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radolph_n 11_o peter_n ramsay_n 12_o richard_n pottock_n 13_o hugh_n benham_n 14_o henry_n cheyn_n 15_o alexander_n kinninmouth_n 16_o william_n deyn_a 103_o 17_o john_n raith_n 18_o alexander_n kinninmouth_n 19_o adam_n cunningham_n 20_o gilbert_n grindaw_n 104_o 1_o henrey_n leighton_n 22_o ingram_n lindesay_n 3_o thomas_n spence_n 24_o robert_n blaicaster_n 105_o 25_o william_n elphingston_n 6_o alexander_n gordon_n 106_o 27_o gawan_n dumbar_n 28_o william_n stewart_n 29_o william_n gordon_n 107_o 30_o david_n cunningham_n 406_o bishop_n of_o murray_n 1_o william_n 107_o 2_o simon_n 3_o richard_n 4_o bricius_fw-la 5_o andrew_n 6_o simon_n 7_o archibald_n 8_o david_n murray_n 9_o john_n pilmore_n 10_o alexander_n bar_v 11_o william_n spiny_a 12_o john_n inn_n 13_o henry_n lichton_n 14_o columba_n dumbar_n 15_o john_n winchester_n 16_o james_n stewart_n 17_o david_n stewart_n 18_o william_n telloch_n 108_o 19_o andrew_n stewart_n 20_o andrew_n forman_n 21_o james_n hepburn_n 22_o 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commissioner_n be_v so_o much_o a_o friend_n to_o the_o right_n and_o cause_n of_o mary_n that_o she_o give_v not_o the_o title_n of_o regent_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o murray_n 219_o t_n templar_n the_o dissolution_n of_o they_o 51_o they_o be_v condemn_v and_o suffer_v unjust_a torment_n partly_o for_o their_o great_a riches_n partly_o for_o their_o freedom_n of_o tax_v the_o vice_n of_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n ibid._n u_o union_n the_o article_n of_o union_n between_o both_o kingdom_n of_o england_n and_o scotland_n 481_o they_o be_v not_o pass_v in_o the_o english_a parliament_n 505_o objection_n make_v against_o the_o ceremony_n of_o unction_n in_o the_o solemnity_n of_o coronation_n answer_v 381_o w_n witch_n agnes_n samson_n a_o witch_n apprehend_v 383_o her_o familiar_a spirit_n have_v no_o power_n to_o kill_v the_o king_n ibid._n y_fw-fr year_n the_o account_n thereof_o change_v from_o march_n to_o january_n in_o scotland_n 456_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n from_o the_o first_o plantation_n of_o christian_a religion_n there_o mention_v in_o this_o history_n donald_n i._o convert_v and_o baptise_a page_n 2_o ethodius_n 3_o cratilinth_n ibid._n fincormachus_n 4_o eugenius_n ibid._n hergustus_n ibid._n ethodius_n alias_o echadius_n 5_o erthus_n ibid._n fergus_n ibid._n eugenius_n ii_o greem_n regent_n 6_o congallus_n ii_o 9_o kinnatellus_n ibid._n aidanus_fw-la 10_o eugenius_n iu_o 14_o donald_n iv_o ibid._n ferqhard_n 18_o eugenius_n vi_o ibid._n eugenius_n vii_o ibid._n achaius_n an._n d._n 800._o 23_o alpin_n ibid._n kenneth_n 24_o constantine_n ii_o 25_o gregory_n the_o great_a 26_o constantine_n iii_o ibid._n kenneth_n iii_o 27_o malcolm_n ii_o 28_o duncan_n i._n ibid._n macbeth_n an_o usuper_fw-la ibid._n malcolm_z iii_o 29_o edgar_n 31_o 32_o alexander_n the_o fierce_a ibid._n david_n ibid._n &_o 36_o malcolm_n iu_o 36_o william_n 37_o alexander_n ii_o 42_o alexander_n iii_o 44_o john_n balliol_n 48_o robert_n bruce_n 52_o david_n bruce_n 55_o edward_n balliol_n ibid._n robert_n stewart_n ibid._n james_n i._n 57_o james_n ii_o ibid._n james_n iii_o 58_o james_n iu_o 61_o duke_n of_o albany_n regent_n of_o scotland_n 62_o james_n v._n 70_o earl_n of_o arran_n governor_n during_o the_o minority_n of_o mary_n stewart_n 71_o he_o resign_v the_o regency_n to_o the_o queen-mother_n 92_o mary_n stewart_n queen_n take_v into_o her_o hand_n the_o government_n 178_o she_o resign_v the_o government_n 211_o james_n vi_o crown_v ibid._n earl_n of_o murray_n regent_n 212_o earl_n of_o lennox_n grandfather_n to_o the_o young_a king_n choose_a regent_n 241_o john_n earl_n of_o marre_n regent_n 258_o earl_n of_o moreton_n regent_n 267_o the_o king_n himself_o accept_v of_o the_o government_n 280_o bishop_n that_o live_v in_o scotland_n or_o the_o adjacent_a isle_n before_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o kingdom_n into_o diocese_n amphibalus_n bishop_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o man_n 4_o regulus_n 5_o ninian_n 6_o palladius_n 7_o hildebert_n 8_o columba_n 9_o servanus_n 11_o colman_n 15_o adamannus_n or_o adamnamus_fw-la 18_o 19_o wiro_n and_o plechelmus_fw-la consecrate_v at_o rome_n by_o pope_n honorius_n 19_o bonifacius_n a_o italian_a 20_o mocharius_fw-la glacianus_n and_o gervadius_fw-la 23_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o see_v of_o s._n andrews_n 1_o adrian_n 25_o 2_o kellach_n 26_o 3_o malisius_n ibid._n 4_o kellach_n two_o 26_o 5_o malmore_n 26_o 6_o malisius_n two_o 26_o 7_o alwinus_fw-la 26_o 8_o muldwin_n 26_o 9_o tuthaldus_n 26_o 10_o fothadus_fw-la 27_o 11_o gregorius_n 28_o 12_o turgot_n 30_o 13_o godricus_fw-la 32_o 14_o eâ—dmerus_n a_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n 33_o 15_o robert_n prior_n of_o scone_n 34_o 16_o arnold_n abbot_n of_o kelso_n 36_o 17_o richard_n ibid._n 18_o hugo_n by_o the_o king_n mandate_n 39_o john_n scot_n by_o the_o pope_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o king_n ibid._n 19_o roger_n son_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o leicester_n succee_v hugo_n 41_o 20_o william_n malvoisin_n a_o 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