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and_o bamf_a shire_n bishop_n of_o brichen_n anno_fw-la 1662._o david_n strachan_n parson_n of_o fettercairn_n be_v pâ—â—fâ—â—â—ed_v bishop_n of_o brichen_n he_o sit_v 〈◊〉_d year_n and_o die_v 1671._o be_v buâ—â—â—d_v in_o the_o cathedral_n his_o successor_n be_v robert_n lawry_n dean_n of_o edinburgh_n anno_fw-la 1639._o walter_n whitefurd_n of_o the_o house_n of_o milntoun_n bishop_n of_o brichen_n be_v out_v by_o the_o covenanter_n and_o plunder_v the_o cathedral_n church_n of_o brichen_n be_v a_o pretty_a handsome_a fabric_n it_o have_v on_o the_o southside_n a_o small_a steeple_n not_o unlike_o the_o monument_n on_o fish_n street-hill_n london_n save_v that_o it_o be_v broad_a at_o the_o top_n than_o at_o the_o bottom_n the_o chancel_n be_v demolish_v by_o the_o first_o reformer_n the_o diocese_n of_o brichen_n contain_v part_n of_o angus_n and_o mernis_n bishop_n of_o dumblane_n robert_n leighton_n principal_a of_o the_o college_n of_o edinburgh_n be_v promote_v anno_fw-la 1662._o to_o the_o bishopric_n of_o dumblane_n he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o singular_a and_o wonderful_a piety_n and_o of_o great_a learning_n and_o in_o he_o most_o of_o the_o