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THE HISTORIE AND DESCENT OF THE
verie lo ebb, being deserted by the nobilitie, till by the vallour
of Williame Wallace it was set againe vpon the feet & after his
death, established by Robert Bruce, who having outwrestled
many sad calamities, did (after) succesfully sway the scepter, &
liveing David his successor who being crownd about the eight
yeare of his age, & quicklie after sent to Ffrance for his better
saftie, & after his returne made king Edward’s prisoner : Ro*
Stuart after many changes and sad misfortounes had the manage¬
ment of alfaires in his absence, being the persone vpon qm the ry*
of succession was established by king Robert Bruce.
Sr Adame succeided, who having been bred a long time in his
fayres auld age w1 the management and weight of all his affaires
both private & more publick, in these rougher times, found the
less difficultie, to applye himself by a more easie method to
mantaine the lott & fortoune left by his predecessor now in
his owne hand, the wch haveing considerable enlarged by addition
yrto of the state of Pokellie, haveing maried in his younger yeares
Jonet Mure heretrix yrof, the grand child of Ronald More, pro-
vyded yrto by Sr Gilchrist after the battell of Lairges, he proved
a man both worthie and fortunat, & by the meane forsd. having
made vp againe his estate enteir & bettered the condition of
his house, was also happie in his succession, his eldest sone
being lykwise Sr Adame, and Elizabeth, made choyce of (for
her excellent buetie and rare vertues) by king Robert to be
queen of Scotland, being the onlie daughter of y* manage
extant vpon record.
Notw^tanding of q* is sd. some take occasion to questione the
familie qch afforded her, being to this day as wncertaine, because
not particullarized by most of the late wryters of our historic, not
observing the straine of these times, qrin neyr Bishope Leslie,
Johne Mure, nor George Buchanan (who wrote all but lathe) did
designe at all any persone, beneth the quallitie of the peirs of
the land, otherwise then by yr proper names w^ut the adjec-
tion of yr titles of dignitie as they wer conferred, notw^tand® qrof
it is cleare to our owne countriemen (strangers not being con¬
cerned in the knowledge yrof) q1 the families are & who the