Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond
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THE HOUSE OF DRUMMOND. 137
the fame truely and honeftly as it becometh men of worth ; alwayes
craveing Gods afiftance to direct them aright, that they wrong neither
themfelves, theire fucceffors, nor theire forbeers verteus, bot rather by
theire own deeds to illuftrat the fame ; eflhewing all intemperance or
fleuth which may difcredit them. It being more commendable by
honeft means to better our fortune left unto us by inheritance, then to
diflipate the famine unworthily under falfe and unneceffary pretexts of
liberalitie and fuch lyke. Bot if, by civil diforders or incident cala-
mities, we be made unable to improve the fame, yet let us doe the
lyklieft, ftriveing alwayes to preferve the ftock from all ingadgements,
that juftly it be not alledged, we are degenerated from our forbeeres
vertues.
" Its eafie and facile to fpend, confume, and put away our patrimonie,
bot to mantaine a good name, and live honourably as it becometh no-
blemen, is a more difficile tafk ; expetendae Junt opes ut dignis largia-
mur, fayes the ancient. In all our doeings, difcretion is to be obferved,
otherwayes nothing can be done aright. We fee the fouldier undergoes
many hazards to provyde for himfelfe and his pofteritie ; the advocat,
the phyfician, the theologue, does the like, ever affecting preheminence,
with means and riches to intertaine the fame ; mould we not then at
leaft be alfe careful as they are, to mantaine our eftate and condition, fo
eafily befallen to us by fucceffion, as not to fuffer it, through fupine ne-
gligence, untimely fpending, drunkenefs, companionrie, or debaucherie
whatfomever, to be dilapidat or bafely put away ; rather let us live ho-
neftly and foberly within our felves, as becomes good Chriftians, then
to caft away that we never wan.
" Let our fpending be conform to our yearly rent, without diminution
of the ftock or ground right, elfe we fhal incur the blame of debaucherie,
and fuftaine great reproach, with difreputation and lofs of thefe means
which we never acquyred.
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the fame truely and honeftly as it becometh men of worth ; alwayes
craveing Gods afiftance to direct them aright, that they wrong neither
themfelves, theire fucceffors, nor theire forbeers verteus, bot rather by
theire own deeds to illuftrat the fame ; eflhewing all intemperance or
fleuth which may difcredit them. It being more commendable by
honeft means to better our fortune left unto us by inheritance, then to
diflipate the famine unworthily under falfe and unneceffary pretexts of
liberalitie and fuch lyke. Bot if, by civil diforders or incident cala-
mities, we be made unable to improve the fame, yet let us doe the
lyklieft, ftriveing alwayes to preferve the ftock from all ingadgements,
that juftly it be not alledged, we are degenerated from our forbeeres
vertues.
" Its eafie and facile to fpend, confume, and put away our patrimonie,
bot to mantaine a good name, and live honourably as it becometh no-
blemen, is a more difficile tafk ; expetendae Junt opes ut dignis largia-
mur, fayes the ancient. In all our doeings, difcretion is to be obferved,
otherwayes nothing can be done aright. We fee the fouldier undergoes
many hazards to provyde for himfelfe and his pofteritie ; the advocat,
the phyfician, the theologue, does the like, ever affecting preheminence,
with means and riches to intertaine the fame ; mould we not then at
leaft be alfe careful as they are, to mantaine our eftate and condition, fo
eafily befallen to us by fucceffion, as not to fuffer it, through fupine ne-
gligence, untimely fpending, drunkenefs, companionrie, or debaucherie
whatfomever, to be dilapidat or bafely put away ; rather let us live ho-
neftly and foberly within our felves, as becomes good Chriftians, then
to caft away that we never wan.
" Let our fpending be conform to our yearly rent, without diminution
of the ftock or ground right, elfe we fhal incur the blame of debaucherie,
and fuftaine great reproach, with difreputation and lofs of thefe means
which we never acquyred.
T
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| Description | Edinburgh: Printed by A. Balfour and Co., 1831. Contains a reproduction of the title-page of the 1681 edition. Appendix: no. 1. Historie of the familie of Perth by William Drummond of Hawthornden ... no. 2. Notes on Lord Strathallan's genealogie of the house of Drummond. |
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| Shelfmark | A.114.a.7 |
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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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