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1562. KIRK SESSION OF ST. ANDREWS. 303
pany and cohabitacion with ye woman quhilk he allegis hym to hawe
mareit quhill farther tryall be had in ye mater and awys of ye lordis
of ye prewy consayll be socht and had vnder payn of excommunicacion
With certificacion gyf he obey nocht his contempsion salbe declared to ye
Quenis maiesty and hyr consayll be ane complaynt.
Die Secundo Septembris Anno quo supra — Andro Oliphant and Issobel
Mortoun. — The quhilk daye Andro Olephant and Issobell Mortoun de-
lated and accused for kepyn cumpany in bed and burd vnmareit to ye
offence of God and sclander of ye congregacione the saidis Andro con-
fessis yar cumpany kepyn as said is And allegis thai ar contracked and
mayd promys of mariaige and ar wylling to solemnizat yar mariaige and
thai also in presens of ye Loll ministrie professis ye religion and doctrin
tawcht in yis Kyrk and yamselfis membris of this congregacion and sub-
mittis tham to disciplyn The ministrie ordenis tham to compeir Sunday
cum awcht dayes in ye essemble to mak publict satisfaction as vse is and
yar eftir yar bannis to be proclamit and within xxi dayes yai to solem-
nizat yar manage to ye quhilk yai assent.
Die xxrj Auguslj Anno Domini 1562 — Philp contra Thomson The
quhilk daye Anne Thomson delated and accused of adultry being mareit
wyff to Archebald Philp hes gewyn hyr body to Andro Sellar and with
barne to hym and hes sepirated hyrself fra societie of hyr said husband
be ye space of sex yearis and mayr Anne confessis hyr with barne to An-
dro Sellar and at sche wes mareit with Archebald Philp and hes beyn
fra hym mayr nor sex yearis And allegis sche wes mareit with hym
aganis hyr wyll And now comperis Archebald Philp and desyreshymto
be diuorciat and mayd fre fra Anne Thomson becaus of adulterie com-
mitted and granted be hyr with Andro Sellar with quhom sche is with
barne The superintendent ordenis Andro Sellar to be called and his part
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