Excerpt from Alexander Hume, an Early Poet-Pastor of Logie, and His Intimates: Alexander Hume, 1560-1609, Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, 1567-1640, John Shearer, Provost of Stirling, Circa 1565-1647 The authorities which have been consulted are acknowledged in their proper place, but Special mention must be made of the help obtained from Mr. R Renwick's Extracts from tire Records of to Royal Burgh of Stirling, and the use of the ms. Extracts from the first volume of the Records of the Presbytery of Stirling, made by the late Mr. William Troup, f.s.a. (scot), Interim Clerk to the Presbytery of Dunblane. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.