[355] Letters and Papers of the Reign of James VI., pp. 243, 317. Balfour’s Annals, ii. 58.
[356] Catholic historians note the martyrdom of one of their faith, which took place amidst the more immediate tumults of the Reformation. His name was Black, and he is described as a Dominican monk of Aberdeen, respectable both for piety and learning. Being taken to Edinburgh to dispute with Willox and other apostles of the Reformation, the populace cut short the argument by stoning him to death on the streets, January 7, 1562.—Dempster. D. Camerarius.
[357] True Relation of the Proceedings against John Ogilvie, 1615: reprinted in Pitcairn.
[358] See the entire form of abjuration in Selections from the Records of the Kirk Session, Presbytery, and Synod of Aberdeen. Spalding Club. 1846.
[359] This term is usually applied to an insinuating, wheedling fellow of swindling propensities.
[360] See papers on these subjects in Spottiswoode Miscellany, vols. i. and ii.
[361] Letters and State Papers of the Reign of James VI., p. 293.
[362] The suburb called Portsburgh was under the jurisdiction of Tours, Laird of Inverleith.
[363] See documents in Maitland Club Misc., ii. 26.
[364] Sharp-pointed staves.