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Show iseabeliancoors 50 The hiftorie ofScotland. fentto the cattle of Dunbar, toith letters figned ihtth the kings band, direccd to the keepers of the tattle fo deliuer the fame to the briigers Correof: {ich the Keepers of that calle uri not difobcic, but permitted them to enter acco2dinglic. After this tn the peare of Chit one thoufmd foure bundzed thictie fiae,s the cleucnth of tbe fante king, be tuas font ambaflado? info Denmarke,tbere be conclu of Dotwglatle,mp fpailen the farneall that be coula, 1436,confirmed in bis office of cancellorthip, bes fine fbich be ba the qoucrnmentof the batgs per: fon,and of the caffle of Coenburgh cominitted to bis charge. hen by reafon of contention which fell bettweene fit Alerander Lentngtton the gourre nonrof the realure and this chancclio2 , thep Fell to parts taking tn the peare of Qj: one thoufand 7° Mut after, then the king bad befieged Coenburgh fonre bundzed thittie and feuen, therebpinfucd foure hundzed fortie ¢fir, being the tenth of James hbich thing adding further beat to the Dotvglatte, cauled bitn to procure the bing in the peere of Git one thonfand foure hundzed foptte and flue,betigthe ninth pare of (he kings reigne, to demand of Creichton the deliueric ofthe caftles of Coenburgh fad of Cretchton, tbhich be denteng fo de bnittll the king came to full age,bad all bis qads confifcat,bar ning therein no infurie done bnito him, fo> as faith Deda feud peace betiveene the nations of Der marke ard Scotland; hich gerd feruice being well 1° Lefleus ¢ Primusomnium fanciuerat Creiditonus, Lefleustibe8, ‘ ineied be twas after the Death of James the firfk and vt qui regi caftrumaliquod pottulantireftitcrit,vio- pagar. latz maieftatis arceflatur,cuius ille legis posnamprifn the entrance of James fhe fecond into the go: mus fubjjt, as be dfd which denifed phalavis bull, hermment of Scotland, inthe peare of our i020 much mifcheofe and bloudfhed Mmthe realme (as ale calle nine moneths, Crefchton being therein, the fame was delivered toith condition , that Cevidy tonthould fill rematne chancellor,trbtch obteined,be neuer after oelt i affairs of the commoninclth, tuberebp groiving againe into the kings fauour, be was with others in the peeve of Cyzif one thoufand the ferond, (ent ambatano?to the duke of Gelder Wwaies by mp obferuation Jhaue found to bayer -_-Land fo obteine Barie the onkes daughter te twife Buring the minozitie and the infufficiencieofkings) at fibat timethe qnentetaking part tvith heqoucre fox the hing, which be brought to paffe. All tebich note with fanding, fr the peare following be fell againe to get the kiig into bir poffetlion out of the bands of -holacn inthe pere of Ait one thoufan foure bans bp the king (natronke like a farocl full of ayparell, twould not deliver Creictons boufe 02 caftle to the fo2 againf the chancelto2,foundimcans by fubtiitie the charieeltor.after that hebadbandfoinclictrumed into the princes difarace , and twas by parlement zed footie and feuen, forfalten,for that his feruants fiberebpon the qoucrnourbefieged the chanccllo2 m 30 Bing, Aas before pou baue Geard, ut after as tt fee meth, fuch és the mutabilitie of fortune, ye retained the caftell of Cdenbargh. but in the end thep agreed James the that Cretchton (hould fill keepe the caftle of Coens burgh and bts office of chancelio:. That sone,in the peare one thoufmd foure hure 20d thirtie and nineand the third peare of James the fecond, the chancello: obfeined to haue fhe queen Dowager,and bir bulband Jamies Steward lor of one thonfind foure bundzed amd fiflic, be wwasbp the carle Dotwglatle ( fupoting him to be thecaule that the king midiked the earle) affantted