into the Sea it is scarce with the labour to mention them That there be little Birds engendred of old and rotten Keels of Ships they can bear Witness who saw that Ship wherein Francis Drake sailed about the World standing in a Dock near the Thames to the outside of the Keel whereof a number of such little Birds without Life and Feathers stuck closs Yet it would be thought that the Generation of these Birds was not out of the Logges of Wood but from the very Ocean which the Poets termed the Father of all things A mighty Mass likewise of Amber as big as the body of an Horse was not many years since cast upon this shoar The learned call it Succinum Glessum and Chryso Electrum and Sotacus supposed that it was a certain juice or liquor which distilleth out of Trees in Britain and runneth down into the Sea and is therein hardened Tacitus also was of the same Opinion when he wrote thus I can verily believe that likeas there be Trees in the secret and inward parts of the East which sweat out Frankincense and Balm so in the Islands and other Countries in the West there be Woods and Groves of a more fatty and firm Substance which melting by the hot Beams of the Sun approaching so near runneth into the Sea hard by and by force of Tempest floateth up to the hoars against it But Serapio and the Philosophers of later times write that it ariseth out of a certain clammy and bituminous Earth under the Sea and by the Sea-side and that the Billows and Tempests cast up part thereof a land and a Fishes devour the rest In the Reign of King Alexander the Second Alexander Cummin rose up to the honour of Earl of Buquhan who married the Daughter and one of the Heirs of Roger de Quincy Earl of Winchester in England and his Niece by a Son brought the same Title unto Henry de Beaumont her Husband for he in King Edward the Third his days had his place in the Parliament of England by the name of Earl of Buquhan Afterwards Alexander Stuart Son to King Robert the Second was Earl of this place unto whom succeeded John a younger Son of Robert Duke of Albany who arriving in France with seven thousand Scottish men to aid Charles the Seventh King of France bare himself valiantly and performed singular good Service against the Englishmen and that with so great Commendation as having victoriously slain Thomas Duke of Clarence Brother to Henry the Fifth King of England at Baugie and discomfited the English he was made Constable of France But in the third year following when the fortune of War turned he with other most valiant Knights to wit Archibald Dowglass Earl of Wigton and Duke of Tourain c. was vanquished at Vernoil by the English and there slain Whom notwithstanding as that Poet said aeternum memorabit Gallia cives Grata suos titulos quae dedit tumulos France thankfully will ay recount As Citizens of her own On whom both Titles glorious And Tombs she hath bestown And whereas under the Kings K. Charles the Sixth and Seventh France was preserved and Aquitain recovered by thrusting out the English the Frenchmen cannot chuse but acknowledge themselves much beholden to the fidelity and fortitude of the Scots But afterwards King James the First gave the Earldom of Buquhan unto George of Dumbar moved thereto upon pity and commiseration because he had deprived him before of the Earldom of March by Authority of Parliament for his Fathers Crime and not long after James the Son of James Stuart of Lorn sirnamed the Black-Knight whom he had by Queen Joan Sister to the Duke of Somerset and Widow to King James the 1st obtained this Honour and left it to his Posterity but for default of Heirs-male it came by a Daughter marryed to Robert Dowglass a younger Brother of Dowglass of Lochlevin to the Family of the Dowglasses and so to James Ereskin eldest Son of the Earl of Marr Thesaurer by his second Wife Daughter to Esme Duke of Lennox of whom is descended the present Earl From Buquhan as the Shore bendeth backward and turneth full into the North lyeth Boena and Bamff a small Sheriffdom also Ajuza a little Territory of no especial account and Rothamay Castle the dwelling place of the Barons of Salton sirnamed Abernethy Beneath these lyeth Sirathbolgy that is the Vale by Bolgy the Habitation in times past of the Earls of Athol who of it assumed their sirname but now the principle Seat of Marquess of Huntly For this Title King James the Sixth conferred upon George Gordon Earl of Huntly Lord Gordon and Badzenoth a man of great Honour and Reputation for his ancient nobleness of Birth and the multitude of his Dependants and Followers whose Ancestors descended from the Setons by Parliamentary Authority took the Name of Gordon when as Sir Alexander Seton had taken to Wife the Daughter of Sir John Gordon Knight by whom he had a large and rich Inheritance and received the Honour of the Earl of Huntly at the hands of King James the Second in the year 1445 his Successor George Marquess of Huntly was by King Charles the Second about the year 1683 created Duke of Gordon In this