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THE HISTORIE OF SCOTLAND.
the mowstru-
ous stane.
Strath-
munde.
ordour maist decent weil disponed, excepte the destruc-
tione of religious places. Is nocht117 honest, that euerie
craft (of quhilkes thair is na smal number) occupie his
awne gait asyd ? A notable brig it hes by the rest with
ws. Nocht far frome thir walis was a noble clostre and 5
large of the Cartusianis, quhilke the heides of the toune,
Caluinists ouirthrew first of al in thir furie, first, I say,
afor ony vthir. Nathir was this prouince destitute of
monasteries baith of men and women, albeit nocht sa
welthie as at vthir tymes. *Thay farther conteine ro
within thair boundes twa Bischopries, Dunblane and
anothir quhilke in respecte of the rentis may esilie striue
with ony vthir in our boundes, to wit, Dunkeld. f Perth,
Stratherne ly weil manured, frome that water called the
water of Erne quhilke rims into Tai. 15
ffour myles of gait frome that place, quhair it rinis into
Tai, is said to be a stane nocht verie mekle bot (0/) sum
strange Virtue, that it can nocht be transported: for
| frome the place quhair it lyes, it may be mouet frome
this syd to that, or that to this be ony body, bot wl na 20
force or strenth out of that place may it be mouet, or
ony arte or craft of man, this is the commoune and con¬
tinual rumour and fame of & amang all. Strathmmzd,
also of aide §knawes Perth, abundeing baith in proffit-
able pasture, and in fertil cornes. Strathmuzzd mairouer 25
hes Athol to her nyTour, with plentiful pasture, weil
watired. The ground is fatt aneuch bot no1 ouer al
alyke for in sum places it is sa fertle, that gif it be
weil labourit albeit na seid be sawine, growes gude beir
vpe frilie; nochtwf/Astandeng in sum vthir places, gif 30 30
* It contains. (L.)
+ L. “ Fertilise, Strathernia, terra bene culta, subjacet, ab Emo
amne Taum influente nominata,”—to Perth belongs Strathearn—a
well-cultivated land, named from the river Earn, which falls into
the Tay.
JL. “in.” § L. “agnoscit”—belongs to Perth.
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