We saw also the fatall chair of Scotland wheirin our kings for many ages used to be croune.  I fand it remarkable for nothing but its antiquity, it being thought to have come from Egypt some 3,000 years ago.

I went in the nixt place to the Tower, wheir on our entrin according to custome I left my sword.  Heir first we saw a very strong armory for weapons of all sorts, as many as could furnish 20,000 men; we saw great field pieces of ordinance as also granadoes; we saw also many coats of maill, and among the rest on[43] very conceity all joined like fines of fisches on to another, which they informed me came as a present from the great Mogull who comands over 36 kings.  The[re] ware hinging their as Trophees several peices of armour that they had taken from the french in their wars wt them.  Their we saw the huge armour of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster.  We came nixt and saw the honors, wheir we saw the sword and seipter of honor; the croun was not their, by reason the parliament had use for it at Whitehal.  We saw also a most rich Globe of christal beset wt most precious diamonds.  We came in the 3d place to sie the Lyons, the Leopards, the aigle, and a long skine of a snake.

    [43] One.  Lauder’s usual spelling.

We arrived London on Saturday 1 of April, we left it on Thursday 6 of April; about 4 a cloack we took boat, and landed at Gravesend about 10 a cloack at night, in which space we ware so merry in singing never but some of us singing and sometymes all, that the rowers protested that they never carried so merry a company doune the Thames.  On the way we was tuise stoopt by men of war to know whither their ware any seamen in it, that they might be sent to the fleet:  at which we alleadged Captain Blawprine[44] G. Moor was much troubled, for he was exceeding skipper like.  To morrow tymously we tooke post about 6 a cloack, and reach Dover about one; yet we got not passage til ij at night.  What a distressed brother I was upon the sea neids not hear be told, since its not to be feared that I’l forget it, yet I cannot but tell whow[45] Mr. John Kincead and I had a bucket betwixt us strove ... who should have the bucket first, both being equally ready; and whow at every vomit and gasp he gave he cried Gods mercy as give he had bein to expire immediately.

    [44] Compare Blawflum (Jamieson), a deception.  ‘Prine’ may be prein,
        pin, a thing of little value.  Moor is playfully described as
        captain or skipper.

    [45] How.

About 5 in the morning we landed on France the land of graven images.  Heir we divided into 8 companies:  Joseph Marior wt one Mr. Colison went into Flanders; Mr. Dick Moor and Kinkead went to Deip and so to Roan.  Mr. Strachan, Hamilton, and I stayed in Calais til Monday, 10 of April, and joined wt the messenger for Paris one Pierre, a sottish fellow, yet one that entertained us nobly; their went also wt him besides us on Mr.