Shire also did reside the Ogilvies of Findlater of whom Walter Ogilvie was by King James the Sixth created Lord Deskford and in the Rolls of Parliament 1633 he is Ranked immediatly after the Lord Cranstoun and before the Lords Melvil Carnegy and Ramsey his Son James was created Earl of Findlater by King Charles the First anno 1633 who marryed his Daughter and Heiress to Ogilvie of Inch-martine in Perth Shire an ancient Family of that sirname the Son of the Marriage is James now Earl of Findlater who doth compet with the Earl of Airly both for the Antiquity of his Family and Precedency as an Earl his second Son Sir James Ogilvie is designed of Ogilvie from a Barony which belonged to their Family purchased by him he is his Majesties Sollicitor and a Member of this present Parliament for the Royal Burgh of Cullen In this Shire Ogilvie of Dunlaguse afterward designed Sir George Ogilvie of Bamff Baronet descended of the Ogilvies of Boyn also in this Shire who are Cadets of Findlater was by King Charles the First anno 1639 created Lord Bamff whose Successor is George Lord Bamff Sir Alexander Fraser of Philorth in Right of his Mother Abernethy Daughter to the Lord Saltoun was by Grant of King Charles the Second declared Lord Saltoun and approven in Parliament 1670 upon the death of Alexander Abernethy last Lord Saltoun of that sirname whose Grand-child is William Fraser now Lord Saltoun he carries the Arms of Abernethy quartered with the Arms of Fraser His Majesty hath nominat the forementioned Sir James Ogilvie Sheriff of Bamff CHAP. XXXI MORAVIA Or MVRRAY THe Vacomagi remembred by Ptolomy anciently inhabited on the
of Sir Thomas Hamilton of Byers is made Clerk Register In the Parliament 23 of October the same year he is designed Secretary in place of Sir Alexander Hay formerly mentioned who became in his place Lord Register The fourteen of June 1616 upon the death of President Preston he under the Designation of Lord Binny was admitted President of the Session In the Rolls of Parliament 1617 he is designed Lord Binny and before the Lord Carnagie In the Rolls of Parliament 1621 he is designed Earl of Melross which Title he thereafter exchanged for Earl of Haddingtoun he continued Secretary and President till the year 1626 then was constitute Lord Privy Seal and he his Successors in that Office have had the same Precedency as the Lord Privy Seal in England which he enjoyed several years his Grand-childs Grand-child is Thomas Earl of Haddingtoun Within a little of Haddingtoun standeth Athelstanford so called of Athelstane a chief Leader of the English slain there with his men about the year 815. But that he should be that warlike Athelstane which was King of the West-Saxons both the Account of the Times and his own Death do manifestly controll it The Sheriff ship of this Shire being at the Kings disposal is given to Sir Robert Sinclar of Stevinson Baronet and one of Their Majesties Privy Council and a Member of this present Parliament for the Shire Above the mouth of this Tine in the very bending of the Shore standeth Tantallon Castle from whence Archibald Douglas Earl of Angus wrought James the fifth King of Scots much Teene and Trouble Here by retiring back off the Shores on both sides is room made for a most noble Arm of the Sea and the same well furnished with Islands which by reason of many Rivers encountring it by the way and the Tides of the surging Sea together spreadeth exceeding broad Ptolomy calleth it Boderia Tacitus Bodotria of the depth as is thought the Scots the Forth and Firth we Edinburgh Firth others the Fresian Sea and the Scotish Sea and the Eulogium Morwiridh Patrick Ruthven General to King Charles the first his Forces was created by him in the year 1639 first Lord Estrick from the Name of a Rivolet and in the year 1641 Earl of Forth in Scotland and Earl of Branford in England there is none descended of him that claims the Title Upon this River after you be past Tantallon are seated first North-Berwick a famous place sometime for an House there of religious Virgins And then Dirltoun which belonged in times past to the notable Family of the Halyburtons and by them to the Ruthvens and by their Forfeiture to Sir Thomas Erskin Captain of the English Guard whom James King of Great-Britain for his happy Valour in preserving him against the traiterous Attempts of Gowrie first created Baron of Dirlton about the 1603 being the next after the Lord Loudoun and before Kinloss Abercorn and Balmerinoch And afterward advanced him to the honourable Title of Viscount Fenton in the year 1606 making him the first Viscount that ever was in Scotland James Maxwel of the Bed-Chamber was created by King Charles the first Earl of Dirlton who left no lawful Issue Male but two Daughters the one married to William Earl of Lanerk afterwards Duke of Hamilton and at present his Dignity is not claimed by any A Gentleman of the Name of Douglas was first created Viscount of Belhaven a place near to Dunbar which Honour being extinct