Lives of Scotish Writers Author:David Irving General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1839 Original Publisher: A. and C. Black Subjects: Scotland Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Boo... more »ks.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: FLORENCE WILSON. This elegant writer is more generally known by the name of Florentius Volusenus. His signature to a letter written in his native language, is indeed Voluzene ; but as he had adopted the classical appellation of Voluzcnus, subsequently improved into Volusenus, he must have found it expedient to use a corresponding vernacular name, that his identity might easily be recognized. i His birth may conjecturally be placed about the year 1500. According to the earliest biographical notice of him that has been preserved, he was descended of respectable parents, was born on the banks of the river Lossie, near the town of Elgin, and received a part of his education in the university of Aberdeen. This account i The Wilsons who settled in France were known by the name of Vulson. " La maison de Vvlson en Dauphin, de laquelle ie suis le chef, et celle de mesme nom et armes qui est en Escosse en la pro- uince de Nithisdile, dont est le chef le seigneur de Croiglin, a cause du cimier qui est vne main de sauuage tenant vne massue d'or, porte pour deuise ces mots, Pour bienfaire." (La Science Heroiqve, traitant ue la Noblesse, de 1'Origine des Armes, de leur Blasons,« less