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102 THE HOUSE OF FAIKQIItTH.
day, to buy necessaries, the said [tersoiiH lay in wait
for him, followed him from place to plaire, and after
sunset, when comphiiner went to "his ludgeing
in Johnne Broun his house at tlie brig end of
Dumfries," attacked the complainer and gave him a
number of deadly wounds on his head, arms, and other
parts of his body, with intent to murder him. Having
struck him to the ground, whore he lay " hullerand in
his bloode," they believing him to be dead, " \vo(,she
their handis in his bloode, feeding thair cruell hairtis
with suche ane abominable spectacle and fact, seldoni
hard of [orj knowne among Chiistianis, yea not in
caissis of deadlie feadis quhair slaughteris hes fallin
cute." John Broun, with whom the complainer
lodged, did what he could to keep them oQ.', but they
attacked him and hurt him deadly with a whinger in
the breast. Complainer was taken up as dead, and
carried to the house of Patrick Younj,^, Chirury;eon in
Dumfries, "to be pansit"; and the said persons,
learning that there was still some appearance of life,
" then swelled in raig and fury, exclameing and
cursing God and man for that thay left him afoir thay
had sene that he wes dead." With drawn weapons in
their hands they came to Patrick Young's house
•'and preasit to have brasheit the doores thairof, and
to have enterit thairin to have endit the worke thay
begane," but they were repulsed by those who were
present in the house.
The parties, with the consent of the Council, agreed
to submit the matter to the arbitration of David
Johnstoun, merchant burgess of Edinburgh, and Mr
John Hay, town clerk there. The arbiters, however.