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THE HISTORIE OF SCOTLAND.
The familie
of the stu-
ardis and
kingis hous,
first bred of
But.
The He of
Rosneth.
Cuwbra the
less & the
mair.
Sanda.
Yla.
Y Colmkil.
first sprang, as we haue of ane aide traditione, the
* clan/z of the kingis hous, to wit, the style of the
Stuardes, and familie. This lykwyse is tho1 to be named
Rothesai, and that name to haue takne, frame him, quha
first brocht the Scottis mezz out of Irland to that He, 5
named Rothesus. howeuir the mater be, vppirmer, in
the sam ferrie, ozz the coste of the Lennose, is f another
no4 vnlyke to this in forme, gretnes, and welthines, je
and thair names amaist comzzzoune, for it is cozzzmounlie
called Rosneth : bot quhither it sulde be rekned amang 10
the lies called Hebrides I doubte.
Because we make haste, I wil nocht make mekle
talkezzg of the les lies, albeit thay haue decore, and ar
outsett in touris and litle tounes. Of thir sorte ar twa
no4 far frame Bute, of quhilkes the ane is called gret 15
Cumbra, and the vthir lytle Cumbra: another is beyond
the heich hill, quhilke thay cal the mule of Caintyre,
quhair a Rede for schipis is verie sure, the name thairof
Sanda. Agane another is beyond the sam hill, skairce 4
myles frome the coste of Irland, vi. myles lang or thair 20
about, quhair is a porte mekle zvzzzzmezzdet called 157Rachra.
farther frome this as ?e sail toward the North, sal je find
mony no4 far frome vthir seperat, bot different in names :
of quhilkes the maist nominat amang thame is this, }
situat foranent Loquhaber, quhais name is yla, xxx. 25
myles lang or thair about, a fair feild and plane, fertil and
in mettelis abundant. § Besyd Aona the He cozzzmonnlie
called 158ycolmkil, that is the || Kirke of S. Colme, called
* L. “ Unde regia Stuardorum familia oriunda primum esse tra-
ditur”—whence the royal family of Stuard is said to have first
sprung.
t L. also speaks of the island of Rosneath.
+ L. adds, “ Ultra Chersonesum novantium”—beyond the penin¬
sula of the No van 133. The Mull of Galloway is usually so named;
but here it seems to mean the peninsula of Can tyre.
§ L. “Juxta”—near by is Iona.
|| L. “Iona insula Ycolmkil vulgo, idest. S. Columbse, Ecclesia