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he offerit him roddy to pay thar pert of the sovincs coiiienit 

 in the decrete arbitrale gevin betuix tham and ther frcndis 

 and the lord creichtoun and his frendis [sa] the Jug-is wald 

 modify the samyn [sen] thai referrit the modification to 

 thaim self [themselves] as he allecit [alleg^ed] that therfor 

 he nor thai suld incur na panis [howbeit] the tyme past.^ 



Hostilities continued between the individuals concerned 

 until a greater warfare fell upon them. On 14th June, 15 13, 

 the Lords of Council passed the following act, which indi- 

 cates the state of feeling- between the opponents : — " The 

 lords of Counsal for certaine considerations moving thaim 

 ordainis that Robert lord Crechtoun of Sanquhar sail ceiss 

 fra all calling of Johne ferguson of cragdarroch, his freindis, 

 sheruandis, or tennentis to his corts and fra all poynding 

 or distrenzeing of thaim for ony occasion of unlawis, bigan 

 or to cum, unto the v day of July nixt to cum. And elikewise 

 [likewise] that William Douglas of Drumlangrik sail ceiss 

 fra all calling of ony the said lord Crechtouns frendis 

 tennentis or sheruandis, and fra all poynding of tham as said 

 is for ony occasion of vulawis, bigan or to cum, vnto the 

 said day : And gif ony of the saidis perteis has tane or 

 poyndit for ony vnlawis ellis that thai sail restoir tham again 

 quhil the said day so that the lordis may than provide how 

 the saidis perteis sail haf [behave] tham to vtheris in tyme 

 to cum according to the decrete arbitrale gevin betuix tham 

 of befoir."'*-' 



Nothing appears to have been done on July 5th. Some 

 settlement of the matter was to be brought about not by thf 

 Lords of Council but by the arrows of the English bowmen. 



The civil action commenced before the Lords of Council 

 on 27th April, 1509, when May 12th was assigned to the 

 parties to produce such reasons, evidents, and infeftments 

 as thev were to use in the case. They also decreed that, in 

 the meantime, neither of the parties was to hold courts of 

 blood. In consequence of this there was stir among the 

 authorities at Dumfries on May 5th, when about ten in the 



42 MS. Acta Dom., 13th June, 1513, Vol. XXV., lol. 172. 



43 Op. cit., Vol. XXV., fol. 177. 



