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 Turn thou heretic, call upon our lady, say Salve Regina, &c. He replied, Depart from me, and trouble me not, thou messenger of Satan: and speaking to one Campbell, the chief among them, he said, Wicked man, thou knowest the contrary, and hast confessed the contrary to me; I appeal thee before the Tribunal Seat of Jesus Christ; after which words he resigned up his spirit to God; and within a few days after the friar died in a frenzy and desperation.

The Archbishop of St. Andrews likewise called before him two gentlemen, David Straton, and Mr. Norman Gomlay. Mr. Straton being accused for heresy was much troubled at it, and thereupon frequented the company of religious men; and hearing that text read, He that denieth me before men, or is ashamed of me in this wicked generation, I will deny him before my Father and his Holy Angels; he stedfastly lifted up his eyes and hands to heaven, and burst forth into these words, O Lord I have been wicked, and justly mayest thou withdraw thy grace from me, but Lord, for thy mercy sake, let me never deny thy truth for fear of death or corporal pain. Being afterwards together with Mr. Norman brought to judgment in Holy-Rood House, where the king himself was present, they were both condemned to the fire, and in the afternoon were first hanged, and then burned, which they cheerfully suffered.

There was likewise one Dean Thomas Foret, who used to preach to his parishioners every Lord's day, out of the Epistles and Gospels, as they came in order, for which being complained of to the Bishop of Dunkeldon, he reproved him