Genealogy of the house and surname of Setoun
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10 THE PROLOGUE.
siluer or geir. The thrid is be mariage of ladies of heretage. And
fourtlie, be aventur heretage fall to ane man be his mother or sum vther
female his predecessors. And if sua beis yat ane mans hous lies had the
beginning be gift of Princes, or vther grit men, it will give occasioun to
yair posteritie to be trew and thankfull seruants to yair superiours ; to
yat effect yat they may augment yair housis ; and if it lies begun be just
conqueist, with ane mans siluer or geir, it will giue occasioun in lyk
maner to yair posteritie to be vertuous, and na waistouris, bot they may
eik yair heretage be just conqueis with ane mans siluer or geir. And if
it hes begun with mariage of ladies of heretage, it will giue occasioun sic-
lyke to yair posteritie quhen sic ane thing happinis to preis yairat ; and
if it hes cum be successioun of familie, it will giue occasioun to euerie
man to allya his sone and appeirand air with the best and maist honest
pairtie that he may win to, in houp that sic chance may fall to his pos-
teritie. Thair is certane maners of beginning of housis, quhilk ar verie
detestable, and contrair to all lauis baith of God and man, quhilk I wald
exhort all men to foirbeir ; howbeit they be ouer mekle usit in this cun-
trie. That is to say, be circumuentioun of the ignorant and ye inno-
cent, or be extreme necessitie of the poore compellit thairby, or be inuen-
tioun of new laws and practises of uther euil consaits, and warst of all be
reif or oppressioun, quhilk things I cannot call beginnings of housis, be-
caus they ar sein oft tymes cum to ane euill end ; for we sie be example
and experience, how monie grit housis hes bene in this realme, and now
sa far decayit yat skantlie lies left onie of yair posteritie, and yair haill
housis and heretages is translaited fra yair surnames into ye Princes
hands, or sum vther strangear. I could schau monie in speciall, and pairt
in my awin tyme, war not sum wald be offendit yairwith ; bot it is not
neidfull, becaus thair is monie weill aneugh knawin. The caus of this
decay hes bene sum wrang conqueis, or be sum grit oppressioun done be
sum of yat hous. For we sie sum mein barrouns and small gentlmenis
siluer or geir. The thrid is be mariage of ladies of heretage. And
fourtlie, be aventur heretage fall to ane man be his mother or sum vther
female his predecessors. And if sua beis yat ane mans hous lies had the
beginning be gift of Princes, or vther grit men, it will give occasioun to
yair posteritie to be trew and thankfull seruants to yair superiours ; to
yat effect yat they may augment yair housis ; and if it lies begun be just
conqueist, with ane mans siluer or geir, it will giue occasioun in lyk
maner to yair posteritie to be vertuous, and na waistouris, bot they may
eik yair heretage be just conqueis with ane mans siluer or geir. And if
it hes begun with mariage of ladies of heretage, it will giue occasioun sic-
lyke to yair posteritie quhen sic ane thing happinis to preis yairat ; and
if it hes cum be successioun of familie, it will giue occasioun to euerie
man to allya his sone and appeirand air with the best and maist honest
pairtie that he may win to, in houp that sic chance may fall to his pos-
teritie. Thair is certane maners of beginning of housis, quhilk ar verie
detestable, and contrair to all lauis baith of God and man, quhilk I wald
exhort all men to foirbeir ; howbeit they be ouer mekle usit in this cun-
trie. That is to say, be circumuentioun of the ignorant and ye inno-
cent, or be extreme necessitie of the poore compellit thairby, or be inuen-
tioun of new laws and practises of uther euil consaits, and warst of all be
reif or oppressioun, quhilk things I cannot call beginnings of housis, be-
caus they ar sein oft tymes cum to ane euill end ; for we sie be example
and experience, how monie grit housis hes bene in this realme, and now
sa far decayit yat skantlie lies left onie of yair posteritie, and yair haill
housis and heretages is translaited fra yair surnames into ye Princes
hands, or sum vther strangear. I could schau monie in speciall, and pairt
in my awin tyme, war not sum wald be offendit yairwith ; bot it is not
neidfull, becaus thair is monie weill aneugh knawin. The caus of this
decay hes bene sum wrang conqueis, or be sum grit oppressioun done be
sum of yat hous. For we sie sum mein barrouns and small gentlmenis
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| Description | With the chronicle of the house of Setoun, compiled in metre by John Kamington, alias Peter Manye. Edinburgh: [W. Aitken, printer], 1830. |
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| Shelfmark | A.114.b.16 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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