Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Ius proprium Scotiae - Registers of Sederunt 1587-1608/5/21

Explicit:

  • maximes\ such\ and\ pudor',\ lege\

Ius proprium Scotiae - Registers of Sederunt 1587-1608/5/21 , repertory.

[{i}Last paragraph, fol. 79v:{/i}] 17 May 1608. Priestfield excused because of sickness. ... The last Sederunt day in this book is the 21 of May 1608. On the skin of the book in the inside are written: 'Haec dextra vindex principis et patriae' (which was Sir John Ramsey's motto for killing the Earl of Goury). 'Consiliis sceleratis subsidium ab audacia petendum'. 'Auro pulsa fides, auro venalia iura'

No. of pages: Fol. 54r-79v

Explicit:

  • 'aurum lex sequitur', 'mox sine lege pudor', and such maximes

Colophon: Finis hujus voluminis incipientis anno 1587 et desinentis anno 1608. The next book of Sederunt begins the 17 of May 1608 and ends the 2d of February 1626, which is amissing, and for recovery whereof there was ane Act of Sederunt made the 22 of November 1677, and a reward promised by proclamation to any who shall discover and produce it. See above ane abridgment of it from page 42d [{i}= the present fol. 21v{/i}]