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siderans, quod aliunde pecuniam habere non potui nisi de dicta terra, ipsam terram cum omnibus edificijs et alijs pertinencijs suis ad dictam terram spectantibus, vel spectare valentibus, jacentem inter terram quondam Stephani de Hose, ex parte orientali, et terram quondam Michel de Abirden ex parte occidentali, per diversas et sufficientes oblaciones factas in curia, ad exoneracionem hujusmodi debitorum, dictis abbati et conventui de Kalchou tanquam capitalibus Dnis ejusdem feodi, vendidi et presenti scripto meo confirmavi pro me et heredibus meis vel assignatis, et jus quod habui vel habere potui in dicta terra cumædificiis et pertinencijs suis pro me et heredibus meis vel assignatis, extunc et exnunc per fustem et baculum merâ et spontaneâ voluntate, in plena curia dicti Dni Abbatis apud Berewyc sursum reddidi et quietum clamavi pro sexaginta libris sterlingorum mihi pre manibus totaliter solutis, de qua pecunia plene et integre reputo me pro pacato exceptioni non numerate non tradite et non recepte pecunie penitus et expressé renunciando, et si contingat me vel heredes meos contrâ istam vendicionem et quietum clamacionem, seu aliquem alium vice nostra nomine nostro, mandato, consensu, procuracione, vel ratihabicione nostra in aliquo facere vel venire, obligo me et heredes meos ad solucionem quatuor viginti librarum fabrice ecclesie de Kalchou, nomine dampnorum et interesse solvendarum antequam in aliqua lite audiamur. Subjiciens me et heredes meos jurisdictioni et cohercioni Dni Archideaconi Laudonie vel ejus officiali qui pro tempore fuerint, quod possint me et heredes meos sine causæ cognicione et strepitu judiciali per sentenciam excommunicacionis in personas nostras de die in diem fulminandam compellere et cohercere, ad observandum omnia et singula premissa, et eciam quosque eisdem Abbati et conventui de dictis quatuor viginti librarum nomine ecclesie sue plenarie fuerit satisfactum pacto vendicionis hujusmodi nihilominus in suo robore duranturo nullo proponendo obstante. In cujus rei testimonium Sigillum meum presentibus est appensum Datum apud Berewye die Veneris proximâ post festum Sancti Jacobi Apostoli anno Dni m° cc nonages. Hijs testibus-(none added.)

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(Apud Haliruidhous, Oct. 26, 1591.) FORSAMEKLE as the kingis Maiestie, with aduyse of the Lordis of his secrete counsale, hes gevin and grantit, and be thir presentis gevis and grantis, his hienes full power and commissioun, expres bidding and charge, to his trusty and weil-belouit counsallouris, Schir Johne Cocburne of Ormestoun, Justice Clerk; Maister David Mekgill of Nesbitt, advocat; As alswa to Mr Robert Bruce and Johnne Dunkiesoun, ministeris; Williame Littill, prouest of Edinburgh; and Johnne Arnot, burges thairof; or ony three of thame coniunctlie; All and sindrie personis, alsweill thame quhilkis ar alreddy convict, or vtheris quhilkis ar detenit captiue, and hes confessit, and sum that hes not confessit; As alswa as ar dilaitit, or that heirefter sal be accused and dilaited, off committing, vsing, and practizing of witchcraft, sorcherie, inchantment, and vtheris divilish divysis, to the dishonour of god, sklender of his worde, perrelling of thair awne saullis, abuseing of the commoun people, and grite contempt of god, his maiestie, auctoritie, and lawis: To call and convene befoir the saidis commissionaris, or ony three of them coniunctlie, as said is, alsoft as neid beis; And thame to try, inquire, and examinat; Thair depositionis to putt in write; and the same to reporte to his Hienes and his counsale, To the effect thai may be putt to the knauledge of ane assyiss, and Justice ministrat as effeiris; Or sic vther ordour takin with thame as to his Maiestie and his said counsaill sall be thocht maist meit and convenient: The personis wilfull, or refuseand to declair the veritie, To putt to tortour, or sic vther punishment to vse, and caus be vsit, as may move thame to utter the treuth; And generallie all and sindrie vtheris thingis

to do and vse that heirin is requisite to be done; Firm and stable haldand; and for to hald all and quhatsumevir thingis the saidis commissionaris, or ony three of thame coniunctlie, as said is, sall lauchfullie do herein.

(Acta Sec. Conc.)

