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300 REGISTER OF THE 1562.
gyfhes and to solemnizat yar manage within xl dayes nixt herefter
vnder pain of excommunicacion.
Die xij mensis August] Anno Domini 1562 — Decretum inter Tliomas
Lindesay et Cristen Schevcs in Byirhillis. — The quhilk daye anent ye
desyr proponit be Thomas Lindesay and Cristen Schewes in Byirhillis
of baptysing of yar barne and offence laid to yar cherge in abwsing ye or-
dour of ye Kyrk to wy t That eftir yai had desyrit yar bannis to hawe beyn
proclamit in yis Kyrk being membris yarof and ye sam refusit to tham
becaus ye sayd Cristen wes knawyn to hawe beyn mareit with ane
Lyall quhais deceis wes nocht certan nor knawyn and ewene
sche allegit hyr diuorcit fra hym be order vsed in ye Kyrk papisticall
and for lawfull caws ye samyn standing vndiscussed yai past both to
Edinburgh fenyeit yam to be duellaris ar and be sinister informacion
procurit yar bannis to be proclamit and yar mariage solemnizat thair
Thesaydis parteis comperand for satisfaccion of ye said decret of diuorci-
ment exhibitis ane proces of diuorce led befoyr M r William Cranstoun
sum tym officiall of Sanctandrois at ye instance of Cristen aganis ye sayd
Lyall quhilk seyn and considerit it is fundyn ye said proces
orderlie led according to law and practyk of papistre and ane lawfull caus
of impotencie ex parte viri confessed and prowyn and ye sentence sub-
script be ye said officiall In respect of ye quhilk yai ar decernit for brekyn
of ordour to compeyr vpon yis nixt sundaye in ye public essemble of ye
congregacion and duryng ye tym of prayeris and prechyn syt upon ye
penitent stwyll and yarefter schaw public signis of repentance in con-
fessing of yar faltis ask God mercy and ye congregacion forgyfnes one
yar kneis and at eftir nwyn present yar barn to be baptised.
Die primo mensis Julij Anno Domini 1562 — Decretum Eufame Colt. —
The quhilk daye ye ministerye at desyr of Eufame Colt decernis ane
edict in dew forme to be direct to ye minister or reader of Sanctandrois

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