Series 3 > Scottish correspondence of Mary of Lorraine

MARY OF LORRAINE
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in rememberance of my sobir service done at that tyme and
to be done in all tymes cuming.
Your graces humyl and dailie servitour
Johnne Wallace.’ 1
CCXCVI
Thomas Logan to the Queens Grace
[Undated.]
Regina,
Madame, on to your gracous henes rycht humlie menis
and schawis I your grace servitour Thomas Logane 2 that,
quhar I half ay maid your grace service 3 sen your grace
com in Scotland and to na uder, and now I am seik and I
can nocht meyn nor schaw my mister bot to your grace,
and I want vij monethis wage of your grace. Beseking
your grace for the luf of God to caus your grace comp-
trollar to pay me my said vij monethis wage, quhill the
tym God send me my hale to mak your grace service as I
dyd of befor, and your gracious answer humlie besekis.
And atour, gyf God takis me at your grace wald be helplyk
to my wyf and my bernis.
CCXCVII
John Scrimgeour to the Queen's Grace
Edinburgh, 25th January. [Undated.]
TO OURE SOVERANE LADY, THE QUENIS GUD GRACE.
Pleis your grace to wit that eftir the ressait of your
grace writting I past with glasinwrychtis 4 and sklaitaris
1 John Wallace, Writer and Scribe to the Signet. (See T.A. ad indices;
Senators of College of fustice.)
The letter is holograph.
2 The identity of the writer is not disclosed, and there is no indication
whether his prayer was granted. Letters of legitimation were issued to the son
of a certain Thomas Logan in Dairy, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright.
(A’.M.S., 4th December 1557.)
3 service: this word has been added in the margin.
4 glasinwrychtis: glaziers.