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murder, and for punifhing all fheriffs, and other 

 magiitrates, who fuffered murderers to efcape. 



-It would be endlefs to enumerate the ftatutes 

 for the better enforcing of juftice, for mitigating 

 the diftrefies of the people, and difcouraging idk- 

 nefs. Particular regard was alfo had to the rights 

 of churchmen, widows, orphans, minors, foreign- 

 ers, and the hofpitals. 



While the king and parliament was thus profe- 

 cuting the moft valuable national purpofes, James 

 encouraged learned foreigners to refide at his 

 court, patronized fcience and arts, particularly 

 mufic and architecture, built fhips of war, and made 

 further regulations for the defence of the king- 

 dom. An act was made, " That all fpears, whe-s 

 ther fabricated at home, or imported from abroad, 



Expences for the king's perfon - 117 10 6 

 Things tane for the queni's pcrfon 113 i 6 

 Things coft fQr my lord the prince 41 i 8 



Scots . 271 13 8 



On the other hand, Cochran, who had been raifed, through th 

 king's partiality for favourites, from the ilation of an architect to 

 the earldom of Mar, is thus deicribed by the hiilorians of thofe 

 days, and may ferve to giye the reader fome idea of the finery of 

 the age, and the magnificence aftecled by thenobUity, whom this 

 minion imitated : " When Cochran, fays Lindfay, came from the 

 king to the council, he was well accompanied with a band of men 

 of war, to the number of three hundred light axes, all clad in 

 whjte livery, and black bands thereon, that they might be known 

 for Cochran the earl of Mar's men. Himfelf was clad in a riding 

 pie of black velvet, with a great chain of gold about his neck, to 

 the value of five hundred crowns, and four blowing horns, with 

 both the ends of gold and iilk, fet with precious {tones. His 

 horn (a coftly blowing horn, which he wore by his lide, as was 

 the manner of the times) was tipped with fine gold at every end, 

 and a precious Itone, called a beryl, hanging in the midit. This 

 Cochran had his heumont borne before him, over-gilt with gold; and 

 ib were all the reft of his horns ; and all his pallions (pavilions or tents) 

 were of fine canvas of filk, and the cords thereof fine twined filk ; 

 and the chains upon his pallions were double over-gilt with gold. " 



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