Papers Relative to the Marriage of King James the Sixth of Scotland, With the Princess Anna of Denmark

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Excerpt from Papers Relative to the Marriage of King James the Sixth of Scotland, With the Princess Anna of Denmark: A. D. 1589, and the Form and Manner of Her Majesty's Coronation at Holyroodhouse, A. D. 1590 Clark maid in George Mutis bak bous in the Pannis, [prefionpansj accumpaneit with the guidwyfe of the bous, Gelie Duncan, Be¿ie Robfoune, J okkie Gray-meill, J onet Gaw, Erifch Marioun, the wobfteris wyfe of Setoune, Robert Greirfoune, the guidwyfe of Spilmurfurd-mylne, callit Meg Begtoune, Jame Spurrowis wyfe, callit Kait Wallace, quha convenit thair for raising Of storme to stay the Quenis hame caming to Scotland eftir confultatioune, quhether Gelie Duncan or Be¿ie Thom foune wes meiteft to fend the letter with, and concludit to fend the faid Gelie, quhilk letter was fend to Marioun Leuchop in Leyth: the effect quhairof was this Marioun Leuchop, Ye fall warne the reft of the fifieris to raife the wind this day, at ellevin houris, to fiftay the Quenis cuming in Scotland. Lykeas they that wer convenit at the Pannis, fould do for thair part beeift (to the eaf'tward), and to meit thame that wer in the Fannis, and at thair meting thay fould mak the ftorme uni verfall thro the fee, and within aucht dayis eftir the faid bill wes delyverit. The faid Agnes Sampfoune, Jouet Campbell, John Fean, Gelie Duncan, and Meg Dyn, baptefit ane catt in the wobf'tairis hous, in maner following: fyrfi twa of thame held ane fingar in the ane f yde of the chimnay cruik, and ane uther held ane uther fingar in the uther fyde, the twa nebbis of the fingaris meting togidder: Than thay patt the catt thryis throw the linkis of the cruik, and pa¿it it thryis under the chimnay: Thaireftir, at Befiie Toddis bous, thay knitt to the foure feit of the catt foure jountis of men quhilk being done, the faid J onet fetchit it to Leith, and about midnycht fche and the twa Leuchops, and twa wy¿'eis callit Stobbeis, came to the Peirheid, and faying thir wordis, See that thair be na defait amangis ws and thay cai¿: the catt in the fee, fa far as thay mycht. Quhilk fwam owre and cam agane, and thai that wer in the Pannis caift in ane uther catt in the fee at xj houris Eftir quhilk, be thair inforcerie and inchantment, the boit perifchit betuix Leith and Kinghorne: Quhilk thing the dewill did, and went before with ane fiafi' in his hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.