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1563. KIRK SESSION OF ST. ANDREWS. 319
serwancl with hym cum yar one hors bak quhilkis lychtit in ye closs of
Pytlethe and Wyliam past vp alane to ye hows quhar Barbara wes lewyng
his serwand with ye hors And Wyliam remanit yar in ye said hows ye
space of other half hoar eftir his jugment In quhilk tym ye deponar
being offendit yarwith past to ye wyff of Jhon Nesche gardinar of ye
place & demandit of hyr quhai wes vp in ye hows with Wyliam and
Barbara and sche answerit saying yar wes no body with them The de-
ponar knawis na mayr in yis mater except yat common voce and fame
is in ye cuntre yat Barbara lies borne ane barne to ye sayd Wyliam
Huntar He purgis hym of al parcialite.
12. M r Robert Hammyltoun regent in ye new college in Sanctandrois
wytnes sworn and examinat vpou ye excepcion &c. deponis as followis
being inquirit gyf Barbara Sandelandis gawe hyr body or buyr ane barne
to Wyliam Huntar of Balcarros Ansueris he knawis nocht. Item he de-
ponis that vpon thurisday eftir trinite Sunday at last wes he cam to Bal-
carros and yar eftir suppir spak with Grissell Trayll Wyliam Huntaris
wyf quhai mayd ane hawy lamentacion to ye deponar that hyr hwsband
gawe'hys body to Barbara Sandelandis And yar efter Wyliam Huntar
passand be ye vvaye with ye deponar toward Magas confessed to hym be
ye waye yat he had grewosly offendit towardis God and his wyf quhai wes
sa gud to hym at all tymis And at he wald satisfy hyr as sche plesed for ye
wyckednes yat he had committit for it com vpon ane sudden chance that
ewir he had ado with yat woman and no mencion wes mayd of Barbara.
13. George Lewingstown in Cragfudy of perfyt aige wytnes sworn
and examinat vpon ye excepcion of adultery &c. in his conscience de-
ponis that he wes present in Balcarros this last symmyr bypast saw
Wyliam Huntar and Barbara Sandelandis in naked bed together be ye
space of twa howris in quhilk bed war also ane other gentyll man and
gentyll woman tym foyrsayd He saw na thing don of ye saidis personis
quharby he culd juge ony carnall dayll to be vsed at yat present tym
nor no tym ellis He kenns na mayr in yis mater Examinat vpon general
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