[513] Now Swineabbey.

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One day in a promenade with Mr. James Pilans past by Wright houses, Greenhill, Mr. (Doctor) Levinstons, then a litle house belonging to Doctor Stevinsone; then Merchiston; then to the Barrowmoore wheir Begs famous house is; then to the Brig-house which belonged to Braid,[516] was given of by the Farlys in an assithment, liferented even now by the Ladie Braid, payes her 200 merks a year; then up towards Greenbank to the Buckstone, wheir is the merches of Braid with Mortinhall and Comistone; saw its merches with the new Maynes of Colinton belonging to Mr. Harie Hay with Craiglockart, the Pleughlands, and the Craighouse (now Sir Andro Dicks, of old a part of the Barronie of Braid); then saw wheir the English armie lay, also Swanston and Pentland.  Then came alongs all the face or brow of the bray of the Wester hill, which is the meith between Braid and Mortonhall, till we came to Over libberton, Mr. William Little.  Conquised by this mans goodsire, William Little, provest of Edenburgh, befor K. Ja. went in to England:  a fyn man and stout:  as appeared, 1 deg., that his taking a man out of the Laird of Innerleith his house at Innerleith, having set sentries at all the doors, and because they refused to open, tir[517] a hole in the hous top and fetch him out and laid him in the tolbuith for ryving a bond of borrowed money fra a burges of the toun; which proceidur the Secreit Counsell then, tho summar, allowed of. 2 deg., thair having bein long debats betuen the toun and the Logans of Restalrig for the passage throw Restalrig’s lands to Leith (the way wheirto then was just by the tower), and Restalrig having aither refused to let them pas throw his lands or else would have them to acknowledge him, Prov:  Little being with K. Ja. at Stirling made a griveous complaint of their insolency; wheirupon he said he cared not tho the highest stone of Restalrig ware as lach as the lachest.  Wheirupon the prov:  Will ye bid me doe it, Sir?  Wheirupon the K. Doe it if ye like.  Immediatly wtout telling the K. or anie else comes he post to Edenburgh and causes cast doune the tour that same night.  The K. tyme of supping coming the K. calls for his prov:  of Edenburght:  no body could tell.  At last some tells that he suddenly was goon to Edenb:  this moved the K. I’ll wad, sayd he againe, its to cast doun Restalrig Castle.  Go with all the speid ye can and forbid it.  Are anie could come their it was done.  K. Ja:  used to call the Huntly the 1 noble man of his kingdome and the provest of Edenb the 2d.

    [516] Dick of Braid.

    [517] Strip off part of the roof, and so make a hole.