Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

x'.viii JiiIlX JOHXSTOXR, FinST WAKKKX; 1524-15C7.
of Carlill, and prcsonit me tliairiii as of bcf'oir, and schortlic tlir'.iieflir c.ireil me
to the castell of rumfmcht, and tlicr held me in strait presouu, within ane house,
to tlie space of tna ycris. ... In the t3'me of my being in the castell of Carlill,
intending to haif gotlin me secretelie distroyit thai gaif me evill and vnliailsmn ^
metis and diinkis, and throu eting and drinking thairof I tuks havy seilcnes, and
lay tlierin be the space of sex owkis in parrell of my life, and I being convalescit,
had mc fra th.e said castell to Quhartownhall quhair thai gaif me" evill drinkis
and metis agane, throu the qnhilk 1 fell in new scikncs and lay in perrell of ray
life be the space of aue moneth nixt thaireflir, and syne I wes had to the castell of
Hartlic, and when the protectour of Inglaiid com to the Newcastell with the army
of Ingland laitlie befoir the feild of Pinkiecleuch, I wes send be the v.-arden of
Ingland to him, quhair he proponit to me his mischewose purpose takia towarfc
the hurt and destructioun of this realme, and offerrit to me grcte rewardis and
proffitt to fortyfy the sauiin, and becaus I refusit to satysfy his desj'ris, he send mc
agane to Hartlie, quhair I wes kcpit in strait prcsoun. and evill trctit iu mett,
drink, and bedding, noohtwithstandiiig that I sustcnit grete espeusis thairupoun."
Johnstone proceeds to compliiin that his tower of Lochwood was nocturnally
invaded, himself and servants injured, and cattle and sheep plundered :—
" And syne causit, in the moneth of October tlio zeir of C4od I'" v*^ and xlvii
zcris, Thomas Carriltouu, with ane grete oist and garisoun of Ingilismeu and
Scottis trattonris, to cum to my hous and tourc of Lochwod, quhair vnder silence
of nycht thai clam the barnkin therof, and entcrit in my said hous and brint and
distroyit the samin, togiddir with my haill place, and spidzcit aud tuke furth of
the samin the haill insycht gudis, Yic[tua]ls and pleiiissing therof, the valour
of ane thousand and five hundreth pundis, and tuke furth of the ground of my
lieretage takkis and steduigis ane thousand heid of nowt, and tlirc flokkis of
schei]) of mj- awin pnpir gudis, and duclt and rcmanit in my said place, quhill
thai had etin and distroyit the haill comes of my grayngis of Lochwod, Thornhill,
and IJicardrig, extending to ane thousand bollis of aittis, quheit aud beir, and at
that samin tyme brhit, hcrcit and distroyit my pure tenentis, and reft and tuke
fra thaim ane thousand heid of nowt, ten flokkis of scheip, tnenty scoir of horse,
' In tLc maiiuscrijjt the original words re.u1 "evill and viiLailsiim."
" Uiai stall (stole) ]ioysoiin in my metis una -"I'vsonu" deleted iu text. The words
drinkis," then the words "stall poysounin" "evill driukes and metis" interlined. The
are deleted, and "gaif me'' interlined, while word.s "i;i my mcitts and dritikis" deleted
on the margin ojiposite are written the words after the word " agane " in the original.