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MISCELLANEOUS
there without regard of our commission they set upon the
said Laird of Luse his kin and friends and cruelly invaded
them for their ‘ slauchteris ’ and shamefully cruelly and
barbarously ‘ murdereist ’ and slew umqle- Peter Napier
of Kilmahew, John Buchannane of Backlyvie the saids
Tobias Smollet, bailzie of Dumbarten for the time, David
Fallasdaill burgess there, Thomas and James Fallasdaillis
his two sons, the said umquhile Mr James Cunninghame
minister, Robert Fallasdaill, the said umqle- James
Moriesoune, Williame Nilie alias McMoreis, Walter Elder,
Adam and Johnne Colquhounes sons to the Laird of Campis-
trodden Johnne Colquhoun of Dalmure and divers others
to the number of ‘ sevin scoir persones or thairby, the maist
pairt of thame being first tane captives be the saidis
McGrigouris befoir thay pat handis in thame, and ther-
eftir maist barbaruslie and crewallie be tirring of thair
claithes and strypeing thame mother naket with durkis
murdreist and slew thame but pitie, and at the samyn
tyme be way of maisterfull thift and stouth reiff staw
reft and away tuik sax hundreth ky and oxin ’ 800 sheep
and goats 14 score horses and meiris with the haill plenish¬
ing goods and geir of the 80 pound land of Luse, and
treasonably raised fire in the houses and barnyards thereof
and burnt wasted and destroyed the same with the corns
in them, and the said Johnne and Lauchlane McCorcodellis
are ‘ airt and pairt ’ of the said cruel horrible crimes, and
they still persevering in ‘ thair former wiket and unlauchfull
tred of lyfe ’ in the month of [blank] 16— came under
silence and cloud of night to the lands of Barkandmoir
pertaining to umquhile Duncane McCorcodell of Phante-
lands and ‘ thiftuouslie ’ stole etc. ane broun meir, and
from Gillespik Me Allaster VcEwin they stole a kow and
in December last 1612 they came by night to the chamber
of George Lowdoun Sheriff Clerk of Argyll and broke up
the said chalmer, entered it and broke up the haill kists
and coffers therein and from a great kist therein stole £66
in gold and silver, 2 pair of linen sheets 9 elnes of scots
brown claith 6 elnes of red claith together with his haill
books writs and evidents goods and geir etc. and conveyed