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CONTENTS. 
 
 FAQ'E, 
 
 Intko-duction - - - 1 
 
 Section First. — Letters from Alexander Earl of Moray 12 
 
 Section S'Econd. — Letters from the Honourable John 
 
 Drummond of Lundin 102 
 
 Index - . 221 
 
THE MUNIMENTS OF HIS GKACE THE DUKE 
 OF BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBEEKY, E.G., 
 K.T., IN THE CHAKTEE-KOOM OP DEUM- 
 LANEIG CASTLE, IN THE COUNTY OF 
 DUMFEIES. 
 
 FOURTH REPORT. 
 
 The three Reports on the Muniments at Drumlanrig aheady 
 presented to the Commissioners on Historical Manuscripts were 
 dated respectively 24th December 1895, and 10th April and 29th 
 October 1896. Since the last of these dates, on 13th March 
 1898, thedeath of Sir William Eraser, K.C.B., who presented these 
 Reports, has taken place. At the time of his death Sir William 
 had made considerable progress in the preparation of a Eourth 
 Report upon the Muniments at Drumlanrig. He also left what 
 he had overtaken of the Report in such a state as to render it 
 possible to complete it upon the plan which he had mapped out 
 for himself. Shortly before his last illness, feeling himself un- 
 equal to continue the preparation of the Report, as he was then 
 fully occupied with the completion of his last Family History, he 
 requested me to undertake for him the finishing of the Report, as 
 soon as I could find time to do so ; a request which he repeated 
 during his illness. Subsequent to his death, James Balfour Paul, 
 Esq., Lyon King of Arms, and James Craik, Esq., W.S., the 
 trustees of Sir WilUam Eraser, asked me, if upon the necessary 
 permission being obtained, I would undertake the completion of 
 the Eourth Drumlanrig Report. Thereafter they communicated 
 my willingness to do so to the Commissioners, when the Master 
 of the Rolls, on behalf of the Commissioners, authorised me to 
 complete the Report upon the Drumlanrig Muniments. 
 
 The Report which follows is classified under two sections of 
 Correspondence. The first of these consists of letters from 
 Alexander, fourth Earl of Moray, Secretary of State for Scotland, 
 to William Douglas, Marquis and Duke of Queensberry. These 
 are holograph of the Earl, and comprise in all 167 letters. 
 
 The second section consists of letters by the Hon. John 
 Drummond of Lundin, successively Treasurer Depute and 
 Secretary of State for Scotland, afterwards Viscount and Earl of 
 Melfort, to William Douglas, Marquis and Duke of Queensberry. 
 These letters, also holograph, are 114 in number. 
 
 3773 *■ 
 
The more important of the letters in these two sections of 
 Correspondence are given at length in the Eeport. There are 
 other letters, however, which are not so important. These are 
 given in the Eeport in abstract form, the salient points being 
 retained in the exact words of the writers of them, which are 
 distinguished by quotation marks. 
 
 Section J'iest. — Letters from Alexander Stewart, fourth Earl of 
 Moray. 
 
 The Stewart Earls of Moray are descended from James Stewart, 
 prior and commendator of St. Andrews and Pittenweem, after- 
 wards Earl of Moray, and better known as " The Good Regent." 
 Although the Eegent Moray is the illustrious progenitor of the 
 Stewarts, Earls of Moray, he did not at his death hold either his 
 title or territorial earldom so that they could derive either of these 
 from him. Twice the Earl of Moray made resignation of his earl- 
 dom to the crown. Upon the first of these resignations he 
 obtained, on 22 January 1564, a regrant of the Earldom to him and 
 the heirs male of his body. The second resignation was followed 
 by a charter by Henry and Mary, King and Queen of Scots, of 
 the earldom of Moray to him and his wife, and the heirs of their 
 bodies, whom failing to the Earl's nearest heirs or assignees 
 whomsoever. The charter is dated 1st June 1566. On 19th 
 April following, the Earl obtained a parliamentary ratification of 
 the charter of 22 January 1564, and this ratification was sub- 
 sequently confirmed by Queen Mary in a charter to the Earl 
 dated 9th June 1567. 
 
 When the regent Earl of Moray was assassinated at Linlithgow 
 on 21st January 1570, he left issue two daughters. Lady Elizabeth 
 Stewart and Lady Margaret Stewart. Lady Margaret married 
 Erancis, ninth Earl of Errol, and had no issue. Ten years after 
 the death of the Eegent Moray, or in 1580, King James the Sixth 
 granted the ward and marriage of the Earl's two daughters to 
 James Stewart, son and heir of Sir James Stewart of Doune, who 
 immediately married Lady Elizabeth, the eldest daughter. 
 Directly upon his marriage, James Stewart assumed the title of 
 Earl of Moray, apparently upon the ground of the alleged right 
 of his wife, in virtue of the charter of 1566. This alleged right 
 could not be said to be a well founded one. As the charter of 1st 
 June 1566 to heirs general, which would have conveyed the title 
 to Lady Ehzabeth, the Earl's eldest daughter, was superseded by 
 the later ratification and confirmation of the charter of 1564, which 
 was to heirs male of the body, the dignity and earldom of Moray, 
 upon the Eegent's death, of right reverted to the Crown. 
 
 The assumption of the dignity of Moray, upon the part of 
 Jaines Stewart and his wife, not\yithstanding the peculiarity 
 which has just been stated, was acknowledged by the King, and 
 
his council and parliament.^ This Earl, who is the first Earl of 
 Moray in the present male line of Earls, is historically known 
 as " The Bonny Earl of Moray." Elizabeth Stewart, Countess 
 of Moray, died on 28th November 1591. The death of the Earl, 
 her husband, which took place a few months later, like that of 
 his father-in-law, the Regent, was a tragic one. He was 
 murdered by the Earl of Huntly, at his own residence at Doni- 
 bristle on 7th February 1592. 
 
 James, second Earl of Moray, their eldest son, succeeded his 
 father in his title and estates. He was the grandson of the 
 Eegent. Realising that his title to the dignity of Earl of Moray 
 was unsatisfactory, on 5th June 1592, he obtained an Act of 
 Parliament in his favour confirming the charter under the 
 Great Seal of 1st June 1566.2 He died on 6th August 1638. 
 
 James, his only son, the great grandson of the Regent, suc- 
 ceeded him, and became the third Earl of Moray. He died on 
 4th March 1653. 
 
 Alexander, fourth Earl of Moray, whose letters are here re- 
 ported, was the eldest surviving son of James, third Earl of 
 Moray, and Lady Margaret, eldest daughter of Alexander, first 
 Earl of Home, after whom he appears to have been named. He 
 was the great-great grandson of the Regent Moray. He succeeded 
 to the title and estates of Moray upon the death of his father, 
 on 4th March 1653, and was retoured heir to him on 23rd June 
 of the same year. 
 
 The Earl of Moray continued to enjoy his title and estates for 
 the long period of forty-seven years. He held several important 
 offices of State, including the high office of Commissioner to the 
 Parliament of Scotland. He was immediately after the restoration 
 of King Charles the Second, on 13th October 1660, made Sheriff 
 of Inverness.-"' He thereafter served on several parliamentary 
 commissions. Falling in with the policy of the Government, he 
 was employed by the Privy Council in suppressing the 
 Covenanters. For this purpose he received various commissions 
 to fine, apprehend, and imprison them. But it was only after he 
 had held the title of Earl for twenty-two years that he was called 
 to hold any office of State. On 1st June 1675, he was made 
 Justice General in room of John, second Earl of Atholl.^ With 
 this appointment the Earl of Moray received, on the 22nd of 
 the same month, a pension of ^6200.^ 
 
 In the Extracts of the Diaries of Alexander Brodie of Brodie, 
 printed for the Spalding Club in 1863, there are numerous 
 references to the Earl of Moray, with whom Brodie was on terms 
 of intimacy. By Cromwell's Act of Grace, in 1654, the Earl had 
 been fined to the extent of £3,500. Although the sum was 
 
 ^Begister of the Great Seal, Vol. V. Nos. 426, 1604 : Eegister of the Privy 
 Council, Vol. in. p. 450 ; Vol. IV. pp. 307, 464, 494, &c. Acts of the Parliaments 
 of Scotland, Vol. III. pp. 230, 276, 290. ^Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, 
 Vol. III. p. 629. ^Register of the Privy Seal. 'Ibid. 'Ibid. 
 
subsequently reduced to less than a third of that amount, some pf 
 the references made to the Earl in the Diaries of Brodie in 
 adverting to the fine mention the straits and distress to which 
 the Earl was reduced in consequence. This state of matters did 
 not continue, however. Under date 1672, Brodie records that he 
 heard the Earl of Moray had got sentence against his mother for 
 12,000 merks a year of her life rent.^ In 1676, shortly after the 
 Earl's appointment to be Justice General, Brodie again speaking 
 of him says he is " swimming in welth and honour and increas 
 and does what he will."^ 
 
 The Earl of Moray was one of the Scottish nobility who was 
 considered to have interest and influence in the north of Scotland, 
 and who, along with Huntly, AthoU, Argyll, Mar and others, 
 towards the close of 1677, was employed by the King and Council 
 in levying the Highland Host with a view to let it loose upon the 
 tranquil West of Scotland. After this Host had overrun the 
 country and had committed the most barbarous outrages, so that 
 representations were made to the King by the suffering noblemen 
 and gentlemen of the West, Moray and Colington were the 
 persons sent to Court with a letter from the Council craving the 
 royal approbation for its proceedings. In these ways the Earl of 
 Moray continued to be forward and zealous in the work of the 
 Government. This secured him Court favour. 
 
 In 1677, and again in 1678, Moray received, under the privy 
 seal, grants of pension. In the former case, on 26th February, 
 the amount of the pension bestowed was ^6400.^ In the latter 
 instance, on 2nd October, it was dG500.* He had other rewards 
 also given him. He was made a Commissioner of the Treasury 
 on 27th September, 1678,^ and an Extraordinary Lord of Session, 
 in room of the Earl of Kincardine, on 17th July, 1680.^ 
 
 Another and greater honour was conferred upon Moray in 
 1680, when, in that year, Lauderdale, the prime mover in all the 
 violent measures of the time, being stripped of his offices, Moray 
 was appointed Secretary of State in his place. '^ 
 
 It may not be inappropriate here, although it does not form 
 one of the series of letters included in this Report, to give the 
 letter which Lauderdale upon hearing of his dismissal wrote to 
 his friend and relative, Sir Thomas Craigie, of Glendoich, a Lord 
 of Session and Clerk Register. In the letter Lauderdale affects 
 satisfaction and contentment with what had taken place as 
 regards himself, and also with the appointment of the Earl of 
 Moray as his successor. It is as follows : — 
 
 " Ham., 13th September, 1680. 
 " Monday, late at night. 
 "My Lord, Having now at last by God's blessing and the 
 King's goodness, after long and earnest pressing obtained his 
 
 'Diaries, p. 332. "Ibid. p. 356. =Eegister of the Privy Seal <Ibid. 
 
 'Senators of the College of Justice by Brunton and Haig, p. 411. <=Ibid. 
 "Register of the Privy Seal. 
 
Majestie's leave to demitt my ofi&ce of Secretary ; and his Majesty 
 having been pleased to fill that place with a most worthy, loyall 
 and able man (the Earl of Moray), you may be sure my mind is, 
 God be thanked, very much at ease. Upon this occasion, I doe 
 desire your lordshipe, with the advice of Sir George Lockart to 
 draw up a patent for the Earle of Moray to be sole, and only 
 Secretary of State, &c. I doe also desire you with the same 
 advice to draw an ample and full exoneration and discharge from 
 his Majesty to me for my actings, omissions, commissions, and 
 others, whatsoever, in the said office, and in all and every of the 
 other offices and stations wherein I was entrusted by his Majestie ; 
 and for this effect you may show my last exoneration to Sir 
 George, because I remember that I was told he was of opinion that 
 there was some defect in it ; if so I doubt not but you and he will 
 take care that nothing be amisse in this my new, and, I hope, 
 my last exoneration. These two papers I doe earnestly beseech 
 you to send to me against my returne from the Bath, &c.^ 
 
 " It was my right arme wher I was bled this day, which makes 
 [me] use another hand. My service to Sir George Lockhart. 
 This must serve you both. I am, your most affectionate servant, 
 
 "Lauderdale." 2 
 
 The letters of the Earl of Moray included in this Report 
 embrace the period from 11th May 1682 to 1st August 1685 — 
 a period covered by the Second and Third Reports upon the 
 Muniments at Drumlanrig Castle. While the letters in this 
 Report to some extent deal with the same subjects as those in the 
 two previous Reports, they do not always do so from the same point 
 of view, nor yet do they present them in the same way, nor express 
 the same opinions regarding them. 
 
 About thirty of the Earl of Moray's letters written in the years 
 1682, 1683, and 1684 to George, first Earl of Aberdeen, Lord 
 High Chancellor of Scotland, have already, in 1851, been printed 
 for the Spalding Club, in a volume entitled " Letters to the Earl 
 of Aberdeen, 1681 — 1684." These are not reported here, but a 
 much larger collection of his letters is now made available for the 
 public in this Report. 
 
 The period from the Restoration to the Revolution is one of 
 great historical interest and importance. Much has been done in 
 recent years to elucidate the history of it. As a further contribu- 
 tion in this direction, this and the two immediately preceding 
 Reports upon the Drumlanrig Collections are not without value. 
 
 The letters of the Duke of Hamilton and of John Graham, of 
 Claverhouse, already reported, were for the most part written 
 from Scotland. The Earl of Moray, as Secretary of State for 
 Scotland, was resident at Court, and his letters written from 
 
 'Inquiry into the law and practice of Scottish Peerage, &c. by Mr. John Biddell, 
 Vol. I. pp. 216, 217. ^Ibid. Mr. Kiddell states that this concluding paragraph is 
 written by the Duke himself in a feeble and tremulous scroll the rest of the letter 
 having been written by his secretary. 
 
6 
 
 England therefore form the complement of the others. They to 
 some extent furnish details of letters sent to Court by the various 
 government officials in Scotland, give an insight mto the 
 influences brought to bear upon the King in regard to public 
 affairs, and contain the sentiments and instructions of the Kmg 
 and the views of Moray himself upon Scottish affairs. In short 
 they supply a daily or weekly record of much of what passed 
 at Court with reference to Scotland. 
 
 William, Marquis and Duke of Queensberry to whom the letters 
 were addressed, was, during the period in which they were 
 written. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. The first letter in the 
 series is dated 11th May 1682. The date of the commission of 
 the Marquis to be Treasurer is a day later, or 12th May 1682. 
 Besides holding this important office, the Marquis, now Duke of 
 Queensberry, was Commissioner for King James to his first 
 parHament which assembled at Edinburgh on 23rd April 1685. 
 It was only to be looked for when the Duke became the 
 representative of the King in parliament, and held the office of 
 Commissioner in conjunction with that of Treasurer, that the 
 Earl of Moray, as Secretary of State, should have occasion to write 
 a greater number of letters to him than when he was only 
 Treasurer. This accounts for the fact that more than half of the 
 letters of the Earl of Moray in this Eeport are addressed to the 
 Duke as King's Commissioner. 
 
 Although the period is subsequent to that of the letters in the 
 Report, it may be noticed here that in the second session 
 of the first parliament of King James, the Earl of Moray 
 was appointed Commissioner instead of Queensberry. There 
 Avas much in common, in disposition and character, between the 
 Duke of Queensberry and the Earl of Moray. But in 
 regard to principle the event showed that the Duke had 
 the advantage of the Earl. Previous to his Grace being made 
 Commissioner he had intimated to the King that he would not be 
 a party to any innovation in the church. Moray, on the other 
 hand, finding it to be the way to preferment, abjured his religion, 
 declared himself a Eoman Catholic, and was appointed Commis- 
 sioner in room of Queensberry. His commission is dated 
 19 March 1686. It was predicted that as the regent Earl of 
 Moray had made the penal laws against the Eoman Catholics, the 
 Earl of Moray, his descendant, should remove them. This, how- 
 ever, the fourth Earl of Moray did not succeed in accomplishing. 
 
 Several of the letters (Nos. 67, 83, 84, 92, 99, 104 and 107) 
 included in this Eeport either at length or in abstract, were, in 
 1862, printed in whole or in part by the late Mr. Mark Napier in 
 his Memoirs of Dundee.^ Sir William Eraser has already pointed 
 out in the Third Eeport upon the Drumlanrig Collections that in 
 printing the letters of Claverhouse in the same work, Mr. Napier 
 had altered the spelling of the original letters.^ A collation of 
 
 'Vol. I. pp. 347, 348 ; Vol. II. pp. 369n, 424n ; Vol. III. pp. 435-437, 438-440, 441. 
 "Third Keport p. 166. 
 
Mr. Napier's print of the letters of Moray with the print of them 
 in this Report will shew that not only is the spelling modernised, 
 but also that Mr. Napier has by mistake in some instances, 
 fortmiately not very numerous, omitted words in the original 
 letters, and in others inserted words not in the original letters. 
 In other eases still, mistaking the writing, he has given words 
 not used by Moray. 
 
 Aiter the accession of King James the Seventh to the throne 
 the Earl of Moray made large use of a cipher in his correspon- 
 dence with the Duke of Queensberry. The cipher and key to it 
 (No. 94) were sent by the Earl to his Grace in a letter (No. 95) 
 written on the day of the King's coronation. 
 
 Section Second. — Letters from the Hon. John Drummond of 
 Lundin, afterwards Viscount and Earl of MeLfort, to William 
 Douglas Marquis and Duke of Queensberry. 
 
 The Hon. John Drummond, who was afterwards created Earl 
 of Melfort, belonged to the noble famUy of Perth. He was the 
 second son of James, third Earl of Perth, by his wife Lady Anne 
 Gordon, eldest daughter of George, second Marquis of Huntly. 
 James, Lord Drummond, his elder brother, on the death of his 
 father, on 2nd June 1675 succeeded to the family title and became 
 fourth Earl of Perth. The two brothers were both advanced to 
 positions of high distinction in the government of their country. 
 But they were as unfortunate as they were distinguished. James, 
 Earl of Perth, the elder brother, became Lord Chancellor of 
 Scotland, and had the chief power in that kingdom during the 
 reign of King James the Seventh. 
 
 John Drummond, in 1680, had the two appointments given him 
 of General of the Ordnance and Deputy Governor of the Castle 
 of Edinburgh. Being handsome and of pleasing manners, he 
 became a Court favourite. In August 1682, when Queensberry 
 was appointed Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, John Drummond 
 was made Treasurer Depute. When he received this appoint- 
 ment, he wrote to Queensberry (No. 180), and having iaformed 
 him that the Duke of York had procured him the office, he adds, 
 " I assure your lordship, I hav no greater satisfaction then that 
 I shal hav the oportunity to show how obsequious I shal be 
 to your lordship." His duties in this office appear 
 to have fully occupied his time. In another letter 
 to Queensberry a year later, on 25 August 1683 (No. 
 196), he says his time is " extreamly precious " to him. 
 " I doe nothing but attend, speak in our affairs, or ureat, since I 
 cam hither. I hav not hardly taken time to eat my meat ; for 
 the one half being at London, and the other at Windsor maks 
 the mater mor difficult." Although so much occupied, John. 
 Drummond 's letters are frequently long, for which he apologises 
 (No. 214) " once for all," craving " pardon for the leinth, con- 
 fusedness and other errors of my letters, seing they are wreaten 
 in such haste that I am not able to get them mor correct." 
 
8 
 
 His letters are sometimes unsparing in their reflections upon 
 others. Of the Bishop of Edinburgh (John Paterson) he says 
 (No. 196), " He is the most impudent of mankinde, for he attests 
 me as a wittness of his Utle medhng, his abstractness from the 
 affairs of the toun, &c. But I hope he shal flitt his nest." Of 
 a letter from the Bishop, in the same letter, he says, he, and 
 Middleton, to whom he read it, " did lauch sufficiently at it." 
 Upon Middleton himself a few weeks later he turned the laugh 
 (No. 210), "I told you always right of him, he is the oddest man 
 in the uorld, and is now as humorsome as the winde. But he is 
 ingadged past retreat, and just as he had done all he could for us, 
 he so discredited himself, that I fear not his after game. . . . We 
 take no notice of him but to laugh at him." 
 
 Evidence is never wanting of his loyalty both to King Charles 
 the Second and his brother the Duke of York. In a letter 
 (No. 213) he states that he purposed to have portraits of them 
 painted by Kneller for his chambers at Holyrood, at his own cost, 
 the King and the Duke having agreed to sit for them. 
 
 There is a hiatus of about ten months in the letters of 
 Drummond reported upon, between (No. 229) 30 November 1683, 
 and (No. 230) 25 September 1684. He was, on the first of these 
 dates, on his way to Scotland, where he remained until November 
 1684, when he returned to London. Till the close of September 
 1684, he was apparently in Edinburgh or its vicinity, where he 
 would have opportunities of meeting with Queensberry which 
 would obviate any necessity for his writing to him. But in the 
 beginning of October, he was sent to Glasgow, where he was for 
 the greater part of that month, and from which place he wrote 
 many letters to Queensberry, which shall be noticed shortly. 
 
 After the Earl of Moray had been Secretary of State for 
 Scotland for about two years, Charles, second Earl of Middleton, 
 was, on the 26th September 1682, associated with him in that 
 office. But on the appointment of Middleton, on 26th August 
 1684, to be one of the principal Secretaries of State for England, 
 John Drummond succeeded him as Secretary for Scotland, an 
 office which he continued to hold till the Revolution. 
 
 Letter No. 231 is endorsed, probably by Queensberry, after 
 Drummond was raised to the peerage, "Earl Melfort's letter when 
 made Secretary." The enclosure in this letter which Drummond 
 speaks of sending to Queensberry, who was Treasurer, was evidently 
 a copy of letters appointing him to be Secretary. In the letter 
 itself Drummond evinces solicitude upon the subject of the emolu- 
 ments of his new office. The letter of appointment, he says, made 
 no mention of a pension to be given him. But he was convinced 
 the ordering of the matter would be in Queensberry's hand, and 
 he makes many protestations of confidence in and regard for 
 him, '' under whoes protectione, I intend to liv the rest of my 
 days." He acknowledges the many obligations he was under 
 to serve him and his interests, next to those of the royal family, 
 
and it was his wish that he might "be able to return such 
 services, as, at least, may not make me apear ungrate, for to be 
 able to requite them is mor then I can hope for." Drummond's 
 subsequent conduct to Queensberry two years later is an instruc- 
 tive commentary upon these statements. 
 
 The year 1684 begins the period known in history as " the 
 Killing Time " in Scotland. Drummond took an active part in the 
 severe measures adopted against the Covenanters at this time. 
 As already indicated, he was during the most of this year in 
 Scotland. In October, he was one of the Judges on the Western 
 Circuit. This required his presence in Glasgow. He wrote from 
 there the series of letters in this Keport giving an account of his 
 proceedings. His letters show how exceedingly zealous and active 
 he was in these. Letter No. 235 gives a journal of the " Justice 
 Eaid " in Lanarkshire. He writes " Duke Hamilton and I 
 haranged furiously and spock to all I uas aqueinted uith 
 to bring them to offer," mentioning their success. To enforce 
 their schemes, Drummond says, he was resolved "to go the 
 leinthe of the Leache." Those who would not comply, he adds, 
 " shal repent it, or om* instructions shal be deficient." His zeal 
 was such that he and his associates had been " in constant 
 business since 8 this morning, and nou it uants but a quarter of 
 12 at night." 
 
 Letter No. 240 furnishes further information of the doings of 
 the Western Circuit, and states the condition of affairs in the 
 district over which it had jurisdiction. The letter proceeds to 
 state that their minutes would shew if their example was followed 
 by the magistrates of the country, " ue shal see fanaticisme as 
 great a monster as the Einoeeros." 
 
 The case of Porterfield of Douchal has been regarded as an out- 
 standing one in the Western Circuit. Porterfield came to be 
 known as " Melfort's Martyr." On this account, Drummond's 
 reference to it in letter No. 240, where he states his recommen- 
 dations regarding it, is of interest. 
 
 Subsequent letters in the Eeport "continue to supply informa- 
 tion regarding the measures adopted against the " fanatics," and 
 the part Drummond had in them. In letter No. 242, 
 Drummond states the difficulties they found in dealing with the 
 heritors of Lanark and the uncomphmentary views he entertained 
 of them. He says, " This whole country consists of a sort 
 of mungrell currs, half heritor, half common and whole brute ; " 
 and that hundreds that might have been judged on the spot must 
 be remitted to Edinburgh. The unsatisfactory " great heritors," 
 " are innumerable as the rogues ue hav to deal uith," and he 
 adds " aither Scotland is in ane ill conditione, or ue hav 
 mor disorders then any tuo districts besides." 
 
 Towards the end of 1684, and in the early part of 1685, 
 Queensberry and Claverhouse were not in agreement. The 
 occasion of the breach was the part the latter took in favouring 
 
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 a bill given in to the Council against Colonel Douglas, the brother 
 of Queensberry. The Premier took the part of his brother and 
 resented the action of Claverhouse. Drummond makes fre- 
 quent mention of the conduct of the latter to Queensberry in 
 his letters, and always in the way of denouncing it. He brought 
 the matter under the notice of the Duke of York and states the 
 displeasure the Duke felt at Claverhouse in the matter. In letter 
 No. 276, he says of Claverhouse, "if he uill play the fool he 
 most drink as he breus." In letter No. 281, the last in this 
 Eeport, dated 16 April 1685, Drummond, who was now Earl of 
 Melfort, intimates to Queensberry the King's interposition in his 
 favour in the matter, by ordering Claverhouse to give Queens- 
 berry satisfaction. 
 
 The year 1685 opened with a display of unabated zeal upon 
 the part of the Government and its officials against the 
 Covenanters. Jealousy was now more than ever manifested lest 
 any mercy should be shewn them either by the King or by 
 those under him. Drummond's letter. No. 267, while giving 
 an example of this, makes it abundantly evident how little 
 leniency to the Covenanters accorded with the policy of the 
 government. He refers on 29th January to rumours of the King's 
 intention to adopt new and apparently milder measures and to 
 release some prisoners. Queensberry appears in some alarm 
 to have mentioned the rumours to Drummond, who replies, 
 "As for new measures, fear them not; the suggestion of 
 them is in enmity to the King and Duke, and what neuer entered 
 in ther thought to doe. So think thes stories lyes." As for the 
 other matter, he assures him on this also, sajdng it was only 
 " some loyall subjects imprisoned by reason of Oats' plott." Of 
 any other course, such as had been imagined, " I am sure my 
 principalis are so farr from that, that I uold clamor higts befor 
 thes fanatiques get any rest to truble us mor." 
 
 The first reference to the illness of King Charles the Second 
 which terminated in his death is in letter (No. 268), dated 
 5th February 1685. In this letter Drummond reports that the 
 King continued to grow better and better, and that a return of 
 feverishness the previous night had been met by giving 
 him " Jesuites pouder " twice during the night, which 
 relieved him, so that he was better than he had 
 been since the beginning of his trouble. The King died a day 
 later, on 6th February 1685, and was succeeded by his brother, 
 King James the Seventh. Moray and Drummond, the two 
 Secretaries, on the day of the King's death wrote to the Council 
 in Scotland reminding them to have King James proclaimed with 
 the usual solemnities, and enclosing a proclamation of his 
 Majesty. This letter which is printed by Wodrow,^ is not 
 included in the collection of letters here reported. But it is 
 alluded to in letter No. 269, which also gives some account of 
 the King's death and of the proclamation of King James. 
 
 ^History, Folio Edit., Vol. II. No. ci. B. p. 141. 
 
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 Particulars are given of the ceremonials connected with the 
 succession of the new sovereign and of the arrangements for the 
 funeral of the late King in letters Nos. 270 and 271. 
 
 The accession of King James to the throne which had been 
 matter of dread anticipations was in its actual accomplishment a 
 most tranquil event, everything relating to it proceeding quietly 
 and pleasantly. Letter No. 272, written on 10th February 1686, 
 and of which an abstract is given in the Report, alludes to this. It 
 states, " The face of things continous so smooth, that it looks 
 lik'e a miracle to imagine that ther should hav bein so great fears 
 for a thing so litle dreedfull in itself. I assur your Grace that 
 ther is the fairest hopes that euer any King of Ingland had." 
 
 On 14th April, 1685, King James, immediately after ascending 
 the throne, advanced John Drummond to the peerage as Viscount 
 of Melfort. Drummond makes no mention of this promotion in 
 his letters. The Viscount was, a year later, on the 12th August 
 1686, created Earl of Melfort. 
 
 The charge of baseness has, not without good ground, been 
 brought against Melfort by Macaulay.^ He and his brother, 
 the Earl of Perth, were men of towering ambition. 
 Discerning that nothing would gratify the King so much 
 as apostacy, they abjured the Protestant faith and went 
 to hear Mass. To justify this proceeding, they declared that 
 the papers found after his death in the strong box of King 
 Charles the Second had converted them. This step secured to 
 them so much of the royal favour that, upon the strength of it, 
 they attempted to bring about the downfall of Queensberry as 
 Chief Administrator of Affairs in Scotland. In this they 
 ultimately succeeded, and thereby obtained that coveted position 
 for themselves. The advantages gained, by Melfort at the 
 expense of his reputation proved only temporary. At the 
 Revolution adhering to King James, who made him Duke of 
 Melfort, he was attainted. 
 
 The Earl of Melfort was twice married. On April 30th 1670 
 he was married to Sophia Lundin, and had issue. She was sole 
 heiress of the family of Lundin, and by her the Earl obtained the 
 estate of that name from which he took his territorial designation 
 before receiving the peerage. He married secondly, Euphemia, 
 daughter of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, by whom he had also 
 issue. The children of his first marriage were brought up 
 Protestants, against their father's wish, by the family of Lundin. 
 A clause in the Act of Forfeiture provided that the forfeiture 
 should not aflfect or taint the blood of the children of the Earl's 
 first marriage. G. H. Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, the 
 present Earl of Ancaster, is the lineal descendant of John 
 Drummond, Earl of Melfort, and his wife Sophia Lundin. 
 
 ^History of England, Ed. 1854, Vol. II. pp. 112 and 113. 
 
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 Section First. — Letters from Alexander Earl of Moray, Secretary 
 of State for Scotland to William, Marquis and Duke of 
 Queensberry, 1682 — 1686. 
 
 (I). Letters from 11th May 1682 to 16th August 1683. 
 
 Whythall, May 11 : 1682. 
 
 1. On Tuisday morninge I uent to Windsor to giue his Majesty 
 account of the tumult that hapned at Edinb : on the 2** and 3<* of 
 this monthe accordinge to the information I reseaved from the 
 councill the night befor by a flyeinge paket. The Kings hes 
 commanded me in his name to tell the Marqus of Atholl uho 
 urot to me that he is ueall pleased uithe the councills caer and 
 diligens on this occatione, that he expects speedy justice uill be 
 done on sutch as haue bene the principall contryevers and ring- 
 leaders of it, and that th [e] y uill fall on sutch sutable messurs as 
 may secur the peace of that citty and prevent sutch daengerous 
 disorders in tyme cominge. I uould say nothing publictly to the 
 chancellor untill uee hear from Scotland of his instalment. And 
 now I must tell you houe greatly the Kinge and uholl court uear 
 surprysed at a letter the E. Connanny reseaued from the deputy 
 governor of Hull that night shewinge that the Gloster Frigat 
 in uhich His E. Highnes saeld uas stranded on the Lemon 
 Sands, but that the Dwk was saefe aboard of a yaucht and 
 holdings on his cours to Scotland. God Almighty be prased for 
 his saefty and uealfaer. Longe doe wee loukfor the happy news of 
 his saefe arryvall there. This uould be as surprysinge to you as 
 it uas to us, altho its lyk you uould hear nothinge untill your 
 coming to Edinb : or the arryvall of this post uher you ar on 
 the rode. 
 
 I shall not troble you now uithe any bussines, but besitch you 
 to mynd to speke uithe the Dwk conserninge the pyment of my 
 3000 lib. ster. assinged by the Dwk of Lawderdall out of his 
 pensions on the excrssens of the excyse, Seinge that is now 
 taken auay, I houp you uill fall on some effectuall uay for my 
 pyment uhich uould ruien my credit hear, iff it uear delayed. I 
 rslys on your frsndship in the matter. 
 
 Postscript : — Pray remember what I spoke to you conserning 
 the Laird of Balnagowne. 
 
 Windsors Castsll, May 80 : 1682, 
 
 2. "I had ths honor of yours of ths 20th instant and dslyverd 
 your letter to His K. Highnes my sslf. Thsr can be nothinge of 
 bussines moved or done hear this week, for on Sonday last His 
 Majesty, in tyms of sermons toke a shifferinge couldnes that 
 obhdged him to come from the chapell and uas ill all that day. 
 Yisterday mornings he driw blood, and this night rested wsall, 
 and this morninge he is, blessed be God, hearty and all simtoms 
 over, and will ryse in the afternone. The occation of his dis- 
 temper as all hear conclude uas that plaeinge att Tennes on Friday 
 last and haueinge a lousnes in the midell of his play, and in his 
 
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 sueeting cloathes uent up staers and stayed a quarter of ane hour 
 and came bak and playd tuo sets mor, and so catched could : 
 but blessed be God he is now pritty ueall, and all daenger of any 
 furder distemper over, and the Dwk goes this afternoone to Lon- 
 don. You may be confident I shall be verry caerfull to mynd 
 bothe the Kinge and the Dwk that things be not granted till you 
 be acquented. The Dwk rede your letter uhen I uas uithe him, 
 and tould me you had urytin so to him. I shall tak caer uhen 
 the papers you mentione come to my hand that th [e] y haue all 
 possible dispatch." 
 
 Concerning his own particular, on the word of a gentleman he 
 assures the Lord Treasurer that he never had any security from 
 the Duke of Lauderdale for payment of the profits of " my office 
 thes tuo years past, but ane assignation to his gift of the excresens 
 of the inland excyse, to pye myself out of the first and rediest of 
 it." He had shown it to the Lord Chancellor and he expected 
 Queensberry's friendship in the matter, "for I am sure the Kinge 
 and the Dwk uill tak caer of my conserne." Lord Hal ton had 
 been there, but had left the previous day. " The Dwk uould not 
 so mutch as allowe me to delyver the councills letter to the Kinge 
 till he is perfectly ueall, so that all matters stops for some days." 
 
 Whythall, June 17 : 1682. 
 
