Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweeddale
(117) Page 93
Download files
Complete book:
Individual page:
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
GENEALOGIE OF THE HAYES. 93
my bodie not the strongest, I sought libertie once in the day, or two days,
in the companie of the constable, only to goe to the yeard or gate, bot
my sute was rejected. These ar a taist of my sufferings, besyds the ne-
glect of my wholle affaires, the hurt of my estait, and prejudice of freinds ;
and now, my Lords, lett not the sophisticall insinuations of the King's
Advocatte and others, thirsting my causlesse ruing, preponder my loyaltie
to my loyal prince, and my harmlesse innocencie in this my ignorant and
simple accession, to a matter not imagined by me ether hurtfull or yet offen-
sive. Nether let your Lordships now (upon quhom God hes divolved the
final decision of my innocent cause) be affraide of the terrores suggested
subtilie by the King's Advocate, of ane assisse of errour. Know, your Lord-
ships ar not onlie judges of the fact simplie considered, as the King's Ad-
vocat wold untrulie and unjustlie insinuat, bot to judge of it by the pre-
sumptiones, probationes, and demonstrations theirin most cleare, yea by
the apparent designes and intentiones of the partie in the maine aime,
scope, and end of that businesse ; and thus judging as yow wold be judged,
and meassuring, as yow wold have meassured to yow againe, ye shall have
great boldnesse in the day of the Lord, for with what measure ye mett,
it shall be measured to yow againe. If yow, aither to gratifie men, or
for fear, condemne me guiltie, the downe-weighted wrath of God will be
your reward : the wagges of iniquitie, worse nor that of Gehazi's blood,
shall clave to yow and your house, if through your defaulte my innocent
blood be shedd : bewar of that which the King's Advocat does insinuat to
sentence with rigour in hope of mearcie : remember the words of Mor-
dicai to Ester, after urging to adventure his life for God's Peopell, and
his answer be way of excuse, to whom Mordicai then said, if thou wilt
not, then enlargement and deliverance shall arise to the Jewes another
way, bot thow and thy father's house shall perishe. So say I : it may
be that the King of his grace pardone my life, bot if, upon these hopes,
you damne me, yet my life and bloode shal be craved at you and yours,
and of your father's house, at the disposing of the Almightie. Remem-
my bodie not the strongest, I sought libertie once in the day, or two days,
in the companie of the constable, only to goe to the yeard or gate, bot
my sute was rejected. These ar a taist of my sufferings, besyds the ne-
glect of my wholle affaires, the hurt of my estait, and prejudice of freinds ;
and now, my Lords, lett not the sophisticall insinuations of the King's
Advocatte and others, thirsting my causlesse ruing, preponder my loyaltie
to my loyal prince, and my harmlesse innocencie in this my ignorant and
simple accession, to a matter not imagined by me ether hurtfull or yet offen-
sive. Nether let your Lordships now (upon quhom God hes divolved the
final decision of my innocent cause) be affraide of the terrores suggested
subtilie by the King's Advocate, of ane assisse of errour. Know, your Lord-
ships ar not onlie judges of the fact simplie considered, as the King's Ad-
vocat wold untrulie and unjustlie insinuat, bot to judge of it by the pre-
sumptiones, probationes, and demonstrations theirin most cleare, yea by
the apparent designes and intentiones of the partie in the maine aime,
scope, and end of that businesse ; and thus judging as yow wold be judged,
and meassuring, as yow wold have meassured to yow againe, ye shall have
great boldnesse in the day of the Lord, for with what measure ye mett,
it shall be measured to yow againe. If yow, aither to gratifie men, or
for fear, condemne me guiltie, the downe-weighted wrath of God will be
your reward : the wagges of iniquitie, worse nor that of Gehazi's blood,
shall clave to yow and your house, if through your defaulte my innocent
blood be shedd : bewar of that which the King's Advocat does insinuat to
sentence with rigour in hope of mearcie : remember the words of Mor-
dicai to Ester, after urging to adventure his life for God's Peopell, and
his answer be way of excuse, to whom Mordicai then said, if thou wilt
not, then enlargement and deliverance shall arise to the Jewes another
way, bot thow and thy father's house shall perishe. So say I : it may
be that the King of his grace pardone my life, bot if, upon these hopes,
you damne me, yet my life and bloode shal be craved at you and yours,
and of your father's house, at the disposing of the Almightie. Remem-
Set display mode to:
Universal Viewer | 
Mirador |
Large image | Transcription
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| Histories of Scottish families > Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweeddale > (117) Page 93 |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/94739223 |
|---|
| Description | By Father Richard Augustin Hay, Prior of St. Pieremont, including memoirs of his own times. Edited by James Maidment. Edinburgh : T. G. Stevenson, 1835. Contents: Introductory notice by the editor; including a list of the mss. of Father Hay now in the Library of the Faculty of advocates.--Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweeddale.--Father Hay's memoirs of his own times.--Appendix: 1. Carta Adæ comitissæ. 2. Ane epitome or abridgement of what past at the L(ord) B<almerino> his arraignment criminall before the justice. 3. Ceremonial of burning the pope, 30th November 1689. 4. Account of John Chiesly of Dalry. 5. An account of the misfortunes of Mrs. Erskine of Grange, commonly known as Lady Grange. 6. elegy on the lamented death of Lord John Hay, marquis of Tweddel. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | H.19.c.59 |
| Additional NLS resources: | |
| Attribution and copyright: |
|
More information
|
|
| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
|---|