Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: John Spreul kana kuti Bass John (1646<unk>November 1722) aiva muchengeti wemishonga muGlasgow. Akawana zita rake remadunhurirwa nokuda kwokuva musungwa paBass Rock kwemakore anenge 6 pamhosva yokupinda misangano yorudzidziso iri panze. Mamwe manamatiro echechi ezana ramakore rechigumi nemanomwe akapindwa nemapoka ezvombo zvekuzvidzivirira sezvo hurumende yakatumira varwi vakarwisa avo pamisangano isina kubvumidzwa. Chisarudzo chisingaratidzwi chakadzorerwa pamhosva dzokuti akatsigira vakakundwa pa
Bothwell Bridge uye pasinei zvapo nokutambudzwa, kaviri, achishandisa bhutsu haana kureurura kuita chakaipa. Mudzimai waSpreul akafa paakanga ari mutirongo uye akakumbira kusunungurwa kwake kwakakwana, pane kutumirwa kuminda yeAmerica semuranda, apo muna 1686 pakanga paine zvimwe zvibvumirano kubva kuhurumende. Spreul akasunungurwa asi pakutanga akaramba kubva sezvo murayiro wokusunungurwa waiva nemashoko ayo aiona seasiri echokwadi. Pashure porusununguko anoratidzika kuva akakurumidza kuwana mukurumbira ndokuva muzvinabhizimisi anobudirira ari kubatanidzwa mukugadzira hove nokutengesa maparera. Muna 1696 akatungamirira mushandirapamwe wokuunganidza mari munyika yose kuti atengezve vanhu vokuScotland vakanga vatapwa nemakororo eBarbarian. Akanga ari munyori, achinyora nezvokutengeserana pakati peScotland neEngland uye akava mutsigiri weDarien Scheme. Spreul akasarudzwa se burgess mumataundi gumi nemanomwe eScotland mukupera kwezana ramakore rechigumi nemanomwe uye kutanga kwezana ramakore regumi nemasere.