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The diary of Mr. James Melville, 1556-1601
The diary of Mr James Melville 15561601 Author:James Melville Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: find it, and fa I tuk the beginning of the nynt of Jhone's Euangell of the blind man, and ftudeing his comentares theron, Mufculus and Marlorot, wrot it and left... more » it in Mufculus Comentare, quhilk when he fand it, lyked him weill ; yit ipak na thing, bot left me in fufpence till it pleafit God to giff me full refolu- tion. For a lytle befor Lambes word cam that Mr Andró was com to Edin- bruche, and within twentie dayes efter he cam to Baldowy, with whom when my father had conferit, and knawin what opinion he haid of me, he delyverit me ower vnto him, thinking he was diiburdenit of me ; and fa indeid he was, as the continuation of this narratione will declar. This was in the yeir of God 1574. Becaufe I faid befor that Scotland receavit never a graitter benefit at the hands of God nor this man, I will fchortlie fett down, firft, a litle difcours of his lyff befor hib coming ham, and fyne what he brought with him. He was born in Baldowy, a place pleafand, fertill, and weill aired, lyand within a myll to the town of Montrofe, vpon the fouthweil, hard be the ???????? fluminis JEikas meridionalis, in the yeir of Chryft's birthe 1545, the 1 day of the monethe Auguft, begottin of gentill and honeft parents, Richard Meluill of Baldowy, brother-german of Jhone Meluill of Dyfart, and Gills Abercrombie, douchter to Thomas Abercrombie, burgefs of Montrofe, of the houfs of Mur- thle. He was the youngeft of nyne breither, all left alyve when thair father was ilean with the graitteft part of the gentilmen of Anguls, in the vangard of the field of Pinkie. His mother leivit an honorable widow till he was twall yeir of age, traned vpe in letters in the fcoll of Montrofe, vnder Mr Thomas Anderfone, efteimed the beft maifter in his tyme, whowbeit nocht the maiil lernit. Sehe left fax of hir fonnes in...« less