Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweeddale
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102 APPENDIX TO THE
Wast Nisbet.
Nisbet devise some other interpryses,
Thow'rt neither good for contray nor for syses.
Traquair.
When life and death were equall, vot for vot,
In came Traquair for death, and coost the lot.
III.
CEREMONIAL OF BURNING THE POPE,
30th of November 1689*
Let what is here be keeped most secret, for this is promised by all.-f-
Ane accompt by my Lord Lowdone, the Magistrand Classe, and other
Gentlemen of the other Classes, about burning of the Pope on the last
day of November 1688.
1. Concluded by vote, — that the Pope's effigies, with that of the two
Arch-Prelats, shold be burned. — These effigies to be thus : —
% Imprimis, the Pope's effigies to be of a full stature, with all the
integral parts ; to be made of parch-boord, if can be ; that his head
should be of the same, and a vizard for the face ; that he should have
* In Mr. David Laing's curious collection of fugitive Scotish Poetry, Edin. 1825, Crown 8vo,
occurs " An account of the Pope's procession at Aberdeen," as referred to by Father Hay, p. 63.
This paper, now for the first time printed from the Wodrow MSS. (r'ol. 27, Jac. V. 1-21), may
not be deemed out of place, although referring to an exhibition of a similar nature elsewhere,
as it minutely details the whole arrangements, and gives the names of the actors.
\ This is written at the top of the paper.
Wast Nisbet.
Nisbet devise some other interpryses,
Thow'rt neither good for contray nor for syses.
Traquair.
When life and death were equall, vot for vot,
In came Traquair for death, and coost the lot.
III.
CEREMONIAL OF BURNING THE POPE,
30th of November 1689*
Let what is here be keeped most secret, for this is promised by all.-f-
Ane accompt by my Lord Lowdone, the Magistrand Classe, and other
Gentlemen of the other Classes, about burning of the Pope on the last
day of November 1688.
1. Concluded by vote, — that the Pope's effigies, with that of the two
Arch-Prelats, shold be burned. — These effigies to be thus : —
% Imprimis, the Pope's effigies to be of a full stature, with all the
integral parts ; to be made of parch-boord, if can be ; that his head
should be of the same, and a vizard for the face ; that he should have
* In Mr. David Laing's curious collection of fugitive Scotish Poetry, Edin. 1825, Crown 8vo,
occurs " An account of the Pope's procession at Aberdeen," as referred to by Father Hay, p. 63.
This paper, now for the first time printed from the Wodrow MSS. (r'ol. 27, Jac. V. 1-21), may
not be deemed out of place, although referring to an exhibition of a similar nature elsewhere,
as it minutely details the whole arrangements, and gives the names of the actors.
\ This is written at the top of the paper.
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| Description | By Father Richard Augustin Hay, Prior of St. Pieremont, including memoirs of his own times. Edited by James Maidment. Edinburgh : T. G. Stevenson, 1835. Contents: Introductory notice by the editor; including a list of the mss. of Father Hay now in the Library of the Faculty of advocates.--Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweeddale.--Father Hay's memoirs of his own times.--Appendix: 1. Carta Adæ comitissæ. 2. Ane epitome or abridgement of what past at the L(ord) B<almerino> his arraignment criminall before the justice. 3. Ceremonial of burning the pope, 30th November 1689. 4. Account of John Chiesly of Dalry. 5. An account of the misfortunes of Mrs. Erskine of Grange, commonly known as Lady Grange. 6. elegy on the lamented death of Lord John Hay, marquis of Tweddel. |
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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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