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the said Johnne nor na uther privat persoun, bot onlie to the said schirefifand
his deputis." John Buchanan, the defender, did not appear.
"In 1598 the King, his Nobility, Council, and Estates, considering the proude
rebellioun, defectioun, and disobedience of the inhabitants of Kintyre and utheris
pairtes of the Illis and Hielandis of this realme," resolved that an expedition, under
the King in person, should proceed thither to compel obedience, and certain land-
holders and others were summoned to meet his majesty at Dunbarton upon the
20th August to take part in the enterprise.^

The laird of Culcreuch, who was among those summoned, disobeyed, and a
short entry in the Register of the Privy Seal shows the consequences, 14th Feb.
