The Historie and Life of King James the Sext, Being an Account of the Affairs of Scotland, From 1566 to 1596, With a Short Continuation to 1617

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Original Publisher: Bannatyne Club Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: John Moreson, Baillie. George Todrik, Baillie. David Williamson, Baillie. James Inglis, Baillie. Mr David Lyndesay, Minister. Mr Robert Bruce, Minister. Mr Gualter Balcanquall, Minister. M' Robert Rolloc, Minister. Mr William Watson, Minister. M' Patrik Galloway, Minister, witnessis. Heirefter, the King ordaynit a conventioun of his estaitis to be haldin in Sterling, agayne the 7 day of September following, and thither came verie few in nomber; alwayis the chiefest war the Due of Lennox, the Lord Hammiltoun, the Erlis of Moutroze, Glen- came, Mar and Mortoun, the Lords Lyndsay and Levingstoun, few commissioners for burrowis, and hot certayne for the kirk; whare the King delatit unto thayme the greif he had consavit aganis Bothuell, that he estemit himself captive and thrall be him, and constraynit to grant him remissioun aganis all law and frie will; and desyrit that thay sould acknawledge the same be thair generall voittis thair assembleit, to be publeist to the people. To the whilk, it was ansuerit be thayme all, that captive he could not be estemit, seing that sen his last talking with Bothuell, bay th he had bene at Falkland, nixt at Edinburgh, and last of all at extreme libertie and pastyme for the space of many dayis in the palice ofHammiltoun, unaccumpaneit with any suspect person at all for the part of Bothuell; and tharefore could not condiscend to his Majestic in that poynt: And becaus he saw that he could not prevail! in that originall, his Majestie and thay all concludit as followis. -- At Sterling the 13 day of September, 1593, It is declarit b...