summervile
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Methuen
           ,
           in
           Strath-Jerne
           ,
           founded
           by
           
             Walter
             Stewart
          
           Earl
           of
           Athol
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Dalkeith
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           founded
           by
           
             James
             Douglas
          
           ,
           the
           second
           Earl
           of
           Morton
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Fowlis
           ,
           in
           Angus
           ,
           founded
           by
           
             Andrew
             Gray
          
           of
           Fowlis
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Kilmund
           ,
           in
           Cowal
           ,
           founded
           by
           Sir
           
             Duncan
             Campbell
          
           Knight
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Dirlton
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           founded
           by
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Haliburton
          
           of
           Dirlton
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Rosseline
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           founded
           by
           
             William
             Sinclair
          
           Earl
           of
           Orkney
           .
        
         
           13.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Dunglas
           ,
           in
           Mers
           ,
           founded
           by
           
             Alexander
             Hume
          
           Lord
           Hume
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           The
           King's
           Colledge
           of
           Striveling
           ,
           founded
           by
           King
           James
           the
           Third
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           Trinity
           Colledge
           in
           Edinburgh
           ,
           founded
           by
           Mary
           ,
           Widow
           of
           King
           James
           the
           Second
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Restalrig
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           founded
           by
           King
           James
           the
           Fourth
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Seaton
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           founded
           by
           the
           Lord
           Seaton
           .
        
         
           18.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Costorphine
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           founded
           by
           the
           Baron
           of
           
             Costorphine
             Forrester
          
           .
        
         
           19.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Creighton
           ,
           in
           Lothian
           ,
           founded
           by
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Bothwell
             Hepburn
          
           ,
        
         
           20.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Sempill
           ,
           in
           Ranfrew-shire
           ,
           founded
           by
           the
           Lord
           Sempill
           .
        
         
           21.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Kilmawers
           ,
           in
           Cunninghame
           ,
           founded
           by
           the
           Earl
           of
           Glencarn
           .
        
         
           22.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Hamilton
           ,
           in
           Clidisdail
           ,
           founded
           by
           the
           Lord
           Hamilton
           .
        
         
           23.
           
           The
           Colledge
           of
           Dumbarton
           ,
           in
           Lennox
           ,
           founded
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Countesses
           of
           Lennox
           .
        
         
           24.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Tillibarden
           ,
           in
           Strath-Jerne
           ,
           founded
           by
           the
           Baron
           of
           
             Tillibarden
             Murray
          
           .
        
         
           25.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Tayne
           ,
           in
           Ross
           ,
           founded
           by
           King
           James
           the
           Fourth
           .
        
         
           26.
           
           The
           Provostry
           of
           Abernethie
           ,
           in
           Strath-Jerne
           ,
           founded
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Earls
           of
           Douglas
           .
        
         
           The
           chief
           Church
           in
           great
           Towns
           was
           a
           Collegiate-Church
           ;
           as
           
             Saint
             Giles
          
           in
           Edinburgh
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           LAST
           of
           all
           follow
           the
           
             KNIGHTS
             TEMPLARS
          
           .
        
         
           This
           Order
           was
           instituted
           by
           Pope
           Gelasius
           ,
           about
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           1120.
           
           Their
           Office
           and
           Vow
           was
           ,
           to
           defend
           the
           Temple
           and
           the
           Holy
           Sepulchre
           at
           Jerusalem
           ,
           to
           entertain
           Christian
           Strangers
           that
           came
           thither
           for
           Devotion
           ,
           and
           to
           guard
           them
           in
           safety
           when
           they
           went
           to
           visit
           the
           places
           of
           the
           Holy
           Land.
           Their
           Habit
           was
           a
           White
           Cloak
           ,
           with
           a
           Red
           Cross
           ,
           and
           a
           Sword
           girt
           about
           them
           .
           They
           were
           suppressed
           by
           Pope
           Clemens
           the
           Fifth
           ,
           about
           the
           year
           1310.
           and
           their
           Lands
           were
           (
           by
           a
           General
           Council
           held
           at
           Vienna
           )
           conferr'd
           on
           the
           Knights
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           
             Saint
             John
             of
             Jerusalem
          
           ,
           called
           also
           Joannites
           ,
           and
           after
           Knights
           of
           the
           Rhodes
           ,
           and
           lastly
           of
           Malta
           ,
           where
           they
           live
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           The
           Templars
           and
           their
           Successours
           (
           spoken
           of
           before
           )
           had
           onely
           one
           House
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Hospital
           of
           
             Saint
             Germans
          
           in
           Lothian
           .
           This
           House
           was
           dissolved
           Anno
           1494.
           and
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           its
           Revenues
           by
           King
           James
           the
           Fourth
           conferr'd
           upon
           the
           King's
           Colledge
           of
           Aberdene
           ,
           then
           newly
           founded
           by
           Bishop
           
             William
             Elphingston
          
           .
        
         
           Though
           I
           cannot
           give
           an
           account
           in
           what
           year
           every
           particular
           Monastery
           in
           Scotland
           was
           founded
           ,
           yet
           their
           general
           Dissolution
           was
           about
           the
           year
           1560.
           
        
         
           There
           was
           also
           a
           Convent
           of
           
             Red
             Friers
          
           at
           the
           mouth
           of
           Teviot
           near
           Kelso
           ;
           but
           by
           whom
           built
           ,
           I
           cannot
           learn.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           III.
           The
           UNIVERSITIES
           of
           SCOTLAND
           .
        
         
           THere
           are
           four
           Universities
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           
             
               
                 SAINT
                 ANDREWS
              
               ,
            
             
               GLASGOW
               ,
            
             
               ABERDENE
               ,
            
             
               EDINBVRGH
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Vniversitie
             of
             SAINT
             ANDREWS
          
           
             WAS
             founded
             by
             Bishop
             
               Henry
               Wardlaw
               ,
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1412.
             
             It
             is
             endowed
             with
             very
             ample
             Privileges
             .
          
           
             The
             Archbishops
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             are
             perpetual
             Chancellours
             thereof
             .
          
           
             The
             Rectour
             is
             chosen
             yearly
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Statutes
             of
             the
             Universitie
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             three
             Principals
             .
             His
             Power
             is
             the
             same
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Vice-chancellour
             of
             Oxford
             or
             Cambridge
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             in
             this
             Universitie
             three
             Colledges
             ;
             
               viz.
               SAINT
               SALVATOR'S
               ,
               SAINT
               LEONARD'S
               ,
               NEW
               COLLEDGE
               .
            
          
           
             
               SAINT
               SALVATOR'S
               Colledge
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Kennedy
              
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               
                 Saint
                 Andrews
              
               ,
               founded
               this
               Colledge
               ,
               built
               the
               Edifice
               ,
               furnished
               it
               with
               costly
               Ornaments
               ,
               and
               provided
               sufficient
               Revenues
               for
               the
               maintenance
               of
               the
               Masters
               and
               Professours
               .
            
             
               
                 Persons
                 endowed
                 at
                 the
                 Foundation
                 were
                 ,
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         A
                         Doctour
                      
                       
                         A
                         Bachelour
                      
                       
                         A
                         Licenciate
                      
                    
                     of
                     Divinitie
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Four
                     Professours
                     of
                     Philosophy
                     ,
                     who
                     are
                     called
                     Regents
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Eight
                     poor
                     Scholars
                     ,
                     called
                     Bursars
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 Benefactours
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 can
                 give
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 Benefactours
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Cassils
                 hath
                 founded
                 a
                 Professour
                 of
                 Humanitie
                 to
                 teach
                 the
                 Latin
                 tongue
                 .
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Martyn
                
                 cieled
                 the
                 great
                 Hall.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Present
                 Professours
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     George
                     Weemis
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   of
                   Divinity
                   ,
                   Provost
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Rymer
                  
                   ,
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     George
                     Thomson
                  
                   ,
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Edward
                     Thomson
                  
                   ,
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Strachan
                  
                   ,
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Arms
                 of
                 Saint
                 Salvator's
                 Colledge
                 are
                 the
                 Globe
                 and
                 Saint
                 
                 Salvator's
                 Cross
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               SAINT
               LEONARD'S
               Colledge
            
             
               Was
               founded
               by
               
                 John
                 Hepburn
              
               ,
               Prior
               of
               
                 Saint
                 Andrews
                 ,
                 Anno
              
               152
               —
               .
            
             
               
                 Persons
                 endowed
                 are
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Principal
                   or
                   Warden
                   ,
                
                 
                   Four
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   ,
                
                 
                   Eight
                   poor
                   Scholars
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Benefactours
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 these
                 I
                 can
                 give
                 no
                 account
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Priory
                 of
                 Portmuck
                 is
                 annexed
                 to
                 this
                 Colledge
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 lately
                 ,
                 the
                 Parsonage
                 of
                 Kinkell
                 in
                 Aberdeneshire
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Present
                 Professours
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     James
                     Weemis
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   of
                   Divinity
                   ,
                   and
                   Dean
                   of
                   
                     Saint
                     Andrews
                  
                   ,
                   Principal
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     William
                     Sanders
                  
                   ,
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Alexander
                     Skene
                  
                   ,
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Alexander
                     Grant
                  
                   ,
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               NEW
               COLLEDGE
            
             
               Was
               founded
               by
               
                 James
                 Beaton
              
               ,
               Archbishop
               ,
               Anno
               153
               —
               .
            
             
               The
               Professours
               and
               Scholars
               endowed
               are
               of
               Divinity
               ;
               for
               no
               Philosophy
               is
               taught
               in
               this
               Colledge
               .
            
             
               
                 Present
                 Professours
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     Walter
                     Comrie
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   and
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinity
                   ,
                   Principal
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     David
                     Faulconar
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinity
                   .
                
              
               
                 There
                 was
                 lately
                 founded
                 in
                 the
                 Universitie
                 of
                 
                   Saint
                   Andrews
                
                 a
                 Professour
                 of
                 Mathematicks
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 present
                 Rectour
                 of
                 the
                 Universitie
                 is
                 
                   Andrew
                   Bruce
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 ,
                 Archdeacon
                 of
                 
                   Saint
                   Andrews
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 short
                 and
                 bad
                 Account
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 given
                 of
                 this
                 Universitie
                 proceeds
                 meerly
                 from
                 want
                 of
                 Information
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Learned
                 men
                 and
                 Writers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     John
                     Mayor
                  
                   ,
                   Provost
                   of
                   Saint
                   Salvator's
                   ,
                   a
                   person
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Learning
                   of
                   those
                   Times
                   ,
                   very
                   famous
                   .
                   His
                   History
                   of
                   the
                   Scotish
                   Nation
                   is
                   not
                   so
                   much
                   esteemed
                   ,
                   being
                   very
                   short
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   style
                   and
                   way
                   of
                   writing
                   Scholastical
                   and
                   Quodlibetical
                   .
                   He
                   wrote
                   also
                   on
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Sentences
                   :
                   but
                   see
                   his
                   Character
                   page
                   68.
                   
                   He
                   flourished
                   about
                   the
                   year
                   1520.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Andrew
                     Melvill
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   in
                   the
                   
                     New
                     Colledge
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   man
                   well
                   seen
                   in
                   the
                   Hebrew
                   Language
                   and
                   the
                   Rabbinical
                   writings
                   .
                   He
                   was
                   the
                   first
                   who
                   kindled
                   the
                   great
                   Combustions
                   in
                   this
                   Church
                   ,
                   by
                   introducing
                   the
                   Discipline
                   of
                   Geneva
                   amongst
                   us
                   ,
                   as
                   may
                   be
                   more
                   fully
                   seen
                   in
                   the
                   foregoing
                   History
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     John
                     Baron
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   and
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   in
                   the
                   
                     New
                     Colledge
                  
                   ,
                   was
                   a
                   person
                   of
                   great
                   Worth
                   and
                   Learning
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   great
                   Candour
                   .
                   He
                   died
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   our
                   late
                   Combustions
                   .
                
                 
                   Sir
                   
                     John
                     Wedderburn
                  
                   was
                   a
                   Professour
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   in
                   this
                   Universitie
                   ;
                   but
                   that
                   was
                   too
                   narrow
                   a
                   place
                   for
                   so
                   great
                   a
                   Person
                   ,
                   who
                   became
                   since
                   so
                   celebrated
                   for
                   his
                   great
                   Learning
                   and
                   skill
                   in
                   Physick
                   :
                   and
                   though
                   his
                   infirmities
                   and
                   great
                   age
                   forced
                   him
                   to
                   retire
                   from
                   publick
                   practice
                   and
                   business
                   ,
                   yet
                   his
                   fame
                   attracts
                   all
                   the
                   Nation
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   noble
                   Hospitality
                   and
                   kindness
                   to
                   all
                   men
                   that
                   are
                   learned
                   and
                   vertuous
                   makes
                   his
                   Conversation
                   no
                   less
                   loved
                   then
                   his
                   Advice
                   is
                   desired
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Samuel
                     Rutherfurd
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   in
                   the
                   
                     New
                     Colledge
                  
                   ,
                   was
                   very
                   famous
                   in
                   those
                   Times
                   ,
                   for
                   quickness
                   and
                   subtilty
                   in
                   disputing
                   and
                   writing
                   .
                   He
                   was
                   judged
                   to
                   be
                   very
                   devout
                   :
                   he
                   wrote
                   
                     Exercitationes
                     de
                     Gratia
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Disputationes
                     de
                     Providentia
                  
                   :
                   he
                   was
                   a
                   wonderfull
                   Assertour
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Supralapsarian
                     Hypothesis
                  
                   :
                   he
                   wrote
                   also
                   many
                   Books
                   in
                   English
                   ;
                   some
                   Controversial
                   ,
                   as
                   
                     the
                     Divine
                     right
                     of
                     Presbytery
                  
                   ,
                   others
                   pieces
                   of
                   Devotion
                   and
                   Sermons
                   :
                   he
                   wrote
                   also
                   a
                   Seditious
                   Book
                   ,
                   condemned
                   by
                   Law
                   ,
                   about
                   the
                   Power
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Priviledges
                   of
                   the
                   People
                   ,
                   called
                   
                     Lex
                     Rex
                  
                   .
                   He
                   died
                   1661.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Alexander
                     Colvill
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   and
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   in
                   the
                   
                     New
                     Colledge
                  
                   :
                   he
                   was
                   before
                   Professour
                   at
                   Sedan
                   .
                   He
                   was
                   learned
                   in
                   the
                   Hebrew
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   a
                   great
                   Textuary
                   ,
                   and
                   well
                   seen
                   in
                   Divinitie
                   .
                   He
                   died
                   about
                   the
                   year
                   1664.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Wood
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   ,
                   and
                   Provost
                   of
                   Saint
                   Salvator's
                   ,
                   was
                   a
                   person
                   both
                   judicious
                   and
                   wise
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   of
                   considerable
                   Learning
                   :
                   he
                   wrote
                   a
                   Book
                   against
                   Independency
                   :
                   he
                   died
                   about
                   the
                   year
                   1664.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Johnston
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   in
                   the
                   
                     New
                     Colledge
                  
                   ,
                   wrote
                   a
                   Paraphrase
                   of
                   the
                   Psalms
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   most
                   excellent
                   Poems
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   his
                   skill
                   in
                   the
                   Latin
                   tongue
                   and
                   Poesie
                   was
                   second
                   to
                   none
                   in
                   his
                   time
                   :
                   he
                   flourished
                   about
                   the
                   year
                   1610.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     David
                     Calderwood
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   man
                   of
                   great
                   reading
                   and
                   study
                   ,
                   but
                   very
                   unhappy
                   in
                   his
                   way
                   of
                   expressing
                   himself
                   ,
                   both
                   which
                   appeared
                   in
                   his
                   
                     Altare
                     Damascenum
                  
                   .
                   He
                   was
                   at
                   first
                   very
                   factious
                   ,
                   and
                   banished
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   by
                   King
                   James
                   ;
                   yet
                   was
                   afterwards
                   much
                   neglected
                   by
                   that
                   violent
                   Party
                   ,
                   who
                   judged
                   him
                   too
                   moderate
                   ,
                   though
                   from
                   his
                   Book
                   none
                   would
                   imagine
                   him
                   guilty
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Durham
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   of
                   a
                   good
                   Family
                   and
                   learned
                   ,
                   was
                   bred
                   in
                   this
                   famous
                   University
                   :
                   he
                   wrote
                   a
                   judicious
                   Book
                   of
                   Scandal
                   ,
                   with
                   good
                   Learning
                   in
                   it
                   :
                   there
                   are
                   also
                   Expositions
                   of
                   his
                   upon
                   the
                   Revelation
                   ,
                   and
                   on
                   the
                   
                     Song
                     of
                     Solomon
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   
                     Ten
                     Commandments
                  
                   ,
                   all
                   published
                   since
                   his
                   death
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     George
                     Gillespie
                  
                   was
                   also
                   bred
                   here
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   a
                   very
                   pregnant
                   young
                   man
                   ,
                   had
                   great
                   freedome
                   of
                   expression
                   and
                   much
                   boldness
                   ,
                   which
                   raised
                   him
                   to
                   make
                   a
                   very
                   considerable
                   figure
                   among
                   the
                   Covenanters
                   .
                   He
                   had
                   some
                   good
                   Learning
                   ,
                   but
                   was
                   very
                   factious
                   :
                   he
                   wrote
                   against
                   the
                   Ceremonies
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   pieces
                   against
                   the
                   Erastians
                   .
                   He
                   died
                   An.
                   1649.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Gregory
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   the
                   Mathematicks
                   in
                   this
                   University
                   ,
                   was
                   a
                   person
                   of
                   most
                   extraordinary
                   Learning
                   in
                   those
                   Sciences
                   .
                   He
                   had
                   a
                   strange
                   faculty
                   of
                   resolving
                   the
                   hardest
                   Problems
                   ,
                   and
                   seems
                   to
                   have
                   found
                   a
                   
                     Non
                     plus
                     ultrà
                  
                   in
                   Geometry
                   .
                   He
                   was
                   Fellow
                   of
                   the
                   Royal
                   Society
                   ,
                   and
                   much
                   admired
                   both
                   in
                   
                     England
                     ,
                     France
                  
                   and
                   Italy
                   ,
                   where
                   he
                   travelled
                   ;
                   but
                   lost
                   both
                   his
                   eyes
                   ,
                   and
                   soon
                   after
                   died
                   ,
                   1674.
                   
                
              
               
                 In
                 this
                 Universitie
                 many
                 of
                 the
                 chief
                 Nobility
                 are
                 bred
                 ,
                 among
                 whom
                 none
                 has
                 done
                 greater
                 honour
                 to
                 Saint
                 Leonard's
                 Colledge
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 bred
                 ,
                 then
                 his
                 Grace
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Lauderdail
                 :
                 to
                 whom
                 as
                 Learning
                 seemed
                 entailed
                 ,
                 (
                 his
                 Family
                 for
                 four
                 Descents
                 having
                 been
                 most
                 famed
                 for
                 Learning
                 of
                 any
                 of
                 their
                 Quality
                 ;
                 )
                 so
                 he
                 received
                 those
                 impressions
                 in
                 this
                 Universitie
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 being
                 since
                 much
                 improved
                 ,
                 have
                 rendered
                 him
                 so
                 eminent
                 for
                 Learning
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 onely
                 my
                 Subject
                 leading
                 me
                 to
                 speak
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 say
                 nothing
                 of
                 his
                 other
                 extraordinary
                 Qualities
                 .
              
               
                 Archbald
                 Lord
                 Napier
                 of
                 Merchiston
                 was
                 a
                 profound
                 Scholar
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 great
                 worth
                 .
                 His
                 Logarithms
                 have
                 rendered
                 him
                 famous
                 throughout
                 the
                 whole
                 world
                 :
                 he
                 wrote
                 also
                 an
                 Exposition
                 on
                 the
                 Revelation
                 .
                 He
                 died
                 162
                 —
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Robert
                   Murray
                
                 ,
                 a
                 great
                 Promoter
                 and
                 Fellow
                 of
                 the
                 Royal
                 Society
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 person
                 of
                 wonderfull
                 abilities
                 ,
                 vast
                 apprehensions
                 ,
                 great
                 depth
                 of
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 and
                 universally
                 knowing
                 in
                 every
                 thing
                 ,
                 but
                 more
                 particularly
                 in
                 the
                 Mathematicks
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 Ornament
                 to
                 the
                 Age
                 he
                 lived
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 honour
                 to
                 his
                 Country
                 .
                 He
                 died
                 Anno
                 1674.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Vniversitie
             of
             GLASGOW
          
           
             WAS
             founded
             
               Auspiciis
               ,
               Pietate
               &
               Benignitate
               Eximii
               Principis
               ,
               Jacobi
               Secundi
               ,
               Scotorum
               Regis
               Serenissimi
               ;
               indulgentiam
               faciente
               ,
               &
               jus
               ac
               facultatem
               Studii
               Generalis
               sanciente
               ,
               Nicolao
               Quinto
               ,
               Pontifice
               Romano
               ;
               ejus
               Erectionem
               &
               Constitutionem
               magno
               labore
               &
               sumptibus
               procurante
               Reverendo
               Antistite
               Gulielmo
               Turnbullo
               ,
               Episcopo
               Glasguensi
               .
            
          
           
             The
             words
             of
             the
             Bull
             are
             ,
             
               Vt
               Studium
               Generale
               vigeat
               tam
               in
               Theologia
               ac
               Jure
               Canonico
               &
               Civili
               ,
               quàm
               Artibus
               &
               qualibet
               alià
               Facultate
               ;
               quódque
               Doctores
               &
               Magistri
               ibidem
               omnibus
               &
               singulis
               Privilegiis
               ,
               Libertatibus
               ,
               Honoribus
               ,
               Immunitatibus
               ,
               Exemptionibus
               ,
               per
               Sedem
               Apostolicam
               vel
               alios
               quomodolibet
               Magistris
               ,
               Doctoribus
               &
               Studentibus
               ,
               in
               Studio
               nostrae
               Civitatis
               Cononiensis
               concessis
               ,
               gaudeant
               &
               utantur
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Persons
             founded
             were
             ,
             a
             Rectour
             ,
             a
             Dean
             of
             Facultie
             ,
             a
             Principal
             or
             Warden
             ,
             who
             was
             to
             teach
             Theologie
             ,
             three
             Professours
             to
             teach
             Philosophy
             .
             Afterwards
             some
             Clergy-men
             professed
             the
             Laws
             here
             ,
             being
             invited
             to
             that
             Profession
             rather
             by
             the
             commodity
             of
             a
             Collegiate
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             Immunities
             of
             the
             Universitie
             ,
             then
             by
             any
             considerable
             Salary
             .
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             Anno
             1577.
             did
             establish
             Twelve
             persons
             in
             the
             Colledge
             ▪
             viz.
             a
             Principal
             ,
             three
             Professours
             of
             Philosophy
             called
             Regents
             ,
             four
             Scholars
             called
             Bursars
             ,
             an
             OEconomus
             or
             Provisor
             ,
             who
             furnisheth
             the
             Table
             with
             provisions
             ,
             the
             Principal
             's
             servant
             ,
             a
             Janitor
             ,
             and
             a
             Cook.
             
          
           
             
               Benefactours
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Kings
                 of
                 Scotland
                 have
                 been
                 great
                 Benefactours
                 to
                 this
                 Universitie
                 .
              
               
                 King
                 James
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 the
                 Founder
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 did
                 bestow
                 considerable
                 Revenues
                 ,
                 and
                 endue
                 it
                 with
                 many
                 Privileges
                 and
                 Immunities
                 .
                 The
                 words
                 of
                 the
                 Letter
                 under
                 the
                 Great
                 Seal
                 12.
                 
