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.leagues and bands with our Sovereign lord's rebels, in 

 treasonable wise, as contained in the summons before 

 expressed. And thereafter it was given for sentence by 

 the mouth of John Jardine Dempster of Parliament for 

 the time." 



It was therefore decreed by Parliament "that Torquil 



Macleod of the Lewis has committed treason against our 



Sovereign lord and his realm according to the summons, 



I for which he has forfeited to the King : ' his life, his lands, 



this gudes, offices, and all other his possessionis quhat 



jsumevir he had within the realme of Scotland or Ylis, 



euermar to remane with our Sovereign lord, his aieres and 



! successores, for his tressonable offence.' " 



In face of so formidable an indictment, it is evident 

 ; that Torquil Macleod had exercised commendable prudence 

 in declining to answer the summons. But the toils were 

 now closing around him. The first to defy the Govern- 

 ment, he appears to have been the last member of the 

 confederacy to hold out, and he proved the most trouble- 

 some member to subdue. His obstinacy necessitated a 

 third campaign in 1506, under the Earl of Huntly. The 

 preparations for this campaign in Lewis were of a com- 

 prehensive character. A vessel called the Raven was 

 chartered from one Thomas Hathowy, and another vessel 

 belonging to one David Logan, was freighted for the same 

 employment. Two " craaris " or coasting boats also 

 formed part of the expedition, their obvious use being 

 to land soldiers in bays inaccessible to the larger ships. 

 Guns were requisitioned from Edinburgh Castle, and 

 skilled gunners accompanied them. Masons and ship- 

 wrights were also employed, though it is difficult to 

 conjecture for what purpose the former were sent, unless 

 it was to construct forts in anticipation of a prolonged 

 campaign.* Huntly was joined in the North by Aodh 

 (" Odoni ") Mackay of Strathnaver, whose contingent 



* Treasurer's Accounts, Vol. III., pp. 347, 349, 350, and 383-4. In 1506 

 Torquil Macleod captured a Spanish ship off Lewis, but the captain and crew 

 were unharmed. (Treas. Accounts, Vol. III., 343, Vol. IV., p. 317.) 



