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Title : Journals of Sir John Lauder, lord Fontainhall : with his observations on public affairs and other memoranda (1665-1676) / edited, with introduction and notes, by Donald Crawford,...
Author : Lauder, John (1646-1722)
Publisher : printed at the University press by T. and A. Constable, for the Scottish society (Edinburgh)
Date of publication : 1900
Contributor : Crawford, Donald (1837-1919). Éditeur scientifique. Préfacier. Annotateur
Subject : France -- Descriptions et voyages
Subject : Grande-Bretagne -- Descriptions et voyages
Type : monographie imprimée
Language : English
Format : LI-[347] p.-[1] f. de front. : portr. ; in-8
Format : application/pdf
Copyright : domaine public
Identifier : ark:/12148/bpt6k102873r
Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France, 8-Nm-433 (36)
Relation : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb30749069j
Description : Collection : Publications of the Scottish history society ; 36
Provenance : bnf.fr
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JOURNAL OF JOHN LAUDER
14
During my staying heir 1 have learned a lesson which
may be of use to me in the rest of our travels, to wit, to
beware of keiping familiar company wt gentlemens servants,
for such a man sal never get respect from the Mrs.l ta
beware also of discoursing homly with anie servants. We
sould keip both their for at a prudent distance. The Mr. of
Ogilvy and I ware wery great. 1 know not what for a man he'el
prove, but 1 have heard him speak wery fat nonsense whiles.
About 20 dayes ere I left Johns house the Mr. of Lour
(Earle of Ethie's sone) 4 wt his governour Datid Scot, Scots-
torvets nephew, came to Orleans the Mr. the very day after
took the tertian ague or axes .8 a
That Globe that stands on the top of S. Croix is spoken to
be of so large a periphaeria and circumference that ~0 men
may sit wt in about a round table.
One day as 1 was going to my Mr. of Institutes as I
was entring in a lane (about, the martroy) I meit in the
teeth the priests carrieng the Sacrament (as they call it)
with a crosse to some sick person my conscience not suffer-
ing me to lift of my hat to it, 1 turned back as fast as 1
could and betook me selfe to another street wheir I thought 1
might be safe it followed me to that same v ery street, only
fortunately I got a trumpket wheir 1 sheltred myselfe til it
passed by.
Theirs a pretty maille their; we saw a better one at Tours one
many accounts the longitude wheirof we meeted and fand it to
be neir 1000 paces, as also that of Orleans is only 2 ranks of
tries in some places of it 3 all the way ye hav e 4 ranks of tries
all of a equall hight and most equally sett in that of Tours.
About 10 days before my parting from Orleans at Made-
moiselles invitation the 1\lr. of Ogilvy and I went w t hir,
hir mother and 1\lr. Gandy ther Tutor, in their coach (for
which 1 payed saUy,!¡ that being their policy) to their country
village 9 leagues of, situat in the midest of the forest of
1 i.e. Maslers.
Apparently David, aflerwar<Âs third earl. The title was changed from Ethie
to Northesk after the Restoration. The Master was grandson to the first earl,
who died in 1661. 1 Seven lines erased in ats.
4 Spiral stair. 1 i.t. Sautly, saltly.
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