COMMISSION FOR TRYING JOHNSTEW

and articles alreddie deponit and confessit aganis the said Margaret, and vpoun sic vther circumstances as may drawe hir to a discouerie and confessioun of the treuth; and for this effect to confront hir and the said John Stewart, and sic vther personis as hes or can depone aganis her: And gif she sall continew constant and obdured in her denyall, with power to thame to

ART AND MARGARET BARCLAY, AC- put her to tortur; With power also to

CUSED OF WITCHCRAFT.-1618.

JAMES, &c.-Forsamekle as it is vnderstand to the lordis of secrete counsall, that John Stewart, vagabound, and Margaret Barclay, spous to Archibald Deane, burges of Irwing, war laitlie tane and apprehendit be the magistratis of our burgh of Irwing, vpoun most probable and cleire presumptioun of thair practizeing of witchcraft aginis John Deane, burges of Irwing, And procuring thairby the distructioun of the said Johne, and the drowning and perisheing of the schip called the Gift of God, of Irwing, and of the haill personis and goods being thairintill; Lykas the said Johne Stewart, vpoun examinatioun, hes cleirlie and pounktallie confessit the saidis divilishe practizes; and the said Margaret, foolishelie presumeing by her denyall to eshew tryall and pvnishment, doeth most obduredlie deny the treuth of that mater, notwithstanding that the said Johnne constantlie avowis the same vpoun her, and that diuerss vtheris cleir and evident verificationis ar producit againis hir, as in the proces of examinatioun, tane in the mater seene, and considerit be the lordis of our privie counsell, at lenth is contentit: Quhairfor, necessar it is that Justice be ministrat vpoun the saidis personis, conforme to the lawis of our realme; For quhilk purpois we haif maid and constitut, and be the tennour heirof makis and constitutes, our louittis, John Peeblis, lait provest of Irwing, Alland Dunlop and James Quhyte, bailleis of our said burgh, and John Blair, late baillie of the same, or ony tua of thame conjunctlie, our Justices in that pairt, to the effect underwrittin : Gevand, grantand, committand vnto thame, or ony tua of thame, our full powar, commissioun, expres bidding, and charge, To call the saidis personis befoir thame, and to re-examyne thame vpoun the said cryme of witchcraft, and vpoun the particular pointis, headis,

thame, or ony tua of thame, Justice courtis, ane or mae, at quhatsomevir place or places, and upon quhatsomevir day or dayis, lauchfull and convenient, To sett, begin, affix, affirme, and continew Suittis, to mak be callit absentis, to amerchiat vnlawis, escheatis, and amerchiamentis of the saidis courtis, to ask, lift, and raise, and for the same, yf neid be, to pound and distrenzie: And in the saidis courtis, the foirsaidis John Stewart and Margaret Barclay vpoun pannell to present, be dittay to acuse, and tham to the knawledge of ane assyse to put, and as they sal be fund culpable or innocent of the said cryme, to cause Justice be ministrat vpoun thame for the said cryme, conform to the laws of our realme; Assysis needfull for this effect, ilk persone, under the pane of xl pund, to sumond, warne, cheis, elect, and cause be sworne, clerkis, serjandis, dempstars, and all vther officiaris, and memberis of court neidfull, to mak, create, substitute, and ordain, for whom they sal be holdin to answer: And generallie, &c.; ffirme and stable, &c. ; chargeing, &c. Gevin vnder our signet, At Ed, the second day of Junij; and of our Reigne, the 16. and fyftieane yearis. (Sic subscribitur.)

BOND

AL. CHANCEL. MAR. BINING.
KILSAYTH.
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OF ALLIANCE BETWIXT THE EARLS OF HUNTLY, MARISCHALL, AND ERROLL.-1543.

[The following copy of a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, between three Scottish Chieftains, of great pride and potency in their day, has been transcribed from the original paper, in the possession of a gentleman of this city. James V., whose high notions of regal prerogative, notners, proved very offensive to many of his withstanding his gay and chivalrous manfactious and arrogant barons, had died on the 13th of the preceding December, of a broken heart, after the disgraceful rout at

Solway; and a minority, which promised such full scope for the pursuit of feudal ambition or vengeance, was not to be overlooked by a nobility who boasted hereditary claims to more than regal authority in their respective jurisdictions. Huntly was killed twenty years afterwards in a conflict with the Regent, Earl of Murray, at Corrichie; the other two died in their beds.]

The Bond betwix my Lords Erle Marshall and Erroll.

