Tibique damus potestatem Ut bibas more Palatino: Sir, pull it off, and on your thumb, Ut specimen ingenii Post studia decennii. "When he is drinking the chorus sings En calicem spumantem, Falerni epotantem En calicem spumantem Io, io, io. "After he has drunk and turned the glass on his thumb, they embrace him and sing again Laudamus hunc Doctorem, En fidum compotorem Laudamus hunc Doctorem, Io, io, io. XXIII. ELGIN TOWN COUNCIL. "A COMPTE The Toune of Elgin since the eight of Apryl 1689. Resting to Kenneth Mackenzie. "ELGIN, ij. off Janyr. 1693. Imprimis, the said day with Sir Robert Gordon, the Provost, and Balie ffiefe, ane chopin of seck and ane gill of brandy, The which day, with the Provest and Balies, 01 00 0 01 18 0 01 03 0 The 18 day, at the Cross, at the proclaming of To fourteen glasses broke ther, . 0 To thirteen pynts of wyn in the house, To sixteen pynts at the toune's bonfier, To eight glasses broke ther, 04 04 0 . 13 00 0 16 00 0 02 08 0 To four quarts when returned back to the Cross, 08 00 0 The 26 day, with Major Grahame, ane quart of wyn, 02 00 0 To ane quart ale, and ane oat bose for his horse, To ane half-muchkin of cinamon watters, The first of May, with Captain Clevland, ane The 4th of May, with the Quartermaster, at the The 2d of Julie, with Balie ffieff, Balie Ogillvie, and Clarke Andersone, and one of the comanders that came express from the parliament to the Generall and Collonell Leslie, ane pynt of seck, 01 16 0 The 19th of September, at the makeing of Major Eneas M'Kay burgis, to thre pynts of seck, To almonds and reasins, of each a pound, To orang and lemon piels and cordecitron, of each half a pound, To ane pynt of claret for the servants, To two unces of wax for the bills, The 20th of Sept., with the Magistratts and the Shireff-Depute, when the oath of alegence was tendered, three chopins of seck, To the Sherriffe-Clarke, an Rex dollar, The last of September, with the Magistrats and 01 12 0 01 00 0 00 06 8 02 14 0 02 18 0 29 14 0 18 00 0 The 2d of October, with Major Eneas, after the Magistrats see his troupe mustered, ane chopin of seck, To ane chopin of brandy, with foure unces of syrope of clovegillifloor, * The 7th of Apryl 1690, with Captain Balfure and Captain Polwarte, when ordering ane troope to goe to the country, to make room for tuo troopes of Major Æneases that ware comeing from Invernes, half muchkin of brandy and ane unce of suggar, The 30 of Julie, with the Provest, Balie King, Mr. Moncrieff, and Mr. Broune, seven muchkins off allacants, two muchkins of secke, 01 00 0 03 00 0 00 07 0 . 05 08 0 "The undersubscribers, presentlie Magistrats off the brugh off Elgin, having seen and considered the whole articles of the within acompt, dew to Bailzie McKenzie, finds the same advanced to our predecessors by the said Bailzie M'Kenzie, at ther reasonabill and just desire, and therefor orders William Rose, our present Theasurer, to pay the same (amounting to tuo hundreth and sextie-eight punds, seventeen shillings Scots), to the said Bailzie M'Kenzie, betwix this and the terme off Lambes next to come. "WM. KING, Provest. ROB. INNES. JAMES STEWART." "ELGIN, ij off January 1693. L We do not know for what offence Mrs. Young was publicly flogged : "WILLIAM ROSE, Threasurer. 66 Pay to the toun's officers, for attending the sklaetters in repareing of the church, and for chargeing the toun's people to red the run of Tayock, and for guairding the Marshall at the whiping of John Young's woeman, fiftie-sax shillings Scots money. As also giwe the Marshall twentie shillings Scots money, besyds what ye have advanced for tows to him for whiping Jon Young's woeman. And theis are your warrand, given at Elgin 5 July 1693. "Jo. RUSSELL. ROB. INNES." "Unto the Right Honourable the Provest, Baillies, and Council of the Burgh of Elgin, the Petition of George Hay, Drummer in the said Burgh: "Humblie Sheweth, "That whereas your Honors' petitioner is stressed, and daily threatened to prison by certain, his creditors, ffor severall debts restand be me to them, such as housemealls and duties, &c.; and nottour it is to your Honors that there is certain fees resting to me be your Honors, as serving the toune of Elgin in the station of a drummer for thir severall terms bypast, |