[215] Through his connection with the Lovat family, his wife being the mother of the present Lord Lovat, he was sheltered for some time in a small island in the lake of Bruiach, a few miles from Beaufort Castle.—Anderson’s Hist. Acc. Fraser Family, p. 90, note.
[216] Spottiswoode, iii. 40. Johnston’s Hist. Scot. MS. Scott’s Staggering State of Scots Statesmen.
[217] He was put to the horn, and an edict of Privy Council denounced those who should ‘reset’ him.
[218] Letter of Sir Thomas Hamilton, king’s advocate, Pitcairn, iii. 162.
[219] History of the Kennedies, 27.
[220] Letter above cited.
[221] The resemblance of this case to the phenomena of what is called electro-biology will be apparent.
[222] The original documents regarding these trials are given in full in the Spalding Club Miscellany, vol. i. Aberdeen. 1841.
[223] William Shakspere, a Biography. 1843.
[224] Chronicle of the Cid, translated by Robert Southey, pp. 75-83.