Sir James Hamilton was created Lord Belhaven by King Charles the first about the year 1648 to whom succeeds John now Lord Belhaven Against these places there lyeth in the Sea not far from the Shore the Island Bass which riseth up as it were all one craigy Rock and the same upright and steep on every side yet hath it a Block-house belonging to it a Fountain also and Pastures but it is so hollowed with the Waves working upon it that it is almost pierced through What a multitude of Sea-fowles and especially of those Geese which they call Scouts and Soland-Geese flock hither at their times for by report their Number is such that in a clear day they take away the Suns Light what a sort of Fishes they bring for as the Speech goeth a hundred Garrison Soldiers that here lay for defence of the place fed upon no other Meat but the fresh Fish that they brought in what a Quantity of Sticks and little Twigs they get together for the building of their Nests so that by their means the Inhabitants are abundantly provided of Feuel for their fire what a mighty gain groweth by their Feathen and Oyl the report thereof is so incredible that no man scartcely would believe it but he that had seen it The Garrison of the Bass having stood long out against Their Majesties before they surrendered about the beginning of May 1694. The Fortifications were ordered to be slighted Then as the shore draweth back Seton sheweth it self which seemeth to have taken that Name of the Situation by the Sea-side and to have imparted the same unto a right Noble House of the Setons branched out of an English Family and from the Daughter of King Robert Bruce Out of which the Marquess of Huntly Robert Earl of Wintoun Alexander Earl of Dumfermling advanced to Honours by King James the sixth are propagated George now Earl of Winton is great Grand child to the first Earl whose Brother was Alexander Seton of Vrquhart an extraordinar Lord of Session and by the same Designation admitted ordinary Lord in February 1587-8 in August 1591 created Lord Vrquhart and in May 1593 on the death of President Provan admitted President of the Session and in the year 1595 one of the Octavians in the year 1604 he was a Commissioner for the Union by the Designation of the Lord Fyvie and in that Parliament the Earl of Montrose Chancellor being Commissioner he did preside in March 1605 in the Books of Sederunt Alexander Earl of Dumfermling is made Chancellor and was afterward Commissioner to the Parliament his Designation was from a Royal Burgh in Fife formerly a famous Abby his Son was Charles Earl of Dumfermling Lord Privy Seal to King Charles the second and his Grand-child James Earl of Dumfermling is now forefault also Alexander Seton Uncle to George now Earl of Wintoun was by King Charles the first created Viscount of Kingston whose Son is now Viscount After this the River Eske in Mid-Lothian which dischargeth it self into this Firth when it hath run by Borthwick which hath Barons surnamed according to that name and those deriving their Pedegree out of Hungary by Newbottle that is The new building sometimes a fair Monastrey now the Barony of Sir Mark Ker by Dalkeith now belonging to the Dutchess of Buckcleugh and from whence her eldest Son is designed Earl a very pleasant Habitation of the late Earls of
Morton and by Musselburgh hard under which in the year of our Lord 1547 when Sir Edward Seymor Duke of Somerset with an Army Royal had entred Scotland to claim and challenge the keeping of a Covenant made concerning a Marriage between Mary Queen of Scotland and Edward the sixth King of England there hapned the heaviest Day that ever fell to the adventurous Youth of the most noble Families in all Scotland who there lost their lives at Pinky-Cleugh The Dignity of the Lord Borthwick is not now claimed by any Mark Commendator of Newbottle an extraordinar Lord of Session anno 1569 after his decease was succeeded by his Son Mark also Commendator of Newbottle in the same Office in the year 1584 at which time he was Master of Requests which he enjoyed long after and obtained of King James the sixth the Erection of that Abbacy in a temporal Lordship to him and his Heirs in October 1591 who was thereafter created Earl of Lothian by the same King anno 1606 whose Grandchild Anna Countess of Lothian was married to William Ker eldest Son of Ancrum of the Family of Ferneherst he was by King Charles the first created Earl of Lothian of which Marriage is descended Robert now Earl of Lothian Justice-general with the precedency of his great Grand-father and was Commissioner to the General Assembly he is Sheriff of the Shire of Edinburgh The Dignity of the Earl of Ancrum was conveyed to the younger Brother and the eldest Son of this Family is Lord Jedburhg a Peer as hath been said Near to this place was the Seat of Sir William Cranston of that Ilk who was created Lord Cranston by King James the sixth and is the last Lord marked in the Rolls of Parliament 1612 whose Descendants enjoyes that Title and