d
tackin with thame to the Courte of England, Johnne Lesly and Maister
Henry Balnavis, for perfyting of all contractes betuix thame and King
Harye, [SN: UPON WHAT CONDITIONIS KING HARY TOOK THE CASTELL OF
SANCTANDROIS IN HIS PROTECTIOUN.] who promissed to tak thame in his
protectioun, upoun conditioun onlye, that thei should keape the
Governouris sone, my Lord of Errane,[462] and stand freindis to the
contract of mariage, whareof befoir we have made mentioun. These thingis
clearly understand, (we say,) by the Governour and his Counsall, the
preastis and the schavin sorte, thei conclude to make ane Appointment,
to the end, that under treuth thei mycht eyther gett the Castell
betrayed, or elles some principall men of the cumpany tackin at
unwarres. In the which head was the Abbot of Dumfermling[463]
principall; and for that purpose had the Lard of Monquhany,[464] (who
was most familiar with those of the Castell,) laubored at foote and
hand, and proceaded so in his trafique, that from entress upoun daylyght
at his pleasur, he gat licience to come upoun the nycht whensoever it
pleased him. But God had nott appointed so many to be betrayed, albeit
that he wold that thei should be punished, and that justlye, as
heirafter we will hear.

THE HEADIS OF THE COLOURED APPOINTMENT WAR:--

1. That thei should keap the Castell of Sanctandrois, ay and whill
that the Governour, and the authoritie of Scotland, should gett
unto thame ane sufficient absolutioun from the Pape, (Antichrist of
Rome,) for the slawchtter of the Cardinall foirsaid.

2. That thei should deliver pledges for deliverie of that House,
how sone the foirsaid absolutioun was delivered unto thame.

3. That thei, thare freindis, familiaris, servandes, and otheris to
thame pertenyng, should never be persewed in the law, nor by the
law,[465] be the authoritie, for the slauchter foirsaid. But that
thei should bruik[466] commodities spirituall or temporall,
whatsoever thei possessed befoir the said slauchter, evin as yf it
had never bein committed.

4. That thei of the Castell should keape the Erle of Errane,[467]
so long as thare pledges war keape.--And such lyik Articles,
liberall yneuch; for thei never mynded to keape word of thame, as
the ischew did declaire.

The Appointment maid, all the godly war glaid; for some esperance[468]
thei had, that thairby Goddis woord should