                 
                   Kal.
                   Maii
                
                 1453.
                 are
                 ,
                 
                   Omnes
                   &
                   singulos
                   Rectores
                   qui
                   pro
                   tempore
                   fuerint
                   ,
                   Facultatum
                   Decanos
                   ,
                   Procuratores
                   Nationum
                   ,
                   Regentes
                   ,
                   Magistros
                   &
                   Scholares
                   in
                   hac
                   Vniversitate
                   studentes
                   ,
                   sub
                   nostra
                   firma
                   pace
                   &
                   custodia
                   ,
                   defensione
                   &
                   manutenentia
                   suscipimus
                   ;
                   eosdemque
                   Rectores
                   ,
                   &c.
                   ab
                   omnibus
                   tributis
                   ,
                   exactionibus
                   ,
                   taxationibus
                   ,
                   collectis
                   ,
                   vigiliis
                   ,
                   custodiis
                   ,
                   eximimus
                   ,
                   &
                   postea
                   eximendos
                   statuimus
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 same
                 Privileges
                 were
                 confirmed
                 by
                 King
                 James
                 the
                 Third
                 ,
                 Anno
                 1472.
                 by
                 King
                 James
                 the
                 Fourth
                 ,
                 1509.
                 by
                 King
                 James
                 the
                 Fifth
                 ,
                 1522.
                 and
                 by
                 Queen
                 Mary
                 ,
                 1547.
                 
              
               
                 About
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Reformation
                 ,
                 the
                 Universitie
                 was
                 almost
                 brought
                 to
                 desolation
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 been
                 ruined
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 King
                 James
                 the
                 Sixth
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Minority
                 ,
                 restored
                 it
                 by
                 his
                 Royal
                 Bounty
                 and
                 munificence
                 .
                 He
                 confirmed
                 all
                 its
                 Privileges
                 ,
                 and
                 bestowed
                 upon
                 it
                 the
                 Tithes
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 
                   Govan
                   ,
                   Anno
                
                 1577.
                 
                 Afterwards
                 he
                 ratified
                 all
                 the
                 former
                 Acts
                 made
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 the
                 Universitie
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 some
                 new
                 Donations
                 ,
                 Anno
                 1617.
                 
              
               
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 First
                 did
                 ratifie
                 all
                 the
                 old
                 Privileges
                 ,
                 and
                 bestowed
                 money
                 for
                 repairing
                 the
                 Fabrick
                 .
              
               
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 the
                 Estates
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 gave
                 also
                 money
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 .
              
               
                 Bishop
                 
                   William
                   Turnbull
                
                 ,
                 by
                 whose
                 procurement
                 the
                 Pope's
                 Bull
                 was
                 obtained
                 ,
                 was
                 very
                 liberal
                 to
                 the
                 Colledge
                 ,
                 bestowing
                 upon
                 it
                 both
                 Lands
                 and
                 Revenues
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 were
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 Bishops
                 and
                 Archbishops
                 who
                 succeeded
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Citie
                 of
                 Glasgow
                 were
                 also
                 Benefactours
                 to
                 the
                 Colledge
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Ground
                 on
                 which
                 the
                 Colledge
                 stands
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Field
                 adjacent
                 thereunto
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 donation
                 of
                 James
                 Lord
                 Hamilton
                 .
              
               
                 Since
                 the
                 Reformation
                 ,
                 sundry
                 private
                 men
                 have
                 given
                 considerable
                 summs
                 of
                 money
                 towards
                 the
                 maintenance
                 of
                 poor
                 Scholars
                 or
                 Bursars
                 ;
                 as
                 
                   William
                   Struthers
                   ,
                   Zachary
                   Boyd
                   ,
                   Thomas
                   Crawford
                   ,
                
                 Ministers
                 .
              
               
                 Others
                 have
                 bestowed
                 money
                 for
                 repairing
                 the
                 Fabrick
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Alexander
                   Boyd
                   ,
                   Matthew
                   Wilson
                
                 ,
                 Ministers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   James
                   Law
                
                 ,
                 Archbishop
                 of
                 Glasgow
                 ,
                 was
                 very
                 bountifull
                 to
                 the
                 Colledge
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 much
                 augmented
                 the
                 Revenues
                 thereof
                 ,
                 and
                 bestowed
                 many
                 choice
                 Books
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 Library
                 .
              
               
                 William
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                   Dundonald
                   ,
                   Anno
                
                 1672.
                 gave
                 about
                 1000
                 pounds
                 sterling
                 towards
                 the
                 maintenance
                 of
                 Bursars
                 .
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Snell
                
                 hath
                 of
                 late
                 bestowed
                 6000
                 Marks
                 Scotish
                 for
                 enriching
                 the
                 Library
                 ,
                 and
                 adorning
                 the
                 Fabrick
                 .
              
            
             
             
               The
               Archbishops
               of
               Glasgow
               are
               perpetual
               Chancellours
               of
               the
               Universitie
               .
               The
               Rectour
               is
               chosen
               once
               every
               year
               .
               
                 David
                 Cadyow
              
               ,
               Canon
               of
               Glasgow
               ,
               was
               the
               first
               Rectour
               ;
               and
               
                 William
                 Elphingston
              
               ,
               Official
               of
               Glasgow
               ,
               afterwards
               Bishop
               of
               Aberdene
               ,
               was
               the
               first
               Dean
               of
               Facultie
               .
            
          
           
             
               Principals
               .
            
             
               
                 1454.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Bineb
                
                 first
                 Principal
                 .
              
            
             
               His
               Successours
               are
               not
               known
               ,
               because
               the
               old
               Records
               and
               Registers
               of
               the
               Colledge
               were
               either
               destroyed
               or
               taken
               away
               at
               the
               Reformation
               .
            
             
               
                 1577.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Melvin
                
                 .
              
               
                 1580.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Smeton
                
                 .
              
               
                 1600.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Sharp
                
                 .
              
               
                 1615.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Boyd
                   of
                   Trochrig
                
                 .
              
               
                 1622.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Cameron
                
                 .
              
               
                 1626.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Strang
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 .
              
               
                 1650.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Ramsay
                
                 :
                 he
                 lived
                 but
                 a
                 month
                 after
                 his
                 Instalment
                 .
              
               
                 1653.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Gillespie
                
                 .
              
               
                 1660.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Bailie
                
                 .
              
               
                 1662.
                 
                 
                   Edward
                   Wright
                
                 ,
                 present
                 Principal
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Professours
               of
               Divinitie
               .
            
             
               The
               Principals
               taught
               Theologie
               till
               Anno
               1640.
               at
               which
               time
               there
               was
               a
               Salarie
               settled
               for
               maintenance
               of
               a
               Professour
               of
               Divinitie
               .
            
             
               
                 1640.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Dickson
                
                 .
              
               
                 1649.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Bailie
                
                 .
              
               
                 1660.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Young.
                
                 
              
               
                 1668.
                 
                 
                   Gilbert
                   Burnet
                
                 .
              
               
                 1674.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Liddell
                
                 ,
                 present
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               is
               not
               a
               Coat
               of
               Arms
               peculiar
               to
               this
               Universitie
               ,
               but
               they
               use
               the
               Arms
               of
               the
               Citie
               of
               Glasgow
               .
            
          
           
             
               Present
               Professours
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Fleming
                
                 of
                 Ferm
                 ,
                 Rectour
                 .
              
               
                 Doctour
                 
                   Matthew
                   Brisban
                
                 ,
                 Dean
                 of
                 Facultie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Edward
                   Wright
                
                 ,
                 Principal
                 or
                 Warden
                 .
              
               
                 
                   David
                   Liddell
                
                 ,
                 Professour
                 of
                 Theologie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       William
                       Blair
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       Thomas
                       Nicolson
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       John
                       Tran
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       John
                       Boyd
                    
                     ,
                  
                
                 Professours
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Learned
               men
               and
               Writers
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Sharp
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 and
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 well
                 learned
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 good
                 Textuary
                 .
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Cameron
                
                 ,
                 Principal
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 I
                 need
                 say
                 no
                 more
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 the
                 Great
                 Cameron
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 to
                 the
                 World
                 by
                 his
                 excellent
                 Prelections
                 on
                 the
                 New
                 Testament
                 .
                 He
                 acquired
                 so
                 much
                 fame
                 in
                 France
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 in
                 Saumur
                 ,
                 that
                 King
                 James
                 brought
                 him
                 to
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 hoping
                 that
                 his
                 Learning
                 and
                 Worth
                 would
                 have
                 had
                 some
                 effects
                 on
                 the
                 Puritans
                 :
                 but
                 he
                 finding
                 them
                 untractable
                 ,
                 went
                 back
                 to
                 France
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 lived
                 and
                 died
                 in
                 great
                 esteem
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Boyd
                
                 ,
                 Principal
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 very
                 excellent
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 considerable
                 Learning
                 :
                 he
                 wrote
                 a
                 large
                 Commentary
                 on
                 the
                 Ephesians
                 .
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Strang
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 Principal
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 great
                 Parts
                 ,
                 extraordinary
                 Subtilty
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 most
                 solid
                 Reason
                 ,
                 as
                 appears
                 by
                 his
                 excellent
                 Books
                 
                   De
                   voluntate
                   Dei
                   in
                   actibus
                   humanis
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   De
                   Scriptura
                   Sacra
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   David
                   Dickson
                
                 ,
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 wonderfully
                 esteemed
                 and
                 reverenced
                 for
                 his
                 Piety
                 by
                 the
                 Covenanters
                 ,
                 not
                 unlearned
                 :
                 he
                 wrote
                 a
                 Commentary
                 on
                 S.
                 
                 Matthew's
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 Psalms
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Epistles
                 to
                 the
                 Romans
                 and
                 Hebrews
                 ;
                 also
                 a
                 Book
                 of
                 Practical
                 Divinitie
                 ,
                 called
                 
                   Therapeutica
                   Sacra
                
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 wrote
                 in
                 Latin.
                 
              
               
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Bailie
                
                 ,
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 Principal
                 ,
                 a
                 learned
                 and
                 modest
                 man
                 :
                 though
                 he
                 published
                 some
                 very
                 violent
                 Writings
                 ,
                 yet
                 those
                 flowed
                 rather
                 from
                 the
                 instigation
                 of
                 other
                 persons
                 ,
                 then
                 his
                 own
                 inclinations
                 .
                 He
                 has
                 left
                 a
                 great
                 evidence
                 of
                 his
                 Diligence
                 and
                 Learning
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Opus
                   Chronologicum
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Nubet
                
                 and
                 
                   James
                   Ferguson
                
                 ,
                 two
                 Ministers
                 much
                 esteemed
                 ,
                 were
                 bred
                 in
                 this
                 University
                 :
                 they
                 wrote
                 each
                 of
                 them
                 Commentaries
                 on
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Epistles
                 .
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Hutchinson
                
                 was
                 also
                 bred
                 here
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 accounted
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 Preachers
                 of
                 the
                 Presbyterian
                 party
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 a
                 Learned
                 man
                 :
                 he
                 wrote
                 on
                 the
                 Twelve
                 
                   Minor
                   Prophets
                
                 ,
                 on
                 Job
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 Gospel
                 of
                 Saint
                 John.
                 He
                 died
                 Anno
                 1674.
                 
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Buchanan
                
                 was
                 a
                 person
                 that
                 deserves
                 a
                 higher
                 Character
                 then
                 I
                 can
                 give
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 to
                 such
                 advantage
                 in
                 the
                 foregoing
                 History
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 must
                 referre
                 the
                 Reader
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 page
                 325.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Vniversitie
             of
             ABERDENE
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Alexander
             the
             Second
             ,
             Anno
             121
             —
             there
             was
             a
             
               Studium
               Generale
               in
               Collegio
               Canonicorum
            
             ,
             where
             there
             were
             Professours
             and
             Doctours
             of
             Divinitie
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Canon
             and
             Civil
             Laws
             ,
             and
             many
             Learned
             men
             have
             flourished
             therein
             .
          
           
             King
             James
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             and
             
               William
               Elphingston
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             procured
             from
             Pope
             Alexander
             the
             Sixth
             the
             Privilege
             of
             an
             Universitie
             in
             
               Aberdene
               ,
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1494.
             
             It
             is
             endowed
             with
             as
             ample
             Privileges
             as
             any
             Universitie
             in
             Christendom
             ;
             and
             particularly
             the
             Foundation
             relates
             to
             the
             Privileges
             of
             Paris
             and
             Bononia
             ,
             but
             hath
             no
             reference
             to
             Oxford
             or
             Cambridge
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             Wars
             between
             Scotland
             and
             England
             at
             that
             time
             .
             The
             Privileges
             were
             afterwards
             confirmed
             by
             Pope
             Julius
             the
             Second
             ,
             Clement
             the
             Seventh
             ,
             Leo
             the
             Tenth
             ,
             and
             Paul
             the
             Second
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             Successours
             of
             King
             James
             the
             Fourth
             .
          
           
             The
             Bishop
             of
             Aberdene
             is
             perpetual
             Chancellour
             of
             this
             Universitie
             ,
             and
             hath
             power
             to
             visit
             in
             his
             own
             person
             and
             to
             reform
             Abuses
             :
             and
             although
             he
             be
             not
             a
             Doctour
             of
             Divinitie
             ,
             yet
             the
             Foundation
             gives
             him
             power
             of
             conferring
             that
             Degree
             .
          
           
             The
             Office
             of
             Vicechancellour
             resides
             in
             the
             Official
             or
             Commissary
             of
             Aberdene
             .
          
           
             The
             Rectour
             ,
             who
             is
             chosen
             yearly
             ,
             with
             the
             assistence
             of
             his
             four
             Assessours
             is
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             Abuses
             ,
             &c.
             in
             the
             Universitie
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             a
             return
             thereof
             to
             the
             Chancellour
             .
             If
             one
             of
             the
             Masters
             happen
             to
             be
             Rectour
             ,
             then
             is
             his
             power
             devolved
             upon
             the
             Vice-chancellour
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Colledge
               was
               founded
               by
               Bishop
               
                 William
                 Elphingston
                 ,
                 Anno
              
               1500.
               and
               was
               called
               the
               
                 King's
                 Colledge
              
               ,
               because
               King
               James
               the
               Fourth
               took
               upon
               him
               and
               his
               Successours
               the
               special
               Protection
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Persons
                 endowed
                 were
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Doctour
                   of
                   
                     
                       Theologie
                       ,
                       who
                       was
                       Principal
                       ;
                    
                     
                       the
                       Canon
                       Law
                       ;
                    
                     
                       the
                       Civil
                       Law
                       ;
                    
                     
                       Physick
                       ;
                    
                  
                
                 
                   A
                   Professour
                   of
                   Humanity
                   to
                   teach
                   Grammar
                   ;
                
                 
                   A
                   Subprincipal
                   to
                   teach
                   Philosophy
                   ;
                
                 
                   A
                   Cantor
                   ;
                
                 
                   A
                   Sacrist
                   ;
                
                 
                   Six
                   Students
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   ;
                
                 
                   Three
                   Students
                   of
                   the
                   Laws
                   ;
                
                 
                   Thirteen
                   Students
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   ;
                
                 
                   An
                   Organist
                   ;
                
                 
                   Five
                   Singing-boys
                   ,
                   who
                   were
                   Students
                   of
                   Humanitie
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Benefactours
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Bishop
                   
                     William
                     Elphingston
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   Founder
                   ,
                   built
                   most
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Fabrick
                   ,
                   furnished
                   the
                   great
                   Steeple
                   with
                   ten
                   Bells
                   ,
                   gave
                   many
                   costly
                   Ornaments
                   ,
                   as
                   Hangings
                   ,
                   Books
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   King
                   James
                   the
                   Fourth
                   bestowed
                   upon
                   the
                   Colledge
                   the
                   Rents
                   of
                   the
                   Hospital
                   of
                   
                     Saint
                     Germans
                  
                   in
                   Lothian
                   ,
                   whereof
                   the
                   Tithes
                   of
                   the
                   Parishes
                   of
                   Aberluthnot
                   in
                   Mernis
                   ,
                   of
                   Glenmuik
                   and
                   Glengairden
                   in
                   Mar
                   ,
                   are
                   a
                   part
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   the
                   Tithes
                   of
                   the
                   Parishes
                   of
                   Slanes
                   and
                   Furvie
                   in
                   Buchan
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   King
                   James
                   the
                   Sixth
                   bestowed
                   upon
                   it
                   the
                   Rents
                   of
                   the
                   Carmelite
                   Friers
                   of
                   Bamff
                   ,
                   the
                   Chaplainries
                   of
                   Westhall
                   and
                   Fallowroull
                   .
                
                 
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   First
                   gave
                   to
                   the
                   Colledge
                   two
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Revenues
                   of
                   the
                   Bishoprick
                   of
                   Aberdene
                   ,
                   so
                   long
                   as
                   the
                   See
                   should
                   remain
                   vacant
                   ,
                   Anno
                   1641.
                   
                   Upon
                   which
                   Donation
                   ,
                   eight
                   Bursars
                   more
                   were
                   endowed
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Universitie
                   was
                   called
                   the
                   Caroline
                   Universitie
                   .
                
                 
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   Second
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   advice
                   of
                   the
                   Estates
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   did
                   bestow
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   Anno
                   1672.
                   the
                   Stipends
                   of
                   all
                   those
                   Churches
                   which
                   should
                   happen
                   to
                   be
                   vacant
                   within
                   the
                   Dioceses
                   of
                   
                     Aberdene
                     ,
                     Murray
                     ,
                     Ross
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Cathnes
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   for
                   seven
                   years
                   following
                   the
                   date
                   of
                   the
                   Act.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Gawin
                     Dumbar
                  
                   ,
                   Bishop
                   of
                   Aberdene
                   ,
                   built
                   the
                   South-quarter
                   of
                   the
                   Colledge
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   houses
                   belonging
                   to
                   the
                   Prebendaries
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   perfect
                   whatsoever
                   Bishop
                   Elphingston
                   left
                   unfinished
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     William
                     Stewart
                  
                   ,
                   Bishop
                   of
                   Aberdene
                   ,
                   built
                   the
                   Library
                   ,
                   Chapter-house
                   ,
                   Vestry-house
                   ,
                   a
                   School
                   ,
                   and
                   Chambers
                   for
                   the
                   Chaplains
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Duncan
                     Sberar
                  
                   ,
                   Parson
                   of
                   Clat
                   ,
                   gave
                   certain
                   Lands
                   towards
                   the
                   maintenance
                   of
                   Bursars
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Nicolaus
                     Hay
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   the
                   Civil
                   Law
                   ,
                   and
                   Official
                   of
                   Aberdene
                   ,
                   gave
                   maintenance
                   to
                   Bursars
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Robert
                     Maitland
                  
                   ,
                   Dean
                   of
                   Aberdene
                   ,
                   procured
                   the
                   annexation
                   of
                   the
                   Deanry
                   to
                   the
                   Colledge
                   ,
                   1579.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Walter
                     Stewart
                  
                   ,
                   Principal
                   ,
                   procured
                   the
                   annexation
                   of
                   his
                   Rectory
                   of
                   Methlick
                   to
                   the
                   Colledge
                   .
                
                 
                   Sir
                   
                     Thomas
                     Burnet
                  
                   of
                   Leyis
                   endowed
                   three
                   Bursars
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Wat
                  
                   ,
                   Rectour
                   of
                   Snaith
                   in
                   Yorkshire
                   ,
                   gave
                   certain
                   Lands
                   towards
                   the
                   maintenance
                   of
                   a
                   Student
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Alexander
                     Reid
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   of
                   Physick
                   ,
                   left
                   in
                   legacy
                   to
                   the
                   Colledge
                   two
                   hundred
                   pounds
                   of
                   English
                   money
                   :
                   he
                   also
                   left
                   his
                   Books
                   to
                   the
                   Library
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Forbes
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   and
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   ,
                   did
                   purchase
                   two
                   houses
                   ,
                   and
                   left
                   the
                   one
                   for
                   the
                   accommodation
                   of
                   his
                   Successours
                   Professours
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   for
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   the
                   Cantor
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 following
                 persons
                 left
                 their
                 Books
                 to
                 the
                 Library
                 .
                 
                   
                     
                       Andrew
                       Strachan
                    
                     ,
                     Doctour
                     and
                     Professour
                     of
                     Divinitie
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       George
                       Clerk
                    
                     ,
                     a
                     Minister
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Thomas
                       Garden
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       George
                       Anderson
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Sir
                     
                       Francis
                       Gordon
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Alexander
                       Blackball
                    
                     ,
                     Student
                     of
                     Divinitie
                     ,
                     resident
                     at
                     London
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Thomas
                       Mercer
                    
                     ,
                     Burgess
                     of
                     Aberdene
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 Principals
                 .
              
               
                 150
                 —
                 .
                 
                   Hector
                   Boeth
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Boyes
                 ,
                 (
                 descended
                 from
                 the
                 Boeths
                 of
                 Panbride
                 in
                 Angus
                 ,
                 )
                 born
                 in
                 Dundee
                 ,
                 and
                 bred
                 up
                 in
                 Letters
                 in
                 the
                 Universitie
                 of
                 Paris
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 Principal
                 .
                 Besides
                 his
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Scots
                 ,
                 he
                 wrote
                 the
                 Lives
                 of
                 the
                 Bishops
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 .
              
               
                 153
                 —
                 .
                 
                   William
                   Hay
                
                 ,
                 Subprincipal
                 ,
                 was
                 his
                 Successour
                 .
              
               
                 1552.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Bissait
                
                 continued
                 six
                 years
                 ,
                 and
                 resigned
                 his
                 place
                 (
                 because
                 of
                 his
                 infirmitie
                 proceeding
                 from
                 long
                 sickness
                 )
                 to
              
               
                 1558.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Anderson
                
                 ,
                 Subprincipal
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 also
                 Parson
                 of
                 Tyrie
                 ,
                 and
                 Vicar
                 of
                 Kinkell
                 .
                 This
                 man
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 Scholar
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 subtil
                 Disputant
                 ,
                 but
                 no
                 great
                 friend
                 to
                 the
                 Colledge
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 hatred
                 he
                 bare
                 to
                 the
                 Reformed
                 Religion
                 ,
                 he
                 alienated
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Colledge-Revenues
                 ,
                 destroyed
                 many
                 of
                 its
                 Writings
                 and
                 Evidences
                 ,
                 whereby
                 many
                 Lands
                 and
                 other
                 Rents
                 belonging
                 to
                 
                   Saint
                   Germans
                
                 are
                 quite
                 lost
                 ;
                 sold
                 the
                 Ornaments
                 ,
                 Books
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Furniture
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Colledge
                 .
                 Commendable
                 he
                 was
                 in
                 one
                 thing
                 ;
                 for
                 when
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Reformers
                 would
                 have
                 taken
                 away
                 the
                 Lead
                 and
                 Bells
                 ,
                 
                   repulit
                   vim
                   ferro
                
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 afterwards
                 turned
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Place
                 conferred
                 upon
              
               
                 1569.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Arbuthnot
                
                 ,
                 (
                 Brother
                 to
                 the
                 Baron
                 of
                 Arbuthnot
                 ,
                 )
                 Parson
                 of
                 Arbuthnot
                 and
                 
                   Logy
                   Buchan
                
                 ,
                 a
                 modest
                 ,
                 learned
                 ,
                 and
                 pious
                 Divine
                 .
              
               
                 1584.
                 
                 
                   Walter
                   Stewart
                
                 ,
                 Subprincipal
                 ,
                 was
                 his
                 Successour
                 ,
                 a
                 very
                 hopefull
                 person
                 ,
                 taken
                 away
                 in
                 the
                 thirty-sixth
                 year
                 of
                 his
                 age
                 .
              
               
                 1593.
                 
                 Upon
                 his
                 death
                 ,
                 
                   David
                   Rait
                
                 ,
                 (
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Halgreen
                 in
                 the
                 Mernis
                 ,
                 )
                 Sub-principal
                 ,
                 
                 was
                 preferred
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 .
                 He
                 continued
                 Principal
                 fortie
                 two
                 years
                 .
              
               
                 1634.
                 
