A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, From Its Origin to the Year 1630

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Excerpt from A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, From Its Origin to the Year 1630: With a Continuation to the Year 1651It is a hard work for me (i doe confes) to undergoe a matter of so great antiquitie, seing all beginings for the most pairt are obscure yit what I doe relate or recommend to posteritie, shall be als authentick, and of as good credet, as any thing whatsoever in this kingdome of the lyk nature, touching pedegries or descents of families, in maters of this kynd, we must of necessite beleive histories, and such as have preceid ed our dayes, being of good fame and credet, for these (and none other) doe I follow. I am not ignorant that divers of your Lordship's familie and cuntrey wold performe this task better then myself yet seing that they have all bin hithertoe careles and negligent therin, and finding often mention made of your name and familie in those histories which I have red for my privat delight, I have the more willinglie adventured to tak the mater in hand, being much furthered therin by the sight of your old evidences and infeftments What I have found scattered, and dispersed elswher in histories and records, I have placed in such order as I culd best, and have related the same Without passion, tending ci ther to prejudice or partialitie.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.