one mor ning as be was comming out of the cattle of Grew tbich was Hames Weton archbtthop of Glafcotw was chaw 2° deliuered to the ineflengers: byon ti fo fhop not forgetting the cat i eden ties Jameswe- Celloz in the peace of Chztff one thoufand fine hun heed 4 thitteene,betng the firft peareof king James fim, Heit. dhis man being of great wwifvome, asap pointedamongt others to alfitt the queene in the governmentof the realme,therebnto fhe was fora fime aduanced : but the woman not induring to be Diteded by others,taking quarellagaint the bithop, ‘For the queene andthe bithop of faint Andzews ; but -_becante thep were kopt (ecretlie in thetr friends hous -_-‘fes( fo that thep could not be beard of ) he fpotled the -_abbeie of Dumfermling,ano the cattell of faint anv incountred as much as be could)take the greatfeale fauo2 With the old queene and the pong king, bib ity the peare of Ghzift one thoufand fine bundzed tivene fie and nine, and the firtenth peare of James the fit, deitten James the kings fonne bose at faint Andzetws , andnot long after, furrendered his foule to God in the faid peace one thoufand fiue hundzed fiue bundzed and fonretdéne,betincenebit and Arch3° drews, tabing atvaicall that the arcbithop hav. bald Dolwglalleearle of Angus (ahich this bithop Pottwithtanding abich, the archbithop keeping ir ftom the fatd bithop of Glafcoty , at faint Johns tolone, iherbpon the bithop got im to Coenburgh, and alifted ith manie lozds, kept the quene and bic bufband out ofthat towne,ahereby great viffere tion and part tabing twas ratfed amongfl the nobilt ter he affembled a potver , recouered Grenburg) ther tcp were committed bythe gouerno2. Thich done ,the chancellor keping in mind the deceit of 4o from the Doiwglaffe, andbhad beftrote that peefent,if be bad not fhifted atvate the queerte,in onerreachiug bint bp getting the king lies ho being thus pifhonozablic a) put of bis pofellton,and feeting the goucrtto: to fake burgh,oreto the ovle of Cratwfod an the frhole autborttie on bin at bis pleafure, did fo with him again Creicdton, bul he ; ofeming fworke,that be fornd means that be onelie accom foereof and requiting god foyenil!, Dio in th epeare panicd with foure ¢ tinentie perfons,did againe get of Chiff onethaufannfoure hundzed fiftie anv thie, the king(2s he Was one mo:ning hunting in Stee: 02 athoufand foure hundzed fifite amd foure as fore ling parke)into bts pofleffion,atom be carried with bane, procurea pardonfo2 the earle of Crawford, bint into the caftic of Woenburgh, tyerintth the go» greusufie fallen into the kings vifpleafare: gt tirrno2 was greenouilie offpicafed: but net able to a éatc temedie the fame, there was an agreement made 50 Gbicy pere alfo the King calling 4 paarlementns gittti to benbargh, the carledome of Murcet eas me betivenc the chancelio2 ¢ him, fhat the bina fhould fir James Creichton,o2vather refto2ed to pinefrom femafne in the cuftodte of the chancelio2,and the gaz Oboeit bad bene wyongfallie taken by Se puiitt mornorcontinuc biseffice nadminiftrating the at: fentence of WHilitam earleof Dotwglatle , near faires sf therealme. Gdherebpon in fhe peare of : Gyone Honfant foure bundscd and fortte, aw the procured tt to be alfigned to bis beater arehiba fourth peare of Zanirs the fecond, the gonerno2 and Dotwglale,althongh the right remained in the or fir Zanes Creichion. Wut pet oben the ee foe chancelio: affemble a countcell of he nobilitie at James coula not keepe that earledomne without ve Coenburgh. Bn the peare of Cyt one thoufand fie of the realme.iBut as 9 gather,peace being made betinene them,be was againe made chancellor, ap bnito bis cattle of Creicyton, there in fort fpaceafs _of o{uorce facd