                 To
                 him
                 succeeded
                 
                   William
                   Leslie
                
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 ,
                 Subprincipal
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 great
                 Learning
                 .
                 In
                 his
                 time
                 ,
                 Anno
                 1634.
                 a
                 storm
                 of
                 wind
                 beat
                 down
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 Steeple
                 ,
                 which
                 afterwards
                 was
                 built
                 more
                 stately
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 four
                 Arches
                 supporting
                 a
                 Crown
                 with
                 a
                 Globe
                 and
                 Cross
                 .
                 Principal
                 Leslie
                 was
                 for
                 his
                 Loyalty
                 thrust
                 out
                 by
                 the
                 Covenanters
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 room
                 was
                 elected
              
               
                 1640.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Guild
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 ,
                 Minister
                 in
                 Aberdene
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Chaplains
                 to
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 First
                 ;
                 a
                 Learned
                 and
                 worthy
                 person
                 .
                 He
                 built
                 the
                 Tradesmens
                 Hospital
                 in
                 Aberdene
                 ,
                 left
                 considerable
                 Legacies
                 to
                 the
                 Poor
                 ,
                 and
                 bequeathed
                 his
                 Books
                 to
                 the
                 Library
                 of
                 
                   Saint
                   Andrews
                
                 .
              
               
                 Anno
                 1649.
                 the
                 General
                 Assembly
                 gave
                 a
                 Commission
                 to
                 some
                 Ministers
                 and
                 Lay-Elders
                 to
                 reform
                 the
                 Colledge
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 expell
                 the
                 Malignants
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Persons
                 thrust
                 out
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Doctour
                   
                     William
                     Guild
                  
                   ,
                   Principal
                   ;
                
                 
                   
                     Alexander
                     Middleton
                  
                   ,
                   Subprincipal
                   ;
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Patrick
                         Gordon
                      
                       ,
                    
                     
                       
                         George
                         Middleton
                      
                       ,
                    
                  
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Persons
                 put
                 in
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 did
                 not
                 unanimously
                 agree
                 whom
                 to
                 put
                 in
                 ;
                 and
                 considering
                 (
                 Winter
                 drawing
                 near
                 )
                 that
                 the
                 Colledge
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 well
                 governed
                 ,
                 unless
                 there
                 were
                 a
                 Principal
                 or
                 Subprincipal
                 ,
                 therefore
                 they
                 ordered
                 the
                 Subprincipal
                 to
                 continue
                 ,
                 till
                 his
                 place
                 were
                 supplied
                 by
                 another
                 .
                 Shortly
                 after
                 ,
                 the
                 Masters
                 restored
                 the
                 Principal
                 (
                 in
                 despite
                 of
                 all
                 opposition
                 )
                 to
                 his
                 place
                 .
                 But
                 Anno
                 1651.
                 
                 General
                 Monk
                 ,
                 sent
                 five
                 Colonels
                 to
                 reform
                 the
                 Coledge
                 ;
                 Colonel
                 
                   Fenwick
                   ,
                   Moseley
                   ,
                   Owen
                   ,
                   Disborough
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Smith
                 .
                 At
                 this
                 Reformation
                 both
                 Principal
                 and
                 Subprincipal
                 were
                 again
                 turned
                 out
                 :
                 
                   Gilbert
                   Rewle
                
                 was
                 substituted
                 in
                 the
                 room
                 of
                 the
                 latter
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 was
                 conferred
                 upon
              
               
                 1652.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Row
                
                 ,
                 an
                 Independent
                 Minister
                 in
                 Aberdene
                 ,
                 a
                 person
                 well
                 seen
                 in
                 the
                 Latin
                 and
                 Greek
                 Languages
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 ill
                 in
                 the
                 Hebrew
                 .
                 In
                 his
                 time
                 ,
                 Anno
                 1657.
                 was
                 laid
                 the
                 foundation
                 of
                 the
                 New
                 work
                 in
                 the
                 North-East
                 corner
                 of
                 the
                 Colledge
                 ,
                 of
                 six
                 stories
                 high
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 twenty
                 four
                 Chambers
                 with
                 Chimneys
                 and
                 Conveniences
                 ,
                 a
                 School
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Bulliard-house
                 .
                 The
                 Money
                 that
                 built
                 it
                 was
                 given
                 by
                 the
                 Masters
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 well-disposed
                 persons
                 ,
                 whose
                 Names
                 are
                 written
                 in
                 a
                 Register
                 called
                 
                   Album
                   amicorum
                   Collegii
                   Regii
                   Aberdonensis
                
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Row
                 continued
                 Principal
                 till
                 Anno
                 1661.
                 
              
               
                 At
                 which
                 time
                 
                   William
                   Rait
                
                 ,
                 Minister
                 at
                 Brichen
                 ,
                 was
                 preferred
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 .
                 He
                 stayed
                 onely
                 a
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 returned
                 to
                 Brichen
                 .
              
               
                 1662.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Middleton
                
                 ,
                 Minister
                 in
                 
                   Old
                   Aberdene
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Subprincipal
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 before
                 ,
                 succeeded
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Professours
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 was
                 founded
                 by
                 the
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 Synod
                 ,
                 and
                 Colledge
                 of
                 
                   Aberdene
                   ,
                   Anno
                
                 162
                 —
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 Professour
                 was
              
               
                 162
                 —
                 .
                 
                   John
                   Forbes
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 a
                 most
                 pious
                 ,
                 peaceable
                 and
                 learned
                 Divine
                 .
                 He
                 continued
                 till
                 the
                 year
                 163
                 —
                 .
                 and
                 being
                 by
                 the
                 Magistrates
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 chosen
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Ministers
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 left
                 for
                 his
                 Successour
              
               
                 1634.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Strachan
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 who
                 lived
                 little
                 above
                 a
                 year
                 after
                 his
                 Instalment
                 .
              
               
                 1635.
                 
                 Doctour
                 Forbes
                 was
                 chosen
                 Professour
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 continued
                 till
                 for
                 his
                 Loyalty
                 he
                 was
                 thrust
                 out
                 by
                 the
                 Covenanters
                 ,
                 Anno
                 1639.
                 
                 Shortly
                 after
                 he
                 went
                 over
                 into
                 Holland
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 published
                 his
                 
                   Instructiones
                   Historico-Theologicae
                
                 ,
                 and
                 returning
                 home
                 died
                 in
                 his
                 house
                 of
                 
                   Corse
                   ,
                   Anno
                
                 165
                 —
                 .
              
               
                 164
                 —
                 .
                 
                   William
                   Douglas
                
                 ,
                 Minister
                 at
                 Forgue
                 ,
                 succeeded
                 Doctour
                 Forbes
                 .
                 He
                 died
                 Anno
                 1665.
                 
              
               
                 1673.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Scongal
                
                 ,
                 Parson
                 of
                 Achterless
                 ,
                 was
                 after
                 some
                 years
                 Vacancy
                 preferred
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Election
                 of
                 the
                 Rectour
                 ,
                 Dean
                 of
                 Facultie
                 ,
                 Professour
                 of
                 the
                 Oriental
                 Languages
                 ,
                 Professours
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 Janitor
                 ,
                 &c.
                 is
                 by
                 the
                 major
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Masters
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 Principal
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Prebendaries
                 are
                 chosen
                 not
                 onely
                 by
                 the
                 major
                 part
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 by
                 four
                 
                   Procuratores
                   Nationum
                
                 .
                 In
                 all
                 the
                 Elections
                 the
                 Foundation
                 gives
                 the
                 Principal
                 one
                 great
                 Privilege
                 :
                 
                   Volumus
                   enim
                   ut
                   in
                   omnibus
                   hisce
                   Electionibus
                   ,
                   Principalis
                   habeat
                   vocem
                   
                   Nominativam
                   ,
                   Electivam
                   ,
                   &
                   Conclusivam
                   :
                
                 which
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Negative
                 voice
                 inherent
                 in
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 a
                 Place
                 be
                 vacant
                 ,
                 a
                 Bursar
                 (
                 Alumnus
                 )
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 preferred
                 before
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 be
                 sufficiently
                 qualified
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 a
                 vacant
                 Place
                 be
                 not
                 filled
                 within
                 one
                 month
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 falls
                 to
                 the
                 Chancellour
                 
                   Jure
                   devoluto
                
                 ,
                 who
                 presents
                 one
                 for
                 that
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Procuratores
                   Nationum
                
                 their
                 having
                 a
                 voice
                 in
                 the
                 Elections
                 ,
                 imports
                 the
                 like
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 Scholars
                 ,
                 from
                 whom
                 they
                 derive
                 their
                 power
                 of
                 voting
                 .
                 The
                 Scholars
                 are
                 divided
                 into
                 four
                 Classes
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 the
                 Dioceses
                 or
                 Provinces
                 wherein
                 they
                 live
                 .
                 The
                 Provinces
                 are
                 these
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   Provincia
                   Aberdonensis
                
                 contains
                 the
                 Shires
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 and
                 Bamff
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   Provincia
                   Moraviensis
                
                 includes
                 all
                 those
                 Countries
                 that
                 lie
                 on
                 the
                 North
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 Spey
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   Provincia
                   Angusiensis
                
                 contains
                 Angus
                 and
                 Mernis
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 
                   Provincia
                   Landoniensis
                
                 comprehends
                 (
                 besides
                 Lothian
                 )
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 Scotland
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Students
                 of
                 each
                 Province
                 do
                 chuse
                 a
                 Procuratour
                 to
                 give
                 up
                 their
                 Vote
                 in
                 the
                 Election
                 .
              
               
                 Every
                 Michaelmas
                 ,
                 the
                 Masters
                 convene
                 after
                 ending
                 of
                 the
                 ten
                 weeks
                 Vacation
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Probleme
                 is
                 affixed
                 on
                 the
                 Colledge-Gates
                 ,
                 inviting
                 young
                 Scholars
                 to
                 come
                 and
                 dispute
                 for
                 a
                 Burse
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 their
                 maintenance
                 at
                 the
                 Colledge
                 .
                 )
                 To
                 these
                 are
                 prescribed
                 Exercises
                 or
                 Themes
                 to
                 make
                 ,
                 then
                 Latin
                 Authours
                 in
                 Prose
                 and
                 Verse
                 to
                 expound
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 first
                 four
                 (
                 for
                 so
                 many
                 Burses
                 are
                 void
                 at
                 every
                 Commencement
                 )
                 who
                 are
                 reckoned
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 best
                 Scholars
                 ,
                 are
                 preferred
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 October
                 the
                 Students
                 begin
                 to
                 convene
                 .
                 They
                 wear
                 a
                 Red
                 or
                 Scarlet
                 Gown
                 with
                 hanging
                 Sleeves
                 ;
                 but
                 those
                 who
                 are
                 Bursars
                 ,
                 a
                 Black
                 Gown
                 with
                 a
                 Girdle
                 .
                 Their
                 time
                 of
                 continuance
                 at
                 the
                 Universitie
                 is
                 four
                 years
                 .
                 They
                 are
                 ranked
                 into
                 four
                 Classes
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 Class
                 is
                 taught
                 the
                 Greek
                 Language
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Students
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 Class
                 do
                 learn
                 Logicks
                 and
                 Metaphysicks
                 .
              
               
                 Those
                 of
                 the
                 third
                 Class
                 (
                 who
                 at
                 the
                 year's
                 end
                 are
                 Bachelours
                 of
                 Arts
                 )
                 do
                 learn
                 Ethicks
                 and
                 General
                 Physicks
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 fourth
                 and
                 highest
                 Class
                 do
                 compleat
                 their
                 Course
                 with
                 Special
                 Physicks
                 and
                 Mathematicks
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Commencement
                 of
                 Masters
                 of
                 Arts
                 is
                 in
                 July
                 ;
                 the
                 manner
                 thus
                 .
              
               
                 Before
                 the
                 day
                 appointed
                 ,
                 those
                 who
                 are
                 to
                 receive
                 their
                 Degree
                 do
                 publish
                 their
                 Theses
                 ,
                 inviting
                 all
                 Learned
                 men
                 and
                 Scholars
                 to
                 come
                 and
                 dispute
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 the
                 day
                 appointed
                 ,
                 great
                 preparation
                 is
                 made
                 ,
                 the
                 Candidati
                 are
                 apparelled
                 in
                 Black
                 ,
                 with
                 Black
                 Gowns
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 ten
                 of
                 the
                 clock
                 all
                 go
                 into
                 the
                 publick
                 School
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Professour
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 or
                 Regent
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 to
                 conferre
                 the
                 Degree
                 ,
                 makes
                 a
                 long
                 Speech
                 (
                 beginning
                 with
                 a
                 Prayer
                 )
                 to
                 the
                 Auditours
                 :
                 which
                 being
                 ended
                 ,
                 the
                 Disputes
                 begin
                 ,
                 and
                 continue
                 till
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 of
                 the
                 clock
                 .
                 Then
                 they
                 take
                 a
                 little
                 refreshment
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 return
                 to
                 the
                 Graduation
                 ,
                 (
                 Laureation
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 The
                 Regent
                 doth
                 tender
                 to
                 the
                 Candidati
                 the
                 following
                 Oath
                 :
                 
                   Ego
                   ,
                   A.B.
                   coram
                   Omniscio
                   &
                   Omnipotenti
                   Deo
                   ,
                   Religionem
                   &
                   Fidem
                   ,
                   unicam
                   &
                   solam
                   Orthodoxam
                   ,
                   in
                   Ecclesia
                   Scoticana
                   palàm
                   propositam
                   ,
                   professurum
                   me
                   ,
                   &
                   ab
                   omnibus
                   Pontificiorum
                   &
                   aliorum
                   quorumcunque
                   Haeresibus
                   longè
                   abhorrentem
                   ,
                   spondeo
                   ,
                   voveo
                   ,
                   juro
                   .
                   Insuper
                   ,
                   Universitati
                   buie
                   ,
                   almae
                   Parenti
                   ,
                   cui
                   banc
                   Ingenii
                   culturam
                   debeo
                   ,
                   liberaliter
                   relaturum
                   me
                   nutritiam
                   quam
                   potero
                   ,
                   eâdem
                   fide
                   solenniter
                   promitto
                   .
                   Quòd
                   si
                   fidem
                   sciens
                   &
                   volens
                   fefellero
                   ,
                   arcanorum
                   cordis
                   recessuum
                   Scrutstarem
                   Deum
                   ,
                   ultarem
                   &
                   vindicem
                   non
                   recuso
                   .
                   Ità
                   me
                   adjuvet
                   Deus
                   .
                
              
               
                 After
                 the
                 Oath
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Candidati
                 ascends
                 the
                 Desk
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Regent
                 taking
                 into
                 his
                 hand
                 a
                 Hat
                 or
                 Cap
                 ,
                 with
                 these
                 following
                 words
                 doth
                 give
                 him
                 his
                 Degree
                 .
                 
                   Ego
                   eâdem
                   authoritate
                   ,
                   quam
                   Summi
                   ac
                   Potentissimi
                   Principes
                   Almae
                   buic
                   Vniversitati
                   amplissimam
                   indulsêre
                   ,
                   te
                   A.B.
                   in
                   Artibus
                   Liberalibus
                   ,
                   &
                   Disciplinis
                   Philosophicis
                   ,
                   Magistrum
                   creo
                   ,
                   proclamo
                   ,
                   constituo
                   ,
                   renuncio
                   :
                   tibíque
                   potestatem
                   do
                   ,
                   Legendi
                   ,
                   Scribendi
                   omniáque
                   id
                   genus
                   alia
                   committendi
                   ,
                   quae
                   bîc
                   ,
                   aut
                   ubivis
                   Gentium
                   ,
                   Artium
                   Magistris
                   concedi
                   solet
                   .
                   Et
                   in
                   signum
                   manumissionis
                   tuae
                   ,
                   Caput
                   tuum
                   hoc
                   Pileo
                   (
                   
                     putting
                     the
                     Cap
                     on
                     the
                     Scholar's
                     Head
                  
                   )
                   adorno
                   :
                   quod
                   ut
                   tibi
                   felix
                   faustúmque
                   sit
                   ,
                   Deum
                   Optimum
                   Maximum
                   precor
                   .
                   Insuper
                   ,
                   Librum
                   hunc
                   tibi
                   apertum
                   trado
                   :
                   ut
                   Ingenii
                   tui
                   aliquod
                   specimen
                   coram
                   celebri
                   hoc
                   coetu
                   edas
                   ,
                   rogo
                   .
                
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Graduate
                 hath
                 a
                 short
                 Speech
                 to
                 the
                 Auditours
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 Ceremony
                 is
                 ended
                 
                 with
                 clapping
                 of
                 hands
                 ,
                 founding
                 of
                 Trumpets
                 ,
                 shouting
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Thus
                 are
                 all
                 the
                 Candidati
                 graduated
                 one
                 after
                 another
                 .
                 The
                 same
                 way
                 almost
                 is
                 used
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 Universities
                 of
                 Scotland
                 .
              
               
                 Concerning
                 the
                 Graduation
                 of
                 Bachelours
                 and
                 Doctours
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 ,
                 Law
                 ,
                 and
                 Physick
                 ,
                 I
                 can
                 give
                 no
                 account
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Present
                 Masters
                 and
                 Professours
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     John
                     Menzeis
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   in
                   the
                   Marischal
                   Colledge
                   of
                   Aberdene
                   ,
                   Rectour
                   .
                
                 
                   Doctour
                   
                     Lewis
                     Gordon
                  
                   ,
                   Dean
                   of
                   Facultie
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Alexander
                     Middleton
                  
                   ,
                   Dean
                   of
                   Aberdene
                   ,
                   Principal
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Henry
                     Scougal
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     George
                     Nicolson
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   the
                   Laws
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Patrick
                     Vrqhuart
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   and
                   Professour
                   of
                   Physick
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Andrew
                     Massie
                  
                   ,
                   Subprincipal
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Patrick
                     Gordon
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Humanitie
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Oriental
                   Languages
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Robert
                         Forbes
                      
                       ,
                    
                     
                       
                         George
                         Middleton
                      
                       ,
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Buchan
                      
                       ,
                    
                  
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 also
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Student
                   of
                   Divinitie
                   ,
                
                 
                   Fifteen
                   Bursars
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   Cantor
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Musick-School
                   in
                   the
                   Town
                   ,
                
                 
                   An
                   OEconomus
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   Janitor
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   Cook
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   Gardener
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   inferiour
                   Servants
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Learned
                 men
                 and
                 Writers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Hector
                   Boeth
                
                 ,
                 Principal
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Learning
                 of
                 the
                 Times
                 he
                 lived
                 in
                 ,
                 was
                 very
                 considerable
                 :
                 for
                 whose
                 Character
                 see
                 Page
                 68.
                 in
                 the
                 foregoing
                 History
                 .
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Leslie
                
                 ,
                 Canonist
                 in
                 the
                 King's
                 Colledge
                 ,
                 and
                 Official
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 very
                 worthy
                 person
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 great
                 Learning
                 in
                 those
                 days
                 he
                 lived
                 in
                 :
                 he
                 suffered
                 much
                 for
                 his
                 Loyalty
                 to
                 his
                 Princess
                 Queen
                 Mary
                 .
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Forbes
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 and
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 .
                 All
                 I
                 shall
                 say
                 to
                 this
                 great
                 man
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 Scholars
                 that
                 ever
                 our
                 Kingdom
                 bred
                 ,
                 as
                 will
                 apppear
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 ever
                 read
                 his
                 
                   Instructiones
                   Historico-Theologicae
                
                 ,
                 which
                 these
                 unhappy
                 Times
                 suffered
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 finish
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 regret
                 of
                 all
                 Learned
                 men
                 .
                 His
                 Irenicum
                 does
                 also
                 shew
                 both
                 his
                 Learning
                 and
                 Moderation
                 .
                 But
                 his
                 Piety
                 and
                 Devotion
                 was
                 so
                 signal
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 Name
                 will
                 be
                 alwaies
                 remembred
                 there
                 with
                 great
                 honour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Guild
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 Principal
                 .
                 He
                 wrote
                 Commentaries
                 on
                 several
                 Books
                 of
                 the
                 Old
                 Testament
                 ,
                 a
                 Systeme
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 Treatises
                 against
                 the
                 Papists
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 a
                 fair
                 Estate
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 left
                 wholly
                 to
                 pious
                 uses
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Arthur
                   Johnston
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 and
                 Rectour
                 of
                 the
                 Universitie
                 ,
                 was
                 an
                 excellent
                 Poet.
                 
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Douglas
                
                 ,
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 great
                 Industry
                 :
                 he
                 wrote
                 some
                 little
                 Treatises
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 were
                 also
                 three
                 Brothers
                 descended
                 from
                 a
                 Noble
                 Family
                 ,
                 
                   Duncan
                   ,
                   Thomas
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Gilbert
                   Burnet
                
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 bred
                 here
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 in
                 great
                 esteem
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 was
                 a
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 and
                 practised
                 in
                 Norwich
                 :
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 learned
                 ,
                 holy
                 ,
                 and
                 good
                 man.
                 The
                 second
                 was
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Profession
                 ,
                 and
                 likewise
                 in
                 great
                 esteem
                 in
                 Braintrey
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 practised
                 Physick
                 .
                 The
                 third
                 was
                 a
                 Professour
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 first
                 at
                 Basil
                 ,
                 then
                 at
                 Montaubon
                 ;
                 and
                 was
                 in
                 such
                 esteem
                 there
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 National
                 Synod
                 of
                 the
                 Protestants
                 in
                 France
                 appointed
                 his
                 Philosophical
                 Writings
                 to
                 be
                 printed
                 at
                 the
                 expence
                 of
                 the
                 Clergy
                 .
                 But
                 he
                 dying
                 before
                 his
                 Manuscripts
                 were
                 put
                 in
                 order
                 ,
                 onely
                 his
                 Book
                 of
                 Ethicks
                 was
                 printed
                 .
                 They
                 all
                 three
                 flourished
                 about
                 the
                 year
                 1630.
                 
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Middleton
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 was
                 once
                 a
                 Professour
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 here
                 ;
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 considerable
                 Parts
                 ,
                 of
                 good
                 Learning
                 ,
                 and
                 well
                 skilled
                 in
                 the
                 practice
                 of
                 Physick
                 .
                 He
                 died
                 very
                 lately
                 .
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Gordon
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 and
                 Professour
                 of
                 Physick
                 here
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 very
                 worthy
                 person
                 ,
                 of
                 great
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 and
                 well
                 seen
                 in
                 that
                 Science
                 .
                 He
                 died
                 Anno
                 164
                 —
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   James
                   Sandilands
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 and
                 Professour
                 of
                 the
                 Laws
                 here
                 ,
                 and
                 Official
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 Learned
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 great
                 Civilian
                 .
                 He
                 died
                 Anno
                 164
                 —
                 .
              
               
                 Many
                 other
                 Learned
                 men
                 have
                 been
                 Professours
                 here
                 ,
                 besides
                 those
                 who
                 have
                 had
                 their
                 Education
                 in
                 this
                 Colledge
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               THE
               MARISCHAL
               Colledge
               of
               Aberdene
               was
               founded
               by
               
                 George
                 Keith
              
               Earl
               
                 Marischal
                 ,
                 Anno
              
               1593.
               
            
             
               
                 Persons
                 endowed
                 were
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Principal
                   ,
                
                 
                   Three
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
              
               
                 Since
                 that
                 time
                 there
                 have
                 been
                 added
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Professour
                   of
                   
                     
                       Divinitie
                    
                     
                       Mathematicks
                       ,
                    
                  
                
                 
                   A
                   fourth
                   Professour
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
                 
                   Twenty
                   four
                   poor
                   Scholars
                   ,
                
              
            
             
               
                 Benefactours
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Earl
                   Mariscbal
                
                 ,
                 Founder
                 ,
                 gave
                 towards
                 the
                 maintenance
                 of
                 the
                 Professours
                 certain
                 Lands
                 lying
                 near
                 Aberdene
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 Bervie
                 in
                 Mernis
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Town
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 built
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Edifice
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Reid
                
                 left
                 an
                 annual
                 Salary
                 to
                 a
                 Library-keeper
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Bernard
                   Cargill
                
                 gave
                 a
                 considerable
                 summe
                 of
                 money
                 towards
                 the
                 maintenance
                 of
                 a
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinitie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Duncan
                   Liddell
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 left
                 a
                 considerable
                 summe
                 of
                 money
                 towards
                 the
                 maintenance
                 of
                 a
                 Professour
                 of
                 Mathematicks
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Alexander
                   Irwing
                
                 of
                 Drum
                 left
                 in
                 Legacy
                 towards
                 the
                 maintenance
                 of
                 poor
                 Scholars
                 ,
                 or
                 Bursars
                 ,
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 and
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 a
                 thousand
                 pounds
                 Sterling
                 mony
                 .
              
