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INTRODUCTION.
ix
at med summer quhilk wes the euell summer that
all witellis war soden.
I resaueit this buke in the yeir of God ane thow-
sand six bonder tuenti four yeir at Youll.
James Neisbit with my hand.
Lord keep me now and ewermear for I am en
sinner. James Neisbit.
I resiueit this booke in the yeir of God a thou¬
sand sex hander fourti fyue yeirs at the trid day of
March. Johne Nesbeit.
I reseavit this booke the yeare of God 1645 the
elewent day of March.
Johne Neisbitt with my hand.
At the beginning of the volume, as now bound, there is
inserted a letter from James, Sergeant Nisbet, to Lady
Betty Boswell of Auchinleck, dated May 31, 1725 ; and
at the end of the volume is inserted a copy of ‘ A
True Relation of the Life and Sufferings of John Nisbet
in Hardhill. His Last Testimony to the Truth, with a
short Account of his last Words on the Scaffold, December
4th, 1685. The Second Edition Corrected and Amended.
Edinburgh, Printed by Robert Brown in Forrester’s Wynd,
1719.’ This quarto tract of twenty-four pages is followed
by the copy for the printers of the first edition, with
title, ‘ A trew relation of the Life and Sufferings of
John Nisbet in Hardhill. His last testimony to the
truth, with a short account of his last words on the
Scaffold, Decr- 4, 1685. Never hitherto published.’ On
folio 2 r. is a cancelled title, 1 A short but true account of
ix
at med summer quhilk wes the euell summer that
all witellis war soden.
I resaueit this buke in the yeir of God ane thow-
sand six bonder tuenti four yeir at Youll.
James Neisbit with my hand.
Lord keep me now and ewermear for I am en
sinner. James Neisbit.
I resiueit this booke in the yeir of God a thou¬
sand sex hander fourti fyue yeirs at the trid day of
March. Johne Nesbeit.
I reseavit this booke the yeare of God 1645 the
elewent day of March.
Johne Neisbitt with my hand.
At the beginning of the volume, as now bound, there is
inserted a letter from James, Sergeant Nisbet, to Lady
Betty Boswell of Auchinleck, dated May 31, 1725 ; and
at the end of the volume is inserted a copy of ‘ A
True Relation of the Life and Sufferings of John Nisbet
in Hardhill. His Last Testimony to the Truth, with a
short Account of his last Words on the Scaffold, December
4th, 1685. The Second Edition Corrected and Amended.
Edinburgh, Printed by Robert Brown in Forrester’s Wynd,
1719.’ This quarto tract of twenty-four pages is followed
by the copy for the printers of the first edition, with
title, ‘ A trew relation of the Life and Sufferings of
John Nisbet in Hardhill. His last testimony to the
truth, with a short account of his last words on the
Scaffold, Decr- 4, 1685. Never hitherto published.’ On
folio 2 r. is a cancelled title, 1 A short but true account of
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| Description | Volume 1. Introduction, Prologe, Matthewe-Luke. |
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| Description | Being Purvey's revision of Wycliffe's version turned into Scots by Murdoch Nisbet, c. 1520. Edited from the unique MS. in the possession of Lord Amherst of Hackney by Thomas Graves Law. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood, 1901-1905. Contents: Volume 1. Introduction, Prologe, Matthewe-Luke -- Volume 2. John-Hebrues -- Volume 3. Actes-Apocalipsis, Epistles of the Ald Testament. |
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