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Show Thehiftorie ofScotland, The hiftorie ofScotland. Hance , toerpell the Frenchmen, Gehteh the quene -_op ofberiwife, that thep fhall not be kept togither, ?? © haucopentie fhetved our indeuszto bring thingsto cc Guiet; that wwe twill grant to anie thing, ubid) maie much as Deane of conquering the kingdome bp dering theeutll dealing of the Seenchiingand bis dmdefend, as of right we ought, Wherefore, from hencefozth toe do fufpend and forbid pour gouerne: 55 1ss9nLefle. Lethington,{ecretarte,¢ made agreement tobane mont , tithe name of the king and quene, o) bp ayitiy And as pou da notefteme bs latwfull fubieds of 55 Argile) Robert Dowslas, mothertotbepionat S; ‘for a regent to execute fupzeme authorities ipeciallie cq PoMlelle it 2 Louching the defenteandfortifiengof ftth the gouernement(ifyou haue ante {ich commit: 7? Leith, pou hallafke them this; ubether that fue at << anie time baue attempted ante thing that twaie,bes -ted bnto poubp the princes)ts fox moff tuft ¢ weigh: 9 -_-tie canfesforbinden pou : and that in the name of -_-the fame'p2inces , whofe councellors tue ate bo2tieto ce fore that thep with manic affemblies, andat length ‘be, chiefeliein matters abtch perteine to the fafetie Wwith confpiracte among themfelues , did opentie €¢ het that they would hakeoff the Latofull gouerites 30 of all the people. And although twe haue netermi: ned thot to fle anie danger in delfuering of that <€ ment,and before that thep at their pleafure troubled -telonte ,in tdich poubaueplaced ffrange ano hired < the thole publike ffate (onbnotwlenge tobs, tbo -fouldiersagaintt bs: pet fo the reucrence trhich tue held heplace andanthoritienf thechiefettgoucrnor) <€ the end) being forth, whie tt waslatefull for them to xe Teteine an armie at Coenburghy toinnave the gos Andzeivs, and thelardof Lochleuin, andafonne of "heme the lesa Ruther. About thefametime, James patioith he Wamltorrearle of Arrane, elnet forneto thepuke mio Brqite, Of Chatelevault, anvcapteincof the Scotit}compa: >> 22 theearle of Argile,and other lords wi thecanfeafozes 7? % faid, ibe oukeof Chatclerault, theearles of Argtle, -beate-bnto pou , as nto our queene mother ; fe bai of Arrane,and others, cameto thetowneof Glafcom, then, aus 2 and canted the images ¢altans tobe taken downe, -_earnefflie tuith all fatthfull intreatie beled) pou, 5» fhat pou depart from thence ; trbtlett the caufe of publibe commoditie doth inforce bs to recouer that 2> fotone by weapons : $Wefives thich, tor further requetE, that pou twill ?? lenge bnito themifelnes thenames of ambafladors, 35 (as hitherto tue haue Done) by continuall and daflie etther to decide controuerfies , 020 gouerne the al faires. Jfo2tt is but equitic that tue peoutdefor the 29 cc Sis therin,that we fhonlo labo: to thun their furie "© change of places. Jsthere anie thing in thetr lets cc ters that mentioncdtheir dutie to the right magt cc Htatee Death there lie open anie twate for the retkos ting of conco2d 2 Dzd0 thep thew anie token that < they ivould bane thefe editions pacified, and that lic fated bpon a conco2d , ive have often thetuen < thema waie therevnto. SHHeither are thep tguozant Sc that thefe French had (by the conmandement of fafetie, and wwillinglie {pare the blond of all thofe bired fouldiers , afwell fo; the ancient amitie trhich ?? bath benebetivene the French and the Scots, as ,, fo} the mariage of our queene with fhetr bing: tibich friendihip te woulorather thould be tncrear °9 herald declared at bis returneto the regent,that the dap before tt tas perfuaded in an affembled coury 7? cellof the nobles andthe other commons;that all the 5» deeds and faiengs of the regent dio onelietend to ., bderie tprannie. derevpor, there tas a decree mabe to take the 