 3. Was glad that all matters went so well with Queensberry. 
 For the Treasurer-depute's affairs, Moray was a stranger to what 
 was done by the Commissioners. He heard little rumour of him 
 there. In public or private matters relating to him, " I hear so 
 littill noice that it is my wonder uhat can occatione so mutch 
 ther ; and to deall plaenly uith your Lordship, I sie littill caus 
 for any to brage of ather. He has bene at Ham : this week past, 
 and aboue, and I belive is as wyse now as he uas at his first 
 goeinge there." The Treasurer's commands should be obeyed 
 when the Earl of Traquair came : the obligations between 
 Traquair's family and the writer's were such " as oblidge me never 
 to be uantinge in doeing him all the acceptable service in my 
 pouer." In reference to the excrescence of the Excise, " I am 
 owinge most of the monny, and am dayly urged for pyment." 
 
 Windsor Castill, June 20 : 82. 
 
 4. Ther is a petitione presented to his K. Highnes by Charles 
 Houp, now of Hoptoun, and his tutors, for ane exemption from 
 the customs for his lead mynds. I tould the Dwk that it con- 
 serned the Kings revenue. I desyrd befor any thinge showld 
 be sayd in it that I might send it to you, and haue your returned 
 uhich he commanded me to doe, so that I haue inclosed the 
 petitione itself. Ther uas also moued by Sir Will : Paterson to 
 the Dwk for a gift of the esheats of two or thre persons that near 
 pursued in the assize of error. The Dwk desyrs your lordship 
 uill send me informatione uhat may be the triw vaelue of 
 them, for iff it be no great matter he inclyns to giue it, so you uill 
 send the Eeturne as sone as you can conveniently. I am so 
 straetned uithe tym that I can not possibly say more by this post. 
 
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 Postscript : — Lord Haltoun is to goe to Scotland, and to be ther 
 aganst the Councill day, the 4 of Jully. The Kinge this morninge 
 signed a pension of fyffe hundred pound yearly to E. Arran 
 uithe mutch kyndnes, and fild it up uithe his oun hand, and sayd 
 it showld be punctually pyed him. Ther ar also others, uharof 
 you shall haue account by next post. 
 
 Whythall, Jully 6th : 1682. 
 
 5. Queensberry's new commission, the private instructions and 
 the others to be communicated to the Exchequer were " drawing 
 out faer for the Kings hand," in the terms his lordship desired. 
 " So is the new commisione for the Exchequer, in which the 
 E. Bredalbine and Lord Elp[h]iston ar left out, and the Earle 
 of Southeske aded to it." The Duke went that morning to 
 Windsor and would not return before the following night. He 
 had delayed till his return the adjustment of the lists of fees and 
 pensions. Moray had also moved the Duke about his own 
 particular, " that the assingment I had from Dwk Lawderdale 
 for the tuo years profits of the Signet amonting to 3000'* sterli : 
 upon the excresens of the excyse might be pyed me, as His 
 Highnes promised befor the Kinge uhen your lordship uas 
 present. He axed me uhat I uould propos. I tould him that 
 the current year of the exeressence of the inland excyse uas the 
 most naeturall/on.s, but that I uould not offer any thinge myself 
 but leaue it to you." The Duke was to write to Queensberry on 
 the subject. He is sure of his lordship's favour and kindness in 
 the matter. The King had given a call to the Bishop of Edin- 
 burgh to come to Court to inform him of church matters. 
 
 Whythall, Jully 8 : 1682. 
 
 6. Received his letter of the 29th of June yesterday. Last 
 night His Royal Highness returned from Windsor. Moray had 
 pressed to have the two Commissions and Instructions now 
 ready for the King's hand dispatched. But the Duke said it was 
 impossible, for he could not adjust the lists of pensions with the 
 King till he was at Windsor. That evening the Court .went to 
 Windsor, and the Duke had appointed him to be there on 
 Monday. " Ther ar no mor pensions past but sutch as I 
 acquented you of befor, viz. E. Perths, E. Strathmors, uhich ar 
 300'*- a pice, and on of lOO""- to E. Kintore." He refutes a story 
 of Sir Patrick Murray's about his own particular, and had never 
 " any transaction, right, or paper, or obligatione of the Dwk or 
 Dutches Lawderdall," but the assignation of his gift of the 
 excrescence of the inland excise. 
 
 Whythall, Jully 25 : 1682. 
 
 7. When Moray was at Windsor on Saturday last His Royal 
 Highness spoke to him to pass all the papers now sent by this 
 post, viz. A Tak in favour of the Sheriff of Bute (Boote) ; A gift 
 of last heir in favour of Sir John Drummond ; A Warrant to pay 
 Sir Wilham Pater sone ^160 out of the escheats of Blair and 
 others ; And one to Mr. Thomas Gordon for £100 out of these 
 escheats. The Treasurer had advised both precepts to be alike 
 
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 but His Highness " uoukl needs haue Sir Wills 50''- mor then 
 the other." In the packet there was a letter to his lordship and 
 another to Duke Hamilton ordering lodgings in the palace of 
 Holyrood house to be given to the Earl of Linlithgow. His 
 Highness " commanded me to tell you that he uished you to giue 
 him the lodgings that the Countes of Peterburrow had, and 
 sayd he uould uryt of it to you himself." The Secretary had 
 informed His Highness fully of the information sent by Queens- 
 berry concerning Hopeton's petition for abating the custom of the 
 lead mines which His Highness now thought no ways fit to be 
 granted. A memorial had been presented to the King of some 
 affairs between the Duke and Duchess of Monmouth and Earl of 
 Tweeddale, &c. The Duke was willing a small gift should be 
 given to Douglas of Stennous, sheriff depute to Queensberry, 
 " a deservinge person," of the forfeited estate of one Gibsone 
 of Inglistoune, which would not be above ^15 or 5^20 
 yearly. Moray asks Qiieensberry to send the draught of such 
 a gift. 
 
 Whythall, July : 1682. 
 
 8. Some small additions had been made to the list of pensions. 
 iSlOO added for the charges of the Secretary's office. About his 
 own concern the Duke told him he had written to Queensberry, 
 and he doubted not of the latter's friendship and dispatch 
 "in so conserninge a matter to me." 
 
 " The Kinge commands me to tell you that iff you can from any 
 frends or others gett any labored hawks that ar good falcones, or 
 tersils of falcons, that you uill send them up as sone as can be 
 uithe a knowing and caerfull hand, uho uill be rewarded for his 
 paens. The Marqus of Montros has a verry good torsill. 
 E. Aerly and E. Louthian haue all hauks. But your lordship 
 uill inform your self better on the place then I can tell you ; but 
 I assure you 3 or 4 good labored hawks uill be a verry acceptable 
 present to his Majesty. But if you send them be sure 
 th[e]y are good, and lett them be hear aganst the end of 
 Agust at furdest. Besitch you lett me know uhat may be 
 expected that I may tell the Kinge of it, for I tould him 
 iff ther uear any in Scotland, I uas sure you would gett them 
 for him." 
 
 Whythall, July 29 : 1682. 
 
 9. I had the honour of yours of the 20th instant, and shall as 
 sone as I goe to Windsor (uhich uill be in a day or two) mynd 
 bothe the Kinge and His Royall Highnes of your presept uharof I 
 houp you shall haue some account by the next or follouinge post. 
 I shall be glade your Lordship gett some good hawks for the 
 Kinge uhich I assur you uill be verry acceptable, and he is in 
 expectation of them about the midill or end of Agust at furdist. 
 The Dutches corns from Windsor on Vednesday next, and stays 
 that night at Eitchmond on her uay to St. Jamesis. Wee ar 
 not yit certine of the tym the court leaws Windsor. 
 
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 Whythall, August 3d :_ 1682. 
 
 10. Various matters which the Treasurer had desired had 
 been dispatched, among others a letter to his Lordship appoint- 
 ing him to quahfy the signature granted for erecting the Wine 
 Company ; " to indure only duringe his Majesty's pleasur. The 
 gift of ward and maeriedge of John Irvinge in favors of Sir 
 Eobert Griersone of Lag and the remisione in favors of Andrew 
 McMillane." He would keep the Duke in mind of Queensberry's 
 own precept, and also a request that had been made to the 
 Secretary by Colonel Douglas, Queensberry's brother. " Besitch 
 you hast the hawks to the Kinge, uith som carfuU and skilful! 
 persone." 
 
 Postscript : — Captain Straton's precept for dGlOO when he was 
 sent up express with the parliament's letter to his Majesty had 
 been renewed, not being yet paid. 
 
 Whythall, September 19 : 1682. 
 
 11. "I orderd Sir Andrew Forrester to send you full accounts 
 of all matters duringe the tyme of my retyrment uhich I houp he 
 did. Now I haue order to draw your commisone for the command 
 of the Castill of Edinb. uhich the Dwk uill haue to be as Constable 
 and Governor. I presed all in my poure to haue it exactly as 
 the late Dwk Lawderdale had it, but he sayd the Kinge had 
 resolved upon it, and that Major Whyt showld be the Kings 
 Lt. Governour, uithe full poure to command in your absence, as 
 your self, uithe all cassualtys injoied by Lunde or any other in 
 that statione befor, and uould haue the sutlerry exprest, 
 nothuithestandinge that bothe Lunde and I urged it might be in 
 genneralls as formerly. I shall, as sone as the commisions are 
 ajusted send coppys of all to you, and iff possible Sir Andrew 
 Forrester shall send them by the post." 
 
 Whythall, October 3rd : 1682. 
 
 12. " The Kinge hes now had a tryell of the hawks you sent 
 him, and all of them proue ueall, and his Majesty commands me 
 to returne you his thanks for them. Sins the E. of Midletone 
 uas joind uithe me in the Secretary's ofl&ce I haue not till now 
 urytin to your Lordship. All I shall say is that I heartily 
 acqueess in his Majestys pleasur in that as in all things els, and 
 uhatever capasety I am in, your Lordship shall aluays fynd me 
 most fathefuUy yours." The King had written a letter to the 
 council intimating that all papers except such as immediately 
 concerned himself should pay fees before they were taken out of 
 the office at Whythall. 
 
 Whythall, October 26 : 1682. 
 18. " Ther ar tuo or thre of the hawks that came from 
 Scotland died, but non of the best, and the Kinge himself tould 
 me sins he came from Newmarket, that two of them are as good 
 as euer he saw . . As for the Histerographers place, it is a 
 thinge I had nather hand nor conserne in, but as I uas com- 
 manded by the Dwk to pas it uhich uas accoi-dingly done, but 
 
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 uithe no sallary or pensione." The Treasurer Depute's com- 
 mission had been past as the Treasurer had seen it. The 
 pensions and precepts lately passed were Countess of Casilhs 
 ^300 yearly ; Lieutenant G[eneral] Drummond ^£200 yearly ; to 
 the Lord Register and the Treasurer Depute ^6200 a piece ; to 
 E[arl] Perth ^6300 for his journey ; to Countess Marischal ^100. 
 The Duke of Hamilton was expected next week. Yesterday 
 Alderman Pritchards was declared Lord Mnyor of London ; and 
 matters would now go as well as heart could wish in that city. The 
 Duke of Monmouth was before the King's Bench the very first 
 day of the term, " but it uill tak some tym befor uee shall know 
 the event of that process. Ther is also a process aganst Lord 
 Gray of bo the adultery and incest to be befor the judges this 
 ueek for keeping his Lady sister E. Barclay daughter and 
 detening of her : but the saents haue right to all things and can 
 doe nothinge amisse." The King and Duke had both promised him 
 pa\Tnent of his sum out of the fines as the readiest " fons," 
 wherein he asks the Treasurer's favour. 
 
 Whythall, October 31 _: 1682. 
 
 14. About commission concerning " sumtouns " affairs regard- 
 ing which it was feared there had been some irregularity, and a 
 copy obtained from the Secretary's Office. Inquiry was to be made. 
 
 Whitehall, 7 November : 1682. 
 
 15. Moray was commanded by his Majesty to let Queensberry 
 know his Majesty's pleasure, that on Major White's entry to his 
 charge of Lieutenant Governor of the castle of Edinburgh, and 
 Lieutenant of the company in garrison there, he should pay to 
 the Treasurer Depute "so much money as remaines in arrear unto 
 him by the said company, not exceeding the daily allowance 
 appointed for their subsistance." This money was to be re- 
 imbursed to Major White out of the arrears of their pay as soon 
 as it was in readiness to be paid to them. 
 
 Whythall, November 11 : 1682, 
 
 16. Some days ago the Duke had ordered Moray to draw a 
 precept for 200'*' to the present provost of Edinburgh for last year, 
 but the pension to fall in time coming ; and one for 100^*- to the 
 clerks of council. " Ther is also a letter to the Lords of 
 Sessione appoin tinge Wachobe of Edmistoune to be on of ther 
 number." He had spoken to the King and the Duke of the 
 letter Queensberry desired regarding the Fishing Company, and 
 both the letter which was drawn as the Treasurer had advised, 
 and private instructions for dissolving the Company were to be 
 sent by that or the next post. He had difficulty in the business 
 of Queensberry's cousin Murray and of Stannous's commission. 
 
 Whythall, November 14 : 1682. 
 
 17. He had that morning again spoken with His Eoyal High- 
 ness about Queensberry's cousin's business and urged it with all 
 possible zeal "beyond uhat I could haue sayd had the conserne 
 bene my oune, and yet uithout success. He sayd he uould 
 
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 uilingly doe all the kindnes he could to any of your relations, 
 but bid me tell you that his Majesty haueinge resolved hensford- 
 uard to allow no seall of military imployments he could not 
 possibly aduyse the Kingeto the contraery," for if the King did it 
 in a single case, it would destroy the rule resolved on, and others 
 would expect the same favour, or think themselves unkindly 
 used. 
 
 Whythall, November 16 : 1682. 
 
 18. Had Queensberry's of the 6th from Sanquhar. Letters 
 about the Fishery Company had been sent off. " Earl Middleton 
 tould me this night that the Dutchess of Portsmouth's gen til- 
 woman had moved the Kinge for a gift of Ultimus heres of on 
 Thomsone, and that he had orders from his Majesty to mak a 
 reference of it to your Lordship, which is all I know of that 
 matter." The Chancellor's patent to be an Earl was drawn : but 
 could not be expede till advice came from himself, and what titles 
 he would pitch upon. 
 
 Whythall, November 18 : 1682. 
 
 19. This is only to congratulat your saefe returne to Edin- 
 b [urgh] . I tould you in my last that the Kinge had giuen orders 
 to E [arl] Middletone to mak ane reference to your Lordship on a 
 petitione presented to him by Mrs. Rotch, the Dutches of 
 Portsmouthes Gentiluoman, uhich I haue singed, beinge yet in 
 uaetinge. The gift of Ultimus heres she desyrs is certinly the 
 projecte of some other persone, uho hes put her upon it, and 
 certinly is to haue a snipe of it iff it be obtaend. I know nothinge 
 les or mor of the matter then I haue told you, but it uill be no 
 good preparative, iff sutch things be obtaend by persons not con- 
 serned in Scotland. 
 
 Whythall, November 25 : 1682. 
 
 20. Was glad to learn that the Treasurer was pleased with the 
 choice of Bannockburn for keeping the Signet. The Treasurer 
 Depute left the information of his business with Sir Andrew 
 Forrester, and never spoke a syllable of it to the writer. He had 
 a letter from him last post and the substance would be com- 
 municated to his Royal Highness, who would give orders about 
 it to Earl Middleton, then in waiting. He intreats the Treasurer 
 to write to the Duke recommending payment of his 3,000'*- out 
 of the fines of the officers of the Mint or what else Queensberry 
 thought would be a good fund for payment. " My cace is nou 
 vors then befor, and the profits of the Secretarys office beinge 
 devyded, it uould be a sore strok to my faemely to pay that 
 3000 I lived on sins my comeinge hither, and gett no repayment, 
 and not only pye that, but spend of my oune estate to Hue in his 
 Majestys service." The King and Duke had both given him as 
 much assurance as he could desire. 
 
 Whythall, November 28 : 1682. 
 
 21. _ I had the honor of yours of the 21. Last night order 
 uas giuen for a patent of a Lord Barrone to Sir George Kinnard. 
 Coll. Church [i] lis is also drawn, whos titill is to be Churchill of 
 
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 Aimouthe. Divers complaents haue bene sent to the Lords of 
 Tressury hear, by sutch as coUecte his Majestys customs on the 
 borders, of sum ryotus actions done by some on the Scots syde ; 
 but becaus I hau by the Dwk's order, wrytin of this to my Lord 
 Chancellor, and sent him the coppys of sutch informatione as he 
 had about it uhich your Lordship uitl sie, I shall say no more of 
 that. The Dwk is to wryt to your Lordship himself of 10001b. 
 sterlinge out of Thomas Mooddies Mortefications, uhich he thinks 
 fitt to bestowe upon the byeinge or buildinge of a hous for the 
 Bishoprikeof Edinb[urgh]. A letter had bene sent from his 
 Majesty to the Couneill about it, but that the Dwk thinks his 
 wrytinge to your Lordship uill be as effectuall and 
 les troble : and certinly it is a verry commendable 
 thinge, specially sins it taks nothinge out of the King's purs. 
 I lowk on myself as extremly oblidged to you for the kynd 
 expresions in your last of my particular conserns and doubts not 
 but by your &eindshipe I shall obtaen uhat the Kinge and Dwk 
 haue promised me, uhich uill put ane lastinge obligations on me. 
 
 Whythall, Desember 2d : 1682. 
 
 22. It had pleased his Majesty and the Duke to make Moray's 
 brother Archibald Lieutenant Governor of Stirling Castle. He 
 would lay hold of the first opportunity for Queensberry's cousin, 
 James Murray. " The Dwke hes bene all this day at huntinge, so 
 that I can not possibly returne account to all the particulars of 
 your letter befor next post, that I haue tyme to discours them 
 uithe his Eoyall Highnes." Queensberry's desire about Earl 
 Southesk's business had been done long ago. 
 
 Whythall, Desember 5 : 1682. 
 
 23. On Sundays night the Dwk orderd Earle Middleton and 
 me to attend him at his closit in Whythall, uhare I informed him 
 of all the particulars contaen'd in your letter, and a littill ther- 
 after uee uaeted on his Majesty to know his pleasure conserninge 
 them. As to the first, conserninge Mrs. Eotches gifte of Ultimus 
 heres, the Dwk tould the King he uished him to grant this to her, 
 but, as I had proposed to him, besought his Majesty that hear- 
 after he uould giue nothinge of that naetur to any uho had no 
 conserne in that kingdome, uhich the Kinge promised to observe. 
 As for the tinds of Furnuall, you haue that matter now befor 
 your selfe. The best uill be to accomodat it ther uithout sendinge 
 it more hear uhich I am sure uill be to Earle ,Southeask8 
 advantage. As for Chrihtons remisione I had no furder hand in 
 it but to obaye the command I reseaved. I finde it louks ill, but 
 uhat 'uill be done in it I cannot yet tell. I urged the gift for 
 Posso to be his Majesty's Mr. Falconer as mutch as I could. The 
 Kinge and Dwk bothe sayd that uas to increas the charge. I 
 tould them it uas not mutch, but that his Majesty might be 
 ueall served. The Kinge sayd he uould think on it : uhat uill be 
 the event I can not yet tell. The most important bussines of all 
 uas longe debaeted, viz. : — Major Whyt's account of the differences 
 betuixt the Mr. of the Ordinance and him conserninge reparations, 
 
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 plantinge of the guns, &c. The Kinge and Dwk orderd the 
 Lord Dartmouthe to gett in wryt the method that ue observed 
 hear ; for bo the judge it fitt that on uay be observed in all his 
 Majestys dominions, so that I can say littill furder of it till 
 I sie his paper, only he sayd by worde of mouthe to the Dwk that 
 the Mr. of Ordinance had the chiffe hand in all matters of that 
 kynd. This morninge I showed the Dwk your report I reseaved 
 by last post, but that matter beinge now determind, I need say 
 no furder of it. H. gaue me orders this day for drawing a 
 commisioix to Lt. Coll. Buchan to be Lt. Coll. of E. Mars 
 regement, another for Captine Balfouer to be Majore, and a third 
 for Captin Liuetennand Fleminge to be Captine. It is left to E. 
 Mar to recommend onto the Captin Lts. place ; so I think it 
 uould be a fitt place for your Lordship to recommend your 
 cussinge Stennous too. Sins the urytinge of the former part of 
 my lettar, I haue bene uithe his E. Highnes representinge the 
 reasonablenes of Posso's gift, and the advantage the Kinge uill 
 haue by it, uithe littill or no more charge, all things considerd 
 then befor, so that now I think he is inclynd to it, as I belive 
 he uuill uryte to you this night himself, as he says he uill 
 doe on all the rest of the particulars you urote of. 
 
 Whythall, Desember 16 : [16] 82. 
 
 24. The Duke told him that morning that he was to write to 
 the Chancellor and Queensberry concerning ' ' the 1000^'"- st [erling] 
 of Thomas Moodies mortificatione desinged to bye or buld a hous 
 for the B [isho] p of E dinb [urgh] . " His Royal JHighness doubted 
 not, but on Queensberry's representation of it to the Council, they 
 would proceed in it according to his Majesty's inclination. 
 Moray had moved his Highness that Mr. Hall might be 
 preferred to the place of his Majesty's Historiographer, with the 
 pension Dr. Crafurd had, and had obtained his consent to it ; by 
 next post the gift would be sent to him. If his cousin James 
 Murray were not recommended to the Captain Lieutenant's place 
 in Earl Mar's regiment, he should have Lauther's place when 
 he died. 
 
 Whythall, December 23 : 1682. 
 
 25. Moray had received the Treasurer's letter of the le^*" and 
 had acquainted the King and the Duke and the Duchess of Ports- 
 mouth that the little gift of Ultlmiis haeres Mrs. Rotche begged 
 of his Majesty was clear undisposed of, which she was to get 
 and had sent to Scotland for the draft of a signature. It 
 would be easy for his Lordship to find out who was her corres- 
 pondent there, and by that might judge who advised her. 
 
 It 18 kept verry closs hear, but I shall doe uhat I can to mak 
 some discovery of It." Posso's gift was to be dispatched. "I finde 
 Crenerall Dalyell and some others haue urytin that the cornet 
 might be preferd to L[ieutenan]t Lawthers place, and Lord 
 Charles Murray and his allay agents it hear. The Dwk himself 
 tould me so last night and stuk at it ; but this day I reniued my 
 address, and he hes promised it shall be done, and that he uill 
 
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 uryt himself to G. Dalyell and tell him he uas ingadged iii it 
 befor he sayd any thinge of it." The new instructions for the 
 Master of the Ordnance were ready, and Earl Middleton would 
 pass them to-morrow or next day. His Lordship on seeing them 
 would be confirmed in his opinion that " the methods hear uill 
 not sute ueall ther, but the Kinge and Dwk must be obayed, 
 uhich all of us uill doe most cherfully." Papilion, Player, 
 Debuois, and the rest of the ill men were put out of the 
 common council and good men put in their places, so that thanks 
 to God the city was well established. Had waited that day on 
 Lord Keeper North to wish him joy. Pemberton, who was Lord 
 Chief Justice of the Bang's Bench was brought back to be Lord 
 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Sanders, a great lawyer, 
 put in his place. 
 
 Whythall, January 9 : 168f . 
 
 26. Moray sends his sincere and hearty wishes for a good 
 new year. " Altho' Burnet haue bene wrytine to about a 
 draught of that gift of Ultimus heres, yit doe I doubt that he hes 
 bene the informer. The Artch-B [isho] p of St. Andrews can 
 easily clire you of it and it uear fitt to be known," &c. 
 
 Whythall, January 13 : 168|. 
 
 27. About bedding for the castle of Edinburgh, the Master of 
 Ordnance would survey what was necessary for it, make an 
 estimate and send it up to the King, who would thereupon give 
 order for payment. " The Dwk hes also appointed the B[isho]p 
 of Edinbrurhe to uait on my Lord Chancellor and your Lordship 
 forhearingethe Countis of Sutherlands pretentions to the Dean's 
 hous, uharof I haue by his order urytin to my Lord Chancellor." 
 
 Whythall, January 30 : 168f . 
 
 28. Was extremely glad that Queensberry was perfectly 
 recovered from indisposition. " This day his E[oyall] Highnes, 
 Earle Middleton and I uaeted on his Majesty and all the particulars 
 recommended in your last to the Dwk uear moved and orders 
 giuen conserninge them." First, a letter to be written to the 
 Treasurer that all signatures of change of holdings should be 
 stopped, both those passed the King's hand and not expede and 
 in time coming " uithout a particular warrand from the Kinge." 
 Second, a letter of approbation of Hugh Wallace as Cashkeeper 
 and Paymaster of the Forces. Third, a commission for James 
 Smithe to be Surveyor General. Fourth, a warrant to your 
 Lordship to advance money to Claverhouse, Meldrum, or any 
 other person judged fit for the service. "For intelligence, the Aed 
 Major, Quartermaster and Martiall of the regement of dragouns 
 ar to be discharged, and ther pay applyed to mak up a Collonals 
 pay to Claverous." The Duke had told him to inform the 
 Treasurer to advance the money due to the gunners and officers 
 of the artillery in the castle. Lieutenant General Drummond 
 had written to the Duke about some lodgings in the castle for the 
 artillery people; and the Duke was to write to the Treasurer 
 
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 about it. Had heard nothing further about the Lady Ketil- 
 stone's affair. The Duke thought it most reasonable that three 
 pence should be detained off the pound of all officers and soldiers 
 of the standing forces, for the reUef of disabled or decrepit 
 soldiers. The Duke acquainted the King with it, and the King 
 ordered Moray to write to Queensberry to speak with the General 
 and consider how much would be necessary to be detained upon 
 that account, &c. 
 
 Whythall, February 2 : 168|. 
 
 29. A representation had been made to his Eoyal Highness 
 by the Countess of Dalhousie of three months' arrears owing to 
 her lord before his death ; who ordered the Secretary to write to 
 Queensberry to cause pay it to her, " but uith all possible 
 privacy least others may mak sutch applications altho' non can 
 pretend to be in her condition. She is a widdow, a stranger, a 
 great charge of fatherles childringe, and I am affryed left in no 
 plentifull conditione, uhich I doubt not uill be prevaelinge 
 arguments uithe you to show your favor and compasion to a 
 lady." 
 
 Whythall, February 3 : 168|. 
 
 30. Various papers were sent to Queensberry under Sir Andrew 
 Forrester's cover. " The Dwk hes sins spokin to his Majesty in 
 favors of oneBlaer and Scot uho had pensions, the former 50'''- and 
 the latter 27'*' for ther fathefull service at Worcester and other 
 places. They uer left out of the last list of pensions, uhich his 
 Majesty hes order d to be aded by a letter or warrand to your 
 lordship, togither uithe 25"^*- the Kinge tould the Dwk he uould 
 giue to Sheels, the falconer, sins he uas put out of office." On 
 Moray's suggestion it was agreed that to save that charge 
 Blair's pension should be brought from 50 to 27. "His Highnes 
 hes also moved the Kinge that Claverous showld haue a Collonell's 
 pay, BO that the Aed Major, Quartermaster, and Martiall of the 
 regement of dragouns ar orderd to be discharged, and ther pay 
 applyed for Claverous, uho is to haue the same pye as Coll [onell] 
 that the Gennerall hes as Coll [onell] of the dragouns, and the 
 letters for this purpos ar also sent to your Lordship by this 
 post." 
 
 Whythall, February 17 : 168 1. 
 
 31. Moray had now spoken at length with his Eoyal 
 Highness about all the particulars recommended to him by the 
 Treasurer, being about the Artillery Estabhshment, paying the 
 Countess of Dalhousie as much money as the three months' pay 
 due to her late husband might amount to " but not under 
 that name." Earl Middleton had been that week in waiting 
 and would be so next week, and would dispatch business including 
 the warrant for paying the new bedding for Edinburgh Castle. 
 " I haue as mutch as I could indevord to serve Earelhall in that 
 you proposed for him, but can not prevaill uithe the Dwk in it. 
 He says it uas nevir heard of that any Captine L [ieutenan] t had 
 
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 any other pay then a L [ieutenan] ts pay, and it uould be a pre- 
 parative that uould incurridge all Captine L [ieutenan] ts to desyr 
 and expecte the lyk, uhich is not to be don ; but he sayd he 
 uould uryt to you of it himself, and gaue me order to say nothinge. 
 I tould him it uas hard that a gentilman uho had done so good 
 service as he did at Ardies Moss showld not haue some sutable 
 revard. His anssuer uas that it could not be done in this uay 
 proposed." The Duke was to write to the Treasurer himself on 
 several other subjects. 
 
 Newmarket, March 12 : 168f . 
 
 32. He had received Queensberry's letter of the 3d. and since 
 then one from Colonel Graham. The Artillery Establishment 
 would be dispatched " verry sudenly," with an order to muster 
 the Artillery Company with the rest of the forces. "I shall by 
 next post giue you account of uhat you urot to me conserning 
 poor Earle Nidsdaele, uho I am heartily sorry for : he uas ever 
 my noble and kind frend. I shall be reddy to doe Claverous all 
 the service in my pouer, and shall acquent you uhat the Kinge 
 and Dwk resolves in thes things uharin he is instructed, so sone 
 as th [e] y declare ther pleasur uhich no questione uill be as you 
 desyr." Mentions a gift of recognition in favour of Earl Balcarres 
 and James Preston. "I haue no news from this but of hawkinge 
 and horss matches uhich I know are not maters so agrieable to 
 you as to troble you uithe them." 
 
 Whythall, March 20 : 1683. 
 
 33. The account I haue had of my mother's deathe brought 
 
 me to this place, but befor I left Newmarkit all matters wharin 
 
 Claverous uas instructed near discoursed of befor the Kinge and 
 
 order'd to be draune and dispatched according to your desyre. 
 
 The Dwk orders me to tell you that he approues of your bestouing 
 
 the 100"- or therby on poor Earle Nithsdals burriall. Your 
 
 Lordship saed nothinge to me of your desyr to haue Kelhead 
 
 prefer'd to Franc Stuart's company of Dragowns, but findinge by 
 
 Claverous that the Dwk stuk at it in favours of the Captin Lt. I 
 
 resolved to mak my application to his Highnes about it, so I 
 
 uaeted his goinge to bed the night befor I caem auay and had 
 
 full discours about it, and finding he had sayd to [o] far in 
 
 refusall to Claverous, I tould him I thought I could propos 
 
 uhat uould doe bothe, naemly, that some monthes agoe he had 
 
 tould me that Capt[ain] Inglish uas not a good man, besyd that 
 
 he uas no soldier, and then uas thinkinge to put him of ; and so 
 
 now iff he did it he could bothe accomodat Kellhead and the 
 
 Captin Lt., uharuithe he uas werry ueall saetisfed, and so I houp 
 
 uhat you propos uill be done. 
 
 [There is another letter dated Windsor Castle, April 21, 1683, 
 which bears that the letter concerning Sir William Lockhart was 
 that day passed by Earl Middleton. "The hous and lands of 
 Diddope are to be the E [arl] Lawderdals fine, and from Sir 
 John Falconer four years and a half s rent of his esteat reall and 
 personall, uithout consideratione to any debt he may haue, and 
 
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 six years rent of the wardins esteat upon the same tearms." A 
 letter would shortly be sent to that effect, and another to take 
 possession for his Majesty's use of the. lordship of Stirling, the 
 Earl of Mar's tack being now expired.] 
 
 Whythall, May 15 : 1683. 
 
 34. "I orderd Sir Andrew Forrester to acquent you of uhat 
 past on Claverous dispatch befor my cominge from Vindsore, 
 haueinge then no possibelety of tyme to uryt myself. E [arl] 
 Middleton coms now in uaetinge for this fortnight, and is this 
 day gone to Windsor." Thanks the Treasurer for the kindness 
 he had shown to his son Charles, &c. In a x^ostscript he adds, 
 "The Dwk commands me to let you know that the L[air]dof 
 Drum hes sent up a signatur recommended by my Lord 
 Chancellor : he is a most deservinge gentilman, and the Dwk 
 inclyns to doe him kyndnes, but becaus ther ar tuo things 
 especialy exterordinary in it, he would not haue any thinge done 
 in it till you near acquented and sent your oppinion about it. 
 The first is that the tax ward diwtys may be accordinge to the 
 retour, and not in the ordinary uay, and the next a gift of 
 patronedge that now belongs to the Kinge. This last chifly 
 conserns the clergye." 
 
 Whythall, JuUy 3 : 1688. 
 
 35. Sins the discovery of the bloody and helishe conspiracy 
 aganst the lyffe of our sacred soverange and his R. Highnes 
 (whom God long preserve), I had no letter from your Lordship, 
 but I orderd Sir Andrew Forrester to send you full and exacte 
 accounts of all that pasis, beinge sufficiently employed otherwas 
 myself, it haueing falne out in my uaetinge. This day the Kinge 
 had account of sex more of thes bloody villans beinge takin in 
 Essex. Ld. Eussell and Mr. Fearhet ar to be tryed tomorrow 
 sevenight, the evidence beinge clire aganst them. No news 
 yet of D. Monmouth, Ld. Gray, Sir Thomas Armstronge, 
 or Fergusone. As things ar furder discoverd you shall be 
 acquen[te]d by &c. 
 
 Whythall, July 24th : 1683. 
 
 36. I haue bene ill thes ten days past, and stird no uhaer 
 abroad till yisterday, uhich uas the resone that I urot not 
 to your Lordship all last week ; and I am inded yit not able 
 to uryt so mutch as I uould. This morninge I past my good 
 Lord Arch. Bip. of St. Andrews dispatches, and he is to goe 
 from this on Thursday or Fryday morninge. I haue talked 
 uithe him at lenthe, of uhich you uill haue account uhen 
 you sie him. I need not repeat uhat I haue urytin to the 
 Chancelor conserninge the omisione of the Kings letter for 
 ajurninge the parlament, sins he uill show it you. E. Makilsfild 
 E. Kent, and E. Soflfolke haue all kissed the Kinge and Dwks 
 hands. 
 
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 Whythall, Agust 2d : 1683. 
 37. By a letter I had from Bonokburne this post I am tould 
 that Sir William Sharps and the Cashe Keper tould him that 
 iff the taxationes diwe in this shyr of Invernes wharof I 
 am Shriff uear not pyed a paerty uould be sent to quarter on my 
 lands. It is ueall known I never reseaved on fardinge of thes 
 taxations, and it uear verry hard to treat me so. I houp your 
 Lordship uill giue order that nothinge of that kvnd be done. 
 Had I the hapines to sie you I could easily saeti [sj fie you in a 
 word in that affaer ; and sure I am the Kinge uould redily grant uhat 
 I could desyr upon that head, but I resolve to haue my recours 
 to you that your Lordship may stop any sutch proseding aganst 
 me and tell me uhat you uould haue me to doe. Iff you uill 
 pleas to call for Bonokburne he will furder inform you of the 
 bussines." 
 
