[36] Trials and other Proceedings in Matters Criminal before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, selected from the Records of that Court. By Robert Pitcairn. Edinburgh.
[37] Holingshed, vol. i. pp. 50, 317.
[38] At the second marriage of Alexander III., Fordun, vol. ii. p. 128. Boece, p. 294, ed. 1574.
[39] Boece, p. 149.
[40] In the case of Cameron, Bishop of Glasgow, 1466.—Buchanan. Pitscottie.
“Quell’ altro, che nei fianchi è così poco,
Michele Scotto fu, che veramente
Delle magiche frode seppe il giuoco.”—Canto xx.
[42] As in the case of the witches at Forres, who attempted to destroy King Duffus by the favourite pagan charm of roasting his image in wax, and those burnt at Edinburgh for a similar attempt against James III., in 1479.
[43] Scot of Scotstarvet, Home of Godscroft, passim.
[44] Nov. 8, 1576. Pitcairn, vol. i. p. 48.