29 Certeine Frenciyines ine, gouernement from bic : fo that the tole conv cc their bing) besne long before oifpatchen ont of Scots panie fublcribed , asto a moff tuft matter : and _ land , builefle their doings had bene the canfe of that there thep did forbid anie ambaflage , giten 0 ? © their aie. Wherefore , if they will pet nov offer 60 fent to bir bp bir fonne tn lat and bir banghter: >» <¢ anie honeft conditions thich map induce bs to hope; and that (the maieftie of the gouernementalwwates faucd found ) maie declare that thep will mooeftlie S¢ and obedientlie obcie their fupertors : tue twill rez cc fafe no meansto reffore a concozd ¢ quiet amongett ee them and 03,noz omit anie thing that maie tend to , he publike commoditic. Sc Peitherare wealonefo affected towardsthem, ec but alfo their king and queene; tho hath tent onto nienf, bnfill the generalaffemblie of a parlement to be appointed bp them in {uch place as thep tyoulD >? thinkeconuenient. Zhe fiue ano tiventith date, the yy fo (nficicntite teprelled, keepe then fromthe fame 5 the bithop, + FobuLele ceeLe, (the offtciallof that place, theone bp countell; thea bijop of Ros ther bp preaching, and both bp the aivef thevarle of and compiicn I9untlete)oio their indeno2,at thattime the Wehees gibiaaie of _pnt thom befibes thetr purpote.} ILatine; points commandenient impofed and laid bpon him, came face fo face to the faid biceadmerall,and with cour tenance, herein appeared tokens of tutvard cow putcerteine gentlemenintoit tokepeit. Cdhereof wait on them: there as the principall canfe in bithop of Gialcoww,thelozos Sempill, Setton, os, alfo to keepe themthat late in Antkith from vits and diverie others with them,tokethecattellagaine, -_fels,and that no Jfrenchmanthould pate by fea forth and flaieng one night of the totne, refurnedon the nert mozrow todatrkintullocd, and fromthence to Aifhyus and Coenburgh. of Leith, ; ¥e UUherebpon the queene regent ofd fend sa, Lefleuslib. 19, ualle the king of Frances azato2 1 that realme , to 218-57 requett the queene of Gngland , that the twould call iter theiy returne from Olatcow, a certeine numberof Frenchmen tent to Striucling,and pat: bit hips home againe, and that the would not fend fing by the bridge ouer the Water of Firth, cante ine aiding fonloiers to the lords of the religion (fbome fi irpofeto haue gone bnto faint An 50 Lefleus neuer tearmeth by anie other name thaw 2 e fortificd the fotone, Wut thep bes fectartes anv feditious perfons ) therebythe peace ing in Lingeome, there allemblen togtther in Ftfe might be booken {with the FF rench,and fo occafion of the carlesof Arrane, anv Kothes, the peto2 of faint twarre giucn., TWherevnto hiv matettte anflwerey Anvzetws,the low Muthwern,the matker of Lindfie, -(twithnoleMe care of hirbingdome than became the and dinerfc other, baning with them no great nunv maieftie of fo god a mother tohaue of bir chitozen) ber; but pet thep dailieikivmithed with the French. that the bad no fuch mind as to make warre. Wut be Men, and woulo not {uller themtocomefrom the -_canfe that fhecerteinlie bnderftmd,that great trops fea fidesthere dinerie Frenchmen were flaine, and -of Frenchmen Did datlie land and increafe in Scots one of their capteins, fvith thirtie of his foulotozs, land,fothat canfe he knetw not: fhe conlo bw no and fely Scotihmen,o2in mancr none : ercept that 6o lefle than place fouloiers in biuerfe forts ano-has the arime twith the dzenge of acaleeuer thot. As the Frenchmen werein thetr progrefle,at the 60, Lefle, mouth of the water of Leuinin Fife, there arrfued - in their fighta nani of Ohips : ubich at the firtt hens hing they toke to be French thtps,but Mortlie after percetuing thet tobe the Englifh naute,thepretur. t Hed tuith great viligencetoiSurnt Zland,aherethep $.