Stirling peerage

STYLIXG HIMSELF EAUL OF STlRLIXLi. 103
What is the date of the first entry in tlie volume after the
twelve lost leaves ? 26th February, 1642.
I want you to speak from the volume apart from the
indexes. What is the first date in the book ? 26th Feb-
ruary, 1642.
There is nothing before 1642 in the book ?
Lord Advocate. — It is not chronological.
Mr Robertson. — Is there any thing in 1641, after that?
I cannot say.
Where is the first charter of 1641 ? It is lost.
The Court. — There is no reason to suppose that any thing
is lost except what appears in the index.
Mr Robertson. — 1642, is the first charter entered in that
book ? Yes.
And the leaves that are amissing will precede that ? Yes.
Have you any means of judging of the date of what is away
except what is in the index ? Nothing.
What does the index say ? Is it applicable to this particu-
lar book or to other books ? It is the index of that volume.
That is, the index of the volume that has the missing leaves?
Yes.
Then it is only from 1641 iiere that you judge ? Yes, I
understand it to contain from 1641 to 1646.
Then you have no means of judging that there was any
thing in this book except from the index ? No.
You did not find any in 1 64 1 ? I do not recollect. There
may be.
How far down does that book go ? This book is divided
into two parts.
How far does the lost part go down ? To 164.5.
\A^ell, the book that you have, which is in two volumes,
commences, the first one in 1642, the last one in 1645 ? Yes,
but the one immediately before the last one ends in 1646.
And 1645 comes after 1646 ? Yes.
How do you identify the index with the volume itself?
You do not know that any of 1641 is in it ? I could not
exactly say.
I wish to know how you identify the index with the book ?
It corresponds with the book very nearly.
Which is the beginning of the book ? There seems to be
two beginnings. Which is the portion of the index applicable
to the two volumes in question ? This is the index applicable
to the fifty-seventh volume.
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