before bim, bettucne the quéene and _the earle of Angus. Whereof the carle, to rveuenge -the fame, did with the king, in the peare of Cinitt one thonfand fine hundzed tiventie anv fir, feoke ofd (mimedfatlte after the mariage , perfoxmedthe firt of dug, inthe peareof Chiftone thoufany bargh , from tbich although toounded, be efcaped Zozmereleated out of the pforof Sterling, tt a into the kings grace,fo fibich in the peare of Gut The hiftorie ofScotland. otte fhoncand fonre hunprenfoure feoze and tipo, and of France to Coenburgh ,abere twas a paremein the tio and twentith of James the third,ten lew bolden,to fammon theearle of Angus ‘,ape ander Steward Dube af Alvanie with the onke of but be refuting, it as agreed that the earle thoulo Olocefer were come vnto Katkalrig twlth the palfe into Cngland there to remaine . Cnglith power,this manamongt others,twas fent fhe bithop thus baning the better of bis ents to the Cnglith campeto treat with the tivo dubes, mics, Andzeto Forman bifhop of S.Andzelws diev, inith hom tn the endanagreement was mabde.5p in the peare one thoufand fiue bundgen tiventie amp fibich the duke of Albanie , before fed ontof Scots tivo,being about the ninth peace of James the fir, land,tas reffo2ed home, and had both bonozs and bp occafion thereof othis chancelloz James Weton Offices beffotwed on him ; howith this chancellor $f 10 bitho; ip of @lafcow was adnancen i other noble men had the governmentofthe kings further mane abbat of Dumfermling prin abt Domefo a certeine {pace : puring which time,this hetw bono,in the peare of Chetft one thonfand fine dube the chancellog and others, going to bifit the bundzed tiventie aud foure , be teas appointed one queeneat Sfterling,the puke bp the quenesperfuas of the gouerno2s of the realute bp parlement: but he Gon tofthout knotolenge of the other, went ts Coens hot poflefiingthis bone: anie long time, the earle of burgh,and byforcereftozed the king to libertie , be Angus (tho bad gotten the hing into bis diurped foe taken andbept in hold bp foreof the nobilitie, government, and denied the deliuerie ofthe bing fbi) being knotwneto the chancelloz and the other being fent for by this bithop ann the other nobilitic) loxds at Sterling,they fied to their ote countries, fent to the chancello? foxthe great feale, thirttc aw nine; of thomeft hall not greene me to fet dotone tbat Lefleus hath twzitten, ttbfch though ter this,in the peare of Chztff one thoufand fiue burs 40 it be fometbatlong., pet becaule it ts neceffarie , ¥ D2ed and fiftene,be commeth iwith the earle of Ars rane,trho fabmitteth hintfelfe to the goucrno2.Shorts bad rather fet Downethe plaine tyordsof the antho2, than bp abzidging of them into our our tong, to lie following, the gouerno2 gane fo this arehbithop Dep2tue the anti? of bis due by his otyne Mile: thus therefoze be watteth . of @lafcotv the abbete of Arbioth, aligning to the Tacobus Betonius archiepifcopus Santandrea Lefleus iby, eatle of Murreie a large penffow out of the fanie, politanus, quimaximis reipublice honoribus fum- pag.45o fhich bithop being thus in fano2twtth the qouernoz, maquegloria apud nos quamdiutiflimé floruerat, fwas(tn the pere of Ch:if one thoufany flue banded tate iam grandior , natura concedebat, ac in ede and feuentene in Mate,ten the gouerno? twent ins fancti Andrea tumulohonorifice tegebatur.Hic anto France) appointed,amongtt others, tohane the tole of the realme bnfill bis retarne. Lipo peares 50 ciftes quofdam,quos egregié charos habuit , viuus conttituebat,vein beneficia fbi mortuo fufficerétur. after ihich, the nobilitie being diutoed about the In epifcopatumautem Santandreapolitanum, ac in quarell of the carleof Angus ¢ Arrane, this bifhop