...contented. This fpecies of ftone, fays he, whether with fulphur, or whatever inflammable fubftance it may be impregnated, they burn in place of wood, of which their country is deftitute. In the houfehold book of the fifth earl of Northumberland, of the date of 1512, a record...

...stone, with which they went away contented. This species of stone (says he) whether with sulphur,. *3S or whatever inflammable substance it may be impregnated,...place of wood, of which their country is destitute." The coal-works at Gilmerton, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, were begun to be wrought in the year...

...Advocates Library. § ^Enei Sylvii Opera, p. 443. ' ** ever inflammable substance it may be impreg" nated, they burn in place of wood, of which " their country...native country, written in the beginning of " the sixteenth century, says, ' There are black " stones also digged out of the ground, which are " very...

...of Pittencrieff, in Fifeshire. JEneas Sylvius, who wrote about the middie of the fifteenth century, relates, that he saw in Scotland " the poor people...place of wood, of which their country is destitute." The coalworks at Gilmerton, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, were begun to be wrought in the year...

...rags begged at the churches, receive for alms pieces of stone, with which they went away conten ted. This species of stone, (says he,) whether with sulphur,...place of Wood, of which their country is destitute." The coalworks at Gilmerton, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, were begun to be wrought in the year...

...stone, with which they went away contented. " This species of stone," says he, " whether with sulpher, or whatever inflammable substance it may be impregnated,...place of wood, of which their country is destitute." Doles of this, and other kinds should be drawn in a day.; and eight years after, at fifty pounds a...

...stone, with which they went away contented. " This species of stone," says he, " whether with sulpher, or whatever inflammable substance it may be impregnated,...place of wood, of which their country is destitute." Doles of this, and other kinds should be drawn in a day; and eight years after, at fifty pounds a year,...

...receiving for alms pieces of stone, with which they went away content. " This species of stone," he says, " whether with sulphur, or whatever inflammable substance...place of wood, of which their country is destitute." Doles of this, and other kinds of fuel, are still annually distributed in various parts of this country...

...useful commodity, so late as the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. " .Kin"!-: Sylvius," says he, " who afterwards assumed the purple under the name of...his native country, written in the beginning of the sixteenth century, says, " There are black stones also digged out of the ground, which are very good...

...receive for alms pieces of stone, with which they went away contented. This species of stone, he says, whether with sulphur or whatever inflammable substance...place of wood, of which their country is destitute. Boethius, writing in the beginning of the sixteenth century, says, that in Scotfossil coal, that a...