Interesting - 'dentes' to me would imply teeth - there are various plants that have the name of these. I don't have a Scots pharmacopia but will see if I can find anything anywhere. But it's interesting to me that the 'sine' of her seems to me more fornication than 'putting back' the child - a reversal of later ideas. Thanks for this! Jenny At 18:18 -0400 21/3/10, John Humphrey wrote: >Hi Jim, > >It certainly sounds as if Marian Neill tried to abort her child, though >I can't guess what the "dentes" were that she swallowed - some kind of >herb, potion or drink? > >As for "Johne Smith had no base met" is she or the session perhaps >saying that he had no "base" intention - i.e. wasn't part of the >abortion scheme? > >As for the next phrase, it may be that the session finds her sin >"heinous" and "tables" her punishment for further consideration? > >Having seen a couple of samples of the writing you're dealing with, Jim, >it's wonderful how you manage to pick the sense out of it all. > >Best regards > >John > > > >Jim Bundy wrote: >> Hi Listers, >> >> I have a question re this page: >> >> Am I correct in thinking that Maren was trying to abort the chyld? >>And that "Baynous tabis" was a kind of Latin legal term for this >>offence? >> >> Jim Bundy >> >> >> >> >> Maren Neill being delate & sumondit for fornicaon wt Johne Smyth >>compeired confessing that she was wt chyld to the sd Johne Smyth >>And that she took some dentes to put back the child, bot yt Johne >>Smith had no base met, the session finding her sine Baynous tabis >>her censure to consideration In the meantime recommend her to >>diverse elders to be spoken to effectually for being ing of hir to >>the sense of hir sine >> >> Johne Smith sumondit for foron wt Mare(n) Neill compeired and >>confessing is ordained to acknl his sine in the publick place >>according to order, bot befoir to be conferred wt by elders for >>convinceing him of his sine > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- World's winds bending trees; Breaths of all those who have lived flow now on the wind. http://wyrdswell.co.uk/ancestors