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A07623	Certeine matters concerning the realme of Scotland, composed together The genealogie of all the kings of Scotland, their liues, the yeeres of their coronation, the time of their reigne, the yeere of their death, and maner thereof, with the place of their buriall. The whole nobilitie of Scotland, their surnames, their titles of honour, the names of their chiefe houses, and their mariages. The arch-bishopricks, bishopricks, abbacies, priories, & nunries of Scotland. The knights of Scotland. The forme of the oth of a duke, earle, lord of Parliament, and of a knight. The names of barons, lairds, and chiefe gentlemen in euerie sherifdome. The names of the principall clannes, and surnames of the borderers not landed. The stewartries and baileries of Scotland. The order of the calling of the Table of the Session. The description of whole Scotland, with all the iles, and names thereof. The most rare and woonderfull things in Scotland. As they were anno Domini, 1597.; Certaine matters composed together	Monipennie, John.	1603 (1603)	STC 18018; ESTC S100061	58,992	94

there lie two little vnoccupied Ilands meete for pastouring of cattell called by the Orkenay men in their originall language Holmes that is plaine grassie ground vpon water sides Toward the North lies Burra Westward lie three Ilands euery one of them besides another Suna Flata and Fara and beyond them Hoia and Walles which some men thinke but one Iland and others esteeme it two for that at the time of the Equinoctials the Spring tydes are verie great and high and at the dead Neap the sands are bare ioyning them together at one straight throat making one Iland of both Yet when the tyde turnes and filles the straight againe they appeare to be two Ilands In these Iles are the highest hilles that are in all Orkenay Hoia and Walles are ten miles of length distant from Ranalsay eight miles and more then 20. miles from Dunkirk in Caithnes By North of it is the I le Granisa situate in a narrow Firth betwixt Caithnes and Pomona The West side of Pomona lookes to the West Sea directly Into the which so farre as men may see there is neither Iland nor Craig From the East point of Pomona lies Cobesa and vpon the North side it is almost inuironed by the Iles adiacent thereunto Siapinsa turning somwhat East lies 2. miles from Kirkwaá euen ouer against it 6. miles of length Right West from Siapinsa are the two little Ilands Garsa and Eglisa 4. miles of length In this Iland they say Saint Magnus is buried Next vnto it and somewhat neerer the continent land is Rusa 4. miles of length and 3. miles of breadth in some places well peopled A little west-ward lies the little Iland Broca Besides all these Iles there is another band of Iles lying to the North the East-most whereof is Stronza next it Linga fiue miles of length and two of breadth then sundrie Ilands named Holmes The Haá fiue miles of length and two of breadth By East of it lies Fara and North from Fara Wast●á running out into the sea in many heads and promontories Aboue Stronza at the East end of Etha lies Sanda Northward ten miles of length and foure of bredth where it is broadest Sanda is most fertill of Corne of all the Ilands of Orknay but it hath no kinde of fire within it selfe so the In-dwellers are compelled to make exchange of their victuals for Peits a kinde of blacke Mosse whereof almost all the North-parts of Scotland make their fire with their neighbours the Ethanes Beyond Sanda lies North Rannalsaá two myles of length and two of breadth No man may passe it but in the middest of Summer and that what time the sea is very calme Vpon the South-side of Pomona lies Rusa sixe myles of length and from it Eastward Eglisa wherein as is reported Saint Magnus is buried From Eglisa South Veragersa and not farre from it Westraá from which Hethland is distant 80. myles and Papastronza lies 80. myles from Hethland In the midway betwixt lies Fara that is the faire Iland standing in the sight of Orknay and Hethland both It riseth in three high promontories or heads and shore craig round about without any kind of entrance except at the South-east where it growes a little lower making a sure harborow for small boats The In-dwellers thereof are very poore for the fishers that come out of England Holland and other Countries neere vnto the great Ocean yeerely to fish in these seas in their passing by this Iland they spoile reife and take away at their pleasures whatsoeuer they finde in it Next vnto this Iland is the greatest Ile of all Hethland which in respect of the quantitie the In-dwellers name The Mane-land 16. miles of length There are sundry promontories or heads in it amongst which there are onely two to make account of the one long and small runnes North the other broader as in some part 