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Copy, 17th century, of five prose tracts of William Drummond, of Hawthornden, the poet, written between 1638 and 1642 about the time of Rebellion and Civil War in the reign of Charles I.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.13.2.5
Scope and Contents (i) `Irene. A remonstrance for Concord Amitie and Love amongst his Majesties subjects; written after his Declaratione published 20 September 1638’ (folio 1).(ii) `The Load-Starr or Directorie to the new world and transe-formations` (folio 41).(iii) `The Magicall Mirror or A declaratione upon the arising of the N[oblemen] B[arons] G[entlemen] and B[urgesses] in Armes, 1 April 1639` (folio 48 verso).(iv) `Quarees of State`, undated (folio 58).(v)...
Dates: 1638-1642.

Copy, 18th century, of ‘Ane Essay upon Tiends`, an anonymous essay in six chapters.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.3
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Internal evidence suggests that the original essay was written circa 1732. It begins on folio 1, and is followed by a discussion on `patronage` (folio 28 verso), apparently a memorial by C Talbot for an unnamed litigant; and a copy ‘Memorial for Mr Thomas Linning, Min[?]. at Walstoun` (folio 30). The original of this memorial must have been written before Linning`s death in 1731.

Dates: Circa 1732.

Copy, 18th century, written on paper watermarked 1742 or 1749, of an extract from `An Abridgment of the Scotishe historie`, written by John Maxwell, 4th Lord Herries of Terregles and dated 1656.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.7
Scope and Contents The extract covers the period 1541-1571. There is a brief description of the original manuscript on the flyleaf of the present volume. According to Robert Pitcairn in his preface to the published work, the original manuscript was probably destroyed sometime during the French Revolution, having been housed in the Scots College at Douai. The copyist, whose initials appear to be J P (folio 1), may have been Friar John Pepper, Society of Jesus, who was a student at the Scots College, Douai from...
Dates: 1656.

Copy by John Boswell of "Decreets of Division of Valuations in the Shire of Ayr".

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Identifier: Acc.7357
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Consisting of records of meetings of the Commissioners of Supply and other papers.

Dates: 1774, 1779.

Copy, early 19th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords.

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Identifier: MS.9353
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The volume contains numbers 1-170 of the Orders, followed by an index (folio 113). There are a number of deletions, and the text does not include the emendations of 1813 (cf. ‘Standing Orders of the House of Lords except as to local and personal bills’). The latest Orders are dated 1803.

Dates: 1660-1803.

Copy, in a 17th-century hand, of several prose tracts of the poet William Drummond of Hawthornden, written at the time of the Civil War.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.32.4.9
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Irene. A. remonstrance for concord, amitie and love amongst his majesties subjects written after his declaration published at Edinburgh 22 of September 1638` (folio 1).(ii) `The Load-Starr on directorie to the new world and transeformations`, undated (folio 23).(iii) `The Magicall Mirror or the Declaration upon the arising of the N[oblemen], B[arons], G[entlemen] and B[urgesses] in Armes,1...
Dates: 1638-1642.

Copy, late 17th century to 18th century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Minor Practicks’ by Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.24.1.3A
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A collection of decisions and law notes.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (a.3.20).

Dates: 1st half of 17th century.

Copy of a speech of Prof Kenneth Varty.

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Identifier: Acc.10826
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Concerns the presentation of his "Festschrift" to Prof H T Barnwell, London.

Dates: 1982.

Copy of Adv.MS.31.3.18, documents relating to heraldry, made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.3.22
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Translations have been provided with the material in Latin.

Dates: 1385-1661.

Copy of an apparently unpublished work entitled 'Practical Tracts of Artillery', written by Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Identifier: MS.8185
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The work was written by John Macdonald when he was Captain Commanding the Artillery at Fort Marlborough, [Sumatra]. The text is preceded by a letter to the Governor and Council of the Military Department there, an introduction to the work, and a letter to the Governor-General and the Supreme Council at Fort William.

Dates: 1787.

Copy of part of Stair's 'Institutions of the Law of Scotland', being Titles 1-22 with Title 19 omitted.

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Identifier: MS.5058
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Contains Titles 1-22 with Title 19 omitted.

Dates: 1666.

Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ made apparently in 1677 from a text written probably in or about 1666.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.7
Scope and Contents The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order), but the text is rather shorter and illustrated by references to earlier decisions, and most of the Titles are divided into fewer paragraphs.The text is preceded (folio iii) by an introduction, identical with that of the first printed edition, from which it may have been copied. At the end (page 276) is the signature of J Broune, dated 29...
Dates: Circa 1666.

Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ made in 1673 for John Smith of Brousterland, apparently from a text written in or about 1662.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.9
Scope and Contents

The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is rather shorter, many of the decisions quoted are earlier, and the titles are divided into fewer paragraphs. It is followed by an index of subjects discussed (page 409), and a contents list of each Title (page 413), both written apparently in different hands, neither being that of the text. The volume lacks apparently one leaf at the end.

Dates: Circa 1662.

Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ made in 1677 from a text written probably in or shortly after 1666.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.3
Scope and Contents Although the general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order), the text is considerably shorter, for most of the Titles have fewer chapters (some have only half as many), and fewer references to case-decisions.At folio iv is an inscription (repeated at folio v verso) stating that the copying of the book was completed on 19 October 1677; it is presumably in the hand of James Hay, whose note of...
Dates: 1666 or after.

Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ written apparently in a number of hands.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.17
Scope and Contents The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681, except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order, but the text of each title is rather shorter and illustrated with fewer references to case-decisions. There are blank leaves between Titles 11 and 12 (folios 69-76), between sections 8 and 9 of Title 16 (folios 115-126) and following Title 31 (folios 229-241). The writing on folio 174 (but not folio 174 verso) is upside down. The chapter-headings in Titles...
Dates: Circa 1662.

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