               
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 First
                 bestowed
                 on
                 the
                 Colledge
                 the
                 third
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Rents
                 of
                 the
                 Bishoprick
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 ,
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 the
                 See
                 should
                 continue
                 vacant
                 ,
                 Anno
                 1641.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Reid
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 left
                 in
                 Legacy
                 to
                 the
                 Colledge
                 and
                 Grammar-School
                 two
                 hundred
                 pounds
                 of
                 English
                 mony
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Ross
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 Minister
                 in
                 Aberdene
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Guild
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 Minister
                 in
                 Aberdene
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Patrick
                   Dune
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
              
               
                 Each
                 of
                 them
                 gave
                 mony
                 to
                 maintain
                 Bursars
                 .
              
               
                 Several
                 of
                 the
                 Benefactours
                 left
                 their
                 Books
                 to
                 the
                 Library
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Principals
                 .
              
               
                 
                   1593.
                   
                   
                     Robert
                     Howy
                  
                   ,
                   first
                   Principal
                   .
                
                 
                   159
                   —
                   .
                   
                     Gilbert
                     Gray
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   160
                   —
                   .
                   
                     Andrew
                     Aidie
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   161
                   —
                   .
                   
                     William
                     Forbes
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   of
                   Divinity
                   ,
                   afterwards
                   Bishop
                   of
                   Edinburgh
                   .
                
                 
                   162
                   —
                   .
                   
                     Patrick
                     Dune
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   of
                   Physick
                   .
                
                 
                   1639.
                   
                   
                     William
                     Moir
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   1663.
                   
                   
                     James
                     Leslie
                     ,
                     Doctour
                     of
                     Physick
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 Professours
                 of
                 Divinity
                 .
              
               
                 
                   162
                   —
                   .
                   
                     Robert
                     Baron
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   and
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinity
                   afterwards
                   Bishop
                   Elect
                   of
                   Orkney
                   .
                
                 
                   164
                   —
                   .
                   
                     John
                     Menzeis
                  
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Present
                 Professours
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     George
                     Meldrum
                  
                   ,
                   Minister
                   in
                   Aberdene
                   ,
                   Rectour
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Leslie
                  
                   ,
                   Doctour
                   of
                   Physick
                   ,
                   Principal
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Menzeis
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Divinity
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Duncan
                     Liddell
                  
                   ,
                   Professour
                   of
                   Mathematicks
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Robert
                         Paterson
                      
                       ,
                    
                     
                       
                         George
                         Peacock
                      
                       ,
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Farqbuar
                      
                       ,
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Paton
                      
                       ,
                    
                  
                   Professours
                   of
                   Philosophy
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   The
                   Earl
                   Marischal
                   is
                   the
                   onely
                   Patron
                   of
                   this
                   Colledge
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Learned
                 men
                 and
                 Writers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Forbes
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 Principal
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 person
                 of
                 rare
                 Endowments
                 ,
                 vast
                 Learning
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 celebrated
                 Preacher
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 and
                 indeed
                 a
                 most
                 holy
                 person
                 ,
                 of
                 whom
                 all
                 that
                 ever
                 knew
                 him
                 give
                 this
                 Character
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 never
                 saw
                 him
                 but
                 they
                 thought
                 his
                 heart
                 was
                 in
                 heaven
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 indeed
                 a
                 fit
                 pattern
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 should
                 come
                 after
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Baron
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 and
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 person
                 of
                 incomparable
                 worth
                 and
                 Learning
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 a
                 clear
                 apprehension
                 of
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 rare
                 facultie
                 of
                 making
                 the
                 hardest
                 things
                 to
                 be
                 easily
                 understood
                 .
                 He
                 is
                 well
                 known
                 by
                 his
                 Book
                 
                   De
                   objecto
                   formali
                   Fidei
                
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Metaphysicks
                 and
                 other
                 small
                 Treatises
                 :
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 other
                 excellent
                 Manuscripts
                 of
                 his
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 yet
                 published
                 :
                 and
                 he
                 bare
                 the
                 greatest
                 share
                 of
                 that
                 famous
                 Debate
                 Anno
                 1638.
                 between
                 the
                 Doctours
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 and
                 the
                 Covenanters
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Reid
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 was
                 bred
                 here
                 :
                 he
                 grew
                 very
                 famous
                 in
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 left
                 a
                 great
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Estate
                 to
                 pious
                 uses
                 in
                 and
                 about
                 the
                 places
                 of
                 his
                 Education
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Duncan
                   Liddell
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 person
                 much
                 esteemed
                 for
                 his
                 learned
                 Writings
                 ,
                 as
                 his
                 Book
                 
                   De
                   Febribus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 other
                 Books
                 which
                 he
                 wrote
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 since
                 I
                 have
                 named
                 some
                 Physicians
                 educated
                 in
                 Aberdene
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 not
                 pass
                 over
                 Sir
                 
                   Alexander
                   Fraser
                
                 ,
                 His
                 Majesties's
                 First
                 Physician
                 ,
                 whose
                 great
                 Learning
                 and
                 happy
                 Practice
                 of
                 Physick
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 have
                 raised
                 him
                 to
                 such
                 esteem
                 and
                 dignity
                 ,
                 so
                 his
                 constant
                 Loyalty
                 and
                 high
                 Generosity
                 do
                 answer
                 that
                 Noble
                 race
                 of
                 the
                 Frasers
                 from
                 whom
                 he
                 is
                 descended
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Vniversity
             of
             EDINBVRGH
          
           
             WAS
             founded
             by
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             of
             blessed
             memory
             ;
             for
             Anno
             1580.
             upon
             the
             Magistrates
             of
             that
             Citie
             's
             Supplication
             and
             Address
             to
             him
             for
             that
             effect
             ,
             he
             granted
             to
             them
             a
             Charter
             under
             the
             Great
             Seal
             ,
             allowing
             them
             the
             full
             Liberty
             and
             Privilege
             of
             an
             University
             within
             their
             Town
             .
             But
             the
             Foundation
             was
             not
             perfected
             till
             Anno
             1582.
             
          
           
             The
             Privileges
             of
             this
             University
             are
             the
             same
             with
             those
             of
             any
             other
             University
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             The
             Dignity
             of
             Chancellour
             and
             Vice-chancellour
             doth
             reside
             in
             the
             Magistrates
             and
             Town-Council
             of
             Edinburgh
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             onely
             Patrons
             .
             I
             do
             not
             find
             that
             ever
             the
             Dignity
             was
             conferred
             upon
             any
             single
             person
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Persons
               founded
               were
               ,
            
             
               A
               Principal
               or
               Warden
               ,
            
             
               A
               Professour
               of
               Divinitie
               ,
            
             
               Four
               Masters
               or
               Regents
               (
               for
               so
               they
               are
               called
               )
               of
               Philosophy
               ,
            
             
               A
               Professour
               or
               Regent
               of
               Humanitie
               (
               
                 Humanarum
                 literarum
              
               and
               Philologie
               .
            
             
               Since
               the
               first
               Foundation
               ,
               the
               Town
               hath
               added
               a
               Professour
               of
               
                 Hebrew
                 ,
                 Anno
              
               1640.
               and
               Doctour
               
                 Conradus
                 Otto
              
               ,
               a
               Learned
               Jew
               ,
               was
               the
               first
               Professour
               :
            
             
               And
               a
               Professour
               of
               Mathematicks
               ,
               preferring
               
                 James
                 Gregory
              
               ,
               Fellow
               of
               the
               Royal
               Society
               ,
               to
               the
               place
               ,
               Anno
               1674.
               
            
          
           
             
               Benefactours
               .
            
             
               King
               James
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               Founder
               .
            
             
               The
               Colledge
               was
               built
               ,
               and
               the
               Masters
               and
               Bursars
               are
               maintained
               ,
               by
               the
               publick
               and
               private
               Benevolence
               of
               the
               Citizens
               of
               Edinburgh
               .
            
             
               Some
               Donations
               have
               been
               by
               others
               ,
               but
               not
               considerable
               .
            
             
               All
               the
               Benefactours
               Names
               are
               inserted
               in
               the
               Books
               of
               the
               Town-Council
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Register
               of
               the
               Library
               ;
               and
               are
               also
               drawn
               in
               Gold
               Letters
               upon
               several
               places
               on
               the
               Walls
               of
               the
               Library
               ,
               together
               with
               their
               several
               Donations
               ;
               and
               also
               at
               the
               time
               of
               the
               publick
               Commencement
               (
               which
               is
               once
               every
               year
               )
               they
               are
               recited
               (
               
                 vivâ
                 voce
              
               )
               in
               the
               hearing
               of
               all
               .
            
             
               The
               Library
               was
               founded
               by
               
                 Clement
                 Litle
              
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               Officials
               or
               Commissaries
               of
               
               
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 Anno
              
               1635.
               since
               which
               time
               it
               is
               much
               increased
               ,
               both
               by
               Donatives
               from
               the
               Citizens
               ,
               as
               also
               from
               the
               Scholars
               ,
               who
               are
               more
               in
               number
               here
               then
               in
               any
               other
               Colledge
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               .
            
          
           
             
               Principals
               .
            
             
               
                 1583.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Rollock
                
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Ministers
                 of
                 the
                 Citie
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 likewise
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 Principals
                 here
                 are
                 
                   Primarii
                   Professores
                   Theologie
                
                 ,
                 )
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 Principal
                 ,
                 and
                 Rectour
                 of
                 the
                 Universitie
                 .
              
               
                 1600.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Charters
                
                 .
              
               
                 1620.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Sands
                
                 .
              
               
                 1622.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Boyd
                
                 .
              
               
                 1625.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Adamson
                
                 .
              
               
                 1653.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Leighton
                
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 afterwards
                 preferred
                 to
                 be
                 Bishop
                 of
                 Dumblane
                 .
              
               
                 1662.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Colvil
                
                 .
              
               
                 1675.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Cant.
                
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Professours
               of
               Divinitie
               .
            
             
               
                 162
                 —
                 .
                 
                   Andrew
                   Ramsay
                
                 .
              
               
                 1630.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Sharp
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 .
              
               
                 1650.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Dickson
                
                 ,
              
               
                 1664.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Keith
                
                 ,
                 Doctour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 .
              
               
                 1675.
                 
                 
                   Lawrence
                   Charters
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Present
               Professours
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Andrew
                   Cant
                
                 ,
                 Principal
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lawrence
                   Charters
                
                 ,
                 Professour
                 of
                 Divinity
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Dickson
                   ,
                   Hebrew
                
                 Professour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       James
                       Pillan
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       John
                       Wishart
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       John
                       Wood
                    
                     ,
                  
                   
                     
                       William
                       Paterson
                    
                     ,
                  
                
                 Professours
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Gilbert
                   Mackmurdo
                
                 ,
                 Professour
                 of
                 Humanity
                 .
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Henderson
                
                 ,
                 Library-keeper
                 .
              
               
                 No
                 Professour
                 of
                 Mathematicks
                 since
                 Mr.
                 Gregorie's
                 death
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               is
               no
               Coat
               of
               Arms
               peculiar
               to
               this
               Universitie
               ;
               but
               the
               Magistrates
               allow
               them
               to
               use
               the
               Arms
               of
               the
               City
               .
            
          
           
             
               Learned
               men
               and
               Writers
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Rollock
              
               ,
               Principal
               a
               person
               of
               great
               worth
               and
               Learning
               .
               He
               wrote
               Commentaries
               on
               the
               Psalms
               and
               some
               of
               the
               Prophets
               :
               some
               Sermons
               and
               Pieces
               of
               Devotion
               were
               also
               published
               by
               him
               :
               but
               of
               him
               see
               the
               former
               History
               ,
               Page
               454.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Charters
              
               ,
               Principal
               ,
               a
               person
               of
               great
               modesty
               and
               humility
               ,
               and
               well
               seen
               in
               Theological
               Learning
               .
            
             
               
                 Patrick
                 Sands
              
               ,
               Doctour
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               Principal
               ,
               a
               man
               very
               learned
               in
               the
               Mathematicks
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Adamson
              
               ,
               Principal
               ,
               a
               man
               of
               great
               Learning
               ,
               and
               of
               very
               quick
               Parts
               .
            
             
               
                 Alexander
                 Henderson
              
               ,
               Rectour
               of
               the
               Universitie
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               the
               Ministers
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               the
               greatest
               Ring-leader
               of
               the
               Covenanters
               ,
               and
               often
               employed
               by
               them
               in
               the
               affairs
               of
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               both
               in
               Scotland
               and
               England
               ,
               was
               a
               person
               of
               great
               gravity
               and
               composedness
               ,
               and
               of
               considerable
               Learning
               .
               That
               Debate
               between
               His
               late
               Majesty
               and
               him
               at
               Newcastle
               1646.
               about
               Church-Government
               ,
               and
               the
               occasion
               he
               then
               had
               of
               knowing
               that
               Blessed
               Martyr
               ,
               wrought
               much
               upon
               him
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               went
               bak
               to
               Scotland
               much
               changed
               in
               his
               Principles
               ;
               and
               it
               was
               believed
               ,
               that
               if
               he
               had
               lived
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               been
               very
               instrumental
               in
               the
               King's
               service
               ;
               but
               he
               died
               soon
               after
               ,
               and
               was
               much
               lamented
               ,
               being
               the
               most
               universally-esteemed
               man
               of
               all
               the
               Party
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Colvil
              
               ,
               Principal
               ,
               a
               man
               of
               very
               moderate
               temper
               .
               He
               was
               deposed
               by
               the
               Covenanters
               ,
               and
               yet
               he
               would
               never
               accept
               Preferment
               ,
               though
               divers
               Bishopricks
               were
               profered
               to
               him
               .
               He
               wrote
               divers
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               are
               printed
               ,
               in
               English
               ,
               and
               
                 Ethica
                 Christians
              
               in
               Latin.
               
            
             
             
               
                 William
                 Keith
              
               ,
               Doctour
               and
               Professour
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               a
               man
               of
               great
               Learning
               ,
               who
               had
               diligently
               studied
               both
               the
               Fathers
               and
               Schoolmen
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               great
               Master
               of
               Languages
               ,
               being
               very
               well
               skilled
               in
               the
               Hebrew
               and
               Rabbinical
               Learning
               .
               He
               was
               wholly
               mortified
               and
               denied
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               led
               a
               most
               severe
               and
               ascetical
               kind
               of
               life
               .
               He
               died
               Anno
               1674.
               
            
             
               I
               forbear
               to
               mention
               those
               Learned
               Professours
               in
               the
               Four
               Universities
               who
               are
               yet
               alive
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               those
               who
               shall
               follow
               ,
               to
               celebrate
               their
               fame
               to
               posterity
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           4.
           
           Of
           the
           GOVERNMENT
           and
           LAWS
           of
           SCOTLAND
        
         
           THE
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           hath
           been
           governed
           by
           Kings
           in
           as
           long
           a
           Succession
           as
           any
           Nation
           in
           the
           world
           .
           The
           King
           is
           an
           absolute
           and
           unaccountable
           Monarch
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           the
           Law
           calls
           him
           )
           
             a
             Free
             Prince
             ,
             of
             a
             Sovereign
             Power
             ;
             
             having
             as
             great
             Liberties
             and
             Prerogatives
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             and
             Privilege
             of
             His
             Crown
             and
             Diademe
             ,
             as
             any
             other
             King
             ,
             Prince
             or
             Potentate
             whatsoever
             .
          
           So
           that
           it
           is
           delivered
           as
           a
           Maxim
           in
           the
           Heads
           of
           our
           Law
           ,
           
           
             That
             all
             Jurisdiction
             stands
             and
             consists
             in
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             His
             Royal
             Authority
             and
             Crown
             ,
             and
             is
             competent
             to
             no
             Subject
             ,
             but
             flows
             and
             proceeds
             from
             the
             King
             having
             Supreme
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             is
             given
             and
             committed
             by
             Him
             to
             such
             Subjects
             as
             He
             pleases
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Crown
           of
           Scotland
           descends
           by
           Inheritance
           ,
           the
           Heir
           female
           not
           being
           excluded
           ;
           and
           the
           undoubted
           Right
           to
           it
           has
           been
           for
           above
           three
           hundred
           years
           in
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           Stewarts
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           King
           CHARLES
           the
           Second
           ,
           whom
           God
           long
           preserve
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           death
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           the
           next
           Heir
           is
           presently
           King
           and
           the
           Coronation
           is
           onely
           a
           solemn
           Instalment
           in
           that
           which
           was
           his
           Right
           before
           .
           All
           the
           difference
           between
           our
           Kings
           before
           and
           after
           their
           Coronation
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           hold
           onely
           Conventions
           of
           Estates
           ,
           but
           no
           Parliaments
           ,
           before
           they
           are
           Crowned
           :
           of
           the
           distinction
           of
           which
           an
           account
           shall
           be
           given
           afterwards
           .
        
         
           When
           a
           King
           is
           Crowned
           ,
           he
           swears
           the
           Oath
           appointed
           to
           be
           taken
           at
           the
           Coronation
           ,
           which
           before
           the
           Reformation
           was
           no
           other
           then
           the
           Oath
           set
           down
           in
           the
           Roman
           Pontifical
           to
           be
           sworn
           by
           Kings
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           Provision
           made
           about
           it
           in
           our
           Laws
           :
           
           but
           at
           the
           Reformation
           it
           was
           enacted
           ,
           That
           all
           Kings
           at
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Coronation
           should
           make
           their
           faithfull
           Promise
           by
           Oath
           ,
           &c.
           which
           Oath
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           that
           Act
           ,
           and
           to
           it
           the
           Reader
           is
           referred
           .
        
         
           The
           Prerogatives
           of
           the
           Crown
           are
           great
           ;
           the
           Power
           of
           Peace
           and
           War
           ,
           the
           Power
           of
           raising
           and
           arming
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Mint
           ,
           the
           Nomination
           of
           all
           Officers
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           of
           War
           and
           Justice
           ,
           (
           except
           some
           Sheriffs
           that
           are
           such
           by
           Inheritance
           ,
           )
           the
           Power
           of
           Calling
           ,
           Adjourning
           ,
           (
           Prorogation
           is
           not
           in
           our
           Law
           )
           and
           Dissolving
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           the
           giving
           the
           Votes
           of
           Parliament
           the
           Authority
           of
           Laws
           ,
           the
           executing
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           pardoning
           of
           Offences
           ,
           are
           clearly
           and
           onely
           in
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           these
           ,
           other
           great
           Additions
           have
           been
           made
           in
           the
           two
           Parliaments
           held
           since
           His
           MAJESTIE'
           's
           Restauration
           .
           For
           whereas
           the
           Supremacy
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           affairs
           was
           always
           in
           the
           Crown
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           yet
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           James
           the
           Sixth
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           General
           Assembly
           was
           raised
           very
           high
           by
           Law
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           chief
           foundation
           of
           the
           late
           Troubles
           ;
           it
           being
           pretended
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           contrary
           to
           Law
           for
           the
           King
           to
           introduce
           any
           thing
           into
           the
           Church
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           a
           General
           Assembly
           .
           It
           was
           therefore
           enacted
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           
           
             That
             the
             External
             Government
             and
             Polity
             of
             the
             Church
             was
             wholly
             in
             the
             King's
             power
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             Orders
             sent
             to
             the
             Privy
             Council
             ,
             and
             published
             by
             them
             ,
             about
             all
             Ecclesiastical
             matters
             ,
             Meetings
             and
             Persons
             ,
             were
             to
             be
             obeyed
             by
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             
             any
             Law
             or
             Practice
             to
             the
             contrary
             notwithstanding
             .
          
           So
           that
           in
           all
           matters
           that
           relate
           to
           the
           Chuch-Government
           the
           King's
           Power
           is
           absolute
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Point
           is
           about
           the
           Militia
           .
           By
           the
           ancient
           Laws
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           a
           all
           the
           King's
           Subjects
           were
           to
           assist
           him
           in
           his
           Wars
           .
           Upon
           which
           a
           great
           enlargement
           of
           the
           King's
           Prerogative
           was
           grafted
           of
           late
           by
           two
           b
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           offering
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           
             to
             raise
             and
             arm
             Twenty
             thoussand
             Foot
             and
             Two
             thousand
             Horse
             ,
             and
             to
             furnish
             them
             with
             forty
             days
             Provision
             ,
             to
             march
             into
             any
             of
             His
             Majestie
             's
             Dominions
             of
          
           Scotland
           ,
           England
           or
           Ireland
           ,
           
             for
             suppressing
             any
             Foreign
             Invasion
             ,
             Intestine
             Trouble
             or
             Insurrection
             ,
             or
             for
             any
             other
             Service
             wherein
             His
             Majestie
             's
             Honour
             ,
             Authority
             or
             Greatness
             may
             be
             concerned
             .
          
           And
           these
           Forces
           ,
           by
           another
           Act
           ,
           
             are
             to
             give
             due
             Obedience
             to
             all
             such
             Directions
             as
             they
             shall
             receive
             from
             His
             Majestie
             's
             Privie
             Council
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Third
           Point
           is
           the
           Ordering
           and
           disposing
           of
           Trade
           with
           Forein
           Nations
           ,
           c
           and
           the
           laying
           of
           Restraints
           and
           Impositions
           upon
           Forein
           imported
           Commodities
           ;
           which
           is
           declared
           a
           Prerogative
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           With
           these
           Sacred
           Rights
           is
           the
           Crown
           of
           Scotland
           cloathed
           .
        
         
           The
           King's
           Revenue
           consisted
           anciently
           most
           in
           the
           Crown-Lands
           which
           could
           not
           be
           alienated
           but
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Wards
           and
           Marriages
           of
           the
           Vassals
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
           But
           most
           of
           these
           have
           been
           of
           late
           years
           given
           away
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           the
           Tenures
           of
           Lands
           are
           changed
           ,
           although
           there
           has
           been
           no
           general
           Law
           for
           taking
           away
           the
           Wards
           .
           The
           Revenue
           is
           now
           raised
           out
           of
           the
           Customes
           and
           the
           Excise
           .
           The
           last
           is
           given
           to
           this
           King
           for
           life
           ,
           but
           the
           former
           is
           in
           the
           Crown
           for
           ever
           .
           The
           rest
           is
           raised
           out
           of
           what
           remains
           of
           the
           Crown-Lands
           and
           the
           Wards
           .
        
