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[continued from previous page] for building the Bridge of Tay, the bridge of Earn and the church. A Citizen of Perth of the name Dundee has recorded several events with their dates in a miscellanious manuscript of which Mr. Adamson was in possion [possession] when he wrote the Muses Florenodie. The manuscript was commenced in 1570 and was continued by his son till 1636. It contains, inter alia, a notice of "the falling down of the three bowis of the Brig of Tay be the greet watter and of bowis vaitter on the 20th day of Dec. [December] in anno 1573".- "The downe falling of five bowis of the brig of Tay on the 14th day of Janewir in anno 1582 yearis."- The downe falling of the bra vein pillaris of the brig of Tay the 29 day of Dec. [December] in anno 1589 zeiris". This must have been the bridge that was built in 1329 and the substantial correctness of Mr. Dundee's notice is established by the contents of a decreet of the Lords of Council in 1586, in causa, the magistrates of Dundee versus the magistrates of Perth in which the latter plead, why they should not pay certain duties claimed for repairing the shore and bulwark of Dundee that their need was equally great of sia exactions to support the Common weil of their burgh mair requisit to be bott and helpit nor the said shore and having of Dundee Speciallie the brig haiffing twyst fallin down and decayit, and laitlie being erect of Tymmer is readdy to fall without present help," etc. From this time till 1617 the bridge was under repair and a considerable portion of it built anew. Among the records of the house of Pittheavil there is an order from the King and Secret Council 7th Feb. [February] 1599 for allowing the magistrates of Perth to take stones out of the quarry of Pittheaviless for repairing the bridge of Tay on payment of 50 merks, [continued on next page]