JOHN GILMOUR, I.P.D.

Remits the supplicant to the private examinators to take tryall of his qualifications and to report.

ROBERT SINCLAIR.

27 January 1668.  The private examinators having taken tryall of the supplicants qualifications of the Civill law finds him sufficiently qualified theirin and remits him to his further tryall.

ROBERT DICKSON, GEOR.  NICOLSONE. 
PAT.  HOOME, RODER.  MACKEINZIE. 
JAMES DAES.

Edemborough, 28 January 1668.  Assignes to the supplicant for the subiect of his publick examination.  Tit.  D. de collatione bonorum.

ROBERT SINCLAIR.

Edemborough, 15 February 1668.  The body of Advocats being met and having heard the supplicant sustain his tryal before them upon the befor-assigned title, did unanimously approve him theirin and recommend him for his lesson to the Lords favour.

GEORGE MACKENZIE, in absence of D. of F.

22 February 1668.  The Lords having considered the Report above written assignes to the petitioner the day of June nixt (which indeed was the 5h) to finish his tryall in order to the office of a ordinire advocate, and recommends the petitioner to the Dean of faculty for to have ane Law assigned to him to that effect.

JOHN GILMOUR, I.P.D.

Edemborough, 1668.  Assignes to the supplicant for the subject of his publick lesson. l. diffamari C. de Ingenuis Manumissis.

ROBERT SINCLAIRE.

I was admitted advocat on the 5 of June 1668.

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    [493] A page scored out.

In August 1668 I went home with my sister for Glasco.  Went by the White house, the Coudbridge, Corstorphin, held up to the right hand, saw Gogar on the left, Ingleston, Boghall, Norvells house.  Came to Kirkliston, 6 miles from Edemburgh.  Neir it on this syde of the Water is Carlaury; a mile furder is the Castle of Nidry; both it and Kirkliston toune belongs to my Lord Vinton, and Newliston on the left hand[494] then came to Lithcow, Limnuchum[495] 12 miles from Edenburgh.  Baited at on Chrightones forgainst the Palace, which hes bein werie magnificent, is now for the most part ruinous.  Under it stands the Loch, in the midle wheirof is a litle island with tries.  In the midst of the court is a most artificiall font of most excellent water.  Their is ane in the toune:  their ... [496] wes neir the palace.  They are a building a tolbuith all of aislaer work.

    [494] On margin [Vinsbrugh, Duntarvy, Wrae, Monteith],

    [495] Limnuchum, the Latin name.  Arthur Johnston, in his Carmen de
        Limnucho, quoted at length by Sir Robert Sibbald, ’Nobile
        Limnuchum est Patio de marmore templum,’ etc.-Treatises,
        Linlithgow, p. 16.

    [496] About two words obliterated.