16. miles runnes Northeast It is inhabited for the most part vpon the sea-coast Within the country there is no kind of quicke beast except the fowle flying Of late the labourers attempted to manure farther within the Country then their predecessors were accustomed to doe but they reported small aduantage for their paines There is very good fishing round about the whole country and so their commodity stands by the sea From this Land 10. miles Northward lies Zeall 20. miles of length and eight miles of bredth so wild a ground of nature that no kind of beast will liue in it except they that are bred in the same They say that the Bremes Marchants come thither and bring to them all forraine wares they need in abundance Betwixt this Iland and the maine land lie these little Ilands Linga Orna Bigga Sanctferri 2. miles North-ward from these lies Vnsta more then 20. miles of length and sixe miles of bredth a plaine country pleasant to the eie but it is compassed by a very tempestuous sea Via and Vra are cast in betwixt Vnsta and Zeall 2. Ilands Skenna Burna lie Westward from Vnsta Balta Hunega Fotlara seuen miles long and 7. miles Eastward from Vnsta 8. miles from Zeall ouer against the sea that deuides Zeal from Vnsta lies Fotlara more then 7. miles of length There are diuers vnwoorthy Ilands lying vpon the Eas●side of the maine land Mecla the three Ilands of East Skennia Chualsa Nostvada Brasa and Musa Vpon the West side lie West Shemniae Roria little Papa Venneda great Papa Valla Trondra Burra great Haura little Haura and so many Holmes lying scattered amongst them The Hethlandish men vse the same kind of food that the Orknay men vse but that they are somewhat more scarce in house-keeping They are appareled after the Almaine fashion and according to their substance not vnseemely Their commoditie consisteth in course cloth which they sel to Norway men in fish oile butter They fish in little cockboats bought from the Norway men that make them They salt some of the fish that they take and some of them they dry at the winde They sell those wares and pay their Masters with the siluer thereof A MEMORIALL OF THE MOST rare and woonderfull things in Scotland AMong many Commodities that Scotland hath common with other Nations it is not needfull to rehearse in this place in respect of their particulars declared at length before It is beautified with some rare gifts in it selfe wonderful to consider which I haue thought good not to obscure from the good Reader as for example In Orknay besides the great store of sheepe that feede vpon the maine lande thereof the Ewes are of such fecunditie that at euery lambing time they produce at least two and ordinarily three There be neither veneme us or rauenous beastes bred there nor doe liue there although they be transported thither In Schetland the Iles called Thulae at the time when the Sunne enters the Signe of Cancer for the space of twenty daies there appeares no night at all and among the rocks thereof

the midst bearing this title The tombs of the Kings of Scotland It is said there were 48. Kings of Scotland buried there The tombe vpon the right side hath this inscription The Tombes of the Kings of Ireland It is recorded that there were foure Kings of Ireland buried there It that is vpon the left side hath this inscription The Tombes of the Kings of Norway The report is that there were eight Kings of that Nation buried there The notable houses of the Iles haue their Tombes in the rest of the Church-yard euery one seuerally by themselues There are about this Iland and neere vnto it sixe little Ilands not vnfruitfull giuen by the auncient Kings of Scotland and gouernours of the Iles to the Abbey of Sanct-Colme Soa is a very profitable ground for sheepe albeit the chiefe commoditie of it consists in sea-fowles that build therein specially of their egges Next vnto it is the I le of Wemen Then Rudana Neere vnto it Bernira and from that Skennia halfe a mile distant from the Mule It hath a Priest of the owne but the most part of the parishioners dwell in Mule The sea sides of it abound in Connies Fiue miles hence lieth Frosa all these Iles are subiect to the Monkes of Saint Colmes Abbey Two miles from Frosa lieth Vilua fiue miles of length fruitfull for the quantitie of Corne and store It hath a commodious Hauen for gallies or boates Vpon the South side of it lieth Toluansa the ground whereof is not vnfruitfull There is a wood of Nut-trees in it About three hundred paces from this Iland lieth Gomatra two miles long and one mile broad extended from the North to the South From Gomatra foure miles Southward lies 2. Staffae the one and the other full of Hauening places Foure miles South-east from Staffa lie two Ilands named Kerimburgae the more and the lesse enuironed with such shore high and furious tide that by their