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( 33 ) Upon Wedneſday, Decem. 12th, the Juſtices being ſet, the Atteſtation of the two Doctors and Chirurgeons above- mentioned is produced for Mr. Hew MacKaile, and other three of the Priſoners indicted, and their Excuſe proponed thereupon : But the Juſtices finding, that the Atteſtation, not bearing Soul and Conſcience, did not agree to the War- rant and Order given by the Council, and that the Phyſi- cians, being called, did refuſe, upon Point of Privilege, to, rectify it in theſe Terms, although they declared, that the Truth thereof was ſuch, as they might ſafely confirm it. by Oath, they do only ſuperfede their Procedure againſt Mr. Hew, and other two contained in the Atteſtation, un- til Tomorrow; and ordain John Neilſon of Corſack, tho' alſo contained in the Atteſtation, in reſpect the ſame as to his Part was not relevant, and the other four, to be brought to the Bar, who, accordingly being brought, were that Day ſentenced to be hanged on Friday thereafter. Thurſday, December 13th, the Juſtice Court, being ſet; adjourns until Tueſday thereafter, and ordains Mr. Hew, and the other two, to be peremptorily fiſted that Day le- fore the down-fitting of the Court. This Afternoon, having. obtained his Reprival, in the Thoughts of his dubious Con- dition, the compoſed the Lines following: Vitæ ergo innumeris curarum erroribus alta, Clauſula conſimilis per breve ſinit iter. Diſtrahor, ambigui dubio diſcrimine ſati: Aeger enim jaceo ; ſin revaleſco, cado. Saturday, Decem. 8th, his Brother Mr. Matthew goes from Edinburgh to Glaſgow, with a Letter from the Lady Marquis of Douglas, and another front the Dutcheſs of Hamilton, to the Lord Commiſſioner, in his favours, but both proved ineffectual. Likeas his Couſin Mr. Matthew Mackaile (afterwards Doctor of Medicine in Aberdeen carried another Letter, from the Lady Marquis of Douglas, to the Archbishop of St.