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or Jiairby, tlie 3eir of Gotl 1608 jeiris foiifaid, lie depairtit this lyfe; and fua, was crewallie (lane be
50U and ■^our faidis complices, of ;our caiiiing, command, rofFet, aiiiltance, and ratiliabitioun : And ■^e
ar airt and pairt |iairof ; ffor )ie quhill;, ;c haif lyne at Jie borne tbir tuo ^eiiis byg^ane. .je ar alfo In-
dytit, ftbifamekill as Jie faid Jobnne Greir, being tane with the bludie hand, and inimediatlie efter |)e
committing of fe faid crewall Slauchter of )ie faid vmq''' Eduard Maxwall, being conimittit to VVaird
for ]>e fame, in our fouerane lordis ordiner Priflinie and Pledge-chalmer of Durafreis, and fair keipit
prillbner in the inies, be the fpace of foure dayis, the faid Jobnne Schitlingfoun, ^our fervand, at :;our
command, and be 3our fpeciall convoy and aflillance, haveing provydit him felf of gavillokis,' craw-
irnes," fyles, and vj>eris work-lowmes,' furneill and prepairit to him be ;ou and :;owr meanis, come
vpone the . . . day of })e faid monetli of September, or [lairliy, and 5eir of God foirfaid, and in the
nyght feafoun brak fe yoult and pent! ■• of ]ie faid prifone, and fcliure ^ af ]ie irnes, quhairin the faid
Johnne Greir was loked, and violentlie and forceablie relevit him furth of our fouerane lordis Prifone
foirfaid, and cayreid him to qour duelling hous in Lyncluden, wheir ^e reffet, keiped, and interteneid
Lim dyuerfe dayis, nychtis, and oulkis f* J>aireftir : And fua, ;e ar airt and pairt of the contemptuous,
infolent, and violent breking of our fouerane lordis prifone, and taking furlh Jiairof, violentlie and per-
force, of the faid Johnne Greir, giltie and captiue for Jie faid crewall Slauchter of ]ie faid vmq''' Ed-
uard Maxwall of Corfloun, and of Jie wilfull reflet, fupplie, and intertenement of Jie faid Johnnie Grier,
giltie and fugitiue for Jie faid crewal Slauchter ; and audit and fould be pwneifched with the lyk and
felf fame paynes qubilk Jie law hes prefcryved aganis Jie faid principall malefactour, for his crymes
foirfaidis. To the taikin,'' that Jie faid Johnne Grier and ;e war bothe fugitives, and at Jie borne, for
Jie cryme foirfaid. — Item, 3e ar indytit of ;our treafTounabill Intercowmoning with Johnne fumtyme
Lord Maxwall,^ in the toun of Dumfreis, and in the Caftell-;aird Jiairof, and dyuerfe vtheris places
within tiie fcherefdomes of Nyddifdaill, Annandaill, Kirculdliryclit, and Galloway; and for Kefleting
and fuppleing him in ;our hous of Lyncluden, and vjieris ;our duelling places, in Jie moneth of Decem-
ber, the ;ear of God I^.Vj''. and fevin ;eiris, and in Jie nionethis of Januar, ftebraar, and remanent
monethis of Jie ;eir of God 1608 ^eiria, at Jie leilt dyuerfe dayis and nychtis of Jie faid 5eir, eftir that
he had committed nottour and manifeft Treafone, be his violent and forceable breking Waird furth of
Jie Caftell of Edinburgh, vpone the fourt day of December, or Jiairby, Jie 5eir of God !'".¥]''. and fevin
^eiris, and perfewing the Porteris and Keiperis jiairof for Jiair Slauchter, iiurting and wounding dyuerfe
of Jiame in findrie pairtis of Jiair bodeis, to Jie grit effufioun of Jiair bluidis, and perrell of Jiair lyves ;
and preifiing, fo far as in him lay, treafoneabillie to relief Sir James M'coneill, detenit in irnes and
ftrait prifoun within Jie faid Caftell, for dyuerfe odious and treafoneabill crymes ; ' flbr Jie qubilkis
manifeft Treafones, the faid Johnne Lord Maxwall was nocht only denuncet rebell and tratour, and
all our fouerane lordis legis difeharget, be Proclamatioun, to intercowmone with, reifet, or fuplie
him, vnder Jie panes of law ; bot alfo, he tforfaltit, be Decieit of Parliament, for Jie famyn. To the
taikin, that ;e, being d jTierfe tynies cliarget to compeir befoir Jie Counfell, to anfuer for Jie faidis crymes
of ReflTett, fupplie, and intercowmoning with Jie faid Jobnne, fumtyme Lord Maxwall, 5e, knawing
•;our awin giltines, difobeyit the charge, and paft to Jie borne ; at the qubilk je haif lyne continualiie
fenfyne vnrelaxit.— Item, 3e ar indytit and accufet, ft'orfamekill as Johnne Lord Hereis, being directed
be Jie Lordis of his Maiefteis Secreit Counfall to tak and apprehend ;ow and Eduard Maxwall of
Craigtoun, ane nottour lebell and fugitiue, for Thift, Stonth-reif, ffyre-raifing, fuppleing and affifting
tny Lord Maxwall, and dyuerfe vtheris treafonable crymes, qubilk Jie faid Eduard bini felf declared
vnto 50W ; the faid Lord Hereis, vpone the fyftene day of Auguft lartbypaft, cuming, for executioun
^ A lever used liy qiiarriers of stone, a pinch or pri:e. ' Crowbar. ^ Tools. * Vault and arch.
^ Literally sAcarfrf, as with a reaping-liook. •* Weeks. ' In testimony or proof whereof. ^ See
May 13 and Jun. 2i, 1609, &c. That nobleman was beheaded, at the Cross of Edinburgh, May 21, 1613. See
also Appendix. • See his Trial, III. 1, &c. Juu. 24-, 1609.