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Excerpt from The Diary of Andrew Hay of Craignethan: 1659-1660 Andrew Hay appears not to have embraced any profession. He is invariably designed as Mr. Andrew Hay from having taken the degree of Master of Arts. It is clear from the Diary that he was well acquainted with legal forms, and that he was frequently applied to for advice in legal matters. He may have been bred to that profession; though, unlike his brother, who was one of the clerks of Council and Session, he did not carry it out, but preferred to live the life of a country gentle man, which he was enabled to do by the patrimony received from his father and the dowry got with his wife. 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.