Dignity and reside in Teviotdale As also the Residence of Sir James Mcgill of Cranston-riddel Baronet who being one of the Lords of Session was created Viscount of Oxenford by King Charles the second whose Son is Robert now Viscount of Oxenford his Grand-father was Mr. David Mcgill of Nisbet Advocat to King James the sixth and one of the Lords of Session his Grand Uncle Mr. James Mcgill was Clerk Register to Queen Mary and King James the sixth and one of the Lords of Session and his Uncle Mr. David Mcgill of Cranston-riddel also a Lord of Session Upon the Sea-side is the Town of Prestoun from which Sir Richard Graham had the Title of Viscount of Prestoun conferred on him by King Charles the second in the year 1681. In this Shire of Edinburgh is the Castle of Dalhousie which belongeth to the antient Family of the Ramsays who by King James the sixth was created Lord Ramsay and is marked in the Rolls of Parliament 1621 after the Lord Carnagy and by King Charles the first anno 1633 was made Earl of Dalhousie whose Granchilds Grandchild is William Earl of Dalhousie General Major George Ramsay is his Uncle Near to Edinburgh is the Castle of Marchistoun which belonged to the Napers Sir Archibald Naper of Marchistoun Baronet was Thesaurer-deput to K. Cha. the first and an ordinar Lord of Session who in the beginning of that Reign was created Lord Naper whose Grandchild Margaret Lady Naper doth succeed him and hath a Son to succeed her their Residence now is near to Dumblane Here is not to be passed over in silence this inscription which John Naper a learned Man Predecessor to the Lord Naper hath in his Commentaries upon the Apocalyps recorded to have been here digged up and which the right learned Knight Sir Peter Young Teacher and Trainer of King James the sixth in his youth in this wise more truly copied forth APOLLINI GRANNO Q. LUSIUS SABINIANUS PROC AUG V. S. S. LV. M. Who this Apollo Granus might be and whence he should have this Name not one to my knowledge of our grave Senate of Antiquaries hitherto could ever tell But if I might be allowed from out of the lowest bench to speak what I think I would say that Apollo Granus amongst the Romans was the same that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is Apollo with long hair amongst the Greeks for Ifidor calleth the long hair of the Gothes Grannos Lower yet and near unto the Scotish Forth is seated Edinburgh which the Irish Scots call Dun Edin that is the Town Edin or Edin Hill and which no doubt is the very same that Ptolomy named 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is The winged Castle for Adain in the British Tongue signifieth a Wing and Edinburgh a word compounded out of the British and Saxon Language is nothing else but The Burgh with Wings From Wings therefore we must fetch the reason of the Name and fetched it may be if you think good either from the Companies of Horsemen which are called Wings or else from those Wings in Architecture which the great Master builders term Petromata that is as Vetruvius sheweth two Walls so rising up in height as that they resemble a shew of Wings Which for that a certain City of Cyprus wanted it was called in old time as we read in the Geographers Aptera that is without Wings But if any Man believe that the Name was derived from Ebrauk a Britain or from Heth a Pict good leave have he for me I will not confront them with this my conjecture This City in regard of the high situation of the wholsome Air and plentiful Soil and many Noblemens towred Houses built round about it watered also with clear springing Fountains reaching from East to West a Mile out in length and carrying half as much in bredth is worthily counted the chief City of the whole Kingdom strongly walled adorned with Houses as well publick as privat well Peopled and frequented by reason of the opportunity from the Sea which the neighbour Haven at Leith affordeth And as it is the Seat of the Kings so is it the Oracle also or Closet of the Laws and the very Palace of Justice For the high Courts of Parliament are here for the most part holden for the enacting and repelling of Laws also the Session and the Court of the Kings Judicators and of the Commissariat whereof I have spoken already are here settled and kept On the East-side hard unto the Monastry of Saint Crosse or Holyruide is the Kings Pallace which King David the first built and was burnt by Oliver Cromwel King Charles the second after his Restauration did raise there a fair and stately Court and Pallace all of Hewen Stone In anno 1633 the City of Edinburgh did to their great Expense build a stately Hall for the Meetings of the Parliament with other Rooms adjoyning for the Session and above Stairs for the Privy Council and Exchequer with a large Closs or Yard to the South of St. Giles-Church surrounded from the Entry with that Church and other fair high Buildings all in Hewen Stone and in the middle is