         
           The
           Persons
           nearest
           in
           bloud
           to
           the
           King
           are
           ,
           first
           ,
           all
           the
           Issue
           of
           King
           James
           and
           King
           Charles
           ;
           which
           are
           so
           well
           known
           to
           every
           one
           ,
           that
           they
           need
           not
           be
           repeated
           .
           Next
           to
           them
           are
           all
           that
           are
           descended
           from
           the
           Daughter
           of
           King
           James
           the
           Second
           ,
           (
           since
           whom
           ,
           till
           the
           Queen
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           no
           Collateral
           Branch
           sprung
           from
           the
           Royal
           Family
           of
           whom
           any
           Issue
           remains
           ,
           )
           who
           was
           married
           to
           James
           Lord
           Hamilton
           ,
           and
           had
           issue
           ,
           first
           ,
           James
           ,
           created
           Earl
           of
           Arran
           ,
           whose
           Son
           was
           the
           Duke
           of
           Chastelberault
           ,
           from
           whom
           by
           two
           Sons
           and
           two
           Daughters
           are
           descended
           the
           Families
           of
           Hamilton
           and
           Abercorn
           ,
           and
           the
           Families
           of
           Huntly
           and
           Launderdail
           .
           And
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           signed
           by
           all
           the
           Three
           Estates
           ,
           (
           the
           Original
           whereof
           is
           yet
           extant
           ,
           )
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Chastelberault's
           Family
           is
           declared
           ,
           next
           the
           Queen
           and
           her
           Issue
           ,
           the
           rightfull
           Heir
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
           The
           Sister
           of
           King
           James
           the
           Third
           bare
           likewise
           to
           the
           Lord
           Hamilton
           a
           Daughter
           ,
           married
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Lennox
           ,
           from
           whom
           descended
           the
           Family
           of
           Lennox
           .
           There
           is
           no
           other
           Branch
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           since
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Line
           of
           the
           Stewarts
           ,
           except
           the
           Earl
           of
           Cassils
           his
           Family
           ,
           whose
           Ancestour
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Kennedy
           ,
           married
           King
           James
           the
           First
           's
           Sister
           ,
           from
           which
           Mariage
           that
           Family
           is
           descended
           .
           And
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           .
        
         
           The
           Chief
           and
           Supreme
           Court
           is
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           is
           made
           up
           of
           Three
           Estates
           .
           The
           First
           is
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           that
           of
           old
           consisted
           of
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Mitered
           Abbots
           ,
           but
           since
           the
           Reformation
           consists
           onely
           of
           Archbishops
           and
           Bishops
           .
           The
           Second
           Estate
           is
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           who
           were
           anciently
           divided
           into
           the
           Greater
           Barons
           and
           the
           Lesser
           ,
           (
           for
           every
           man
           that
           holds
           Lands
           of
           the
           Crown
           with
           a
           Privilege
           of
           holding
           a
           Court
           ,
           much
           like
           the
           Lord
           of
           a
           Manour
           in
           England
           ,
           is
           called
           a
           Baron
           ,
           )
           and
           all
           were
           obliged
           to
           appear
           personally
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           (
           for
           Proxies
           were
           never
           allowed
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           )
           and
           give
           the
           King
           Counsel
           .
           This
           proved
           a
           very
           heavy
           burthen
           to
           the
           small
           Barons
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           desired
           to
           be
           excused
           from
           their
           attendance
           in
           Parliament
           :
           
           and
           this
           was
           granted
           to
           them
           as
           a
           favour
           in
           King
           James
           the
           First
           's
           reign
           .
           And
           though
           by
           that
           Act
           they
           might
           have
           sent
           two
           or
           three
           ,
           or
           more
           ,
           to
           represent
           them
           from
           every
           Shire
           ;
           
           yet
           they
           made
           no
           use
           of
           that
           for
           above
           150
           years
           :
           but
           King
           James
           the
           Sixth
           ,
           to
           balance
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           got
           them
           restored
           to
           that
           Right
           ;
           so
           that
           ever
           since
           there
           are
           two
           sent
           from
           every
           Shire
           ,
           who
           are
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Shires
           .
           The
           Third
           Estate
           is
           the
           Burroughs
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           which
           chuseth
           one
           Commissioner
           ;
           onely
           the
           City
           of
           Edinburgh
           ,
           as
           the
           Metropolis
           ,
           chuseth
           two
           .
           The
           Parliament
           is
           summoned
           by
           Proclamation
           made
           at
           the
           Head-Burrough
           of
           every
           Shire
           40
           days
           before
           they
           meet
           ;
           upon
           which
           the
           Shires
           and
           Burroughs
           meet
           about
           their
           Elections
           .
           Every
           man
           that
           holds
           Lands
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Rolls
           of
           the
           Taxation
           (
           the
           ancient
           Name
           of
           Subsidies
           or
           Assessments
           )
           are
           valued
           at
           40
           shillings
           Scotish
           mony
           of
           Taxation
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           in
           real
           value
           about
           Ten
           pounds
           Sterling
           a
           year
           ,
           is
           an
           Electour
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           Elected
           ,
           so
           he
           be
           rightly
           vested
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           or
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Scotish
           terms
           )
           infeoft
           and
           seised
           ,
           and
           be
           not
           at
           the
           King's
           
           Horn
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           under
           an
           Outlawry
           .
           )
           The
           Electours
           subscribe
           the
           Commissions
           they
           give
           ,
           and
           so
           their
           Commissioner
           is
           returned
           :
           and
           if
           there
           be
           cross
           Elections
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           is
           the
           onely
           Judge
           .
           In
           the
           Burroughs
           the
           Common-Council
           of
           the
           Town
           makes
           the
           Election
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           day
           comes
           in
           which
           the
           Parliament
           is
           to
           be
           held
           ,
           the
           Regalia
           ,
           the
           Crown
           ,
           Sceptre
           ,
           and
           the
           Sword
           of
           State
           ,
           which
           are
           kept
           in
           the
           Castle
           of
           Edinburgh
           ,
           are
           brought
           down
           in
           State
           to
           the
           King's
           Palace
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           carried
           by
           three
           of
           the
           ancientest
           Earls
           that
           are
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           bare-headed
           ,
           before
           the
           King
           or
           His
           Commissioner
           .
           In
           the
           great
           Court
           before
           the
           King's
           Palace
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           do
           mount
           on
           Horseback
           with
           Foot-cloaths
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           Burgesses
           ride
           first
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Shires
           next
           ;
           then
           the
           Lords
           ,
           Viscounts
           ,
           and
           Earls
           ,
           in
           their
           Robes
           ,
           the
           last
           of
           whom
           do
           carry
           the
           Regalia
           ,
           the
           Lion
           Herauld
           ,
           with
           some
           Heraulds
           and
           Pursevants
           riding
           before
           the
           Honours
           ;
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           is
           present
           in
           person
           ,
           rides
           the
           Lord
           Chancellour
           ,
           bearing
           the
           Great
           Seal
           :
           but
           this
           is
           not
           done
           before
           a
           Commissioner
           .
           After
           these
           rides
           the
           King
           or
           His
           Commissioner
           ,
           with
           the
           High
           Constable
           (
           who
           is
           by
           Inheritance
           the
           Earl
           of
           Arroll
           )
           on
           his
           right
           hand
           ,
           with
           a
           white
           Batton
           on
           his
           hand
           ;
           and
           the
           great
           Marischal
           (
           who
           is
           also
           by
           Inheritance
           the
           Earl
           Marischal
           )
           on
           his
           left
           hand
           ,
           with
           a
           silver
           Batton
           in
           his
           hand
           .
           If
           the
           King
           be
           present
           in
           person
           ,
           the
           Marquesses
           and
           Dukes
           ride
           after
           the
           Earls
           ;
           but
           if
           His
           Commissioner
           onely
           be
           there
           ,
           they
           follow
           him
           at
           some
           distance
           .
           At
           the
           outward
           Gate
           of
           the
           Parliament-house
           they
           all
           alight
           off
           their
           horses
           ,
           and
           the
           Earl
           Marischal
           receives
           and
           conducts
           the
           King
           to
           the
           inner
           Gate
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           received
           by
           the
           High
           Constable
           ,
           and
           led
           into
           the
           House
           where
           the
           Parliament
           is
           held
           .
           The
           Throne
           is
           raised
           six
           steps
           high
           ,
           with
           a
           State
           over
           it
           ;
           and
           there
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           the
           Commissioner
           in
           His
           absence
           ,
           sits
           .
           And
           in
           the
           first
           step
           under
           him
           ,
           on
           a
           Bench
           ,
           sits
           the
           Lord
           Chancellour
           ,
           with
           other
           Officers
           of
           State
           on
           both
           hands
           of
           him
           .
           In
           the
           next
           step
           under
           these
           sit
           the
           Lords
           of
           Session
           ,
           or
           Judges
           .
           On
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           Throne
           is
           the
           Bishops
           Bench
           ,
           that
           rises
           up
           three
           steps
           and
           rows
           of
           Benches
           .
           On
           the
           highest
           the
           two
           Archbishops
           sit
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           lower
           steps
           sit
           the
           Bishops
           according
           to
           the
           dignity
           of
           their
           Sees
           .
           On
           the
           left
           hand
           of
           the
           Throne
           there
           is
           another
           great
           Bench
           of
           three
           steps
           and
           rows
           of
           Benches
           ,
           on
           which
           sit
           the
           Nobility
           according
           to
           their
           precedency
           .
           In
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Floor
           there
           are
           two
           Tables
           ;
           on
           the
           one
           of
           them
           the
           Regalia
           are
           laid
           ,
           and
           in
           two
           great
           Chairs
           by
           them
           sit
           the
           Constable
           and
           the
           Marischal
           :
           at
           the
           other
           Table
           sits
           the
           Lord
           Clerk
           of
           Registers
           with
           his
           Deputy-Clerks
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Clerks
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
           There
           are
           also
           Fourms
           placed
           on
           the
           floor
           :
           those
           on
           the
           right
           side
           are
           for
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Shires
           ,
           and
           those
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           are
           for
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Burroughs
           .
        
         
           When
           all
           are
           placed
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           is
           fenced
           (
           as
           the
           phrase
           is
           )
           in
           the
           King's
           Name
           .
           Then
           the
           King
           speaks
           to
           them
           ,
           (
           if
           He
           be
           present
           ,
           )
           sitting
           in
           His
           Robes
           ,
           with
           the
           Crown
           on
           His
           Head
           ,
           all
           standing
           up
           bare-headed
           :
           but
           when
           a
           Commissioner
           represents
           Him
           ,
           he
           is
           in
           an
           ordinary
           Sute
           ,
           and
           stands
           and
           speaks
           also
           bare-headed
           ,
           (
           nor
           is
           the
           Commissioner
           covered
           but
           when
           there
           is
           pleading
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           but
           continues
           bare-headed
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           Members
           are
           ,
           )
           and
           tells
           them
           the
           reason
           for
           which
           they
           are
           called
           together
           ;
           which
           is
           enlarged
           upon
           by
           the
           Lord
           Chancellour
           .
           Then
           they
           goe
           about
           the
           chusing
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Articles
           ,
           who
           are
           Eight
           for
           every
           State
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           chosen
           in
           different
           ways
           .
           Sometimes
           the
           Bishops
           did
           chuse
           the
           eight
           Lords
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           the
           Nobility
           eight
           for
           the
           Bishops
           ;
           at
           other
           times
           the
           Bishops
           did
           chuse
           their
           own
           eight
           ,
           and
           the
           Nobility
           their
           eight
           :
           but
           now
           it
           is
           settled
           by
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           or
           His
           Commissioner
           names
           eight
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           the
           Lords
           chuse
           eight
           for
           themselves
           :
           and
           those
           sixteen
           do
           chuse
           eight
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Shires
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Burroughs
           .
           These
           Thirty
           two
           are
           the
           Committee
           of
           Parliament
           to
           prepare
           Matters
           .
           When
           a
           Bill
           is
           drawn
           by
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           brought
           into
           the
           Parliament
           .
           And
           anciently
           all
           these
           Bills
           were
           brought
           in
           the
           last
           day
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           Members
           ride
           in
           the
           same
           State
           as
           they
           do
           the
           first
           day
           :
           and
           the
           Bills
           being
           read
           ,
           they
           were
           put
           to
           the
           Vote
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           either
           were
           approved
           ,
           or
           not
           :
           and
           then
           being
           approved
           ,
           were
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           by
           touching
           them
           with
           the
           Sceptre
           gave
           His
           Assent
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           also
           is
           done
           by
           His
           Commissioner
           in
           His
           absence
           ;
           if
           he
           refused
           to
           touch
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           of
           no
           force
           .
           But
           of
           late
           times
           matters
           have
           been
           at
           full
           length
           and
           freely
           debated
           in
           Parliament
           .
           They
           sit
           all
           in
           one
           House
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           answers
           distinctly
           to
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           gives
           his
           Vote
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           these
           Terms
           ,
           
             I
             approve
          
           ,
           or
           not
           :
           onely
           those
           who
           are
           not
           satisfied
           one
           way
           or
           another
           .
           say
           ,
           
             Non
             liquet
          
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           great
           ease
           to
           those
           who
           are
           consciencious
           ,
           and
           a
           common
           refuge
           to
           the
           cunning
           Politician
           :
           the
           major
           Vote
           carries
           it
           .
           No
           Dissents
           or
           Protests
           are
           allowed
           in
           
           publick
           Acts
           ,
           but
           are
           accounted
           treasonable
           ;
           but
           in
           private
           Acts
           ,
           that
           relate
           to
           mens
           Properties
           and
           Rights
           ,
           any
           one
           may
           protest
           for
           his
           Interest
           .
           After
           all
           business
           is
           ended
           ,
           the
           King
           or
           His
           Commissioner
           makes
           a
           Speech
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           dissolves
           them
           .
        
         
           A
           Convention
           of
           Estates
           is
           made
           up
           of
           the
           same
           Members
           that
           constitute
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           but
           can
           make
           no
           Laws
           ;
           onely
           that
           can
           lay
           Impositions
           on
           the
           Subjects
           :
           they
           do
           not
           sit
           in
           state
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           most
           used
           before
           the
           Kings
           were
           Crowned
           .
           The
           Lord
           Chancellour
           is
           President
           in
           both
           these
           Courts
           ,
           and
           the
           Votes
           are
           taken
           and
           numbered
           by
           the
           Clerk
           of
           Registers
           .
           And
           whatever
           Acts
           are
           passed
           in
           Parliament
           or
           Convention
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           proclaimed
           soon
           after
           their
           Dissolution
           at
           the
           publick
           Mercat-Cross
           of
           Edinburgh
           ,
           by
           the
           Lion
           Herauld
           ,
           (
           who
           is
           at
           present
           Sir
           
             Charles
             Erskin
          
           of
           Cambo
           ,
           )
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           state
           and
           Ceremony
           ;
           
           after
           which
           they
           are
           obligatory
           on
           the
           Subjects
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           Parlaiment
           and
           the
           Three
           Estates
           ,
           whose
           Authority
           is
           supreme
           :
           and
           it
           is
           Enacted
           ,
           
             that
             none
             of
             the
             Lieges
             shall
             presume
             to
             impugn
             the
             Dignity
             and
             Authority
             of
             the
             Three
             Estates
             ,
             or
             to
             seek
             or
             procure
             the
             Innovation
             or
             Diminution
             of
             the
             Power
             and
             Authority
             of
             the
             same
             Three
             Estates
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             in
             time
             coming
             ,
             under
             the
             pain
             of
             Treason
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Government
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           being
           wholly
           in
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           King
           administers
           it
           by
           His
           Officers
           of
           State
           and
           Privy
           Council
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Officers
             of
             State
             are
             Eight
             .
          
           
             The
             First
             is
             the
             Lord
             Chancellour
             ,
             who
             is
             Keeper
             of
             the
             Great
             Seal
             ,
             and
             President
             in
             all
             Courts
             where-ever
             he
             is
             ,
             except
             in
             the
             Exchequer
             .
             This
             Office
             is
             now
             in
             the
             person
             of
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             
               John
               Leslie
            
             Earl
             of
             Rothes
             .
          
           
             The
             Second
             Officer
             is
             the
             Lord
             High
             Treasurer
             ,
             who
             governs
             the
             Revenue
             ,
             and
             presides
             in
             the
             Exchequer
             .
             This
             Office
             is
             now
             in
             Commission
             .
          
           
             The
             Third
             Officer
             is
             the
             Lord
             Privie
             Seal
             ,
             who
             is
             at
             present
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Athol
             .
             These
             three
             take
             place
             of
             all
             the
             Nobility
             .
          
           
             The
             Fourth
             Officer
             is
             the
             Lord
             Secretary
             ,
             who
             keeps
             the
             Signet
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             Lord
             by
             his
             Office
             ,
             and
             takes
             place
             of
             all
             of
             his
             rank
             .
             The
             Office
             of
             Secretary
             is
             executed
             by
             his
             Grace
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lauderdail
             .
          
           
             The
             Fifth
             Officer
             is
             the
             Lord
             Clerk
             of
             Registers
             ,
             who
             has
             the
             charge
             of
             all
             the
             publick
             Records
             ,
             Rolls
             and
             Registers
             ,
             and
             names
             all
             the
             Clerks
             of
             Parliament
             and
             Session
             ,
             and
             the
             Keepers
             of
             publick
             Registers
             .
          
           
             The
             Sixth
             Officer
             is
             the
             King's
             Advocate
             ,
             who
             is
             also
             called
             the
             Lord
             Advocate
             .
             He
             is
             commonly
             a
             Judge
             ,
             except
             in
             Causes
             in
             which
             the
             King
             is
             concerned
             ;
             and
             in
             those
             he
             pleads
             in
             the
             King's
             Name
             .
             The
             present
             Advocate
             is
             Sir
             
               John
               Nubet
            
             of
             Dirlton
             .
          
           
             The
             Seventh
             Officer
             is
             the
             Lord
             Treasurer
             Deputy
             ,
             who
             is
             assistent
             to
             the
             Lord
             High
             Treasurer
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             Check
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             presides
             in
             the
             Exchequer
             in
             his
             absence
             .
             This
             Office
             is
             executed
             by
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Maitland
            
             of
             Hatton
             .
          
           
             The
             Eighth
             Officer
             is
             the
             Lord
             Justice
             Clerk
             ,
             who
             assists
             the
             Lord
             Justice
             general
             in
             Criminal
             causes
             .
             The
             present
             Justice
             Clerk
             is
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Wallace
            
             of
             Craigie
             .
          
        
         
           All
           these
           have
           the
           Title
           of
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           precedency
           of
           all
           under
           Noblemen
           and
           their
           eldest
           Sons
           .
        
         
           The
           Privy
           Council
           is
           chiefly
           employed
           about
           publick
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           judges
           of
           Riots
           and
           any
           Disturbance
           given
           to
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           Anciently
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Session
           were
           the
           King's
           Council
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           still
           called
           
             the
             Lords
             of
             Council
             and
             Session
             :
          
           but
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Privy
           Council
           has
           been
           most
           raised
           since
           King
           James
           got
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           King
           's
           necessary
           absence
           from
           Scotland
           ,
           the
           King
           hath
           lodged
           much
           of
           His
           Power
           with
           the
           Privy
           Council
           .
           Lawyers
           do
           plead
           the
           causes
           of
           Riots
           before
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           Sentence
           is
           given
           ,
           every
           Privy
           Councellour
           gives
           his
           Vote
           ,
           and
           the
           major
           Vote
           carries
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Lords
             of
             His
             
             Majestie
             's
             Privy
             Council
             .
          
           
             John
             Earl
             of
             Rothes
             ,
             Chancellour
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             Lord
             President
             of
             the
             Privy
             Council
             .
          
           
             James
             Lord
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             his
             Grace
             .
          
           
             John
             Duke
             of
             Lauderdail
             his
             Grace
             .
          
           
             Alexander
             Lord
             Archbishop
             of
             Glasgow
             his
             Grace
             .
          
           
             William
             Marquess
             of
             Douglas
             .
          
           
             John
             Marquess
             of
             Athol
             .
          
           
             
             Archbald
             Earl
             of
             Argile
             .
          
           
             John
             Earl
             of
             Errol
             .
          
           
             George
             Earl
             Marischal
             .
          
           
             William
             Earl
             of
             Morton
             .
          
           
             Alexander
             Earl
             of
             Murray
             .
          
           
             Charles
             Earl
             of
             Mar.
             
          
           
             —
             Earl
             of
             Linlithgow
             .
          
           
             John
             Earl
             of
             Wigton
             .
          
           
             Patrick
             Earl
             of
             Kinghorn
             .
          
           
             Alexander
             Earl
             of
             Kelley
             .
          
           
             David
             Earl
             of
             Weemis
             .
          
           
             James
             Earl
             of
             Airley
             .
          
           
             William
             Earl
             of
             Dundonald
             .
          
           
             George
             Lord
             Ross
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Maitland
            
             of
             Hatton
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               James
               Dalrymple
            
             of
             Stair
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               John
               Nisbet
            
             of
             Dirleton
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Wallace
            
             of
             Craigie
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               James
               Fowlis
            
             of
             Collington
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Sharp
            
             of
             Stainibill
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Scot
            
             of
             Ardross
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               George
               Kinnaird
            
             of
             Rossie
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               John
               Wachop
            
             of
             Nidrie
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Gerge
               Monro
            
             of
             Culkairn
             .
          
           
             Lieutenant
             General
             
               Thomas
               Dalyell
            
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Supreme
           Court
           of
           Judicature
           about
           the
           Property
           of
           the
           Subject
           is
           called
           the
           
             Colledge
             of
             Justice
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Session
           ;
           which
           was
           anciently
           an
           ambulatory
           Court
           ,
           but
           was
           settled
           as
           it
           now
           is
           by
           King
           James
           the
           Fifth
           ,
           
             Anno
             Christi
          
           1532.
           to
           consist
           of
           fourteen
           ,
           who
           are
           called
           
             Senatours
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Justice
             ,
          
           or
           
             Lords
             of
             Councill
             and
             Session
          
           ,
           and
           a
           President
           ;
           to
           whom
           are
           added
           the
           Lord
           Chancellour
           ,
           and
           four
           extraordinary
           Lords
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           the
           chief
           Nobility
           .
           The
           extraordinary
           Lords
           have
           no
           Salary
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           attendance
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           come
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           Vote
           .
           This
           Court
           sits
           from
           the
           first
           of
           June
           till
           the
           last
           of
           July
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           first
           of
           November
           till
           
           Christmas-Eve
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           first
           of
           January
           till
           the
           last
           of
           February
           :
           they
           sit
           from
           9
           a
           clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           till
           12
           ,
           all
           the
           days
           of
           the
           Week
           except
           Sunday
           and
           Monday
           .
           There
           is
           an
           Outer
           House
           ,
           and
           an
           Inner
           .
           In
           the
           Outer
           there
           is
           a
           Bench
           ,
           where
           one
           of
           the
           Senatours
           sits
           a
           Week
           ,
           (
           and
           all
           of
           them
           except
           the
           President
           have
           their
           turns
           in
           it
           ,
           )
           who
           hears
           all
           Causes
           originally
           ;
           and
           where
           the
           Case
           is
           clear
           ,
           he
           gives
           Sentence
           :
           But
           if
           it
           be
           difficult
           ,
           or
           if
           either
           party
           desires
           it
           ,
           he
           reports
           it
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Senatours
           ;
           who
           either
           send
           out
           their
           Answer
           by
           him
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           be
           very
           intricate
           ,
           and
           the
           parties
           or
           either
           of
           them
           desire
           it
           ,
           do
           appoint
           it
           to
           be
           heard
           before
           themselves
           .
           This
           is
           a
           Court
           of
           great
           dispatch
           .
           But
           besides
           the
           Judge
           on
           the
           Bench
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Side-Bar
           ,
           to
           which
           one
           of
           the
           Judges
           comes
           out
           weekly
           by
           turns
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           receives
           and
           answers
           all
           Petitions
           and
           Bills
           .
           The
           Inner
           House
           ,
           where
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Senatours
           sit
           ,
           is
           a
           Court
           of
           great
           State
           and
           Order
           .
           The
           Senatours
           sit
           in
           a
           semicircle
           in
           Robes
           :
           under
           them
           sit
           their
           Clerks
           ,
           who
           write
           the
           most
           material
           heads
           of
           all
           that
           is
           pleaded
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           where
           the
           Pleadings
           are
           long
           and
           very
           learned
           .
           When
           the
           Senatours
           have
           (
           after
           all
           the
           parties
           are
           removed
           )
           reconsidered
           their
           Arguments
           ,
           they
           give
           their
           Sentence
           ,
           and
           the
           major
           Vote
           carries
           it
           .
           Their
           final
           Sentence
           determines
           the
           business
           ,
           there
           lying
           no
           Appeal
           from
           them
           ,
           (
           onely
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           the
           Supreme
           Court
           ,
           may
           review
           and
           repeal
           their
           Sentence
           :
           )
           and
           they
           are
           called
           Decreets
           ,
           from
           the
           Latin
           Decreta
           .
        