 Windsor Castle, August 7 : [16] 83. 
 88. That morning he had spoken to the Duke concerning the 
 gift of Monkland's estate in favour of the Treasurer Depute. 
 " He tould me you had recommended it to him, but that E [arl] 
 Arrane had bene uithe him many tyms conserninge that affaer, 
 and that he had tould him it showld not be hastily past till he 
 had heard any thinge he had to say ; but I doubt not but the 
 thinge uill be done some tyme next week." 
 
 Lord Naper was dead and Mr. Brisban's lady had got that 
 pension of ^200 yearly : E [arl] Lothian had got a precept for 
 as much money as 5 years of his feu duties would amount to. 
 The haird of Drum's signature was passed, but the patronage was 
 scraped out. Asks Queensberry's favour for Bailie lak in Stir- 
 ling, who was a poor man. A bond had been taken from him some 
 years ago for a fine, which was not intended to be exacted. The 
 bond was now in Sir William Sharp's hands. Begs his Lordship 
 to cause the bond to be deHvered up to Bailie lak. 
 
 WTiythall, August 16 : [16] 83. 
 
 39. Moray was to go on Monday morning to Windsor for 
 then he came in waiting, and should not fail to speak with his 
 Koyal Highness as soon as he could concerning the Treasurer 
 Depute's signatm-e of Monkland, as Queensberry advised. Thanks 
 Queensberry for all his kindness. 
 
 (2). Letters from 11th September, 1683, to 7th April, 1685. 
 
 Winchester, September 11 : 1683. 
 
 40. Moray had arrived in Winchester on Saturday night. 
 "As sone as I came, I uaeted on the Dwke, and tould him that, 
 in cace the Chancelor uas to come up, it uas your desyr you 
 showld be order'd to come togither, uhich after some discours he 
 sayd it showld be so." The Duke told him he had written to the 
 Chancellor, " that iff he came up he had also alloved your lord- 
 ship to come, and that he belived the intimation he gaue him 
 of that uould stop him : he hes no order for cominge but the 
 
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 Dwk's allouance, and you haue the same." If possible it was 
 fit Queensberry should be there as soon as the Chancellor. He 
 hopes to get the Treasurer Depute's business of Monkland done . 
 to his Lordship's satisfaction. 
 
 Whythall, September 16 : 1683. 
 
 41. Yesterday he had come from Winchester. Had sent 
 before copies of his Majesty's letter in answer to theirs and that 
 concerning Earlestoune. Since then another letter had been 
 drawn out by his Majesty's command, signed by Earl Middleton, 
 who was in waiting, who sent his Lordship by that post a copy 
 of it. It related to the choosing of Bailie Drummond to be 
 Provost for that year. 
 
 "On Sunday night E[arl] Midd[leton], Lord Tres[urer] 
 Deput, Advocat, and myself uaeted on his K [oyall] Hig [hnes] , and 
 had a longe conference. The issew of it is that a selecte number 
 of persons shall be apponted to meet and consult of all matters, 
 and that all pubUck matters shall be urytin and signed by them 
 to the Secretarys, uho ar to acquent the Kinge and Diwk uithe 
 them, and returne his Majesty's pleasur therupon." This was 
 not yet fully adjusted, but the Duke was to speak to the King of it. 
 
 In a postscript he adds: — "His Majesty by ane express on 
 Sunday night from Flanders, had certin news of the uter over- 
 throw of the Turks befor Vienna. Tak it in short. The 
 besedged acquented the Dwk of Lorran that they could not hold 
 out aboue four days ; so that, at a grand Councill of War, it 
 uas resolved they uould attak the Grandvisier in his trenshes, 
 and Count Starnberge to sally upon them from the toune at the 
 same tym, uhich upon a signaU from the besedged uas per- 
 formed about 3 o'clok of the morninge, the King of Poll himself 
 chargeing most vaUently. The disput uas hot till the Cristians 
 got uithin ther trenches, but then th [e] y near quikly put to the 
 route. The uholl janzarys ar cut in peces, 25,000 kild on the 
 spot, 60,000 tents takin, two millions of monny in the Grand 
 Visier's tent. Th[e]y are still in pursut of them, 
 uharof wee shall haue account shortly. Th[e]re is only 
 300 kil'd on the Cristians' syde. Count Teklye uas not ther, 
 but its lyk he uill pas his tym now as he deserves." 
 
 Whythall, September 27 : 1683. 
 
 42. . . . "Last post brought a letter from the Councill 
 signed by the Chancelor only, desyringe that his Majesty uould 
 grant a gift of a copper mynd in the paroshe of Currie in favors 
 of a German named Joachum Govell, uho uas to work it on 
 his oune charge. I uent to the Dwk and tould him of it, 
 and how unresonable a thinge it uas for to .send sutch recom- 
 mendations, and that thes things ought only to be done by your 
 lordship, uhos intrest it uas, besyd that ther uas yit a former 
 gift standing in the uay of it ; so that by the Dwks order, I 
 haue urytin so to my Lord Chancellor uho I am tould is now 
 gone north." 
 
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 Whythall, October 4 : 1683. 
 
 43. Last post brought me yours of the 24th of Sep'^^'^- I 
 acquented the Dwk that your Lordship uas still of oppinion that 
 armes in the hands of thos in the West cuntry that had takin 
 the test wer daengerous tooles, and that it uas fitt thy showld be 
 disposed of in some secure place, till the Militia of that country 
 uear reconsider'd. I proposed that th [e] y might be put in on of 
 the next ajacent garisons, uhich the Dwk semed to inclyne too ; 
 but haueinge discoursed the matter uith Lord Tressure Deput, he 
 is of oppinion that th [e] y may be brought to giue monny to the 
 officers for pay, in uhich cace good and loyally principal'd men 
 may be found to serve, and that the takinge the armes now 
 might discouridge them from yeldinge to that proposall. I 
 confes I doe not expecte that th [e] y uill be brought to it, uhatever 
 houps he may haue, but tyme uill tell. The Treasurer Deput is 
 verry reserved : I might say more, but in place of it, I shall 
 only assm'e you that I bothe loue and honor you uithe as mutch 
 sincerety as he can doe, and iff any thinge be sudgested to 
 you wharin I am any uay conserned, I uill expecte from you 
 justice and kjmdnes that you uill giue no credit to any mis- 
 informatione, but uss the fredom uhich I expect from you, by 
 uhich you shall quikly come to the knowlige of the truthe. My 
 Lord Drumlaengrige and Lord William did me the honor to 
 dyne uithe me this day. Th[e]y are most hopfull youthes, and 
 worthy to be the sons of so noble a father. 
 
 Whythall, October 6 : [16] 83. 
 
 44. By this ordinary I shall giue you no furder troble then 
 to lett you know that, uithin this hour, I past the letter directed 
 to your Lordship eonserninge the Estate of Argyle, uharof I 
 haue orderd Sir Andrew Forrester to send you ane exacte 
 coppye. The princ[i]pal uill be also sent by this post. The 
 KiBge goes to Newmarket on Monday, but says he uill not stay 
 aboue ten days. 
 
 Whythall, October 28 : 1683. 
 
 45. His Majesty last night caled a Scots Councill, uhar it 
 uas represented to him that it uas fitt all sutch of the Scots 
 natione as had bine seazed, and now in prisone hear, should be 
 sent to Scotland, in order to ther tryels, uhich His Majesty 
 accordingly ordered. Lord Advocat kist the King's hand last 
 night, and is to paert tomorrow, iff he change not his minde. 
 He hes a presept for 2500*- to be pyed out of Hardins fine, 
 haueinge giuen up the former presept he had for 500'*- to be 
 pyed out of Philp's fine. 
 
 Whythall, November 17 : [16] 83. 
 
 46. Last post brought me the good news of your arryvall in 
 uealfaer at Edinburghe, uhich I am mutch joied att. I haue 
 nothinge of any importance to acquent you uith from this. 
 L [or] d Treasurer Deput uill haue his dispatches this insewinge 
 weeke. Algernon Sidny uill be brought to his tryell on Wedins- 
 day next. The Dutch haue a considerable loss by the late 
 
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 stormy weather : four of ther men of ware and severall 
 mertchand ships ar shipwrakt on ther oune coasts, som 
 say more. The Grand Segnior hes giuen a pardon [to] 
 the Grand Vizier for his miscarriges at the Seage 
 of Vienna, provyded he gaen it next year, and hes promised to 
 put him on the head of ane armie of 300,000 men for that purpos, 
 to be raesed by taking two men of thre out of all the faemelys in 
 his dominions. The letter for putinge Gordon of Earlestoune to 
 the tortur uas sent by last post. 
 
 Whythall, November 22 : [16] 83. 
 
 47. "Yesterday morninge the Dwk cald for Earle Middleton, 
 Lord Tressurer Deput and me, and wee discoursed all his dis- 
 patches ; and I think this night at the Kings cushee orders uill be 
 giuen for them, uharof you uill haue a particular account from the 
 Tressurer Depute." The Treasurer Depute and Queensberry's 
 sons were intending to depart from that on Tuesday next. 
 "Yesterday at the Kings Benche Algernon Sidnye uas found 
 guilty and uill be sentenced in a day or tuo." [In another 
 letter of date December 1st, he states that Queensberry's two 
 noble sons. Lord Treasurer Depute and Earl Mar had set out the 
 day before.] 
 
 Whythall, Desember 8 : 1683. 
 
 48. Sir Andrew Forrester showed me a letter of yours to him, 
 uharin you desyred a gift of Knight Barrony for the Lord Pit- 
 medin : I houp by next post it shall be sent to you. The Dwke of 
 Monmouthe haveinge refused to singe a declaratione or manifesto 
 narraetinge uhat he declared to his Majesty and R[oyal] Highnes 
 conserningethe consp [i]racie wasyisterday morningeby a messege 
 sent from his Majesty uithe the Vice-Chamberlin, discharged his 
 Majesty's presence and Court, and is this day, uithe his Dutches, 
 gone to Mooreparke. 
 
 Whythall, Desember 13 : 1683. 
 
 49. Last post brought you the King's letter for your oune 
 2,000'''- now. The patent of Knight Barronet for Lord Pitmedin 
 is sent to Bannokburne. Major Arnit, his Majestys L[ieutenan]t 
 Governour of Dumbarton Castle, haueingeacquented the Dwke that 
 he hes no coll and candill allowed for that Garrisone, notuit [h] - 
 standinge that all others haue. His R [oyal] Highnes commands 
 me to tell your Lordship that he desyrs you uill giue him a propor- 
 tionall allowance of Coll and Candill uithe the other Castils, 
 respecte beinge had to the importan [c] e of the place and number 
 of the Garrisone. Hear is no other news at present, but uhat 
 you haue in the Gazet. 
 
 Giue me leaue to present my fathefuU service to my Lord 
 D [r] umlaengrig and L[or]d William. 
 
 Whythall, Desember 20 : [16] 83. 
 
 50. There had been no delay in making Pittmedins Patent, 
 which was sent down five days after Queensberry wrote for it. 
 " Seeinge the Councill hes, upon good growiids, reprived 
 
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 Earlestone, I houp he uill discover all he knows, and some good 
 flow from it." A Macer's place had been given to James Irvinge, 
 an old and honest servant of Morays, ere the latter learned 
 Queensberry's wishes in the matter, otherwise it would have 
 been given to his friend. 
 
 Whythall, March 13 : 168a. 
 
 51. Assures Queensberry that anything he had sent to be 
 passed would not be delayed ; but his Majesty's being at Newmarket 
 would occasion the dispatch to be some days longer. He was 
 amazed that any of the lawyers should consent to any delay to 
 Sir John Falconer : " Sure, they haue no sutch warrand from 
 us." He wondered that his [Moray's] brother should make 
 any reparations without Queensberry's knowledge ; it must have 
 been done through ignorance or inadvertence, which he hopes 
 Queensberry will pardon. 
 
 Whythall, April 1 : 1684. 
 
 52. Sir Andrew Forrester had shewn him a letter concerning 
 the Sheriffship of Eoxburgh. Before that the Duke had given 
 order to draw a gift of the office to Lord Bellendine, which had 
 passed the King's hand. The Duke said since it had passed the 
 King's hand, it could not be altered. But if advertisement had 
 been sent at once on the death of Mr. "William Ker, this might 
 have been prevented. 
 
 Whythall, April 10 : 1684. 
 
 53. By the flying packet he had received Queensberry's of 
 the 4th, on Monday about ten o'clock forenoon, and immediately 
 waited on the Duke, and delivered the letters directed 
 to him, which he carried with him that evening to Windsor 
 to show the King. " Wee uear all extremly amazed uithe the 
 accounts of that bussines. I houp the perjured uitnesess shall 
 reseaue ther deserved punishment for ther villany, and the 
 insolence of the jury punished as it merits." Earl Middleton, 
 who was in waiting, was sending a letter about Queensberry's 
 coming up. 
 
 Windsore Castill, April 24 : 1684. 
 
 54. Last post brought me the honor of yours, and I spoke 
 to His R[oyall] Highnes of uhat you urot conserninge my Lord, 
 your sone. He sayd he uas not desirous to persuade you in that 
 matter beyond your oune inclination, and showed me your oune 
 letter to himself. But now ther uill be peace, and sutch as uear 
 goinge to the Campange stay at hom, uhen thy haue bine at the 
 charge of all ther equipage ; so that bussines is out of doors of 
 itself. I am extremly glade of the happines to sie you so sudenly. 
 We haue every post this week past bene expectinge the papers 
 for setilinge the Shire of Argyle. 
 
 Whythall, Jully 12 : 1684. 
 
 55. This letter was to welcome Queensberry to Scotland, 
 where he hoped he was now arrived in health and welfare. He 
 had spoken with the Duke of Ormond concerning Campbell, and 
 
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 told him that the Treasurer Depute long since had informed him 
 of how great use it might be to His Majesty's service that he 
 were seized and sent to Scotland. Ormond desired to know his 
 personal appearance, Christian name, and place of residence ; and 
 then he would apprehend him. 
 
 Windsor Castill, July 26 : [16] 84. 
 
 56. I had the honor of yours of the 17th, uhich brings me 
 freshe assurance of your freindship, then uhich nothinge can be 
 more acceptable, and you may be confident I shall imbraece all 
 opportunetys that may convince you of my fathefuU service. 
 The inclosed from His Koyall Highness uill giue you account of 
 his complyence uithe the advice of the Secret Commity consern- 
 inge the Parlament and other things recommended by them. 
 Last night wee uear uithe the Kinge and the Commission, and 
 instructions for the Marqus of Athole agried to, uhich are sent 
 by this post. The Dwke of Ormond coms not abroad sins the 
 deathe of his Dutchess, so that the Kinge order'd the Earle of 
 Sunderland to uryt him that it uas his pleasur that all sutch of 
 the Scots, uho ar in Irland and giuen up in List to him by your 
 Lordship, showld be seazed and sent to Scotland. The 
 Commission for the Lord Boss to be Major to the 
 Eegement of horss is orderd to be drawn and uill be 
 dispatch uithe the first convenience. 
 
 Whythall, Agust 7th : 1684. 
 
 57. The Tressurer Deput urot to me the particular marks of 
 John Campbell, and I haue giuen the Dwk of Ormond a coppy of 
 the letter. His Grace promises to be caerfull to haue him 
 seazed and sent to Scotland, and he uill do the lyke uithe all 
 sutch others as your Lordship sends him lists of. 
 
 The Bp. of Edinb : uryts to me by the former post, and 
 acknowliges thankfully the advyze I gaue him longe sins 
 and of late, to make his applicatione to you, and acknoulege 
 his troble that he hes not bine in your favor and good oppinion. 
 I find him most sensible of it, and desyrous of your frendship 
 and patronage. I am sure he may be ane usfull servant to you, 
 and I dare anssuer uill be bothe fathefuU and diligent in 
 the observance of your commands. Whoever I haue any 
 respecte for I shall earnestly desire th [e] y may be triuely yours, 
 that I may uithe the greater fredom intertean kyndnes uithe 
 them, for I am, &c. 
 
 Whythall, Agust 9th : 1684. 
 
 58. I shall now giue you a short account of uhat past 
 yisterday at Hampton Court in Scots affaers, tho' the Earl of 
 Middleton uas then in uaeting uho uill intimat his Majesty's 
 pleasur upon all that uas proposed. The advocat urot a letter 
 directed to bothe of us, and in it an abreviat of the evidence 
 aganst Carstaers, Baelie of Jerviswood and others, uhich I gaue 
 to the Dwke: Both uear rede in the Cabinit Councill 
 uhaer uee uear present, and the cace fully debaetedj and 
 
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 to the best of my rememberance, the King's resolution 
 
 uas, that it uas by no means fitt to send up thes Scots 
 
 prisoners to be tryed hear, seeinge no probabilety of reatch- 
 
 inge them, from all that yet appired. And for sendinge 
 
 doune the uitnesses to Scotland, in order to ther tryell ther, he 
 
 hes no expectatione that Major Holms uould be ingenous, beinge 
 
 a trikey, shiftinge fellow, and the sendinge of them uould 
 
 occatione mutch noice, especially iff it proued to no effecte, and 
 
 in that cace uould be mor hurtfull then profitable to the Kings 
 
 service ; so that you must yit uaet till better proofes of ther 
 
 villanys can be discouerd. Ther uas also a letter urytin by Ld. 
 
 Eegister to E. Middleton. This uas rede to the Kinge, only in 
 
 presence of his E. Highnes and ourselves tuo. The first thinge 
 
 proposed in it uas the seasinge and apprehendinge of sutch 
 
 remarkable and daengerous persons as by ther principals and 
 
 actions haue bine obnoxious to the Government, to uhich His 
 
 Majesty agreed, referinge the persons to the consideration of the 
 
 Secret Commity, uho could best judge of it. The 'if uas for 
 
 callinge togither 4 or 5 of the Militia Eegemints and some 
 
 troups upon this occatione, uhich his Majesty does not at all 
 
 approue of, unles ther uear mor apparent necessity for it nor he 
 
 yet sees, becaus it uould make great noice hear and might haue 
 
 ill consequences. As to the 3''- , uhich is pleasinge of 
 
 Liutennands on the wescuntry shyres, the Kinge desires aduyse 
 
 from the Secret Commity as to the number and placeinge the 
 
 shyres in sutch proper distriks as th[e]y think fittest for his 
 
 service, and then he uill giue 'the Commissions ; only he uill 
 
 haue the Dwke of Hamiltone to be Liuetenant of Clidsdeall, 
 
 and your Lordship of Nidsdeall Dunfries, uhich I think ar on, 
 
 and Gallouay. This is all as near as I can remember. 
 
 Windsor Cassill, Agust 21 : [16] 84. 
 
 59. The King's letter and instructions were sent by the 
 flying packet, with an additional instruction to~ forbear the 
 execution of any of these instructions if there were just cause for 
 it. The tack of Inverary Park and Mill to the Marquis of 
 Athole, and other papers were passed. The 9th of September was 
 the day to which the Parliament was adjourned, and as it was 
 drawing near and the King was going to Winchester, the King 
 and Duke were made acquainted with this. But His Majesty by 
 his command had now sent a letter adjourning it till Tuesday, 
 the tenth of March next. " I am extremly glade of my good 
 Lord St. Andrews recovery. I pray God he may haue manny 
 days, for as your Lordship says ueall, his loss uould be irrepaer- 
 able to the Kinge, Church, and all good men." In a postscript 
 he remits his affair with the Falconers to Queensberry. 
 
 Windsor Cassill, Agust 26 : 1684. 
 
 60. Sunday last his Majesty in Councill declaerd his pleasur 
 in the change of severall officeses of State hear. The Earle of 
 Eochester uas made Presedent of the Councill in place of the 
 Earle of Eadnor, Mr. Secretary Godolphine first Commissioner 
 
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 of the Tressurry, and Earle Middletone Secretary of State of 
 Ingland, in Mr. Godolphin's place. Of this His Royall Highnes 
 giues you a mOre particular account by this post, and the lyk to 
 my Lord Chancellor. This makes uay for a College to me for 
 Scotland, and I belive the Duke uill aske your oppinions as to 
 the person, and uill name three as a litt, viz. : — The Eegester, 
 Treasurer Depute, and Drumelior. I should not taek upon me 
 to say any thinge to you on this subjecte uearitnot the duity and 
 unalterable frendship I haue for you, and uhat I doe say is only 
 to your self, and uithe that frendly confidence uhich I know you 
 uill communicat to no other persone. Drumelior is a gentilman 
 of great wortlie and parts, and uho I haue had intimat 
 acquentance uithe and particular respecte for, but that uhich 
 uayes mor uithe me is his intyre loyalty, and I am sure, firme 
 and lastinge duity and frendship to you. A wrionge step in 
 sutch ane important matter can not be easily sett right : therfor 
 pray consider the King's service and your oune particular con- 
 serne in servinge of His Majesty. Iff he and I be togither hear, 
 for your hearts uishe you can not haue this post fild withe 
 persons on uhom you may more confide and intyrely trust. I 
 haue no end in sayinge this to you but my master's service, and 
 that your hands may be strenthend by it to advance the King's 
 service and establishe his Goverment on firm and lastinge 
 foundations. I haue great honor and respecte for the other tuo : 
 th[e]y haue alreddy mor profitable imployments, all things con- 
 siderd, and may be of greater uss ther in His Majesty's service. 
 Uhat I could say mor is I am sure obvious to a persone so wyse 
 as you are, my dear Lord. Taek this fredome as from a sincear 
 heart that uishes you as ueall as any liuinge, and burne this 
 letter, uhither you condemne its folly or not. Uhat I say in 
 Drumelor's favor, I know you will not misconstrue, and I may 
 say to you, by all the Dwke sayed to E. Middletone and me he 
 seemed inclyned that uaye. 
 
 Whythall, September 1 : 1684. 
 61. Sir Archbald Stuart of Blakhall haueinge presented a 
 petitione to his Majesty and ane other to his Eoyall Highness, 
 and haueinge spoke severall tims uithe the Dwk, he uas pleased 
 to order me to uryt to your Lordship, and my Lord Chancellor 
 to lett you know that he is a gentilman of uhos loyalty and 
 fidelety to his Majesty's service he is verry mutch assured, and 
 that your Lordship uill pleas to taek notice of him as sutch in 
 any of his just conserns. 
 
 As to his desire conserninge his two near relations Polok 
 Maxwill and Duchill, uhich you uill undirstand by the coppys 
 of his petitions which I haue sent to my Lord Chancellor, 
 the Dwke desires that a triue state of ther cace may be 
 sent to him, and uhat ther guilt is that he may accordingly 
 consider uhat is fitt to be offerd to his Majesty upon the 
 wholl mater. 
 
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 In another letter of the same date, Earl Moray says:— "My 
 other letter of this date conserninge Sir Archbald Stuart uas by 
 his E [oyall] Highness' order. Now giue me leaue to recommend 
 him to you as a gentilman of ane anjent and loyall faemely, of 
 good and loyall principls, and as my relatione, uhos persone and 
 faemely I uishe ueall." Asks Queensberry to notice him as a 
 personal friend of Moray's, and assures him he would be sincere 
 and faithful in the King's service and to his own commands. 
 
 Winchester, September 9 : 1684. 
 
 62. Dr. Fall had brought him Queensberry's letter on Sunday 
 sevennight. On Monday morning Dr. Pall went post to this 
 place, the King being then resolved to go to Portsmouth on 
 Wednesday, but afterwards delayed it till yesterday. " I urot 
 uithe him to the Dwke, and at my cominge hither I found he had 
 giuen a verry saetisfieinge account to bothe the Kinge and Dwke 
 of all he uas instructed uithe." Dr. Fall was not only well 
 received, but was in very good esteem, as both his Majesty and 
 the Duke expressed to the Secretary. He was dispatched in 24 
 hours after - the Secretary came. He took everything 
 with him done as was advised ; " and uhen the Arch- 
 bishop of Glasgow is elected and consecrat, I haue order to 
 draw 'a letter for putinge him on the Councill. Lundie's 
 Commission to be conjuncte Secretary uill be shortly drawn. I 
 uishe him mutch joye, and as I know him a person loyall and 
 firm to his freinds, so shall it be non of my fault, iff wee Hue 
 not ueall and frendly togither." 
 
 Winchester, September 14 : [16] 84. 
 
 63. Moray had been ill for several days and was not able to 
 stir abroad. " The Dwke uas at huntinge, and returned not till 
 ten a'clok at night ; yit I maed Sir Andrew Forrester uaet till he 
 came, and delyver his letters uithe Carstaers depositions. This 
 morninge, sike as I uas, I uaeted on him, and red all to him, and 
 tould him the great service you haue done upon this occation, 
 uharof he is verry senssible, and the Secret Committy uill 
 reseaue a letter of thanks from the Kinge by the next or follow- 
 inge post." 
 
 Whythall, September 20th : 1684. 
 
 64. I caem yisterday from Winchester verry ill, but, thanks 
 to God, am now better. Lord Tressurer Deput urot to me last 
 post in.generall of Com^'^- Monroe's confesions, but the particular 
 account of that matter I doe not yit know. God Almighty bringe 
 to light the treatcherous villanys of all sutch as haue bene any 
 uay in accessione to that accursed and diabolicall conspiracy. 
 This post brings his Majesty's letter of thanks to ther Lordships 
 of the Secret Commity for your caer and good service uharof 
 you haue giwen eminent proofes, and bothe the Kinge and Dwk 
 ar verry sencible of it. I haue this night to my Lord Chancellor 
 urytin a particular anssuer to the proposals recommended to me 
 by the last uithe the fiyeinge paket, uhich I need not repeat, 
 sins th[e]y uill be instantly communicat to you. The Lord 
 
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 Chancellor uill also by this post reseaue his brother's patent for 
 beinge conjuncte Secretary, and you uill reseaue the King s 
 presept for on hundred ponds St. to Gray of Criche. The 
 Tressurer Deput in his last tould me it uould be verry important 
 for the King's service that on Veitch uear seased, uho is Judged 
 to be hear. I haue layd out all uays for intelligence of him, and 
 this morninge I uas uithe E. Middleton, who uill doe his utmost 
 indevors also, but on thinge I intreat, that you uill cause inquyre 
 of Carstaers uhar he frequented uhen he uas hear, and uithe 
 uhom he conversed, and send me uord of it as sone as possible, 
 for that uould be verry helpfull to us. I am not verry ueall, and 
 ueary uithe urytinge. 
 
 Whythall, September 80 : 1684. 
 
 65. Moray was extremely obliged to Queensberry for the 
 favour he was pleased to express towards Blackball. As for the 
 two he called his friends, if anything were found against them 
 relating to the Government, Moray was confident Blackball 
 would be so far from speaking on their behalf that he would be 
 their enemy as much as loyal and honest men ought. He 
 had sent down the King's letter warranting probation by oath, 
 where other probation failed ; and the remissions for Philiphauch, 
 Gallowshels, and Carstaers, by last post to the Lord Chancellor. 
 And now he sends inclosed a letter in favour of Sir John 
 Falconer, and another concerning Eoched, the town clerk of 
 Edinburgh, in the very words Queensberry had desired them. 
 
 "Last night I uas commanded by the Kinge, at the Cabinet 
 Councill, to ride Philiphauch's narrative and Carstaers' re- 
 examination, uhich I did, but the Kinge injo[i]ned secreeie, 
 becaus the Secret Commity in ther letter to the Dwke sayd th [e] y 
 had promised not to say any thing of it, but to the Kinge and 
 the Dwk, untill he showld be brought to depone upon oath. 
 His Majesty uill, in diue time, send you his thoughts of the 
 proposall for the parlaments meetinge in March next. Tomorrow 
 ther is a Eeviue of all his Majesty's troups, hors and foot, at 
 Putny Heathe, uhich uill make a verry good appirance." 
 
 Whythall, October 23: [16] 84. 
 
 66. The King and Duke came that evening from Newmarket. 
 He had received the honour of Queensberry's letter of the 10th 
 from " Kircubright." " Th [e] y are bothe extremly pleased uithe 
 your great paens and succesfull good service in your distrike, 
 uhiche is a presedent that I houp uill induce the rest to come the 
 lenthe of thos offers. Your patent had bine past at Newmarkitt, 
 [if] the Dutchess of Portsmouthe's siknes had not kept the Dwk 
 from_ moueinge any thinge of bussines to the Kinge, and she 
 continows still so verry ill that his Majesty is come hear some 
 days soner then he intended." He would speak to the Duke about 
 Queensberry's remaining till December for ordering his affairs. 
 He was confident that the information about Blackhall's refusing 
 to take the Test must be a mistake ; " for I am sure he towk it 
 l)efor he came hear at the last circuitts." He would speak to the 
 
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 King and Duke about the Parliament, and acquaint his Lordship 
 with his Majesty's pleasure in it. A postscript says he had 
 spoken with the Duke about Queensberry's stay till December to 
 look after his own affairs, which the Duke approved. The Duke 
 had spoken to the King about Queensberry's patent before his 
 coming from Newmarket, who said—" it showld be done sone 
 after his coming hither ; be sure I uill be diligent in it." 
 
 Whythall, November 4 : [16] 84. 
 
 67. I had no lettir from you now of a great uhyll. This 
 morninge I rede to the Dwke the offer of Dumfrese and Wigton, 
 uhich your Lordship sent to Sir Andrew Forrester, uhich he uas 
 extremly pleased uithe, and you may be confident I faell not to 
 giue accounts bothe to the Kinge and him of your great services 
 as th [e]y come to my knowlige. The substance of all uas in your 
 own letter to his Eoyall Highness. Ld. Register urote frequently 
 to me from Edinb. of your Lordship's procedings in your distrike, 
 so mutch beyond all other placess, and of the great advantage it 
 uas to his Majesty's service. 
 
 Now your Grace's patent as Dwk is signed by his Majesty, but I 
 am commanded to kep bothe yours and M. Huntlye's till he goes 
 to Scotland, for the Kinge uill not haue them divolged so long as 
 he is hear. The instructions for the Muster Master caem only 
 by the last post, and shall now be dispatched verry spedily. You 
 ■uill now also quikly know the King's resolutione conserninge 
 the sitinge of our Parlament. 
 
 Whythall, November 11 : [16] 84. 
 
 68. Had received Queensberry's letter of the 2''- from Sanquhar, 
 and was much "joied" he was safely arrived at his own home 
 from such a troublesome and uneasy progress, "uhar your 
 Lordship hes done so great and eminent services to the King." 
 
 "The Dutchess of Monmouthe haueing represented to the 
 King and the Dwke that the Lord Melvill beinge now a denunced 
 rebell, and his es [c] heat falinge to the Kinge, uas apprehensive 
 the moveables might be instantly seased, and so her sister exposed 
 to missery. The King commanded me, in your Lordship's absence, 
 to uryt to the Chancellor by this post, that it uas his pleasur ther 
 showld be an connivance at her kepinge the possesione of, the 
 moveabls untill his Majesty shall declar his furder pleasur." 
 
 Whythall, November 13 : [16] 84. 
 
 69. Moray had used all possible means to know if anything 
 had been said or written to the King or Duke to lessen Queens- 
 berry's eminent services in his district, but could find nothing 
 like it. "I did freely this morninge discours the matter uithe the 
 Dwk. He tould me you had urytin somthinge of it to himself, 
 but assured me ther uas nothinge lyke : iff ather ther had or 
 showld be any sutch thinge he uould tell me. ... I am 
 sure bothe his Majesty and E [oyall] Highness are verre sencible 
 of your Lordship's great service, uhich as I haue occatione I shall 
 not fail to mind them off." 
 
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 Postscript: — " Earle Eocliester uas yisterday in Councill 
 declaerd by his Majesty Lord Lieu*' of Irland, and to goe over 
 to his goverment ther in the Springe." 
 
 Whythall, November 18 : 1684. 
 
 70. " The Marqus of Huntly hes beine moueinge for a signatur 
 in his favors, of the superiorety the late Earle Argyle had of 
 Glenlie and Locharki [r] k in Lochaber. I am order'd by the Dwk 
 to send the signatur to your Lordship, that you may consider it 
 and returne it uithe your oppinion uhat is fitt to be done in that 
 matter, uithe your convenience. Upon the death of Meldrum, 
 the Dwk hes spoke to the Kinge that Earle Aaerly may haue the 
 Troup agaen, since he uas put from it by a trik, and beinge 
 uillinge to graetifie him some uay, could find nothing so con- 
 venient as this. I confes I did urge to haue it otheruayes, but 
 upon thes considerations, could not prevaell. I doe uhat I can, 
 tho' not uhat I uould, for uhyle I Hue you shall find me," &c. 
 
 Postscript: — "The Advocat uill show your Lordship uhat I 
 haue urytin to him conserninge Henderson and Eeed, that uear 
 seased by Coll. Stuthers, uhich I nede not repet." 
 
 Whythall, November 29 : 1684. 
 
 71. My next shall bear ane other titill, of which I uishe you as 
 mutch joye as a fathefuU and triue heart to your service is 
 capable off. The Marqus of Huntly and his Lady paerted from 
 this on ther jurnay to Scotland Thursday last, and this morninge 
 his Koyall Highness, after I had moued to him the sendinge 
 doune of your patents, order'd me to send them by this post to the 
 Chancellor, uhich is accordingly done. 
 
 The flyeinge paket that arryved hear on Wedinsday night and 
 brought the account of that bloody and barbarous murder 
 committed by thes monsters of Eebels on the two Gentilmen of 
 his Majesty's guards, had all the dispatch possible, for uithe the 
 Thursday's post I sent his Majesty's letter of approbation to the 
 CounciU's resolutions upon that exegent, and I houp it uill pleas 
 you. I longe to haue the naems of the officers for Ld. William's 
 Troup, that the letters to the Council and yourself for raesinge it, 
 and the Commissions may be expede, and lykuays the Com- 
 mission for the Tressurer Deput, uhich only uaets for your 
 returne. Lord Granard yisterday kist the King's hand, haueinge 
 reseaved a new marke of his Majesty's favor of beinge made ane 
 Earle of L-land. 
 
 I wonder the Chancellor did not acquent you of uhat I urot to 
 him by the King's command conserning the Ld. Melvil's 
 moveables ; he had that troble allenerly becaus your Lordship 
 uas not upon the place. I am verry mutch joied you uill be at 
 Edinb : befor this coms to hand, specially consideringe how 
 necessary it is for the King's service upon this emergent, 
 occationed by thes bloody and barbarous monster Eebels, uhar 
 your wyse councils uill be so leading and eminent for the good 
 of the Govermenf., 
 
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 Whythall, Desember 2 : [16]84. 
 
