Bannatyne Club > Criminal trials in Scotland, from A.D. M.CCCC.LXXXVIII to A.D. M.DC.XXIV, embracing the entire reigns of James IV. and V., Mary Queen of Scots and James VI > Volume 3

14 CRIMINAL TRIALS. A.D. 1 609.
\^I. Lettku, Sir James 3Ialconeill to the Earl of Caithnes.
My Lord,
Geve the Con fall he cuiius to knaw whom it was Jiatt Calder^ fend to, he had the Warand for
talking mylyfe. T/ie Pryarof Ardchattmt- am] M'kirolP his fone, .4^/«« il'/<'ffo!r(/o//is my authours ;
and tliey will not, nor can not deny itt. Alfo Calder's avin agent, James Movatt, maid no fecreitt
]>aiiof ; for he tauld it hotli to the Erie of Crarrfuird* and to M'^intois.^ I wald not nov, betaua I
liad nott ane beirar of my avin, liaifart to vryt to Jie Secretlar,^ bott itt is only in your lo. and his lo.
]iatt I truft. I know Colder and ]ie CamhelUs wilbe buiflle to feik imployment of fervlce aganes me ;
bott the fame fall nott be neidfull, for your lo. and my Lord Secrettar may better bring me to that
quhilk falbe moft to His Ma''" commodite and ]ie quyetnes of ]»e contre, without beftoving oney
chargis nor all ])e Cambellis liveand may or can do by his Ma""^^ fors, quhilk I will ever except ; and
honour, and refpeck what •50ur lo. wryttis to me, onles the Confall dereck one to me. oour !o. may
fend •^our Letters to my lord Tuillibairne,'' to be fent be liis lo. to the Officer of Lochaber, wlia will
fend ])aine to me whair ever I be. So abyding your lo. anfuer, I reft,
Your lo* ever to ferve you,
(Without date.) S" J. Makdonall.
To my verie honourable gud lord, my lord Erle of Caittnes.
"\"II. Lettek, Sir James Malconeill to the Bl/Jiop of the Ij/csJ'
My verie gud Lord,
I DOUTT nott bott, or^ now, your lo. lies hard of my braiking of Ward ; and ]ie only caus quhilk
maid me ventour Jie fame, quhilk, as God kuawis, was for no vther caus bott only for ]ie faifte of my
lyfe, quhilk ))e Laird of Calder faid was in his will only. Allwayis,'" prais to God, I am out of
Calder's denger; and ^ett, geve" be oney meines I may have his Ma"^ gracius pardon to my felf
and thefe gentill men fatt afifted me, I will latt your lo. fe His Ma^^^ commodite fall novayis be
impaired, )ie pace of ]'e contrie fall novayis be trublid, nor his Ma'^^ putt to no chargis, be giveing
imployment to ]>e Cambellis, wha crawls ever to filh in drwnily'" waiters; and Jiairfoir, I pray your
lo. deill with his Ma''"^ and Confall, for a continewatioun of oney wiolent cuife'^ to be tane be his
Ma"^" aganis me, ontill yow may gett one of your avin to cum to me ; and with ]iatt man, or with your
lo. felf, geve I know how to fie you, I fall fend fuch Offers as I hop fall content iiis Ma'^'^ and Confall.
So, as my trefl is and was ever in your lo., I pray you vryt to ine, what I may luik for ? As for fat
erand of Dwnveg, God is my vittnes, I am inolent ])airof ; and I pray your lo. try Jiat erand, as geve
I war in ward ; and I treft 36 will find my pairtt hoiieft. So, luiking 5our lo. anfver, I committ you
to God ; and reft Your lo'* ever att command,
Junij 3. S" J. Makdo.nall.
I PRAY your lo. gett me Lifence to fend ane man or boy with my Letters to your lo.
To my verie gud Lord, my lord Bishop off the Iyllis and Rapho.
' John Cnmpbell of Calilcr, or Ciuldtll, as he -n-as often styled. ' . . . Campbell. ' . . . M'Dongal of
DiuioUycli, I.aiid of M'Dougal. ' David, eleventh Earl of Crawford. ' Sir Lauchlan JIacIntosh of that
Ilk, wliose father, Angus, had married Lady Jean Campbell, daughter of Archibald Earl of Argyle — Dotii/las. He
was heritable Steward of Lochaber, and one of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to Prince Charles; and married
Agnes, daughter of John Grant of that Ilk. ^ Lord Binning, afterwards Earl of Hadington. ' William,
secoyid Earl of Tullibardine, who, for his services to the King, in the alfair of Gowrie's Conspiracy, Aug. 5, IGOO, had
the heritable Sherilfship of Perthshire. His second wife. Lady Dorothea Stewart, being eldest daughter of John,
fifth Earl of .\tholI, and the male line having become extinct, their eldest son John w.is created Eail of Atholl.
From the Original, preserved among the Denmylne MSS. Adv. Library. Andrew Knox, Parson of Paisley, the
first Protestant Bishop of the Isles, was translated to the See of llaplioe, in Ireland, but held both Bishojirics for
sometime. He assumed both titles. ' Ere; before. '" At all events ; ncvertluless. " If.
" Who ever crave to fish in ' troubled waters.' A well-merited, though bitter, sarcasm. " Cour»e.