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442 THE SCOTTISH CORRESPONDENCE OF
and vesyit compleitly throch your grace louging,1 the
quhilk is ewill brokin and hurt bayth in sklait werk and
glasinwerk and siclyk in tymmer werk as schottis 2 windois
and utheris. I have conducit3 with ane honest sub-
stantious sklaitar that sail beit the hail louging, furneis
sklait lyme and utheris materiahs of all costis, payand to
him therfoir iij li, xd : and siclyk with the glasinwrychtis
for glas leid and werkmanschip of all costis and for certan
glas bandis necessar thairto, payand to thame therfoir four
pundis. And I have causit thir craftismen entir heirto,
and ar lauborand the samin to be done at your grace heir-
cuming, and hes promeist thame to caus your grace comp-
trollar answer thame heirfoir at his cuming. Attoure,
it sail pleis your grace to wit that lang befoir ywle I send
our your grace leid cassin for belting of the leidin rwfis and
gwtaris 4 of yowr grace werk 5 in Falkland, the quhilk can
nocht be surely wrocht quhill the grit frostis be by. I
am past oure to vesy your grace werk in Falkland and
will remane thair for viij dayis and put ordour to your
grace werk. I wald your grace send me eist thair incon¬
tinent ane precept commandand the keparis of your
grace hors and cartis to lend stanis for redding of the
gravellis, and to leid your grace tymmer furtht of Lewin 6
to Falkland ; for I sail ordour ane part thair quhair it
salbe surely kepit. Your grace man nocht failze this,
for I beleif thai will nocht obey my charg without your
grace command. Forder, my sone is remanand heir in
1 Perhaps the Queen’s house on the Castle Hill at Edinburgh. The ceilings
were blazoned with the bearings of Chatelherault, Henry II., and the Queen
Regent. Mary of Lorraine may therefore have chosen such a residence within
the city walls, and near the Castle, during the years of her Regency. In her
days of opposition, when the Castle was held for the Hamiltons, it would be no
less useful to have a ‘ louging ’ in such a strong strategic position as the Castle
Hill. (D. Wilson, Memorials of Edinburgh, 151.)
2 schottis: projected windows.
3 conducit: conduce, hire.
4 rwfis and gwtaris: roofs and gutters.
6 werh: building; a common word of the period. Cf. Mar’s Work, at
Stirling.
6 Lewin, Leven.
and vesyit compleitly throch your grace louging,1 the
quhilk is ewill brokin and hurt bayth in sklait werk and
glasinwerk and siclyk in tymmer werk as schottis 2 windois
and utheris. I have conducit3 with ane honest sub-
stantious sklaitar that sail beit the hail louging, furneis
sklait lyme and utheris materiahs of all costis, payand to
him therfoir iij li, xd : and siclyk with the glasinwrychtis
for glas leid and werkmanschip of all costis and for certan
glas bandis necessar thairto, payand to thame therfoir four
pundis. And I have causit thir craftismen entir heirto,
and ar lauborand the samin to be done at your grace heir-
cuming, and hes promeist thame to caus your grace comp-
trollar answer thame heirfoir at his cuming. Attoure,
it sail pleis your grace to wit that lang befoir ywle I send
our your grace leid cassin for belting of the leidin rwfis and
gwtaris 4 of yowr grace werk 5 in Falkland, the quhilk can
nocht be surely wrocht quhill the grit frostis be by. I
am past oure to vesy your grace werk in Falkland and
will remane thair for viij dayis and put ordour to your
grace werk. I wald your grace send me eist thair incon¬
tinent ane precept commandand the keparis of your
grace hors and cartis to lend stanis for redding of the
gravellis, and to leid your grace tymmer furtht of Lewin 6
to Falkland ; for I sail ordour ane part thair quhair it
salbe surely kepit. Your grace man nocht failze this,
for I beleif thai will nocht obey my charg without your
grace command. Forder, my sone is remanand heir in
1 Perhaps the Queen’s house on the Castle Hill at Edinburgh. The ceilings
were blazoned with the bearings of Chatelherault, Henry II., and the Queen
Regent. Mary of Lorraine may therefore have chosen such a residence within
the city walls, and near the Castle, during the years of her Regency. In her
days of opposition, when the Castle was held for the Hamiltons, it would be no
less useful to have a ‘ louging ’ in such a strong strategic position as the Castle
Hill. (D. Wilson, Memorials of Edinburgh, 151.)
2 schottis: projected windows.
3 conducit: conduce, hire.
4 rwfis and gwtaris: roofs and gutters.
6 werh: building; a common word of the period. Cf. Mar’s Work, at
Stirling.
6 Lewin, Leven.
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