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16 Mar. CRIMINAL TRIALS. * 401
' merebaudis. Jjir Menne of Weir is Franchemenne, brocht in twa pryfTis' with
' panic. COUXTIE RiNGiiAlF cuinis in Scotland, and beis Lieutennent to J)E
' King of Franche. The Quene hes laid planelic, pat pE King of
• Franche will nocht waigc" Scottilhienne, bot lat panic vfe pe auld nianer.''
' Thair wes five piyflis ; thre of panie is had in Franche. The Quenis dyet
' is to reniane in Newbottill twa or thre dais, and pane to cum Eift, in pis cun-
' tre. The Lordis ar all evill content with hir, the quhilk I throw* falbe
' hard of beleif credence.' Item, for common revealing or fliewing to our
ancient enemies of England the fecrets of this kingdom, to the hurt thereof, in
treafonable manner. — Hanged.
Crtason — Carrt)inci: %ttUvs to t\)t eng;\iQ% ^r.
John Heryng, fon of the faid Symon, Convicted of treafonably going
by command of his fatlier, on June 21 laft, and on three other occafions during
the pall year, with his father's Letters, and twice with his treafonable intelligence,
without Letters, to SiR Thomas Quhartoune, an Englilliman, and enemy
of this kingdom, and revealing and lliewing to him fuch lecrets thereof, as tended
to the lols and injury of the Hate. Item, for art and part of treafonably making
the aforefaid Letter on July 3 lall, containing the points and treafons above
exprelTed ; and for treafonably receiving and delivering the fame, with his father's
credentials. Iteji, for being art and part, along with his laid father, in all his
treafons, directions, and revealing the lecrets of this kingdom to the faid Lord
Quhartoune and other Englillimen : And for common revealing and lliewing
the feci-ets thereof to the Englilli. — Hanged.^
1#urtinri: anU SHountiinti; — ^nViasimt.
Jan. 10. — RoBEKT Johxnestouxe, fon of umq'"" William J., burgefs
of Edinburgh, Convicted of art and part of the Hurting and Wounding of John
Morelbune, junior, with a ' quhin5eare"' on his head, to the great effufion of his
blood : And for Invafion of the faid John for his Slaughter, and Hurting and
"Wounding him in his left arm, to the effufion of his blood in great quantity ;
committed upon ancient feud, forethought felony, and provifion, at Sandepottis,
' Prizes. '' Pay the wapes of the Scottish soldiers. ^ Perform their accustomed Military-
service, by virtue of their Feudal tenures. ' Trow, trust. ' From the conclusion it would
apptar that both father and son had been put to torture, to draw from them such tilings as they had
kept back in their Confession, regarding tiie extent of their treasonable dealings : ' Et propterea dicti
Symon et ejus Jilius tanquam publici Proditores cruciari adjudicabuntur.' On the raaigin there is
merely inserted, ' Convict, et Suspex. ;' but it is likely they were drawn and quartered. '■ A
short sword, slightly bent or curved ; a kind of cutlass. It is probably the same with the English
whiidard, or back-sword, and is usually translated piigio (poignard) in the Record. From the nature
of the wounds inflicted with that instrument, it must have been one used for striking or cutting, as well
as for stabbing, for which last purpose, alone, the poniard or dagger is fitted.
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