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of the vther head or article of the saidis bandis or ligs annent
the safetie & Preservation of the Prince his lyffe.
In the whilk doing as he schauis himself opposit directlie to
Buchananus as he is to him lykwyss so does he schau & manifest
himself no les partial & vntreu nor Buchananus is.
The reason that maks him insert that ane head or article of
the bandis or liges as the onlie caus of thame at least pretendit
as he alleages anent the Quene hir deliverie fra Captivitie &
that directlie & purposelie he omits or leaves furthe of his book
of Martyr de la Royne the vther anent the safetie or Preserva¬
tion of the Prince his lyffe & the rest of the headis or articles
in thame is becaus on the ane pairt he intendis to convince the
makers of these bandis of decept, falset, Infamie, periurie, &
treacherie in respect of the Quene hir Imprisonment in Loch-
levin & accusation etc. in Scotland & Ingland, & on the vther
he intendis to mak thame al alyk guiltie of al that fallouit
witheout examination or consideration of the intents or
desseings of anie of thame & this he cheiflie does to bereaue
my father of his merits & deserts als weal anent the procure¬
ment of the Q. hir libertie as anent the Prince his safetie &
Preservation of his lyffe etc. conteinit in these bandis & vthers
his deserts & merits in these tymes anent | these & sic vther 1/^1/
things as then occurrit.
The caus why he heatit my father & socht al wayis &
meanes to stayne his fame (be caus he than culd doo to him
no more harme I meane the tyme of his writing the Martyre
de la Royne etc.) wes the great affection & obligation he
had to the Erie of Bothwell & the sentiment or feeling he had
of the loss of his hopit preferments & wealthe be his meanes
& the fal fra his levings & meanes be fallouing the Erie
of Bothwell. Ascriving not onlie his ane in losses bot the
decadence & vndoing of his Patron & great benefactor & creator
the Erie of Bothwell to my father & Thairwitheal he thoct
himself so ingagit be his former liing pamphlets and libels
against my father in the heate & fume of his Passions whan he
scarce kneu or cairit to knau what wes treuthe or vntreuthe in
the beginning of these broyles & sone efter the expulsion of the
Erie of Bothwell, that he wes forcit (as he dreamit or thocht it
vnadvisitlie) being to writ againe at least to fallou the tune of