AT Huntlie, the nyntene day of Februar, the year of God In Ve fourty and thre (1543) yeiris. It is appointit, aggreit, and finaly endit betwix nobill and mychty Lordis, George Erle of Huntlie, William Erle Marscheall, and George Erle of Erroll, in maner as eftir followis, that is to say, for observing and keeping of hartlie kindness, according to proximite of bluid, and allya, and for guid rewle to be kepit in the north partis of Scotland, the saidis Erle Marscheall and Erroll sall accompany in all radis, hosting, and conuentionis, with kyne, friendis, and servandis dependand on tham, with the said George Erle of Huntlie; and all thre their actionis and causes sall be ane; and the said Erle of Huntlie sall not do by the saidis William and Georges counsalis, nor pass to nane conuentionne but thair awyss and consent thareto, nor thay inlikwyse by his awyss and consent; and that nother of the saidis Erlis sall purchess by thamselfes, and of thar causing, otheris kindemen, takkis, rowmis, teindis, or steddingis, but otheris awysse in tyme cumin; and in case that ony discord or distance happen betuix ony of the saidis Earlis, thar friendis or servandis, they sall concur incontinently, and cause reformatione be made but violence according to the falt; and that nane of the saidis Erlis sall make equale band but the awyss of otheris; and gif ony insurrectioun ryse within this realme, that nane of tham sall pass thareto, but the awyss of otheris, and sall concur for the commoun weil of the realme and thairselfes; and for the fulfilling and observing of the premisses, all the saidis thre Erles ar suorne and oblist be thair grit athis, the haly Evangelis tuechit, ilk ane to otheris, and under the painis of infamatè and perjurie; and this present oblissing to indure for thair lyfetymes. In witness hereof, the saidis Erlis hes interchangeably subscrivit this writ with their handis,

day, yeir, and place aboun writin, befor thir witneses, Alexander Ogilvy of that Ilk, Patrick Chene of Esilzies of Petfodellis, Comptrollar, &c. mount, Knyght, and Thomas Men(Signed)

GEORGE, Erll of Huntly.
WYLZAM, Erll Marshall.
GEORGE, Erll of Erroll.

LETTERS FROM MONTROSE, QUEENSBERRY, &c. TO GRAHAME OF CLAVERHOUSE.

[The following letters, addressed to the celebrated Colonel Grahame of Claverhouse, afterwards Viscount Dundee, are printed from the originals in the possession of a gentleman in Edinburgh. The first, from the Marquis of Montrose, appears to have been written about the time that the Duke of

York commenced his infamous career in Scotland, during his brother's reign. The second is addressed to Claverhouse by Queensberry and other members of the privy council, under the immediate apprehension of Argyle's invasion, in 1685.]

For the Laird of Claverhous. SIR,-Yow cannot imagine how overjoyed I should be to have any imployment att my disposall that wer worthy of your acceptance, nor how much I am ashamed to offer yow any thing so far below yo merit as that of being my lieutenant, tho I be fully perswaded that it will be a step to a much more considerable imployment, and will give yow occasion to confirme the Duke in the just and good opinion which I do asure yow he has of yow; he being a person that judges not of people's worth by the ranke they ar in. I do not know, after all this, in what termes nor with what confidence I can express my desyr to have yow accept of this mean and inconsiderable offer; whither by endeavouring to magnifie it all I can, and telling yow yt it is ye first troupe of ye D. of York's regiment, yt I am to raise it in Scotland, and yt. I pretend that non but gentlemen should rid in it, or by telling yow that I am promised to be very quickly advanced, and yt yow shall ether succeid to me, or share wt me in my advancement. I can say no mor, but that yow will oblidge me in it beyond expression. I do not expect any answer to this while I am here; for I do resolve to be at Edin! against y 1st or 2d day of ye next moneth, where if yow be not already, I earnestly intreat yow would be pleased

to meet, Sir, Yo! most affectionat cousin and servant, (Signed)

London, Feb. 19.

At Leith there is a Bath-Stove, Erected and set up by William Paul,

MONTROSE. after the fashion of Poland and Ger

For Collonell Grame of Clavers. (For his Majestie's speciall service.) SIR,-The Lo. Comissioner shewd