‘< towne mt tern, Hand pafled the ferric of ikingeome in botesamp craicrs lozbs of the religion fent an herald to iLeith,to will | all the Scots to departthe towne twithin foure and tiwentie houres,and to feparat themfelues from the »9 fubuerters of publike libertic. Zhus much Bucha- thell, and oneofthe chiefe of the eeclefiatticall oder, a Wwouldnot boudfafe them anfiwer , io not fo much iwere not able to refift them, fent William _- Engi menincrefed,fo that thep bptheir otpne forces onlte ened = then a Wozthie kninht of the ower of the fcallop iumtleie. Mottoityfanding ahich,thep conlonctbe the caffell of Glatcotwpertetning tothe bitjop, md the earle of Sontherlmd , who chanced to belwith thom atthepricking, toas foxe burtandmatmed in further , commanding bir to erecute no goucrne, , nanofthis done aboutthe fate of Wetth, before the nobilitie befieged the st .oe 7 potone.) And h againe to the order ofthe biffozte. <c With letters and commandements founding the cc Ame + home thepdin fo contemne, as that thep -_-indeved thereof bythe low elle, and the barovot Muchqabane,at the commandement of the catie of the Frenchmen being aduertifed, marched fortvard 40 Ded vas to impeach, that no Frenchman Monld to Giafcow,to the numberof fiue thonfand men: the land there,tn cafe ante came fogthef JFrance , anv ec thep wouln all thingsfhoulo be reduced to theiforr 50 fedthandimintthen. he fame dap allo, the {aid y, eg HEE ffate? Let themeloke this with hat colour they will of <¢ publike commobitic ; yetit is manifelt that thep cc thinkeand feeke nothing lefle. for ifthep ban oner religion(as the 4omith clearate tearmeth if } and EeThin. rage, put forth bis Demand ashe was intoines: The Diceadmerall anfivered,that he bad bene abroanon the feas febing after pirats,andincafe anieof thent came thither be was arriuedthere in the Forth to fetsing the bithops lining into their bands, and toke and tiventie houres; if there be ante thic) oo chal- Sc haue ante other gardabout bs? Cruelie thep fake 351 -_ronsof Perne, partlie for hatred to the cathglike r y 66 hie of meri of armes aidarchersin jfrance, being Che queene regent hearing ofthe arciuallof fhe ted at Rome, Engl, fent onto the vtceadimerall of that det, fled for religion fecretlie to Oeneua , from thence camebp tiie conuoie of matfter Kandall Cnglith: hamed matter Walinter,requiting to knowof hin; man into Cngland: whic at bis comming into 30 fothat canfe be twas come into thofe tuatersiathis gentlemarrannzeliia bimielfe to accomplify the Heotland he performed, and toined bimlelfe twith uernozs of thofe affaires 2 And thatit is not latwfall 4o leabe them out ofthe totonte twith pou, toithin foure 35 " forbsat ett for our otwneefente and fafetie, to % Bu the iteane tine,thilet thole of the religion 5 qe, but that toey {ent te ola ho€ngland purtrmthe life of the king of France, andonepete Aberden (for fo thep call that place in that towne, after bisdeceatle: Dheplenges twerethotes Dania bic is beautificn swith the bithops palace, the cas Hamilton, forne to the ube of Chatelevault; an w 20 nonvie,and the wninerfitic)andiwonln haueattauites thercallen Colae Campbell;coufine tothe earleof the, maqnificentand ffatelie church thereof, dBut fo This wed -_thole princes ¢of this kingdome,to make a publike cc fhe Kingdome , hen mp dangbterdmth alreanie "And to onrit other things , what canfe can theydin And. fo2 fare keeping hereof, the Scotith los Pleogestent Delivered plenges into Cugland , there to remaine fenate or councell : fo twe do not acknotwledge pou 2 «<c Made league and covenants twithour ancientent mies? aidof England ,totheeffect aforefain, -abat other name oztitle pou de vlurpe the publike >? -_aadmintffration of the kingdome ; as perfons cer: " wiolence. Forte thome,o2for home Houlogzfeke frengthencd