         
           
             Senatours
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               James
               Dalrymple
            
             of
             Stair
             ,
             President
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               John
               Nubet
            
             of
             Dirleton
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Wallace
            
             of
             Craigie
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Maitland
            
             of
             Hatton
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               James
               Fowlis
            
             of
             Collington
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Nairn
            
             of
             Strathurd
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               David
               Nevoy
            
             of
             Nevoy
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Peter
               Wederburn
            
             of
             Gosfurd
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               John
               Baird
            
             of
             Newbyth
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               John
               Lockart
            
             of
             Castlehill
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Maitland
            
             of
             Pitrichie
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               David
               Balfour
            
             of
             Forret
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Murray
            
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               James
               Fowlis
            
             of
             —
          
           
             Sir
             
               David
               Falconar
            
             of
             Newton
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Law
           of
           Scotland
           is
           made
           up
           of
           the
           Municipal
           and
           Civil
           Laws
           .
           The
           Municipal
           consists
           either
           of
           Acts
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Customes
           and
           Practicks
           of
           the
           Colledge
           of
           Justice
           ,
           which
           are
           held
           of
           no
           less
           force
           then
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           :
           and
           where
           neither
           of
           these
           contradicts
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           the
           Roman
           Law
           is
           of
           force
           .
           This
           makes
           our
           Lawyers
           generally
           great
           Civilians
           ;
           for
           they
           goe
           either
           to
           
             Leiden
             ,
             Poictiers
          
           ,
           or
           Bourges
           ,
           and
           study
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           in
           which
           some
           are
           learned
           to
           a
           high
           degree
           .
        
         
           The
           Law
           of
           Scotland
           is
           easie
           and
           regular
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           Registers
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           full
           ,
           that
           Titles
           are
           much
           more
           easily
           cleared
           here
           then
           can
           be
           done
           where
           those
           Registers
           are
           not
           :
           which
           may
           appear
           from
           the
           following
           Instances
           .
        
         
         
           No
           man
           can
           have
           a
           Right
           to
           any
           Estate
           but
           by
           his
           being
           seised
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           done
           by
           the
           delivery
           of
           Earth
           and
           Stone
           ;
           upon
           which
           an
           Instrument
           is
           formed
           called
           a
           Sasine
           ,
           and
           this
           must
           be
           registred
           within
           60
           days
           ,
           otherwise
           it
           is
           of
           no
           force
           :
           by
           which
           means
           all
           secret
           Conveyances
           are
           cut
           off
           :
           for
           if
           no
           Sasine
           be
           passed
           upon
           them
           ,
           or
           if
           these
           be
           not
           put
           in
           the
           publick
           Registers
           ,
           (
           which
           every
           one
           may
           search
           ,
           )
           the
           Conveyance
           is
           of
           no
           force
           .
        
         
           All
           Bonds
           have
           a
           Clause
           in
           them
           for
           inserting
           them
           in
           the
           publick
           Registers
           ;
           and
           they
           being
           registred
           ,
           without
           any
           farther
           action
           ,
           by
           a
           charge
           of
           six
           days
           the
           Debitor
           must
           make
           payment
           ,
           otherwise
           Writs
           called
           
             Letters
             of
             Horning
             ,
             Caption
             and
             Poynding
             ,
          
           are
           given
           out
           :
           by
           the
           first
           of
           which
           the
           party
           is
           under
           Outlawry
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           forfeits
           to
           the
           King
           his
           personal
           Estate
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           continues
           a
           year
           under
           it
           ,
           the
           Life-rent
           of
           his
           real
           Estate
           :
           in
           which
           the
           Creditor
           is
           to
           be
           preferred
           for
           his
           interest
           ,
           the
           rest
           goes
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           .
           By
           the
           Letters
           of
           Caption
           the
           party
           is
           seised
           on
           ,
           and
           put
           in
           prison
           :
           nor
           is
           his
           House
           a
           place
           of
           security
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           searched
           for
           him
           .
           By
           the
           Letters
           of
           Poynding
           the
           Debitor's
           Goods
           may
           be
           distrained
           ,
           where-ever
           they
           can
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           A
           third
           Instance
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           shall
           adde
           no
           more
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           any
           Creditor
           may
           serve
           a
           Writ
           on
           his
           Debitor
           ,
           called
           
             Letters
             of
             Inhibition
          
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           can
           make
           no
           Disposition
           of
           his
           Goods
           or
           Estate
           ,
           till
           the
           party
           be
           satisfied
           ;
           and
           all
           is
           null
           that
           he
           does
           after
           that
           ,
           if
           these
           Letters
           be
           returned
           and
           registred
           within
           21
           days
           after
           they
           are
           served
           ,
           otherwise
           they
           have
           no
           force
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Supreme
           Court
           is
           the
           
             Justice
             Court
          
           ,
           where
           all
           Criminals
           are
           tried
           .
           It
           consisted
           anciently
           of
           a
           Lord
           Justice
           General
           ,
           and
           a
           Lord
           Justice
           Clerk
           ,
           who
           was
           his
           Assistent
           .
           The
           Earls
           of
           Argile
           had
           this
           Office
           by
           Inheritance
           :
           but
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           agreed
           with
           the
           Earl
           of
           Argile
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           the
           hereditary
           Justiciarship
           in
           the
           High-lands
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           laid
           down
           his
           Pretensions
           to
           the
           other
           .
           The
           Justice
           General
           is
           not
           bound
           to
           serve
           in
           person
           ,
           but
           might
           doe
           it
           by
           Deputies
           ,
           and
           he
           commonly
           named
           two
           :
           but
           the
           Parliament
           changed
           this
           Anno
           1669.
           and
           appointed
           four
           of
           the
           Judges
           to
           sit
           in
           this
           Court
           with
           the
           Lord
           Justice
           General
           and
           the
           Lord
           Justice
           Clerk.
           All
           Trials
           for
           Life
           are
           in
           this
           Court
           ,
           which
           sits
           every
           Friday
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Session
           in
           the
           afternoon
           .
           Here
           all
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           Peers
           as
           well
           as
           Commons
           ,
           are
           tried
           :
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           difference
           between
           the
           Trial
           of
           a
           Peer
           and
           of
           a
           Commoner
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           Peers
           Jury
           (
           called
           by
           the
           Scotish
           Law
           an
           Assize
           )
           must
           be
           Peers
           .
           Fifteen
           make
           a
           Jury
           .
           The
           Foreman
           ,
           who
           is
           called
           the
           
             Chancellour
             of
             the
             Assize
          
           ,
           gathers
           and
           reports
           their
           Votes
           :
           the
           major
           Vote
           determines
           the
           matter
           .
           The
           present
           Justice
           General
           is
           the
           Earl
           of
           Murray
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Supreme
           Court
           is
           the
           Exchequer
           .
           That
           consists
           of
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           (
           or
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           in
           Commission
           ,
           )
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           Deputy
           ,
           and
           some
           Assistents
           ,
           called
           the
           
             Lords
             of
             Exchequer
          
           ,
           who
           have
           little
           power
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           and
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           Deputy
           carrying
           all
           matters
           in
           it
           as
           they
           please
           .
           Here
           all
           the
           King's
           Grants
           ,
           Pensions
           ,
           Gifts
           of
           Wards
           ,
           Letters
           Patents
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           passed
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           are
           the
           Supreme
           Civil
           Courts
           .
        
         
           The
           Seat
           of
           those
           Courts
           is
           Edinburgh
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           long
           the
           chief
           Seat
           of
           the
           Government
           :
           and
           though
           the
           making
           of
           Circuits
           for
           giving
           Justice
           has
           been
           oft
           begun
           ;
           yet
           the
           charge
           it
           puts
           the
           Country
           to
           is
           found
           a
           greater
           inconvenience
           ,
           then
           the
           bringing
           up
           all
           their
           Affairs
           to
           Edinburgh
           .
        
         
           Next
           to
           these
           Supreme
           Courts
           there
           are
           other
           inferiour
           Courts
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           Regalities
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           where
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           Regality
           has
           a
           Royal
           Jurisdiction
           within
           his
           grounds
           ,
           and
           power
           of
           Life
           and
           death
           ,
           besides
           many
           other
           great
           Immunities
           and
           Privileges
           .
           This
           began
           chiefly
           in
           Church-Lands
           ;
           for
           all
           the
           Bishops
           and
           most
           of
           the
           Abbots
           had
           these
           Regalities
           granted
           them
           :
           some
           of
           the
           ancient
           and
           great
           Peers
           likewise
           got
           the
           same
           power
           bestowed
           on
           them
           ,
           but
           many
           more
           have
           lately
           got
           their
           Lands
           erected
           into
           Regalities
           .
        
         
           The
           Judge
           is
           called
           the
           
             Bailif
             of
             the
             Regality
          
           ,
           who
           sits
           as
           often
           as
           there
           is
           cause
           .
           Most
           of
           the
           Bailifs
           of
           the
           Bishops
           are
           so
           by
           Inheritance
           ;
           for
           these
           were
           given
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           since
           a
           Church-man
           cannot
           give
           a
           Commission
           
             in
             Causa
             Sanguinis
          
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           also
           in
           all
           the
           Shires
           of
           Scotland
           Sheriffs
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Judges
           in
           all
           matters
           of
           Meum
           and
           Tuum
           ,
           in
           Thefts
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           lesser
           Crimes
           ,
           as
           likewise
           in
           Murthers
           ,
           if
           the
           Murtherer
           be
           taken
           in
           hot
           bloud
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ,
           when
           the
           person
           is
           newly
           slain
           .
           But
           though
           there
           lies
           no
           Appeal
           in
           any
           Court
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           somewhat
           equivalent
           to
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           Supreme
           Courts
           by
           a
           Writ
           called
           an
           Advocation
           may
           take
           any
           Cause
           
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           inferiour
           Judges
           ,
           and
           order
           it
           to
           be
           brought
           before
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Most
           of
           the
           Sheriffs
           were
           anciently
           such
           by
           Inheritance
           :
           and
           it
           being
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           no
           matter
           of
           charge
           ,
           but
           of
           profit
           ,
           it
           gave
           the
           Hereditary
           Sheriffs
           so
           great
           a
           power
           in
           their
           Shires
           ,
           that
           our
           Kings
           of
           late
           have
           thought
           sit
           to
           agree
           with
           many
           of
           those
           Sheriffs
           for
           their
           Rights
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           that
           divers
           of
           them
           are
           now
           in
           the
           King's
           gift
           .
           The
           Sheriffs
           may
           either
           sit
           and
           give
           Judgment
           themselves
           ,
           or
           doe
           it
           by
           a
           Deputy
           ;
           which
           they
           most
           commonly
           doe
           ,
           except
           in
           some
           greater
           cases
           .
        
         
           
             
               SHIRES
               or
               COUNTIES
               
                 of
                 SCOTLAND
              
               ,
               and
               their
               SHERIFFS
               .
            
             
               
                 SHIRES
                 .
              
               
                 SHERIFFS
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Edinburgh
                 containeth
                 
                   Middle
                   Lothian
                
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   Maitland
                
                 of
                 Hatton
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Berwick
                 containeth
                 Mers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Hume
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Peeblis
                 containeth
                 Tweeddail
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Tweeddail
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Selkirk
                 containeth
                 the
                 Forrest
                 of
                 Etterick
                 .
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Roxburgh
                 containeth
                 
                   Teviotdail
                   ,
                   Lidisdail
                   ,
                   Eskdail
                   ,
                   Ewsdail
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Duke
                 of
                 Buckleugh
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Dumfreis
                 containeth
                 Nithisdail
                 ,
                 and
                 Annandail
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Queensbury
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Wigton
                 containeth
                 the
                 West
                 part
                 of
                 Galloway
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Patrick
                   Agnew
                
                 of
                 Lochnaw
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Aire
                 containeth
                 
                   Kyle
                   ,
                   Carrict
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Cunninghame
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dumfreis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Renfrew
                 containeth
                 the
                 Barony
                 of
                 Renfrew
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Eglington
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Lanerick
                 containeth
                 Clidsdail
                 .
              
               
                 Duke
                 of
                 Hamilton
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Dumbritton
                 containeth
                 Lennox
                 .
              
               
                 Duke
                 of
                 Lennox
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Bute
                 containeth
                 the
                 Isles
                 of
                 Bute
                 and
                 Arran
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   James
                   Stewart
                
                 of
                 —
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Innerara
                 containeth
                 
                   Argile
                   ,
                   Lorn
                   ,
                   Kintyre
                
                 ,
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 West
                 Isles
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Ila
                   ,
                   Jura
                   ,
                   Mull
                   ,
                   Wyist
                   ,
                   Terife
                   ,
                   Coll
                   ,
                   Lismore
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Argile
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Perth
                 containeth
                 
                   Athol
                   ,
                   Goury
                   ,
                   Glenshee
                   ,
                   Strath-Ardel
                   ,
                   Braid
                   Albain
                   ,
                   Rainach
                   ,
                   Balwhidder
                   ,
                   Glenurqhuay
                   ,
                   Stormont
                   ,
                   Menteith
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Strath-Jern
                 .
              
               
                 Marquis
                 of
                 Athol
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Striveling
                 lieth
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 River
                 Forth
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Mar.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Linlithgow
                 containeth
                 
                   West
                   Lothian
                
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Calendar
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Clackmannan
                 containeth
                 a
                 small
                 part
                 of
                 Fife
                 lying
                 on
                 the
                 River
                 Forth
                 towards
                 Striveling
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   David
                   Bruce
                
                 of
                 Clackmannan
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Kinross
                 containeth
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 Fife
                 as
                 lieth
                 between
                 Loch-Leiven
                 and
                 the
                 Ochell
                 Hills
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Morton
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Cowper
                 containeth
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 Fife
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Rothes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Forfar
                 containeth
                 Angus
                 with
                 its
                 pertinents
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Glen-Ila
                   ,
                   Glen-Esk
                   ,
                   Glen-Prossin
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 South-Esk
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Kincairden
                 containeth
                 Mernis
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 Marischal
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Aberdene
                 containeth
                 Mar
                 with
                 its
                 pertinents
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Birse
                   ,
                   Glen-Taner
                   ,
                   Glen-Muik
                   ,
                   Strath-Dee
                   ,
                   Strath-Don
                   ,
                   Bray
                
                 of
                 Mar
                 and
                 Cromar
                 ,
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 
                   Buchan
                   ,
                   Forumarten
                   ,
                   Gareoch
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Strathbogie-land
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dunfermline
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Bamff
                 containeth
                 a
                 small
                 part
                 of
                 
                   Buchan
                   ,
                   Strath-Dovern
                   ,
                   Boyn
                   ,
                   Enzie
                   ,
                   Strath-Awin
                
                 and
                 Balveny
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   James
                   Baird
                
                 of
                 Auchmedden
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Elgin
                 containeth
                 the
                 Eastern
                 part
                 of
                 Murray
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Dumbar
                
                 of
                 —
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Nairne
                 containeth
                 the
                 West
                 part
                 of
                 Murray
                 .
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Innerness
                 containeth
                 
                   Badenoch
                   ,
                   Lochabyr
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 South
                 part
                 of
                 Ross
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Murray
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Cromarty
                 containeth
                 a
                 small
                 part
                 of
                 Ross
                 lying
                 on
                 the
                 South
                 side
                 of
                 Cromarty
                 Firth
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   John
                   Vrqhuart
                
                 of
                 Cromarty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Taine
                 containeth
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 Ross
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Isles
                 of
                 
                   Sky
                   ,
                   Lewes
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Harrigh
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Seaforth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Dornoch
                 containeth
                 Sutherland
                 ,
                 and
                 Strath-Navern
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Sutherland
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Weik
                 containeth
                 Cathnes
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Cathnes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shire
                 of
                 Orkney
                 containeth
                 all
                 the
                 Isles
                 of
                 Orkney
                 and
                 Schetland
                 .
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Constabularie
                 of
                 Hadington
                 containeth
                 
                   East
                   Lothian
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Lauderdail
                 .
              
               
                 Duke
                 of
                 Lauderdail
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 STEWARTRIES
                 .
              
               
                 STEWARDS
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Strath-Jern
                 ,
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Perth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Menteith
                 ,
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Menteith
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Annandail
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Annandail
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Kirkubright
                 containeth
                 the
                 East
                 part
                 of
                 Galloway
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Nithisdail
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 BAILIARIES
                 .
              
               
                 BAILIFFS
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Kile
                 .
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Carrict
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Cassils
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cunninghame
                 .
              
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Eglington
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           Besides
           these
           ,
           every
           man
           that
           holds
           a
           Barony
           of
           the
           King
           has
           a
           Baron-Court
           ,
           in
           which
           lesser
           matters
           are
           also
           judged
           ,
           and
           they
           may
           Fine
           and
           Distrain
           .
           Anciently
           these
           Baron-Courts
           might
           judge
           of
           Life
           and
           death
           ;
           but
           that
           is
           now
           out
           of
           use
           .
        
         
           For
           all
           the
           other
           particulars
           that
           relate
           to
           the
           Regalities
           ,
           Superiorities
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           curious
           may
           find
           full
           satisfaction
           in
           that
           most
           learned
           Work
           of
           
             Craigs
             de
             Jure
             Fendali
          
           ,
           written
           in
           Latin
           ,
           and
           Printed
           at
           
             Edinburgh
             in
             Folio
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Military
           Government
           in
           Scotland
           of
           every
           County
           is
           not
           lodged
           in
           one
           person
           ,
           but
           the
           Regiments
           of
           Foot
           are
           commanded
           by
           Colonels
           ,
           and
           the
           Troups
           of
           Horse
           by
           Captains
           ,
           named
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           without
           any
           dependence
           upon
           one
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           :
           nor
           are
           there
           Deputy-Lieutenants
           ,
           but
           the
           Lieutenant-Colonels
           and
           other
           Officers
           are
           named
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           is
           usual
           in
           an
           Army
           .
        
         
           The
           Court
           of
           Admiralty
           sits
           in
           Leith
           ,
           the
           chief
           Sea-port
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           but
           has
           not
           much
           business
           ,
           except
           in
           times
           of
           War
           to
           judge
           of
           Prizes
           .
           The
           present
           High
           Admiral
           is
           His
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           James
           Duke
           of
           York
           .
        
         
           The
           Burroughs
           of
           Scotland
           are
           of
           three
           sorts
           ;
           either
           Royal
           Burghs
           ,
           Burghs
           of
           Regality
           ,
           
           or
           Burghs
           of
           Barony
           .
           The
           former
           have
           Commissioners
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           besides
           are
           a
           State
           apart
           ,
           for
           they
           meet
           yearly
           in
           a
           Convention
           called
           the
           
             Convention
             of
             Burroughs
          
           ,
           to
           which
           a
           Commissioner
           comes
           from
           every
           one
           of
           them
           .
           There
           they
           make
           Laws
           for
           themselves
           about
           Trade
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           relating
           to
           their
           Corporations
           .
           They
           hold
           these
           Meetings
           in
           a
           Circuit
           around
           the
           chief
           ,
           or
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           them
           ,
           
             the
             Head
             Burghs
          
           :
           and
           at
           the
           end
           of
           one
           Convention
           ,
           they
           name
           the
           time
           and
           place
           for
           the
           next
           .
        
         
           In
           these
           Burghs
           there
           is
           a
           Provost
           ,
           who
           has
           the
           chief
           Power
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           four
           Bailiffs
           that
           are
           next
           to
           him
           in
           the
           Government
           :
           there
           is
           also
           a
           Dean
           of
           Gild
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           chief
           Judge
           among
           the
           Merchants
           ,
           likewise
           a
           Treasurer
           ,
           and
           a
           Common
           Council
           ;
           the
           one
           half
           of
           which
           is
           chosen
           yearly
           by
           the
           Merchants
           ,
           the
           other
           half
           by
           the
           Tradesmen
           ;
           who
           have
           likewise
           a
           Court
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           is
           one
           from
           every
           Trade
           ,
           who
           is
           called
           the
           Deacon
           of
           the
           Trade
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Deacon
             Conveener
          
           ,
           who
           is
           their
           President
           ,
           and
           calls
           a
           Meeting
           of
           them
           when
           he
           pleases
           .
           Those
           Deacons
           are
           chosen
           yearly
           by
           all
           the
           Freemen
           of
           their
           Trade
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           little
           Jurisdiction
           over
           them
           .
           There
           are
           in
           most
           Burghs
           great
           Animosities
           and
           Factions
           between
           the
           Merchants
           and
           Tradesmen
           .
        
         
           The
           Burghs
           of
           Regality
           are
           the
           Towns
           where
           these
           Lords
           hold
           their
           Courts
           .
           The
           chief
           Magistrates
           are
           named
           by
           the
           Lord
           ,
           the
           rest
           they
           chuse
           themselves
           .
           They
           have
           also
           great
           Freedoms
           ,
           little
           inferiour
           to
           the
           Royal
           Burghs
           ;
           onely
           they
           have
           no
           Commissioners
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           Burghs
           of
           Barony
           are
           Mercat-Towns
           ,
           where
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           Barony
           names
           some
           of
           their
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           the
           Corporation
           chuses
           the
           rest
           .
           In
           all
           these
           Burghs
           the
           Magistracy
           is
           no
           matter
           of
           burthen
           nor
           charge
           ,
           but
           of
           Power
           and
           Advantage
           ;
           from
           whence
           arise
           great
           Factions
           almost
           in
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             Free
             CORPORATIONS
             or
             Royal
             BVRGHS
             in
             SCOTLAND
             .
          
           
             Edinburgh
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             .
          
           
             Linlithgow
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             .
          
           
             Hadington
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             .
          
           
             North-Berwick
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             .
          
           
             Dumbar
             ,
             in
             Lothian
             .
          
           
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             in
             Fife
             .
          
           
             Cowper
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Dunfermlin
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Kirkaldy
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Craill
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Anstruther
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Pittenweem
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Dysert
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Earles-ferry
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Kinghorn
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Burnt-Island
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Culross
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Clackmannan
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Queens-ferry
             ,
             in
             Fipe.
             
          
           
             Dundee
             ,
             in
             Augus
             .
          
           
             Montross
             ,
             in
             Augus
             .
          
           
             Forfar
             ,
             in
             Augus
             .
          
           
             Brichen
             ,
             in
             Augus
             .
          
           
             Arbroath
             ,
             in
             Augus
             .
          
           
             Kirkubright
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             Wigton
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             Whithorn
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             Stranraver
             ,
             in
             Galloway
             .
          
           
             Glasgow
             ,
             in
             Clidisdail
             .
          
           
             Lanerick
             ,
             in
             Clidisdail
             .
          
           
             Elgin
             ,
             in
             Murray
             .
          
           
             Nairn
             ,
             in
             Murray
             .
          
           
             Forres
             ,
             in
             Murray
             .
          
           
             Ranfrew
             ,
             in
             Ranfrewshire
             .
          
           
             Pasley
             ,
             in
             Ranfrewshire
             .
          
           
             Ruglen
             ,
             in
             Ranfrewshire
             .
          
           
             Aberdene
             ,
             in
             Mar.
             
          
           
             Kintor
             ,
             in
             Mar.
             
          
           
             Bamff
             ,
             in
             Boyn
             .
          
           
             Cullen
             ,
             in
             Boyn
             .
          
           
             Innerness
             ,
             in
             Ross
             .
          
           
             Tayne
             ,
             in
             Ross
             .
          
           
             Air
             ,
             in
             Kyle
             .
          
           
             Irwing
             ,
             in
             Cunninghame
             .
          
           
             Rothsay
             ,
             in
             Bute
             .
          
           
             Dumbarton
             ,
             in
             Lennox
             .
          
           
             Innerara
             ,
             in
             Argile
             .
          
           
             Jedburgh
             ,
             in
             Teviotdail
             .
          