y letter. If there be any danger by horse, it most be from the Border; so propose what yow judge expedient, and writt it to ye E. of Dumbarton. The army is thus posted: the foot, horse, and dragoons, which were wt Lt Gen Drum and Coll. Dowglas, are at or near Air; what can be spared from this will goe thither also. The militia, which revendevouzes at Lithgow, are to be posted at Glasgow till they be put in order. Marqs of Athole will have above 3000 in Argyleshyr; the Marqs of Huntly some more at Lochness-head, but not so soon; Athole being already into Argyle. Charles Campbell, sonne to Argyle, is levying in Argyle some heritors; and toward 300 commons have joined him. Argyle keeps ye sea wt 5 ships; the frigats will be with him shortly. The king hath sent commissiones to Coll. Dowglas and you, as brigadeers both of horse and foot: Dowglas is prior in date. Ships by both seas are comeing on Argyle; and some armes, both for horse and foot, are comeing hither by a yacht. Wee hear yt about 30 horsmen came over ye Border, and returned in few hours. Wee have writt to Feilding, who is deputy governour of Carlyle, to correspond wt yow, and wee desyre yow may wt him. Lett us hear freqtly, and yow shall have still return from, Sir, Your affectionat friends and servants,

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many, which is approven by all the Doctors of Physick and Apothecaries in Edinburgh, and elsewhere: As also by all Travellers and Gentlemen, To be a Sovereign Remedy in curing of all Diseases, and for preventing of sicknesses both of young and old, Men, VVomen, and Children, from half-year upward: VVith the help of Doctors of Physick thereto.

The foresaid Bath-Stove will contain twelve or fifteen Persons, which will be bathed in half an hours time if they repair as they do to Bathes in after they enter the Bathe. Likewise other countreyes, this Bathe is able to give content to Fourscore Persons aday.

The Diseases that are commonly The Hydropsie, the Gout, Deafnesse, Cured by the said Bathe, are these the Itch, sore Eyes, the Cold, unsensiblenesse of the Flesh, the trembling Axes, the Irish Ague, cold Defluxions inwardly, the Melancholick disease, that are Curable. Probatum est. the Collick, and all naturall diseases The Degrees and Prices of the Bath

Stove.

The first Degree, l. sh. d.

for preserving the 00 12 00 Scots. Health,..

The second Degree,

for giving or pro-00 18 00
curing Health,...
The third Degree,
for bringing out

hidden Diseases 01 04 00
out of the Bones
and Inward parts,

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Ye shall have all the dayes of the week for men to Bathe, except Friday, which is reserv'd for Women and Children.

This Bathe is to be used at all times and seasons, both Summer and Winter; and every Person that comes to Bathe, must bring clean Linines with them for their own use, especially clean Shirts.

This Bath-Stove is to be found in Alexander Hayes Closse, over against the Entry of Babylon, betwixt the Tolbooth and the Shore.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

LINES WRITTEN IN A HIGHLAND GLEN.

To whom belongs this Valley fair, That sleeps beneath the filmy air, Even like a living Thing!

Silent, as Infant at the breast,Save a still sound that speaks of rest, That streamlet's murmuring!

The Heavens appear to love this vale;
There, clouds with scarce-seen motion sail,
Or 'mid the silence lie!

By that blue arch this beauteous Earth
Mid Evening's hour of dewy mirth
Seems bound unto the sky.

O! that this lovely Vale were mine!
Then, from glad youth to calm decline,
My years would gently glide;
Hope would rejoice in endless Dreams,
And Memory's oft-returning gleams
By Peace be sanctified.

There would unto my soul be given,
From presence of that gracious Heaven,

A Piety sublime;

And thoughts would come of mystic mood,
To make in this deep solitude
Eternity of Time!

And did I ask to whom belonged
This Vale?-I feel that I have wronged
Nature's most gracious soul!
She spreads her glories o'er the Earth,
And all her Children from their birth
Are joint-heirs of the whole !

Yea! long as Nature's humblest Child
Hath kept her Temple undefiled
By sinful sacrifice,

Earth's fairest scenes are all his own,
He is a Monarch, and his Throne
Is built amid the skies!

THE WIDOW'D MOTHER.

N.

BESIDE her Babe, who sweetly slept,
A widow'd Mother sat and wept

O'er years of love gone by;
And as the sobs thick-gathering came,
She murmur'd her dead Husband's name
Mid that sad lullaby.

Well might that lullaby be sad, For not one single friend she had On this cold-hearted Earth; VOL. I.

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On the Spirit of Domestic Happiness,
ALBION! a tutelary Power is thine,
Who lifts thy name among the nations high,
Radiant as Seraph, though of earthly line,
The Eldest-born of Love and Liberty.
A tranquil glory sits upon her face,
That speaks a spirit worthy of her birth;
Though bright with beauty, majesty, and
grace,

Her chosen dwelling is the Cottage-Hearth. There calm she reigns, while sinless Bliss beguiles

The evening-hours with vows of endless truth,

While round her knees the lisping Baby

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