The Bannatyne miscellany; containing original papers and tracts, chiefly relating to the history and literature of Scotland.
Notes:
Vol.ii.
Editor:
[Edited by David Laing].
Contents:
Strena ad Jacobum V Scotorum regem, de suscepto regni regimine, 1528. [Verse, with English translation. From the first edition, Edinburgh 1530s?]
Historia miraculose fundationis monasterii Sancte Crucis prope Edinburgh, 1128. Historia fundationis prioratus Insule de Traile. Nomina abbatum monasterii Sancte Crucis. Inventarium jocalium, etc. magni altaris eiusdem monasterii, Oct. 1493. [First three items taken from a 13th or 14th century ms. Also extracts (English) from papers concerning case of commendator and convent of Holyrood against provost and magistrates of Edinburgh, 1560s.]
Negotiations of the Scottish commissioners at Nottingham, September 1484.
Oratio Scotorum ad regem Ricardum tertium pro pace firmanda inter Anglos et Scotos. By Archibald Whytelaw, 12 Sept. 1484.
List of contributions to the senators of the College of Justice. [1583-91.]
A survey of the castle and town of Edinburgh, January 1573. Journal of the siege of the castle of Edinburgh, April and May 1573. [Second item from Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577 and 1586 editions.]
The opinion of George Buchanan concerning the reformation of the University of St Andrews, 1563. [Also printed in 31.12.]
Testamentum domini Jacobi de Douglas domini de Dalkeith militis, 30 Sept. 1390. Testamentum ejusdem, 19 Dec. 1392.
The spectakle of luf, translated from the Latin by G. Myll, at St Andrews, 1492. [Also printed in 32.14,]
Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum, e bibliotheca D. Joannis Ducis de Lauderdale, 1692. [Auction catalogue.]
The quair of jelousy, a poem by James Auchinleck, written about the year 1480. [Attribution to Auchinleck not certain. Also printed in 19.2 and 33.4.]
Collection of the wills of printers and booksellers in Edinburgh between the years 1577 and 1687. [1577-1717.]
An obituary from the rental book of the preceptory of St Anthony, near Leith, 1526. [Latin. Obits, 1439-1528. Also list of benefactors (English). Also printed in 11.14.]
Collection of papers relating to the 'Theatrum Scotiae' and 'History and present state of Scotland', by Captain John Slezer, 1693-1707. [1695-c. 1700.]
Collection of papers relating to the geographical description, maps, and charts of Scotland, by John Adair, F.R.S., geographer for the kingdom of Scotland, 1686-1723. [1692-1723.]
Urbis Edinburgi descriptio, per Davidem Buchananum, circa A.D. 1648.