housse, for confessing of Goddis
word, or for mantenance of his law, God is mychtie yneuch in his
awin caus: He should be rather obeyed nor man. I will serve my
Princess with bodye, harte, goodis, strenth, and all that is in my
power, except that whilk is Goddis dewitie, quhilk I will reserve
to him self alone: That is, to wirschipe him in trewth and
veritie, and als near as I can, conforme to his prescrived worde,
to his awin honour and obedience of my Princess.

5. The Fyft Article puttis me in remembrance how wa your Lordschip
wald be to hear, see, or know any displeasur that mycht come to me,
my sone, or any of my house, and speciallie in my tyme and dayis,
and als to hear the great and evill bruyte of me that should now in
my aige in a maner begyn to warie fra[719] my faith, and to be
altered thairin, when the tyme is, that I should be maist suir and
firme thairin.

ANSURE.--Youre Lordschippis gud will is ever maid manifest to me in
all your Articles, that wald not hear, see, or knaw my displeasur,
for the quhilkis I am bound to rander your Lordschip thankis, and
shall do the samyn assuredly. But as for wavering in my faith, God
forbyd that I should sa do; for I beleve in God the Father,
Almyghtie maikar of heavin and earth, and in Jesus Christ his onlie
Sone our Salveour. My Lord, I vary not in my faith; bot I praise
God that of his goodnes now in my latter dayis hes of his infinit
mercy oppynned his bosome of grace to me, to acknawledge him the
Eternall Wisedome, his Sone Jesus Christ, my omnisufficient
satisfactioun to refuise all maner of idolatrie, superstitioun, and
ignorance, whairwyth I haif bein blynded in tymes bygane, and now
belevis that God wilbe mercyfull to me, for now he hes declared his
blessed will clearlie to me, befoir my departing of this
transitorie lyiff.

6. The Sext Article declaired that thare ar delationis of syndrie
pointis of heresye upoun that man, called Dowglas or Grant, whilk
lyes to your charge and conscience to putt remeady to, or ellis
that all the pestilentiouse doctrin he sawis, and all whome he
corruptes with his seid, wilbe requyred at your handis, and all
whome he drawes fra your Christiane faith; and yf ye should thole
him, that ye wilbe accused for all thame whome he infectes with
he