and there some of them ly entered Malisse Earl of Strathern in the time of King Henry the Third of England married one of the Heirs of Robert Muschamp a potent Baron of England Long afterward Robert Stuart about the year 1360 was E. Then David a younger Son of K. Robert the 2d whose only Daughter given in Marriage to Patrick Graham bâ—gat Mailise or Melasse Graham from whom King James the First took away the Earldom as Escheated after that he understood out of the Records of the Kingdom that it was given unto his Mothers Grand-father and the Hirs Male of his Body This Territory the Barons Drummond Earls of Perth govern hereditarly by Seneschals Authority as their Stewartries as the Lords of Doun now Earls of Murray are hereditary Stewarts of the Jurisdiction of Monteith Monteith hath the name of Teith a River which also they call Taiâ—h and thereof this little Province they term in Latine Taichia upon the Bank of which lyeth the Bishoprick of Dumblain which King David the first of that Name erected Sir Thomas Osburn Thesaurer of England was by King Charles the Second before the year 1677 created Viscount of Dumblain who is now Duke of Leeds in England and President of the Council the Dignity was conveyed to Peregrine his 2d Son who now by the death of his elder Brother is Marquess of Carmarthan The Laird of Dincrub was by King Charles the Second when in Scotland created Lord Rollo from his sir-name whose Successor is Andrew Lord Rollo At Kilbride that is Saint Brigids Church the Earls of Monteith had their principal House or Honour This Monteith reacheth unto the Mountains that enclose the East-side of the Loch or Lake Lomund The ancient Earls of Monteith were of the Family of Cumming which in times past being the most spread and mightiest House of all Scotland was ruinated with the over-weight and sway thereof but the later Earls were of the Grahams Line ever since that Sir Mailise Graham attained to the Honour of an Earl The Author beginneth the Description of the Grahams of Monteith before the Grahams of Montross it seems in regard they did first attain to the Degree of Earls William Earl of Monteith descended of these Earls was by King Charles the First made President of his Council and being served Heir to David Earl of Strathern who was Son to King Robert the first of the Stuarts was by Patent from that King Ratified and Approven in his Title and Dignity of Earl of Strathern April 13. 1632 amongst the Commissioners for holding the Parliament is William Earl of Strathern President of the Council ranked before the L. Privy Seal it is reported that being vain of the Title of Strathern joyned with the general error of Historians of David Earl of Strathern's being a Son of the first Marriage of King Robert the Second a Decreet of Reduction and Improbation was obtained at the Instance of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall Barroner Kings Advocat and that Earl and his Successors appointed to use in time coming the Title of Earl of Monteith or Airth His Grand-child William Earl of Monteith lately deceased did convey his Estate and Dignity to the Marquess of Montross descended of the same Stock of Grahams at Kincardine not far off who had many noble and valiant Progenitors and in late times Iohn Earl of Montross Chancellor to King James the Sixth was the first who as Great or High Commissioner did represent the Kings person in the Parliament 1604 as distinguished from several Noblemen and Gentlemen appointed Commissioners by the King under the quarter Seal to meet at the Dyet of Parliament and to continue the same to a furder time and to see the Solemnities constituting the Parliament performed the first day of its sitting which Form was constantly observed till the year 1640. This Earls Grand-child James was famous in the late Wars in Scotland and was created Marquess by King Charles the first George Wishart Dr. of Divinity and afterward Bishop of Edinburgh did write his Actions his Great Grand-child is James Marquess of Montross Near these places is the Abbacy of Cardross which by K. Ja. the 6th was erected in a temporal Lordship to Henry Erskin a Son of the E. of Mar he is ranked in the Rolls after the Lord Blantyre the Great Grand-child is David Lord Cardross Before I end the Description of this Country of Strathern which is so famous for the Roman Actions there and several noble and antient Families inhabiting it I return to the Cross of Macduff before mentioned placed in the Limits of Fife and Strathern of whose Inscription Sir John Skeen took notice that the Priviledges of Clan Macduff were expressed in barbarons Verses whereof he gives a short hint in his de verborum significatione of which Mr. James Cunninghame has given a more full Description in Print the Inscription as it is set down by him is thus Maldraradrum dragos Malairta largia largos Spalando spados sive nig fig knippite gnaros Lorca lauriscos lanringen louria luscos Et Coluburtâ—s sic fit tibi bursca burtus Exitus et blaradrum sive lim sive iam sive labrum Propter macgidrim et hoc oblaâ—um Accipe smeleridem