resey; and tharefoir to regard your Lordschippis honour and
conscience heirintill.

ANSURE.--What is his surname I knaw nott, but he calles him self
Dowglas;[720] for I know nother his father nor his mother. I have
heard him teache na Articles of heresye; bot that quhilk aggreis
with Goddis word; for I wold manteane na man in heresey or errour.
Your Lordschip regardis your conscience in the punishement thairof.
I pray God that ye sua do, and examyn weall your conscience. He
preaches aganis idolatrie: I remit to your Lordschippis conscience
yf it be heresye or not. He preaches aganis adulterie and
fornicatioun: I referr that to your Lordschippis conscience. He
preaches aganis hypocrisye: I referr that to your Lordschippis
conscience. He preaches aganis all maner of abuses and corruptioun
of Christes synceir religioun: I refer that to your Lordschippis
conscience. My Lord, I exhorte yow, in Christis name, to wey all
thir effaris in your conscience,[721] and considder yf it be your
dewitie also, not only to thole this, but in lyk maner to do the
same. This is all, my Lord, that I varye in my aige, and na uther
thing, but that I knew nott befoir these offenses to be abhominable
to God, and now knowing his will be manifestatioun of his word,
abhorres thame.

7. The Sevint Article desyres me to way thir materis in maist
hartlie maner, and to tack thame in best parte, for the weall of
bayth our consciences, my Hous, freindis, and servandis, and to put
sic ane man out of my cumpany, for feir of the cummer and bruyt
that should follow thairupoun, be reasson he is dilated of sindry
hereseyis: and that your Lordschip wald be sory to hear ony of our
servandis delated or bruited for sic caussis, or for halding of any
sic men; and that your Lordschip wald understand my ansuer
hearintill, or ony summondis passed thairupoun.

ANSURE.--I thank your Lordschip greatlie that ye ar so solist for
the weall of me and my House, and is sa humane as to maik me the
advertisment befoir ye have summoned, of your awin good will and
benevolence; and hes weyed thir materis, als heychtlie as my
judgement can serve me, bayth for your Lordschippis honour and myn.
And when I have reassoned all that I can do with my self in it, I
think it ay best to serve God, and obey his ma