Genealogy of the house and surname of Setoun

AND SURNAME OF SETOUM. 19
of Beruick verie schairplie, baith be land and se)\ Eot the said Sir Al-
exander defendit it verie valiantlie for the space of thrie moneths ; out
of the quhilk toun the said Sir Alexander and his cumpanie ischit sindrie
tymes, and slew thair watches, and brunt monie of thair schippis, quhill
at ane skirmish Williame Setoun, sone to the said Sir Alexander, follouit
sa fast, that he was takin prisonar, and presentit to the king ; and als ane
valiant young man, bastard sone to the said Sir Alexander, invaiding the
Inglis schippis, hapnit to droun. At the last, the victuall grew scant in
the said toun, and dyuers thairin hurt and slain ; for the quhilk caus the
said Sir Alexander send to the reulars of Scotland, in the nonage of the
king, to get reskew with all diligence. And in the meintyme sent to the
king of Ingland, and desyrit treuis for certane dayis, vpon conditioun if
he gat na releif befoir the day apointit he sould delyuer the said toun to
the king of Ingland ; and, for ob3eruing and keiping of the said con-
ditioun, he delyuerit his eldest sone and appeirand air, callit Thomas, in
pledge to him. In the mein tyme of the treuis, the reulars of Scotland
gadderit ane grit armic, of quhais cuming the king of Ingland heirand,
pveveinit the tyme, hauing na respect to his promeis, and desyrit the toun
to be randerit befoir the day appointit, or els he sould hang baith his
sones. To the quhilk ansuerit the said Sir Alexander : If he wald use
sic crueltie, contrair to his faith and promeis, go to his purpois, for he
wald noght rander the toun. Than incontinent the king of Ingland causit
dres ane pair of gallouis befoir the said toun, and broght the said Sir Al-
exander his tua sones, the ane delyuerit in hostage, the vther takin pri-
sonar, bund thairto, and hangit them in maist creuell maner. Thair fa-
ther hou soone he saw the gallous put up, and his sones bund thairto,
wald not byd to sie his sones put to deid, in ventour fatherlie pitie sould
haue mouit him to giue ouer the toun, bot passit to his chalmer with ex-
treame grit dolour. His wyfe, callit Christian Chein, persauing the grit
greif of hir husband, by the common custome of wemen laid by her mo-