 72. By yesterday's letters Moray had learned of Queensberry's 
 safe_ arrival in Edinburgh. The Advocate had informed him of 
 a mistake regarding one Henderson, seized at Newcastle, but set 
 at liberty upon a pass he had from the Advocate. This Henderson 
 was a merchant of Edinburgh, attested to be loyal in practice 
 and principles, and not that Henderson, one of the murderers 
 of the late Archbishop. The King and Duke were made 
 acquainted with the matter by Moray and were quite satisfied. 
 [This letter is the first addressed — "For his Grace The Dwk 
 of Quinsberry, Lord High Theasawrer of Scotland."] 
 
 Whythall, Desember 9th : 1684. 
 
 73. The Duke had received Queensberry's letter and the 
 Secretary his, just as they rose from Council. " As sone as he 
 had rede it, he cald me and sayd you had wrytin to him that 
 E. Kintors commisione for beinge Tressurer Depute might be 
 exped, and that you had tolde him a draught of a Commision 
 uas sent to Sir Andrew Forrester, uithe some amendments 
 proper for his Majesty's service and his." The Duke had 
 ordered him to draw the Commission verbatim as the former 
 one, and to pass it with the gift of pension in the terms 
 Queensberry had sent up. A letter from the Duke to Queensberry 
 on the subject was also sent under Sir Andrew Forrester's cover. 
 
 Whythall, Desember 13 : 1684. 
 
 74. Last night laet I had the honor of yours of the 6th. 
 The Dwk uas late at Cabinit Councill, and this morninge be 
 six a'clok uent to the Fox huntinge, so that I could not possibly 
 haue time eniueghe to speke uithe him ; only he tould me a hint 
 conserninge Claverous. I find him displeased, as he hes good 
 resone, at his caerige, and as freely as the short time would alow 
 me, I tould the ill consequences of the fiery temper of yong men, 
 uho ought to understand themselfs better then to faell so grosly 
 in ther diuety to sutch as the Kinge chifly trusts, and of sutch 
 qualety and interst in the Kingedom, uharof he is verry 
 sencible ; but of this and uhat els your letter contaens, expect 
 a particul [a] r anssuer by the next. 
 
 Whythall, Desember 18 :_ [16] 84. 
 
 75. The Dwke hes yit delayed to giue me his posetive 
 resolutione conserning the lodgings in Holyrudhous. The 
 Dutchess is not to goe, so that he uill nede but littill. He tould 
 me your Grace's showld not be tutchet. As sone as I reseave 
 his orders in this matter, you shall be acquented. By this post 
 I send you, under Sir Andrew Forrester's cover, the Commissione 
 for staetinge the constant Rentall of his Majesty's Reveniw, and 
 a letter to the Councill for reseavinge the Arch Bishope of Glas- 
 gow of ther number. The Dwk is not yit resolved whither to goe 
 by sea or post. Some days agoe, wee had account of the Dwke 
 of Monmo [u] the's beinge returned to Burxels. 
 
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 Whythall, Desember 20% [16] 84. 
 76. " This morninge I acquented the Kmg uith your 
 Grace's aeknowligments for the late honor he did you and your 
 faemely and tould him the kind assurancess you intaell upon 
 your posterety of duiety and obedience to his Majesty's service, 
 uhich he reseaved uithe as mutch kyndness as I can express." 
 
 He had spoken to the Duke for the commission Queensberry 
 desired to Mr. Durie, a Frenchman. It would be exped as soon 
 as it came to hand. He was amazed at General Dalyell's 
 negligence in losing the letter and instructions concerning the 
 Invalid money. 
 
 "Iff any thinge be moued hear for a remission to Boyde of 
 Troghregg, I shall not faell to stop it, and acquent the Secret 
 Commity therof as you desire. 
 
 "As for Earlestowne, the Dwke thinks best to delay any 
 resolution conserninge him till his Highness comes to Scotland, 
 since he is to be ther so sone. 
 
 "The Dwke showed me his letter from the Chancelor, uharin 
 he acquents him of som of thes bloody rebels coming to Fyffe. 
 Ther uill be no noice made of it, and the less the better, for all 
 things of that kynd ar improven by ill poople hear." 
 
 The Duke had not yet decided upon his Lodgings at the Abbey, 
 but Queensberry's would not be touched. They were mistaken 
 who thought the Duke would not go to Scotland. "He is 
 posetively resolved in it, unless some exterordinary thing fall out, 
 uhich is not expected." 
 
 Whythall, Desember 30 : [16] 84. 
 77. I hawe the honor of yours of the SB'' and I doe assure you 
 the Dwk is verry sensible of Claverous caerige in that matter uharin 
 your Grace did so generously and lyk yourself, and exprest to me 
 as mutch as could be sayd to show his disleyke upon that 
 occatione. 
 
 The Kinge has spoke to the Dutch ambassador conserninge 
 that meeting at Gronigin and I houp in some littill time to giue 
 you a good account of the effects of it. Ld. Lundine, my 
 coUeg, beinge in uaeting, hes order to uryte for sutch letters as 
 you haue in Scotland, uhich may witness the truthe of ther 
 impious procedinges. The King's letter and list of thos that ar 
 to be cited befor the Parlament, uas sent doune some posts agoe, 
 and now the remisions for Mr. Alex'''^' Monroe and Spence. 
 I acquented his R. Highnes uithe uhat you urot conserninge 
 Jerviswood's tryell. I houp the post tomorrow uill bringe us 
 account of his sentence and executione. The Provest of Edinb : 
 sent me a short account of Rocheid's beinge turned out, and the 
 malversations that are layed to his charge. I am sure it is good 
 service to the Kinge, and I know him to be a persone that littill 
 deserved to be so long in sutch a trust. I uill, you may be sure, 
 owne any thinge you finde so behooffull for his Majesty's service. 
 
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 , I know E. Middleton will uryt to you conserninge the 
 presept that uas granted to him and me upon the Falconers' 
 fines. I think the Dwk uill inclyne to haue it in gennerall 
 tearms, and wee ar confident your Lordship uill favour us so far 
 as to comply in it. As it stands, it can never be effectuall to us. 
 I am, I acknowlig, the worst Solicitor for myself in the world, 
 but uhat ever is my conserne I shall so far expecte your frend- 
 ship as to lay it over upon yourself. The day after tomorrow is 
 New Year's day, and I doe from my heart uishe you a happy 
 New Year, and many many of them. 
 
 Whythall, January 1 : 168|: 
 
 78. " This gentilman, AUexander TuUoch of Tannache, haueinge 
 served his Majesty uithe the Dwke of Gordon's father, under the 
 Marqus of Montross," and his family having suffered much for 
 their constant adherence to the Crown in the worst of times, 
 Tulloch had applied to his Eoyal Highness for some small mark 
 of his favour by which he might be enabled to live comfortably. 
 The Duke interested himself particularly in the case, and 
 obtained from the King a letter to the Treasurer for ^500 sterling, 
 "to be pyed to him out of the fynes for Church irregulareties, 
 imposed or to be imposed, in the shyres of Morray and Naerne." 
 Recommending him very heartily to the Treasurer's favour, as a 
 gentleman of "in tire loyalty, uharof myself hes bine maney tims 
 ane eye wittness." 
 
 Whythall, January 13 : 168^ 
 
 79. Last post brought me the honor of yours of the 6th. Earle 
 Middleton and I ar mutch oblidged to your Grace's favor and 
 kyndnes to us, uhich, for him I may say as ueall as my self, you 
 can show to non that are more your servants. My coUige seems 
 not to be pleased uithe the proclamatione issiwed for descoveringe 
 sutch as do owne and uill not disowne the traeterous proclamation 
 of ware aganst the King. He says it is changed, and not 
 according to that uhich uas agred upon uhen he uas ther, and 
 by the alteration is no way so usfull for the King's service. Of 
 this I know no mor then what he tels me, but that I am sure 
 your Lordships does things upon sutch deli [bera] tion 
 and resonable considerations, as you, beinge upon the 
 place, know to be most proper and conduceinge for 
 the good of his Majesty's service and Goverment. Pray lett me 
 haue particular accounts of things, that I may be able to giue 
 sutch accounts to the Kinge and Dwke as I ought, and serve you 
 as usfully as I can. This Post brings a letter from the Kinge to 
 Lord Register, warandinge him to giue summonds to Mrs. Bris- 
 bane to cite the Earle of Levine befor the Parlament, to ansswer 
 a process to be intented aganst him at her instance. 
 
 Whythall, January 22 : 168f; 
 
 80. Moray had never doubted but the letter sent down to the 
 Lords of Session in the business between the Duchess and Earl 
 Lauderdale would make a great deal of noise, "for my owne part. 
 
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 I uould not niedill in it, nor be present at the meeting uhaer that 
 matter uas agitat, nor did E [arl] -Middleton so mutch as know of 
 it till I acquented him of uhat I lias informed conserninge it." 
 
 "I "sijoke to the Dwk conserninge Earle Tarras' esteat, as you 
 desired me, and he giues assurance he uill not meddill or resolve 
 any thing about it till he corns to Scotland and haue occatione to 
 speak to your Grace of it." Thanks the Treasurer for ordering 
 the payment of his last Martinmas pension. Sorry for the Duke 
 of Hamilton's indisposition. " I haue sent the coppy of the Dwk's 
 instructions to the Chancelor, but ther uas privat instructions 
 uhich uas only urytm uithe my oun hand and known to non els. 
 I send your Grace the coppy of them inclosed, to maek sutch uss 
 of as you shall sie caus." 
 
 Whythall, January 24 : 168^ 
 81. The Dwk forbid me to reed any part of the Letter I had 
 from your Lordships of the Secret Commity to the Kinge, but the 
 two proposals conserninge the Acte of Indemnety, and the Trade 
 betuixt Scotland and Inglande. I cannot tell you why he did so, 
 or from uhat advice ; but you ar wyse. I thought it fitt you 
 showld know this. I haue urytin to the Chancellor uhat I could 
 say furder in answer to the particulars of the Letter. Pray hast 
 the Acte of Indemnety, the draught of the King's letter to the 
 Parlament, and the Dwk's instructions. When E. Dunbarton 
 corns he will discours to you of all matters uhich ar not so 
 proper to be urytin. 
 
 Whythall, January 29 : 168|. 
 82._ I haue bene verry ill thes 2 or 3 days past, and am yit 
 but littill better, and so verry unfitt to uryt, it trobles me the 
 mor that it fals out so unfortunatly when bussines of sutch im- 
 portans is under consideration. Last night the Dwk caled E. 
 Middleton and Ld. Lundin, and discoursed the matter of the Acte 
 of Indemnety sent up, and desired them to come to me this 
 afternone becaus I uas not able to stire abroad to ajust the 
 draught of it, uhich th[e]y haue accordingly done. Lundin 
 tould me the Dwk inclyned to haue it presently drawn faer, and 
 past the King's hand. I tould him I humbly advysed the 
 contraer, and that it showld be returned to ther Lordships of 
 the Secret Commity, uithe the Dwk's amendementes to be 
 consider'd, and prepaerd by you, uhich is agred to. The claus 
 apaert for exseptinge fyfty is altogither rejected, but in place 
 therof a blank left to fill up sutch persons in as you judge fitt to 
 be accepted. I am not able to say uhat I would on this subjeete 
 at present. It is uithe great paine I haue urytin this short 
 letter. This post uiU bringe you a letter conserninge E. Tarris, 
 and another warandinge the Advocat to proces Sir William Scot 
 and sutch others as you think fitt. Ld. Lundin also red to me 
 the coppy of the. Lords of Sessions letter to the Kinge the morn- 
 nig it caem. He sayd it uas his oppinion the King showld 
 returne it unopen'd. I tould him I differed uithe him in 
 termims, for that uould be ane affront, the lyk uharof uas never 
 
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 done to any of his Majesty's Judicators. It uas ane verry ill 
 taell might not be hard, and mutch more to this purposs, uhich I 
 cannot now uryt. To be short, he past from that inconsiderat 
 motion. I uill giue you account of the matter fully hearafter. 
 Uhat I say to your Grace is only to your self, as uhatever you 
 uryt to me shall only be, and after redinge burninge of letters is 
 most convenient. 
 
 Whythall, February 3 : 168|. 
 83. From the time the flyeinge paket uas dispatched yister- 
 day till eight a'cloke this morninge I never left the Kinge, and 
 shall giue your Grace a short account bothe of the applications 
 and his condition all that time. Yisterday about tuelf a'cloke 
 he begun to recover his speetch a litill and from that time con- 
 tinowed still on the mendinge hand tho' sloely : every four hours 
 he had a purge giuen him of Hyerapikra uhich had all the good 
 eiTects uished for, he vometed four or fife tyms, but about on 
 a'cloke this morninge he had 3 or 4 large stools that so mutch 
 relived his head and refreshed his spirits that from that time 
 he spoke ueall and as sensible as ever. Then uas blisteringe 
 .plasters put to eatch of his legs and thyes, to every arme, his 
 showlders and head ; about fife this .morninge they near taken 
 off and had done ther opperatione extremly ueall, but put his 
 Majesty to a great deall of pain in taking off the skine, uhich 
 reioiced us all extremly that he found the pain so sensibly ; he 
 slept aboue tuo hours togither befor that verry soundly and 
 quietly, and about sevin this morning he begune to talk of the 
 way he took his diseass verry eherfuUy, to the unspekable joy of 
 all present. The Docters then declaered he uas past all hazard 
 and this morninge about ten a'cloke thy driw some blood of 
 him at the jugular vaens. Blessed be God he recovers hourlj', 
 and is in a verry good condition. God Almighty mak all his 
 good subjects thankfuU for so great a delyverans. I confes I 
 am not able to uryt more, beinge ill my self and overuaeked 
 uhich I littill minded in the time. This will certinly 
 alter missurs, but I can say nothinge yit of it. You 
 may haue your owne thoughts and communicat what you 
 think fitt. 
 
 VostscriiJt : — Since uryting this letter the King hes bine agaen 
 blede in the jugular vaens and uithe as good effects as could be 
 uished, and besyds, the blisters in his head and nek haue rune 
 througe his night cape and his verry pillow, so that the Phisitians 
 declaer'd to us this night in Councill that his Majesty uas past all 
 daenger. Ther uill be a day of publicte thanks giuinge for the 
 King's recovery hear, but the day is not yit resolved upon ; so 
 sone as it is your Grace shall be acquented that thelykmay be in 
 Scotland ; wee haue not only resone to giue God thanks upon 
 this day but all the days of our lives. I uas uithe the Kinge 
 after Councill and saw him verry mutch beter then he uas in 
 the morninge and heard him speake cherfully. 
 
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 Whythall, February 6 : 168f . 
 84. I urot nothinge last night by the ordinary post, 
 fearinge, but uithe too great caus, I showld haw occation 
 this night by a flyeinge paket ; his Majesty still grow- 
 inge wors and wors, my affliction owerwhelmed me. I stayed 
 uithe him from 3 in the afternone yisterday till uithin a quarter 
 of 12 a'clok this day, that it pleased God to call him, and change 
 his earthly diadem for a crowne of eternall glory, to the unspek- 
 able grife and astonishment of all his good subjects, and to non 
 more then my sorrowfull self ; but lett us reioice that God hes 
 blest us uithe so excellent a prince as our Gracious Soverange 
 that now is, uho was this afternone proclamed throw the cittie 
 of London, and at Whythall Gate, uithe the accustomed 
 solemnetyes. You uill haue sutch commands as his Majesty 
 thought fitt on this occation from Ld. Lundin, uho is in 
 uaetinge, by this paket. I am not able to uryt mor to your 
 Grace, uhat uithe griefe, toile, and ouerwaeking. 
 
 Whythall, February 10 _: 168|. 
 85. Since my last I spoke to his Majesty to know his pleasur 
 about the Eeniwinge of all Commisions civill and mihtary, and 
 uhither he designed any alteration ; he tould me he uould haue 
 no change, but that new Comisions showld be giwin to all as th [e] y 
 uear established 1)ef or the deathe of his late Majesty of blessed 
 memory, and so gaue me orders for prepaeringe them uhich shall 
 be done uithe all possible diligence. Tho' it uill take a consider- 
 able time to finishe them, I uas at thre hours paens yisterday 
 searchinge all our Eecords for the last Commisione granted to 
 the Lords of Sessione, but could finde nothinge lyk it. I haue 
 urytin to my Lord Chancellor to caus send up a coppye of it as 
 sone as possible uhich I intreat your Grace uill order to be done. 
 
 Yisterday morninge the Kinge caled a Councill, uhaer Prince 
 George of Denmark uas reseaved at the board, and the Councill 
 therafter uaeted on him in a body. Ther uas also a warrand 
 isswed by the King uithe advice of the Councill for coUectinge 
 the customs, tunadge and powndige accordinge to the former 
 presedints in Kinge James and King Charles the First's 
 time. Then his Majesty declaer'd he resolved to call a 
 Parlament to meet hear agaenst the begininge of May, and that 
 he uould giue the necessary orders about it to the Lord Keper. 
 His Majesty's gracious speteh at his first metinge uithe the 
 Councill is now printed, uharof I send you on inclosed. It hes 
 giuen great satisfaction to all and occationed ane vniversall joye 
 in the citty. The printis inclosed uill informe you more 
 particularly. 
 
 Postscript : — Ther is a letter to ther Lordships of the Secret 
 Commity by the King's command, signed by us both, for 
 advice conserning the calinge of a Parliament, uhich I need not 
 repeat since you uill sie it so sudingiy. 
 
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 Whythall, February 12 : 168|. 
 86. " The flyeinge paket dated from Edinb [urgh] on Setirday 
 last at eight a'clok at night came to my hand yisterday at eight 
 in the morning. I uent emediatly to the Kinge and gawe him the 
 two books directed to the late King and himself conserninge the 
 discoverys of the late conspiracy, and it is now reprinting hear 
 by his Majesty's command. I also rede to him your Lordships 
 of the Secret Commity's letter, to uhich he sayd ther uas no 
 returne to be giuen untill an ansswer come from you to uhat Lord 
 Lundin and I urot by last post, by the King's command consern- 
 inge the Parlament. When the bussines of the Acte of Indemnety 
 uas ajusted, I uas verry ill and not able to goe abroad for a uhol 
 week ; but the Kinge desired E. Middleton and Lord Lundin to 
 com to me, uhich th[e]y did." 
 
 There would now be time enough to set it right to Queens- 
 berry's liking, and if he acquainted Moray with his mind and 
 reasons, he would do his best when it came under consideration. 
 
 " As to the Lords of Session's letter it uas never delyver'd to the 
 late Kinge, nor doe I know that ever the originall letter uas 
 opined. Ther hes bine no roume for privat bussines since the 
 late King fell seeke. So sone as it corns to be spokin of, I shall 
 giue your Grace ane account." 
 
 Whythall, February 16 : /86 [1685] . 
 87. The honor of yours I reseaved by the flyeinge paket on 
 Sunday morninge. It is great joye to all loyall good men to 
 hear the acceptable news of our gracious King's beinge proclamed 
 uithe the just and diwtefull acclamations of his good subjects. 
 The Kinge is verry sensible of the good service of the Councill 
 and ther zeall upon this, as ueall as all other occations, to promote 
 the great and just rights of the Crowne. When your commands 
 coms by the express you intend to send up, he shall find all the 
 fathefull indevors in my power to serve you, in servinge our good 
 King. I can not yit tell you uhat may be resolved conserninge 
 the Commisioner to the Parlament. I know non so fitt as your 
 self, and I resolve verry speedily to be free uithe the Kinge upon 
 it, tho' I doubt not ther are indevors used, uhich from severall 
 resons, I haw caus to suspek, and' shall be urytin to you from 
 ane other hand. This is of great import to his Majesty's service; 
 God direete him in it, I shall not faell to doe my paert uithe sub- 
 misione. 
 
 I haue tould your Grace formerly that the Lords of Session's 
 letter conserninge the Duttches and E. Lawderdel's bussines 
 uas never delyverd to the late King, and ther is yit no roume for 
 privat affaers ; so that I judge it may be yit tenor tuelf days 
 befor I can giwe you any resonable account of it. 
 
 As to matters hear, blessed be God, all things relaetinge to his 
 Majesty's service goe verry ueall and calmly on, and I doubt not 
 shall continow so. The officers of the Grine Clothe, the 
 Chamberlin, viz'. — Chamberline, Tressurer, and Controuler of 
 
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 the King's hous ar eontinowed as in the late King's time. The 
 E. Rochester had this day the whyt stafe giwin him as Tressurer 
 of England. The Lord Godolphine is Lord Chamberline to the 
 Quine Consort, and most thinke that the E. of Clarendon will be 
 made Ld. Lwetennant of Irland. No doubt it will be necessar 
 upon this change that your Grace be hear as sone as conveniently 
 you can. I showld be joyed to see it, but that cannot now be 
 expected befor the Parlament is over. This morninge in Councill 
 the Kinge tould he had caled us to let us know that befor the late 
 King's deathe ther uas contracts past on the ferme of the excyss 
 for thre years, that he had caled for the oppinion of the judges 
 iff th [e] y uould be good in law, the Lord Chiffe Justice declaerd in 
 Comae [i] 11 that the wholl jutges (sic) sayd th[e]y would, and that 
 the Kinge would be lyable to make them good ; so a warand uas 
 issiwed by his Majesty or deringe all his good subjects to pay 
 the excyse to the ferms pursuvant to the said contracts. _ The 
 Lords of the Clergy maed ane address by letter to the Kinge, 
 to uhich I have returned them an answer from his Majesty, 
 and in it desired that the Arche Bishop of St. Andrews 
 might be allowed to attend the Kinge, uhich his Majesty hes 
 approwed off. Pray your Grace mind to haue all things exactly 
 prepaerd aganst the metinge of the Parlamint, and that citations 
 be instantly made at the Pire and shore of Lithe aganst all 
 fugetive rebles and absents. E. Arrane aryved last night from 
 France, and I saw him this morninge uithe the Kinge. 
 
 Postscrijjt : — I haue sayd nothinge in my privat letter to you 
 conserninge the caling of our Parlament, since you haue it bothe 
 in our lettar to the Secret Committy and the King's letter to 
 the Councill. I haue had mutch to doe to get tyme to uryt uhat 
 I haw sayd, tho' I know I may haue omited somethings, uhich 
 shall be supplyed by my next. The Kinge tould me he uould uryt 
 to you. I haue sent Sir Andrew Forrester to uaet for his 
 Majisty's letter. 
 
 Whythall, February 19 : 168|. 
 88. To uhat I sayed in my last, I haue littill to ade. Yisterday 
 the Kinge caled the Councill, and befor any bussines uas moved 
 his Majesty towld us that he resolved to advance the Marqus of 
 Halifax to be presedent of the Councill, and E. Clarendon to be 
 Lord Privie Seall, and bothe of them took ther places at the 
 board accordingly ; so that uhat I urot last of any intentions of 
 makinge the letter L'^- L'- of Irland sems now to be layd assyde. 
 The Kinge hes also appointed the Chancellor of Irland and Earle 
 of Granard to be his Justices for the Goverment ther till he 
 declaers his pleasur in the establishing of a Lord Liuettennant. 
 This afternoon the wholl Councill uas turned into a Committy 
 for consideringe of the time and maner of the King's Coronatione. 
 It uill be some time in Aprile, and uithe as littill noice and expence 
 as possible. It uill be Setirday befor thy can come to any reso- 
 lutione upon it, uharof your Grace shall haue account. Ther is 
 nothinge yit sayd of the Commisioner to our Parlament. Sure 
 
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 non is so fitt as your self. The Kinge is so croucled uithe bussines 
 that uee haue mutch to doe to gett a word of him. I longe for 
 my Lord Drumlaengrge ; pray God send him a saef jurnay and 
 happy arryvall hear. 
 
 This morninge L''- President Halifax made a visit to the 
 Tressurer, and th[e]y imbraeed verry kindly, as is sayd. 
 
 Whythall, February 21 : 168|: 
 
 89. The honor of yours of the 16th by the flyeing paket, I 
 had yisterday at noone, and emediatly Lord Lundin and I 
 uaeted on the Kinge, and rede all the letters to him ; and now by 
 his Majesty's command, wee haue sent you a Eeturne signed by 
 us both. I nede not repeat uhat uee haw so fully sayed in our 
 joint letter. The Kinge uas so posetive, that ther uas no roume 
 for arguinge ftirder uithe him. The soner your Lordships sends 
 up your oppinione of all matters the better, since the time of the 
 Parlament's meetinge will be fast drawinge on, and I am sure 
 the Kinge will be in impatient expectation for your advyse. He 
 hes not yit sayed any thinge to me of his resolutione conserninge 
 the Commisioner. In my last I tould you my owne thoughts, 
 and I will freely taek the fittest opportunity to tell his Majesty 
 my owne humble oppinion of it. I haue, as your Grace desired, 
 acquented the Kinge uithe the monny you haw alredy put in the 
 Castill, and so mutch more you intend to put in it befor Witt- 
 sonday, uhaeruithe he is verry ueall saetisfied. I saw Coll. 
 Douglass' letter to Ld. Lundin, uhich uas this morning rede to 
 his Majesty. It is, inded, a verry full and good account of his 
 progress and procedings in that cuntry, and I assure you uee did 
 him the right that his great merite deserves. I long for Earle 
 Drumlaengrig arryvall, but wee expect him not befor Monday or 
 Tiuesday next. 
 
 Whythall, Fabruary 24 : 168^ 
 
 90. Yisterday afternone Earle Drumlaengrige arryved in verry 
 good healthe, thanks to God, and last night kissed his Majesty's 
 hands, and delyverd the Council's letter. This mornninge the 
 Kinge order'd me to acquent him, the E. Middleton, Ld. Lundin, 
 and myself to uaet on him this afternone at 4 a'cloke, uhich wee 
 did accordingely. The Council's letter uas agaen rede, uithe 
 your Lordships of the Secret Commity's, and then his Instruc- 
 tions. The ;^ng's ansswer to the Councill's letter is delayed till 
 he returns, but his Majesty declared his pleasur to every articll 
 of the Instructions, uhich you uill reseave from Ld. Lundin, who 
 is now in uaetinge, and from E. Drumlaengrige a full account 
 therof, uhich I need not repeat. The letter for the Secret 
 Committy and to the Lords of Sessione, approveinge ther Acte of 
 Sederunt as to all summondses and other papers ar order'd to be 
 drawne, and the Kinge desires of new that you uill hast up your 
 advize as to all matters to be done in Parlament, and relaetinge 
 to the Goverment. I cannot this night uryt uhat I would, but 
 Ld. Lundin, uho is in uaetinge, uill giwe you a full account, 
 uhich I must bege pardon to refer you to this night. Just as I 
 
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 am uryting this, E. Sunderland sends me a letter of the Deputy 
 Governor's of Tinmouthe Shels, directed to Lord Dartmouthe, 
 telinge of a persone seased ther, uho is a gentilman and cals 
 himself a Scots man, and uee judge to be Polvart, Torwoodlye, or 
 some other of the Conspirators. The King hes signed a warand 
 for sendinge him to Scotland uithe a guard. I haue urytin of 
 this to Ld. Chancellor, uho uill show the letters, and inform you 
 furder of it. 
 
 Whythall, Fabruary 26 :_ 168|. _ 
 
 E levin at night. 
 91. By the flyeing paket that came this mornings I had the 
 honor of your Grace's of the 22th instant. It uas sevin a'cloke this 
 night befor Ld. Lundin and I could possibly hawe a convenient 
 opportunety of uaetinge on the King to reseave his commands, in 
 returne to yours, uhich is now dispatched uith this flyeinge paket 
 by uhich you will reseave his Majesty's letter calinge your Grace 
 and my Lord Chancellor only to attend him as sone as possibly 
 you can, that he may speake uithe you befor the siting of the 
 Parlament on all matters relaetinge to it and the Goverment. 
 Wee houp you will be reddy to come auay on Wedinsday or 
 Thursday next at furdest, and for your better dispatch E. 
 Drwmlaengrige and Ld. Lundin and I shall speake of sendinge a 
 coatch or coatches to mete you mide uay, or in severall places. 
 I am overjoied to hawe the happines of seeinge you hear so 
 speedily. Uhat I may not say furder, hapily Earle Drumlaen- 
 greg uill. I shall not now need to uryt uhat I formerly intended : 
 it's better spekinge it uhen uee meat, and therfor shall only tutch 
 som fiew things necessary for you to knoAV. 
 
 Nothinge of Tressury matters shall be tutched till you come. 
 As to Lord St. Andrews, you may rest assured the King uill not 
 put him on the Secret Commity, nor will it be in his power to doe 
 any thinge : I say this upon certin grownds. My dear Lord, 
 whyl I live, I doe assure you of a fathefull and fast freind, and 
 you shall finds it intire and uithout reserve. I tould you uho I 
 thought litest to be Commissioner, and only fitt ; and tho' I am 
 tyed for some time to say nothing of it, yit I may say to you 
 from certin knowlige now, that it will be accordinge to my uishe, 
 but no mortall but your self must know the least hint of this till 
 you come hear, not the Chan [c] elor, tho' his brother may hapily 
 say somthing to him. The Parlament may happily be ajurned 
 for a week or ten days at fardsst, if ther be necessety for it. Pray 
 hast hear as sone as possibly you can. All the news I shall tell 
 you is that the Prince of Orrange will be right uithe the Kinge, 
 and uill doe some things to convincs ths world that it is so, but 
 this is only to your self, for the Kinge tould us of it this night 
 only, and not to be maed known. I pray God send you a saef 
 and prosperous jurnay. 
 
 Postscrijyt -.—The Acte of Lidsmnety is delayed till you 
 come up. 
 
 I had severall things mor to say, but time will not allowe. 
 
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 [On April 2 : 1685, Moray wrote to Queensberry in time, 
 
 he hoped, to welcome his safe retm^n to Edinburgh. He 
 
 addressed this letter to the Duke as "^ His Majesties High 
 Commissioner for the Kingdoms of Sco'tland."] 
 
 ^Oiythall, Aprile 4 : 1685. 
 92. This morninge the Earle of Sunderland sent me sever all 
 papers come laetly from Irland, informinge that severall Scotsmen, 
 or rather rebels, uear gone from thens armed to Scotland. I sent 
 for Ld. Lundin, he beinge in uaetinge, and showed them him, 
 and by this post wee haue urytin a joint letter to your Grace and 
 the Secret Commity, in uhich the papers ar inclosed. Upon this 
 he towke occatione to talke uithe me on the properest means 
 for reduceinge theWest Cuntry and places ajacent, and seeuringe 
 the Goverment from ther insolent and treatcherous practises. 
 He urged that the best expedient uas to make all heritors and 
 others lyable to the same punishments uithe the fugetives, that 
 harbored or reseat any of them on ther grownd or lands. In 
 this I di£fer'd uithe him altogether, seeinge I towld him it uear 
 the most unresonable thinge in the world to exposs honest men 
 to the mercy of sutch barbarous villans, who uould be glade of 
 ane opportunety sutch as that uas to exposs loyall men to the 
 forfaltur of ther lyfes and fortuns, uheh, uithout ther knowlige, 
 on fugetives staying a night on ther land could doe it ; and it 
 uear inded a short and compendius uay for sutch villans to 
 saetisfie ther maelice and revenge on loyall subjectes, uhich 
 th [e] y could doe by no other means. I tould him I uas uillinge to 
 recommend the caer of it in gennerall, and leave the particular 
 proposels to your Lordship, who could best doe it on the place, 
 uhich your Grace will find the import of the letter ; but it is 
 really necessar you.thinke on some effectuall means to doe it, 
 seeinge you cannot belive the noice it maks hear, and the 
 advantage the King's enemies maks of it. 
 
 Lunde red me a paert of a letter he had from the Advocat, in 
 uhich he says that Coll. Douglass must command the Armey, 
 and the Arch Bishop of Glasgow the Church, uhich displeases 
 many, and makes great hear [t] burnings ther. I uas amazed to 
 hear sutch languitch in a letter from him, iff I could thinke any 
 thinge a wonder he does. This I thought necessary to let your 
 Grace know, that you may make your owne particular uss of it ; 
 for it is fitt you know men atbottome, that you be not deseaved 
 by empty professions. Upon uhat ground he urot this is best 
 known to himself ; and consider iff it be fitt to lett it be known 
 uhich uay you had this. At present, I rather think you had best 
 observe a litill furder befor you notice it, but doe as in your 
 uisdom you think fitt, for I uill not stand to owne it when you 
 find it fittinge. 
 
 Last night the Kinge tould me that tho' he had put Claverous 
 off the Councill, to show him and others that he would support 
 his ministers, and not suffer any to doe unfit or misbeseminge 
 things, especially to thos uho served under the most eminent 
 
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 characters ; yit he uished that I uould uryt to Claverous and 
 tell him that be makeing acknowligment of his fault to your 
 Grace, he would restor him to his place and favour. I tould 
 his Majesty it uas in my humble oppinion most unfitt ; then 
 he sayd might he not order Earle of Middleton to doe it ; I tould 
 him that uas yit uors, beinge a Secretary of England ; and 
 uhen he heard my resons, th[e]y uould ansswer bothe. I tould 
 him he kniw Claverous to be of a hye, proud and peremtor 
 humor, and iif sutch a letter near urytin to him he uould conclud 
 that uhat the Kinge had done uas not his owne choice, but 
 extorted by importunety, uhich uould certinly blow up his humor 
 to a greater highe of insolence then ever. Besyd that he uould 
 certinly talk of it uithe intoUerable conset and vanety, uhich 
 uould be a greater rub on his Ministers then scraping his name 
 out of the Commision of Councill could be to Claverous. A great 
 deall mor I sayd, uhich I need not treble your Grace uithe ; but 
 at last the King uas convinced I uas in the right, and layd it 
 assyde. I tould him so sone as Claverous made applications to 
 your Grace, and sutch diw acknowligments as uas fitt, I kniw you 
 uould interced to hawe him put on the Councill agaen. This hes 
 bine put in the King's head, but I doe not know by whom. I am 
 under phisik, and had mutch to doe to uryt so mutch. 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 7 : [16] 85. 
 93. Earle of Dunbartone uryts to you by this post ane account 
 of a diseours L'^- Lundin had to him, uhich he tould E. Middle- 
 tone and me. I need not repeat it, since the persone to uhom it 
 was saj^d can giue the exactest account of it. By it you uill see 
 the uay that is takin, and I cannot doubt but thes things may be 
 sayd to the Kinge as ueall as to others : pray your Grace, iff any 
 thinge lyke that past amongst you, lett us know uhat uas sayd on 
 bothe syds : and when you intend to hawe any of your letters 
 showne to the Kinge, wryt tuo, iff you thinke fitt, a privat letter, 
 and the other to be shown. The same persone sayd to me yister- 
 day morning, that he uas sure ther uould be no oppinion given 
 for setling the west cuntry, becaus ther could be non effectuall 
 found out but uhat uas falne upon when he uas in Clidesdell, 
 and that behoved to be broken, becaus it could not be don in 
 Nidesdell, and that D. Ham : L'^- Reg[i]ster, Presed[ent] of the 
 Sessione, Justice Clerke, and all the rest uho near sent to the 
 severall distriks near of his mind, and declaered so to him. I 
 driw blood this morninge, and uithe goeinge to uaet on the 
 Kinge emedeatly after, I uas verry ill all this afternon, but 
 thanks to God, am now better. 
 
