DEDICATION

TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF

JOHN HENRIE AND PAT ROGIE

WHO AT EDINBURGH IN THE YEAR 1593 A.D.

WERE IMPRISONED FOR

"PLAYING OF THE GOWFF ON THE LINKS OF LEITH

EVERY SABBATH THE TIME OF THE SERMONSES",

ALSO OF ROBERT ROBERTSON WHO GOT IT IN THE NECK

IN 1604 A.D. FOR THE SAME REASON