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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02764	The examinations, arraignment & conuiction of George Sprot, notary in Aye-mouth together with his constant and extraordinarie behauiour at his death, in Edenborough, Aug. 12. 1608. Written & set forth by Sir William Hart, Knight, L. Iustice of Scotland. Whereby appeareth the treasonable deuice betwixt Iohn late Earle of Gowry and Robert Logane of Restalrig (commonly called Lesterig) plotted by them for the cruell murthering of our most gracious Souereigne. Before which treatise is prefixed also a preface, written by G. Abbot Doctour of Diuinitie, and Deane of Winchester, who was present at the sayd Sprots execution.	Hart, William, Sir, Lord Justice of Scotland.; Abbot, George, 1562-1633.	1608 (1608)	STC 12894; ESTC S118749	27,055	64

many teares after the prayer affirmed this his deposition to be true and for the confirmation thereof declared that he would seale the same with his blood And the next day thereafter being the twelfth of the foresaid moneth of August the said George was brought forth and presented in iudgement vpon pannell within the Towlebewth of Edenborough before Sir William Hart of Preston his Maiestis Iustice and there in a fenced Court holden by him that day assisted by the honourable persons following his Assessors in that errand They are to say Alexander Earle of Dumfermling L. Chanceller George Earl of Dunbar Treasurer Iohn Archbishop of Glascow Dauid Bishop of Rosse Gawin Bishop of Galloway Andrew Bishop of Brechine Dauid Earle of Crawford Marke Earle of Lothiane Iohn L. Abirnethy of Saltoun Iames L. of Balmerinoth Secretarie Walter L. Blantyre Iohn L. Halyrudehouse Michael L. Burley Sir Richard Cokburne of Clarkintoun Knight M. Iohn Preston of Fenton Barnes Collector Generall Sir Iohn Skeyne of Currhil Knight Clerke of Register was delated accused and pursued by Sir Thomas Hamilton of Binning Knight Aduocate to our Souereigne Lord for his Highnesse Entries of the crimes conteined in his Inditement produced by the said Aduocate whereof the tenure followeth GEorge Sprot Notarie in Aye-mouth You are indited and accused forsomuch as Iohn sometime Earle of Gowrie hauing most cruelly detestably and treasonably conspired in the moweth of Iuly the yeere of God 1600 yeeres to murther our deare and most gratious Souereigne the Kings most excellent Maiestie And hauing imparted that diuellish purpose to Robert Logane of Restalrig who allowed of the same and most willingly and readily vnder tooke to be partaker thereof The same comming to your knowledge at the times and in the maner particularly after specified you most vnnaturally maliciously and treasonably concealed the same and was arte and part thereof in maner following In the first in the said moneth of Iuly six-hundred yeres after you had perceiued and knowen that diuers letters and messages had past betwixt the said sometime Earle of Gowrie and the said Robert Logane of Restalrig you being in the house of Fast-Castle you saw and read a letter written by the said Robert Logane of Restalrig with his owne hand to the said Iohn sometime Earle of Gowrie of the tenure following MY Lord my most humble dutie and seruice heartily remembred At the receit of your Lordships Letter I am so comforted that I can neither vtter my ioy nor finde my selfe sufficiently able to requite your Lordship with due thanks And perswade your Lordship in that matter I shall be as forward for your Lordships honour as if it were mine owne cause And I thinke there is no liuing Christian that would not be content to reuenge that Machiauellian massacring of our deare friends yea howbeit it should be to venture and hazzard life lands and all other thing els My heart can binde me to take part in that matter as your Lordship shall finde better proofe thereof But one thing would be done namely That your Lordship should be circumspect and earnest with your brother that hee be not r●sh in any speeches touching the purpose of Padua And a certaine space after the execution of the aforesaid treason the said Robert Logane of Restalrig hauing desired the Laird of Bour to deliuer to him the foresaid letter or els to burne it And Bour hauing giuen to you all tickets and letters which he then had either concerning Restalrig or others to see the same because he could not reade himselfe you abstracted the aboue written letter and reteined the same in your owne hands and diuers times read it conteining farther in substance nor is formerly set downe according to the words following My Lord you may easily vnderstand that such a purpose as your Lordship intendeth can not be done rashly but with deliberation And I thinke for my selfe that it were most meet to haue the men your Lordship spake of readie in a boat or barke and addresse them as if they were taking pastime on the sea in such faire Summer time And if your Lordship could thinke good either your selfe to come to my house of Fast-Castle by sea or to send your brother I should haue the place very quiet and well prouided after your Lordships aduertisement where we should haue no scant of the best Venison can be had in England And no others should haue accesse to haunt the place during your Lordships being heere but all things very quiet And if your Lordship doubt of safe landing I shall prouide all such necessaries as may serue for your Lordships arriuall within a flight shot of the house And perswade your Lordship you shall be as sure and quiet heere while we haue setled our plot as if you were in your owne chamber for I trust and am assured we shall haue word within few dayes from them your Lordship knoweth of for I haue care to see what ships comes home by Your Lordship knoweth I haue kept the L. Bothwell quietly in this house in his greatest extremitie say both King and Counsell what they liked I hope if all things come to passe as I trust they shall to haue both your Lordship and his Lordship at one good dinner afore I die Haeciocosè to animate your Lordship I doubt not my Lord but all things shall be well And I am resolued wherof your Lordship shall not doubt of any thing on my part yea to perill life land honor and goods yea the hazzard of hell shall not affray me from that yea although the scaffold were alreadie set vp The sooner the matter were done it were the better for the Kings bucke-hunting will be shortly and I hope it shall prepare some daintie cheere for vs to dine against the next yeere I remember well my Lord and I will neuer forget so long as I liue that merrie sport which your Lordships brother tolde me of a Noble man at Padua for I thinke that a parasceue to this purpose My Lord thinke nothing that I commit the secrecy hereof and credit to this bearer for I dare not only venture my life lands and all other things I haue els on his credit but I durst hazzard my soule in his keeping if it were possible in earthly men for I am so perswaded of his truth and fidelitie And I trow as your Lordship may aske him if it be true he would goe to hell gates for mee and hee is not beguiled of my part to him And therefore I doubt not but this will perswade your Lordship to giue him trust in this matter as to my selfe But I pray your Lordship direct him home with all possible haste and giue him strait command that he take not a wincke sleepe while hee see me againe after hee come from your Lorship And as your Lordship desireth in your letter to me either riue or burne or els send backe againe with the bearer for so is the fashion I grant Which