[1] The nexte daye they marched to Dunfreis, and whyleſt they remayned there, the Earle of Angus beeyng come to Drumlanrig, by meſ|ſengers entred ſome talke wyth hys ſonne in lawe the Earle of Lennox: but fyth it was per|ceyued that thys was done,The diſsimu|lation of the Earle of An|gus. rather to entrappe the Earle of Lennox, or at the leaſtwiſe to driue tyme, vppon conſultation hadde wyth the Maiſter of Maxwell, the Larde of Cloeſborne, and others the Gentlemen aſſured of Nideſ|dale and Annandale, it was concluded, that the Townes of Morton, Duſdere, and o|thers, neere adioyning togyther in thoſe parties, ſhoulde bee brente, to the ende, that the Earle of Angus myghte ſo bee drawen to the fielde, and caughte by ſome one meane or other.