Excerpt from Teares for the Death of Alexander Earle of Dunfermeling, Lord Chancellar of Scotland The Earl of Dunfermline, whose death forms the subject of the Poem, was a man of considerable talent. In like manner with the celebrated Sir Thomas Hamilton, his professional ex ertions as a lawyer, were the primary cause of his subsequent elevations Having been appointed an Ordinary Lord of Session, he was afterwards promoted to the situation of President, - ad vanced to the Chancellorship, and to' the rank of a Lord of Par liament, - and latterly, to the higher dignity of an Ear]. He died in his house at Pinky, in April, 1622, aged 67. In Mait land of Lethington's ms. History of the Family of Seatoun, enlarged by Alexander Viscount of Kingston, (in the Advocates' Library, ) it is stated, that he dyed with regret of all that knew him, and the love of his countrie, and was interred at his bu riall-place in Dalgatty, the May thereafter, with great His lordship was succeeded in his titles and estates by his son Charles, who, during the earlier part of his life appears, from the Decisions, collected by Gibson of Durie, to have been much harassed with law-suits at the instance of his mother, Marga, ret, sister of John, first Earl of Tweeddale, who afterwards married James' first Earl of Callender. 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.