Ther wer killed 10 of ther best commanders, most of ther officers takin, and 386 comon souldiers. The nomber of the quhole (as the prissoners did informe) was not aboue 1200, of all wich ther did not escape one 100, bot wer ather takin prisoners, killed, or drouned in a riuer that was neir the place. The cheiffe standard, called the Kinges, and four others, wer takin; the traitor, James Grhame, fled, bot was afterwards takin by the Laird of Assins people; his horsse was takin; his coate, with the stare and suord belt, wer found in the feild. L. Col: Strachan receiued a shotte vpon his belley, bot lighting vpone the double of his belte and buffe coate, did not pierce. One of our troopers haistining too forwardly after a boate, wich carried 2 or 3 of the enimey ouer the riuer, was drouned, and 2 wer woundit; and this was all the losse Straquhan and hes followers had. It is to be remembred, that Cap: William Rosse, and Cap: Johne Rosse, came vpe to the executione with 80 footte, chosen out off the countrey forces, and did good seruice.
Friday, 17 Maij. Sessio 1.—Acte ordaining James Grhame to be brought from the Watter Gate one a cairte, beare headit, the hangman in his liuerey, couered, ryding one the horsse that drawes the carte, (the prissoner to be bound to the carte with a rope,) to the tolbuith of Edinbrughe, and from thence to be brought to the parliament housse, and ther, in the place of delinquents, one his knees to receaue his sentence, viz. to be hanged one a gibbet at the crosse of Edinbrughe, with his booke and declarations tayed in a rope aboute his necke, and ther to hing for the space of 3 houres, wntill he wer dead; and therafter to be cutt doune by the hangman; his head, hands, and leges to be cutt offe, and destribute as followes, viz. his head to be affixed one ane iron pine, and sett one the pinnackell one the west gauell of the new prissone of Edinbrughe; one hand to be sett one the porte of Perth; the other one the porte of Stirling; one lyge and footte one the porte of Aberdeine; the other one the porte of Glasgow. If he was at his deathe penitent, and relaxit from excomunication, then the truncke of his bodey to be interrid by pioners in the Gray Friars; wtherwayes to be interrid in the Borrowmure, by the hangmans men, wnder the gallowes.
Saterday, 18 Maij. Sessio 1.—Saterday, 18 of Maij, James Grhame entred Edinbrughe, according to the ordinance of parl: of the 17 of Maij, with 23 prissoners, all commanders, and Sʳ Johne Harvey, his Generall Maior, and wer all of them comitted prissoners to the tolbuith of Edinbrughe.
The housse mett this same day, lykwayes, by aine especiall ordinance, at 6 a clocke at night, and sent Robert, Lord Burlie, Sʳ Ja: Hope of Hoptone, George Porterfeld of Glasgow, Mr James Durhame and Mr Ja: Hamilton, ministers, to James Grhame, to aske at him if he had aney thing to say; and to shew him, that he was to repaire to the housse to receaue his sentence. They wssed some interrogators to him, and brought his ansuers in wreat.
The housse delayes the execution of James Grhams sentence till Monday, at 10 houres, the 29 day. The housse ordaines the Lord Burlie, Sʳ James Hope, George Porterfeild, Sʳ Archbald Johnston, Clercke Register, Sʳ Thomas Nicolsone, Kˢ Aduocat, and Sʳ James Steuart, Prouest of Edinbrughe, to examine James Grhame one some poynts anent Ducke Hamilton, and others; and becaus he was desyrous to wnderstand of them formerlie, how it stood betuix the King and them, the parl: ordained them to shew him the truth, that ther commissioners and the Kings Maiestie wer aggreid, and that his Maᵗⁱᵉ was coming heire to this countrie.
Monday, 20 Maij. Sess: 2.—The parl: mett about 10 a clocke, and immediatly after the doune sitting, James Grhame wes brought befor them, by the magistratts of Edʳ, and ascendit the place of delinquents; and after the Lord Chanceler had spokin to him, and in a large discoursse declared the progresse of all his rebellions; he shew him that the housse gaue him liue to speake for himselue, wich he did, in a long discoursse, with all reuerence to the parliament, (as he said.) Since the King and ther commissioners wer accordit, he pleaded his auen innocencey, by calling all his auen depredations, murthers, and bloodshed, only diuersione of the Scotts natione from interrupting the coursse of his Maiesties affaires in England; and as for his last invasione from Orknay, from wich (said he) he moued not one footte, bot by his Maᵗⁱᵉˢ especiall direction and command; that, he called an acceleratting of the tretty betuix his Maiesty and this natione. To him the Lord Chanceler replayed, punctually prouing him, by his acts of hostility, to be a persone most infamous, periured, treacherous, and of all that euer this land brought fourth, the most creuell and inhumane butcher and murtherer of his natione, a suorne enimy to the couenant and peace of his countrey, and one quhosse boundlesse pryde and ambition had lost the father, and by his wicked counsells done quhat in him lay to distroy the sone lykwayes. He made no replay; but was commandit to sitt doune one his knees, and receaue his sentence, wich he did; Arch: Johnston, the Clerck Register, read it, and the Dempster gaue the doume; and immediatly arrising from off his knees, without speaking one word, he was remoued thense to the prisson. He behaued himselue all this tyme in the housse, with a grate deall of courage and modestie, vnmoued and vndanted, as appeired, only he sighed too seuerall tymes, and roulled his eiyes alonges all the corners of the housse; and at the reiding of the sentence he lift vpe his face, without aney word speaking.
He presented himselue in a sutte of blacke clothe, and a scarlet coate to his knee, trimmed with siluer galouns, lined with crimpson tafta; one his head a beuer hate and siluer band; he looked somequhat pale, lancke faced and harrey.
Tuesday, 21 Maij. Sess: 1.—This day the 281 comon souldiers taken at Kerbester, that wer in the Canongait prisson, the housse ordaines 40 of them, being forced from Orknay, and hauinge wyffe and children, to be dismissed. The housse giues 6 of them, being fishers, to the Leiutenant Generall; also wther 6 fishers of them giuen by the Parliament to the Marques of Argyle; and 6 of them, being zoung lustie fellowes, giuen to Sʳ James Hope, to his lead minnes. The remnant of them the housse giues to the Lord Angus and Sʳ Robert Murray, to recreut ther Frenche regiments with, to be transported out of the countrey to France.
This afternoone, James Grhame was execuitt, conforme to the sentence of parliament, at 3 a clocke.