Series 1 > Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, with his observations on public affairs and other memoranda, 1665-1676

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JOURNAL OF JOHN LAUDER
payed by the gingling the mony, related by Cleark in his
Exemples: that of the gentleman runing a race and giving
the last to the Dewil, and the Dewils depriving the last of
his shaddow; tho I can not conceive how the Dewil can
hinder a body to cast a shaddow unless he perpetually
interpose himself betuixt that man and the sun : that of
the English to be married to a Scotsman, whom William
Broun was admonishing of hir duty, that the man was the
head of the woman, she quickly replieing that he bit to
be her head, she bit to be the hat on his head above him,
William sayd, that he would take his hat then and fling it
amongs his feet: that of the tooth drawer and the lavement
out of the History of Francion :1 that of him who playing at
the bowls in John Tomsons greine wt a English Captaine,
casting out togither, wrong his nose so sore til it bled againe;
being pershued by the Englishman for the wrong done, and
put to his answers, being demanded of the fact, he replied he
had only wipt his nose a litle straiter than he used to do his
oune: that of King James and the collier, ye sould obey a
man in his oune house: that apparition Henry the 4t saw as
he was hunting in his pare at Fontainbleau, crying, Amendez
vous: also that daughter of Brossier that feigned the
Demoniack so weill wt its circumstancies, to be found in
Du Serres2 History of Henry the 4t.: that of the Scotsman
at Paris who wan so much be a slight promising the peaple to
let them sy a horse wt its taille wheir its head sould be: that
of on Martin Merry, who on a tyme pressing to win in to sie
the King, the great Tresorier of England was at the door, who
seing him so pert demanded him whither he would go; he
replied, he would sie the King; the Thersorer told him he
could not sie the King; then, he replied, I know what Fie do
then; the thresorer thinking he was bravado’ing him, demanded
him what can ye do, Sir; he answered, Fie go back the way I
came then, My Lord; he finding the answer wery good, he
immediatly went and told the King what had passed, who
commanded Martin to be brought in and fel to and talked wt
1 See p. 82, note.
2 Jean de Serres, 1540-1598, author of works on the history of France and
theology.