An account of the Scotish atlas, or, The description of Scotland ancient & modern by His Sacred Majestie's special command to be published presently by Sir Robert Sibbald D.M. His Majestie's physician in ordinary, and geographer for his ancient kingdom of Scotland.

An account of the Scotish atlas, or, The description of Scotland ancient & modern by His Sacred Majestie's special command to be published presently by Sir Robert Sibbald D.M. His Majestie's physician in ordinary, and geographer for his ancient kingdom of Scotland.

Table of contents

Title page

Mark ALEXANDER BOYDS Verſes in commendation of Scotland tranſlated out of Latine by J. B.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORK Deſigned, OR THE SCOTISH ATLAS To be Publiſhed.

THE SECOND PART OF The SCOTIA Moderna.

Printed Books and Manuſcripts not yet come to my hand, which I entreat may be ſent to me: and after I have made uſe of them for the Work, they ſhall be reſtored.

Relations given in for the WORK.

The PROPOSALS FOR The PRINTING the SCOTISH ATLAS.

The forme of the ſubſcription for the Copies.

APPENDIX To the former Account of the SCOTISH ATLAS.

§

[Page]

AN ACCOUNT OF THE SCOTISH ATLAS, OR THE DESCRIPTION OF SCOTLAND ANCIENT & MODERN, BY His Sacred MAJESTIE'S ſpecial Command To be publiſhed preſently, BY Sir ROBERT SIBBALD D. M. His MAJESTIE'S Phyſician in Ordinary, and Geographer for His Ancient Kingdom of SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH, Printed by DAVID LINDSAY, Mr. JAMES KNIBLO, JOSUA van SOLINGEN and JOHN COLMAR. M.DC.LXXXIII.

Mark ALEXANDER BOYDS Verſes in commendation of Scotland tranſlated out of Latine by J. B.

[Page]

A Noble place near the Pole Artick lies,

Which on each ſide the Sea with Waters plies.

Yet is it not ſore pinch'd with Winter-Froſt,

Nor do the Sun's hot fiery Beams it roſt.

To which both Name and Honour Scota brings

A Noble Branch of the Egyptian Kings.

Their Granaries ſhe fill'd with ſtore of Corn;

Laws and Religion ſtabliſh'd, them t'adorn.

Their Vales with Corns, Paſtures with Flocks abound;

Store of rich Metals in their Mines are found.

Nor doth this Plenty make them idle ſit:

Artificers they have of skill and wit.

Though gentle-natur'd, ſoon they fly to Arms;

Not more devout, than cauſing hot Alarms.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORK Deſigned, OR THE SCOTISH ATLAS To be Publiſhed.

[Page]

AMongſt the many Sciences, which perfite and adorn the mind of man, Geography is worthy of all praiſe: becauſe it both affordeth matter of much delight, and likewiſe is of much uſe for the life of man. This World being a Theater, whereupon each act their Part, and by the ſeveral Perſonages, which they repreſent, very much demonſtrate the marvellous Wiſdom, Power and Goodneſs of GOD, who hath contrived all for the perfection of the Univerſe his great Work, and by his never erring Providence bringeth all about to the accompliſhment of his good will and pleaſure: Man, who is the leſſer World and Abridgement of the Greater, cannot but find the advantages of Geography, by which we ſee all the parts of this great Machine, even which are moſt remote from us, and look upon theſe who are abſent, as if they were preſent with us. What delight muſt it give us, when we learn by it the Situation of Countreys, Towns and Rivers, as well as if we had viewed them with our eyes! It is certain that moſt of men have a great deſire to travell, and it is certainly an inexcuſable fault to be ignorant of what concerneth our own Countrey: Yet many, becauſe of their poverty or want of health, are deprived of theſe Advantages. And therefore we are much beholden to Geography, by which all the face of the World is expoſed to us, and we can even ſitting at home view the whole Earth and Seas, and much ſooner paſs through them in our ſtudies, than Travellers can do by their Voyages; and ſo may, without the hazard of being infected by the vices of Forreiners, improve our minds and reap all other Advantages from them. Not to mention here, how the Policy of each place, the ſtudies of Theology, of Natural Philoſophy, Hiſtory and ſeveral Arts may be improved by this knowledge. I ſhall only inſtance in Merchandiſing, Navigation and the Pactice of Medicine.

