[1] The firſt ad|uancement of the Hepborns.In rewarde of which benefite the ſayd Earle gaue vnto this Hepborne certayn lands in Low|thian, whoſe poſteritie increaſed afterwardes in ſuch power of landes and ſurname,The Earles of Bothwell. that the ſame enioyed not only the Earledome of Bothwel, but was alſo deuided into ſundry braunches, and many Knightes thereof haue riſen of right wor|thy fame and eſtimation.