Keppoch song

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the measure would have been peaceably
complied with; but the ancient Scottish
nobles saw these privileges bestowed, and
continuing to be conferred on new peers of
Stuart creation; that, therefore, the mea-
sure was partial, and so stood upon their
guard.
In proof of this, the family of Huutly, in
consequence of the act of 1747, abolishing
these regalities, received a compensation in
money, for Aberdeen-shire, Banff-shire, and
Inverness-shire; whereas, had the act of
James the Second been duly attended to,
his grace of Gordon should have received
nothing, in particularly for Aberdeen-shire,
as the regality of that county did of old,
and of right, belong to Earl Marechall, and
therefore, the nation, by his forfeiture,
should have saved the expence of paying
for that county. Inverness-shire, and Ross-
shire stand in the same predicament, for
the regality of these counties should have
pertained to the representative of the fa-
mily of the Isles. The regality of the
comity of Ross was not paid for, as none,
sjnee the annexation of that earldom, could