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JAMES III.
203
same cause, because they knew the king to be weill
lowit witht all the commons and burrowis, and in
spetiall witht all the aigeit and ancient lordis and bar- Foi.66«.
rouns of the cuntrie quho was so wyse that thai knew
5 the danger quhat was to rebell aganis ane crownit king.
THE XI CHAPTER.
Hou the homes and the hepburnis send for the Captane of Snivel¬
ing : hou the Captaine delyverit the prince to thame : hou
they made proclamatiounis. Hou lord David Lyndsay pre-
sentit ane horse to the king. The number of the kingis men.
Thir motiouns and wther thingis was ane greit hinder
to thair consperatouris to put hand in thair prince, bot
zeit ane certane of the eldest to wit, the earle of Angus,
the lord Annerdaill,1 the lord Bothwell, Lord Home
10 witht vther diuerse concludit be thair consall not to mell
witht the king withtout they had the prince his sone in
thair handis. And to this porpois they concludit all
haill and thairto fand ane craftie moyen that is to say,
they send ane messinger quyitlie to the captane of
15 Stirling desyrand him effectuslie that he wald come and
speik witht them for his awin weill and singular pro-
ffeit quho was werie laith to come to them. Bot zeit at
the last they maid him so fair promissis and gaif him sic
giftis of gould and silluer to thair purpois and grantit all
20 the petitiouns they desyrit of him at that tyme to wit
that he sould deliuer the prince in thair handis incon-
tenent, and keip the castell still in the princes name
and thairis and that he sould not resaue the king in
tyme coming nor nane of his in the said castell. For
25 this cause they gaif him great sowmes of money and he
inmedeatlie deliuerit the prince to them, quho went
witht thame to Lythgow and thair maid proclematiounis
How the
Homes and
Hepburns
send for the
captane to
Stirling.
How the
captane de-
liueret the
prince to
them.
1 I has “ Evindaill. ”
203
same cause, because they knew the king to be weill
lowit witht all the commons and burrowis, and in
spetiall witht all the aigeit and ancient lordis and bar- Foi.66«.
rouns of the cuntrie quho was so wyse that thai knew
5 the danger quhat was to rebell aganis ane crownit king.
THE XI CHAPTER.
Hou the homes and the hepburnis send for the Captane of Snivel¬
ing : hou the Captaine delyverit the prince to thame : hou
they made proclamatiounis. Hou lord David Lyndsay pre-
sentit ane horse to the king. The number of the kingis men.
Thir motiouns and wther thingis was ane greit hinder
to thair consperatouris to put hand in thair prince, bot
zeit ane certane of the eldest to wit, the earle of Angus,
the lord Annerdaill,1 the lord Bothwell, Lord Home
10 witht vther diuerse concludit be thair consall not to mell
witht the king withtout they had the prince his sone in
thair handis. And to this porpois they concludit all
haill and thairto fand ane craftie moyen that is to say,
they send ane messinger quyitlie to the captane of
15 Stirling desyrand him effectuslie that he wald come and
speik witht them for his awin weill and singular pro-
ffeit quho was werie laith to come to them. Bot zeit at
the last they maid him so fair promissis and gaif him sic
giftis of gould and silluer to thair purpois and grantit all
20 the petitiouns they desyrit of him at that tyme to wit
that he sould deliuer the prince in thair handis incon-
tenent, and keip the castell still in the princes name
and thairis and that he sould not resaue the king in
tyme coming nor nane of his in the said castell. For
25 this cause they gaif him great sowmes of money and he
inmedeatlie deliuerit the prince to them, quho went
witht thame to Lythgow and thair maid proclematiounis
How the
Homes and
Hepburns
send for the
captane to
Stirling.
How the
captane de-
liueret the
prince to
them.
1 I has “ Evindaill. ”
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