Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

1593.] SIK JAMES .rOHNSTONK OK I)UX.SKi:LLtr. 59
speciull adv7i.s, counsiill and cousciit of the vthcr had tliaivto, aud that bajth tliair
assurance and agiieiiieut with the said Schir James Dowglas salbe done on ane day.
And in caiee ony of the foirsaidis pairties or thair foir.=aiilis sail happin to haue actinun
of law aganls the foirsaid Schir Jame.^, his kin, freiudis, men, teneutis, seruandis,
pairtic, pairtakerris and dependerri.s, the saidis pairteis hiudis and obleissis thanio
faythfnllie and thair foirsaidis, ilk anc of thame, to concur, fortifie and assist vtherris
aganis the said Schir James Dowglas and his foirsaidis to the vttermaist of thair
povcrris, alsweill in obtcning decreit or decrcittis aganis hini and his foiisaidis, as in
putting of the samyn to dew executionn. And geif in the executioun of the saidi.s
deercit or decrcittis the saidis pairteis or thair foirsaidis, or the saide Schir James
Dowglas or ony of his foirsaidis. sail happin to be hurt, nuttilat or slaine, the saidi.s
pairteis in that caice faythfuUie promeissi.s and obleissis thamc, ilk ane of thame, and
thair foii-saidis, to concur, fortifie aud assist vtherris to the vttermaist of thair poverris
aganis the saide Schir James Dowglas and his foirsaidis, and sail tak ane \prycht efald
and trew pairt with vtheris quhill the said feid be agrcit or reconcelit ; and heirto
bayth the saiilis i)airtei3 bindis and obleissis thame faythfullie to ob.?eruc, keip and
fulfill the premi,ssis to vtherris vnder the paine of defamatiouu, periurie and tinsall of
perpetuall credit, honour aud estiniatiouu in tyme cumiug. In witness heiroli' the
saidis pairteis hes suli.=cryuit thir prescntis with thair handis, day, monetli, yeir and
place foirsaidis, befoir tliir witnessis, Robert Maxu-ell of Castelmilk, George Carutlicris
of Ilolmendis, ^lungo .Johnncstoun of IjOchirb[ie], and James Johimestoun of Kyrktoun,
with vtheris diners.
HOLLMENDS.
MUGO JHO.NSTorN.
K. Maxvell, wittnes.
James Jhonestoun.