[1] [2] This Euan therefore being the kings Lieu|tenant of his Caſtell of Dunſtafage in Louch|quhaber,Euan Lieute|nant of Dun|ſtafage conſpi|reth agaynſt the king. practiſed a conſpiracie agaynſt the king, with a number of other light perſons being gen|tlemen borne, miſlyking the adminiſtration of things, onely for that they ſawe how their inor|dinate libertie to oppreſſe inferiour perſons, and to vſe ſuch wilde and inſolent miſdemeanor, as they had done afore time, was nowe reſtrayned by lawfull iuſtice and execution of due puniſhment for the ſame. But as theſe conſpirators went a|bout to haue moued the people of Louchquhaber, Murrey land, Roſſe, and Cathneſſe, to haue ioy|ned with them in their trayterous enterpriſe: ſome of them in whom Euan put moſt truſt,The king is aduertiſed of Euan his treaſon. ſecretely aduertiſed the king of all the whole matter, who gathering a competent number of men togither, made ſuche ſpeedie haſte towardes Dunſtafage, where the chiefe Captaine of the Rebelles as then lay,The king cõ|meth to Dun|ſtafage with an armie. that he came before the ſame ere any ynkling were knowne to them within of his approch. By meane whereof comming vppon them ſo at vn|wares, hee had the Caſtell ſoone at his pleaſure.Euan is exe|cuted. And immediately herevpon cauſed Euan to bee truſſed vp on a high payre of Gallows, for a ſpec|takle to all his complices.