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48 & 12 Jac. Vr. CRIMIXAL TRIALS. 313
to quliais bountiefull deniencie 56 war fa gritlie buiid, je maift treflbnabillie
plottit, devyfet, and concludit the lait treffouabill Rebelliouii, Vproir, and Infur-
rectioun, profeciite and followit fiirth be 5our devyfe and directioiin within the
faid cnntrie of Orknay ; in luafar as vniq'" Robert Stewart, 3oiir bafe lone, eftir
mony thraitningis and niinatorie Ipeiches vtterit be 50W aganis liiin, for his
finiplicitie in raiidering and overgeviiig of his INIaiefteis Caftell of Kirkwall to
James Bill-hope of Orknay, qiiha than had Connnillionn of his Maieftie to com-
mand all Caftellis, HoulTis, and ftrenthis within the boundis of Orknay and
5eitland, and quha, be vertew of the fame Commiflioun, acqviyret pofTeffioun of
the faid Caftell of Kirkwall and remanent Hoiiflis and Palices within the bonnds
abone writtin : As also, eftir J)e faid Robert liis reconfiliationn with ';ow agane,
vpone conditioun that he fonld vndertak qnhatfoenir defperat courfe ':;e Ibuld
command liim to follow, off ^our fpeciall caufeing, fending, hounding ont, com-
mand, counfell, devyfe,and only directioun, quhome je alio fnrneift with perticuler
iniunctiones, let donn be 50W in writ, how he fould carie and behave him felff in
that 5our trelFonabill intendit interpryfe, he, in the moneth of Maij, or Jjairby, laft-
bypaft, paft furth of])ir pairtis to Ipe cmitrie of Orknay, andjjaii-, hailing forgad-
dei'it with Patrik Halcro, qnha alfo was fpeciallie imployit and directit be ';ow, to
aid and affift him in that vnhappie bulfines, and to qnhome je gaif ane fecuritie, in
writ, of certane landis, rowmes, and fteidingis, vpone conditioim that he fould
tak pairt with the faid Robert, 5our fone, ]?airintill : First, accoirding to "^our
directioun with the alRftance of vmq"' Thomas Blak, Archibald Murray, Andro
INIairtene, Thomas Layng, Alexander Legget, and dyuerle vtheris Jjair rebellious
alTociatis, the Houfe and Place of Birfay was trelfonabillie furpryfet and tane in
be thame, &c.' The making of the quhilk treffonabill ^'^jiroir and Rebellioun
within tlie faid cuntrie of Orknay ; the Treflbnabill Sur])ryfeing and taking in of
the faid Place of Birfay, Place of the 5aii'dis, Caftell of Kirkwall, Kirk and Steiple
J)airof, and remanent his Maiefteis Houftis within pe faid cuntrie of Oi'knay,
keiping and balding of the famyn, in maner foirfaid, and haill trefTonable prac-
tizes following Jjairupoune, war haillilie plottit, de\yfet, forget, and concludit be
50W, and the famyn war maift trelfonabillie put in executioune be the faid vmq''
Robert, gour bafe fone, and his rebellious companie ; off gour fpeciall caufeing,
fending, hounding out, airt, pairt-taking, counfall, devyfe, and only directioune :
Lyk as, dyuerfe Letteris and melfages paft betuix 30W and pe faid Robert, jour
fone, eftir jour trelfonabill taking of ])e faid Place of Birfay, incurrageing him
])airby to keij) the faidis Houffis, and to follow furth J)e reft of your iniunctiones
gevin to him in that jour trelfonable interpryfe : Lyk as, Jje faid vmq'' Robert,
' Here the whole particulars of the treasonahle transactions <lptaile<l in Robert Stewart's Trial are
rehearsed, which it is unnecessary to repeat in this place. Vid. Jan. 5, 1615.
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