Archives and Manuscript Catalogue

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Later authors include Bishop Stillingfleet (folio 197), Thomas Hooker (folio 92) and John Paul Marana, author of ‘The Turkish Spye’ (1686) (folio 178).

The date of the volume is no earlier than 1686.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) 'The Douglas bonspiel', with introduction and sequel (by Captain John Paterson; printed in J B Greenshields, ‘Annals of the Parish of Lesmahagow’ (Edinburgh, 1864), Appendix, pages 39-55) (page 1); (ii) 'Review of the Douglas Upper Parish Rink As it Mustered In 1803-4 by One of the Rink' (page 31); (iii) 'The Douglas party' (page 36); (iv) 'Verses on a Dunghill' (page 37); (v) 'To Thomas R. Scott Esq. Castlemains' (page 40); (vi) 'Reflections on death'...

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‘Panurgi Philo-Caballi-Scoti Poemata . . . 1688’ (folio 1); ‘Panurgi Philo-Caballi-Scoti Grameidos libri sex 1691’ (folio 9).

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The Genealogia, every page of which is within a coloured border, gives coats of arms, emblazoned; there is an index to it (folio 1). Following the Genealogia come the Catalogus (folio 29); short drafts for parts of the Genealogia (folio 31); a broadsheet, ‘The Succession of the Kings of England’ (London, 1687) (folio 34); and a genealogy showing the royal connections of various English families from early times (folio 37).