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Manuscript of `Ane abbreuiat off these things Incident w[?] in y[?] Realme of Scotland, y[?] tyme of his Ma[????] Minoritie, and gouernement necessar to be remembred` by David Moysie.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.5

Scope and Contents

At the end (after page 139 of ‘Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland 1577-1603’ with the addition on pages 164-166) is added (folio 141) `Ane discours of y[?] vnnaturall and vyld [sic] conspiracie attemped by Jhone Earle off Gowrie and his broy[?] and y[?] Devill for y[?] thrid Marrow Against his Ma[????] persone At St Jhonstoune vpone y[?] 5 August 1600. Penned be his Ma[????] selfe.’

Finally (folio 156 verso) are recorded Prince Charles`s birth, Queen Elizabeth`s death, and King James`s coronation.

There are deleted signatures on folios i, ii (? Ja: Robertson, dated 1715), and 158 (? Andrew Johnston).

Dates

  • Creation: Mid 17th century.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (v + 160 folios. Quarto.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contemporary leather binding, whose boards consist of waste sheets of an English New Testament.

Custodial History

The manuscript was acquired by the Advocates’ Library before 1787. Old pressmark: W.6.15.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Related Materials

For a fragment of a manuscript similar to this one see MS.17803.

Bibliography

The work was published as ‘Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland 1577-1603’, edited by James Dennistoun (Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs, 1830), but the text here differs considerably from that of the manuscript (then in the possession of Lord Belhaven, present location unknown) printed by Dennistoun, who gives the more significant variants on pages 145-166. The edition of Walter Ruddiman (Edinburgh, 1755), though apparently based on this manuscript, departs frequently from it.
The narrative beginning on folio 141 was printed at Edinburgh and London in 1600 and reprinted in ‘Criminal Trials in Scotland’ by Robert Pitcairn (Edinburgh, 1833), volume 2, page 208; the end (from ‘Criminal Trials in Scotland’, page 218 middle) is different in this copy (the 1755 edition is different again).

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Genre / Form

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
13 07 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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