           
             Peeblis
             ,
             in
             Tweeddail
             .
          
           
             Selkirk
             ,
             in
             Forrestshire
             .
          
           
             Striveling
             ,
             upon
             Forth
             .
          
           
             Dumblane
             ,
             in
             Menteith
             .
          
           
             Innerkeithing
             ,
             in
             Fife
             .
          
           
             Dornoch
             ,
             in
             Sutherland
             .
          
           
             Annand
             ,
             in
             Annandail
             .
          
           
             Dumfreis
             ,
             in
             Nithisdail
             .
          
           
             Sanqbuar
             ,
             in
             Nithisdail
             .
          
           
             Bervie
             ,
             in
             Mernis
             .
          
           
             Innerowrie
             ,
             in
             Gareoch
             .
          
        
         
           The
           People
           of
           Scotland
           are
           naturally
           candid
           and
           honest
           ,
           stout
           and
           resolute
           ,
           which
           
           makes
           them
           so
           much
           valued
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           the
           onely
           School
           of
           War
           to
           them
           since
           the
           happy
           Conjunction
           of
           this
           Island
           under
           one
           King.
           They
           naturally
           love
           their
           King.
           
        
         
           The
           Nobility
           have
           great
           Power
           ,
           chiefly
           in
           the
           High-lands
           ,
           where
           their
           Families
           (
           commonly
           called
           Clannes
           )
           depend
           absolutely
           upon
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Name
           ,
           whom
           they
           commonly
           call
           their
           Chief
           .
           But
           the
           great
           Power
           of
           the
           Nobility
           of
           late
           years
           is
           much
           abated
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           still
           very
           considerable
           .
        
         
           The
           Property
           of
           the
           Subject
           is
           fully
           secured
           by
           Law
           :
           and
           though
           the
           King
           has
           great
           Prerogatives
           ,
           yet
           the
           People
           have
           also
           great
           Liberties
           and
           Freedoms
           .
        
         
           
             The
             COMMISSIONERS
             that
             have
             represented
             our
             KINGS
             since
             K.
             JAMES
             was
             settled
             on
             the
             Throne
             of
             England
             were
             as
             follows
             .
          
           
             KING
             JAMES
             the
             VI.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Grabame
                
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Montross
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 1604.
                 
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Hume
                
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dumbar
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 1606.
                 
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Keith
                
                 ,
                 Earl
                 Marischal
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 1609.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Seaton
                
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dunfermlin
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 1612.
                 
              
               
                 
                   James
                   Hamilton
                
                 ,
                 Marquess
                 of
                 Hamilton
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 1621.
                 
              
            
          
           
             Anno
             1625.
             
             KING
             CHARLES
             the
             I.
             Crowned
             Anno
             1633.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   James
                   Hamilton
                
                 ,
                 Marquess
                 of
                 Hamilton
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 1638.
                 
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Stewart
                
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Traquair
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 1639.
                 
              
               
                 
                   James
                   Grahame
                
                 ,
                 Marquess
                 of
                 Montross
                 ,
                 Governour
                 ,
                 1644.
                 
              
            
          
           
             Anno
             1649.
             
             KING
             CHARLES
             the
             II.
             Crowned
             Anno
             1651.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Middleton
                
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Middleton
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 1660.
                 
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Leslie
                
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Rothes
                 ,
                 Commissioner
                 ,
                 1663.
                 
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Maitland
                
                 ,
                 Duke
                 of
                 Lauderdail
                 ,
                 Commisioner
                 ,
                 1669.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             CHANCELLOVRS
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             since
             the
             year
             1198.
             collected
             out
             of
             Histories
             .
          
           
             1198.
             
             
               William
               Malvoisin
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Glasgow
             .
          
           
             1220.
             
             
               William
               de
               Boseo
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Dumblane
             .
          
           
             1226.
             
             
               Matthew
               Kinninmouth
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Aberdene
             .
          
           
             1239.
             
             
               William
               Babington
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Glasgow
             .
          
           
             1247.
             —
             Abbot
             of
             —
          
           
             1248.
             
             Richard
             of
             Innerkeithing
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Dumblane
             .
          
           
             1259.
             
             Gamelinus
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             1273.
             
             
               William
               Wishart
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Glasgow
             .
          
           
             1280.
             
             
               William
               Fraser
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             1298.
             
             Maurice
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Isles
             .
          
           
             1363.
             
             Adam
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Brichen
             .
          
           
             1372.
             
             Patrick
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Brichen
             .
          
           
             1380.
             
             
               John
               Lyon
            
             ,
             Lord
             Glammes
             .
          
           
             1390.
             
             
               Gilbert
               Grimlaw
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Aberdene
             .
          
           
             1409.
             
             
               William
               Lawder
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Glasgow
             .
          
           
             1434.
             
             John
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Brichen
             .
          
           
             1436.
             
             Sir
             
               William
               Creighton
            
             of
             Creighton
             .
          
           
             1444.
             
             
               James
               Bruce
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Dunkeld
             .
          
           
             1448.
             
             
               Patrick
               Lyon
            
             ,
             Lord
             Glammes
             .
          
           
             1453.
             
             
               William
               Sinclare
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Orkney
             .
          
           
             1463.
             
             
               George
               Shorswood
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Brichen
             .
          
           
             1474.
             
             
               John
               Lang
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Glasgow
             .
          
           
             1476.
             
             
               Andrew
               Stewart
            
             ,
             Lord
             Evendail
             .
          
           
             1484.
             
             
               William
               Elphingston
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Aberdene
             .
          
           
             1494.
             
             
               Archbald
               Douglas
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Angus
             .
          
           
             1497.
             
             
               George
               Gordon
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Huntlie
             .
          
           
             1502.
             
             
               James
               Stewart
            
             ,
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             1512.
             
             
               Alexander
               Stewart
            
             ,
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             1518.
             
             
               James
               Beaton
            
             ,
             Archbishop
             of
             Glasgow
             .
          
           
             1526.
             
             
               Gawin
               Dumbar
            
             ,
             Archbishop
             of
             Glasgow
             .
          
           
             1534.
             
             
               William
               Stewart
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Aberdene
             .
          
           
             1539.
             
             Cardinal
             
               David
               Beaton
            
             ,
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             
             1561.
             
             
               George
               Gordon
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Huntlie
             .
          
           
             1563.
             
             
               James
               Douglas
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Morton
             .
          
           
             1567.
             
             
               George
               Gordon
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Huntlie
             .
          
           
             1570.
             
             
               James
               Douglas
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Morton
             again
             .
          
           
             1572.
             
             
               Archbald
               Campbell
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Argile
             .
          
           
             1575.
             
             
               John
               Lyon
            
             ,
             Lord
             Glammes
             .
          
           
             1578.
             
             
               John
               Stewart
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Athol
             .
          
           
             1579.
             
             
               Coline
               Campbell
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Argile
             .
          
           
             1584.
             
             
               James
               Stewart
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Arran
             .
          
           
             1591.
             
             
               John
               Maitland
            
             ,
             Lord
             of
             Thirlstane
             .
          
           
             1598.
             
             
               John
               Grahame
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Montross
             .
          
           
             1604.
             
             
               Alexander
               Seaton
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Dunfermlin
             .
          
           
             1622.
             
             
               George
               Hay
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Hinnoule
             .
          
           
             1635.
             
             
               John
               Spotiswood
            
             ,
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             .
          
           
             1641.
             
             
               John
               Campbell
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Lowdoun
             .
          
           
             1660.
             
             
               William
               Cunnighame
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Glencairn
             .
          
           
             1665.
             
             
               John
               Leslie
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Rothes
             ,
             present
             Lord
             High
             Chancellour
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             1676.
             
          
        
         
           
             Writers
             of
             the
             Scotish
             History
             .
          
           
             COrnelius
             Hibernicus
             .
          
           
             Veremundus
             ,
             a
             Spaniard
             ,
             Archdeacon
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             wrote
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Nation
             from
             its
             original
             till
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             Malcolm
             the
             Third
             .
          
           
             
               Joannes
               à
               Campo
               Bello
            
             ,
             or
             Campbell
             .
          
           
             Turgot
             ,
             Prior
             of
             Durham
             ,
             and
             Bishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             wrote
             the
             Lives
             of
             King
             
               Malcolm
               Canmoir
            
             and
             of
             his
             Queen
             Margaret
             .
          
           
             
               Liber
               Sconae
            
             ,
             a
             Chronicle
             written
             by
             the
             Monks
             of
             Scoon
             .
          
           
             
               Liber
               Pasletensis
            
             ,
             the
             Black
             Book
             of
             Paislay
             ,
             a
             Chronicle
             written
             by
             the
             Monks
             of
             Paislay
             .
          
           
             
               Liber
               Pluscartensis
            
             ,
             a
             Chronicle
             wriiten
             by
             the
             Monks
             of
             Pluscardy
             .
          
           
             One
             
               Blind
               Henry
            
             wrote
             the
             History
             of
             Sir
             
               William
               Wallace
            
             in
             Scotish
             Meeter
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Barbour
            
             ,
             Archdeacon
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             did
             write
             the
             Life
             of
             King
             
               Robert
               Bruce
            
             in
             Scotish
             Meeter
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Major
            
             ,
             Provost
             of
             Saint
             Salvator's
             Colledge
             in
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             wrote
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Elphingston
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             wrote
             a
             Treatise
             of
             the
             Scotish
             Antiquities
             .
          
           
             
               Hector
               Boeth
            
             ,
             or
             Boyes
             ,
             Principal
             of
             the
             King's
             Colledge
             of
             Aberdene
             ,
             wrote
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Nation
             till
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             James
             the
             First
             ;
             continued
             till
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             by
             
               John
               Ferrerius
            
             a
             Piemontoise
             ,
             a
             Monk
             of
             Pluscardy
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Balenden
            
             ,
             Archdeacon
             of
             Murray
             ,
             did
             translate
             Boyes
             History
             into
             English
             .
          
           
             
               George
               Buchanan
            
             ,
             Schoolmaster
             to
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             wrote
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Nation
             till
             the
             year
             1572.
             
          
           
             
               Robert
               Johnston
            
             wrote
             a
             continuation
             of
             the
             Scotish
             History
             from
             the
             year
             1572.
             to
             the
             year
             1628.
             in
             
               Latin
               ,
               Folio
            
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Leslie
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Ross
             ,
             wrote
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Nation
             till
             the
             year
             158
             —
             .
          
           
             
               Raphael
               Holinshed
            
             ,
             wrote
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Nation
             till
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             centinued
             by
             
               Francis
               Thin
            
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Cambden
            
             wrote
             a
             Description
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Dempster
            
             wrote
             an
             Introduction
             to
             the
             Scotish
             History
             .
          
           
             
               David
               Chalmer
            
             wrote
             a
             Treatise
             of
             the
             Scotish
             Saints
             .
          
           
             
               David
               Hume
            
             of
             Godscroft
             did
             write
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Earls
             of
             Douglas
             and
             Angus
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Drummond
            
             of
             Hawthornden
             ,
             did
             write
             the
             Lives
             of
             the
             Five
             King
             Jameses
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Sanderson
            
             wrote
             the
             Lives
             of
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             King
             James
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             and
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Spotiswood
            
             ,
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Saint
               Andrews
            
             ,
             did
             write
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             from
             the
             first
             Plantation
             of
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             therein
             ,
             till
             the
             death
             of
             King
             James
             .
          
           
             
               George
               Wishart
            
             ,
             Doctour
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             did
             write
             the
             Actions
             of
             James
             Marquess
             of
             Montross
             .
          
           
             
               Robert
               Gordon
            
             of
             Stralogh
             did
             write
             the
             
               Theatrum
               Scotiae
            
             ,
             being
             a
             Description
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             with
             the
             Maps
             of
             every
             particular
             Country
             ,
             Printed
             by
             
               John
               Janson
               Bleaw
            
             at
             Amsterdam
             ;
             a
             very
             excellent
             Work.
             The
             Mercenary
             Printer
             did
             him
             a
             double
             injury
             .
             First
             ,
             in
             printing
             with
             his
             Book
             ,
             
             Buchanan's
             Seditious
             Pamphlet
             
               de
               Jure
               Regni
               apud
               Scotos
            
             ;
             it
             being
             sufficiently
             known
             that
             the
             Authour
             was
             of
             no
             such
             Principals
             ,
             but
             always
             loyal
             .
             Then
             ,
             in
             Dedicating
             that
             Work
             to
             the
             Usurper
             
               O.
               Cromwell
            
             ;
             whereas
             the
             
             Authour
             sent
             over
             to
             the
             Printer
             ,
             a
             Dedication
             of
             his
             Book
             to
             His
             most
             
               Sacred
               Majestie
            
             ,
             at
             that
             time
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             :
             and
             the
             Copy
             of
             that
             Dedication
             ,
             written
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             is
             yet
             in
             the
             custody
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             the
             Reverend
             
               James
               Gordon
            
             ,
             Parson
             of
             Rothinay
             .
             Thus
             much
             I
             thought
             fit
             to
             say
             in
             vindication
             of
             that
             worthy
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             was
             one
             of
             the
             most
             learned
             persons
             of
             the
             Age
             he
             lived
             it
             .
          
           
             Dempster
             ,
             in
             his
             Apparatus
             to
             the
             Scotish
             History
             ,
             has
             promised
             a
             great
             many
             things
             to
             the
             World
             which
             he
             never
             performed
             :
             some
             have
             thought
             ,
             that
             he
             onely
             amused
             people
             by
             the
             undertaking
             he
             mentions
             in
             that
             Book
             :
             Others
             believe
             that
             he
             knew
             of
             a
             great
             many
             Scotish
             Manuscripts
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             which
             were
             carried
             thither
             by
             Monks
             and
             Friers
             at
             the
             Reformation
             .
             In
             most
             Religious
             houses
             there
             was
             a
             Chronicle
             written
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             divers
             of
             which
             I
             have
             seen
             ,
             that
             yet
             remain
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             some
             written
             in
             rithme
             ,
             English
             and
             Latine
             ,
             some
             in
             prose
             :
             but
             there
             cannot
             be
             much
             made
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             being
             full
             of
             Legends
             and
             Idle
             stories
             .
             There
             are
             besides
             ,
             very
             considerable
             Manuscripts
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             that
             relate
             to
             private
             Families
             ;
             but
             give
             an
             account
             of
             several
             publick
             Transactions
             :
             as
             ,
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Families
             of
             the
             Drummonds
             ,
             the
             Gordons
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             for
             a
             publick
             History
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             there
             is
             little
             more
             to
             be
             expected
             of
             past
             times
             ,
             then
             what
             hath
             been
             already
             published
             :
             for
             as
             when
             Edward
             the
             First
             conquered
             Scotland
             ,
             he
             carried
             the
             Records
             and
             Registers
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             with
             him
             to
             London
             ,
             so
             in
             the
             late
             Invasion
             ,
             Cromwell
             thought
             it
             a
             very
             valuable
             pledge
             of
             the
             Scotish
             Nation
             to
             send
             up
             to
             the
             Tower
             of
             London
             ,
             all
             the
             publick
             Records
             ,
             Rolls
             ,
             and
             Registers
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             lay
             there
             till
             His
             MAJESTY's
             happy
             Restauration
             :
             after
             which
             ,
             by
             the
             KING's
             Orders
             ,
             they
             were
             sent
             down
             by
             Sea
             ,
             to
             be
             laid
             up
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Edinburgh
             ;
             but
             the
             Ship
             that
             was
             loaded
             with
             them
             was
             cast
             away
             near
             the
             Holy
             Island
             .
             So
             they
             were
             all
             irrecoverably
             sunk
             and
             lost
             :
             Therefore
             we
             must
             rely
             upon
             the
             credit
             of
             our
             ancient
             Historians
             ,
             since
             there
             are
             no
             means
             left
             to
             correct
             them
             by
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             compleat
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             BISHOPS
             and
             ARCHBISHOPS
             succeeding
             each
             other
             in
             their
             several
             SEES
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 in
                 SCOTLAND
                 before
                 its
                 division
                 into
                 Dioceses
                 .
              
               
                 277.
                 1.
                 Amphibalus
              
               
                 370.
                 2.
                 Regulus
              
               
                 450.
                 3.
                 Ninian
              
               
                 460.
                 4.
                 Palladius
              
               
                 490.
                 5.
                 Hildebert
              
               
                 606.
                 6.
                 Columba
              
               
                 520.
                 7.
                 Servanus
              
               
                 650.
                 8.
                 Colman
              
               
                 669.
                 9.
                 Adamannus
              
               
                 689.
                 10.
                 Wiro
              
               
                 681.
                 11.
                 Plechelmus
              
               
                 700.
                 12.
                 Bonifacius
              
               
                 700.
                 13.
                 Macharius
              
               
                 700.
                 14.
                 Glacianus
              
               
                 700.
                 15.
                 Gervadius
              
               
                 496.
                 16.
                 
                 Trevanus
                 .
              
               
                 600.
                 
                 
                   
                     Thomianus
                  
                   
                     Chromonus
                  
                   
                     Dagamus
                  
                   
                     Bathanus
                  
                
                 Bishop
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 and
                 Archbishops
                 of
                 
                   SAINT
                   ANDREWS
                
                 .
              
               
                 840.
                 1.
                 Adrian
              
               
                 872.
                 2.
                 Kellach
              
               
                 896.
                 3.
                 Malifius
              
               
                 904.
                 4.
                 
                 Kellach
                 2
                 
                 d.
              
               
                 939.
                 5.
                 Malmore
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Malifius
                 2
                 
                 d.
              
               
                 7.
                 Alwinus
              
               
                 8.
                 Maldwin
              
               
                 
                 970.
                 9.
                 Tuthaldus
              
               
                 10.
                 Fothadus
              
               
                 1010.
                 11.
                 Gregorius
              
               
                 12.
                 Edmundus
              
               
                 1063.
                 13.
                 Turgot
              
               
                 1098.
                 14.
                 Godricus
              
               
                 1110.
                 15.
                 Eadmerus
              
               
                 1114.
                 16.
                 Robert
              
               
                 1159.
                 17.
                 Arnold
              
               
                 1161.
                 18.
                 Richard
              
               
                 1178.
                 19.
                 Hugo
              
               
                 1188.
                 20.
                 
                 Roger
                 *
              
               
                 1202.
                 21.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Malvoisin
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1231.
                 22.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Benham
                
              
               
                 1251.
                 23.
                 Abel
              
               
                 1253.
                 24.
                 
                 Gamelinus
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1274.
                 25.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Wishart
                
              
               
                 1280.
                 26.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Fraser
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancell
                 .
              
               
                 1300.
                 27.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Lamberton
                
              
               
                 1328.
                 28.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Bane
                
              
               
                 1332.
                 29.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Landels
                
              
               
                 1385.
                 30.
                 Stephen
              
               
                 1386.
                 31.
                 
                 
                   Walter
                   Trail
                
              
               
                 1401.
                 
                 Vacat
                 Sedes
                 annis
                 .
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 1409.
                 32.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Wardlaw
                
              
               
                 1444.
                 33.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Kennedy
                
                 *
              
               
                 1466.
                 34.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Grhame
                
                 ,
                 first
                 Archbishop
                 *
                 .
              
               
                 1478.
                 35.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Sbevez
                
              
               
                 1497.
                 36.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Stewart
                
                 *
              
               
                 1503.
                 37.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Stewart
                
                 *
              
               
                 1513.
                 38.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Forman
                
              
               
                 1522.
                 39.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Beaton
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancell
                 .
              
               
                 1539.
                 40.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Beaton
                
                 ,
                 Chardinal
                 and
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1545.
                 41.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Hamilton
                
              
               
                 1572.
                 42.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Douglas
                
              
               
                 1575.
                 43.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Adamson
                
              
               
                 1591.
                 
                 Vacat
                 Sedes
                 annis
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 1606.
                 44.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Gladstanes
                
              
               
                 1615.
                 45.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Spotiswood
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chanc
                 ,
              
               
                 1639.
                 
                 Vacat
                 Sedes
                 annis
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 1662.
                 46.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Sharp
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 DVNKELD
                 .
              
               
                 1130.
                 1.
                 Gregorius
              
               
                 1172.
                 2.
                 Richard
              
               
                 1176.
                 3.
                 Cormacus
              
               
                 1180.
                 4.
                 
                 
                   Walder
                   de
                   Bidden
                
              
               
                 1186.
                 5.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Scot
                
              
               
                 1206.
                 6.
                 
                 
                   Richard
                   Provand
                
              
               
                 1213.
                 7.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Leicester
                
                 *
              
               
                 1217.
                 8.
                 
                 
                   Hugo
                   de
                   Sigillo
                
              
               
                 1226.
                 9.
                 
                 Matthem
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1236.
                 10.
                 
                 
                   Galfride
                   Liverance
                
              
               
                 1249.
                 11.
                 Richard
              
               
                 1250.
                 12.
                 
                 Richard
                 of
                 Jennerkething
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1272.
                 13.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Sutevile
                
              
               
                 1300.
                 14.
                 Matthew
              
               
                 1312.
                 15.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Sinclare
                
              
               
                 1338.
                 16.
                 Duncan
              
               
                 1364.
                 17.
                 
                 
                   Michael
                   of
                   Monimusk
                
                 .
              
               
                 1376.
                 18.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Peeblis
                
              
               
                 1396.
                 19.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Carden
                
              
               
                 1436.
                 20.
                 
                 
                   Donald
                   Macknaugtan
                
              
               
                 1437.
                 21.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Kennedy
                
                 *
              
               
                 1439.
                 22.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Lawder
                
              
               
                 1441.
                 23.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Bruce
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1447.
                 24.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Ralston
                
              
               
                 1450.
                 25.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Lawder
                
              
               
                 1476.
                 26.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Levington
                
              
               
                 1484.
                 27.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Brown
                
              
               
                 1514.
                 28.
                 
                 
                   Gawan
                   Dowglas
                
                 *
              
               
                 1522.
                 29.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Creighton
                
              
               
                 1572.
                 31.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Creighton
                
              
               
                 1572.
                 31.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Patton
                
              
               
                 1603.
                 32.
                 
                 Peter
                 .
              
               
                 1607.
                 33.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Nicolson
                
              
               
                 34.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Lindsay
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 35.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Haliburton
                
              
               
                 1665.
                 36.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Guthry
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 ABERDENE
                 .
              
               
                 1010.
                 1.
                 Beanus
              
               
                 1040.
                 2.
                 Bornotius
              
               
                 1082.
                 3.
                 Cormachus
              
               
                 1121.
                 4.
                 Nectanus
              
               
                 1154.
                 5.
                 Edward
              
               
                 1163.
                 6.
                 
                 
                   Matthew
                   Kinninmouth
                
                 .
              
               
                 1197.
                 7.
                 John
              
               
                 1206.
                 8.
                 Adam
              
               
                 1227.
                 9.
                 
                 Matthew
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1228.
                 10.
                 
                 
                   Gilbert
                   Striveling
                
              
               
                 1239.
                 11.
                 Radolph
              
               
                 1246.
                 12.
                 
                 
                   Peter
                   Ramsay
                
              
               
                 1256.
                 13.
                 
                 
                   Richard
                   Pottock
                
              
               
                 1269.
                 14.
                 
                 
                   Hugh
                   Benham
                
              
               
                 1281.
                 15.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Cheen
                
                 *
              
               
                 1329.
                 16.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Kinninmouth
                
              
               
                 1341.
                 17.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Deyn
                
              
               
                 1351.
                 18.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Rait
                
              
               
                 
                 1357.
                 19.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Kinninmouth
                
              
               
                 1380.
                 20.
                 
                 
                   Adam
                   Cunninghame
                
              
               
                 1390.
                 21.
                 
                 
                   Gilbert
                   Greinlaw
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1424.
                 22.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Leighton
                
              
               
                 1441.
                 23.
                 
