[1] [2] In the moneth of September,The Lorde Hume, and other areſted, and cõmitted to warde. the gouernour commaunded the Lord Hume, with his brother Maiſter William Hume, & Dauid Kar of Fer|nihurſt to be arreſted and beſtowed in ſeuerall places, that better rule mighte be kept vpon the bordures, but they lying nowe in warde, ſundry informations were giuen vp againſt them, and therevpon the eyght of October, the ſaide Lorde Hume and his brother were conuict of Treaſon, for aſſiſting and mainteyning of the theeues vpõ the bordures, and other crimes, for the whiche, he was beheaded, and on the morrow after,The Lorde Hume be|headed. his bro|ther ye foreſaid William Hume was likewiſe be|headed, and their heads were ſet vpon the Tol|buith [figure appears here on page 427] in Edenburgh: Dauid Kar was ſpared. And ſhortly after, the Duke rode to Iedworth with a greate company of men, and ſtayed the greate robbing and reauing which had bin vſed on the bordures,

The Duke of Albany viſi|teth the bor|dures.

Another Par|liament.

The Duke of Albany ſecond perſon of the Realme.

and left there good wardens to keepe good rule in thoſe partes, and ſo returned to Edenburgh. The third of Nouember, another Parliament was holdẽ, in which it was decreed, that the gouernor ſhoulde be deemed and reputed for ſecond perſon of the Realm notwithſtanding the clayme made by his elder brother Alexander Steward, that was begotten on the daughter of the Erle of Orkney, which was alledged, to haue bin firſt maried to their father ye Duke of Albany, before hee was maried to the Erle of Bullogurs daughter, on whome hee begote the gouernor, wherevpon this Alexander made proteſtation to be heire to his father, but they were afterward a|greed, and Alexander renounced his title in hys brothers fauor, and was made Biſhop of Mur|rey, and Abbot of Scone. At this Parliament,The gouerner asketh licence to goe into France. the gouernor required licence to goe into Fraunce, and to be abſent there .vj. moneths: but this ſuite was not graunted till Aprill following.