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fear and subjection. And yet, so uncertain are the issues
of all human consultations, that this very thing proved the
rock on which he and all his fortunes perished ; for not only
were the minds of the Commons much irritated by this execu-
tion, but even the humours of some of high rank, who other-
wise bore no good will to the Cardinal, were so sharpened
and enraged at his persecutions, that they openly avowed
the blood of Mr Wishart should not pass unrevenged. Soon
after this the Cardinal went into Angus, to be present at the
marriage of his daughter Margaret, 1 with David Lindsay,
Master of Crawford, at Finhaven, the then dwelling-house
of the Earl of Crawford, where the nuptials were solemnized
with great pomp and magnificence. Whilst this was a-doing,
Mr Buchanan informs us that the Cardinal received intelli-
gence how that the King of England was making great naval
preparations to infest the Scottish coasts ; and that there-
upon he immediately returned to St Andrews, and appointed
a day for the gentlemen of that country which lies much
exposed to the sea to meet, and consult in common what
remedy to apply to the present evil. He likewise began to
fortify his own castle of St Andrews more strongly than it
had been before. Amongst other persons who repaired to
the Cardinal was Norman Leslie, eldest son to the Earl of
Rothes. This man had formerly done services to the Car-
dinal ; but meeting now with some disappointment from
1 I have seen a copy of the contract of marriage in the hands of David
Beaton of Balfour. It is dated at St Andrews, the 10th of April 1546, and
subscribed by the Cardinal, who expressly calls the bride my daughter, with
whom he gives 4000 merks in dowry — a great sum at that time. The King
of England gave but 6800 merks with his niece to the Earl of Lennox. —
[Finhaven Castle, now in ruins, is on the banks of the Lemno, which
joins the Esk a short distance below it in the parish of Oathlaw, Forfar-
shire. The Nobleman whom the Cardinal's daughter married was David,
only son of Alexander, Master of Crawford, who succeeded as ninth Earl
of Crawford. The issue of the marriage were four sous and one daughter,
viz. David, whose son and grandson became the tenth and eleventh Earls ;
Henry, who succeeded as twelfth Earl ; Sir John Lindsay ; Alexander,
created Lord Spynie in 1590 ; and Lady Helen, who married Sir David
Lindsay of Edzell. The male representation of the ancient Family of
Crawford, by the descendants of the Cardinal's daughter, ceased with
George third Lord Spynie at his death in 1672. The representation de-
volved on that Nobleman, at the death, in 1647 or 1648, of Ludovick four-
teenth Earl of Crawford, who distinguished himself for his loyalty to
Charles I., and his determined opposition to the Covenanters. — E.]