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CRONICLIS OF SCOTLAND.
The Doug-
lassis for-
faltit.
The chang¬
ing of the
kingis
offieceris.
Ane conven-
tioun maid
at Edin¬
burgh.
Ane proclie-
matioun
maid.
Fol. 114 b.
How the
king passit
to Meggat-
land.
in the zeir of god Im vc xxvij zeiris1 and thair in
presentis of the king and his thrie estaittis, the said
Earle of Angus his kin and freindis war all forfaltit and
thair landis annexit to the croun; and this forfaiting
and proces led as I haue schawin zow, the king past to 5
Stirling and thair remanitt ane space and changit money
of his offieceris that is to say, thesawrar, comtrollar,
secrietar, and Maister houshald witht mony wther offeceris
quhilk pleissit him to remove for the time and pat wtheris
in thair plassis, that he thocht mair expedient to be in 10
thair rowmes. Syne heirefter maid ane convention at
Edinburgh witht all his haill lordis and barrouns to
consult how he might stanche all thift and reif withtin
his said realme and cause the commons to leif in peace
and rest quhilk lang tyme had bene perturbit lang befoir 15
ffor fault of goode gyding of ane2 king. To this effect
the king maid procliematioun to all lordis barrouns and
gentillmen landit friehalderis that they sould compeir
at Edinburgh with ane monethis wictuallis to pase witht
the king quhair he pleissit, to that effect to dantoun the 20
theiffis of Annerdaill and Liddisdaill witht wther pairtis
of that cuntrie and allso wairnit all gentillmen that had
goode dogis to bring them witht them that he might
hunt in the said contrie as he plessit. The quhilk the
earle of Argyle, the earle of Hountlie, the earle of 25
Atholl and also all the rest of the gentillmen of the
hielands brocht thair houndis witht them in lyk maner
to hunt ane deir witht the king as he pleissit. The
secund day of Juin the king passit out of Edinburgh to
Meggatland to the huntting with money of the nobillis 30
and gentillmen of Scottland witht him to the number of
xij M men and thair passit to Meggatland and huntit
1 I has “9 March 1526.” The true date was September 1528.
There does not seem to have been a second forfeiture, but in 1540
Parliament ratified an extract of the sentence.—A.P., ii. p. 401. See
Notes. 2 I has “ane”; A has “auld,” wrongly.