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44&8JAC. VI. CRIMINAL TRIALS. 101
foirfaidi.s, pilleit and robbed furth of pe faid Dutclie fchip, and Inglis fcliipis, J^air
victuallis, laillis and men, quhome 36 conipellit to lerue 30\v, as (laves, in all I'er-
ueill and flauifch exerceifles ; and brocht the faid Pink to the Blak-rok, in Ire-
land,' quhair pe faidis Capitane Barrett and Capitane Cowart, with nyntene of
pair conipanj% pad on fchoir, and was Jjair fuppryfet ; pe faid Pink tane and
apprehended be certane boittis with men that come af J)e fchoir : And 3e, for feir
of apprehenfioun, eftir ane combat fell out betwix 30\v, pe faid Capitane Love,
and })e flcipi)er of the fchij) callit J)e Preame, loufet out of Jiat raid," and come
with ane I'utherlie wynd to the Lewis, quhair 36 tuik and apprehendit Thomas
FlemjTig (Richiefone) in Anftrujjer, and his fchip, and ane Flemifche bufche,^
out of pe qidiilk bnfche 36 tuik fyve Flemyngis, and pat in hir fyve of 3our awin
companie ; cpdiilk fiaireftir, be ftorme of wedder, was feperat frome 30W and dre-
vin to Schyteland, quhair pai landit, and detenit J^e faid Thomas Richiefone and
his fchij) with 50W, to be 30ur gaird in the Lewis ; ay and quhill 36 and thay,
with the faidis tua fchipis, war tane and apprehendit be the Hieland men. AxD
36 and ilk ane of 30W ar airt and pairt of the Robereis and Pirraceis aboue writ-
tin : To pe taikin, 36 and ilk ane of 30W, at pe leifl fum of 30VV, lies Confeffit
pe haill premifles to be of veritie, be 3our Depofitiones. Item, for cowmone and
notorious Pirattis, Sie-Revaris and Robberis, Sijuil3iearis^ and revearis of kill'
menis guidis, alfweill on fie as land, qiihaireuir 36 mycht apprehend pe famyn.
ASSISA.
James Lokhart of Ley, Mathow Baillie of Littilgill,'^ &c.
The Aduocat aH^is inftrumentis of the fwering of the AlTyfe : And for veri-
fying of the Dittay, repeittis thair Depofitiounes producet.
Verdict. The Aflyfe, for the inaift pairt,^ be the mouth of the faid James
Lokhart of Ley, chanceller, ffand, pronuncet and declairit the faidis aucht per-
fones on pannell, to be ffylet, culpable and convict of the haill perticular Pirra-
ceis and Robberies perticulerlie fet doun in the faid Dittay.
Dome. To be tane to ane Gibbet vpone the Sandis of Leyth, within the
fflodes-mark, and thair to be hangit quhill thay be deid : And all thair moveabill
guidis and geir pertening to thame, and being in thair pofreffiouu the tyine of
thair taking, alfweill fchip as guidis, geir, jewellis and vtheris being witliin the
famyn, to be efcheit and inbrocht to our foueraue lordis vfe ; as culpable and
convict of the faidis crymes.
' There are two places bearing this name ; one in Siigo bay, the otlier four miles distant from Dub-
lin. '' Road-stead. ^ A Dutch fishing-vessel, called a buss. ' Spoilers. ^ Leal,
loyal. '' The remainder of the Assise, merchants. " By a marking in the Record, it ap-
pears that seren of the Assise, including the chancellor, voted for Cleansing or Acquitting the prifon-
ers ; probably from some remarkable deficiency in the evidence adduced by the public prosecutor, for
popular feeling against the Pirates was very strong ; and slender evidence in such instances was, in
those days, enough to convict such pannels as those who were at the bar.