And for Merchandiſing, (which with Navigation is the great ſupport of corporations) it can hardly be entertained without the knowledge of the Countreys and their Products, of the nature and manners of the Inhabitants and Rodes that lead to them, which the Maps and deſcriptions joyned to them inform us of; and by the Maps the Mariners come to know the ſituation of the Countreys they intend for, the Rout they are to follow and the Dangers they are to be aware of.

As for the Practice of Medicine, Hippocrates hath abundantly proven, that a Phyſician, who would practiſe aright, muſt firſt know the place.Lib. de Aëre, Aquis & Locis.

Now conſidering theſe great uſes of Geographical Deſcriptions, many complained that there was ſo little done, as to the Deſcription of our Countrey: For the Theater of Scotland publiſhed by Bleau, for all its Bulk (except it be the Deſcription of ſome few ſhires by the learned Gordon of Straloch, and ſome ſheets of his of the Scotia [Page] Antiqua) containeth little more than what Buchanan wrote, and ſome few Scrapes out of Cambden, who is no friend to us in what he writeth. And in reſpect that there are many Iſlands around this Ancient Kingdom of Scotland; and many impetuous and contrary Currents and Tides, and in ſeveral places the Coaſt is full of Rocks, or Banks of ſand, which ought to be exactly deſcribed for the ſecurity of Trade. And becauſe the face of the Country, by the peace and quiet we enjoy under his Majeſtie's happy Government, is quite changed from what it was of old; and now for Stately Buildings, Parks, fertile Fields, we begin to contend with the happieſt of our Neighbours: therefore a new and full deſcription was much deſired by all ingenious perſons.

For theſe conſiderations His Sacred Majesty, the Father of his Countrey, and gracious and wiſe proviſor of all that may be for the profite and honour of it, hath commanded and ordained, by His Letters patent under the Seal, Sir Robert Sibbald one of His Phiſicians in ordinary and His Geographer for His Ancient Kingdom of Scotland, to publiſh an exact deſcription of Scotland Ancient and Modern, with the Maps. And, that the Maps may be exact and juſt, the Lords of His Majeſties Privy Council in Scotland gave Commiſſion to John Adair Mathematician and skilfull Mechanick, to ſurvey the Shires. And the ſaid John Adair, by taking the diſtances of the ſeveral Angles from the adjacent Hills, hath deſigned moſt exact Maps, and hath lately made an Hydrographical Map of the River of Forth Geometrically ſurveyed, Wherein, after a new and exact way, are ſet down all the Iſles, blind Rocks, Shelves and Sands, with an exact Draught of the Coaſts, with all its Bayes, Head lands, Ports, Havens, Towns, and other things remarkeable; the Depths of the Watters through the whole Firth, with the Courſes from each Point, the proſpect and view of the remarkable Iſlands, Head-lands, and other conſiderable landmarks. And he is next to ſurvey the Shire of Perth, and to make two Maps thereof, one of the ſouth-ſide, and another of the North. He will likewiſe be ready to deſign the maps of the other Shires, that were not done before, providing he may have ſufficient allowance therefore. And, that theſe, who are concerned, may be the better perſwaded thereto, there is joyned with this Account the Map of Clackmanan-Shire taken off the Copper-Plate done for it, where may be ſeen not only the Towns, Hills, Rivers and Lochs; but alſo the different face of the grounds, which are Arable, and which Mooriſh: and by convenient Marks you may know the Houſes of the Nobility and Gentry, the Churches, Mills, woods and Parks &c,

In obedience to His Majeſties command, the ſaid Sir Robert Sibbald printed Queries for obtaining the Information that was neceſſary for the Deſcription of each Shire; and hath been at the pains to collect ſeveral Manuſcripts Ancient and Modern, which may illuſtrate the ſaid work; and hath recovered ſeveral Ancient Inſcriptions, which were never publiſhed before; and hath now made that advance in the work, that if the reſt of the Informations from the Shires be ſent in ſhortly, and theſe few Shires be deſigned, which are not yet done, this Deſcription in Engliſh (whereof this is the Account) may be very ſoon ready for the Preſs. For the further encouragement of theſe, who may be Subſcribers for the Copies, it is fit there be ſome Account of it given, which is as followeth.

