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ill-fated Douglas' connection ; and now the
royal appetite, mollified by this exuberant
service, by a following act, grants a general
remission to all his lieges, of all former acts
of treason, or other offences " (the intelli-
gence with Archibald Douglas, sometime
earl of Angus, &c. only excepted)." Thus,
for daring to think there were ancient laws
of the land that should be supported, and
for doubting the rectitude of James the
First's intention of amending and explain-
ing them ; for attempting to cross the king's
purposes and claims of prerogative, in their
own self-defence, and for questioning the
infallibility of the royal judgment, the most
ancient nobility of the realm are consigned
to utter destruction, and their property ad-
judged to support the royal magnificence;
and thus, for two hundred years, the ex-
pences of the royal establishment, are al-
most wholly defrayed by a few suffering
individuals, to the exemption of the great
bulk of the nation; and in this, consists
the praise bestowed by Mr. Andrew's, and
his friends, on the servile Scottish parlia-
ments, who scrupled not to sacrifice the na-
ill-fated Douglas' connection ; and now the
royal appetite, mollified by this exuberant
service, by a following act, grants a general
remission to all his lieges, of all former acts
of treason, or other offences " (the intelli-
gence with Archibald Douglas, sometime
earl of Angus, &c. only excepted)." Thus,
for daring to think there were ancient laws
of the land that should be supported, and
for doubting the rectitude of James the
First's intention of amending and explain-
ing them ; for attempting to cross the king's
purposes and claims of prerogative, in their
own self-defence, and for questioning the
infallibility of the royal judgment, the most
ancient nobility of the realm are consigned
to utter destruction, and their property ad-
judged to support the royal magnificence;
and thus, for two hundred years, the ex-
pences of the royal establishment, are al-
most wholly defrayed by a few suffering
individuals, to the exemption of the great
bulk of the nation; and in this, consists
the praise bestowed by Mr. Andrew's, and
his friends, on the servile Scottish parlia-
ments, who scrupled not to sacrifice the na-
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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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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