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In the morning before her execution ſhe told the miniſter, ſhe reſolved to die with all the ſhame ſhe could to expiate, under mercy her ſinful life. This he underſtood to be an ingenuous confeſſion of her ſins, in oppoſition to her mother's deſperate ſilence and deſpair, to which he did encourage her At parting with her ſhe gave him hearty thanks for the pious care he had ſhewn her; and taking him by the hands offered to kiſs them. She repeated whatever words he deſired her
When he was brought to the place of execution, ſhe aſcended up the ladder, and ſpoke ſomewhat confuſedly of her ſins as alſo of her brother and his enchanting ſtaff: and, with a ghaſtly countenance beholding the multitude of ſpectators all wondering and ſome weeping ſhe ſaid, with a loud voice. 'There are many here this day wondering and greeting for me, but alas! few mourn for a broken— —' at which words many ſeemed angry; Some deſired her to mind higher concerns. The executioner being deſired to do his duty ſhe fell to throwing off her clothes, that ſhe might die ſtark naked Then they underſtood what ſhe meant by dying with ſhame. The hangman ſtruggled with her to keep on her clothes and ſhe ſtruggled with him to have them off. At laſt he was forced to throw her over openfaced which afterwards he covered with a cloth.
Major Weir was burnt between Edinburgh and Leith, at a place called the Gallow-lee, on Thurſday the 14th of April 1676.
