Add MS 48032

LEGAL TREATISES, etc., including 'Regiam Majestatem' and 'Quoniam Attachiamenta'. Partly compiled, c. 1570, by

'M. G.', whose hand occurs in artt. 5, 8, 15 and 16.

1. f. 3b. 'Expositiones quorundam vocabulorum'. Latin. Beg. 'Soke hoc est secta de hominibus . . . '. Harley 4700, ff. 210b-211. Another copy is 48033, art. 28.

2. ff. 4-9b. Two bulls of Pope Paul III concerning the College of Justice of Scotland. Latin. Copies. (a) 10 March 1535. ff. 4-7b: (b) 12 March 1535. ff. 8-9b.

3. f. 10. A set of Latin elegaics by George Buchanan in a fine italic hand, beg. 'Cuncta tuo cum colla': this is the second ('Ad eandem') of a group of epigrams addressed 'Ad Mariam Flamineam forte reginam', i.e., to Mary Fleming, queen of the Twelfth Night festivities held at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots, 13 Jan. 1564. Copies. Printed, with significant variants, in Georgii Bvchanani . . . Franciscanvs et fratres . . . , [Geneva?] 1584, pp. 204-205.

4. ff. 15-130b. Glossary of legal terms, 'Abbates' - 'Uxoratus', entitled 'Incipit breve repertorium super libro Regiae Maiestatis et legibus regni Scoti'. Latin. A fragment of another copy, 'Abbates - Baro', in a mid 16th-cent. hand, is Harley 4700, ff. 1-3b, 310-310b.

5. ff. 135-179. The 'Regiam Majestatem' in four books and 212 chapters, with some variants from the text adopted in Regiam Majestatem and Quoniam Attachiamenta, ed. T. M. Cooper, Stair Soc., xi, 1947, in which earlier editions and other MSS. are discussed, pp. 16-20. Material in Book 4 of the MS., omitted from Book 4 in this edition, is mostly printed in the 'Supplement', ibid., pp. 280-304. In the hand of 'M. G.' (who also wrote artt. 8, 15 and 17), see the colophon dated 5 June 1570, f. 179; Book 2 is dated 24 May 1570

(f. 160b) and Book 3, 30 May 1570 (f. 170).

6. ff. 180-180b. 'Hi non possunt constituere actornatos'. Latin. Beg. 'Puer sive minor . . . '. Harley 4700, ff. 82-82b.

7. ff. 181-182b. 'The maner of battaill within listes scilicet vigesius de bello campestri'. Scots. Beg. 'Heir teichis Vigies in his buke of chivelrye . . . ', i.e. Flavius Vegetius Renatus, 'De re militari'. Harley 4700, ff. 82b-84b.

8. ff. 183*b-186. 'Incipit quodam notabile de maritagio, vocat tractatus immediate post Regiam Maiestatem', in 17 chapters. Latin and Scots. Beg. (c. 1) 'In eligendo maritum quatuor . . . '. In the hand of 'M. G.' (see also artt. 5, 15, 17). This treatise originally followed art. 15 below. Harley 4700, ff. 174-177b.

9. ff. 188-189. 'Thes ar ye poynctis belangand to ye wardane court.' Scots. Beg. (f. 188) 'In primis guhart zvir he be yat warnys Inglis

men . . . '. Harley 4700, ff. 142b-143. Edited from various sources, 'George Neilson: The March Laws. Part II', ed. T. I. Rae, Stair Soc., xxvi, 1971, pp. 50-51. Followed (f. 188) by forms of oath, printed from Harley 4700, ff. 143-144, in J. Pinkerton, The History of Scotland . . . , i, 1797, pp. 476-477.

10. ff. 189b-199. Statutes of Robert III, made in the parliament at Scone begun on 21 Feb. 1401, with additional matter. Latin. In 32 chapters, of which the first thirteen are printed in APS, i, pp. 213-214. Contents, f. 189b. Harley 4700, ff. 262-268b. Other items are: (a) 'Exceptiones diverse'. Latin and Scots. Harley 4700, ff. 268b-270b. ff. 194-197; (b) 'Thir ar ye names of yame yt may nocht stand in asse nor in pruf nor in accquittance'. f. 197b; (c) 'De homicidio in clementinis textus'. f. 197b; (d) 'Vitia Carte sunt hec'. Latin and Scots. See Harley 4700, ff. 270b-271b. f. 198; (e) Four lines of Latin verse, beg. 'Hec faciunt lites festis tractare diebus'. Harley 4700, f. 268b.

11. ff. 199b-206. 'The Lawis and Cusstumys of schippis.' Scots. Beg. 'Gif ony schipp arrive at the havin of Berwick'. Harley 4700, ff. 144-152. For editions of the maritime laws of Scotland, see Lord Macmillan, An introductory survey of the sources and literature of Scots Law, Stair Soc., i, 1936, pp. 329-332.

12. ff. 207-210. 'Sunt autem quedam notabilia notanda concernencia Iter Justiciari . . . '. Latin and Scots. Printed in APS, i, pp. 341-343. Harley 4700, ff. 291-294.

13. f. 210b. List of lords spiritual in the Scots parliament.

