Excerpt from History of the University of Edinburgh, From 1580 to 1646 Ministers and citizans of Edinburgh before na med, and many else assisting them. So} that having obtained ane gift of ane University within the citie, in the beginning of this year they purchased from John Gib and John Fenton, servants to the King, their right of the Kirk of Field, to be ane place for the si tuation of the intended Colledge: It consist ed then of two parts, divided'by ane narrow lane goeing from the Cowgate, on the west syde of Mr Alexander Guthrie's yards, thorow the place where the common-hall now stands; and from thence towards the west, where new the back gate of the Colledge leadeth to the Potter-row Port. On the north-west of this lane was the great lodging where now are the schools of the private classes. This was the lodging of the Duke of Chatteleraut, Earle of Aron, and, by the forfeiture of the Hamiltons, disponed to some Courtiers, and by them to the Magnum of Edinburgh. On the east and south side of this land, was the yarde, Chm. 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.