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POLICHUONICON SEU
soume of mony might do more good to the widow of Strachin
than John Gight’s blood, who by a deserved, sentence and
confession was as good as executed allrady; and this might
prevent much ill among these two clanns for the future. At
last the good Tutor was prevailed with by Athol and Argile;
others, such as the Earl of Murray and Marr, had gained much
ground upon him; in end John Gordon of Gight is but
reprived, and still at the Kings mercy, and five thousand
marks to be advanced to the Tutor of Lovat to be given to the
widow, Isabell Forbes, and Gight to remain in prison untill
the monny was delivered and reckoned in specie, which the
Marques of Huntly got done the 4 day. Thus the Gordones
were somequhat tamed, and the Tutor of Lovat in very great
esteeme.
The King and nobles tooke some care to reconcile the
Marques and the Tutor; Lovats interest, indeed, requeired a
man of such a spirit as the Tutor was, for he lived amongst
his enemies, the Highland clans on each sid of him, and he a
stranger casten there, ut rosa inte?' spinas, as a rose among
thorns. So the poet of old gave it in this distich:—
Natus Hyperboreas inter Fraserim heros:
E spinis docuit mrgere posse rosam.
The Tutor of Lovat, takeing leave of the King, told his
Majesty before the nobles that he was a poor subject who now
represents a noble, ancient famely, which now upwards of 400
yeares were loyall, true subjects, and faithfull in their trusts ever
to the Crown and royall familie, non of them ever stained with
any base, disloyall act, even in the loosest and most rebellious
times; still suffering for the King, and, if his Majesty had any
service at the time for Frasers, they would spend their fortunes
and lives in his concerns; which he presumed, as he was
oblidged to show his Majesty in presence of his peers. The
Kings Majesty was pleased to thank the Tutor, and said.
Moreover, I wish that I might say and heare the like of every
clan and. great famely within my dominions; were it so, I
would have more peace than I have, and my subjects farr more
happy than they are; and pray have a speciall care of Simon,
the young Lord Lovat, whom I wish well; he is great and
POLICHUONICON SEU
soume of mony might do more good to the widow of Strachin
than John Gight’s blood, who by a deserved, sentence and
confession was as good as executed allrady; and this might
prevent much ill among these two clanns for the future. At
last the good Tutor was prevailed with by Athol and Argile;
others, such as the Earl of Murray and Marr, had gained much
ground upon him; in end John Gordon of Gight is but
reprived, and still at the Kings mercy, and five thousand
marks to be advanced to the Tutor of Lovat to be given to the
widow, Isabell Forbes, and Gight to remain in prison untill
the monny was delivered and reckoned in specie, which the
Marques of Huntly got done the 4 day. Thus the Gordones
were somequhat tamed, and the Tutor of Lovat in very great
esteeme.
The King and nobles tooke some care to reconcile the
Marques and the Tutor; Lovats interest, indeed, requeired a
man of such a spirit as the Tutor was, for he lived amongst
his enemies, the Highland clans on each sid of him, and he a
stranger casten there, ut rosa inte?' spinas, as a rose among
thorns. So the poet of old gave it in this distich:—
Natus Hyperboreas inter Fraserim heros:
E spinis docuit mrgere posse rosam.
The Tutor of Lovat, takeing leave of the King, told his
Majesty before the nobles that he was a poor subject who now
represents a noble, ancient famely, which now upwards of 400
yeares were loyall, true subjects, and faithfull in their trusts ever
to the Crown and royall familie, non of them ever stained with
any base, disloyall act, even in the loosest and most rebellious
times; still suffering for the King, and, if his Majesty had any
service at the time for Frasers, they would spend their fortunes
and lives in his concerns; which he presumed, as he was
oblidged to show his Majesty in presence of his peers. The
Kings Majesty was pleased to thank the Tutor, and said.
Moreover, I wish that I might say and heare the like of every
clan and. great famely within my dominions; were it so, I
would have more peace than I have, and my subjects farr more
happy than they are; and pray have a speciall care of Simon,
the young Lord Lovat, whom I wish well; he is great and
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| Description | The Wardlaw manuscript entitled 'Polichronicon seu Policratica temporum, or, the true genealogy of the Frasers', 916-1674 / by James Fraser ; edited from the original manuscript with notes and introduction, by William Mackay. |
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