The cursing of Sir John Rowlis Upoun the steilars of his fowlis;
but to which of the two Rowlls this refers is unknown.
[ [53] Wilson's Reminiscences of Old Edinburgh.
[ [54] She was Christian Hamilton, daughter of Grange Hamilton, and maternal grand-daughter of the first Lord Forester.
[ [55] Kirkton's History of the Church of Scotland, edited with notes by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, page 184.
[ [56] Fountainhall's Historical Notices, vol. i. p. 231-233.
[ [57] This preparation of milk is very ancient, and probably originated among the Tartars, by whom it was made of mares' milk, and called Koumiss. It is believed to have been introduced into this country by the wandering Eastern tribes, who, leaving their native Phœnicia, gradually spread themselves along the north of Africa, and, leaving traces of their passage in the Basque Provinces and Brittany, colonised first Cornwall, and then the western coast of this island; and a few of whose customs still linger among us. There is a very interesting dissertation on this subject in The Pillars of Hercules, by the late David Urquhart, M. P.
[ [58] Should any one wish to pursue this subject further, he will find it most exhaustively treated in vol. I. of Archæological Essays, by the late Sir James Young Simpson, Baronet. May not possibly Torphin, who gave his name to the neighbouring village of Corstorphine, have been a leader in the same Saxon host?
[ [59] The original document, with signatures and seals attached, is preserved in the Register House, Edinburgh.
[ [60] The arms of Lauder of Haltoun were—argent, a griffon salient sable, beaked and membered gules.