abbathiam Arbrothenfém, vir fumma prudentia, & inthe peare of Chziff one thoufand fine hundzed and ninetene,being then alfo chancelloz, with other no- anini magnitudine preftans Dauid Betonius cardi- ble menof the realme,kept the tolune of Olafcotw; nalis,eius ex fratre nepos , in abbathiam verd Dum- butatter that,this chancello2 tho toould not come to enue of dfuers pectons, be furcendze0 the fame foure bundzed fortie and foure,being the eight of the fame James the fecond , both the gouertio2 and ¢, to the bings baws. IWefine all tebich at this parle fhe chancello2 (at the perfuafion of William earle nent was George Creichtan createdearle of co nefle, ahich J thought gad to note in this if Dowslas\igere remouen from their offices bythe caufe if foucyed the name of Gucttinn king,tho being note about fourctern peres old,bad A Cc do Now intreat by reafonof this chal 1 te twas a nA taken theabfolute gouernement of the kingdom Andzelv Steward lezd of Anandone thou par. Bpon him; bettoes ohtch they twere allo put from the tbat peace toill be long imbzaced amongtt ambitt: °° firmlingenfem Georgius Dureus, in alia denique aJij: quamillius voluntatem rex non impediuit , quo minusilli, quosarchiepifcopus ante obitum confti-+ tucrat , beneficijs liberé fruerentur + ne cuius viui mentem femperlaudatet, eius mortui voluntatem malitiof@ videretur refcidifle . Hic archiepifcopus ous minds 2 fith in the peare following, being the precipuum illius collegij quod nouum Santandre- peare of Ch2ift one thoufand fine bundzed and tive tie,the noble men fell againe to factons:fop tren bt nerfeof the pres tere come fo Goenburgh to aid couitcell, thet friends were banifhed the court, and thep were fammoned to apeare before the king, tthich they refufed,not as gtltte in confcience, bot as apoli dicitur, partim fuo fumptuexcitauit,ac maxie mampecuniz vim qua reliqua pars indioata perpo~ liretur , teltatoreliquit: verum pecunia illa in ios vlus poftea traduéta, collegsj ius (ne quidacritls di- thancelloyrematning then tn the fotone) thep purfared the earie and chancello2 & hotliethat thep were fearing the crueltte of their enfmies, therebpon . foep were proclanted rebels and put to the home, Hbich occaftoned William Dotwglatte the chancel» ors great entinte fo gather a pogver and Cpotle the landsofthis WHillfam Creichton,fo2 requital! aber: Of,Creidton gathered a like potuct.entren the Lao cellor of Scotland inthe pere of Chit aie foure bundzed thee froze ande‘gbt, being a Oh f king Zamesthe eight peare of the retgneo into sportuete fe @ twas fent iwith others of rke, : a Amariage twith the bing Denma king of Scots va, bis vauabter Margaret ethe lapte be brought toith bim into Scott wd im d accosninglit at bat tine thep were marrie is about the peach peares alter nbich , that Gdenburgh,the king of England and of France their ambaGavors came to Sterling, therea peace tas proclamedamongft the nobilitic. wut tbat can long continue in onefale, 03 the carleof Angus againtt the earleof Atrane (this both conftreined to foxfabe the totpne , and to fie - through the noztl Loch,abont the thirtith baie of A+ pull. Wut as the enents of quarels be doubtful, noty bp now dotone,fo this archbifhop not long af ter thisnifqrace, reconered breath , andin fourm ber following, ofoaccompanie the regent some out cam) perierat . hus mud Lefle, amd thas much J, touching this dancello2 , fpoken of alfo in mp treas tile of the archbifhops of fant And;etws, ©awen Dunbar arcbithop of Clatcoty, anv the hings (dolemestter , was chancello; as appeareth by Lefleus lib, 9.pag.399. the in in the peare of hrf one thoufand flue hundzed twentis and two, twziteth: Non multd polt Andreas Formannus epifcopus |