History of the Scottish expedition to Norway in 1612 - Thomas Michell

Georg Lung, H.S.R.M.'S of Denmark, etc. Governor of Aarhuus(?) (or Aaroe?) and General.

Joachim Bulow, H.S.R.M.'S of Denmark, etc., Governor of Fredericksborg, Master of the Horse.

Thobias Lauterbraos, H.S.R.M.'S of Denmark, etc., Secretary to the Chancellery of Foreign Affairs.

Draft of a Letter from the King to Sir Robert Anstruther, dated 21, Dec. 1612, with the examination of Andrew Ramsey.

Trustie and well beloved, wee greet yo^u well.

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Now for yo^rself; we cannot but take it in ill part from yo^u, that wee heare so sealdome from yo^u; and thinck yo^u are, instead of an Ambassado^r, become a Secretary to keepe Councell: for to the severall dispatches wee have made to yo^u, one of the nynth of August by Quarryer; one other of the sixteenth; and one other of the second of October;[142] we have received no aunswere from yo^u. In all w^ch we advertised yo^u of o^r proceeding upon the rumo^r wee heard of the Levyes in Scotland; and what coorse wee had taken w^th Andrew Ramsey; And willed yo^u to acquaint the king w^th both.

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Last of all; concerning Andrew Ramsey; as wee have written before; that if he fell into o^r handes wee wold so proceed w^th him; as shold give the king satisfac̅c̅o̅n̅:satisfa{ccon}: So may yo^u lett the King understand that the said Andrew Ramsey being first fugitive in Scotland (as wee have before sent yo^u word) and secretly comed into England, moved there a quarrell to S^r Robert Carre of Ankram, for discovering to us (as he said; whereby the king may see how his proceeding was w^thout o^r privitie) Andrew Ramseys gathering of men in Scotland; By occasion of w^ch Quarrell he came to be apprehended: whome as soone as wee had, wee caused first to be examined by some of o^r councell, as well upon the pointes the king charged him w^th, as upon the transgressing of his duty towardes us; to w^ch pointes wee have sent yo^u his aunswere under his owne hand. And upon this Confession of his, his fault being of that nature as doth not by any Lawe here or in Scotland forfaite life or Lymme; and the custome of declaring Schellum being not w^th us in use; wee have by oure warrant under oure hande banished him out of all oure Dominions; w^ch next unto death, is the highest punishment wee could inflict; And for the rest of his company; you may assure the King wee find them innocent of any fault; and only misled by his authority; whoe assuring them he had our connivence, and having a Brother so nere about us, was easily beleeved; especially using no open proceeding w^th drumme, but gathering them w^th silence and secrecye, it carryed a shew as though wee had permitted it. But he having therein abused us as well as them; hath now receaved the punishment due to so lewd a part. As for the prisoners sent unto us you may say, finding them likewise no otherwise in fault then as abused by Ramsey; Wee have sent them home to their countrye. And for Bruce; we sawe no cause to punishe him, seeing the King himself layeth nothing to his Charge; but that he refused to be a Gaoler to the rest.

Letter from Sir Robert Anstruther, dated "frome Elsonbourg in Sconeland the 2̅4̅{24} of Januarie 1613" to Sir Thomas Lach, knyght, secretarie in the Latin tongue to his M^tie of Great Britaine, etc.