The ſaid Atlas Scoticus or Deſcription of Scotland Ancient and Modern is to be in two Volumes; the one in Latin, the other in Engliſh.

The Atlas in Latine may contain about an hundred printed ſheets of large Lumbard-Paper, in the great Letter the Atlas is uſually done upon: & it will contain ſome ſeventy Maps, whereof there are upwards of twenty more than are in the Theatrum Scotiae done by J. Bleau; and of theſe ſeveral are exactly ſurveyed. In this Latine Copy the Scotia Antiqua will take up more than twenty ſheets of Print, and is done exactly from the Greek and Roman Authors, and the beſt Manuſcripts and Ancient Records. The contents of the ſeveral Books are ſet down in the Latin Account premiſed.

The Scotia Moderna likewiſe is done in Latin, according to the account given there, ſo it remains that there be ane account given of the Atlas in Engliſh, which is to be publiſhed firſt.

The Atlas of Scotland in Engliſh may contain eighty ſheets of printed large Lumbard paper, and about ſeventy Maps. It is divided into two parts, the General and the ſpecial part. The General part Containeth the general deſcription of [Page] Scotland, where there is a ſhort Deſcription of Britain and Ireland. Then Albanie or Ancient Scotland is briefly deſcribed, where the names and the reaſon of them are given; the condition of the Countrey from its firſt diſcoverie and Poſſeſſion till the coming in of the Romans; whence they came, where the firſt Inhabitants are ſhewed and the ſeveral Nations that frequented it then; and the cuſtomes, manners, Religion and Government of the State under that Period are made known. Then the condition of the Kingdom, while the Romans were here, how far they prevailed, what Monuments they left, the diviſion of the Countrie and Names of the People then, the condition of the Picts till their Overthrow, and the planting of the Chriſtian Religion in Scotland is manifeſted; The ſtate of Religion and Government from thence till Malcom Canmore, in whoſe time the Engliſh Tongue, and the Titles, Manners, Cuſtomes of Living, which is now, was introduced. There is an Account alſo of the Forreigners, that invaded us during this Period.

To Ancient Scotland belong theſe Maps.

Albion and Ireland, With the leſſer adjacent Iſlands.

The Map of the Britiſh Iſlles, done by Ortelius.

A New Table of Albania or the Moſt ancient Scotland.

Ancient Scotland, done by Robert Gordon of Straloch.

Then Scotland, as it is now, is deſcribed, where is ſhewed the Extent and the Bounds of it, the Latitude of it, the Figure of it, under what Climate and Parallels; the length of the longeſt Day there; the Diviſion of Scotland into three Peninſulae, the South one, the Middle one and the North one, The Rivers upon each ſide running far into the Countrey are ſeparated by a ſmall Tract of Land from meeting, elſe they would make three Iſlands of the continent of Scotland. It is alſo divided by the Mountains, and by the Qualitie of the Soil, and Nature of the Inhabitants and their different manner of life, into the High-Lands and Low-lands, and the Highlanders and Low-land-men. And by the ſeveral Juriſdictions it is divided into Shires, Stewartries, Baileries, Biſhopricks; which are ſhewed, with the Counties under them. Formerlie it was divided into two Kingdoms; that of the Scots, and that of the Picts, beſide the Roman Province.

The Iſlands about Scotland are ſhewed, and there is an Account given of the Nature and Quality of the Soil, and the natural products of it: viz. the grains, Potherbs and Fruits, and other uſefull Plants; The Animals; Four-footed Beaſts domeſtick and wild, the Fouls, the Fiſhes, the Inſects; The Metals and Minerals, the ſubſtances caſt up by the Sea, the Mineral Waters; The Advantages by the Sea for Trade and Fiſhing; The great Rivers Forth, Clide and Tay, with their Firths, of each of which there are particular Maps, with full Deſcriptions of them; The Lochs and the rare properties of ſome of them.

There is an Account of the Air of Scotland, where the Winds are treated of, and the Advantages and Diſadvantages the Countrey hath by them.

The Nature of the Countrey Hilly and and Mountainous; how theſe Hillsruns through the Countrey. Of the Woods and Forreſts, Heaths or Moors, and Moſſes.

