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Copies of miscellaneous papers.
Copies of papers relating to Galloway, in various hands of the 18th century.
Copies of royal edicts concerning Iceland, taken from a printed book of royal edicts and mandates.
Note by F Magnusson: `No. 19, No. 20, No. 21. Collectio variarum Regiarum Constitutionum and Mandatorum de rebus Islandicis præcipue tractantium.`
Copies of state papers.
The papers include material on the charges against the Earl of Bristol in 1626, the Scottish objections to kneeling at communion, speeches in Parliament and other topics.
Copy, 16th century, of `Recueil des Principaux Seigneurs qui passerent la Mer avec Guillaume Conquereur d`Angleterre`, a treatise on the genealogy and heraldry of the English nobility written by Jean Benard in 1567.
The manuscript is similar to the autograph manuscript of 1572 (Bibliotheque Nationale, MS. français 19000), but lacks the dedicatory letter to Charles IX and has no miniatures. The decoration consists of paintings of flowers and fruit, borders and armorial bearings, with some decorated initials. There is a note, ‘Southampton`s Genealogies`, in a 17th-century hand on folio iii.
Copy, 17th century, of a journal kept by a member of Sir Robert Cecil`s suite during the period of his embassy to France, February-April 1598, before the signing of the Treaty of Vervins.
The entries for each day are brief, and much of the manuscript consists of copies of official correspondence sent and received by Cecil, some of which was published in ‘An Historical View of the Negotiations between the courts of England, France and Brussels’, pages 100-157.
Copy, 17th century, of David Hume’s ‘Vindiciæ Buchanani contra Camdenum’ in the hand of Sir James Balfour.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: w.5.5.
Copy, 17th century, of ‘Humii vindiciæ Buchanani contra Camdenum’ or ‘Camdenea; id est examen nonnullorum a G. Camdeno in Britannia sua positorum, præcipuē quæ ad irrisionem Scoticæ Gentis et eorum et Pictorum falsam originem’.
At the end is a copy of a Latin letter, 7 Cal. May 1604, of Andrew Melville to David Hume.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.5.16.
Copy, 17th century, of `Prince Henry his Life, Death and Funeralles`, the life of the Prince of Wales, which was published in 1641 attributed to Sir Charles Cornwallis.
Copy, 17th century, of ‘The History and Life of James the Sixt’, attributed to John Colville, Scottish divine and politician, written in the late 16th century and covering the period from 1566 to 1582.
Copy, 17th century, of `The Life, Araignment, and Death of the famous and learned Sir Thomas More Knight, sometimes Lord Chauncellor of England. Together with his Vision`.
Copy, 17th century, of the statutes of Christ`s College, Cambridge, 1506.
Copy, 17th century, of ‘The Theatre of the Scotish Kings’ by Alexander Garden, written circa 1625.
Copy, 18th century, of an account, descriptive and historical, of the Chanonry of Old Aberdeen and connected institutions, by Thomas (rectius William) Drem, Bailie of Aberdeen, written 1725.
Originally part (Inv. XII) of the Rose Collection, Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20; William Rose has added some marginal notes.
Copy, 18th century, of ‘Ane Essay upon Tiends`, an anonymous essay in six chapters.
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.
Copy, 18th century, of ‘Staggering State of the Scots Statesmen’, from 1550 to 1650, by Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet, written circa 1665.
Copy, 18th century, of ‘The Life and Death of ... James Renwick’ by Alexander Shields, Minister of St. Andrews, written in the late 17th century.
The manuscript version corresponds more or less with the first printed version but excludes the `Epistle to the Reader` at the beginning and Renwick`s ‘Admission of Elders’ and several of his letters which are added at the end. The present manuscript breaks off abruptly near the end of the text and is left incomplete. There is no title page.
Copy, 18th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, 1763, and before.
The manuscript contains numbers 1-127 of the Orders. The latest Orders are dated 1763.
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.
Copy, 1685, of a calendar and `Stutt útskýring calendari`.
Copy, 1812, of "Tales of the Peries the History of Azar Shah from the Persie", from a manuscript in the possession of John Leyden.
With correspondence, 20th century, concerning John Leyden and to the Leyden papers now in the National Library of Scotland.
Copy, 1820, of verse, `Prophecies by Sundrie authors some wherof knowen and ther names affixed, others not knowen, but many of them old and currant thro the isle of Great Brittane. Collected and faithfully written by John Gordon of Gillichoudie, 1711`. In several cases the original dates of the Prophecies are given, and range from 1399 to 1688.
There are two copies, in different hands, of a prophecy by Mr Bickerhead, a priest, dated 1679, folios 3 and 8.
The first Prophecy is ascribed to two authors, Sir James Galloway and John Napier of Merchiston, the mathematician. None of the poems appear to have been published.
Copy, after 1690, of `Collections of the most remarkable accounts that relate to the families of Scotland drawn from ther own charters and other authentick writts ... with ane account of ther armes’.
Copy by Matthew Craufurd, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Edinburgh, of ‘History of the University of Edinburgh from 1580 to 1646’ by Thomas Craufurd.
A colophon dated 20 January 1725, states that Matthew Craufurd made this copy from the original, which then belonged to Laurence Dundas, Professor of Humanity.
The text is preceded by brief notes on purchases by and gifts to the University, 1582-1642.