The following document
gives an account of Hume's admission to this school:--
{Transcriber's Note:
In the following passage, {-e} represents e with overline.
Caret ^ means that the following single letter, or bracketed group
of letters, was printed in superscript.}
"At hadintoun y^e 25 of Junij 1606. The q^{lk} day M^r Jo^n ker
minister of y^e panis producit y^e pr{-e}ntat^one of M^r Alex^r
hoome to be schoolm^r of y^e schoole of y^e panis foundit be M^r J^o
Davedsone for instructioune of the youth in hebrew, greek and latine
subscryvet be yais to quhome M^r Jo^n davedsone gave power to noi{a~}t
y^e man q^{lk} pr{-e}ntat^one y^e pr{-e}brie allowit and ordenit y^e
moderator & clerk to subscrive y^e samine in y^r names q^{lk} yay
ded. As also ordeanit y^t y^e said kirk of y^e panis suld be visited
upon y^e eight day of Julij next to come for admissione of y^e said
M^r Alex^r to y^e said office. The visitors wer appoyntit M^r Ar^d
oswald M^r Robert Wallace M^r George greir M^r andro blackhall & M^r
andro Maghye to teach."----"At Saltprestoun July 8, 1606. The haill
parischoners being poisit how yay lyckit of y^e said M^r Alex^r w^t
vniforme consent being particularly inqwyrit schew y^r guid lycking
of him and y^r willingnes to accept and receiv him to y^e said
office Q^rupon y^e said M^r Alex^r wes admittit to y^e said
office & in token of y^e approba^one both of visitors & of y^e
parischon{-e}s p^rnt both y^e ane and y^e vother tuik y^e said M^r
Alex^r be y^e hand & y^e haill magistratis gentlemen and reman{-e}t
parischoners p^rnt faithfullie p^rmisit to c{o~]curre for y^e
further{a~}ce of y^e work y^t yit restis to be done to y^e said schoole
as also to keipt y^e said M^r Alex^r and his scholleris skaithlis
finallie for farther authorizing of y^e said (_sic_) it wes thought
meitt y^t y^e haill visitors & parichon{-e}s p^rnt suld enter y^e
said M^r Alex^r into y^e said schoole & y^r heir him teache q^{lk}
also wes doone.
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