. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . practice of those violent times as being uttered bya Minister of the Crown. We, Johune erle of Cassillis, lord Kennedy, &c., biudisand oblissis ws that, howsovune [so soon as] our broder HewKennedy of Brouustone, with his complices, taikis the lairdof Auchindraneis lyf that we sail maik guid and thaukfullpayment to him and thame of the sowme of tuelff hundrethmerkis^ yeirly, togidder with corne to sex horsis, ay andqahill [so long as] we ressave thame in houshald with ourself, beginning the first payment imm
. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . practice of those violent times as being uttered bya Minister of the Crown. We, Johune erle of Cassillis, lord Kennedy, &c., biudisand oblissis ws that, howsovune [so soon as] our broder HewKennedy of Brouustone, with his complices, taikis the lairdof Auchindraneis lyf that we sail maik guid and thaukfullpayment to him and thame of the sowme of tuelff hundrethmerkis^ yeirly, togidder with corne to sex horsis, ay andqahill [so long as] we ressave thame in houshald with ourself, beginning the first payment immediatlie efter thaircommitting of the said deid. Attour, howsovnne we ressave thame in houshald, we sailpay to the twa serving gentillmen the feis yeirlie as our awiu[own] houshald gentillmen, and heirto we obliss ws vpone ourhonour. Subscryvit with our hand At Maybole the ferd [third] dayof September 1602. Johne erle of Cassillis. With such echoes of an age not very remoteringing in ones ears, it is difficult to realise that Equal to £800 Scots or £66 4d. sterling. 170. CULZEAX this garden by the sea is the very scene of manyepisodes of a blood feud which raged for more thana hundred years, and cost many Scotsmen, gentleand simple, their lives. The lofty bluff whereon the castle stands hasdoubtless been a fortified position from prehistorictimes. It is inaccessible on the west, where the clifffalls sheer to the sea, and the ground slopes sharplyaway inland to the east, where a natural gully,originally deepened for defensive purposes, has beencast into a couple of walled terraces forming a delect-able abode for many shrubs which cannot face aninland winter. The peculiar conformation of theground affords that shelter from blustering windsand salt-laden gales which so often neutralise thegenial influence of the sea side. At the foot of theterraces is a broad, well-shaven lawn, with a fountainand architectural basin in the centre, and plenty ofroom for a couple of tennis c
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