Euphame MacCalzean

**Euphame MacCalzean** (an haife shi kafin 1558, ya mutu 25 Yuni 1591)  ya kasance wanda aka azabtar da shi a gwajin mayu na Arewacin Berwick na 1590-1591. 

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haife ta ne a Clifton Hall, yammacin Edinburgh, ita kaɗai ce ɗan Thomas McCalzean (Lord Cliftonhall), fitaccen alƙali na Edinburgh, mai kula da Edinburgh na gaba, kuma Sanata na Kwalejin Shari'a daga 1570, wanda ya amince da Euphame bisa doka a matsayin 'yarsa da magaji a shekara ta 1558. 

MacCalzean ya auri Patrick Moscrop ko Moscrope, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin Mai Shari'a, amma ikon dangi na iyalansu yana nufin cewa Patrick ya ɗauki sunan surukinsa na MacCalzean .  Wannan al'ada ce inda ake ƙoƙarin adana sunan iyali inda magaji ɗaya mace ce. Sun yi aure a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1579 lokacin da suka yi kwangila tare da wani gari na Canongate.

A shekara ta 1586 Eufame da Patrick sun shiga cikin rikici tare da majalisar garin Edinburgh. A lokacin barkewar annoba, a ranar Kirsimeti ta 1585, majalisa ta tura mutanen da aka keɓe da suka kamu da cutar daga Borough Muir, ko Meadows na zamani, zuwa dukiyarta a "Quhytehous", ko Whitehouse, ba tare da izini ko diyya ba. Majalisar Privy ta sami tagomashi.

Euphame da Patrick suna da akalla yara biyar.

## Gwajin maƙaryaci na Arewacin Berwick na 1590-92

Dalilin abubuwan da suka haifar da gwajin maƙaryaci na Arewacin Berwick shine halin wata yarinya mai suna Geillis Duncan . Duncan ya warkar da cututtuka, wanda ya haifar da tuhuma, a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1590. Ma'aikatarta ta zama mai tuhuma cewa tana samun ikonta daga Iblis. Duncan ta furta, watakila a karkashin tilastawa, ga maita kuma ta haɗa da wasu ciki har da John Cane da Euphame MacCalzean . 

MacCalzean, Agnes Sampson da wasu da yawa an zarge su da maita. An yi zargin cewa sun kashe Earl na Angus ta hanyar maita, [1] kuma sun shirya kashe sarki na farko na Ingila da Scotland, James VI. James sarki ne ta hanyar ikon allahntaka kuma an gan shi a matsayin babban mai karewa a kan Iblis. James ya gamsu cewa sihiri yana da hannu lokacin da Agnes Sampson ta ba da cikakkun bayanai game da dare na farko na James tare da matarsa Anne ta Denmark.[2] Masu gabatar da kara sun jefa MacCalzean a matsayin mai sarrafawa wanda ya yi amfani da sihiri don yaudarar mijinta. An yi zargin cewa ta yi ƙoƙari ta haifar da mutuwar mijinta, mahaifinsa, da danginsa.￼

Zargin sun hada da zargin cewa ta yi amfani da basirarta don sauƙaƙa ciwon da Allah ya tsara na mata masu haihuwa. An ce Macalzean ta haifar da mutuwar dan uwanta da dan uwanta. Ta yi jayayya da kawunta game da mallakar wasu ƙasashe a Cliftonhall a Kirkliston kuma an yi zargin cewa ta kashe ɗansa, dan uwanta, saboda wannan jayayya. An ce MacCalzean ya halarci taron mayu a Acheson's Haven inda aka ba da hoton James VI ga shaidan don halakar da sarki.

## Mutuwa

An sami MacCalzean da laifi kuma an ƙone shi da rai a ranar 25 ga Yuni 1591 a kan gangaren kudancin Castle Hill a ƙarƙashin Edinburgh Castle .  An gina wutar ne da kayan da majalisar gari ta saya don kisan Barbara Napier, wanda aka jinkirta.

Wani tambari a kan Castle Esplanade yana tunawa da taron.

James VI ya ba da dukiyarta ta Cliftonhall ga Sir James Sandilands na Slamannan wanda ya fi so.  An ba da gidanta a kan Babban titin Edinburgh ga John Shaw, wani jami'in da ke cikin gidan sarauta. An kashe Shaw a cikin kare James VI a Raid of Holyrood . 

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