The Miscellany of the New Spalding Club, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Miscellany of the New Spalding Club, Vol. 1 The obligations of the guild burgess are given pretty fully in the oath which he took at his admission. In 161 1 Stevin Gordon, who had previously been admitted a burgess, gave his great oath on his admission to the Guild to be leill and trew to his maiestie burghe and friedome of this burghe ueuir skaith thair wairis Thair pro¿'eit forsea Leall and well counsel] give quhen it is askit Scott lot watche walk and ward with the Inhabitantes thairof no Lordschip saithseat agains the libertie and preuilege of this burghe That he sall nocht governe unfriemenes guidis nor geir vnder cullor of his awin cheis nor elect na persone to be pronest nor bailleis of this burghe bot burges and burges sones t This in substance was the oath taken by burgesses of all classes down till 1819, when the Convention of Royal Burghs declared for its abolition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.