An Account of the ancient Inhabitants, their Diet, Drink; their Exerciſe, Cloathing; their Arms, Diſcipline of War, their Valour, ſtrict Juſtice, Learning and Arts; their Trade, nature of their Government before the Kings; Their Ancient Religion; Of the Druides; Their Ancient Burials, and the Dignities in uſe amongſt them; The riſe of their Property.

The Hiſtory of the Alliance betwixt the Scots and the French begun in the time of Charlemaigne and Achaius, and continued to our times. The Advantages and Priviledges the Scots got in France, The eſtabliſhments of the Scots in other Countreys. The many Scots Families ſetled abroad.

The Nature and Qualities of the preſent Inhabitants. Their Diet, Exerciſes, Recreations and Games. Their Apparel, their Language, their Humour. Of their Trade; the Commodities exported.

The Nobles, their ſeveral Degrees; the Names of them according to the Order of the Parliament-Rolls.

The Clergy; the ſeveral Orders of them. the Archbiſhops and the Biſhops their Dignity, their Chapters, their Juriſdiction; exent of their Dioceſes; their Courts.

The Gentry; the ſeverall Ranks of them, Whereof the Ancient order of the Thiſtle.

The Commons, and the ſeveral orders of them

[Page] The Royal Burroughs; the liſt of them, their Priviledges.

The Religion of Scotland under the ſeveral Periods.

Many of old famous for their Sanctity.

The Univerſities and Colledges of Scotland; their Conſtitution.

The Scots famous for all ſort of Learning and Arts, for ſeveral new Inventions. Many of the Nobility and Gentry educate abroad; many famous for their valour and Conduct; Many of them General Officers abroad.

A Liſt of the Biſhops and Archbiſhops of Sanct-Anrews ſince the time of the Picts,

An Account of ſixty of the Pictiſh Kings out of a Manuſcript.

An account of the Kings of Scotland.

The State of the Governement done by his Majeſtie's Advocate.

Of the King and His Prerogative; the Succeſſion to the Crown, Ancient Dominion. The Revenue of the King of Scotland. The Power of the King of Scotland.

Of the Officers of State. The Officers of the Crown.

Of the Courts of Scotland and the Conſtitution of them.

Of the High Court of Parliament: Where of the Electors, the Members, the Solemnity at the riding of the Parliament, the ranking of the Members. How they ſit in Parliament; the manner of Procedure in Parliament. Of the Lords of the Articles. What the Parliament cognoſceth.

The Convention of Eſtates; the Nature of it.

The Privy Council; the power of it.

The Seſſion: the number of the Lords and Clerks, their Habits.

The Outerhouſe, Inner-houſe Matters that come before them. The Law of Scotland. The time the Seſſion ſits.

The Juſtice-Court; the Conſtitution of it.

The Court of Exchequer; the Nature of it,

The Court of Admirality; the Priviledges of the High Admiral.

The High Conſtables Court; its Nature.

The Court of Regality; its conſtitution.

The Sherif-Court; the Conſtitution of it.

The Stewart's Court; the Nature of it.

The Baron's Court; the Nature of it.

The Commiſſary Court; the Nature of it.

The Lyon's Court; its Nature.

The Royal-Burroughs their Conſtitution.

The Burrough-Courts their conſtitution. Where of the Convention of Burroughs. its Nature.

Of the Burghs of Regality their Nature.

Of Burghs of Baronie their Nature.

Of the Juſtices of Peace their power.

The Forces, where of the Military Government.

Of the Mint, where of the Money of Scotland.

The Government of the Church. Where of the ſeveral Eccleſiaſtick courts; of their Nature. Of the Kirk Seſſion. The Preſbyteries, their Number; The Synods. The Higheſt court, the Convocation. The number of the Pariſhes in Scotland.

Of the Commiſſion for Teynds and Plantation of Churches.

Of the Commiſſion for the Fiſhery,

Theſe make up the firſt Part, viz. the General Deſcription of Scotland.

The Second part of the Scotia Moderna is the ſpecial, wherein the Shires and Counties, and the Iſlands are particularly deſcribed.

Scotland is divided into the Continent and the Iſles.

The Continent moſt conveniently is divided into three Penninſulae by the three Iſthmi or narrow Necks of Land.

The firſt is the South-part, which towards the South is divided from England by the River of Tweed, and, Where it faileth by a Line drawn from Solway-Firth; towards the North from the reſt of the continent by the Firth and River of Forth, and a ſhort Line from thence to Clide, by which and its Firth it is divided from the North-weſt-part of Scotland. Of this part there is a new Map, the Counties contained in this part (of all which there are Maps) are theſe.