 (3.) Lettees from c. April, 1685, to 1 August, 1685. 
 94.— The Earl of Moray's cipher, c. April, 1685. 
 Z. L9: al3: the King 
 Or: c8: qq : D. Quinsberry 
 rh : tp : 15 : St. Andrews 
 fn : a30 : cp5 : Chancelor 
 
49 
 
 100: 
 
 63 : Privie Council 
 
 42: 
 
 d2p : Lord Glasgow 
 
 12: 
 
 emo : Marqus Athol 
 
 14: 
 
 fyo : D. Hamilton 
 
 tf: 
 
 559 : 07 : Ld. Lundin 
 
 hh3 
 
 : oo2 : m6 : Lord Register 
 
 81: 
 
 pa4 : K7 : Earle Drumlaengrig 
 
 49: 
 
 md : L'^ William Douglass 
 
 G: 
 
 204 : sh : Earl Morray 
 
 2: 
 
 6 : Do. : Presedent Sessione 
 
 q: 
 
 9p : 16 : Lord Advocat 
 
 W: 
 
 300 : sa : Earle Tweddall 
 
 x2: 
 
 36 : f3 : Earle Balearis 
 
 Y: 
 
 5D : 324 : Coll. Douglass 
 
 m8: 
 
 ly : Gen. Dalyell 
 
 22: 
 
 pro : 30 : Claverous 
 
 120 
 
 tpx : 18K : Earle Middelton 
 
 aaa: 
 
 d30: 402: Lt. G. Drummond 
 
 78: 
 
 414 : phanatiks 
 
 142 
 
 : ya : 96 : Parlament Scotland 
 
 L05 
 
 : 39 : qqq : Parlament England 
 
 6: 
 
 67 : LLL : Town of Edinburgh 
 
 X: 
 
 7h : Hous of Peeres 
 
 xmo 
 
 : 3a6 : Hous Commons 
 
 800 
 
 : Ld. Keper in England 
 
 802 
 
 : pa5 : L'^- Tressurer of England 
 
 805 
 
 YaL : 7D : L-^- Presedent Halefax 
 
 860 
 
 rrh : Earle Sunderland 
 
 807 
 
 oaq : L**- Privie Seal Clarendon 
 
 809 
 
 taz: L-^- Churchill 
 
 801 
 
 ■ fff : L**- Dartmouthe 
 
 171 
 
 a2 : Bp. Canterberry 
 
 172 
 
 a3: Bp. Elye 
 
 173: 
 
 a4 : Bp. Edinburgh 
 
 289: 
 
 DDD : Earle Arrane. 
 
 237: 
 
 RRR : Earle Dumbartone 
 
 □ : 
 
 il : Troups 
 
 U : 
 
 ohk : Dragowns 
 
 ■b : 
 
 r72 : Companys of Foot 
 
 338: 
 
 eee : Regements 
 
 Brm 
 
 : 7cD : Fynes 
 
 9yo: 
 
 Sap : Forfalturs 
 
 419: 
 
 2/ : Dr Fae 
 
 k9y: 
 
 20D : Earle Kintore 
 
 fla: 
 
 myo : iop : Secret Committy 
 
 675: 
 
 haz : D. Gordon 
 
 zz9: 
 
 3009 : L^- Chaerles Muray 
 
 E. Morray 's Cipher. 
 
 3773 
 
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 [April 1685.] 
 
 95. After a great deall of toill attendinge his Majesty at his 
 corronatione, I uas uithe him at St. Jameses at nyne a'clok 
 this night; and now, after I was abede, he hes sent Mr. 
 Frowd uithe the inclosed Letter for your Grace, uhich 
 he orders me to send by the post. He sayd nothinge to me of it, 
 nor doe I know anythinge of its contents. I am so wea,ry that I 
 am able to say no mor. My college is in uaetinge, iff it be not 
 some f rek of his uhi [c] h he uill not be seen in,- 1 know not uhat 
 it means. 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 13 : [16] 85. 
 
 96. Moray was forced to send the Trumpets' coats along with 
 Mr. Deans, for they could not have been in time by sea, to attend 
 Queensberry on the day of riding the parliament. " This day I 
 houp ther uill be order for expedinge the Lord Eegister's patent. 
 I am to uaet on the Kinge about it this afternone, so by next you 
 shall hawe the certine account of it; long looked for corns at last." 
 
 On the same day was written a letter recommending the Earl 
 of " Beridalbine," which begins thus " This is to recommend the 
 Earle of Beridalbine to your Grace's favorand protectione. I am 
 verry mutch assured of his foruard zeall to serve yow, asueall as of 
 his abiletye to doe it. I belive the Kinge hes urytin to your 
 Grace in his behalf, and hes confidence in his fidelyty in his 
 service : he hes bine ill used by some others, and does not spaer 
 to let them know it." He was confident Breadalbane was his 
 friend, and would be entirely Queensberry's servant. 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 14 : 1685. 
 
 97. May it pleas your Grace, My dear Lord, — I hawe yours 
 by the flyeinge paket last night about elevin acloke, and this day 
 uaeted on the Kinge and gawe him ane account of uhat it brought. 
 I am order'd to draw the 3 Additionall Instructions, uhich shall 
 be sent by next post. The Kinge hes alreddy appointed some of 
 his troups in Irland to lye on that coast that is nearest Scotland : 
 and a yaucht is orderd to goe to Grinoke, and ther to reseawe 
 sutch orders as your Grace and the Councill shall giwe for 
 garding the passage. She hes no men aboard from this, but her 
 comple'"** of seamen for seali[n]ge; but his Majesty says you 
 must put 20 or 30 sojors aboard her, uhich uillbe sufficient for 
 that service. He hes also order'd two troups of Dragowns to lye 
 on the Caerlyle border : and Coll. Struthers hes on troup alreddy 
 in Northumberland to attend the motions of the rascally fugetives. 
 I hawe sent for Zacharias Burne, to be hear uithe me tomorrow 
 morninge, that I may interrogat all he knows of Fergussone or 
 others, for the Kinge says he is confident he can witnes no mor 
 but that Fergusson uas in his and his father's houss ; and iff so, 
 it uear in vaen to send him ; and his Majisty says he is a very 
 ingenous fellow, and uill consell nothinge he knows. Of this you 
 shall hawe a furder account by the next. I am appointed to 
 inquyr at some of the Tressury uhat expenss is giwen to witnesses 
 
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 hear, for the Kinge thinks it is fitt to giue them no mor but a 
 daj'ly allowance, accordinge to the qualety of the person, for ther 
 maentenance, but nothings on account of reward uhich near in ill 
 presedent. Of this you shall haw furder information by next 
 post also. 
 
 L*^- Lundin and L^- Register's patents ar now drawinge : 
 the former is to be Vicount Melfort and L"^- Drummond of 
 Gilston. I am straetned as to L'^' Register's titils, no persone 
 hear hawinge any information conser [ni] nge them : only E [arle] 
 Middleton assures me he desires to be Vicount of Tarbit, and I 
 resolve to leave a blanke for insertinge the titill of his barrony, 
 altho it be thinge I am verry unuilling to doe ; but ther is no 
 help for it, unless it near delyed till a returne caem from Scotland, 
 uhich is no uays to be done. L*^- Lundin's is to be of a day's 
 date befor the other. 
 
 I rede the paert of the letters conserning Coll. Douglas' 
 indefatigable paens and succesfull good service, uithe an audable 
 voice ; and the Kinge is verry ueall saetisfied uithe it. ^ It uas not 
 amiss uhat your Grace sayd in the secret commity, and iff the 
 Advocat took it to himself, he is concious to his owne gilt. I 
 uishe he learns to be mor cautious, for a verry small matter (tho 
 as fals as Hell) may be maed uss of as a handell to serve the ends 
 and humors of some people. The Kinge hes yit sayd nothing 
 to me of uhat you urot to him for putinge the sowldiers on ane 
 other foot. I will taek occatione to introduce that discours, and 
 press from my self, as far as I can, that he may appoint some 
 indifferent persone to see the conditione of the armie, and uhat 
 new troops may be necessary to be raesed, and your Grace may 
 be assured this matter shall goe no furder but betuixt the Kinge 
 and me. I wonder of Claverous insolence that maks no applica- 
 tione to your Grace. I houp and I am confident the Kinge will 
 not notice him till he doe it, and by your intercessione, and 
 iff he hes not got advice to the cpntraer, I am perswaded he 
 hadde it befor now. The Fallconers remissions near sent doune 
 some posts agoe. I shall be as caerfuU as I can to keep the Kinge 
 from disposinge any of the fynes of forfaulters till the Parlament 
 be over. Pray tell me uho is it that would deale for Grant and 
 thos in Morray. It can be non but Dwk Gordon, as I think, and, 
 I doubt, he will not find it sutable to his interest to medill in it, 
 or proper for the Kinges service. Sir Philip Howard hes bine 
 uithe me severale times, and long extremly to know uhat number 
 he uill gett of men out of Scotland, to caery uithe him to the 
 Plantatione. You can never haw so good ane opportunety to 
 empty the prisons and be rede of thos vermine. His ship he 
 uould send to Leithe to reseave them, lyes now in the River, and 
 is a good veshil of thirty guns. He desings to victuall her at 
 Lethe, accordinge to the number of poople he reseaves. I besitch 
 your Grace that, uithe all possible speed, you may lett me know 
 how many he may assuredly expecte, fpr a disapointment uould 
 prove extremly to his disadvantage, and iff this opportunety be 
 lost, God knows uhen so good a on may offer. 
 
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 I must, to conclud this letter, tell you some discours that 
 ^■JJa^" had this morning to ^-^^^r^ Th[e]y sayd that ^o?' caeried now 
 mutch higher then ever Dwk Lawd [erdale] did, and pretended to 
 be more absolut then ever he uas : that it uas the purs that 
 driw the dependens, uhich Dwk Leda" ueall understood, and 
 therfor took the white stafe from Dwk Eothes, and uas rather 
 content he showld be Commisioner then TresBurer. Sh (E. M.) 
 answerd so home, that the other insisted no furder, and uas angry 
 uithe himself for doeinge so, it being probable he might hawe got 
 mor of that strife iff he had bine mor (sic) spaeringe. ^- G. '^• 
 maks no question bute sutch discours may be used to others, but 
 can not yet tell. Ather ^™*'° thinks themselfs sure to caery all 
 befor them, or ther braens ar not solide ; ther is not a thrid. 
 Your Grace will mak your owne wise use of thes things. I haw 
 now trobled you with a great deall of scriblinge, and since you 
 know the hand, shall not hensforuard need to signe my letters. 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 16 : 1685. 
 98. The Kinge yisterday caled me to his closset, and showed 
 me your letter to him, and uhat your Grace proposes anent the 
 Act raetefieing all former Laws for the securety of the Protestant 
 religione. Wee discoursed the matter a great whyl, and I con- 
 vinced him how necessar it uas that the Protestant religione showld 
 .be exprest in the Acte, uhich is not in that of King Charles the 
 First's, uhich uas agredupon when your Grace uas hear. At last 
 he resolved that the Acte showld be in the verry words of that 
 uhich past uhen himself uas Commisioner, exceptinge these 
 words, (and all acts aganst Popery, uhich ar to be left out), for he 
 says that might giwe aime to the Parlament hear, and be of bad 
 consequenss. This he is posetive in, which his owne letter he 
 wryts to yourself uill tell yow : he rede it to me befor wee paerted. 
 And since he will haue thes uords left out, it uill be fitt to draw a 
 new Acte in thos terms, uithout consideringe any of the former 
 as a presedent, to avoied deliaet and prevent misunderstandings. 
 
 I hawe spokin to the Kinge very seriously that he uould not be 
 prevaeld upon to medill uithe the fynes or forfaulturs till the 
 Parlament be over, and your Grace attend him, wharof he hes 
 giwen me full assurance. I hawe also spoke to him of sendinge 
 some indifferent person to see the conditione of the armie, and to 
 consider what new troops uill be necessare : he seemed not to 
 understand your meaninge throwgly in that point, and uhat near 
 the_ person or persons you thought wowld be fitest to be imployed 
 in it : so he sayd he uould hawe his thoughts furder of it, and 
 when Easter uas over, would talk uithe me more of it. Your Grace 
 uould be mor particular uithe me in that proposall bothe as to 
 the persone and method, that I may understand your minde, 
 and I shall doe my paert as weall as I can. 
 
 I also spoke to him for Gosford, that he would end that 
 bussines, and, sure I am, I convinced him it uould be ane 
 advantag to Turner, as weall as his owne service. He assured 
 me he uould doe it, but sayd his devotione days must be 
 
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 first over. I hawe sent down by this post Lord Viscount Tarbit's 
 patent, and the Commisione for the Ex[c]hequer, uhich I past of 
 new, and made Lundin, now Viscount Melfort, countersigne it, 
 becaus it uas to be of the date in uhich it past in his last 
 uaetinge. Mr. Durm's commision and letter to your Grace for 
 his pay, uithe the warrands for the hoboies to reg[i]ment of 
 Guards, I also send by this post. I minde nothinge els I hawe 
 to say by this post. 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 18 : 1685. 
 99. This morning I spoke to the Kmge that ane order might 
 be sent to the Lords Justices of Irland to send Cambell, alias 
 
 Boltfoot and Mongomery of Langshaw, uithe all possible ex- 
 
 peditione to Scotland, prisoners. And this night the Earle of 
 Sunderland is orderd to uryt about it ; but uithal I desired, in 
 regard that Langshaw is not yet in custody, as the other is, that 
 the former might be presently sent, and the other so sone as 
 possibley he can be apprehended. Ther uas divers orders for this 
 purpos giwen to the Dwke of Ormond befor, but still neglected, 
 and he says theresone uas, that heurot to my Lord Chancellor to 
 know to uhat place he showld send him, but had no ansswer. Since 
 my last E. Middletone tels me that Stuart of Causende is escaped 
 by the knavery, or at least neglegence, of the messinger, but he 
 will be caled to ane strikt account for it. 
 
 This day Sir Philip Howard uas uithe me, and presents his 
 humble service and duity to your Grace, and desires me to tell 
 you he uill, by a gentilman he is to send to you in a flow days, 
 mak his acknowlegment for all your civiletys. I refer your Grace 
 to Sir Andrew Forrester's information of the particulars of that 
 affaer. 
 
 Postscript : — Claverous lirot a letter to Earle Middletone, and 
 another to me, desiringe us to move the King that he might hawe 
 leave to come up. Wee compaerd nots ; but thes uear only for 
 the fashione, uhich we could easily observe when we considerd 
 the straen of both. The chife on uas to 569, and fearing he 
 uould be first tabled, it uas resolved I showld goe emediatly to the 
 Kinge, and speke to him about it, uhich I did. I fownd he had 
 bine dealt with in the matter, by his uay of anssweringe me at 
 first, and therefor I resolved to speak home. I tould him I uas 
 so far from Claverous freind, that, for his owne sake, I beged his 
 Majesty by no means to allow of his coming up : But, mutch 
 more uas I bound in duity to represent to him, the hurt and preju- 
 dize it would be to his owne service, as weall as the injury it 
 would be to your Grace, who served him so fathefully in sutch 
 ane emenent statione. That his Majesty beinge sensible of his 
 great miscaeridge had put him off the Councill as a marke of his 
 displeasur, yit notuithestanding therof, he had hitherto made no 
 applicatione to your Grace, uhich I houped his Majesty looked 
 upon as a high agravation of his former insolence, and deserved 
 furder punishment rather then any thing of favour. That he 
 kniw his temper, and that his being hear could only serve to make 
 
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 noice, creat troble to his Majesty, and by his humor exposs 
 himself-; and mutch mor to this purposs. Upon uhich 
 the King sayd, I uas in the right, and so commanded me to urit 
 this ansswer to him, wharof I hawe urytin a coppy in the end of 
 this paper, that you may know uhat I haw sayd, and make 
 sutch uss of it as your Grace thinks fitt. Sur I am 07 is mutch 
 disappointed. I had severall other things to uryt of, but must 
 defer them till next post. 
 
 Coppy of my Letter to Claveeous. 
 
 Sir, I had yours of the ij, and acquented the King uithe your 
 desire of haueing leaw to com up : and am commanded to returne 
 you this ansswer — That, when you haw made your applicatione to 
 his Commisioner, and by his favorable representations is restored 
 to your place in Cowncill, his Majestie will allow you to com up, 
 but by no means befor that time. 
 
 Now, I shall say from my self, as your freind -and wealwisher, 
 that I am sorry you haw not befor this time addresed your self 
 to the Commisioner, who, I daer confidently say, would very 
 genorusly reseave it, and recommend you- respectfully to his 
 Majestie. It is from verry kynd inclinations touards you that I 
 taek this fredome, and doe me the justice to beleve. 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 20 : 1685. 
 On in the morning. 
 100. The flyeing paket caem this morning about 9 a cloke', 
 just as the Kinge uent to chapile ; and as he came from 
 it, betuixt tuelfe and on, I uaeted on him ; but beinge then 
 goinge to dinner he appointed Ld. Lundin and me to uaet 
 on him at fyffe a clok at night, uhich uee did accordingly, Lord 
 Lundin comeing then in uaeting. The letter from the Secret 
 Commity, and the Acts apaert near rede : then my college 
 begune to debaet on every on of them, and bothe of us beinge 
 alike uarme upon the matter, he sayd uhat he desired uas no 
 mor but that the acts might rune according to the Instructions 
 signed by his Majesty, and agred upon by all of us uhen you near 
 hear. This uyed uithe the Kinge, and he sayed th [e] y ought to be 
 agreable to the Instructions, uhich occationed the observes and 
 additionall amendements, you uill perseave on the margine and 
 bottom of sutch of them as near not found agreable to the 
 Instructions. As to the Acte conserninge religion, I tould him 
 that uhat now you had sent uas the same in matter and senss 
 uithe that he past himself, levinge out the words uharof I 
 acquented you in my former, and contaend in the King's owne 
 letter to your Grace. Uithall I tould him this flyeing paket caem 
 auay befor you reseaved his Majesty's last orders conserninge 
 that Acte, uhich I uas sure you uould punctually observe. So the 
 King concluded he uould haw that act in the express words of 
 that past when himself uas Commisioner, leavinge, out the 
 raetefieing of all laws agaenst Popry, as it is exprest on the 
 bottom of the Acte sent up and now returned. I see ther uill be 
 
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 debate on every uord that corns to us, and uhen he is pinshed in 
 point of reson, he cryes I uas not upon the place to 
 see the good effects of uhat uas done in the districte at 
 Clidesdeall, uhich iff not yet followed, he doubts ther will not 
 be any other schem fownd to doe the worke effectually. He says 
 your Grace hes in a maner accused him in the Secret Commity ; 
 pray, your Grace, carry as calm and covertly as possible till you 
 be hear. A 30 : informs 07 : of all thats sayd or done, and tho 
 cp 5 : seems to joyne uithe m y o, yet Sh doubts not but other 
 oppinions ar sent hear. You must be uarry of letinge any know 
 whence you haw informations, till the fitt tjm at least, or els you 
 uill spoile all. The Kinge showed us that paert of your letter 
 tellinge of your resolution to bring doun some Hylanders, and the 
 Chancellor's also bearing the same, but ther uas nothing of it in 
 the letter to us. But in your Grace's to me you gawe a hint of it. 
 I toulde the Kinge it was ane excellent expedient, and I uas con- 
 fident uould be found the most usfuU remedy hes yit bene falne 
 upon, and the King uas of that minde ; but, it uas agaen sayd, 
 uhy uas not a schem sent, fur that could be but a paert of it. I 
 sayd that yow hawing now falne upon so good ane expedient, no 
 other schem could be falne upon untill you showld see the success 
 of this, for as circumstansis occured, it uould certinly alter 
 messurs. I might uryt a quaer of paper on thes altercatione, 
 but I haw sayd to mutch to troble you alreddy. I tould the 
 Secret Comity near persons of so eminent parts and so under- 
 standing bothe in the Laws and interests of the kindome, that 
 the Kinge could loge the trust and managment of his goverment 
 saefly no uhar els ; and ther adyises, uhen followed, uould 
 certinly haw the best effects, beinge upon the place uhaer every 
 day might produce somethinge as a grownd to alter former 
 messurs. I cannot possibly uryt to the Eegister till next Tewsday's 
 post, it being now on in the morninge and overtoild all day uithe 
 uaeting, speking and urytinge : your Grace will mak my excuss till 
 then. 
 
 I am glaed of the account you giwe me of the storry E. Dun- 
 barton urott to you, as I shall be able now to say uhat is fa [Ise] 
 in it. Uhat you say to me on your resolution of correspondinge 
 uith 07, you may be sur shall goe no farder then my own breast. 
 The letter urytin now to the Secret Commity, beinge drawn by 
 the other now in uaetinge, ther are things in it uee could not hit 
 right upon. But iff I had not signed it so, it might haw 
 kept this returne for a week to come, for ought I know ; 
 but it is not fitt this be known to any but your self. 
 Ther hes yit nothinge bene sayd to me of Bonnokburne, about 
 the brekinge upe of L*- G. Drummond's letter, nor uill I tak 
 notice of it till it be noticed to me, for I am confident it is a 
 mistake, for Bonnokburne is known to be ane honest man. As 
 to Mr. Dunbar, I shall haw an eye upon him uhen he corns, and 
 indevor to stop his medling in thes maters, at least that he may 
 not be successfull. For the bussines of the armie, I am confident 
 it is as bad as your Grace speaks of it. Uhat you advise shall be 
 
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 represented and urged uithe all the zeall imaginable, but, I doubt, 
 uhen your self corns hear, it uill be best made effectuall. By last 
 night's post, I urot to you all I haw to say conserning Claverous, 
 uhich uill come to your hands as sone, iff not soner, then this 
 flyeing paket. I am uearied out, therfor forgiue me to continow 
 some other matters I haw to uryt of till next post. 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 21 : 1685. 
 101. Yesterday Mr. Chidly showed me a letter he had from 
 Amsterdam, informing that ther uas thre small veshils fittinge out 
 ther by a Scots factor, and the Masters all Scots men, and th[e]y 
 confidently belived th[e]y wear designed to caerry armes and pro- 
 visions to the uest of Scotland. Th[e]y giue out th[e]y intend 
 for the East Cuntrys; but iff for Scotland, it is the effecteof thelaet 
 meetings the outlaws had about a fortnight agoe at Eoterdam. I 
 need not be mor particular as to the names of the Factor and 
 Masters, for Lord Lundin uill doe that, beinge in uaeting, in the 
 account he is to giue of it to the Secret Commity. The Instruction 
 conserninge Manufactoris goes by this post. Nothinge fals better 
 out then the Hylanders cominge doune at this time. Iff the 
 desinge of thes ships be as our informatione af&rms, your Grace 
 will taek caer that the coasts be strikly observed and attended, 
 and all other means used to prevent any inconvenienss from this 
 helishe projecte : ther cannot be to mutch caer or forsight in sutch 
 
 cases. 
 
 This morninge Earle Dunbarton tels me that L''- Lundin uas 
 sayinge to him that your Grace caeried higher to the nobilety 
 then ever any Commisioner did befor, that you kept on 
 your hat in the church, and a great deall of sutch pittifull stufe 
 not uorthy ather of urytinge or noticeing. But the end and 
 desinge of ventinge sutch things is only to be looked to : he uill 
 himself probably giwe you some account of it. I uould not giw 
 you the troble of urytinge sutch mean things, but that it may be 
 fitt you know them. Ther is ane other thing Sir Andretv 
 Forrester tould me, that a petitione uas sent to L*^- Lundin, 
 from on Captin Caernes conserninge some arriers diw to him, and 
 when he reseaued it, he threw it upon the table and sayd, I daer 
 not medill in thes things, it uill be made a quarell of yet, ther 
 may be storys made of it. Let me intreat your Grace, even 
 becaus that man had a ruffell uithe your brother, to doe as mutch 
 in his pretentions as any others uhich I am sure you uill doe, and 
 make foule mouthed talkers appire in ther owne triw shape. 
 I haw nather acquentans nor knowlege of the man, but my zeall 
 for you ; therfor pardon me uliat I uryt at any time in kinde 
 freedom. 
 
 I finde the Bp- of Edinburghe extremly sensible of your 
 Grace's goodnes and favor to him. I am sure he uill be a triw, 
 fathefuU and usfull servant to you. Uhen you com up, I uishe 
 withe all my heart he may be hear for on. Ther hes bine mutch 
 paens takin by 07 and his brother upon the clergy hear, to 
 strenthen ther conserns : no persone can be fitter then he to serv 
 
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 you uithe them hear ; and you uill, uhen you consider of it, finde 
 it u [o] rthy of your thoughts : and in the laste place, giue me 
 leaue to pay my humble thanks to' your Grace for your favor to 
 him. Besitch you lett not 07, or his br. make any frendship 
 uith D''- H., but kepe him iff possible, as he ought to be uithe 
 you. Your Grace sees my fredom. I am in the same bottome 
 uithe you in his Majesty's service, and resolves to sink and swim 
 uithe you, uhich I houp uill excuss me, iff I goe too forwardly in 
 my zeall. E. Middleton and I hawe resolved, seperatly first, and 
 then together, to spek uithe the Kinge throughly. Pray uhen 
 you uryt any letter you uould haw me show the Kinge, uryt a note 
 a paert, uhich may contaen any thinge els you uould say to me, 
 and it uill be fitt you doe uryt sutch letters some tims, that may • 
 giw me the better ryson to spek sutch things as you would haw 
 me press upon him. 07 uill ather be on the top of the whill or 
 thrown from it, the letter, I am sure, is most resonable. So, 
 my dearest Lord, adiw. 
 
 Pray, kepe to your self uhat I uryt, and throw my letter, after 
 reding, in the fyre, as I doe yours. 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 25 : 1685. 
 102. This weeak past, I haw bine bearing in upon the King 
 the neeessety of sending some fitt persone to rivue the armey, to 
 giw him ane exacte account of the conditione it is in ; but, till last 
 night could not bringe him to any resolutione in it. And haw- 
 ing then prevaeld uithe him to send doune the Earle of Dunbarton- 
 for that purpos, I desired he uould consider if it might not be 
 necessary, upon the informationes wee hawe from Holland of 
 Cleland's goeinge for Scotland uithe thes ships, uharof you had 
 ane account befor, and probably Argyle, or some other considerable 
 persone of the rebellious criw in Holland, to giwe Earle Dunbarton 
 a eommisione, alonge uithe him, to command in chiff, in cace of 
 any invasione or rebellione, uhich might hapine ; and, iff non fall 
 out, he is not to make uss of it. In order to this, he appointed 
 me to acquent Earle Middltone and Lord Melfort to uaet on him 
 this morninge at nyne acloke, uhich uee did accordingly. Upon 
 discoursinge of all matters, his Majesty caem to thes resolutions, 
 — 1. that Earle Dunbartone showld goe to Scotland, as sone as 
 possible, to giue him ane account of the conditione of the armie, 
 and to caery uithe him sutch a eommisione as I haw alreddy 
 mentioned : next, that Bekman be presently sent doun for buldinge 
 the fort at the Bridge of Sterlinge. The Kinge is to speke to 
 Lord Dartmouth this afternone, to hastin his dispatch. 
 
 The Yaucht is also order'd to be sent auay furthuithe that is to 
 cruse betwixt Scotland and Irland. Orders ar giuen to the two 
 troups of Dragowns that ar to lye at Carlyle for securety of the 
 Borders on that syde. And the Liwetennant Governor of Carlyll 
 is the persone appointed to reseave and ansswer all sutch advyses 
 as shall be sent to him from your Grace, and the Councill in Scot- 
 land, and Coll. Struthers on the Northumberland syde. It is 
 resolved that Hyland clans be sent in upon Argyll shyre, in cace 
 
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 of any invasione or rebellione ther, for the King uill hawe his 
 owne standinge forces to attend the West Cuntry. L'^' 
 Melfort, being in uaetinge, is to make reddy the dispatches 
 uhich are to be sent this night. He prest extremly 
 that L*- Gennerall Drummond might be imployed to com- 
 mand the Hyelanders, but ther near arguments used aganst 
 his proposall uhich uayed so mutch withe the Kinge that he uould 
 not listine to it : besyds that, I tould him that could not be ajusted 
 hear, but left to your Grace and thos upon the place of the Secret 
 Commity, uho uear only proper for it, uhich his Majesty approved 
 of as absolutly necessar for his service. This, and E. Dun- 
 barton's beinge sent doune, is a mortificatione to 07. The King 
 hes now also appointed Gosford's Commision to be Major of the 
 Kegiment of Dragowns to be exped, and, it is to lye in your 
 Grace's hands, untill Gosford secure Sir James Turner in on 
 hundred ponds sterling yearly, to be pyed to him duringe his lyfe. 
 He hes also appointed a commisione for a new company of foot to 
 be levied for Captain Barclay, and he is to haw the command of 
 the fort at Sterling Bridge ; and ana commisione to Major 
 Windeham to be Captin of the troup of Dragowns, lately Captine 
 Ingluss. The informations the Kinge hes got from Holland of 
 the rebellious desings of the utlaws ther, to raes a rebellione in 
 Scotland, hes moved the Kinge to delay the acte conserninge the 
 Militia, and the rather since he can hearafter, iff it be fownd 
 convenient for his service, by a proclamatione, continow the 
 rendevouses as he thinks fitt ; and he is aluays of oppinion that 
 uhat he can doe by his prerogative is not to be brought in to the 
 Parlament. A letter from him uill come by this post to your 
 Grace to this purpos. 
 
 I had, two posts agoe, a letter from my Lord Chancellor, uhich 
 I haw sent you enclosed, uithe a coppy of my anssuer ; for it is 
 fitt your Grace know it. I shall say nothing of it, but leaw to 
 your self to judge of it. He seems to be in ill humor, but I am 
 littill conserned. I kniw nothinge of uhat the letter contaend 
 I sent your Grace by last post from his Majesty, till last night, 
 that he tould it me, and that he had urytin it upon the letters he 
 reseaved from Holland after I paerted uithe him. I besitch your 
 Grace to return me the Chancellor's principall letter. 
 
 CoppY OF MY Letter to the Chancellor. 
 
 Aprile 25 : 1685. 
 
 In your last of the 16th, you tell me that my Lord Com- 
 misioner acquented the Secret Commity uith somuhat he tould 
 uas sayd by your brother, uhich he interpreted as ane accusatione 
 of his Grace, and of uhich he sayd he uould be publictly 
 vindicated, and that after you uas gone he gaue me for his author. 
 
 This is sutch a gennerall, as I know not uhat ansswer to make 
 to it, otheruays then to desire your Lordship to informe me uhat 
 the matter is in particular, and then I shall not faell of returning 
 you an particular ansswer. 
 
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 I must crave leave to say that my uay of livings can giwe no 
 just grownd of suspitione to any body. I doe not dissemble my 
 oppinion, and it is, and shall ever be, uith as mutch zeall for my 
 master's service as any man's livinge. I haw ever desired and 
 designed a good understanding amongst all his Majesty's servants, 
 and so far as I could, to preserve vnity and frendshipe amongst 
 them, and when it fals out to be otheruays, I do heartily regrait 
 it, — BO far am I from incurridging any things of that naetur. 
 And iflf every body be as calme and equall in ther speking, uryting, 
 and acting, as I indevor to be, the noice of discord uill be 
 littill heard amongst us. 
 
 Whythall, April 25 : [16] 85. 
 
 103. "In my oth[e]r letter, I forgot to tell you that 
 uhat I urot conserninge Earle Dumbarton is to be secret and 
 to yourself alone, especially that conserninge his commision, 
 uhich the King resolves shall be made known to non, unles ther 
 fall out an necessity for him to make uss of it 
 
 " The Kinge resolves to send doune Lochiell that he may be in 
 a rediness to assist in cace ther showld be uss for his service." 
 Lord Melfort had moved the King that since the Master of Saltone 
 was to have a new commission, and that he bought his company, 
 that it might be given to the Earl of Eglinton's brother, who 
 would give him back his money. The King was likely to agree 
 to this, though he was extremely against selling military 
 " imployments." 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 28: [16] 85. 
 
 104. There had been a talk as if Claverhouse had been in town ; 
 but Lord Melfort told him that morning that he had a letter from 
 Claverhouse yesterday, and there was no such thing as his 
 coming from Scotland at all. "E. Dunbarton askt me iff I had 
 heard any things of your brother, Coll. Douglas, beinge wounded 
 in some privat quarill. I tould him, no ; and I uas sure it uas as 
 fals as hell. When you see him inquire and he will tell your 
 Grace from whom he had it." 
 
 Whythall, Aprile 30 : 1685. 
 
 105. Moray had received Queensberry's letter of the 25th 
 by the flying packet which came yesterday morning, "and 
 about ten acloke L"*' Melfort and I uaeted on his Majesty and 
 rede to him the Secret Commity's letter, together uithe the 
 Addreses of the Koyall Burrous to the Kinge and your Grace, 
 uhaeruithe he uas verry ueall saetisfied. The Kinge hes your 
 speetch, uhich he promises to be caerfuU of, and to delyver bake 
 to me, becaus it must be printed as sone as the Parlament'a 
 ansswer coms to the King's gracious letter. The address from 
 the Burrous will be in ths next Gazet, L'^'- Melfort delyver'd 
 the Vicount Tarbat's letter to the Kinge : he rede it, and sayd it 
 uas only a complement." An Instruction was sent by that post 
 for maintaining the Bishops' privilege in speaking and voting in 
 trials of criminals before Parliament. " Uhen I spoke to the 
 
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 King about this, I remembered him how mutch Shaftberry and 
 that party hear indevored to seclud the Bp- from that privelege, 
 to uaekin the interest of the Crowne ; uharof he uas verry sensi- 
 ble and remember d it ueall." 
 
