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Vicar, was once more engaged in negotiations. At the 

 end of 1504, and the beginning of 1505, these negotiations 

 appear to have been of an important nature, judging by 

 the fact that on his return from Lewis to the King, who 

 was then in the North, MacVicar remained with James for 

 three weeks. 



Having paved the way for a second invasion of the 

 Hebrides, the King sent a force in 1505 to complete the 

 work. These attentions of James to the Isles were getting 

 too close to be comfortable, and some of the chiefs in 

 the South Hebrides began to waver. Maclean of Duart 

 was the first to give in, and his submission was followed 

 by that of Macneill of Barra, who had twice been out- 

 lawed, once in 1504 and again in 1505. Maclean of Loch- 

 buie, Macquarrie, and Donald Macranaldbane of Largie 

 submitted during the latter year. 



The submission of Duart marked the beginning of the 

 end. Torquil Macleod could now be dealt with more 

 easily. Feeling himself secure in his Castle of Stornoway, 

 he continued to defy the authorities. On I5th December, 

 1505, he was summoned to appear in Edinburgh to answer 

 for his sins. He treated the command with contempt. 

 Failing to appear when the time-limit 2Oth January 

 had expired, he was again summoned. When the second 

 time-limit 3rd February had arrived, with the unre- 

 pentant Torquil still at home in Lewis, the inevitable for- 

 feiture followed. The certificate of proclamation and the 

 declaration of forfeiture are such interesting documents 

 that they deserve to be given in full, the spelling and part 

 of the wording being modernised. The following is the 

 certificate* : 



" The 23rd day of the month of December, the year of 

 God 1505, I, John Ogilvy, Sheriff depute of Inverness, 

 passed with these our Sovereign lord's letters, and sought 

 Torquil Macleod of the Lewis, and < becaus I cuth nocht 

 apprehend him personaly nor there was na sur passage to 



* Acts ofFarl., Vol. II., p. 263. 



