Notes on the District of Menteith, for tourists and others . rs of their fathers at the propertime, married, hunted, fished, administered in-justice after their kind, and died, and theirplace knew thein no more. From Malise Gra-ham, in 1427, through Alexander, William,John, to William the seventh earl, Johns andWilliams succeeded one another as passively askeys upon a plane-tree in the recurring autumnsof its existence. Some of them attended par-liaments and courts, but their most frequent occu-pation (at least that has come down to us) was thesigning and witnessing of charters. In this latter
Notes on the District of Menteith, for tourists and others . rs of their fathers at the propertime, married, hunted, fished, administered in-justice after their kind, and died, and theirplace knew thein no more. From Malise Gra-ham, in 1427, through Alexander, William,John, to William the seventh earl, Johns andWilliams succeeded one another as passively askeys upon a plane-tree in the recurring autumnsof its existence. Some of them attended par-liaments and courts, but their most frequent occu-pation (at least that has come down to us) was thesigning and witnessing of charters. In this latteroccupation they seem to have at least equalledin diligence other noblemen of their time andstanding. True it is that William, the third Earl,contrived to get himself killed in 1543 by theTutor of Appin. It still remains a moot point asto whether the credit of the action is to be putdown to the slayer or the slain. Jamiesons portraitof the seventh Earl shows us a man of a differentstamp. Long hair, small ruff, with qmlted doublet >. -Zir. Z<,..^:^rZ;\. arches of the Aisle. Priory of Inchmahome. M E N T E IT H 29 and pointed beard, he looks the t3pe of thenovelists unlucky nobleman. One divines atonce that such a man, however red his blood, neverwas made for success ; he looks too , as the proverb says, profit and honour go not inone bag, the like may be extended to painted by Jamieson, Titian, or Velasquez,the successful man proclaims himself in spite ofthe artist. Not that Velasquez ever softened theacerbities of success, or left out a single mean lineor a wrinkle even of the features of a king. Stillsuccess, like drink, is sure to mar a face. Theprice that is paid for it is sure to leave its mark. It appears the seventh Earl was born in author of the Red Book of Menteith remarksthat from comparative obscurity he rose withgreat rapidity to be the most influential noblemanin his countrj. His fall, however, was even morerapid. Had he b
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