Hi Listers, Well, this guys writing style was quite good, and he used lots of ink, but he wrote so tiny that I broke down today and bought a magnifier with wire stand to get a size I could really see. It did help, although there's still a few words I had to take a chance with. BTW, what is a "chappnes of eale(ale?)"? Jim Bundy Page 93 To the dative the witneses depones that the said James and Jonate did lye in a bed together in the nygt tyme till some of the witneses raised them and the session finding no more bot these presumptions of fornication James Brown having purged himself by oath did ordain them to stand in the publick place for ther scandalous behaviour which he did and Jonate Hall fled the paroch The whilk day Hew Kirkwoode being somoned before for striking and abuseing his wife confessed the same was sharply rebucked before the session and he did bind himself never to doe the lyk again under the greaves sensued the session should inflict upon him Delations Hew Browne for drunknes. Jonate Findlay for drunknes. Andro Moore for fornication with Margaret Hemphill before ther mariadge Session Decemb 15 1653 The whilk day compeared Agnes Dickie who yet deneyed drunknes of which she was accused before bold being referred to probation the witnesses did depone that she was drunk the session ordains her to acknowledge hir sin in the publick place which she did The whilk day Jonate Findlay being somoned for drunknes compeared as also for presumptions of fornication with ane Inglishman compeared confessing that she did drink some chappnes of eale is so healed and bunte ane house upon the Saturday at night with the said Inglishman as also that she went to Gleascow with him bot deneyed fornication and drunknes the witneses being examined did depon they knew hir to be drunk in the company of the said Inglishman George Beddinsowme the session proposing to try the bussines verie accurately she leaves the towne and mareyed the Inglishman being under processe The whilk day Andro Moore being somoned as suspect of fornication before his mariadge compeared not and is ordained to be somoned pro 2do The whilk day Hew Browne messenger being somoned for drunknes compeared not is ordained to be somoned pro secundo Delations Thomas Hay for drunknes Rot Steel for slandering at Johne Hamltowne for striking of his father and fearfull implecations Session Januar 2 1654 The whilk Hew Browne messenger being somoned for drunknes compeared confessing the same that he had drunknes agravyted which he made him so walt as to strick all that came in his gate promising unto all that he should not doe the in tyme comeing and if he should fall in that or the lyke transgression in tyme comeing he should willingly subject himself to the highest censure of the kirk and the session being desirous to ghime him he was only rebuiked at this tyme this being his first fault for which he was brought in publick