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JOHNIE FAA.
and in punissing of all tliaim that rebellis aganis him : Neuirtheles, as we
are informyt, Sebastianb Lalow, Egiptiane, ane of the said Johnnis oumpany,
with his complices and pairt-takaris vnder- written, that is to say,
Anteane Donea, Satona Fango, Nona Finco, Phillip Hatfetggow, Towla
Bailzow, Grasta Nejn, Geleyr Bailzow, Bernard Beige, Demer Mats-
KALLA, NoTFAW Lawlowe, Martine Femine, rebcllis and conspiris aganis
the said Johnnie Faw, and lies removit thame alluterly out of his cumpany,
and takin fra him diurse sovmes of money, jowellis, claithis, and vthris
o-udis, to the quantite of ane grete sovme of money, and on na wyse will
pass hame with him, howbeifc he has biddin and remainit of lang tyme
vpoun them, and is bunding and oblist to bring hame with him all them of
his company that ar on live, and ane testimoniale of thame that ar deid :
And als, the said Johnne has the said Sebastianis Obligatioune, maid in
Dunfermling, befor our Maister houssald that he and his cumpany suld
remain with him and on na wise depart fra him, as the samin beiris. In
contrar the tenour of the quilk, the said Sebastiane, be sinister and wrang
informatioune, fals relation, and circumventioun of ws, lies purchest our
writingis, dischargeing him and the remnant of the personis aboue writtin
his complicis and pairt-takaris of the said Johnnis cumpany, and with his
gudis takin be thame fra him, caussis certane our liegis assist to thame
and their opinionis, and to fortify and tak their pairt aganis the said
Johnnie, their lord and maister ; sua that he on no wyse, can apprehend
nor get thame to haue thame hame agane within their ain cuntre, eftir the
tenor of his said Band, to his hevy dampnage and skaithe, and in grete
perell of tynsall of his heretage, and express aganis justice. Our will is
HEiRFOR, and we charge zow straitlie, and commandis, that incontynent thir
our Letteres sene, ze and ilk ane of zow, within the boundis of zour
Offices, command and charge all our liegis that nane of them tak vpoune
hand to resset, assist, fortify, supple, manteine, defend or take pairt with
the said Sebastiane and his complices aboue written, for na buddis nor
vther way, aganis the said Johne Faw their lord and maister ; bot that
they and ze, inlikwise tak and lay handis vpoune them quhareuir they
may be apprehendit, and bring them to him to be pvnist for thair
demeritis, conforme to his lawis : And help and fortify him to pvnis and
do justice vpoune them for thair trespassis : And to that effect, len to
him zourc personis, stockis, fetteris, and all vther things necessar thairto,
as ze and ilk ane of zow, and all vtheris oure liegis, will ansuer to ws
thairupoune, and vnder all hieast pane and charge that eftir may follow
swa that the saitl Johnne have na cans of complaynt heirupoune in tyme
cuming, nor to resort agane to ws to that effect, nochtwithstanding ony
oure writings sinisterly purchest, or to be purchest, be the said Sebastiane,
in the contrar. And als, charge all oure liegis that nane of thaini molest,
vex, inquiet, or trouble the said Johnne Faw and his cumpany, in doing
of thair lefuU besynes, or vtherwayis, within oure realme, and in thair
passing, remanyng, or away-ganging furtli of the samyne, vnder the pane
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