super limpide lampida labrum But one Dowglass in New-burgh near to Cross Macduff had by him a Version which seems to be much more probable and agreeable to the Matter which reads thus Ara urget lex quos lare egentes atria lis quos Hoc qui laboras haec fit tibi pactio portus Mille reum Drachmas mulctam de largior agris Spes tantum pacis cum nex fit a nepote natis Propter Macgidrum hoc oblatum accipe semel Haeredum super lymphato lapide labem Here seems to be wanting a Line of the Inscription which is lost or could not be read by the Translater which probably related to Macduffs leading of the Van of the Kings Army which Inscription is thus paraphrased in English Rhime All such as are within the ninth Degree Of Kindred to that antient Thane Macduff And yet for Slaughter are compell'd to flie And leave their houses and their houshold Stuff Here they shall find for their refuge a place To save them from the cruel blood Avenger A priviledge peculiar to that Race Which never was allow'd to any Stranger But they must enter Heir on this condition Which they observe must with a faith unfeignzied To pay a thousand Groats for their Remission Or else their Lands and Goods shall be distrenzied For Saint Macgidders sake and this Oblation And by their only washing at this Stone Purg'd is the Blood shed by that Generation This priviledge pertains to them alone In this Country about mid-way betwixt Dumblain and the Castle of Drummond is the house of Ardoch belonging to Sir William Stirling Barronet where there is large Vestiges of a Roman Camp enclosed on some sides with
small River coming out of Athol This Athol that I may digress a little out of my way is infamous for Witches and wicked Women the Countrey otherwise fertile enough hath Valleys bespread with Forrests namely where that Wood Caledonia dreadful to see for the sundry turnings and windings in and out therein for the hideous horrour of dark Shades for the Burrows and Dens of Wild Bulls with thick Manes whereof I made mention heretofore extended it self in old time far and wide every way in these parts As for the Places herein they are of no great account but the Earls thereof are very memorable Thomas a younger Son of Rolland of Galloway was in his Wives Right Earl of Athol whose Son Patrick was by the Bissets his Concurrents Murdered in Feud at Had dingtoun in his Bed-chamber and forthwith the whole House wherein he Lodged burnt that it might be supposed he perished by casualty of Fire To the Earldom there succeeded David Hastings who had Married the Aunt by the Mothers side of Patrick whose Son that David surnamed of Strathbogie may seem to be who a little after in the Reign of Henry the third King of England being Earl of Athol married one of the Daughters and Heirs of Richard base Son to John King of England and had with her a very goodly inheritance in England She bare unto him two Sons John Earl of Athol who being of a variable disposition and untrusty was hanged up aloft on a Gallows fifty Foot high and David Earl of Athol unto whom by Marriage with one of the Daughters and Heirs of John Cummin of Badzenoth by one of the Heirs of Aumer de Valence Earl of Pembroch there fell great Lands and Possessions His Son David who under King Edward the second was other whiles amongst English summoned to the Parliaments in England and under King Edward Baliol made Lord Lieutenant General of Scotland was vanquished by the valerous Prowess of Andrew de Murray and slain in Battel within the Forrest of Kelblen in the year of our Lord 1335 And his Son David left two young Daughters only Elisabeth Wedded unto Sir Thomas Piercy from whom the Barons of Burrough are descended and Philip Married to Sir Thomas Halsham an English Knight Then fell the Title of Athol unto that Walter Stuart Son to King Robert the second who cruelly Murdered James the first King of Scotland who for this execrable cruelty suffered most condign punishment accordingly in so much as Aeneas Sylvius Ambassadour at that time in Scotland from Pope Eugenius the fourth gave out this Speech That he could not tell whether he should give them greater commendations that revenged the Kings Death or brand them with sharper Censure of Condemnation that distained themselves with so hainous a Paricide After some few years passed between this honour was granted unto John Stuart of the Family of Lorn the Son of James surnamed The Black Knight by Joan the Widow of King James the first Daughter to John Earl of Somerset and Niece to John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster whose posterity at this day enjoy the same The eldest son of Tullibardine being descended of the Stuarts of Athol whose successor is John Marquess of Athol as hath been said Lord Charles Murray second Son to the Marquess of Athol was by King James the seventh Created Earl of Dunmore and Sir Robert Nairn of Straâ—hurd one of the Lords of Session was by King Charles the second about the year 1681. Created Lord Nairn his only Daughter to