14. ff. 211-213b. Various treatises, as follows: (a) 'Ad Componendum cartas', 'Carta quod sit' and 'De obligacione'. Latin. Harley 4700, ff. 295b-297b. The first two items are printed principally from Harley 4700, in 'De Composicione cartarum', ed. J. J. Robertson, Stair Soc., xxvi, pp. 86-87. ff. 211-213; (b) 'Modus calumniandi rapinam', and 'Modus calumniandi protectionem infrictam'. Latin and Scots. See APS, i, p. xxiii, no. 40. ff. 213-213b.

15. ff. 183*, 206b, 218-236b. 'Leges Baronum appellantur Quoniam attachiamenta'. Tables of rubrics, ff. 206b (excised), 218-218b. Sequence as follows: (a) 62 chapters numbered in romans, in the hand of 'M. G.' (as artt. 5, 8, 16), originally preceding art. 8 above. ff. 219-230, 183*; (b) continuation in another hand, cc. 61 and 62 being duplicated and numbered 62 and 63. f. 231; (c) forms of brieves for distress, covenant, mortancestor, etc., unnumbered. Printed in APS, i, pp. 293-295. ff. 231b-233b; (d) chapters numbered 64-80, of which 68-80 are rubrics of statutes of David I. ff. 234-234b; (e) 12 unnumbered chapters. ff. 235-236b. The order agrees with the table of 92 rubrics preceding the imperfect text in Harley 4700, ff. 117-233, but text, order and numbering differ from Cooper's edition (see art. 5 above), which includes a collation with the text in APS, i, pp. 279-295.

16. ff. 243-284. 'De Judicibus' in 162 chapters. Latin. Beg. 'Omnes qui judicare debent stateram', f. 245. The contents table and first twelve chapters are in the hand of 'M. G.', as artt. 5, 8, 15. At f. 284 is a colophon, 'Explicit liber de Iudicibus duodecimo Augustii anno domini 1546. Scriptus per me Henricum de Aytonia', which also occurs at the end of the same text in Glasgow University MS. Murray 548, f. 293b. Harley 4700, ff. 212-256.

17. ff. 289-304b. 'Leges forestarum', in 93 chapters. Latin. Contents table, listing 92 chapters only, ff. 289-290. Beg. 'Inhibitum est tam inhabitantibus silvam . . . ', f. 290b. c. 93 is the tract 'De Bastardia', ff. 303b-304b. The 'Leges Forestarum' as printed in APS, i, pp. 323-328, contain 23 chapters, including cc. 1-11 and 89-92 of the present MS. The edition in J. M. Gilbert, Hunting and Hunting Reserves in Medieval Scotland, 1979, pp. 271-328, notices the present MS. Harley 4700, ff. 152-173b (108 cc.).

Paper; ff. v + 310 + (55*, 55**, 151 (a)-(c), 183*). 16th-cent. foliation, lacking f. 3; before the MS. was bound and foliated, ff. 183*-187 originally followed f. 230. Written in several hands, of which one is the principal hand of Add. 48033. On f. i, formerly pasted to the inside front cover as an endpaper, the name 'Master Robert Maitland' is written several times in late 16th-cent. hands, together with 'R. D'Abedonen' and other notes and scribbles. 'A. Melburne'? is written on the inside back cover, late 16th or 17th cent. 'A', f. ii. Vellum binding with leather ties, titled on the front cover and spine. Numbered '36' on spine.

Scotland General: Scottish legal treatises and statutes, etc.,: 16th cent: Chiefly Lat. and Scottish.

A. [Melburne?]: Name written inside back cover: late 16th-17th cent.

Law OF SCOTLAND: `Regiam Majestatem', `Quoniam Attachiamenta' and other legal treatises: late 16th cent: Lat. and Scots.

includes:

• ff. 4-9b James V of Scotland: Bulls of Pope Paul III rel. to the College of Justice: 1535: Lat: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 4-9b Law OF SCOTLAND: Bulls of Pope Paul III rel. to the College of Justice: 1535: Lat: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 4-9b Paul III; Pope: Bulls rel. to the College of Justice of Scotland: 1535: Lat: Copies, late 16th cent.
• f. 10 George Buchanan, scholar: Epigram: 16th cent: Lat.
• f. 10 Poetry LATIN: Epigram by G. Buchanan: 16th cent: Copy.
• ff. 15-130b Law OF SCOTLAND: Glossary of legal terms: late 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 15-130b Dictionaries: Glossary of Scottish legal terms: late 16th cent: Lat.
• ff. 153-179,183*b-186,218-230b,243-246 M. G: Wrote: c. 1570.
• ff. 181-182b Flavius Vegetius Renatus: Extract from his `De re militari': late 16th cent: Scottish transl.
• ff. 190-194,198-199 Robert III of Scotland: Statutes: late 16th cent: Lat.
• f. 199 Poetry LATIN: Verses beg. `Hec faciunt lites festis tractare diebus': late 16th cent.
• f. 210b Parliament; Scotland: List of pre-reformation lords spiritual in: late 16th cent.
• f. 234b David I of Scotland: Rubrics of statutes: late 16th cent: Lat.
• f. 284 Henry Ayton, alias Aytoun: Colophon dated 1546 to treatise `De Judicibus': late 16th cent: Copy.