elfis in armeis, nor tak pairt with the said Duke or his
assistaris, under the pane of treassone."

Thir letteris being devulgatt, the hartis of many war steirit; for thay
jugeit the narratioun of the Queue Regent to have bene trew: uthiris
understanding the samin to be utterlie false. Bot becaus the Lordis
desyreit all man [to] juge in thair cause, thay sett out this
Declaratioun subsequent:--

[SN: THE DECLARATIOUN OF THE LORDIS AGAINST THE FORMER
PROCLAMATIOUN.]

"We ar compellit unwillinglie to answer the grevouse accusatiouns
maist injustlie laid to our chargeis be the Quene Regent and hir
perverst Counsall, quha cease not, by all craft and malice, to mak
us odiouse to our darrest brethren, naturall Scotismen; as that we
pretendit na uther thing bot the subversioun and owerthraw of all
just authoritie, quhan, God knawis, that we thocht na thing bot
that sick authoratie as God approvis by his word, be establischeit,
honourit, and obeyit amangis us. Trew it is that we have complenit,
(and continewallie must complene,) till God send redress, that our
commun cuntrey is oppressit with strangearis; that this inbringing
of suldiouris, with thair wiffis and children, and planting of men
of weir in oure free tounis, appeiris to us ane reddy way to
conqueist: And we maist eirnistlie requyre all indifferent
personeis to juge betwix us and [the] Quene Regent in this
cause,[963] to wit, quhidder that our complaynt be just or nott;
for, for quhat uther purpoise sould sche this multiplie strangearis
upoun us, bot onlie in respect of conqueist; quhilk is ane thing
not of lait devisit be hir and hir avaritiouse House. [SN: THE
AVARICE OF THAME OF LORANE AND GWEISE.] We ar not ignorant, that
sax yeris past, the questioun was demandit, of ane man of honest
reputatioun, quhat nomber of men was abill to dantoun Scotland, and
to bring it to the full obedience of France. She allegeis, that to
say the fortificatioun of Leith was ane purpoise devisit in France,
and that for that purpoise war Monsieur de La Broche, and the
Bischop Amiance send to this cuntrey, is ane thing sa vaine and
untrew, that the contrarie thairof is notour to all men of fre
jugement. Bot evident it is, quhatsoever sche allegeis, that sence
thair arryvall, Leith was begun to be fortifeit. Sche allegeis,
that sche, sei