Mers.

Lauderdale.

Weſt-Lothian.

Teviotdale.

Mid-Lothian.

Eaſt-Lothian

Twadale.

Lidſ-dale.

Euſ-dale and Esk-dale.

Adnandale.

Nideſ-dale.

All Galloway.

Sherifdome of Wigtoun.

The countrey betwixt the Water of Dee and Cree.

The Stewartrie of Kircudbright.

South part of Carrick.

North part of Carrick.

Kyle.

Cuninghame.

The upper ward of Clidſ-dale.

The Nether ward of Clids-dale.

Renfrew.

Sterling-Shire.

The Middle part of the continent hath, to the South, the Firth and River of Forth, and the Line betwixt it and the River and Firth of Clide; to the weſt and Eaſt, the Sea; and, towards the North, it is parted from the reſt of the continent of Scotland by the water and Loch of Lochty in Lochaber, and a line from the foreſaid Loch through a ſhort Neck of Land to the Riſe of the Loch and River of Neſs. You may ſee it in a new Map thereof. It containeth theſe following Counties and Shires whereof there are particular Maps.

All Fife.

The Weſt part of it.

The Eaſt part of it.

Angus.

The ſouth part of Perth-Shire, where are Strathearn, Bequhider, Strathallan and Menteith. The water of Earn is done in the Map of Tay, and with it there is a plan of the Roman camp at Airdoch.

The North-part of Perth-Shire, where are Braid-Albin, Athole the Rannoch, Glen-Lyon, the Over and Lower Gourie.

Calckmanan Shire.

Lennox.

The Sherifdome of Argyle, or Innerara, where are Knapdale, Kintyre.

Cewal, Lorn.

Knapdale.

Lorn.

Kintyre.

Aberdeen and Bamf-Shire.

Braid-Albin, Athol, Brae of Mar, Badenoch, Spey and Lochaber.

Lochaber.

Mernes.

Murray.

The Northern part of the Continent hath, to the South, the Water and Loch of Lochty, and a ſhort Line from thence to Loch-Neſs and the Water of Neſs; to the Weſt and Eaſt, it hath the Sea; and to the North, the Sea. It may be ſeen in the Map intituled Extima Scotiae Septentrionalis Ora, and containeth theſe Countreys, Roſs, Sutherland, Strathnavern, Caithneſs; that part of Lochaber on the North ſide of Lochty Water, and Loch Edir, Chilis and Aſſin. The Countreys, of which there are Maps, are theſe;

Roſs.

Sutherland.

Strathnavern.

Caithneſs.

And this is for the Continent of Scotland. The Iſles are divided into the Weſt Iſles, the North-Iſles and the Iſles lying to the Eaſt.

The Iſlands lying to the Eaſt are theſe, which ly in the Firth of Forth, and may be ſeen in the Map of Forth and are deſcribed with it.

The Weſt-Iſles are theſe called Hebrides and Aebudae, and of them there are theſe following Maps.

Aebudae, or the West-Iſles.

Aran.

[Page] Boot.

Lews and Harris.

Lews, Harris and SKY in a Map together.

Ila.

Jura.

Viste.

Mulla.

The leſſer Iſlands Rumm, Canna, Egg, Muck.

The North-Iſlands, as theſe of Orckney and Schetland; and the Maps of them are theſe.

A Map of Orkney and Schetland.

A new Map of Orkney, with the Roads and Harbours.

A moſt exact new Map of Orkney, with the Forelands, Rocks and dangerous places marked, done Mr. by James Wallace Miniſter of Kirckwall in Orkney.

A new Map of Schetland.

Beſides theſe there is a Hydrographic Map of the Sea-Coaſt from the Iſland of Cocket to Orkney.

THE SECOND PART OF The SCOTIA Moderna.

IN this ſecond Part, which containeth the Deſcriptions of each Shire and the Countries in it, and of the Iſlands, There is alſo an Account given of the names, ſituation, bounds of each Countrey; the nature of the Countrey, and theſe Products Nature hath formed in it are ſhewed. The Forreſts, Woods, Parks; the Springs, Rivers, Lochs, with their various Properties. What Mountains, Valleys, Caves moſt remarbable, that it may be known what in every place abounds and may be communicate to other Countreys; and what is wanting, that it may be carried in to them in order to Trade. The Plants, Animals, Metals, Subſtances caſt up by the Sea.

