Medulla historiæ Scoticæ being a comprehensive history of the lives and reigns of the kings of Scotland, from Fergus the First, to Our Gracious Sovereign Charles the Second : containing the most remarkable transactions, and observable passages, ecclesiastical, civil, and military, with other observations proper for a chronicle, faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern : to which is added, a brief account of the present state of Scotland, the names of the nobility, and principal ministers of church and state, the laws criminal : a description of that engine with which malefactors are tortured, called the boot.

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Advertisement: prelim. p. [13] and p. [2]-[5] at end. Includes bibliographical references. First edition. Dedication signed: W.A. Ascribed to William Alexander. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.