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LETTERS. 77
XXXIII. From the Same to the Same.
Edr., 5th Jany. 1638.
Rycht honorabill and loving Brother, —
I haif writtin at lenth to you with William Mavers, so that I haif na uther
thing to write you now, nor what I wrote you then ; neither is there any uther
occurrence but that I luik not for any session this yeir, and sa we man live upon
our creische, and thairfor if thair be any moneys for the last year's victual of
Todlaw cum in, deduct your Accompt, and send over the superplus with William
Mavers ; and if you can get it set, pray you do it, for it is tryblesom to you and
makes no benefit to me.
Thair is no more done at this present anent the kirk affairs, nor was at the
writing of my former, saif only, that the Noblemen's Petition is received by the
Lords of Secret Council to be directit to his Majesty, — what answer it gets, ye
will heir.
The King of Morocco's Ambassador is still at Court as yet. Receive heir
inclosit the copie of the letter that he brought from his Master to the King
of Ingland, quhilk is very well worth the reading. So my duty be remembered to
yourself, and all our brethren. — I rest, &c.
XXXIV. From the Same to the Same.
Edr., 8th of February 1638.
Rycht honorabill and loving Brother, —
I ressavit your letter and considered them all at lenth, and conform to your
desyr I have causit my man write over the Ratification that John Fraser suld
subscribe, which Ratification, with the old double, ye sail ressaive here inclosed ;
but when he have occasion for subscribing thairof, let it be done as privately as ye
can. As for my victual money, I pray you send it to me with the bearer with
diligence, for ye know be the Session we get nothing to win, and debtors in this
troublesum tymes will pay neither annualrents nor principal sums, so that those
that dwalls here are forced to live upon credit.
As for my horse that ye have, I intendit to have sent him to the Bailzie, but
seeing he is provydit, ye sail be pleasit to keep him and take the use of him, until
XXXIII. From the Same to the Same.
Edr., 5th Jany. 1638.
Rycht honorabill and loving Brother, —
I haif writtin at lenth to you with William Mavers, so that I haif na uther
thing to write you now, nor what I wrote you then ; neither is there any uther
occurrence but that I luik not for any session this yeir, and sa we man live upon
our creische, and thairfor if thair be any moneys for the last year's victual of
Todlaw cum in, deduct your Accompt, and send over the superplus with William
Mavers ; and if you can get it set, pray you do it, for it is tryblesom to you and
makes no benefit to me.
Thair is no more done at this present anent the kirk affairs, nor was at the
writing of my former, saif only, that the Noblemen's Petition is received by the
Lords of Secret Council to be directit to his Majesty, — what answer it gets, ye
will heir.
The King of Morocco's Ambassador is still at Court as yet. Receive heir
inclosit the copie of the letter that he brought from his Master to the King
of Ingland, quhilk is very well worth the reading. So my duty be remembered to
yourself, and all our brethren. — I rest, &c.
XXXIV. From the Same to the Same.
Edr., 8th of February 1638.
Rycht honorabill and loving Brother, —
I ressavit your letter and considered them all at lenth, and conform to your
desyr I have causit my man write over the Ratification that John Fraser suld
subscribe, which Ratification, with the old double, ye sail ressaive here inclosed ;
but when he have occasion for subscribing thairof, let it be done as privately as ye
can. As for my victual money, I pray you send it to me with the bearer with
diligence, for ye know be the Session we get nothing to win, and debtors in this
troublesum tymes will pay neither annualrents nor principal sums, so that those
that dwalls here are forced to live upon credit.
As for my horse that ye have, I intendit to have sent him to the Bailzie, but
seeing he is provydit, ye sail be pleasit to keep him and take the use of him, until
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| Histories of Scottish families > Genealogical collections concerning the sir-name of Baird, and the families of Auchmedden, Newbyth, and Sauchton Hall in particular > (101) Page 77 |
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| Description | With copies of old letters and papers worth preserving, and account of several transactions in this country during the last two centuries Reprinted from the original MS. of William Baird, Esq. (last of the family), of Auchmedden ... ; with notes, and an appendix containing a deduction of the family of Ordinhnivas to the present day. |
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| Shelfmark | A.114.b.6 |
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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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