Compare 1587 edition: 1 1447In the yeare. 1447. ther was a Parliament holden at Edenbourgh, in the which ſir Alexan|der Leuingſton of Calender late gouernor, Ia|mes Dundas, and Robert Dundas knightes, a [...] the purſuite of the Earle of Dowglas were for|falted and condemned to perpetuall priſon in Dunbrytan, and Iames Leuingſton his eldeſt ſonne, Robert Leuingſton Treaſorer, and Da|uid Leuingſton knights, loſt their heades.
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2 Iames before his execution
made a very wiſe o|ration to the ſtanders by,Iames
Leuing|ſton made an Oration. declaring the inſtabili|tie of fortune,
& chaũge of court, exhorting al per|ſons to beware thereof, ſith enuye
euer followed high eſtate, and wicked malice
neuer ſuffred good men to gouerne long.W. Creichton
condemned. In the ſame Parliament ſir William Creichton was alſo
forfalted for di|uerſe cauſes, but principally for that his ſeruants would not
deliuer the houſe of Chreichton to the kings heralde, who charged them ſo to
do. This forfalture was cõcluded in parliament by vertue of an act which the
ſaide William (when he was Chancellor) cauſed to be made, & ſo being
the firſt inuenter, was alſo the firſt againſt whom it was practiſed.
Incurſions made. 1448