 He had not yet heard of any thing Lord Melfort was doing 
 towards the dispatch of the last letter from the Secret Committee. 
 " It seems he intends, iff at all, to doe it himself, for I hawe not 
 so mutch as sane the letter since it uas rede to the Kinge. To 
 help this, in tyme cominge, uhen any thinge of importance is 
 urytin for in my Collegs uaetinge, pray lett a coppye of the 
 Secret Commity's letter be sent to me, and then I can move, 
 if he does not 
 
 " In my last I forgot to tell you that the Kinge hes sent a 
 small frigat and a yaught to erwse on the cost of Holland, to 
 uaet for the ships that ar fitinge out ther ; but this must be 
 keept verry secret and is only to your self, for showld it task winge 
 it would defeat the desinge." 
 
 He had formerly acquainted his Grace with the conference he 
 had with Zachary Burne, and that he would clearly prove against 
 Ferguson. He had that morning procured an order for a yacht 
 to carry Burne and Shepherd to Scotland, and he had ordered it 
 so as the yacht should sail upon Saturday or Sunday, since 
 it was necessary they should be there before the 12th of May. 
 
 " I haw bine urginge this four and tuenty hours a tyme to 
 spek uithe the King of Claverous and other things, but he is so 
 takin up now befor the sitinge of the Parlament hear, that its a 
 hard matter to gett time ; but I houp I shall verry shortly, and 
 then your Grace shall haue a better account of all. I whisperd 
 in his ear this morninge, as he uent into his closet uithe the 
 Tressurer, that he would not be prevaeld uithe to doe any thinge 
 relaetinge to Claverous till I spoke uithe him, uhich I haue 
 resone to expecte he uill not." 
 
 He had the King's assurance that he would not dispose of the 
 fines and forfeitures, but would be watchful. Sir Philip Howard 
 had sent Mr. Ewen to wait on his Grace about the dispatch of 
 the prisoners. " The Kinge uas verry ueall pleased uithe the 
 account giwen him anent the Acte about religione." The account 
 of the riding of the Parliament was to be put in the Gazette. 
 Yesterday Earl Sunderland assured Moray he had written to the 
 Justices to seize Montgomery of Langshaw. He would urge that 
 the scheme Lord Melfort was always pressing should be sent down 
 to be considered by Parliament, Council, or Secret Committee ; "and 
 then, I houp, sutch a returne shall be sent as may put out of doors 
 any furder noice about that mater. As to the bringinge doun 
 of the Hyelanders, you uill find by my former letters, as ueall as 
 this, that the King approves ueall of it, and himselfe sayd to me, 
 that at this iunctur, iff any caem from Holland uithe designe to 
 raes a rebellion, ther uas no uay lyke to puringe in the 
 Hyelanders upon them." He was amazed what could be the 
 Duke of Hamilton's design of opposing his being in Parliament 
 
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 as secretary. "Ought not the Secretary to injoy the place diu 
 to his office ? I pretend to it on no other account, and I uill 
 not uillingly loss a titill of it in my time, lett others doe uhat 
 th[e]y pleas that corns after." Sends copy of letter from the 
 Lord Justices in Ireland to the Earl of Sunderland, with the 
 depositions of witnesses, containing " a furder informatione 
 of the rogs that uent to Scotland from the Hand of Magee in 
 Irland." By the letter, he would see the rebels had encourage- 
 ment " from some verry extrordinary thing th[e]y expect to fall 
 out in Scotland. Your Grace will hawe uatchfull eyes to observe 
 ther motions, and prowied aganst the villanus practises of thes 
 inhumane barbarous rebels." 
 
 Whythall, May 2 : 1685. 
 106. Yisterday morning I had a verry free confer ens uithe Z 
 and first, conserning 30 : he sayd he had applyed to r : fn 
 being present, and yit q q : had sayd nothinge to him of it : Sh 
 sayd uhat appUcation uas made uas as bade, and rather uors, then 
 he had forborne it : and pro: hauinge done a fault uhich L 9 
 thought fitt to punishe uithe a marke of displeasur, some signall 
 acknowlegment uas fitt, uhich it seemed his humor uould not 
 submit to. A 13 walked up and doune a great uhyll silent, and 
 then sayd he uould consider of it. Then G. tould him he fownd 
 that OTspok verry malicous things of r, and iff any thinge uas 
 sudgested to him conserning q q : 204 houped he uould giue no 
 ear to it, since pik and humor uas apparent to all persons he 
 conversed uithe agaenst c 8 : G. sayd he had nothing of this from 
 r, but his oune observation, uharef he uas oblidged to giue him 
 notice. A great deall past uhich is not fitt to be urytin, and 120 
 haweing since compaered nots uithe G., uee find that uhat past 
 betuixt 18 K and Z : uas the same that Sh : meet uith. It is our 
 joint oppinion to urge littill till r : sees Z : for L 9 says posetively 
 that 07 hes yit sayd nothinge of that to him. 
 
 120 and 204 hawe consider'd the matter of q q upcominge after 
 96 is over, and do conclud, iff r had Z posetive leave to come 
 befor his going from this, that nothing showld be moued of it 
 furder, but that he showld com ; but ifl" not, uharof we desire to 
 be speedily informed, then it uill be fitt for q q to uryt a letter to 
 that purposs to A 13, uhich 120 and 204 uill delyver and second. 
 It uas never yit heard of but the person uho served the Kinge in 
 that capasety did come, and giwe account of his service, and reseave 
 approbation in his owne person. . . Gosforde is not yit come, and 
 120 and 204 houp by him to hear mor particularly from q q, and 
 accordinge as wee ar informed and reseave advyse, uhich we shall 
 not faell to doe our paerts. It uill be the middle of next week 
 befor Earle Dunbartone can paert from this. The Kinge is 
 every day so takin up uithe musteringe of his troups, and 
 other bussines befor the Parlament, that ther is mutch to doe to 
 gett any time to talk uithe him of other matters. I come in 
 uaetinge on Monday, and then I shall haw occatione of 
 opportuneties to spek uithe Z, uhich I could not so conveniently 
 hawe a ryse to before. 
 
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 Postscript: — Since urytinge of the former part of my letter, 
 Gosford is come, and as sone as I had rede yom' Grace's letter and 
 the others, I uent emediatly to uaet on the King, and he uent to 
 L"^- Melfort, and about ane hour theraf ter th [e] y caem. I spoke 
 to the King befor th[e]y caem uhat uas necessary, then I tould his 
 Majesty Gosford uas ther, and all thre of us uent to him, and he 
 kissed the King's hand, and delyvered the Parlament's letter. 
 The King red it all himself, and mada L*^ Melfort rede the acts 
 of Parlament, a great many of the Inghshe nobilety beings 
 present, and his Majesty exprest a great deall of satisfaction uithe 
 the procedings. 
 
 Lord Melfort tould it uas the Dwk of Hamilton that first 
 proposed the excyse to be established on the Crowne for ever. 
 His Majesty, it beinge late, hes appointed all of us to uaet on him 
 tomorrow at ten acloke, and L*^- Glames uho uas to tak leave this 
 night, is kept to caery the necessary dispatches. It is laet, and I 
 can say no mor till tomorrow meting is over ; so, my, dearest 
 Lord, agaen, adiw. 
 
 Just as I uas closeinge my letter, E. Sunderland sends me the 
 inclosed letter directed to him from the Lords Justices in Irland, 
 I mean a coppy of it, uhich now I transmite to your Grace. 
 
 Whythall, May 3 : 1685. 
 107. This letter was to be sent by Lord Glammes, who would 
 bring his Grace the Instructions for discharging the "volenter" 
 supply. " This morninge the Secret Commity's letters uear 
 rede to his Majesty, Earle Middleton, L'^- Melfort, Gosfurd and I 
 beinge present. His Majesty is extremly saetisfied uithe them, and 
 uhat you hawe done in the Parlament, and hes order' d his owne 
 letter, the Parlament's ansswer, the spetch, and acts, to be printed, 
 uhiche shall be done uithe all possible caer and dispatch. As to 
 Claverous, I houp Z [the King] uill not listine to uhat some 
 uould hawe him do in that matter ; but in a fiou days after I haw 
 time to talke througly uithe Gosford, and then uithe L 9 [the King] 
 I shall be able to giwe you a more certin account of it." His 
 Grace's vigorous proceedings in Parliament were very acceptable 
 to the King "and the rather that the openninge of the Parliament 
 of England is so near, to uhich the foruard and loyall actings 
 of the Parliament of Scotland is so good a presedent. . . ." 
 
 By next post he hoped his Grace would have the King's 
 directions concerning Earl Lowthian's, Pittaro's and Mrs. 
 Brisbane's processes. "E[arl] Dumbarton hes bine, since 
 yisterday, at the Toure uith his regement, uhar his Majesty uent 
 last night to see them excerses." He could not understand what 
 ground of complaint H. or any body else could have in bringing 
 down the Highlanders. He was sure the King told him " it 
 uas the only best uay befor wee knew any thinge of your 
 resolutione in it. And his Majesty tould us all this day, 
 that he uas verry ueall pleased uithe the new commisione 
 of Liuetennansy giuen to the Marqus of AthoU, as ane excellent 
 
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 expedient for the securety of that cuntry, and preventinge the 
 villanus desings of the rebels, uhich he sayd uas not to be delayed 
 so longe as to auaete for a commisione from this." 
 
 Whythail, May 5 : 1685. 
 
 108. The flyeing paket came hither this morninge. I uent 
 emedatly, and Sir Andrew Forrester uith me to the King, and 
 after he had delyver'd your letter I uent to his closet uithe him, 
 and spoke of the letter sent doune of the dat the 25th of Aprile, 
 conserning the militia. I uas verry plaen uith him on that 
 subject, and convinced him, that it uas absolutly necessary it 
 showld be instantly healed ; but he uould neds haue the resone 
 to be as you uill sie in the narrative of the letter. I tould him 
 the former letter uas drawne and dispatched uithout so mutch as 
 showinge it to me, or els this troble might hawe bine prevented, 
 and that the last instructione sent to you conserninge the 
 volenter supply had bine defective, and must haw also abine 
 returned iff Sir Andrew Forrester had not accedentaly showen 
 me the brahan of it, after it uas past the King's hand and 
 countersignd ; for the Royall Burroughs uas altogither forgot, 
 uhich I uas forced to caus ade upon the margine, and caused him 
 signe it. I hawe bine extremly toild this day, and uaeted since 
 fyfe a'clok at Whythail to get his Majestie's hand to the letter. 
 He stayed till nyne in the Tressury Chamber. . . 07 seems to 
 be mutch calmed, and this day came to me uithe great 
 professions of his rediness to comply in every thinge uithe your 
 Grace and the rest of the King's ministers, uhich you uill make 
 proper uss off. 
 
 In our joint letter you haw ane account of the informations his 
 Majestie hes from Holland. It is sayd by the best informations 
 we hawe, that Argyle uent 3 weeks agoe in a doger boat for 
 Scotland, and the Lord Gray to the North of Ingland : and the 
 Dwk of Monmothe is also sayd to be gone there. The 3 ships 
 that uear fitinge out ther, two of them uear sent out to seae, but 
 near drofe bake by contrarey wynds to the Tessill : Mr. Shelton, 
 the King's resident, hes orders from the Stats for arresting them, 
 and we ar verry hopfuU it is done ; and tho that faell, it is not 
 doubted but the king's frigat that is ther attending ther motion 
 uill meat uithe them. I send your Grace 8 letter of Information, 
 directed to Sir James Kennedy, conserning this. In on of them 
 you will see it is sayd that a ship goes from Holland for Sir Robert 
 Gordon's Baily : and that Balfoure, the murderer, and severall 
 others is to go uithe her to Scotland : besitch your Grace, tak 
 order that the ports of Cromerty and Findhorn be ueall garded, 
 and that non be sufferd to come asore till that ship be searched. 
 My next shall supply uhat is omited hear. 
 
 Whythail, May 7th, 1685. 
 
 109. "I shall now say nothing of the letter sent you from the 
 Kinge about the militia by the last flyeing paket, only this that 
 when I spoke to him in the morninge, he sayd nothing of that 
 claus in the beginninge of it, uhich, in the afternone, to my 
 
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 wonder, he uaa so posetive to haw in it. However, it does uhat 
 your Grace desired, and so I leave it." Moray believes the 
 Chancellor may have written to his brother about it, as 
 Queensberry insinuates, "but the King is so closs in thes 
 matters that it will be impossible for ather E. M. or me to dis- 
 cover it, but by time, uhich I doubt not wee shall doe. 
 
 " Captin Jefferd is now order 'd to goe and cruse betwixt Irland 
 and Scotland uithe a good frigat. He goes straeght to Lethe" 
 for his directions from the Commissioner, then to go by the 
 north coast and try to intercept the 3 ships from Holland : 
 Shipherd was fallen sick of fever. The King's physician was sent 
 to see him, as it was heard the sickness was feigned, but 
 it was not so, which retarded sending down him and Zachary 
 Burne. The King was very well pleased that Sir George Lokart 
 was appointed to plead for Mrs. Brisban, "07 hes certinly got 
 a sever reprimand from , for now th [e] y are verry 
 
 louned and calm in appirance, and Gosford will let you know 
 uhat oathes and profesions uas made yisterday by 07. I ha we 
 frely told the Kinge that if 07 had not drawn that letter of the 
 25 of Aprile uitheout so mutch as letinge me sie or know any 
 thinge of it, I uould haw tould him his error, and prevented the 
 inconveniens, uhich his Majesty is verry sensible of." Was 
 assured the King had read him a lecture, he was extremely crest- 
 fallen within these few days — Dunbarton's dispatches would be 
 signed by the King to morrow. — A postscript states he was now 
 drinking his Grace's health with Middleton, Dunbarton and Gos- 
 ford. Gosford had got a pension of ^200. 
 
 Whythall, May 9 : 1685. 
 110. " You uill see by the letter urytin to your Grace and 
 the Cecret Committy by this post from his Majesty, that he 
 inclyns not to haw the test furder prest upon the Heritors 
 at this time. The rise of this uas from a letter urytin 
 by the Dwk of Hamilton to the Earle of Arran, uhich he 
 showed the Kinge, but it was at least of a date eight days staell, 
 so that its probable ther may haw bine other means used to 
 bringing it in. The same letters desirs he may aske his Majisty's 
 leave to come up about the end of May, that his phisitians do 
 advyse him for his healthe to drink Tunbridge uaters, and to goe 
 to the Bath ; and leawe I see he uill gett." Earl Arran had come 
 to Earl Middleton, Earl Dunbarton, Lord Melfort, and Moray, 
 when they were sitting together before the King called them, and 
 urged them extremely to move the King to put his father 
 on the Secret Committee. All were silent. This gave Moray 
 ground to believe there was some design. Moray therefore asked 
 the King if such a thing had been moved, and the King said the 
 matter was not ripe for that. Moray then perceived that the 
 design had been laid and prosecuted. Moray observed that if 
 they were put in there would be little quiet or unanimity in it 
 after that day. "Yisterday, uhen uee uear coming auay from the 
 King, he caled me bak, and tould me he uas posetively resolved to 
 
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 send doune a letter uithe E. Dunbarton for putinge 
 Claverous on the Councill, but that he uould hawe 
 non to know of it, and it uas to lye in your hand 
 uhyle you thought fitt to doe it. G. sayd all he could in it, 
 but to no purpose. Lett not E. Dunbarton know that I haw 
 given your Grace any notice of it : you may see uhaer it tends, 
 and the new allaya that is betuixt fyo and 22 ; but since this 
 is done, bothe 120 and Sh thinks the soner you do it the better. 
 I must discover to you all I can, and its fitt you burne my letters 
 after redinge. By uhat I hawe alredy sayd r : will be convinced 
 how necessar it is he see Z emediatly after the Parlament. It is 
 not to pile straes that 14 comes hear, and now that you ar so far 
 
 informed .you will the better observe ther motions 
 
 E. Dunbartone paerts tomorrow morning, and uill be ther uithin 
 a day after this ; and from him you uill haw account of all 
 matters ; so that it is advyseable you mak only uss of uhat I uryt 
 to your self, and burne my letters. My dearest Lord, adiew. 
 
 The King hes bine all this day at hunting. I haw since six 
 a'clok uaeted for him in the bed chamber till this minut, and it is 
 now tuelf o'clok at night, but no news yit of his coming, so that I 
 uas forced to come and dispatche the paket that could uaet no 
 longer. Your Grace shall haw the letters from his Majesty that 
 showld haw bine sent by this ordenary uithe E. Dunbarton, who 
 cannot now goe befor Monday's morning. He desires me to tell 
 you he will mak all the hast he can : he hes coatches and 
 horses layed for him in severall places, and this delay could not 
 be avoieded. 
 
 Whythall, May 10 : 1685, 11 a'clok at night. 
 
 111. . . . " This desinged rebelion will make noice, but I houp 
 God uill blast all ther impious and helishe desings. All possible 
 caer is takinge in this kingdom, and I fear not but your Grace 
 will haw as dUigent and uatchfuU an eye over Scotland. E. 
 Dunbarton will be uithe you in flow hours after you reseave this. 
 So, my dearest Lord, adiew." 
 
 Whythall, May 12 : 1685. 
 
 112. The Secret Commity's letter uas rede to his Majesty, uithe 
 the Acts you sent, and the joient letter approuinge them from 
 my college ; and one by the King's command ansswers all therin 
 contaeind. You uill see in it some observes, be uay of caution, 
 that I eonfes I doe not ueall understand, and far les comprehend 
 as th[e]y ar urytin ; but rather then make noice I let them goe, 
 and, in my humble oppinion, your Grace had best only make your 
 owne uss of uhat I tell you of it. The Instruction for raetefieinge 
 former laws in favors of the ordinary Lords of Sessione is hear- 
 uithe sent. Sir Andrew Forrester this day showed me a letter 
 from the cashekeper, uhich I shall make the best uss of I can, and 
 by next giw your Grace ane farder account therof. The Kinge 
 hes order'd Lochiell to goe emediatly to Scotland to attend his 
 servis uithe his clan ther, and hes for his incurridgment 
 giwen him ane presept for 200^*- sterlinge. He hes also order'd 
 
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 thre i^resepts mor for 50^*- s^'- a pice ; on to Captin 
 Maxwell, on to Captin Chaerters, and a third to Captine Berelay. 
 This day's account from Holland tells us yit more of great 
 quantetys of ammunitione and armes provoieded and shipt by 
 the Kebels, and the Hollands Gazet giws ane account of all that 
 matter as fully as the privat informations do (uhar the monny 
 hes bine purchast, uhich must be considerable) to bye all thes 
 things is the questione : but it is not doubted that heavier purses 
 then any thinge th [e] y can pretend to hes bine asistinge, which 
 time must discover. E. Dunbarton and Gosfurd ar bothe of them 
 now uithe your Grace, and from them you will haw full accounts. 
 Pray, hawe a caer to kepe honest Dunbarton right, that he be not 
 deluded by councils he uill meet uith ther. Gosford will tell you 
 uhat past betuixt him and me, uharin we hit bothe in on oppinion 
 as to the uay of dealinge uithe 07. 
 
 It is probable the Kinge may keep Lochiel's supereorety to him- 
 self e, and extinguish e that signatur granted to the Dwk of Gordon 
 altogither, and in liwe therof, giwe him Baely of Jerviswood's 
 forfaltur .... 
 
 This night my college moved to the King that the childring of 
 the rebels might be appointed to be takin as hostiges. E. Middle- 
 tone and I uear bothe silent, so uas the Kinge a great whyl : at 
 last he sayd he would advyse that : the issiue your Grace shall 
 know by the next. 
 
 Ther is ane other presep for 50'*- ster. appointed for Major 
 iTeindrahem. 
 
 Whythall, May 14 : 1685. 
 113. Yours by the flyeinge paket of the 9th I reseaved last 
 night about eight a'clok, and emediatly uaeted on the Kinge ; 
 but he tould me he could not possibly haw time to hear the 
 accounts you sent me till this morninge. However, he allowed 
 me a littill time to speke to him of the Instructions your Grace 
 sent me, and I convinced him of ther usfulnes for his service. 
 Only he sayed he thought fitt that your Grace showld name the 
 Commisioners for the supplys, the Justices of Peace, and 
 Commisioners for plantation of churches and valuation of tinds, 
 uithe the aduyice of the Secret Commity. And as to that betwixt 
 the Eoyall Burrous and Burghes of Regalety, the Kinge sayd he 
 uas content to giwe his consent to any thing the Parhament 
 showld think fitt to do in it, but uould by no means haw you 
 interest yourself as his Commisioner in that matter. So findinge 
 this to be his Majesty's posetive resolution, I proposed it so, to 
 disapoint 07 haueinge any grownd to appire or stikill in it : and 
 this morninge the Kinge say'd he would not medell in that, as he 
 uould not in the matter of the sumer sessione. So 07 took hold 
 of that, and moved if Z uould giue that leave to be brought in now. 
 G._ took it up warmly, and Z sayd no, no ; he intended no sutch 
 thmge : so that I am verry ueall assured you will hear no more of 
 that matter. The King is now so takin up, the openinge of the 
 Parliament of England beinge so near, that ther is deficulty of 
 
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 getinge any time of speking to him, but by short snatchess ; and 
 therfor I am not able now to ansswer your Grace's letter by 
 whoU seal]. But after I haw spokin withe E. M. and then had 
 any time uithe the Kinge, you shall haw ane ansswer to all. 
 
 I am verry sensible of your Grace's great paeins and toill in his 
 Majesty's service, and the littill assistans you haw ther to support 
 you under it, uharof I faell not to acquent the King frequently. 
 I pray God keep you in healthe, and then all will be weall. . . 
 
 I hawe now again fresh assurance of the Kinge, that he uill 
 not medill uithe any of the fines and forfaulturs, and iff any 
 thinge be moved conserninge the Laerd of Grants, I shall 
 bear witnes to it. And hawinge his assurance to medill uithe 
 non over and over, I do not think it so proper to urge the dis-. 
 posall of Grants for the provisions ; but I yild my opinion, iff you 
 think it still fitinge, and as you advyse, after reseat of this, I shall 
 not faell to procede. You haw had severall accounts befor and 
 now of his Majesty's orders for securinge the northe of Irland, 
 and the borders betwixt England and Scotland, and he says all 
 is done that can be done at present in that matter. 
 
 As to Shipherd, Carstaers, Burne and others, our jont letter 
 giues you ane account, uhich I need not repeat. 
 
 I am verry confident Or upcominge nather can nor will be 
 refused,' but after I hawe spoke and resolved uithe 120, you shall 
 hawe a better account of this. Uhatever uas my college's oppinion 
 of bringeing doune the Hylanders, he says nothinge now, for the 
 good effects of it alreddy appirs. I tould your Grace befor, I 
 uould haw you uryt in a letter apaert uhat you would haw the 
 Kinge see, for I haw bine alredy pinched for uant of it ; for uhen 
 I move any thinge as from you, he cals for a sight of the letter, 
 and I hawe bine forced tuiss to make ane excus upon that head 
 alreddy. [07 had procured the Earl of Eglinton's brother the 
 favour of buying the Master of Saltoun's company.] As to the 
 Instructione conserninge the securinge of innocent creditors 
 agaenst forfaulturs, 07 and 204 had mutch debeat befor Z ; but 
 at last it uas yilded, and orderd to be sent as it uas recommended, 
 uithout any amendiment, uhich I uould faen haw had, as your 
 Grace wrot ; but iff I had insisted, its lyk it might haw bine layd 
 assyde for all to gither, so that I gawe uay to it as you sent 
 it up. 
 
 As to the proposall I urot to you by last post, made by my 
 college for takinge of hostages, the King hes since sayd nothing 
 of it, and probably it is letin fall ; so I uishe you tak no notice 
 of it, for it uas only urytin to your self. 
 
 Since urytinge of the former part of my letter, I haw bine 
 uithe the Kinge, and a littill whyll after caem Lord Melfort : he 
 agaen moved his Majesty that hostiges might be takin of the 
 rebels and outlays. I confes I did say that I thought it not fitt 
 for the King to resolve on that matter hear. But since it uas so 
 mutch urged, I thought the fitest uay uas to acquent your Grace 
 and the Secret Comity of it, uho could^best judge on the place uhat 
 
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 was fitt to be done therin, uhich his Majesty accordingly orderd, 
 as you uill see I haw aded in the post scrip of our joint letter. 
 
 The Kinge hes appointed the Earle of Granard to send sutch 
 asistans to the Uest of Scotland as affaers of Irland will allow, 
 in cace of any landing or rebelion of Scotland, as the inclosed 
 coppy of the Earle of Sunderland's letter to him will informe 
 your Grace more particularly. 
 
 Whythall, 16 May :_1685. 
 
 114. Moray was commanded by his Majesty to let his Grace 
 know, that after full consideration of the memorial presented 
 to his Majesty by the Countess of Southesk, together with 
 the Earl her husband's answers to it, his Majesty thought 
 the Countess had been somewhat hardly dealt with. Considering 
 she was a person of great quality, and that she had brought a 
 pretty good portion to her husband, she might with justice have 
 expected the punctual payment of the small yearly allowance 
 settled upon her for her maintenance. She was reduced to great 
 straits, her allowance being unpaid for several years. His 
 Majesty expected what was due to her would be paid by the 
 Earl of Southesk without any further delay, and that thereafter 
 her yearly allowance would be punctually paid, that she might 
 live without the hazard of being brought into extreme want. 
 " Otherwise, his Majesty sayes, he cannot interrupt the due 
 course of law against his Lordship,," 
 
 Another letter of the same date also refers to this question. 
 The King had showed Moray a long letter he had received from 
 the Countess of Southesk the previous day, writtin "in the most 
 pittifull tearms can be imagin'd," and stating no less than that 
 she was in a starving condition. " I find the King is resolved to 
 haw her pyed. ... I heartily uishe the Earl be not sticking, for 
 I find the King pikt at the matter." The Countess of Suther- 
 land had also petitioned the King " for a pretention of 1,000^*- 
 sterling giuen her in lyfrent, and the Marqus of Douglas in fie, 
 for the Dean's hous." Queensberry was required to consider 
 and report on this. " This day the Kinge hes also resolved to mak 
 your brother. Coll. Douglas, and Claverous, brigadiers to Coll. 
 his troups, uhich commands all collonels. When th[e]y ar sent 
 doune th[e]y ar to lye in your Grace's hands, to be made uss of 
 in cace of any rebellion, and not otheruays. He told me that E. 
 Dunbarton had moved this to him befor he uent doune, but pray 
 tak no notice of it to any body." 
 
 Whythall, May 18: 1685. 
 
 115. The flyeing paket dispatched from Edinb[urgh]the 15th 
 caem hither this morninge about seven acloke. L^ Melfort, 
 who is in uaeting, and I, uaeted emediatly on the Kinge, and 
 acquented him uithe the Secret Comitty's letters, to uhich ther 
 is a returne sent by Lord Charles Murray, uho goes tomorow 
 morning post to Scotland. I tould his Majesty the resone of 
 your Grace's not urytinge by this expres, uhich you uould supply 
 by the next flyeing paket, in a day or two. He is verry 
 
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 ueall pleased uithe the Acta of Supplye, and talked mutch of it 
 to all the Lords about him. I assured him nothing uould be 
 uanting whyl you lived to doe him all the acceptable services in 
 your power, uhich I am sure he expects, and does not doubt of. 
 The King hes orderd emediatly four thowsand stand of armes 
 fey: foot, a proportionall part of them fyrloks, and on thowsand 
 for hors, to be sent downe uithe a frigat for the convoy. He 
 hathe also order'd a frigat of fourty guns to be sent to the seas 
 betuixt the west of Scotland and Irland to seas the ships, iff th[e]y 
 be landed befor she arryve (uharof wee mak no question) to stop 
 communication or supplyes from coming to them : the frigat is 
 to go throwgh the Channell. Vetche and Polvart sone ar orderd 
 to be seased hear, and its lyk som others. 
 
 The Kinge orderd two commisions to be drawn for your 
 brother and Claverous to be Brigadiers. Wee uear order'd to see 
 how sutch commision had bine hear, and in E. Middleton's office 
 wee found the extract of one granted to L*^ Churchill, ane other 
 to Coll. Wordin, the on for hors, the other for foot. So Lord 
 Melfort tould me the Kinge had orderd him to draw on for your 
 brother for the foot, and Claverous for the hors. I tould him 
 that could not be, for by that means Claverous uould comand your 
 brother to be shott. Wee uear verry hot on the matter; he sayd 
 he kniw no reson why Coll. Douglas showld hawe the presedensy 
 unles that he uas your brother, I tould him, that uas aneughe, 
 but ther uas a greater, and that uas that he uas ane officer of mor 
 experiens and conducte, and that uas the King's desinge of 
 appointinge Brigadiers at this time. He sayd Claverous had 
 served the Kinge longer in Scotland. I tould him that uas yit 
 wyder from the purpos, for ther uear in the armey that had 
 served many years longer then Claverous, and of higher qualty, 
 and uithout disparagment to any gallant in ther personal courag. 
 By this tym I flung from him, and uent streight to the King, 
 and,represented the cace : he followed and came to us, but the 
 King changed his mind, and orderd him to draw bothe the com- 
 misions bothe for hors and foot, and your brother's two days' 
 date befor the other, by uhich his comand is clire befor the other. 
 I saw the commisions signed this afternone, and th[e]y ar sent 
 hear uithe by L"* Charles Murray. Now I besitch your Grace, 
 say nothing of this to any, nay, not now to your brother, for 
 L'' Melfort sayd to Sir Andrew Forrester that he uas sure ther 
 uould be a new storme on him. I could not, nor is it fitt, this 
 should hawe bine kept from you, but you will find it best for 
 a whyle to know and tack littill notice, for it giwes him but 
 grownd of talkinge, and serwies no other end. What I haw now 
 omited, I shall supply by the next. So, my dearest Lord, 
 adiew. 
 
 Whythall, May 19th : 1686. 
 
 116. To uhat I urot this morning by Lord Charles Murray, 
 
 I haw littill to ade. This day I uaeted on his Majesty to the 
 
 openinge of the Parlament. Sir John Trevor is chos Speker to 
 
 the Hous of Commons, beinge recommended by the Kinge, and 
 
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 IJroposed by E. Middelton, as his secretary, uithout a no in the 
 whoU Hous. The speetches will not be befor tomorrow. 
 
 Now, lett me bege of your Grace, uhatever E. Dunbar toij had 
 to say to you from the Kinge, not to be conserned at it, or to say 
 any thing that may discover the least dissatisfaction. Sutch as 
 uishe you not weall might tak advantage of it, and by a calme 
 silence you will bothe disapoint ther houps and f rustrat ther 
 desings .... 
 
 120 and I haw now spok at lenthe of Or up cominge; and after 
 serious consideration of all things at this junctur, we doe not 
 think it fitt to move Z for it till first the Parliament be over, 
 and then we sie a littill furder in this helishe and traetorous 
 desinge of Argyle's, and the other rebels joined uithe him. The 
 Kinge is takinge all possible caer to prevent ther villanous inten- 
 tions hear, and he is convinced you doe all that's possible in 
 Scotland ; so that I trust in God it uill end in the destruction of 
 the conspirators. D. H. had leave to com up in the begininge 
 of June, but now I showld think it verry unsutable that any of 
 his qualety and intrest ther showld leave the kingdoms till this 
 brushe is over. 
 
 07 by thre severall things he proposed yisterday to the 
 King, and near rejected, finds that he is not almighty, and is 
 extremly out of humor. Hee may haw mor caus in time. 
 Pray your Grace, pull all the feathers you can out of ther wings, 
 ther ar but flow of them, and then, at least, th[e]y will flye but 
 slowly. My dearest Lord, adiew. 
 
 Postscript: — I observe in the laet proclamation that my nephew 
 Duffus is named to command my interest betwixt Spy and Ness, 
 uhich I mutch admire of, my sone beinge on the plaqe, who, I am 
 sure, will serve the King uithe as mutch zeall and duity as any man 
 livinge. Uear he not ther, and my self also absent, I showld 
 choice non but my nephow. I wonder how it hes bine brought 
 about ; besitch your Grace tell me, and uithall how you ar pleased 
 uithe the B[isho]p of Edinb[urgh's] carrige in this ParUament. 
 
 Whythall, May 23 : 1685. 
 117. This minute I am come from ane meatinge uithe the 
 King, uhaer E. Middlton, Ld. Melfort, uear present, and it is 
 now past tuelf a'clok at night, uhaer it uas resolved that in 
 regard of Argyle's rebelione, and that the sitinge of the Parlia- 
 ment uould detaine manny noblemen and gentilmen from 
 attendinge his service upon that account, therfor the Parliament 
 IS to be ajurned. Next, E. Arrane, hawinge applyed to the Kinge 
 that on this occatione he may be sent to Scotland, to serve his 
 Majesty, it uas desinged and moved by 07 that he might be made 
 a Brigadier ; but that the King would not here of, but resolves to 
 giw him a commisione of Liuetennacy for the shyres of Vest 
 Louthiane, Clidesdel, Eenfriw, and Dunbarton. He is to 
 command all CoUonals, in cace he be on the place uithe them ; 
 but iff a Brigadier be present, and no other superior officer, the 
 Brigader is to command him. 07 also proposed that ane Act of 
 
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 Parlament might be past, giwinge a parlimentary poure to trye 
 all that showld he cited on thre scor days to a select commity. 
 I sayd sutch a pouer showld, if at all, be only giwen to the Lords 
 of Justicary. It uas ansswerd, th[e]y wear tyed to strike (strict) 
 formes of law, uhich uas sufficiently ansswerd, and therfor, I 
 urged, that the matter showld only be moved to your Grace 
 and Secret Commity, uho could best juge of it, beinge upon the 
 place, and hawinge learned lawers about you; and so it is orderd. 
 .... Wee haw so many aery notions that I fear extremly ther 
 effects. 
 
 Postscript : — Bothe Houses of Parlament haw this day voted, 
 and in ane address, in the Banquetinge hous, declaerd th[e]y 
 uould stand by his Majesty uithe ther lives and fortouns, in 
 maentenans of his person and goverment, aganst this rebelion in 
 • Scotland, and all his enemies uhatsoever. This is lyk to prove a 
 most happy parlment for King and Kingdoms, uhich rejoices 
 the hearts of all loyall and honest men. 
 
 Whythall, May 24 : 1685. 
 
