sentences:  James Melville of Halhill mentions that Bellenden did not sail in the king's ship, but in one of three other ships, along with John Carmichael, the Provost of Lincluden, William Keith of Delny, George Home, James Sandilands, and Peter Young.James VI wrote from Oslo on 1 December 1589 to John, Lord Hamilton asking him to conclude a law suit with Bellenden, who the king described as "a man here that I am so much beholden to at this time".He was sent the following spring as Ambassador to the court of Elizabeth, to formally announce the wedding and ask for funds for the royal households.