As to Rivers, the Riſe of them and their Emboucheurs are ſhewed, and in the adjacent Sea the Roads, Bays, Ports and Harbours are deſcribed; the Roks and Sholes on the Coaſt, and the time of the Moon that cauſeth High Water is marked.

The Ancient Monuments, Forts and Camps, Inſcriptions, graved and figured Stones; the Singularites of Nature or Arte, that are there, or have been found there.

The great Battels that have been there fought, and the memorable Actions or Accidents there.

The Towns of Note in each Shire, eſpecially Burroughs Royal; their Magiſtracy, the Trade of the Town. Their publick Buildings, their Iuriſdiction, their Hoſpitals and Work-houſes. The Market-Towns in each Shire.

The Monaſteries, Cathedral Churches, Ancient Churches, Colledges and Publick Schools.

The Manners and Cuſtomes of the Inhabitants in each Shire, their Manufactures.

The Government of each Shire and Countrey; in what Dioceſe it is; who is Sherif, Stewart or Bailie there. Who commands the Militia there. The Caſtles, Forts, Woods, Forreſts, Parks belonging to his Majesty there. What places give Title to Noblemen there; and the Seats of the Noblemen and moſt conſiderable Gentrey.

There is ane Account likewiſe of the Temperature of each Countrey, the Ancient Inhabitants of it.

And, for illuſtration of the Work, the Dignities and Priviledges of ſeveral Noble Families, and the Riſe and Branches of them are ſhewed.

The Conſtitution of the Royal Burghs, their Priviledges, and their Longitude and Latitude is ſhewed.

[Page] The Conſtitution of the Univerſities, their Priviledges, their Foundations, Bibliothecs and rare Inſtruments are recorded. And whatſoever of theſe occurreth in the Iſlands is ſhewed in the Deſcription of them.

Printed Books and Manuſcripts not yet come to my hand, which I entreat may be ſent to me: and after I have made uſe of them for the Work, they ſhall be reſtored.

1. The Navigation of King Iames the fifth around his Kingdom, with the Maps; whatever Language it be in, and Whether Manuſcript or Printed.

2. Cornelius Hibernicus.

3. Veremundus.

4. Joannes à Campo bello, or Cambell.

5. Turgot.

6. Liber Sconae.

7. Liber Paſletenſis.

8. Liber Pluſcartenſis.

9. William Elphinhſtoun Biſhop of Aberdeen his Treatiſe of the Scotiſh Antiquities.

10. The History of Scotland done by Dempſter and mentioned in his Apparatus ad Hiſtoriam Scoticam.

11. Anderſonus de Sanctis Scotis.

12. The Hiſtory of the family of the Gordons.

13. The Government of Scotland, written by Straloch.

14. Remarques, done by one who travelled through most of the Weſt-Iſles.

15. The new Map of Shetland, with the exact Deſcription thereof.

And what elſe in Manuſcript or Print may be for the further advancement and embelliſhment of the Work, is humbly deſired; And there ſhall be an honourable acknowledgment of theſe perſons, who tranſmit the Manuſcripts or Printed Books with aſſurance that they ſhall be returned to them again. The Work being a publick Work and ſo much for the honour of the Nation, it is hoped, that all ingenious perſons will contribute the neceſſary Information in Anſwer to the General Queries conjoined with the Propoſal and there ſhall be a due commendation of them ſet down in the Work.

It is earneſtly deſired, that the Informations anent the ſeveral Countreys, Towns and Univerſities may be ſent to the Author betwixt and Martimaſs enſuing: for that it is reſolved (if ſo be there be a ſufficient number of Subſcribers to encourage the Work) they ſhall begin God willing, to print the Atlas of Scotland in Engliſh once in January next 1684.

Relations given in for the WORK.