their factions withftrong cities , and had almotf dettroiedall monafferics, certeine bar ps oe councell in fome points alreante fhetwen , The queene partlio blinded tyith defire of preie (asin alliafew: of. Gigiad therefore fent the duke of Popffoike fo x0 blies of battell there till be foritc) ouerifzety the aotans Wertwike , thither came to him the ratleofArgile, monafferie of the Carmelite triers in Aberden, granted them, @e p2tor of faint Andrews Barris the matter of Who going abontalfo tobaue fpoile the moriattes 1560. Buch. ariel j Mebert Carnegic sand, the pongloxdof -riesof the Lrinttie, anv ofthe friers Minors) tucre not refit the pictie Duc to God, anddethnot fight -teinlie knotwing, that thofe things Which are noty >? " imith their uctic towardstheir king andquene,and bone by pou,do twith the ntind of thofe princes fight ,, << that J did neuer fomud as once thinke of the ouer: 20 againtt the publikefafetie ofthis realimc, <c trot of their latves and iibertie ; and much leffe, for and in danger of trouble, insatothe French fo men{vere fo Leithand intfantlie began to foxtifie that towne, Te losds of Seotlano,percetuing the Hendy oO caffing great trenchesabout it, and making great fucy , as pzenenting a Ft blockeboufes for i their vefenfe perils as otherwwifemight baue befallen hem, and _-_uens, ubich might defend the Cnglith fromthe mar ‘Ifeo2 burt of {uch firangers, tfthep fhoulo atteinpt antething. Petther tooulo the (uffer that bir people fhould fet fot in Scotland, ontefle that they were pouoked therebnto by iniurics offered = } Aboutthe fame time, the queene regent,bear' . M Gytots hes -that the ube of Hrorffollic twas come to - e' saio tent to as generallieutenantof the north, fentanheraln a bathebf -twitha lettertohint, tr ahichletter tt tas fignifien Sortotbe. _-that the heralo hadcrevit to Declare - matter -than twas conteined inthe fameletter.s5ut - he was demanded that be bad to fap, he oenicd to haus a Flower,then anie crepit at ail. Wye rfore TAilliam Chetter heralo, and now Pozreic ting of - TSF Ho thettletters alfo pou fhall anfiwer ; that twe f Englith hipscameto the raveof Lett; where they: Bn Engitty cafe anchors,the fourth %bes of anuarte, gy NOTE" fuftered to remaine in Scotland: conf < ken to the kings commandement; but alfo warke, +o poubecuillie minded agatnt pietie towards God, that bis fonne theearie of Arrane fhould not at all the publike commoditie of the realme , and the com: 7? monltbertte of bs all: all thtch things tue mutt ¢ Pf © foine twith thofe tumults of the countric,and tthether cc the things tbichbenolwdath, are the performance cc Sf bis promifes . i of Cngland granted,of onelie for to ferue the Scov filhmons tarne; but tpectallic: fox the fuevtie of bir olone realme ann fate, thidy as then twas thought onlefe it be bp frengthof armes. To ali this the ,, -nnegt dap, tthichivas the thzce and tiventith of Der -tober , the nobilitic anflnered after this oder, » We eafilie bnderftand by pour letters and conv -mandements fent bp the herald, botw obttinatlie 2 -vfin remedies in due fi renenente, to anneiesenna SiS ae threatnings)tith tbat thelw of twoxdsfocucr thepbe <¢ cloked,are fuffictentlic enough knowwen bnto bs,as cc NO New things. Againe,pouthall require of thepuke of Chaftelerautt , that be call to mind that bebath © momifed to bs bybis words , and to the king bp bis ce letters. Which) was , that bewould not onette beat> lant to lisabeth the quéne of Gnglano fo att as beating. Wherefore , pou thal demand , and commandthe Duke, the nobilitie , and all others of 72 -fahat condition foeuer, that they depart in funder § atAnnee © fie and this prefent requeft, orrathercommande ce Ment doth tell declare , that thepacknotwlenge no gc Other fuperiozitie; md that their demands (o2rather |