A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . 161 I, and was buried in St. Christophers aisle of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres. A fine monument oflothEariof black marble, erected over his tomb by the i ithM^chiei! ^^^^ [l^ii-]> bears a long inscription in Latin, to which the use of the first person imparts astrain of distasteful vainglory. I was, runs one paragraph, while I enjoyed the light so sweet to mortals,William Douglas, Earl of Angus, chief of Douglas, the most ancient noblefamily among the Scots, eighteenth [
A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . 161 I, and was buried in St. Christophers aisle of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres. A fine monument oflothEariof black marble, erected over his tomb by the i ithM^chiei! ^^^^ [l^ii-]> bears a long inscription in Latin, to which the use of the first person imparts astrain of distasteful vainglory. I was, runs one paragraph, while I enjoyed the light so sweet to mortals,William Douglas, Earl of Angus, chief of Douglas, the most ancient noblefamily among the Scots, eighteenth [in descent] from William, 1st Earl of lived in virtue and exercised myself in matters most praiseworthy, so that I wasinferior to no one in the most holy religion of my ancestors towards God, in dutyto my King, in love of my country, in kindness to my friends, and in goodness toall. Nor could I, who was first among the earls of the realm of Scotland, everbe inferior to another. ^ And so on in a strain of bombast which, it is to be hoped,was alien from the spirit of devotion in which this Fig. 3S.—Signature of William, loth Earl of Angus (1601). During his frequent wardings and imprisonments theearl had whiled away the hours in composing historicalnotes upon the history of his family and his personal adven-tures. These have not been preserved, but were doubtlessin possession of Hume of Godscroft, who says that his historyof the Douglases had its origin therein. The whole Latin inscription and the verses which follow are printed inEraser, ii. 405-407. i8o THE HOUSE OF DOUGLAS Elizabeth Oliphant, Countess of Douglas, survived herhusband, and married James Hamilton before 1619.^ Byher Angus had three sons and three daughters :—• (i) William, succeeded as iith Earl of Angus [Ixii.], and was created Marquess of Douglas.(2) Sir James [Ixiii.], Provost of Abernethy, which dig-nity he must have held while still in his teens,for he is mentioned under that titl
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