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Excerpt from Correspondence of Sir Patrick Waus of Barnbarroch, Knight, Vol. 1: Parson of Wigtown; First Almoner to the Queen; Senator of the College of Justice; Lord of Council, and Ambassador to Denmark; 1540-1584
When the work was well advanced I offered the ms. To the Grampian Club, of which I am a member, and it was accepted, and advertised as one of the forthcoming publications of that Club but, it having been intimated to me by the Secretary that the Club was not in funds to pay for the printing of the book, I withdrew it, and now publish it myself in the hope that this contribution of mine to the records of the past will stimulate other owners of ancient documents, which have as yet escaped the perils of fire and damp, to examine them, and give to the world in a modern form those that are of interest, before they are utterly obliterated by inevitable decay. 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.