 118. . . . The King in his letter orders the Parliament to be 
 ajurned to the last Tiwesday of October, and ther is a claus 
 subjoiend for delayinge the pasinge of the Act of Indemnity at 
 this time. I tould it uas nedles to giwe that catione, for I uas 
 sure it uould not be done : he sayd he uas doubtfull it uould be 
 done befor the letters caem to hand, and ue uear at layinge 
 uaegers upon it. Ane abreviat of Argyl's long declaration is 
 drawn out, and to be printed uithe ane short account, as wee 
 reseaved it, of his landinge, and his owne short declaratione is 
 to be printed fully, according to the coppy sent up ; the Acts of 
 Supply etct., ar also to be printed in the Gazet. The King's 
 letter is my CoUeg's draught, uho proposed the matter, and 
 understands his own meaning best. I confes I am dull in com- 
 prehending many things. 
 
 Whythall, May 26 : 1685. 
 
 119. This is only to tell you that all hear ar impatient to 
 hear from you, hawinge reseaved no account conserninge 
 Argyle's rebellion, since the flyeinge paket that came on Fryday 
 last in the morninge. What uas sent you by the last from this, 
 I shall say nothinge of, but longs to know your sentements of it. 
 
 The Bill for setilinge the King's reveniw duringe his Majesty's 
 life, uas this day sent up by the Commons to the Hous of Peers, 
 and had its first reeding this morning. I am confident it will 
 be past ons this week. I haw not bene verry ueall all this day, 
 uhich oblidges me to uryt so short a letter. I gaw the Kinge ane 
 accownt of what uas urytin by Hewgh Wallace, uithe the 
 last ordinary post, to Sir Andrew Forrester, by your Grace's 
 command ; uithe uhich his Majesty uas verry ueall pleased, 
 especially as to that conserning the Dwk of Monmouth, 
 uharof he made me giwe the L*^ Keper ane account 
 this day in the Hous. He is verry dissaetified uithe 
 McKnaughtin's caerige and couardize, and says he ought to be 
 
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 severely punished ; and extremly wonders that the Atholl men 
 showld hawe quat the Hous of Elengrege so snekingly. He says 
 Hyland men never do so good service as uhen ther chife is upon 
 ther heads. I rede to him that part of the letter conserninge the 
 ill conditione of the Artellery, uithe ahe audable voice, and tould 
 him that he would find the accounts yow had giwen him of that 
 and other things prove triw, let it be minsed by others as mutch 
 as th[e]y pleased. 
 
 Whythall, May 28 : 1685. 
 120. The flyeing paket you dispatcht on the 25th came hither 
 this morninge about 2 a'cloke, and as sone as the King uas up, 
 uee uaeted on him and gaw him account of all wee reseaved. 
 His Majesty appointed E. Middieton and Lord Melfort and me to 
 uaet on him this afternon, uhich uee did, and commanded the 
 return to be made, as you will see in our joint letter urytin by 
 Vicount Melfort. 289 is to caery it, so that I choiced to uryt this 
 night, by the ordinary post, uhat I hawe to say, uhich, I doubt 
 not, will be as sone, iff not be for him. You see the King leaves 
 it to D. Ham choice, to come or no, as he thinks fitt ; and I 
 conclud com he will, and the resone is obvious : for 14 and 07 
 will joien actings uhen togither, and Or may expect all the 
 dust that can be will be raesed ; but G. sees no remedy for it 
 at present but patience. The King hes orderd 2 mor frigats 
 to the cruize betuixt Irland and the west of Scotland, that 
 ar excellent saelers, and rowe uithe oars in a calme. Your 
 Grace will siee uhat is order'd conserninge the Cessnoks in 
 the joint letter, uhich I need not repeat. Ther is ane claus put 
 in it conserninge unety uhich is verry necessary, and we ought 
 to tak it home to our selfs in the terms of the letter. As to 
 E. Southesk's bussines, "it is in your owne hands, as you will 
 see by the letter I wrot to your Grace by the King's command 
 on that subjecte .... I showed the Kinge the Acts you sent 
 up, but ther is ane not of Acts mentioned in the Secret Commity's 
 letter, uharin you haw desired his Majesty's directions, uhich 
 wee haw not reseaved. I tould the King of Auchinbrek's joninge 
 uithe Argyle, and that he is E. Belcarris brother in law. All 
 suspected persons that can be falne upon will be seized hear. 
 G. assurs r that 559 grows every day rather mor shagrine and 
 pikishe ; and to tell r frely, it is verry uneasy bothe to himself 
 
 and others The King, you uill see in our letter, hes 
 
 orderd mor forces to be put in Sterlinge, but leaves it to you 
 whither of the standing troops or others. My dearest Lord, 
 adiws. 
 
 Postscript ■.~l<iO and I lauched uhen the claus conserninge 
 the unety uas rede, and the King sayd he uould uryt also to 
 your Grace himself. The short letter I send by E. Arrane is 
 only for the fashion. 
 
 ,_ _ Whythall, May 30 : 1685. ' 
 
 121. That afternoon the King called for Earl Middieton, 
 Lord Melfort, and the Earl of Moray, and discoursed on several 
 matters relating to the present affairs of Scotland, such as 
 
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 putting an end to the rebellion, with all possible haste before 
 the winter came on ; adding twenty men more to each troop of 
 dragoons ; calling for the assistance of some Forces from Ireland ; 
 and about sending yet another frigate with an expert Captain 
 of good conduct to command all the rest, with two little fire- 
 ships. Also about a dispute between "Craegy" and "CoUene" 
 about the command in a bailiary. The Sheriffship of Ayr had 
 been resigned by the Earl of Dumfries in favour of " CoUen ;" 
 but Lord Melfort hoped the King would rather give it to 
 "Craegy," whose predecessors had sold that heritable oflfice to the 
 Grown for £2,000 sterling " and was never pyed a groat of the 
 monny." This was delayed, and the King gave him little answer. 
 Melfort then offered some signatures concerning the state of 
 Argyle, but the King said he would have the business of the 
 rebellion over before he did any thing of that kind. " Then he 
 sayd I had past on in favors of the Marqus of Montros. I tould 
 the Kinge ther uas ane specialety in that of his, which non of the 
 rest had ; for it uas for pyment of the remaeninge paert of a 
 soume order'd to the Marqus by the parlament sixty, for the 
 oppresione he had sufferd by the late Marqus Argyle ; uhich uas 
 a verry vaeluiable consideration. The King sayd iff he had done 
 any fault he uould do so no mor. 07 urges this on the 
 account of his own signatur, uhiche he says is stopt at the 
 exchequer. ..." 
 
 Whythall, June 1 : 1685. On in the morning. 
 122. Lord Melfort being ill had sent Moray the letters to the 
 Court. He waited on the King and gave him account of all 
 Queensberry had sent. Earl Middleton being present. " You can- 
 not belive the toill wee ar in hear, at this time, and the deficulty 
 we hawe of ge tinge opportunetys uithe his Majesty for dispatch 
 of bussines. I haw now uaeted till half ane hour after alevine, 
 and had mutch to doe to get his hand to the letter directed to 
 your Grace." 
 
 Being himself doubtful on the subject, he had taken Middle- 
 ton's opinion ; and they both thought Moray should not shew 
 Queensberry' s letter to the King till they heard from him again. 
 Knowing the King's temper, they considered that "the substance 
 of sutch a letter near fitter to be spokin by your self then 
 wrytin in a letter. However, findinge your Grace so conserned 
 in the mater of delyvering the letter for admiting Claverous on 
 the Councill, I moved his Majesty that it might be done by 
 my Lord Chancellor in the ordinary uay, uhich he uas ueall 
 plaesed uithe; and I haue urytin a letter to the Chancellor to 
 that purpos, uhich I send you inclosed, uithe a coppy of it, that 
 you may caus delyver it as you think fitt. In the paper you 
 sent inclosed in your letter to the Kinge, ther is mention 
 made of gratefications and ratefications uhich showld be made 
 to graetefy the subjects. This 07 tookhould of, and sayd, by 
 that uas meant that uhat forfalturs the King intended to 
 bestow in his deserving subjects showld be presently done that 
 they might be raetefied in this sessione of Parliament. I took 
 
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 him up short, and tould the Kinge uhat a gros mistak he uas in ; 
 for no sutch thing uas meant by the letter, and if it had, I houped 
 he uould doe nothinge of that kynd at this time. He sayd, No, 
 by no means. L'^ Melfort tould me I had done ane ill office to 
 all that served the King. I tould him, no ; but I thought the 
 King had resolved upon uhat uas verry fitt for his service. 07 
 [Melfort] tould me L** Tarbat had urytin to him to move the 
 Kinge for the forfaltour of Stuart of Cultnes in his favors." 
 
 Whythall, June 4th : 1685. 
 123. The flyeing paket dispatchd from Hollyrood House the 
 2*^ instant arryved hear this morninge about eight a'cloke ; and 
 you uill now reseave ane ansswer in our joint letter to 
 the Secret Commity to all sutch particulars as requerd any. 
 After wee had drawn the letter and red it to the Kinge, 
 -and a warrand from his Majesty for issiwinge a proclamation, he 
 uould by no means signe it ; but sayd he uould hawe it drawn 
 hear, uhich is done accordingly, and hearuithe sent. Coll. 
 McKay is to be Major-Gennerall of all the Forces; and, by a letter 
 from the Kinge to the Councill and Commander in Chiffe, is 
 apponted to command the 3 regements he brings uithe him from 
 Holland in a brigade by them selfs. The last you sent I showed 
 Z as Or desired. He sayd he kniw nothing of fn desinge to 
 com hear, and he uas sure it uas imp[r]oper to be thinkinge any 
 thinge of that now ; and uhen this brushe is over it uould be tyme 
 eniueghe to spek of thes maters. 204 maks no question of qq 
 cominge uhen it is tyme, and I doe think he is mutch in the right to 
 move nothing in it now : and eertinly it is most fitt that Or haw 
 ane approbation and exoneratione : but consider uhither now it be 
 time to propose it, or when qq sees the Z himself, for that is a 
 chife resone of Or cominge to giwe account and reseave exonera- 
 tione. So send me your posetive resolutione in this, and I shall 
 move in it accordingly. L 9 sayd littill to the letter, but I uill 
 talk uithe him agaen of it. This morninge the Kinge hes ane 
 account from the Captine of the Tyger frigat that~^uas goeinge by 
 the Channell to the coast of Irland, that off Poole, in the west of 
 England, he seized a shipe Iodine uithe armes, uharin he finds 
 5,000 stand of armes, no question sent by D. M'^'' , and that he uas 
 himself cominge from Holland in a shipe caerieinge therty guns. 
 . . . . As for Carstaers, I reseaved the paper and shall make 
 uss of it properly ; but he can not be found hear, and is sayd 
 to be gone to France, uhich I haw ground to belive is triw. I 
 never doubted of M. Athol's and E. Breedalbine's zeall and us- 
 fulnes in the King's service ; and I tould the Kinge how gromidles 
 the storys uear that near talked of the provisions at Inverarys 
 falling in the enemie's hands. [Moray had not yet seen 120 or 
 discoursed with him of what the Lord Kegister had written, or 
 acquainted him of what this packet had brought.] All I shall 
 say conserning 07 is that 204 fears Z listins too mutch to uhat 
 is insinuat that uay, uhich I thought fitt to lett you know, and 
 it is admired by divers hear ; but of this no more at present : 
 uhen 14 corns, 07 and th[e]y will jone hand in hand, no doubt; 
 
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 God mak all ueall. The Proclamation uas drawn by L** Mel- 
 fort. The narrative is not short, and I confes I uas not of the 
 mind to haue made any, or verry littill ; houever, it is done and you 
 uill ther judge of it. I send your Grace inclosed the coppye of the 
 King's orders to Sir Eoger Strikland,who now is to command all the 
 frigats on the west coast of Scotland and to reseave the Council's 
 orders and directions, uhich you uUl transmit to him frequently 
 as occatione requers. Adiew. 2 in the morninge. 
 
 Whythall, June 9th : 1685. 
 124. The King and all hear ar extremly impatient to hear 
 from you, hawinge reseaveed no intellegence since the last flyeinge 
 paket uhich came on Thursday last in the morning, being the 4th 
 instant. I moved the Kinge for a warrand conserninge the 
 expenss of E. Dunbarton's table and other debursments, and the 
 500'''- for his equipadge, which his Majesty is verry uilinge to do, 
 but hes not yet resolved uhither he uill giue it accordinge to a draught 
 I driwe in the terms you urot, or iff he will giwe a some of monny 
 for all. I tould him it uas empossible to ajust a certine sowme so 
 as to meet the cace, unles the time of his stay uithe the armey 
 could be condeshended on, (uhich uas impossible ;) and so the soume 
 must ather be les or more then the triw debursments. . . The 
 D. Monmothe's ship of 32 guns certinly saeld from Holland on 
 Sunday last uas sevenight. He uent aboard of her himself, after 
 shee uas at sea, in a fisher boat. Wee hawe not heard any thinge 
 of her since, uhich is mutch admired, and maks some belive shee 
 may hawe gone to Scotland, uhich is not probable. 07 is still 
 as aery and petulant in ther humor as ever. Giwe G. leave to 
 say that he earnestly desirs Or to consider iff it be not more then 
 time for qq to setill 81 in some faemely in England that may be 
 usfull to Or by ther frendship and intrest at Court. It is uhat 
 everybody does, and the soner, I presume, it will be the more to 
 qq satisfaction. 204 eyes nothinge but Or good, and the interest of 
 his faemely, uhich shall be aluays as dear to S h as his owne. It 
 is whisper'd hear that f n designs the marrige of his sone withe 
 Az daughter, who uill be a verry ritch match. If G hes sayd in 
 this furder then he ought, pardon it, for I assure you it proceds 
 from his zeall and fathefuU frendship to your self and faemely. 
 This night I spoke to the Kinge that a letter might be urytin, im- 
 pouering Erie Dunbarton to advance the ensenges of the rege- 
 ment of Gaurds and Earle Mar's to be second L'' , and that he 
 uill name Enseinges, and send up a list of ther names, that 
 commisions may be sent to them; uhich his Majesty agres to, 
 and hes order'd me to draw the letter accordingly. Only ther is 
 lyffe Liute*^^ that uear officers in Earle Dunbarton's regement uho 
 ar first to be prefered, and this is to be done by advice of the 
 Collonals ; so that your Grace may offer whom you pleas to be your 
 oune enseinge. Since the Kinge, of his owne free choice, 
 appointed Coll. McKay to be Major Gennerall, I moved that he 
 might be put on the Councill ; and his Majesty hes orderd me 
 to draw a letter for that purpos. 07 is not pleased uithe 
 it, but could finde no means to obstructs it. 
 
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 Whythall, June 10 : 1685. 
 
 125. The express you sent fell sike of a feaver at Duncaster, 
 and from thence sent forvard your paket, uhich I reseaved this 
 morninge at eight a'cloke, and emediatly therafter uaeted on the 
 King, and delyverd him your Grace and Earle Dunbarton's 
 letters. As sone as he had rede yours, he tould me you proposed 
 to him the anexing of the forfault esteats to the Crown, and had 
 sent him resons for that eflfecte : then I held out to him the 
 great advantage it uould be to the Crowne, uithe all the 
 arguments I could, uhich fully convinced him that it uas a 
 proposal excedingly for his service ; and [he] tould me he uould haw 
 it done. By this time 07 caem, but kniw nothinge of uhat past: 
 and it falinge about the time of the Kmg's goinge to the Houss, 
 no mor uas spokin, only I red the information sent (on securinge 
 the rebels ; and uithe that account he uas verry ueall saetisfied ; 
 and hawing no opportunety at the Hous to rede the Secret 
 Commity's letter to him, he appointed 3 a' clok this afternone for 
 E. Middleton, Lord Melfort and me, to uaet on him. The 
 E. Middleton uas so laet at the Hous of Commons that he did 
 not come; so 07 and I uaeted on him, and after redinge the 
 Secret Commity's letter, the King sayd your Grace had moved 
 the anexing the forfaulturs to the Crown, uhich motione he lyked 
 verry ueall of ; and so he gawe me the resons to rede, uhich I did 
 uithe ane audable and distincte voice : 07 sayd all he could to 
 opposs, but G : ansswerd as warmly. He sayd his Majesty 
 would neuer make on shilings advantage by it. I tould that uas 
 an assertione woied of sence and resone, for the man [a] gment 
 of his Majesty's reveniw uas in a hand that weall kniw how to 
 improve it to the best advantage. The Kinge sayd your Grace 
 had urytin to me of it. I tould him yes, in genneral'l, but uould 
 say no mor, 07 beinge present ; for I uould not haw him see any 
 of your letters to me,' uhich he uould faen takin hold of, that he 
 might haw known : so your Grace need take no other notice but 
 that you only urot of it in gennerall. The Instructione is now 
 sent, and I houp it will pleas you . . . . 07 is in a manner 
 distracted, and I swear I think knows not ueall uhat he does or 
 says all this day , . .1 tould the Kinge your Grace had kept 
 the yaucht some days to bringe up the Dwke of Ham'iltone; uithe 
 uhich he is ueall saetisfied. Glade is 204 that Or is lyke to pull 
 that feather out of some poople's winge : the confirmatione of it 
 uill be verry joyfull to me, mor for Or conserne then my 
 owne. 
 
 I fownd the Kinge inclyned to giwe Aberdinshyr in D. 
 Gordon's Commisione, and therfor uould not opposs, since I had 
 brought him so freely to agre to the Instruction, I assure you 
 the greatest morteficatione that ever 07 mett uithe. . . . 
 
 I uas aluays in doubt and fear of 002 : make proper uss, but 
 haw a caerfor my self. I haw not urytin any things that uay 
 that I caer, iff it uear set on the cross of Edinb[urgh]. I shall 
 doe uhat I can to prevent ther coming hither. . . . 
 
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 I uishe, uitfie all my heart, to haw Abbotshall Provest of 
 Edinb[urgh], and shall contribut my best assistance for it as 
 your Grace shall aduyse. . . . 
 
 Whythall, June 13: 1685. 
 
 126. In a letter I hawe urytin to the Secret Commity by the 
 King's command, I haw giuen your Grace and Lordships ane 
 account of the intelligence his Majesty reseaved this morninge 
 of the Dwk of Monmouthe's landing at Limbe. He had a frigat 
 of 36 guns and a catch and fly bote uithe 300 men on board. . . 
 
 I showed your Grace's letter you desired me to the Kinge, and 
 talkinge on some passages of it, he sayd he must not take notice 
 of privat piks. I tould him I doubted some poople's piks caeried 
 them so far as to misrepresent the actions of thos that served 
 him best; and I houped his Majesty would not take notice of 
 sutch, for I uas sure th[e]y uould be found falce. . . . [The 
 King would speak to him about the sheriffship of Ayr, but till 
 the rebellion was over there was not time.] I m-ged agaen the 
 warrands for E. Dunbarton ; uhich he uas verry free for, uhen 
 I moved him first conserninge them, and gawe me order to draw 
 them ; and since he still tells me he will giue a some for all. 
 Uhat uhich 07 hes put in his head about it I can not tell, but 
 time uill discover it . . . Pray let me know in uhat tearms 
 Or and D.H. haw parted uithe, or advice how 204 shall caery 
 uithe him. I haw not had 3 minuts time to speke uithe 
 E. Middleton this week past, he is still takin up attendinge the 
 Hous of Commons, and tels me he can not gett time to eat or 
 slipe. ... 
 
 Whythall, June 16 : 1685. 
 
 127. I haw showed Z all you desier'd me ; and by this post 
 you uill, in the letter to the Secret Commity, see that he orders 
 the thre Eegiments that com from Holland to be first pyed; 
 next, the standing forces, according to the establishment; and 
 last of all, the civill matters ; and desyrs that your Grace may 
 send him your proposall conserninge the Eeveniw and ordering 
 of it, that he may giwe you his directions about it. 7 moued 
 that Z uould reniw his command for pyeinge the Lord Dart- 
 mouthes presept for the armes and amunition, but the King sayd 
 he uould by no means doe that at this tyme. The Kmge still 
 delays to giwe any ansswer to the warrands for E. Dunbar- 
 tone, but says he will giwe a some for all. I confes I doe not 
 understand his meaninge in the matter. As to the proclamation, 
 07 is to send it doune agaen uithe a blank, for the names of the 
 persons, to be filed up by you except the laet Argyls alone. Or 
 may easily observe the reasone of not refermge it to be done 
 ther, for 07 looks upon that as now ane taske upon him. Z 
 houps that the cashe in the Castle is not tutched, and desyr'd to 
 know. Pray, in your next, tell me uhat I shall say to him on 
 that head, or uryt to him of it yourself. It uas sayd that the 
 abreviat of the reveniw uas not altogither clire and right, for 
 ther uas som fonds not exprest as to the soums and in the matter 
 of fynes. But its fitt you uryt fully to Z in that uholl matter, and 
 
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 you can only doe it, and iff you tell him uhat a good account 
 you uill bring it to, he followinge your advyse, it will be ueall 
 takin ; for sutch services as advance his monny interst is verry 
 pleasinge to him. Iff the rebellion uear over, he does not, I 
 am confident, intend to kepe the Dutch regements longer ther 
 . . . D. Ham. is com, and I haw bine uith him : he uas verry 
 civill, but we talked only of gennerall matters. Last night he 
 uas uithe his Majesty, but I hawe -not seen him this day at 
 Court. . . . 
 
 Whythall, June 17 : 1685, elevin a'cloke at night. 
 
 128. This eveninge the Kinge caled for L*^ Melfort and me, 
 and tould us that since ther uas no great need of the thre Dutch 
 regements in Scotland, seeinge you had more forces then ther 
 uas cashe to pye, and that you had men enniogh besyd, he had 
 resolved to send for them hither. 204 and G hes bine doeinge 
 all th[e]y could to bringe this to pas ever since the last flyeinge 
 paket came; and now it is effectual : so that troble is over. . . . 
 
 Whythall, June 20 : 1685. 
 
 129. I spoke to the Kinge emediatly for your commisione 
 of Liuetennasy, uhich uas order'd in the same tearms of that 
 granted to Dwk Hamiltone : and I spoke to L"^ Melfort, uho is 
 in uaetinge, that it might be emediatly dispatched, uhich uas 
 accordingly done. That verry day at 12 a'cloke at night, I uas 
 takin uithe ane violent paine in my syd uithe stitches uhich uas 
 feard uould prove a pluresye, but uas prevented by spiedy and 
 seasonable applications ; and I thank God, I am now pritty ueall 
 agaen. . . . 
 
 14 and I hawe had a long debaet conserninge the annexinge of 
 the forfaulturs to the Crown. 7 is bussy uith him, and, no 
 doubt, blowis this coll as mutch as he can 14 uay, and purposes 
 may be discoverd in some time, but it is not to be expected 
 it can be done at first. G. shall correspond uith him 
 as mutch as he can to finde out ther intended messurs. 
 As to G. advice conserninge 81 : setilment, I am sure it is 
 necessary, and as mutch convinced it can not be done but upon 
 the place, nor is it possible to giwe oppinion in sutch an impor- 
 tant matter at a distance. ... 
 
 As to 07 sekinge taks since he sees the forfalurers ar anexed, I 
 can say no mor, but that G shall opposs as mutch as in his powerr ; 
 and sure Z uill easily consider that it uear destructive to his interest 
 to doe any thinge, till first he advicess that wholl matter, and the 
 method he is to follow in it uithe Or, uhich I am verry hopfull he 
 will doe. 14 told G. that now hh3 uas the great trustie and chife 
 intiinate of C8 ; but ueall did Sh understand that sophistry, and 
 it will not easily take uithe on so experimentally known to the 
 practises of that persone. It is certinly a right missure to stop 
 f n, m 6, or any other of that gang, from coming hither; uhich 
 you may be sure 204 will indevor as mutch as he can, succed as 
 it may. 
 
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 As to Abotshall beinge Provest and restoring _ the sumer 
 sessione, as sone as I haw convenience of speking uithe Z about 
 it, you shall know more ; but so mutch is L 9 hurried and per- 
 plexed uithe the rebellione hear at present, that it is not possible 
 to gett opportunetys of spekinge to him so quikly as formerly, for 
 I assure you, he hes now but flow spaer minuts. Never 
 had any Kinge sutch a Parlament — the Hous of Peers and 
 Commons stryfinge uhich shall be most foruard to show 
 ther duity and loyalty, by all the best missurs th[e]y can 
 contrive for securety of his Majesty's person and goverment. 
 The remisions for the Cessnoks ar not yit come. As 
 sone as th[e]y doe, a returne shall be sent as sone as possibly 
 I can, beinge out of uaetinge. For Tarbit's bussines uithe 
 E. Seaforthe, ther hes bine Httill yet sayd of it ; for inded the 
 Kinge is so takin up uithe affaers relaetinge to the rebellion 
 hear, that time can not be found to spek to him of our 
 affaers as forme [r]ly. I shall not faell to doe Earles 
 Annandell and Traquair all the service in my power, 
 and the King shall not uant just characters of ther servicess. 
 [About Act annexing certain parts of Eoss to the old shire of 
 Cromarty. The King had asked him to write to the Secret Com- 
 mittee to stop the printing of the Act till his Majesty's further 
 pleasure.] 
 
 The late Monmouthe is supposed to be gott to Taunton, a place 
 ill affected and populus, and some say is goinge from thence 
 touards Bristo. Lord Churchil's letter this morninge says that 
 he is now joined uithe the Dwk of Albemarle : he hes uith him 
 two battalions of foot, four troops of hors, four of dragowns, and 
 some granadiers : and that the militia uas extremly incurridged 
 and in good heart upon this conjunctione. This morninge Earle 
 Feaversham martch'd from this uithe a commission of Lt. 
 Gennerall and uithe him thre Battalions of foote, making 1800, 
 of the Troops of Guards 200, and tuo companys of Granadiers, 
 uithe ane traen of Artelery. 
 
 Whythall, June 22 : 1685. ^ 
 130. This morning about seven a'cloke arryved the flyeinge 
 paket that come from Edinb[urgh] on the 19th instant bringeinge 
 the great and joyfull news of the Eebels destructione, and the 
 traetor Argyle's being takin and in custody at Glasgow. This 
 happy news is not only extremly pleasinge to the Kinge, but 
 refreshes and enljvines the hearts of all his good subjects, and 
 confownds his enemies. I moved his Majesty emediatly to send 
 expreses to the armey to acquent Earle Feaversham and Lord 
 Churchill uithe the news, and to Bristo to the Dwke of Bodford ; 
 uhich is accordingly done. This flyeinge paket is sent to informe 
 you of his Majesty's good success hear : a party of tuenty hors of 
 the Earle of Oxford's Eegement uas commanded by Lord Churchill 
 to a place within two milles of Tantone, uhaer th [e] y met uithe a 
 paerty of the Eebells of the same number, and of ther best men, 
 extremly ueall armed, and charginge them, killed 12 of them upon 
 the place, and wownded most of the rest, and then perseaving an 
 
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 other paerty of the Rebels, they retired. Lieutenant Monaux, 
 who commanded the King's party, uas shot in the head, so that 
 he can not hve, and thre of his men near wounded. Its sayd the 
 Rebels ar now betwein Taunton and Brigwater. The King's 
 forces commanded by the Earle of Feaversham ar marchinge 
 towards them, and I doubt not within fiow days but ther 
 will be a good account of them. This eveninge the Traen 
 of Artelery marched from this guarded by four companyes pf 
 Earle Dunbarton's regement. Last night the Kinge had certin 
 intelligence from Lime that on of his frigats, hawinge arryved 
 befor that toune, sent a boat on shore, and findinge the Rebels 
 had left l)ut a flow to guard ther armes and amunitione, the 
 captine landed uithe 50 or 60 men, made himself master of the 
 toune, and found about ten thowsand armes uithe amunitione, 
 uhich he presently caeried aboard his frigat . . . [The King 
 would order all the arms, ammunition and cannon taken from 
 Argyle to be kept in Scotland ; and would only order the two 
 frigates to be brought to England for his proper use.] . . . 
 Or good conducte in Z service hes produced excellent 
 effects, tho' I assure you 07 turns all to ane ill sence 
 as mutch as he can. 14 is ill pleased uithe the Acta 
 of Anaxatione, and the takinge of the Test appointed at 
 this time. G. hes had severall debaets uithe him on that head : 
 Sh. shall doe all in his power to sett him right, and kepe him so, 
 iff possible ; but daers not yet promiss mutch, nay verry littill. G. 
 shall notice 14 and 5 59 as mutch as he can and inform Or of his 
 thoughts, but thes things doe take time to make good observes or 
 discovery s. 
 
 L'' Melfort will, by this paket, send his Majesty's orders for 
 delyvering the armes, amunition, great gwns and ships, (exsepting 
 the tuo frigats uhich ar to be brought hither,) to any the Councill 
 shall appoint to reseave them. You hawe also a letter from his 
 Majesty conserninge the traetor Argyle. I need not repeat uhat 
 is orderd in it, since your Grace will quikly see it. The late Dwk 
 of Monmouthe hes now the impudens to acte as Kinge. He hes 
 urytin a letter to the Dwk of Albemarell beg [in] inge it — Right 
 trusty and wel-belovd Cusin and Counceler, and cencluds it — 
 From our Camp at Taunton ; but cals him his Grace in some parts 
 of it, so that he hes not yet learnd the style : Goodeniwghe is his 
 Tressurer, and Fergusone his chapline. [A letter to Mr. Peeps 
 from the captain of the frigate at Lime, stated there were only 
 5,000 arms found there, back, breast and headpieces.] 
 
 .... The Kinge is extremly harast. He sayd to me he 
 would uryt to your Grace this night. Iff' he do, it will be under 
 Sir Andrew Forrester's cover. 
 
 Whythall, June 25 : 1685. 
 
 131 The express came hither yesterday about 2 a'cloke. 
 
 He tould me he hapened first to meat uithe L"^ Melford, who uent 
 streight to the King and acquented him uithe the news. I uas ther 
 in fiow minuts after. The Kinge uas extremly pleased uithe the good 
 account he reseaved. I presented Mr. McLeane to kis his hand, 
 
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 and after he had spok halfe ane hour uithe his Majesty alone, uhich 
 I tould the Kinge he desyred to do, I caeried him to the Cabinit 
 Councill, uhar he gawe account of all he kniw and ansswerd sutch 
 questions as uear put to him : he uas ueary and uent to sleipe : 
 since I haw not seen him. [The King would answer the Duke's 
 particular requests as soon as he could, but he was "extremly 
 incumberd uithe constant bussines and meetings " owing to the 
 Rebellion. The question as to the Dutch regiments was now 
 settled.] The proclamation is returned. 07 sayd it uas triw 
 ther uas now no need of that, but ther behoved to be ane other, 
 and uithall magnefies himself for advising that the Acte consern- 
 inge fugetives uas stopt from beinge past, since now the defeat 
 of the Eebels lies intervened. As to the Abreviat of the Eeveniw, 
 ther hes bine nothinge since sayd of it, and inded the rebellion 
 hear almost shuts all other matters out of doors . . . 1 4 is 
 stUl ill pleased. G. hes spok uithe him severall tims, and hes 
 bene seekinge ane opportunety to get 559 and 1 4 together befor 
 Z, that G might hansomely bringe in the discours conserninge 
 the Clidsdel Band, but can not find them yit togither uithe Z, so 
 as to gett a fitt opportunety. Or may be sure I shall indevor it all 
 I can ;, nor shall G slipe any occatione of doeing Or the right 
 uithe the Eange that his great servises deserves. I oftin tell 
 the Kinge of 1 2 and Bredalbin's zealous procedings in his service 
 at this time and that I doubt not ther may be sutch as will in- 
 devor to lessine them. The Kinge says as kynd things as can 
 be desyred of them. G sees things nather can nor will be right 
 till Or sees Z; but till Scotland be fully setild, and things furder 
 over, it is not best to say mutch ; but on the other syde, a day 
 must not be lost after that, and verry littill tyme will now doe 
 it . . . Vicount Tarbat, by a postscrip in his letter to me, 
 says thes words — Tell me whither I showld come up uithe the 
 acts of parliament, as all others did or not, in utrumque paratus. 
 Whither he acquented you uithe this or not, I can not tell, but 
 I thought it uas fitt you kniw it. I will giwe no ansswer to it 
 till I hear from you ; but no doubt he hes urytin mor fully of 
 this to others .... Yisterday Lord Churchill urot to the 
 Kinge that he uas marching after the Eebels uho wear then 
 at Glasinberry, and that he would infallibly attake them so 
 sone as possibly he could. This day his Majesty had notice 
 that th[e]y uear marcht from Glassenberry, that the Eebels had a 
 considerable number of rabill of foot, ill armed, and no pyks, but 
 verry fiow hors. The King showed me the principal letter 
 urytin by the late Monmouth to the Dwk of Albemarle, uharin 
 he sings James E. : an impudens aboue all that ever uas heard 
 off. The Earle of Pembrok hes joined uithe Earle Feaversham, 
 his Majesty's Lt. Gennerall, uithe the militia of Wiltshyre, and 
 a great manny gentilmen of the best qualety. The Dwk of 
 Sommersyd is at Bathe, and hes secured that place uithe the 
 militia of the Liuetennansy. The Dwk of Boford is at Bristo, 
 and hes secured that toune; he hes a strong body both of 
 militia, gentry, and other volunteers. [He would move the 
 King for the letter to the Councill in Bishop Edinburgh's 
 
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 favour concerning Moody's mortification, though Melfort might 
 obstruct it.] 
 
 Since urytinge the former part of my letter I uas uithe the 
 Kinge, and 07 caem in to pas som remisions recommended by the 
 Councill ; upon uhich Z sayd he uould let the Cessnoks remisions 
 lye a littill. I tould him he might doe his pleisur. I uas not 
 so reddy to speke in the behalf of Eobert Campbels as any other 
 in ther circumstances ; how this coms about you may judge, and 
 I shall say no mor of it at present. The rebels are martched 
 l)ake touards BristoU. L"^ Churchill [is] at Bathe, and uill 
 joine E. Feaversham presently. . . . 
 
 Whythall, June 26 : 1685. 12 at night. 
 
 132. The Kinge hes orderd this flyeinge paket to caery his 
 commands to the Councill for sendinge fyffe companys of foot out 
 of the Regement of Guards, to be commanded by ther Lt. Coll., 
 and as many out of E. Mar's Eegement to be commanded by 
 ther Lt. Coll., four troops of hors under Claverous command; 
 two troups of Dragowns, to be commanded by Lord Chaerles 
 Murray, and all to be under the command of E. Dunbarton, 
 3ommander in chiffe. The King leaves your brother Coll. 
 Douglas to command in Scotland. . . . The rebels hear ar 
 sudevoringe to march towards Glostershyre, but I houp will find 
 it a hard taske. 
 