                 
                   Ingram
                   Lindsay
                
              
               
                 1457.
                 24.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Spence
                
              
               
                 1480.
                 25.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Blaceader
                
              
               
                 1484.
                 26.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Elphingston
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1514.
                 27.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Gordon
                
              
               
                 1518.
                 28.
                 
                 
                   Gawan
                   Dumbar
                
              
               
                 1532.
                 29.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Stewart
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chan.
                 
              
               
                 1546.
                 30.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Gordon
                
              
               
                 1579.
                 31.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Cunninghame
                
              
               
                 1603.
                 32.
                 
                 
                   Peter
                   Blackburn
                
              
               
                 1615.
                 33.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Forbes
                
              
               
                 1618.
                 34.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Forbes
                
              
               
                 1635.
                 35.
                 
                 
                   Adam
                   Ballanden
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 36.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Mitchel
                
              
               
                 1663.
                 37.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Burnet
                
              
               
                 1664.
                 38.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Scougal
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 MVRRAY
                 .
              
               
                 1150.
                 1.
                 William
              
               
                 1171.
                 2.
                 Simon
              
               
                 1184.
                 3.
                 Richard
              
               
                 1203.
                 4.
                 Brieius
              
               
                 1227.
                 5.
                 Andrew
              
               
                 1247.
                 6.
                 Simon
              
               
                 1256.
                 7.
                 Archbald
              
               
                 1303.
                 8.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Murray
                
              
               
                 1330.
                 9.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Pilmore
                
              
               
                 1367.
                 10.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Barre
                
              
               
                 1397.
                 11.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Spinie
                
              
               
                 1406.
                 12.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Innes
                
              
               
                 1414.
                 13.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Leighton
                
              
               
                 1424.
                 14.
                 
                 
                   Columba
                   Dumbar
                
              
               
                 1434.
                 15.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Winchester
                
              
               
                 1448.
                 16.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Stewart
                
              
               
                 1450.
                 17.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Stewart
                
              
               
                 1464.
                 18.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Tulloch
                
              
               
                 1469.
                 19.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Stewart
                
                 *
              
               
                 1488.
                 20.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Forman
                
              
               
                 1513.
                 21.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Hepburn
                
              
               
                 1528.
                 22.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Schaw
                
              
               
                 1530.
                 23.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Stewart
                
                 *
              
               
                 1537.
                 24.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Hepburn
                
              
               
                 1573.
                 
                 Vacat
                 Sedes
                 annis
                 33.
                 
              
               
                 1606.
                 25.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Douglas
                
              
               
                 26.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Guthry
                
                 .
              
               
                 1662.
                 27.
                 
                 
                   Murdo
                   Machenzie
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 BRICHEN
                 .
              
               
                 1260.
                 1.
                 Edward
              
               
                 2.
                 Turpinius
              
               
                 3.
                 Rodolphus
              
               
                 4.
                 Hugo
              
               
                 5.
                 Gregorius
              
               
                 1275.
                 6.
                 William
              
               
                 1311.
                 7.
                 John
              
               
                 1363.
                 8.
                 
                 Adam
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1372.
                 9.
                 
                 Patrick
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1384.
                 10.
                 Stephen
              
               
                 1414.
                 11.
                 
                 
                   Walter
                   Forrester
                
              
               
                 1434.
                 12.
                 
                 John
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1463.
                 13.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Shoreswood
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1483.
                 14.
                 John
              
               
                 1500.
                 15.
                 
                 
                   Walter
                   Meldrum
                
              
               
                 1542.
                 16.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Hepburn
                
              
               
                 1556.
                 17.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Sinclare
                
              
               
                 1567.
                 18.
                 
                 —
                 Campbell
              
               
                 1606.
                 19.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Lamb
                
              
               
                 1619.
                 20.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Lindsay
                
              
               
                 1634.
                 21.
                 
                 
                   Walter
                   Whitfurd
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 22.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Straughan
                
              
               
                 1671.
                 23.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Lowry
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 DVMBLANE
                 .
              
               
                 1160.
                 1.
                 Jonathus
              
               
                 1203.
                 2.
                 Simon
              
               
                 1210.
                 3.
                 Abraham
              
               
                 1218.
                 4.
                 
                 
                   William
                   de
                   Boseo
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chan.
                 
              
               
                 5.
                 Osbert
              
               
                 1233.
                 6.
                 Clement
              
               
                 1256.
                 7.
                 Robert
              
               
                 8.
                 Alpin
              
               
                 9.
                 Nicolaus
              
               
                 10.
                 Maurice
              
               
                 11.
                 William
              
               
                 1363.
                 12.
                 
                 
                   Walter
                   Cambuslang
                
              
               
                 1400.
                 13.
                 Finlaw
              
               
                 1419.
                 14.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Stephen
                
              
               
                 15.
                 
                 
                   Michael
                   Ochiltrie
                
              
               
                 16.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Lawder
                
              
               
                 
                 1471.
                 17.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Hepburn
                
              
               
                 1508.
                 18.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Chisholme
                
              
               
                 1534.
                 19.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Chisholme
                
              
               
                 1572.
                 20.
                 
                 
                   Anhrew
                   Grhame
                
                 *
              
               
                 1615.
                 21.
                 
                 
                   Adam
                   Ballanden
                
              
               
                 1635.
                 22.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Wedderburn
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 23.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Leighton
                
              
               
                 1671.
                 24.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Ramsay
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 ROSS
                 .
              
               
                 1132.
                 1.
                 Gregorius
              
               
                 2.
                 Reynaldus
              
               
                 1213.
                 3.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Murray
                
              
               
                 4.
                 Robert
              
               
                 1274.
                 5.
                 Matthew
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Dundie
                
              
               
                 7.
                 Roger
              
               
                 8.
                 Alexander
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Vrqhuart
                
              
               
                 10.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Kilbuines
                
              
               
                 11.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Bullock
                
              
               
                 12.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tulloch
                
              
               
                 13.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Cockburn
                
              
               
                 14.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Woodman
                
              
               
                 15.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Hay
                
                 *
              
               
                 16.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Guthry
                
              
               
                 17.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Fraser
                
                 *
              
               
                 18.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Cockburn
                
              
               
                 19.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Elphingston
                
              
               
                 1481.
                 20.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Hay
                
                 *
              
               
                 1534.
                 21.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Carncross
                
              
               
                 1544.
                 22.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Panter
                
              
               
                 1550.
                 23.
                 
                 
                   Henry
                   Sinclare
                
              
               
                 1564.
                 24.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Leslie
                
              
               
                 1597.
                 25.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Lindsay
                
              
               
                 1614.
                 26.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Lindsay
                
              
               
                 27.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Maxwell
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 28.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Paterson
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 CAITHNES
                 .
              
               
                 1066.
                 1.
                 
                 
                   S.
                   Darrus
                
              
               
                 1110.
                 2.
                 Andrew
              
               
                 3.
                 John
              
               
                 4.
                 Adam
              
               
                 1223.
                 5.
                 
                 S.
                 
                   Gilbert
                   Murray
                
              
               
                 1245.
                 6.
                 William
              
               
                 1261.
                 7.
                 Walter
              
               
                 1271.
                 8.
                 Archbald
              
               
                 1288.
                 9.
                 Andrew
              
               
                 1301.
                 10.
                 Ferqbuard
              
               
                 1328.
                 11.
                 David
              
               
                 1348.
                 12.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fingask
                
              
               
                 1360.
                 13.
                 Alexander
              
               
                 1404.
                 14.
                 Malcolm
              
               
                 1421.
                 15.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Strabock
                
              
               
                 1440.
                 16.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Innes
                
              
               
                 1448.
                 17.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Mudie
                
              
               
                 1460.
                 
                 Vacat
                 Sedes
                 annis
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 1484.
                 18.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Stewart
                
              
               
                 1517.
                 19.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Stewart
                
                 *
              
               
                 1542.
                 20.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Stewart
                
                 *
              
               
                 1586.
                 
                 Vacat
                 Sedes
                 annis
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 1599.
                 21.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Gladstanes
                
              
               
                 P606
                 .
                 22.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Forbes
                
              
               
                 1617.
                 23.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Abernethy
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 24.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Forbes
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 ORKNEY
                 .
              
               
                 1390.
                 1.
                 William
              
               
                 1450.
                 2.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Tulloch
                
              
               
                 1468.
                 3.
                 William
              
               
                 4.
                 Andrew
              
               
                 1498.
                 5.
                 Edward
              
               
                 1530.
                 6.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Maxwell
                
              
               
                 1546.
                 7.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Reid
                
              
               
                 1559.
                 8.
                 
                 
                   Adam
                   Bothwell
                
              
               
                 1569.
                 9.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Stewart
                
                 *
              
               
                 1606.
                 10.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Law
                
              
               
                 1615.
                 11.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Grhame
                
                 *
              
               
                 12.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Grhame
                
              
               
                 1639.
                 13.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Barron
                
                 Elect.
                 
              
               
                 1662.
                 14.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Sydserfe
                
              
               
                 1665.
                 15.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Honniman
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 EDINBVRGH
                 .
              
               
                 1633.
                 1.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Forbes
                
              
               
                 1634.
                 2.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Lindsay
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 3.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Wishart
                
              
               
                 1671.
                 4.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Young
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 and
                 Archbishops
                 of
                 GLASGOW
                 .
              
               
                 599.
                 1.
                 
                 S.
                 Mungo
              
               
                 1129.
                 2.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Achaian
                
              
               
                 1146.
                 3.
                 John
              
               
                 4.
                 Herbert
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Angelramus
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancel
                 .
              
               
                 6.
                 Joceline
              
               
                 7.
                 Eugenius
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 Hugo
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Malvoisin
                
              
               
                 1200.
                 10.
                 
                 Florentius
                 *
              
               
                 1207.
                 11.
                 Walter
              
               
                 1234.
                 12.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Babington
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chan.
                 
              
               
                 1261.
                 13.
                 
                 
                   John
                   de
                   Chyan
                
              
               
                 1268.
                 14.
                 
                 
                   Nicolas
                   Mossat
                
              
               
                 1270.
                 15.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Wishart
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancel
                 .
              
               
                 1274.
                 16.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Wishart
                
              
               
                 1316.
                 17.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Lindsay
                
              
               
                 1325.
                 18.
                 
                 
                   Stephen
                   Dundie
                
              
               
                 19.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Wishart
                
              
               
                 20.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Rae
                
              
               
                 1367.
                 21.
                 
                 
                   Walter
                   Wardlaw
                
                 ,
                 Cardinal
                 .
              
               
                 1387.
                 22.
                 
                 
                   Matthew
                   Glendunning
                
              
               
                 1408.
                 23.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Lawder
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chanc.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Cameron
                
              
               
                 1446.
                 25.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Bruce
                
              
               
                 26.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Turnbull
                
              
               
                 27.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Moorehead
                
              
               
                 28.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Lang
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1481.
                 29.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Blaccader
                
                 ,
                 first
                 Archbish
                 .
              
               
                 1500.
                 30.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Beaton
                
              
               
                 1522.
                 31.
                 
                 
                   Gawan
                   Dumbar
                
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chanc.
                 
              
               
                 1552.
                 32.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Beaton
                
              
               
                 1572.
                 33.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Boyd
                
              
               
                 1581.
                 34.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Montgomery
                
              
               
                 1587.
                 35.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Erskine
                
              
               
                 Vacat
                 Sedes
              
               
                 
                   James
                   Beaton
                
                 restored
              
               
                 1603.
                 36.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Spotiswood
                
              
               
                 1615.
                 37.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Law
                
              
               
                 1634.
                 38.
                 
                 
                   Patrick
                   Lindsay
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 39.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Fairfoul
                
              
               
                 1664.
                 40.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Burnet
                
              
               
                 1670.
                 41.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Leighton
                
              
               
                 1674.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Burnet
                
                 restored
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 GALLOWAY
                 .
              
               
                 450.
                 1.
                 
                 
                   S.
                   Ninian
                
              
               
                 681.
                 2.
                 Pleehelmus
              
               
                 740.
                 3.
                 Frithwaldus
              
               
                 768.
                 4.
                 Pethumus
              
               
                 778.
                 5.
                 Ethelbert
              
               
                 6.
                 Radulpbus
              
               
                 7.
                 John
              
               
                 1440.
                 8.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Spence
                
              
               
                 9.
                 David
              
               
                 10.
                 Alexander
              
               
                 11.
                 Henry
              
               
                 12.
                 George
              
               
                 1550.
                 13.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Dury
                
              
               
                 1557.
                 14.
                 
                 
                   Alexander
                   Gordon
                
              
               
                 15.
                 
                 
                   Gawan
                   Hamilton
                
              
               
                 1615.
                 16.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Cowper
                
              
               
                 1619.
                 17.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Lamb
                
              
               
                 18.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Sydserfe
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 19.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Hamilton
                
              
               
                 1974.
                 20.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Paterson
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 ARGILE
                 .
              
               
                 1200.
                 1.
                 Evaldus
              
               
                 2.
                 William
              
               
                 1240.
                 3.
                 William
              
               
                 1350.
                 4.
                 David
              
               
                 1425.
                 5.
                 Finlaw
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Learmouth
                
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Montgomery
                
              
               
                 8.
                 —
                 Boyd
              
               
                 9.
                 —
                 Campbell
              
               
                 10.
                 —
                 Kerswell
              
               
                 1636.
                 11.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Fairlis
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 12.
                 
                 
                   David
                   Fletcher
                
              
               
                 1666.
                 13.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Scrowgie
                
              
               
                 1675.
                 14.
                 
                 Arthur
                 Ross
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 the
                 ISLES
                 .
              
               
                 277.
                 1.
                 Amphibalus
              
               
                 518.
                 2.
                 Macilla
              
               
                 3.
                 Michael
              
               
                 1203.
                 4.
                 Nicolas
              
               
                 1217.
                 5.
                 Reginald
              
               
                 1257.
                 6.
                 Richard
              
               
                 1289.
                 7.
                 Onacus
              
               
                 8.
                 Mauricius
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 Marcus
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chancellour
                 .
              
               
                 1606.
                 10.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Knox
                
              
               
                 11.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Knox
                
              
               
                 1630.
                 12.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Leslie
                
              
               
                 13.
                 
                 
                   Neil
                   Campbell
                
              
               
                 1662.
                 14.
                 
                 
                   Robert
                   Wallace
                
              
               
                 Vacat
                 Sedes
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           Those
           Bishops
           who
           have
           been
           the
           Sons
           of
           Kings
           ,
           &c.
           or
           Noblemen
           ,
           are
           marked
           with
           an
           Asterisk
           *
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ADDENDA
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           4.
           
             after
             the
             Bishops
             of
          
           Edinburgh
           ,
           adde
           ,
        
         
           The
           Arms
           of
           the
           See
           of
           Edinburgh
           are
           ,
           Azure
           ,
           a
           Saltier
           Argent
           ,
           in
           Chief
           a
           Miter
           of
           the
           Second
           ,
           garnished
           Or.
           
        
         
           Pag.
           8.
           
             after
             the
             Bishops
             of
          
           Ross
           ,
           adde
           ,
        
         
           The
           Arms
           of
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Ross
           are
           ,
           Argent
           ,
           a
           Bishop
           standing
           on
           the
           Sinister
           ,
           habited
           in
           a
           long
           Robe
           close
           girt
           ,
           Purpure
           ,
           Mitred
           and
           holding
           in
           his
           left
           hand
           a
           Crosier
           Or
           ,
           and
           pointing
           with
           the
           right
           to
           
             S.
             Boniface
          
           on
           the
           Dexter
           side
           ,
           clothed
           ,
           and
           both
           his
           Hands
           placed
           on
           his
           Breast
           ,
           Proper
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           10.
           
             after
             the
             Bishops
             of
          
           Galloway
           ,
           adde
           ,
        
         
           The
           Coat
           Armorial
           belonging
           to
           the
           See
           of
           Galloway
           is
           ,
           Argent
           ,
           S.
           Ninian
           standing
           full-faced
           Proper
           ,
           cloathed
           with
           a
           Pontifical
           Robe
           Purpure
           ,
           on
           his
           head
           a
           Miter
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Dexter
           hand
           a
           Crosier
           ,
           Or.
           
        
         
           Ibid.
           
             in
             the
             Bishops
             of
          
           Argile
           ,
           adde
           ,
        
         
           Then
           was
           —
           Boyd
           promoted
           to
           this
           See
           ,
           An.
           162
           —
           who
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           descended
           from
           one
           of
           the
           Noblest
           families
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           being
           Brother
           to
           the
           Lord
           Boyd
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           a
           very
           Extraordinary
           person
           :
           he
           found
           his
           See
           full
           of
           Ignorance
           and
           Barbarity
           ,
           scarce
           any
           Churches
           or
           Schools
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           many
           places
           the
           very
           Name
           of
           Christ
           was
           not
           known
           :
           he
           set
           himself
           wholly
           to
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           planted
           many
           Churches
           :
           he
           resided
           constantly
           in
           his
           Diocese
           .
           and
           was
           a
           great
           Example
           of
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           .
           And
           for
           all
           the
           prejudices
           that
           are
           in
           these
           parts
           against
           that
           Order
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           never
           named
           among
           them
           to
           this
           day
           but
           with
           great
           honour
           as
           an
           Apostolical
           person
           .
        
         
           Ibid.
           
             after
             the
             Bishops
             of
          
           Argile
           ,
           adde
           ,
        
         
           The
           Arms
           of
           the
           See
           of
           Argile
           are
           ,
           Azure
           ,
           two
           Crosiers
           disposed
           in
           Saltier
           ,
           and
           in
           Chief
           a
           Miter
           ,
           Or.
           
        
         
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           END
           .
        
      
       
         
         
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           of
           some
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           ,
           and
           of
           other
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           since
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           ,
           and
           sold
           by
           
             R.
             Royston
          
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             
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             .
          
           
             THe
             WORKS
             of
             KING
             
               CHARLES
               I.
            
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith.
             With
             the
             History
             of
             His
             Life
             :
             as
             also
             of
             His
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             Martyrdom
             .
          
        
         
           
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             written
             by
             
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             ,
             D.D.
             
          
           
             A
             Paraphrase
             and
             Annotations
             upon
             all
             the
             Books
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             in
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             .
             Fourt
             Edition
             .
          
           
             The
             Works
             of
             the
             said
             Reverend
             and
             Learned
             Authour
             ,
             containing
             a
             Collection
             of
             Discourses
             chiefly
             Practical
             ,
             with
             many
             Additions
             and
             Corrections
             from
             the
             Authour
             's
             own
             hand
             ;
             together
             with
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             Authour
             ,
             enlarged
             by
             the
             Reverend
             Doctour
             Fell
             ,
             Dean
             of
             Christ-Church
             ,
             in
             Oxford
             .
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             large
             Folio
             .
          
        
         
           
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             written
             by
             
               Jer.
               Taylor
            
             ,
             D.D.
             and
             late
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             Down
             and
             Connor
             .
          
           
             
               Ductor
               Dubitantium
            
             ,
             or
             ,
             The
             Rule
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             in
             Five
             Books
             ,
             in
             Fol.
             
          
           
             The
             
               Great
               Exemplar
            
             ,
             or
             ,
             The
             Life
             and
             Death
             of
             the
             Holy
             Jesus
             ,
             in
             Fol.
             with
             Figures
             sutable
             to
             every
             Story
             ,
             ingrav'd
             in
             Copper
             :
             Whereunto
             is
             added
             ,
             The
             Lives
             and
             Martyrdoms
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             by
             
               Will.
               Cave
            
             ,
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               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             or
             ,
             A
             Collection
             of
             Polemical
             Discourses
             addressed
             against
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             both
             Papists
             and
             Fanaticks
             ,
             in
             large
             Folio
             .
             Third
             Edition
             .
          
           
             The
             Rules
             and
             Exercises
             of
             Holy
             Living
             and
             Holy
             Dying
             .
             The
             Eleventh
             Edition
             ,
             newly
             printed
             ,
             in
             Octavo
             .
          
        
         
           
             Books
             written
             by
             the
             Reverend
             Dr.
             Patrick
             .
          
           
             The
             Christian
             Sacrifice
             :
             A
             Treatise
             shewing
             the
             Necessity
             ,
             End
             and
             Manner
             of
             receiving
             the
             Holy
             Communion
             :
             together
             with
             sutable
             Prayers
             and
             Meditations
             for
             every
             Month
             in
             the
             Year
             ;
             and
             the
             Principal
             Festivals
             in
             Memory
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             .
             In
             Four
             Parts
             .
             The
             Third
             Edition
             corrected
             .
          
           
             The
             Devout
             Christian
             instructed
             how
             to
             Pray
             and
             give
             Thanks
             to
             God
             :
             or
             ,
             A
             Book
             of
             Devotions
             for
             Families
             ,
             and
             particular
             Persons
             ,
             in
             most
             of
             the
             concerns
             of
             Humane
             life
             .
             The
             Second
             Edition
             ,
             in
             Twelves
             .
          
           
             An
             Advice
             to
             a
             Friend
             :
             the
             Third
             Edition
             ,
             in
             Twelves
             .
          
           
             A
             Friendly
             Debate
             between
             a
             Conformist
             and
             a
             Nonconformist
             :
             in
             Octavo
             ,
             Two
             Parts
             .
          
           
             Jesus
             and
             the
             Resurrection
             justified
             by
             Witnesses
             in
             Heaven
             and
             in
             Earth
             :
             in
             Two
             Parts
             ,
             in
             Octavo
             ,
             New.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             Works
             of
             the
             Learned
             Mr.
             
               Joseph
               Mede
            
             ,
             in
             Folio
             .
             The
             Fourth
             Edition
             .
          
           
             Memoyres
             of
             the
             late
             Duke
             Hamilton
             ,
             or
             ,
             A
             Continuation
             of
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             beginning
             in
             the
             year
             1625.
             where
             Bishop
             Spotswood
             ends
             ,
             and
             continued
             to
             the
             year
             1653.
             
             Fol.
             New.
             
          
           
             The
             Lives
             of
             the
             Apostles
             in
             Folio
             alone
             :
             by
             
               William
               Cave
            
             ,
             D.D.
             
          
           
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             Treatises
             ?
             by
             
               R.
               Wiseman
            
             ,
             Serjeant-Chirurgeon
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             Fol.
             New.
             
          
           
             XXXI
             .
             Sermons
             ,
             by
             
               Charles
               Gibbes
            
             ,
             D.D.
             Prebendary
             of
             Saint
             
             Peter's
             Westminster
             ,
             in
             Quarto
             ,
             New.
             
          
        
         
           The
           End
           of
           the
           Catalogue
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A50800-e1020
           
             
               An.
               Christi
            
             1546.
             
          
           
             1556.
             
          
           
             1558.
             
          
           
             1571.
             
          
           
             1637.
             
          
           
             1660
             
          
           
             1662
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Sess
             .
             1.
             
             Par.
             Car.
             2.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A50800-e29480
           
             15.
             
             Par.
             Jac.
             5.
             c.
             25.
             
          
           
             Title
             8.
             by
             Sir
             
               John
               Skeen
            
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Parl.
             Jac.
             6.
             c.
             8.
             
             Anno
             1567.
             
          
           
             Act
             1.2
             .
             Par.
             held
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lauderdail
             .
          
           
             a
             The
             Laws
             of
             Alex.
             2.1
             .
             Par.
             Jac.
             1.
             cap
             4.
             13.
             
             Par.
             Jac.
             2.
             cap.
             57.
             
          
           
             b
             1.
             
             Parl.
             Car.
             2.
             third
             Session
             ,
             Act
             25.
             2.
             
             Par.
             Car.
             2.
             
             Act
             2.
             
          
           
             c
             1.
             
             Parl.
             Car.
             2.
             third
             Session
             ,
             Act
             26.
             
          
           
             Parl.
             7.
             c.
             101.
             
          
           
             Parl.
             11.
             
             Jac.
             6.
             c.
             113.
             
          
           
             Par.
             8.
             
             Jac.
             6
             cap.
             130
             
          
        
      
    
  