be Married to a younger Son of the Marquess of Athols by vertue whereof William Lord Murray is now Lord Nairn The Marquess of Athol is Heretable Sheriff of Perth This River is increased by receiving the River of Braâ—n which having given name to a Strath through which it passeth loseth its name by augmenting of Tau at Dunkeld which was adorned by King David the first with an Episcopal See Sir James Galloway Master of Requests to King James the sixth and King Charles the first was by the latter Created Lord Dunkell about the year 1646. whose Grand Child is Forfeited for opposing their Majesties in the Highlands by force of Arms. In these bounds lyes Gillichrankie a place remarkâ—ble for the Defeat of the Kings Forces under the Command of General Major Mckay by the late Viscount of Dundee and his Associats but himself was killed in the Action which fell out the 27th of July 1689. Most Writers grounding upon the signification of that Word suppose Dunkeld to be a Town of the Caledonians and interpret it The Mount or Hill of Hazeles as who would have that name given unto it of the Hazel-trees in the Wood Caledonia from hence the Tau passeth forward to the old Castle of Kincleiven where it is much augmented by the River Ila a very pleasant and large River and thence goeth downward by the Carcass of Bertha a little desolat City remembring well enough what a great loss and calamity he brought upon it in times past when with an extraordinary swelling Floud he surrounded all the Fields laid the goodly standing Corn along on the Ground and carried headlong away with him this poor City with the Kings Child and Infant in his Cradle and the Inhabitants therein In steed whereof in a more commodious place King William builded Perth which straightways became so wealthy that Necham who lived in that age versified of it in this manner Transis ample Tai per rura per oppida per Perth Regnum sustentant istius urbis opes By Villages by Towns by Perth thou runn'st great Tay amain The Riches of this City Perth doth all the Realm sustain But the posterity ensuing call it of a Church founded in honour of Saint John Saint Johns Town and the English whiles the Wars were hot between the Bruces and the Balliols Fortified it with great Bulwarks which the Scots afterwards for the most part overthrew and disman led it themselves Howbeit it is a proper pretty City pleasantly seated between two Greens and for all that some of the Churches be destroyed yet a goodly shew it maketh ranged and set out in such an uniform manner that in every several Street almost there dwell several Artificers by themselves and the River Tau bringeth up with the Tide Sea Commodities by Lighters King James the sixth having erected it to the Title of an Earldom Created James Baron Drummond Earl of Perth of whom in Strathern Unto Perth these places are near Neighbours Methven near to which runneth the river of Almond which passing downward falleth in Tau near to the place where the antient Town of Bertha stood Margaret an English Lady Widow unto King James the fourth purchased Methven with ready Money for her third Husband Henry Stuart descended of the Royal Blood and for his Heirs and withal obtained of her Son King James the fifth for him the dignity of a Baron since extinct and was one of the
was slain be the Lord of Mongumry and ane Douchter Gregane quhylk was maryit efter on the Erl of Casselis and efter the deith of the Lord Boyd this Douchter of James the Secound was maryit on the Lord Hammylton and be that way the House of Hammylton is decorit in the Kyngs Blude And thereafter in Parliament 1542 James Earl of Arran the Grand-child of this marriage was declared Governour of the Kingdom during the Nonage of Queen Mary And in the year 1548 was by Henry the Second King of France created Duke of Castle-herald in France and thereafter his Son Iohn was by King James the Sixth created Marquess of Hamilton anno 1599 and was the first that enjoyed that Dignity in Scotland his Son James Marquess of Hamilton was Commissioner for the King to the Parliament 1621 whose eldest Son James Marquess of Hamilton was created thereafter Duke of Hamilton his second Son Lord William Hamilton was Secretary to King Charles the first and created Earl of Lanerk in the year 1640 from the Head-Burgh of the Shire who after the death of his Brother Duke James was also Duke of Hamilton the Lives and Actions of James and William Dukes of Hamilton and Castle-Herald are set forth in the Memoirs written by Dr. Gilbert Burnet now Bishop of Salisburry William Duke of Hamilton as well as James Duke of Hamilton having deceased without Heirs-Male of their own Body the Dignity of Hamilton and Castle-Herald did descend upon Dutchess Anna eldest Daughter to Duke James who married that Noble and Stately Person William Earl of Selkirk thereafter Duke of Hamilton formerly mentioned who have that advantage above others of many excellent Children who already have appeared much in the World viz. Their eldest Son James