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Show The Epistle. jc with thelofle ofthreeor fotite daies to-tranflate Heflor ont'of oSeeia verielike vnto ours.) thanwith more ex4 nénfeéoftimeto deuile a new,orfollow the Latine copie, which.is, armore large and copious. How excellentlie ifyou confider the art,Boetivs hath penned it, and the reft of his hiftorie in Lauine, theskilfull are not ignorant :buthow profitablieand compendioullitohn Bellenden archdeacon of Murtey his interpretor hath turned hin from the Latineinto the Scotifh toong,there are verie few Englifhmen that know;bicaufe we want the books.' Whereforefith thelearned read. him.n his owneftile, andhis countrimen in theirnaturall languagsswiy fhouldnot we borow his defcription,and read the famein nglifhlikewife,fith the ae ledge therof may redound tothe greatbenefit offomanie as rea or heare the fame? Accept therefore(right worfhipfull) -s; fimpleoffer, and although aflure my felfe,your naturall ine ee tion to be fuch;'as that it will take nothing in ill part thatis we | meant toward you,how rudelic foeuerit be handled in the ine yet I willnot'let to craue pardon for my prefumpton, inthat date be fo bold as to offer fuchatrifleto you,whom more weigh- "tie affaires déodailié call from things ‘offo {mall importance, << Almightie God keepe your worfhip from timeto mein ~o0 © his fearé,and blefle youand my good ladie your wife ‘with fuch increafé ofhis benefits, as may ) moft redound to his glorie, & your owna uantage. © ~ ie The contents ofthe chapters conteined in this booke. PemexF the bounds ofAlbion, with the fundrie commodities thereof, and of i i i the great infirmities that fall vnto the people therefortheir intemperan- (ASA cie : and finallie ofthe religion vfed there in old time. 2 The defcription of the eaft, welt , and middleborders ofScotland, with the moft notable townesand flouds thereof, 3 The defcription ofGallowaie, Kile, Carricke, and Cunningham,with the notable townes,lakes,and rivers in the fame, 4 Thefituation ofRenfrew,Cliddefdale,Lennox,Lowmund, Argile, Loughqutaber,Lorne and Kentire,withall the notable things conteined inthe fame. 5 OfRofle,Stranauerne, and Murrey land,with fuchlakes and-riuersas areto bee touched there. 6 OfBoene,Anze,Buquhane,Mar, Mernes,Fife & Angus,withthe lakes,flouds, abbeis,townes,and other notable commodities thereto be feene and found, 7 OfLouthian,Striuelin,Menteith,Calidon wood, Bowgewall, Gareoth, with the notable cities, caftels:and flouds thereof. 8 Ofthe great plentic ofiarés,harts, arid other wild beafts in Scotland, alofthe ftrange nature offundrie Scorithdogs,and ofthe nature of falmon. ys 9 Offundrie kinds ofmuskles and cocklesin Scotland, and pearles gotteninthe fame, Of yncouth and ftrangefifh there tobe feene, and ofthe natureof the herbe Citifus, commonlie called Hadder. 10 Ofthe les of Scotland,and fuch notable thingsas‘areto be found in them. 11 Of thenature oftheir Claike geefe, and diuerfe'maneroftheir procreation, and ofthe Ile ofThule, 12 The defcription ofOrkeney,and Shetland,with otherfundrie {mallIles, and of the maners and conditions ofthe people dwelling in the fame. 13 Ofthe maners ofthe Scotsin thefe daies,and their comparifon with the behauiour ofthe old and fuchas liued long fince withinthis land. 14 The defcription of an ancient Pict, and fuch as dwelled beyond thewall of Hadrian. 15 Ofbithoprikes,vniuerfities,and counties in Scotland, |
