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44 & 8 Jac. VI. CRIMINAL TRIALS. 99
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Nov. 30. — Elizabeth Waruok, docliter of ... . Warrok in the Pot-
terrow, [ Edinburgh ].
Dilaitit of airt and pairt of the thifteoiis Steilling, conceilling, refTetting and
away-taking of ane tihier niafer,' pertening to Quintene Bouftoiin, niercheand
burges of Edinburgli, a tlire yeir lyne or thairby. Iteji, for ane cowmone
Vagabund and folk)\ver of the Gipl'eis, and taking pairt with thanie in all thair
thiftis and juglareis this ten yeir bygane, contrair the Actis of Parliament.
Item, for ane cowmone relTetter of Thift.
Verdict. Fylet, culpable and convict of the faidis erymes.^
(Dec. 8.) — Sentence. The Juftice Ordanit hir, togidder with George
Ramsay, fone to Nicoll Ramfay in Lefuaid, (quha become in will, for certane
30wis' ftowin be him furth of the landis of Libertoun, pertening to the tennentis
thairof, quhilkis war reftorit bak agane to the awneris, &c.) to be ScURGET
throw the Burgh of Edinburgh : And to be Banischet the haill liberteis thair-
of, and nevir to be fund within ffoure myles thairto ; vnder the pane of deid,
viz. The laid George Ramfay, vnder the pane of Hanging, but* forder Dome ;
and the faid Ellpeth, vnder the pane of Drowning,^ but forder Dome or Law, to
be haldin or pronuncet aganis thame,
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[The transactions of the bold and lawless men, whose trial ensues, and the violence and murders
perpetrated by other Pirates, natives of botli countries, but chiefly Englishmen, after the accession of
King James to the British throne, excited the liveliest interest at the time, both in Scotland and Eng-
land. Instead, however, of entering into a lengthened detail of the crimes and the punishment of these
desperadoes, the Editor will content himself by giving the result of pretty laborious searches, in an
Appendix of Original Documents, which sets the matter in the clearest point of view. The sources
from which these various and highly interesting Papers have been procured, are, as usual, noted.]
Dec. 8. — Peter Love, borne in Lewis," in SulTex ; Johnne Cokis, borne
in Walderlweik in Suffolk ; Williame Hollane, callit ' the
Batifman,' borne in Suffolk ; Dauid Howart, \\^elehman ; Nico-
las Phillopes, borne in Waillis ; Jafperd Staff'urd, Irilchman ;
Anthony Colenis, borne (in Tregwne) in Cornel-fcyi-e,' in Ing-
land ; and Abrahame Mathie, Inglilchman.
Dilaitit of the crymes of Pirracie, contenit in thair Dittay, viz.
' Mazer, or drinking cup. Mazers were usually, of old, made of the maple-tree. - The sentence
is not recorded. ^ Ewe-sheep. '' Without farther sentence or trial. * Tlie usual punish-
ment of death inflicted upon women for theft, &c. In cases of Treason they were beheaded — and for
Murder, Witchcraft, he. burning at the stake was adjudged. It seems to have been then considered
barbarous, as well as indelicate, to hang females, for any crime. •' Most probably LowestofTe,
Suffolk, which was likely pronounced Lowes or Lewes, by popular corruption. '' Tregony, in
tlie county of Cornwall, navigable by barges from Falmouth.