Correspondence of Sir Patrick Waus of Barnbarroch, Knight

CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR PATRICK WAUS. 37
termes bygane. Item, that sche sail noclit clame kyndnes to
the said office and rowm, bot leiff It wyth favour and kyndnes
alss sone as I sail requyre, &c, And vpon thir poyntis that I
may haue sufficient cautionn, and this beand putt In wryte be
your avyiss, and send to me, I sail subscryve It, and send it to
yow agane. And quhair as sche offris to me the sam power In
hir landis in fyiff, becaus that thair is not ane penny nor boll
of victale, sa fer as I can speir, to tak up thair, I cair not
quethir sche mak me hir powr or nocht thairupon at thys tyme,
for thair is na thing to be gottin thairaway quhill It be con-
queist wyth money, or ellis wyn be the law, sa lang as euffame
wemis lewis, 1 gif thair be ony vther reasonable conditions, that
ye think to be aggreit vpon, I am content to do as ye sail
devyiss, praying yow to appardon me of the manyfald and greitt
laubouris I putt you vnto, and to command me In lyik maner,
quhairunto I sail be reddy, god willing, praying our god to pre-
serve yow, and your bedfallow, and all vther freindis for evir.
at Edinburcht this xxiiij of november 1566.
Your brother the Justice clerk.
I am crediblie Informit that the baptisme of our prynce 2
salbe maid vpon the tent day of december nixtocum, and that
the queues (g) will do all thingis possible to be reddy at that
day. hir (g) wes sicklye in hir Journey, bot sen sche com to
craigmillar sche is weill mendand, praysed be god, and It is
belefit that sche sail remane thair quhill hir passing to the
baptesme.
[The outer sheet with address is torn off.]
Letter from Mrs Janet Kennedy of Culzean to Alexander
Waus, Laird of Barnbarroch, 4th July 1566.
Broder, eftir maist hartlie commendatioun for samekle as
touard the siluer quhilk ye haif in your handis, ye sail wit that
So long as Euphemia Wemyss lives. 2 James VI.