1. ANe Account of the Governement and the Laws, done by Sir George Mackenzie his Majeſties Advocate

2. Ane account of Rona and Hirta by the Lord Regiſter, Sir George Mackenzie of Tarbat.

3. Obſervations by the ſame Noble Perſon.

4. Account of the Metals and Minerals in Scotland by Collonel Borthwick.

5. The Honours and Priviledges of the High Conſtable of Scotland.

6. Anſwers to the General Queries concerning Caithneſs, given by Mr. William Dundaſs of Weſter Kincavile Advocate.

7. Some Account of Sutherland, and of the Family of Suther land given in by Mr. Douglas.

8. A Relation of the moſt conſiderable things obſervable in Orknay by Mr. Mathew Mackaile, who ſtayed ſeveral years there.

9. Ane account of the Current of the Tydes there by the ſame.

10. Obſervations of ſeveral remarkable things in Caithneſs by the ſame.

11. Memorandum of the Minerals in Scotland, containing the places where they are found by Collonel Borthwick.

12. Ane deſcription of Shetland, and of the fiſhing there made upon the place.

13. Ane account of the Burgh Royal of Hadingtoun from the Magiſtrates thereof.

14. Ane account of the Miraculous cure of mad people, at Saint Mackaſſac well in Stratherne, Extracted from the Tryal the Presbitery of Sterling made thereanent.

15. A deſcription of the North Eaſt part of Aberdeen Shire, by the Right Honourable the preſent Counteſs of Erroll.

16. Ane account of the Leakies in the River of Forth by the Reverend Mr. Wright Miniſter at Alloway.

The PROPOSALS FOR The PRINTING the SCOTISH ATLAS.

[Page]

WHereas DAVID LINDSAY is to undertake the printing of this Deſcription of Scotland, Ancient and Moderne, in the Engliſh and Latine Languages and is with all poſſible diligence to proceed thereto.

And for many conſiderations is to make uſe of the Paper the Acts of Parliament were lately printed on, for the Deſcription, the Lumbard paper amounting to a Greater expence then moſt of the Curious, will be at the charge of The ſaid DAVID LINDSAY, will find ſufficient Security to deliver to the Subſcribers for the Engliſh Copy (which will conſiſt of upwards of one hundred ſheets, Folio, in a greater letter then that the Acts of Parliament are done upon) one Copy in ſheets againſt the middle of January 1685. Which is to contain the Deſcription without the Mapps, each Subſcriber paying for the ſaid Copy twenty Shillings Sterling, whereof ten is to be advanced preſently, and the other ten to be payed at the delivery of the ſaid Copy in Engliſh.

And he likewiſe will find ſufficient Security at the ſame time of January 1685. to deliver 69 Mapps General and particular of Scotland to each Subſcriber who ſhall pay twenty five Shillings Sterling more, whereof twelve ſhillings and ſix pence is to be advanced at the ſubſcribing; and the other half at the delivery of the ſaid Book of Mapps, which is to be in the Ordinary Lumbard paper, without Deſcriptions.

He likewiſe will find ſufficient ſecurity to deliver againſt the middle of January 1686. a Copy of the Scotiſh ATLAS in Latine, (which will contain the Scotia Antiqua and Moderna in upwards of ſix ſcore of ſheets, and is without Mapps, Folio, in the Paper the Acts of Parliament were lately done upon, but a greater letter) to each Subſcriber therefor, who ſhall pay twenty five Shillings Sterling, whereof twelve ſhillings and ſix pence is to be advanced at the ſubſcribing, and the other half at the delivery of the Book.

And he will find ſecurity to deliver againſt the ſame terme of January 1686 a Copy of the 69 Mapps (Lumbard paper as before) to each Subſcriber, who ſhall pay twenty five Shillings Sterling, whereof twelve ſhillings and ſix pence at the ſubſcribing, and the other Moyetie at the delivery of the Book, that is to be without Deſcriptions.

Theſe Volumes will be dearer to theſe who ſubſcribe not: and the Subſcribers will be firſt furniſhed with the Books, they calling timely for them.

And becauſe that this work will be very coſtly to the ſaid DAVID LINDSAY (There being many Mapps to be graven new, ſuch as were never done before, or not right done) He will find ſufficient ſecurity to dedicate the ſaid Maps to be inſert in this ATLAS Scoticus to ſuch who ſhall advance five pounds Sterling, and their name and Coat of Armes ſhall be Graven upon the Map condeſcended upon.

