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a_o science_n than_o to_o be_v raise_v by_o it_o so_o have_v write_v this_o book_n as_o a_o gentleman_n i_o design_v as_o little_a praise_n or_o thanks_o as_o i_o will_v disdain_v all_o other_o reward_n finis_fw-la a_o alphabetical_a table_n of_o the_o surname_n of_o these_o nobleman_n and_o gentleman_n who_o achievement_n or_o any_o part_n of_o the_o same_o be_v make_v pattern_n of_o bearing_n in_o this_o science_n of_o heraldry_n a_o aberbuthnet_n page_n 52._o earl_n of_o abercorn_n vide_fw-la hamilton_n aberdeen_n town_n 9_o 65._o abernethy_n 80_o 81._o addair_n 28._o agnew_n 54._o aikenhead_n 63._o aikman_n 53._o ainsly_n 45._o airth_n 31._o aiton_n 44_o 64._o alexander_n 29_o 97._o alison_n 29._o allan_n 28._o andrada_n in_o spain_n 41._o anstruther_n 29_o 91._o areskine_n 32_o 75_o 81_o 84_o 85_o 91_o 94_o 97._o arran_n 67._o atchison_n 58._o auchinleck_n 34_o 46_o 74._o auchmoutie_a 36._o b_o badzenoch_n 55._o bailzie_n 52_o 97._o bain_n 54_o 64._o baird_n 56._o balfour_n ibid._n balliol_n 17_o 49._o balnewis_n 28._o bannatine_n alias_o ballanden_n 38_o 44_o 57_o barrie_n 58._o bell_n 68_o bennet_n 45._o beton_n 49._o betson_n 46._o bickerton_n 58._o binning_n 35_o 52._o birnie_n 54._o bisset_n 35._o blackhall_n 54_o 59_o blackstock_n 63._o blair_n 50._o bonyman_n 54._o borthwick_n 95._o braig_n 65._o branch_n 38._o brand_n 36._o lord_n brechin_n of_o old_a vide_fw-la wishart_n brown_a 39_o 52_o 63._o brownhill_n 51._o bruce_n 2_o 3_o 29_o 47_o 74_o 83_o 84_o 94._o brymer_n 60._o buchanan_n 42._o buckleuch_n vide_fw-la scot._n bunten_n 59_o burnet_n 3_o 31_o 96._o butter_n 44._o c_o cairn_n 59_o caithnes_n 66_o 84._o calder_n 57_o calderwood_n 63._o callendar_n 49_o 64._o campbel_n 29_o 41_o 74_o 89._o cant_n 36._o carmichael_n 34._o carnagy_n 33_o 52_o 58._o carron_n 31._o carruthers_n 39_o carse_n 46._o cartwright_n 53._o cathcairt_n 52._o cay_n or_o kay_fw-mi 36._o chamber_n 55._o charter_n 33._o cheap_a 64._o chein_n 45._o cheislie_n 39_o clayhills_n 57_o clealand_n 57_o cochran_n 39_o cockburn_n 59_o colquhoun_n 46._o colvill_n ibid._n corbet_n 60._o cornwall_n ibid._n corsby_n 44._o cowper_n 39_o crab_n 62._o craigdallie_n 60._o craik_n 66._o cranston_n 59_o 91._o craw_n 60._o crawfurd_n 74._o crawmond_n 60._o crichton_n 55._o cumming_n 64._o cuninghame_n 33_o 96_o 97._o currie_n 47._o cuthbert_n 65._o d_o dalgleish_n 63._o dalmahoy_n 31._o dalrymple_n 46._o dalzel_n 53._o dawson_n 45._o delaluna_fw-la in_o england_n 52._o dempster_n 36_o 65._o denham_n 88_o dewar_n 31._o dickson_n ibid._n die_v 52._o dischington_n 35._o dowglas_n 2_o 81_o 83_o 95._o drummond_n 28_o 29_o 34_o 95_o 97._o duiguid_a 45._o dumbar_n 3_o 42_o 95._o earl_n of_o dumfermling_n vide_fw-la seaton_n don_a 67._o dundas_n 3_o 55_o 95_o 96._o dundie_n town_n 63._o dunlop_n 58._o durham_n 52._o e_o eccles_n 66._o edgar_z 55._o edington_n 53._o edmiston_n 52._o eglington_n 50_o 84._o earl_n of_o elgin_n vide_fw-la bruce_n elleis_n 66._o elliot_n 36._o elphingston_n 38_o 74_o 88_o esplin_n 33._o f_o falconer_n 59_o fenton_z 35._o fenwick_n 60._o fin_fw-fr 59_o findlay_n 65._o fisher_n 61._o fishing-company_n royal_a ibid._n fleeming_n 42._o fletcher_n 45._o fockhart_n 38._o forbes_n 56_o 74._o forman_n 61._o forest_n 62._o forester_n 3_o 57_o 97._o forsyth_n 59_o fotheringham_n 34_o 94._o fountain_n 49._o fowlis_n 63._o fraser_n 64_o 68_o fullerton_n 56._o fythie_n 59_o g_o galley_n 67._o galloway_n 8._o earl_n of_o galloway_n vide_fw-la stewart_n lord_n garrioch_n 68_o garvie_n 61._o ged_a ibid._n geddes_n ibid._n gibson_n 68_o gifford_n 3_o gilchry_v 51._o gladstain_v 53._o gleg_n 55._o glen_n 84._o earl_n of_o glencairn_n vide_fw-la cuninghame_n glendinning_n 44._o gordon_n 56_o 83._o gorran_n 47._o graham_n 29_o 31_o 82_o 83_o grant_n 68_o grace_n 41._o grierson_n 67._o guthrie_n 44_o 55._o h_o hacket_n 29._o halyburton_n 35_o 36_o 94._o hamilton_n 62_o 64_o 72_o 82_o 95._o hardy_a 54._o hay_n 17_o 49_o 85._o heart_n 54._o hepburn_n