The History of the Kirk of Scotland, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The History of the Kirk of Scotland, Vol. 4 The king being come to Stirline, and triumphing both in his multitude and successe, causeth bring the Erle of Gowrie out of Kinneill, whether he had beene brought when the armie came out of Edinburgh. He was brought from Kinneill to Stirline upon the 28th of Aprile. He is putt to the triell of an assise. His freinds, who forbore to joyne with the lords at Stirline, which, if they had done, might have stayed the furie of their enemeis, can now pro cure him no favour. The points of his dittay were, the fact of Ruthven, and this late interprise at Stirline. For the first, he answered, he had a remissioun, for the other, that they had no meaning against the king, but to remove these wicked men who abused his Majestie and the countrie, and wished his blood might quenche their thrist of blood. So the Erle of Gowrie was convict of treasoun by an assise, and brought furth to the scaffold, and be headed at Stirline, the 2d of May 1584. The same day Archibald Dowglas and William Forbes, servant to the Erle of Marr, were hanged at Stirline. The Erle of Gowrie's lands are forefaulted. His ladie, howbeit of the name of Stewart, being one of the hous of Methven, is left helplesse, and can gett no favour. 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.