_Fawsley, Heraldic Atchievement_ (Vol. v., p. 297.).--See Baker's
_Northamptonshire_, vol. i. p. 385-6., where the shield of the knightly
quarterings is noticed in describing the Manor house.
r.
_Old Scots March_ (Vol. v., pp. 104. 235.).--Your correspondent E. N.,
after quoting a passage from Mr. Tytler's _Dissertation on Scottish
Music_, says he has "never yet been able to meet with any of the _ports_
here referred to." I have the pleasure to inform him that several
curious ancient _ports_ have been preserved, and may be found in the
_Skene MS._, and in _Gordon of Straloch's Lute Book_.
_Port_, in Gaelic, signifies an air, either sung or played upon an
instrument. Mr. Tytler correctly describes this species of composition
as of the plaintive strain, and _modulated for the harp_. All the
existing specimens answer to this character.
The _Ports_ which are contained in the above-named MSS., are named as
follows: "Rory Dall's Port," "Port Ballangowne," "Jean Lindsay's Port,"
&c.
It may be necessary to say, that these tunes are written in an obsolete
notation called _tablature_. Translations, however, are in my
possession, and if E. N. wishes for copies, he is quite welcome to have
them if he will favour me with a communication.