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the history of the violin, 1864
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1and the portion connected with our subject is now extracted from the "Archæologia," vol. xxii. p. 161. It is thus headed: "Copy of a Manuscript Tract addressed to Lord Burghley, illustrative of the Border Topography of Scotland, A.D. 1590; with a Platt or Map of the Borders, taken in the same year, both Preserved in one of the Royal MSS. in the British Museum. Communicated by Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S., Secretary, in a Letter addressed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., President.
3"Read, 31st May, 1827.
5"My Lord,
7British Museum, May 29, 1827.
9"Among the Royal Manuscripts in the British Museum is a volume of Saxton's Maps (Bibl. Reg. 18, D 111), published in 1579, upon the margins of which the names of the justices of the peace in England at that time, or soon after, are written, with occasional miscellaneous remarks. Several manuscript maps and draughts of sea-ports, towns, &c. are added in different places of the volume, likewise accompanied by memoranda in the handwriting of Lord Burghley, to whom the volume at one time belonged.
11"Among these latter articles is a manuscript map with the date of December, 1590, entitled, 'A Platt of the Opposite Borders of Scotland to the West Marches of England.' Upon this the different castles and houses of strength, with the names of many of the owners, are minutely specified, and I cannot but think that a copy of it would be valuable for the 'Archæologia' of the Society of Antiquaries. At the bottom of this map or platt is written, 'The moste of these places on the Scottish syde are tower and stone houses, with some
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