owne naturall defence supported somewhat by the industrie of man they are altogether inuincible One mile from them lies an Iland whereof the whole earth almost is blacke growne together of rotten wood and mosse The people make peates of it for their fire where-from it is called Monadrum for that kinde of earth which in the English language is called Mosse in the Irish is called Monadrum Next vnto this I le lieth Longa 2. miles of length and Bacha halfe as much From Bacha 6. miles lies Tiria eight miles in length and three in breadth Most fertill of all the Ilandes in all things necessarie for the sustentation of man It aboundeth in store of Cornes fishings and Sea-fowles In this Iland there is a fresh-water Loch and therein an olde Castle It hath also an hauen not incommodious for boates From this Iland two miles lies Sunna and from Sunna as farre lieth Colla twelue miles of length and two miles of bredth a fertill Iland Not farre from it is Calfa almost all full of wood And then two Ilands named meekle Viridis and little Viridis Item other two of the same names Ouer against the Mules head and not farre from it lie two Ilandes named Glassae and then Ardan-eidir that is the high Iland of the rider Then Luparia or the Wolfe Iland and after it a great I le lying North from the Iland Colla extended East and West Then Ruma sixteene miles in length and sixe in bredth rising high in strait hilles full of woods and scrogges and for that cause it is inhabited in very fewe places The Sea-fowles laie their egges heere and there in the ground thereof In the middest of the spring time when the egges are laide any man that pleaseth may take of them In the high rockes thereof the Sea-guse whereof we spake before are taken in aboundance From this Iland foure miles North-east-ward lies the Horse Iland and from it halfe a mile the Swine Iland for the quantitie fruitefull ynough in all things necessarie The Falcon buildeth in it It hath also an hauen Not farre from it lies Canna and Egga little Ilands fertill ynough In Egga are Solan-geese Soabrittella more profitable for hunting then for any other commoditie necessarie for man From this Iland the I le of Skye greatest of all the Ilands that are about Scotland lies North and South 40. miles in length and eight miles broad in some places and in other places 12. miles rising in hilles in sundrie places full of woods and pastorage The ground thereof fertill in corne and store and besides all other kindes of beastiall fruitfull of Mares for breeding of horse It hath fiue great riuers rich of Salmond and many little waters not altogether bare thereof The sea running into the land on all sides make many salt-waters three principall and 13. others all rich in herring There is in it a fresh-water Loch and fiue Castles The I le in the old Scottish tongue is called Scianacha that is winged because the heads betwixt the which the Sea runneth into the land spreadeth out like winges but by common custome of speech it is called Skie that is a wing About the Skie lie little Ilands scattered heere and there Oronsa fertill in corne and store Cunicularia full of bushes and Connies Paba infamous for throate-cutting For that in the woods thereof robbers lie in ambushments to trap them that passe that way .8 miles South-west from it lies Scalpa which besides sundry other commodities hath woods full of troopes of Deere Betwixt the mouth of Zochcarron and Raorsa lies Crulinga seuen miles of length and two of breadth there is a sure hauen in it for ships There are in it also woods of Bucke and Deere in them Halfe a mile from Crulinga is Rona full of wood and Hadder There is an hauen in the innermost Loch thereof perillous for robbery to them that passe that way because it is a meete place to hide ambushments in In the mouth of the same Loch is an Iland of the same name called for shortnesse Ger-loch From Rona sixe miles Northward lies Flada two miles from Flada Euilmena Vpon the south side of Skie lies Oronsa and a mile from it Knia Pabra and great Bina and then fiue little vnworthy Ilands Next vnto them is Isa fertill in cornes Beside it is Ouia then Askerma and Lindella .8 miles from Skie southward lies Linga and Gigarmena Benera Megala Paua Flada Scarpa Veruecum Sandara Vatersa Which besides many other commodities hath a hauen commodious for a number of great ships whereinto fishermen of all countries about conuene certaine times of the yeere ordinarily These last nine Ilands are subiect to the Bishop of the Iles. 2. miles from Vatersa is Barra running from the North-west to the south-east 7. miles in length fruitfull of cornes and profitable for fish There runneth into it a Loch with a narrow throat growing round and wide within In it there is an inch and in the inch a strong Castle Vpon the North-side of Barra there riseth