The antient usage in bearing of such ensigns of honour as are commonly call'd arms With a catalogue of the present nobility and baronets of England . ix The full and number of all the Mem-bers of the Houfe of Commons, 5-1 3 True and Perfeft CATALOGUE OF THE Nobility OF SCOTLAND THE Bookfeller TO THE READER. He frequent comfhints I have heari^from federal learned and Ingenuous per-JonSi of the errors and defeas in all the,Catalogues^ of late Frinted, of the Nobi-lity in his Majefiies Dominions^ created in me abeliefs that the publication of exail and correB Ca-talogues thereof wot^d h
The antient usage in bearing of such ensigns of honour as are commonly call'd arms With a catalogue of the present nobility and baronets of England . ix The full and number of all the Mem-bers of the Houfe of Commons, 5-1 3 True and Perfeft CATALOGUE OF THE Nobility OF SCOTLAND THE Bookfeller TO THE READER. He frequent comfhints I have heari^from federal learned and Ingenuous per-JonSi of the errors and defeas in all the,Catalogues^ of late Frinted, of the Nobi-lity in his Majefiies Dominions^ created in me abeliefs that the publication of exail and correB Ca-talogues thereof wot^d he very acceptable to the pub-lick. And this induced me^ to attempt it. In or*^der whereunto^ I obtained the preceedmg Catalogueof the Nobility of England, from the Author of theaforegoing Treatife^a ferfon who by reafon of his Officeof Garter is hefi enabled to j)ubli(h tt moft correBlyand Authentickly. And tn Auguft laf ( the Parli-ament of Scotland then fitting ) by the favour of afreind there. I procured a copy^ of the then LordR gifier his Role of the Nobility of Scotland. Buttheir Qhrijtian names not being inferted therein^ my Core^ondent. ii66) Correjpondent was fo careful and indufirious^as to in-form himfelf thereof either from the jeveral Noble-men themjelves^ then afjembled into Parliament, orfrom the near Relations, or intimate acquaintai^cesof thofe ahjent; and for thofe few Chriftian names ofwhich he could receive no certain information, hehath left blanks^and having thus procured it,he tranf-mitt edit tome. Since when it hath been communiscated to feveral, very intelligent perfons in the affairsof that Kingdom, oi^ho have very well approvedthereof, fo that 1 may with a modefi affurance affirmthis prefent Catalogue to be more accurate then moftof this nature hitherto publijlj^d. And yet I will notconfidently averr that there are no errors there-in , for I am told the Nobility of Scotland are nomore careful^ then the Noblemen of England,, to Re-gifter thetr defcents
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