Earl of Arran who after he had finished his Travells Abroad Resided at the Court of England and from King Charles the second and King James the seventh enjoyed many Honourable Employments The second Lord William of great Hopes dyed in France Upon his third Son Lord Charles descended his Dignity of Earl of Selkirk as is said who is one of the Gentlemen of Their Majesties Bed-Chamber The fourth Son Lord John is General of Their Majesties Mint and married to Lady Anna Kennedy Daughter to John Earl of Cassils by his most excellent and vertuous Lady Susanna second Daughter to James Duke of Hamilton Their fifth Son Lord George Collonel of that Valiant and Renowned Regiment ordinarly Commanded by one of the Family of Dowglass of which this Lord is a Grand-child The sixth Son Lord Basile married to Mrs. Mary Dumbar Heiress to Sir David Dumbar of Baldone Baronet in the Shire of Wigtoun her Grand-father by his Son of the same Name married o Lady Helen Montgomery Daughter to Hugh Earl of Eglington The seventh Lord Archibald is Commander of the Woolage one of Their Majesties Ships of War Their eldest Daughter Lady Katharine is married to John Lord Murray eldest Son to the Marquess of Atholl The second is Susanna Countess Dowager and Mother of William Earl of Dundonald and Lady Margaret is married to James Earl of Panmure The River Glotta or Clyde runneth from Hamiltoun by Bothwel which glorieth in the Earls thereof namely John Ramsey whose greatness with King James the Third was excessive but pernicious both to himself and the King and the Hepburns of whom already Near to this place is Blantyre from which Walter Prior of Blantyre Lord Privy-Seal and afterward Thesaurer and one of the Octavians to King James the Sixth and an extraordinar Lord of Session was created Lord Blantyre July 10. 1606 his Descendant is Alexander Lord Blantyre This River runneth straight forward with a ready stream through Glasgow in ancient times past a Bishops Seat but discontinued a great while until that King William restored it up again but now it is an Arch-bishops See and an University which Bishop Turnbul after he had in a pious and religious intent built a Colledge in the year 1454 first founded This Glasgow is the most famous Town of Merchandise in this Tract for pleasant Situation Apple-trees and other like Fruit-trees much commended having also a very fair Bridge supported with eight Arches Near to it is Rutherglen a Burgh Royal and head Burgh of the nether-ward of Clydsdale as Lanerk is of the whole Shire and specially of the upper-ward Lower on the Bank of Clyde lyeth the Barony of Renfrew anciently in the Shire of Lanerk but by King Robert the 3d. erected in a Shire so called of the principle Town which may seem to be Randvara in Ptolomy upon the River Cart which had the Baron of Cathcart dwelling upon it carrying the same sirname of ancient Nobility The present Lord Cathcart is called Allan his Residence is now at Sundrom in Kings-kyle on the River of Kylne near where it falls into the River Air. Near unto Cathcart for this little Province can shew a goodly Breed of Nobility there Bordereth Cruikston the Seat in times past of the Lords of Darnley from whom by right of marriage it came to the Earls of Lennox whence Henry the Father of King James the Sixth was called Lord Darnley Halkead the Habitation of the Barons of Ross descended orginally from English Blood as who fetch their Pedegree from that Robert Ross of Wark who long since left England and came under the Alledgeance of the King of Scots of whom is descended William Lord Ross. Pasley sometimes a famous Monastery founded by Alexander the Second of that name High-steward of Scotland which for a gorgeous Church and rich Furniture was inferior to few but by the beneficial Favour of King James the Sixth it yielded both Dwelling-place and Title of Baron to Lord Claud Hamilton a younger Son of the Duke of Chasteu Herald the eldest Son of the Earl of Abercorn is designed Lord Pasley of whom already And Semple the Lord whereof Baron Semple by ancient Right was Sheriff of this Barony The Lady Heiress of Semple being married to Francis Abercrombie of Fiternier he was by King Charles the 2d created Lord Glasford and is Father to the present Lord Semple In this Country of Renfrew is Areskine the Seat of the ancient Lords of Areskine now Earls of Marr. But the Title of Baron of Renfrew by a peculiar priviledge since the Reign of King Robert the 3d. doth appertain unto the Prince of Scotland The heretable Sheriffs of this Shire are the Earls of Eglington The Author Camden is not to be blamed for asserting that Alexander the Second Great Stewart of Scotland Founded the Monastry of Pasley since it was generally related by the Scottish Historians but because the Errors in this Matter are so many and gross to the disadvantage of the Great Stewarts of Scotland Progenitors to our Kings and that a wrong Genealogy of them is printed with our Acts of Parliament I must be allowed to prevent the further