Biographia Scoticana - Or, a Brief Historical Account of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies, Noblemen Etc

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BIOGRAPHIA SCOTICANA BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOST EMINENT SCOTS WORTHIES The NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, MINISTERS, AND OTHERS, WHO TESTIFIED OR SUFFERED FOR THE CAUSE OF REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, TO THE YEAR 1688. ORIGINALLY COMPILED BY JOHN HOWIE OF LOCHGOIN NOW, REVISED, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED, BY A CLERGYMAN OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND AND ENRICHED WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES, BY WILLIAM MGAVIN, 1827. NEW EDITION NEATLYPRINTED IN POCKET SIZE. . IN originally announcing to the public, the present edition of the SCOTS WORTHIES, it was proposed, quot First, To give the original text, revised, corrected, and improved throughout. Secondly, To enlarge such lives as seemed unnecessarily or improperly curtailed. Thirdly To insert the most important of those which are omitted...

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