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else to the outter subdewing and ruttins^ thame out of the Countrey ;
and for that effect to levie and draw togither, in ane or more hodyes as
he suld think fit, such numberis of men within the schirrefdomes of
Argyll in armes as he sould find sufficient for the said imploymcnt ; and
siclyk with power to the said [Earl of Argyle], or these haveing power
or warrand frome him, with counsent of the Generall Commissar, to
intromet with the rentis and guidls of the saidis persouncs, oppositcs to
the Commone Cause, to be applyed for the manteinance of the said [Earl
of Argyle] his forces, who wor with him in the said expeditioun ; and
with command of the Subcomissaris, and utheris intrustit in the com-
mone affiiiris, to cause furnisch thame in maner specifeit in the said
Commissioun, as the Commissioun of the dait forsaid at mair lenth
bearis. Be vertew of the whilk commissioun, and faithfull discharge
therof, the said [Earl of Argyle] eftor his acceptatioun of the samyn did
ryse in armes, and levie and draw out togither the number oi four
thousand men in armes, whais randevouse wer in Tnnerary, and Clan-
chardysert in Glenorchie, the IS day of the said moneth of June, 1(340
yeirls ; and went therfrae to the fieldis throw the boiuidis and pairtis of
Athole, Braes of Angus, Brae of Mar, Badzenoch, Lochaber, and Ran-
noch ; and wes abroad in the fieldis, with the said army in armes, in
executing of the said Commissioun, frae the said day of randevouse above
writtine, continuallie, until the secund day of August nixt thairefter that
he returne home, be the spaice of fourtie four dayes, continuallie, duiring
all that space, doeing his exact diligence to bring the forsaidis persounes,
and utheris within the boundis forsaidis, to thair bunden dowty and con-
formitie, and to suppress thame that they troubill not the peace of the
Countrey, and did diverse actis and factis for that effect, wherby the said
Erie of Athole,'and the men of Athole, and diverse utheris great clanes,and
' The Earl of Athol appeared in arms at loyal Earl into his tent, then broke his
this time against Argyle at the ford of Lyon, parole to him, and made him prisoner.
The latter, afraid to fight, inveigled the Upon this occasion it was that certain trea-