The money is to be payed in to John Melvill Merchant in Edinburgh, who will find ſecurity for the performance of what is undertaken. The ſaid John Melvill will be found at his Shop over againſt the Croſſe upon the North-ſide of the Street: and he will depute ſome to receive the money and give ſecurity in other places.

That the Work may be the ſooner finiſhed, it is humbly deſired that the Subſcribers may preſently pay the money above-ſpecified.

FINIS.

The forme of the ſubſcription for the Copies.

[Page]

We whoſe names are underwritten, well approving and Highly commending the Deſign of DAVID LINDSAY, do for his encouragement Subſcribe our ſelves for one or more Copies of the ſaid Book, and do recommend ſo noble and uſeful a Deſign to all ingenious perſons throughout his Majeſties Dominions.

APPENDIX To the former Account of the SCOTISH ATLAS.

[Page]

[Page]

1. THE Shires of Selkirk, Kinrosſhire, Innerneſs, Nairn, Cromartie, Elgin, Bamf, Roſs and the Shire of Tayne were done joyntly with other Mapps. But if the Sheriffs and others concerned in theſe ſeveral Shires deſire that they may be done apart, they may be ſo drawn, they paying for each Shire five pounds Sterling to JOHN ADAIR (who is commiſſionat by the Right Honourable the Lords of His Majeſties Privy Council for ſurveying the ſeveral Shires) and five pounds Sterling more to DAVID LINDSAY for the graving of them upon Copper Plates with their Coat of Arms and the Dedication to them.

2. The Right Worſhipful Sir GEORGE MACKENZIE His Majeſtie's Advocate is pleaſed to grant his Manuſcript-Treatiſe done by himſelf, wherein all the moſt conſiderable Families of the Nobility and Gentry in Scotland are digeſted in the order of the Alphabet, and the Stock of each Family, its Riſe and the Branches of it are ſet down from the Original Records; the Regiſters of the Abbacies, and the Charters of the ſaid Families; the Coat of Arms they bear, as it is blazoned by the Lyon Herauld; and likewiſe the Plates with the Coats graven upon them.

3. The ſeveral Coins in Gold and Silver coined in Scotland done from the Copper-Plates, which Sir JOHN FALCONER Maſter of the Mint cauſed to be made for them.

4. As likewiſe the Plans of the ancient Monaſteries done by direction of Maſter SLETCHER His Majeſtie's Engineer for the Kingdom of Scotland. All which are to be joined with the Deſcription of Scotland in Engliſh.

5. In the Ancient Scotland in Latine are done the Plans of ſeveral ancient Camps, the Altars, Sepulchres and other ancient Monuments of the Copper-Plates made for them.

6. There is an Account of the Conſtitution of the Seſſion, by the Right Worſhipful the Lord PITMEDDEN.

7. An Account of the Admiralty-Court, by Sir PATRICK LYON Judge of the ſaid Court of Admiralty.

8. A Manuſcript and large Account of the noble and ancient Family of Seton.

9. A full Account of all that is obſervable in the Town of Aberdeen, given by Mr. SKEEN late Bailie there and delivered to me by Bailie WALTER ROBERTSON.

Information about this book

Title statement

An account of the Scotish atlas, or, The description of Scotland ancient & modern by His Sacred Majestie's special command to be published presently by Sir Robert Sibbald D.M. His Majestie's physician in ordinary, and geographer for his ancient kingdom of Scotland.

Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722.

Edition statement

1683

Publication

Publisher

Text Creation Partnership,

Place of publication

Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) :

Date

2006-02 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

ID [DLPS]

A60180

ID [STC]

Wing S3720

ID [STC]

ESTC R9801

ID [EEBO-CITATION]

13111287

ID [OCLC]

ocm 13111287

ID [VID]

97663

Availability

This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal. The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Series

Early English books online.

Notes

(EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A60180)

Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 97663)

Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 779:7)

Source

— An account of the Scotish atlas, or, The description of Scotland ancient & modern by His Sacred Majestie's special command to be published presently by Sir Robert Sibbald D.M. His Majestie's physician in ordinary, and geographer for his ancient kingdom of Scotland., Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722..

Extent

9, [4] p.

Printed by David Lindsay, Mr. James Kniblo, Josua van Solingen, and John Colmar,. Edinburgh :: 1683.. (Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.)

Creation

Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford.

Editorial practices

EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO.

EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org).

The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source.

Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.

Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.

Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.

The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.

Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).

Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site.