 Whythall, June 27 : '85. 
 
 133. ... This morninge in a letter from the Dwke of 
 Sommersyd to E. Sunderland, dated from the Bathe, he tels that 
 Coll. Ogillthorpe uithe a paerty of the King's Guards of hors, con- 
 sisting of 100, ineunterd a mutch stronger paerty of the enemie, 
 kiled four scor or a hundred of them on the place, uithe the loss 
 of only on of his men, and he knows not uhat is become of him, 
 Ijeinge amissing, and our poor cuntryman, the E. of Newbrughe, 
 had the misfortune to be shote in the belly. Wee hawe not yit 
 notice whether or no it proves mortall. 
 
 Since dinner ane other letter is com from Lord Fitsharding 
 from the Bathe : he tels that Lord Churchill had falen on the 
 enemies rier and killed two hundred of them, and that 4 ot 5 
 hundred had deserted him since that tyme, uhich certinly is 
 the be [gin] inge of ther distructione, iff the news hould. [Sends 
 a copy of Monmouth's letter to Duke Albemarle, and the latter's 
 answer to it.] 
 
 This afternone, 07 caem to me, and tould me he uould foruarne 
 me of a thinge that he had spokin of to the Kinge, befor his 
 Majesty showld spek to me, and the matter uas that Sir Adame 
 Blaer showld be prefered to be captin of the troop that uas 
 Cleland's. I tould him I had spoke to the King of that alredy, 
 that of diw and in cours it fell to the Captin Lt., and L''- 
 Charles Murray had addresed about it, and the King had sayd 
 to me it uas verry resonable he showld haw it, and inded fell to 
 him in cours. He fell violently hot upon it, and I confess I uas 
 as hot as he : he sayed weall continow still to opposs. I tould 
 
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 him he uas not to be understood, but I uould still tell my minde 
 frely, and uas no uays in his reverens. He tould me, nor he in 
 mine. He grows every day mor insupportable in his temper. . . . 
 My dearest Lord, adiew. 
 
 Postscnpt: — Iff your Grace can conveniently caus the cash keper 
 send me a bill for my last Witsonday's pensione, it uould come verry 
 seasonably, but this I doe not urge furder then your conveniens. 
 And iff myne uear done, I showld uishe 07 had his also, that he 
 may find you doe equally in thes matters, but do in bothe as you 
 pleas. 
 
 Whythall, June 30 : 1685. 
 
 134. The flyeinge paket that came from Scotland on the 
 27th, at one a'cloke in the morninge, came hither last night 
 betwixt elevine and tuelf a'cloke. I uent emediatly to the 
 Kinge, and befor he uent to bed delyverd your letter to him, 
 from my owne hand, and rede the Secret Commity's letter 
 uithe the late Argyle's depositions, and ther beinge littill or 
 nothing requyringe ansswer, the King commanded me to uryt 
 the short letter I haw nou sent to your lordships of the Secret 
 Commity 
 
 This morning arryyfed the Dutch regements at Gravesend and 
 Coll. McKay sent ane officer to acquent his Majesty, who lies 
 commanded them to quarter at and about Gravesend till furder 
 order. [The King was very much occupied and] scarce 
 allows himself time to eat and slepe . . . Yisterdaj'^ morninge 
 the Kinge uas informed by a letter from the Earle of 
 Peaversham that the Dwke of Crofton had falne on the Eebels' 
 rire, lyke a brave and resolute man, but as all yonge captins 'doe, 
 ingadged so far befor he uas avare that he fell betuixt hedges that 
 wear lined uithe muskiters and at the same tyme a squadrone of 
 the enemies hors endevord to interpos betuixt him and the body 
 of the King's forces, but Captin Vachane withe his troope of 
 Granadiers charged the Eebels so briskly that he beat them and 
 kiled ther commander, Mathews, uithe his owne hand. TheDwk 
 of Grafton had eight men kild and tuenty wownded, but the 
 enemie had great loss, in so mutch that in this and the former 
 infall made by Ogilthorp, ther can not be les then six or seaven 
 hundred of them kiled. [Melfort was not to meddle in Lady 
 Melvill's petition to the King, which had been sent to Moray with 
 a letter by Viscount Tarbat.] 
 
 Whythall, July 2 : 1685. 
 
 135. This afternone the King appointed me to uaet 
 on him at 4 a'cloke. I spoke to him on divers of the particulars 
 you recommended, as the short time I had uould permite, being 
 reddy to taek his hors to viove his oune Eegement of foote, now 
 giwen to the Prince of Denmarke. [First concerning Moodie's 
 mortification] . Next, as to the Arch B[ishop] of Glasgow's eominge 
 to the Bathes for his healthe, he sayd that place uas now to [o] 
 warme for any body to goe ther, but uhen this uas over he uould 
 speke to me of it, and I doubt not uill condeshend to it, but non 
 
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 hear shall hear of any motione I made in it, unles the Kinge 
 himself doe it, uhich I think he will not. And unles 07 stikill in 
 it, I am confident non will, and he can never know it, unles the 
 King himself tell him. [He had spoken to the King about the 
 Summer Session.] I tould him how mutch it uas his conserne ; 
 that iff he resolved to doe it your Grace could gett him as mutch 
 as uould intertain a regement a considerable time, provided that 
 Abbotshall wear Provost of Edinb. He sayd it uas a great 
 whyle befor the choisinge of ther Provest uas to be, and that 
 might be thought upon uhen he uas over greater bussines hear. 
 I also spoke to him of the Vicount Tarbat's letter and Lady 
 Melvel's petitione: he sayd as sone as he could he uould call 
 for E. Middleton, L'' Melfort and me, and consider of that 
 matter. . . '. [About a proposed pension of iJ500 a year to the 
 Earl of Kincardine, during his life and after his decease to his 
 three sisters for their lifetime, a draft of a warrant for which, the 
 Barl's mother had given the King ; but the King could not allow 
 It owing to the state of the Treasury ; — Z would certainly allow 
 of Or coming up, but he inclined to have the rebellion over first.] 
 
 Whythall, Jully 4th : 1685. 
 
 136. . . . As sone as the King caem from the Cabinit Councill 
 I uaeted on him, L*^ Melfort beinge present, and rede to him 
 the Council's letter, uithe Argyls canting speetch. I haw, by his 
 Majesty's command, urytin this night to the Chancelor to be 
 communicat to the Coune [i] 11 conserning the postinge of that 
 paerty of the forces on the Scots borders nearest to Carlilyl, 
 orderd by his letter to the Councill. [The reason of this was 
 fear of a design of a stir in that part of the English border.] 
 As to the Cessnoks' remisions, 07 urged extremly that a claus 
 inight be insert in the body of the remisions for ther constant 
 imprisonment etc., but I tould the Kinge it uas beter to giwe no 
 remisione at all, for that uas a dou [n] right ground of nuUety, 
 and uould render them totally usles, so that the Kinge resolved 
 to grant the remissions as th[e]y ar, and that a letter be sent to 
 the Councill appointinge them to be sent to be kept prisoners in 
 the Bass. Many persons ar secured hear, bothe in the citty and 
 cuntry on suspitione. . . . 
 
 Whythall, Jully 9th : 1685. 
 
 137. Yisterday his Majesty had account of the Lord Gray's 
 being takin by some of the Lord Lumly's miUtia, and this 
 morninge brought the good news of the late Dwk of Monmouthes 
 beinge takin by some of the same militia, uithin two milles of 
 the place uhar the other uas seazed, near to a hous of the Earle 
 of Shaftsbery's, called St. Gielleses : th[e]y ar bothe sent 
 for and uill be brought in about the end of this weeke. . . . 
 07 seems to complaen that a new inditment uas not giwen to 
 Argyll, since, by the late Acte of Parlament, rebels ar to be 
 pursewed in fourty eight hours. I tould him I wondered he 
 could say so, since he had urytin the letter appointinge him to 
 be demaend as a traetor in thre days peremtorily : but all must 
 
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 be carpt at. E. Bredalbine came this morniiig, and I caeried 
 him emediatly to the King, uho reseaved him verry graciously, 
 and appointed him to uaet on him at sex a'clok this night. I 
 hawe not seen him since, but from himself, you uill this night 
 
 haw ane account of uhat past Z sayd the kyndest 
 
 things iinaginable of Y to me, and of his esteam of him, wharin 
 you may be sure I did confirme him to my pithe and yit no 
 more then uhat justly he deserves. . . . Lett me know how 
 the eastet of Bacliuch uas setil'd at the maerig uithe Monmowthe, 
 iff the fie uas in his person, or only the lyferent. 
 
 As to Earle Dunfris' sh[e]rifship, it is still delayed, and G. 
 thinks he had best keep it as he did till Or be hear, and not 
 lowes a pin of it. 
 
 Not a word that I know off is spokin of Earle Dundonald and 
 his faemely : uhat may be secretly whisperd, I can not divine, but 
 G shall still advise Z to delay any thinge of that kynd till you 
 be hear, and he be better informed. 
 
 As for the letter conserning Argyls execution, it uas drawn 
 and sent auay befor I saw it. 07 thinks he can erre in 
 nothinge .... 
 
 The Captins of the Frigats bringe uithe them Argyl's papers : 
 uhen th[e]y come I shall inquier after them, and indevor to haw 
 them sent doune. AUiffe is on of them, uho had a price set upon 
 his head for the late conspiracy : uhen he is in a condition, no 
 doubt the King will hawe him brought hear, and G. thinks the 
 Tressurer hear would take it for no complement to speke to him 
 of his relatione that uay, or favour on that account and therfor 
 G'will say nothing to him of it . . . . 
 
 I showed the King the letter you sent me uhich uas directed to 
 the Advocat's servant. The King lauched, and sayd he uas sure 
 the Advocat uas extremly frightind at it. [The King wished the 
 Treasurer's opinion what sum he should give the Earl of Dun- 
 barton.] You will see the Kinge hes resolved to bringe Sir Johne 
 Cochrane and his sone hear, and emediatly to send a yawcht for 
 them. 07 uas forduard aniwghe in it. 14 hes bine verry ill all 
 this day, and I doe not belive he knows any thinge of the matter. 
 The Kinge thinks fittinge to kepe it quiet, uhich I houp your 
 Lordship uill also doe 
 
 Whythall, Jully iit^^ : 1685. 
 
 138 I resolved to pushe E. Bredalbin's meatinge 
 
 uithe Z alone. And that morninge to prepaer Z for uhat 
 he uas to say I tould him the confussione his Tressury 
 affaers uas in by the late Kebellione, and now that by the 
 blessinge of God, it beinge over both ther and hear, I 
 thought it my diuety to mind him of the great servisses your 
 Grace had done him on this occation not only in the Parlia- 
 ment and his Tressury bussines, but in the managment and 
 postinge of the Forces, uhich uas the only thinge had brokin the 
 rebellione in Scotland, and uhat should hawe become of all iff you 
 had not put 20,000 pound to the fore, uhich uas the only fond 
 
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 that ansswerd all the necessetys of the war : next how your 
 Grace had proposed to make him the greatest propriator 
 m Scotland as ueall as Kmg and to mak his proper 
 reveniw four times as good as you found it,_ iff his 
 Majesty uould follow the advice you uould giwe him. 
 He uas verry ueall saetisfied uithe all, and sayd verry kynd 
 things of his cens of your good services. Then I tould him 
 that now it uas hye time to call for your Grace to giwe him 
 account of your trust as his Commisioner, and to setill maters 
 relaetinge to his Tressury, and that he uould only call for your- 
 self, for iff any others came, it uas at bottom only uithe a desinge 
 to aske bothe for them selfs and ther freinds, uhich uould create 
 a great deall of unnecessary treble to him and iliak noice uhich 
 uear fitt to be avoieded. He sayed he uould do it, and non 
 showld come but your self. Then I tould him the soner he uould 
 hear uhat E. Bredalbine had to say from you the better. He 
 sayd he uould certinly doe it that day, and accordingly he did 
 appoint him betuixt 3 and 4 in the afternone : uhat then past 
 you haw a full account of from E. Breda [1] bine, uhich I hawe 
 sine and I houp will pleas you. [Had been to the King since 
 to speak about these affairs, i)ut 07 and E. Arrane were "both in 
 the bed-chamber, so he had to put off. He advises the greatest 
 secrecy imaginable.] A day or tuo will end this matter, and I 
 shall be in great paine till it is over, and shall follow it closs. 14 
 sone and 7 uas in on whisper all the whyle I uas in the bed 
 chamber, and many demonstrations betwine them, and it uas no 
 less then near 3 hours time. I doubt it will be found th[e]y ar 
 all of a pice, but G must see furder befor he be posetive in that 
 matter. My head is so full of this bussines that I can uryte-of 
 nothinge els this night. 
 
 Whythall, Jully 14th : 1685. 
 189. I haw every day, morninge and eve[n]inge, since my last 
 bene urginge Z for his orders to r to come up, but still to 
 my amazment delays and shifts me, uhich puts a hundred 
 apprehensions in my head, tho' I may, and uishe I be mistakin. 
 [That morning he had spoken to the King of the benefits of 
 Queensberry's plan. Such as improving his revenue and 
 making him the greatest proprietor in the Highlands 
 and south and west of Scotland.] But he cut me short, 
 and tould me he uould speke to me in the afternone, 
 and about an hour after 7 tould me the King had 
 appointed us 3 acloke to rede the Secret Commity's letter, and 
 Informatione of Marq. A [t] hoi's procedings in Argylshire. 
 Presently I suspected he intended to spek, uhen 7 uas present, 
 of the other bussines ; however I uaeted at the hour appointed 
 and ther uas L"^ Melfort also, but he uent into his closet and 
 stayed till he uent streight to the Cabinet Councill and sayd 
 nothing of the bussines. I confess I doe not understand his 
 uaye in this, for he uaa fond of the thing and posetive that Or 
 showld come, and non els : iff he alters or not, I can not yit 
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 Yisterday afternone, the late Dwk of Monmouthe uas brought 
 to Will. Chivenses rowms at Whythall, and Lord Gray uithe him, 
 and ther armes flechter'd. The King. saw them bothe and bothe 
 of them fell on ther kness : th [e] y stayd uithe the King about a 
 quarter of ane howr, but uear in Will Chiffens lodgings near 4 
 hours, the Secretarys of State beinge present, and then uear 
 caeried in a baerge to the Tower and enterd at the Traetors gate. 
 The wholl Teams uas coverd uith oars, sutch uas the curiosety of 
 the poople. Monmouthe is to be execute, tomorrow, but Lord 
 Gray not till next tearme, becaus he must be brought befor the 
 King's Bench bar to be heard to objecte in cace of any informalety 
 or error in his uryt of out Lawry. 
 
 Excus me, I can uryt no more this night : I am out of humor, 
 but must be patient till I see event, so my dearest Lord, adiew. 
 
 Postscrijn : — Since I urot this, I haw bene uithe E. Midd : who is 
 as mutch amazed as G is at Z uay in this, beinge so far from his 
 acustomedmethode : but my next will, I ho wp, clire the matter beter. 
 
 Whythall, July 16 : 1685. 
 140. Moray had received Queensberry's letter with account 
 of Mr. McLean having been robbed. "When the Secret 
 Commity's letter uas red to the Kinge, L'' Melfort sayd it 
 differed mutch from the relatione giwen by Mr. McLean himself, 
 and puled out a letter directed to himself, uhich uhen he had rede 
 I found no other difference, but that the Secret Commity's 
 uas mor particular then his owne. " The good luke uas that he 
 caeried nothinge uithe him of publicte orders, but only the 
 account of the news : and G to his best rememberance urot littill 
 of any particular by him to Or, but the news, so that nothinge 
 needs to be reniwed upon that account. 7 hes not yit 
 rede M. of A [t] hoi's paper to the Kinge, but this day befor 
 dunner uhen wee uear uithe his Majesty he sayd it uas 
 long and gaw it to the King himself. Whither or no he will be 
 at the paens to rede it, is the questione." Moray had not seen 
 it, but thinks another copy should have been sent. As to what 
 the Committee had advised for gratifying the Marquis of AthoU, 
 the King said he must first speak to Queensberry about it. 
 Moray told his Majesty that ^Queensberry had written to him that 
 in a few days the Earl of Southesk and the Countess's trustee 
 would move for " by gons," with which his Majesty was well 
 satisfied. 
 
 " I can yit giwe you no certin resolution of uhat Z [the King] 
 intends about r [Queensberry] up cominge. I urge every day, 
 at leist 2 or thre times, and still he shifts and delays me ; 
 uhat can be in the matter is above my comprehensione, but I 
 shall not be at rest or quiet till I be at a point in it." . . . 
 " The D. Monmouth uas yisterday execut on Tourhill. I haw 
 order'd Sir Andrew Forrster to uryt a full account of it to your 
 Grace, and I send you inclosed the printed account of his 
 taking." 
 
88 
 
 Postscript : — " Melfort had not the discretione so mutch as to 
 tell me he had sent a commision to Blaer Drummond to be 
 conjunct Keper of the Signit, but I scorne to notice it to him." 
 
 Whythall, Jully 21 : [16] 85. 
 
 141 I hawe by this post urytin to your brother Coll. 
 
 Douglass by the King's command that he hes his Majesty's leawe 
 to come up as sone as he pleases, and I am confident non hear 
 knows any thing of it, unles Z hawe tould it to any, which I can 
 not yit discover. 
 
 My college will returne ansswer to the Secret Commity's letter, 
 it be'inge his uaetinge : he caem to me yisterday, and complaened 
 that Z uould not minde or dispatch Scots bussines. 
 
 As to that matter of Argyl's not geting a new indetment, it is 
 verry plaen, and you haw fully instructed me about it, uharof I 
 shall make uss as I hawe occatione, in cace ther be any need of 
 it. Your Grace says that now h h 3 pretends absolute freindship 
 to Or. G had a letter from m 6, by the fiyeing paket, and it is 
 fitt S h insert the verry words of a part of it, vizt. I am louthe to . 
 medill in any differenses that are amongst the King's servants, 
 ])ut I know you prudent, and therfor I will take the freedome to 
 tell you that his Majesty will do ueall to stop it tymously. I 
 belive non of them can condeshend on injuries to make them 
 irreconsilable, and uhen I tell so, neither is weall pleased ; but I 
 am of oppinion till the King see them bothe, matters will grow 
 rather worse then better ; and till th[e]y agree better, the King's 
 service will goe the uors on, and I adventur to assure your 
 Lordship of this. This is the words of the letter. G could 
 heartily uishe that 002 prove as firme to c8 as th[e]y ought, 
 but 204 is still affrayed. Make the best uss of all, and ken and 
 miskene. . . . 
 
 Earle Dunfrise bussines shall lye for me and no mor of it till 
 I see your Grace. As to E. Dun**- and the fynes, I houp Z uill 
 doe nothing till he sees you. I hawe his word for it oftener then 
 once. . . . The yawcht is dispatcht for Sir John Cochrane. I 
 perseaw it is no secret ther and as littill hear : however, I can 
 not helpe that, but uhatever I am injoined secresy in, shall, I 
 
 am sure, be secret for me E. Dunbarton will be hear on 
 
 Thursday, and my uaetinge coms in on Monday, and then I shall 
 miud G. Dalyele, as your Grace recommends it. . . 07 told Z that 
 the Provest of Edinb[urgh] had sent 9 or 10 paertys of 10 hors 
 a pice in search of the rogs that robed Mr. McLean's portmantill. 
 [Would oppose any letter in favour of the Provost, for he "is 
 a most insignificant." Monklaud had a protection, but not for life.] 
 The M. Atholl hes urytin to E. Midd. and me, and I belive to 
 Coll. Worden, to propos a remision for Sir Will Scot of 
 Hardin to his Majesty as a gratuety to him. [His Majesty would 
 doubtless say he must first speak to Queensberry : Moray had 
 again urged the King to call him up, who said he would speak of 
 it soon.] 
 
89 
 
 Whythall, Jully 25 : 1685. 
 142. Eaiie Dunbarton came last night late, and caem to 
 Court betuixt ten and alevin. I uas just caem auay befor. This 
 morninge early I uent to see him, and had your Grace's letter, 
 uhich I shall caerfully observe, and anssuer the particulars as 
 sone as I can. The King spok to E. Dunb. last night only of 
 geimerall matters. This day he dyned uithe E. Middle., and he 
 and I recomended to him the same things uhich I houp he will 
 observe. His Majesty appointed sum this night at his cushe to 
 spek uithe him, but your Grace can haw no account of it till next 
 posts,- and he desyrs me this night to make his excuss to you for 
 not urytinge till then. I am in paine till this matter be over, 
 and uill forbear to say any thinge of other matters. 
 
 Whythall, Jully 26 : [16] 85. 
 148. The occatione of this flyeinge paket is, first, a letter from 
 his Majesty to the Councill conserning the deserters from the 
 thre Scots Regements that caem from Holland, the other for the 
 banishment of Lord Neell Campbel's son and Johne Campble. 
 It is informed that Lord Nel's sone is infeft in his father's esteat, 
 and that you may take tryell of the truthe of it, that in cace he 
 be, it may be secured for the Khig, is the reson it is sent by the 
 flyeinge paket. Iff ther be any thinge more, I know not. 
 KKK' hes not yit had his hearinge uithe Z, for all the paeins 
 that 120 and G. hes bine at uithe him, nor can I fortell the cans, 
 till time discover it, tho' I haw no good lykinge of the matter. 
 
 I now come in uaetinge tomorrow, and resolves to press Z 
 conserninge r coming hither, uharof you shall shortly, I houp, 
 haw ane accomit. Yisterday E. Stamford and Lord IBrandon 
 Jerrard near sent to the Toure, and this night the Lord Delamer, 
 all for highe treasone, and its probable more may follow. 
 
 Whythall, Jully 28 : 1685. 
 144. KKK hes yit had but littill time uithe Z: heandl20dyned 
 uithe me yesterday, and had a free discours of all matters : he 
 tould us that Z sayd Or showld only com up, and non else; so 
 that altho L9 delays (upon uhat grownd G. can not devine) yit 
 seems still to be firme to uhat he promised to G. in that matter. 
 This morninge I spoke to him, and desired he uould give me 
 orders in it, but delayed, and sayd he uould be sure to speke to 
 me of it. He shall not now rest a day till it be ended, and I houp 
 it shall [be] to Or satisfactione. 
 
 G. is hopfull that a uay may be found to get 802 to owne Or 
 consernedly, but can not uryt of that matter till c 8 is hear ; but 
 paeins shall not be uantinge so far as possible to secure it. KKK 
 hes sayd nothing to me of any matters recommended to him by 
 
 1 The Earl of Dumbarton is here, and in subsequent letters, represented by the 
 letters KKK. In.th^ Cipher and Key (No. 94, supra, the Earl is inadvertently 
 represented by the letters K.R.B. KKK should be substituted for these letters in 
 the Cipher. The sheet containing the Cipher was printed ofl' before the error was 
 noticed. 
 
90 
 
 r, but sure all the assistance in my power shall be giwen uhen 
 
 1 am informed as to uliat you haw proposed to Z for K K K 
 relaetinge to Salton's forfaulture, he hes not so mutch as takin 
 notice of it to me in the least ; uhat is the reson I can not tell, 
 but I resolve to move some discours of it to him, and then shall 
 giwe your Grace account how it is lyke to succeed. 
 
 I haw not yet seene Captin McKenzie, but shall be sure to asist 
 him, or any recomended by you to my pithe. As for Dwk M. 
 esteat, it is a thinge fitt to be kept till Or sees Z, and then, as his 
 Majesty inclyns, you will haw a clire plaen informatione to lay 
 befor him. Som thinke ther uill be favor eniwghe showne to the 
 widdow and cheldringe. 
 
 As to that Commision you mentione designed for Captin 
 Barclay, I haw yit heard nothinge of it, and sure I am it is 
 verry ussles ; how ever, I shall advert to it, and iff any sutch 
 thinge be moved, it -is only proper for E. Mare. 
 
 KKK uould faen perswad G. of 14 and ddd sincear inclina- 
 tions to serve c8, but G. uishes to see some good effects of it, for 
 G. is not easily induced to belive baer words. As to the letter 
 about your Jurnays, I am trobled it showld be lost, tho' it is no 
 matter, since it can be so easily helped, but at this time it is mor 
 unseasonable then it could haw bine at any other. Z is tiklishe 
 and mor apt to misunderstand things at this junctur then he 
 could be on any other occatione, and G. is evene unuilinge to 
 move any thinge uhicli may giwe him the least grownd of 
 mistake, tho' this be an clire and plaen cace ; and therfor, pray, 
 iff it can be avoieded, indevor it, but iff it not, it shall be done. 
 I say this as my owne oppinione for the best, but uithe deference 
 to your pleasur. E. Bredalbine is, I assure you, a verry fathefull 
 and active servant to Or, and is botlie foruard and usfull. 
 
 675 profesis great respect to Or, but, the byase lyes 
 touards f n and 7 : but of all thes matters c 8 shall hawe 
 particular informatione uhen he coms hither. The Shriff 
 of Boot is hear, but uas 2 hours uithe 07 the night he caem 
 befor G. saw him, and uhen he caem to me next day, and spoke 
 to present him, I appointed him eight a'clok at night : but he 
 caem not at all that night, and next day in the afternone, meeting 
 him ther, I asked why he caem not : he tould me his cloathes uas 
 not reddy, but uithall that he had kissed the King's hand at 
 12 a'clok. This is not[hing] iff worthy of your Graces troble, 
 and I only tell it you that you may know some people's silly 
 triks. Last night dyed the Earle of Arlingtoune. His Majesty 
 hes made Earle Alesberry Chamberlinn in his place, and Earle 
 Feaversham hes got his Garter. 
 
 Postscript: — Pray let me know iff" any thing caem by the 
 last flyeinge paket but uhat I tould you. 
 
 Whythall, JuUy 30 : 1685. 
 145. Last night Z caled 07 and G to the Queen's bed 
 chamber: KKK tould me he belived it uas to speke of Or 
 coming up, and desired me to move it, but I uould by no means, 
 
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 uhyle 559 uas present unles L 9 had done it of himself, uhich G. 
 did expecte, but proved otheruays, for he begune to talk of the 
 late Dwke of Monmouthe's bussines, and orderd me to uryte a 
 letter to the Secret Commity to know the state and convayence of 
 that Esteat, and to know iff it may not be forfault notuithe- 
 standinge of his beinge execut hear ; but the letter beinge full, I 
 need not repeat furder of it. Then he spent near ane lioure 
 telinge us all the offices of the Armey and number of his Troups, 
 and that he had found out mor good officers then he belived he 
 had had in his dominions. E. Feacster is made a L*- Gennerall, 
 and E. Dunbarton ane other. Lord Churchill, Major Gennerall, 
 and Coll. Wordin an other. Sir Johne Lamer and Sir Johne 
 Fenike, Brigadiers for the hors, and Coll. Kirk and Sakfild for the 
 Foot. He tould he uould haw tuenty hors mor aded to his 
 Troup of guards in Scotland, and the Earle of Buchan maed a 
 gydong. Chaerlls Campbell is to be banished to the plantations 
 in the verry tearms his brother John uas. The King uent this 
 morninge to W [i] ndsor ; it uas late bef or he returned. I houp 
 by next post to giwe you ane account of Or cominge up, it is now 
 talked of about the Court, and Z hes spokin of it, and yit is nyce 
 to giwe his orders, to my wonder. 
 
 Whythall, Agust 1 : 1685. 
 
 146. Long looked for coms at last ; about half an hour befor 
 
 your brother Coll. Douglass kissed the King's hand I had 
 
 order from his Majesty to aequent your Grace that it is his 
 
 pleasur you come up to attend him uithe all convenient diligence, 
 
 and non other, but that all the rest of the Lords of the Secret 
 
 Commity stay ther to attend his Majesty's service, uhich I haw 
 
 urytin to them in the letter by the King's command, in ansswer 
 
 to that brought us this night by Coll. Douglas, wherin is ansswer 
 
 made to every particular recommended. The Kinge, upon 
 
 redinge the character giwen your brother, exprest himself uithe a 
 
 great deall of kyndness, and that nothinge uas sayd but uhat he 
 
 kniw uas ueall deserved. This he exprest befor 07, uho was 
 
 silent. You uill from ane other hand know severall things that 
 
 some hear uould seem to charge Or uithe, but easily ansswerd. 
 
 I shall stryfe to kepe all things intire till your Grace coms up, so 
 
 far as I can, and I houi) succesfuUy, tho' indevors be usmge 
 
 by severals to brek in upon fyns and forfaulturs. G. shall doe 
 
 his paert uithe diligence and fathefulnes. I am not able to 
 
 ansswer the letter I had from you this night, till next post, not 
 
 hawinge tyme to spek to Z, and I could not so mutch as reed it 
 
 till the King uas sat to sujjper. E. Bredabin tells you things I 
 
 haw not now time to say, nor neds repetition : he is, I assure you, 
 
 a fathefuU, conserned, and usfuU servant to you. 
 
 Whythall, August 4''' : 1685. 
 
 147. Moray had written an answer by his Majesty's command 
 
 to the Secret Committee's letter. " In the end of the letter I tould 
 
 you that Sir Johne Cochrane and his sone, Water syid, and AUife 
 
 uas to be sent up in the same yawct in uhich Captin Bruce and 
 
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 the Brandeburger is to returne ; but iff any other yaucht be come 
 for them befor that arryfe, lett it not stop ther beinge sent in the 
 first that corns for them. McKlean's presept for 100 lb. uas past 
 befor I had your letter, els I showld haw certinly observed uhat 
 you advysed in it ; but now I cannot help it." During Melfort's 
 month of waiting a letter had been resolved on in favour of Lady 
 Mary Cochrane, for allowing this year's rent, that is of the 
 crop 1685 " in her favors for ther maentenance, and another to 
 the Secret Commity to giwe a triue account of her and her 
 husband's cace to the Kinge, uhich ar now countersigned 
 by me, and I haw order'd Sir Andrew Forrester to send coppies 
 of them to your Grace." Queensberry would be at Court before 
 anything could be said further in it, and could best inform his 
 Majesty of it. "A letter is com from 30 to KKK desiringe him to 
 aske leave for him to com up, and an other to 07, and KKK 
 sayd he heard ther uas on to me, but I haw not seen it. I tould 
 how unlit it uas for any to leaw ther charge at this tyme, but 
 KKK sayd he uould move the King in it. I haw put 324 on 
 him to stop that resolution ; uhat may be the success I can not 
 yet tell. Alas! poor KKK is easy and too mutch imposed upon. 
 All G. indevors uithe Z is to keep all things intyre till r coms, 
 that Z may not lirek in upon fynens or forfalturs, or any thing 
 els, and L9 does promiss 204 that he uill not uhich G depends 
 on." Moray states further he did not wish to meddle uith a sum 
 of <tl200 owing by Melfortto the Treasury, till Queensbury came. 
 There was no ground for what was lately talked of the late Duke 
 of Monmouth's children, as he would see by the letter written by 
 the King's command. . . . 
 
 Whythall, Agust ij : 1685. 
 148. Yisterday at fyffe a'cloke in the morninge arryved the 
 flyeinge paket dispatchet from Edinb. on the 6"^'= instant. Ld. 
 Melford coming that day in uaetinge, it uas caerried to him and 
 he opned it, and emediatly therafter Sir Andrew Forrester sent on 
 express to me, beinge then att Windsor, uho brought me your 
 Grace's letter to the Kinge, on to my self, and on other to E. 
 Bredalbine, about alevin a'cloke. I uent emediatly and delyverd 
 your letter to his Majesty, from my owne hand, uhich he presently 
 rede, and tould me he uould uryt the ansswer himself at night, 
 beinge to ryde abroad in the afternoon uith the Quine. I tould 
 him that the Secret Committy uear seperatinge, the Chancellor 
 alredy gone home, and used thos arguments you urot to me 
 and sutch others as uear obvious to my self, to convince 
 him how hurtfull it might prove iff the Chancelor and 
 Secret Commity did not attend his affaers at Edinb. till your 
 Grace's return, uhich he uas sufficently convinced uithe, and 
 sayd th [e] y must attend. Befor the King's returne from the fields 
 Ld. Melford caem ; he showed me the Secret Commity's letter to 
 the Kinge, and as sone as his Majesty came in, uee uaeted on 
 him, and it uas rede to him. Then I moved that order might be 
 gi^yen for the Chancellor and Secret Commitys closs attendans, 
 uhich Ld. Melford uas orderd to uryt, and the Kinge tould him 
 
9S 
 
 he wowd giwe him his owne letter to send uith it, but his 
 Majesty seemed not wilinge to be at the great charge of sending 
 it by a ilyeinge pakit. I tould him it could not overtake your 
 Grace unles a flyeinge paket near sent : he ansswerd uhat uas the 
 matter, the thinge beinge done. I intended to uryt a particular 
 ansswer to bothe your last ; but this beinge to goe in the bye 
 bage in cace of your Grace's beinge com off ; I uill say 
 nothinge furder in it till I see your self, uhich I shall 
 long for, and I pray God send you a good and prosperous 
 jurnaiy. Pray send me a particular account of your Jests, and 
 uhaer you will lye the night befor yo.ur comuage to London, for 
 then myself and some others resolve to meet you. 
 
 Postscript : — I houp and doubts not to keep all things intire till 
 you come. 
 
 [Moray again wrote to Queensberry on the 18th stating that 
 for a week past he had been "in a sharp feavor" and in bed. 
 He was mending, but not able to write much.] 
 
 Whythall, August 22: 1685. 
 
 149. Last night Mr. Deans brought me the honor of yours of 
 the 16th, and tho' I am yit but weake after my feaver, I am just 
 goinge to Windsor, whaer I shall make the best uss I can of all 
 you uryte to me. I uill, God wiling, certinly uaet on you uhaer 
 you are to be the night befor your cominge to Londone, and 
 therfor I shall not now giw you the treble of uryting par- 
 ticularly ; only the Kinge sent me word again, by Sir Andrew 
 Forrester, who I sent to him when I uas sike, that he uould 
 warand me all showld be kept intire till your cominge. I shall 
 be verry glade to see Sir Andrew Kamsay, uithe whom I haw ever 
 had intire frendship, and his sincear service to your Grace con- 
 firms it absolutly. As to uhat relaets to your owne and son's 
 privat consems, I refer your Grace to E. Bredalbin's letter, uhich 
 will be as full as is fitt at a distance or yit can be sayd in that 
 matter. Nothing shall be left undone that may promove your 
 interest in publicte or privat matters by your freinds hear, to the 
 utmost of ther pithe. 
 
 My siknes hes faline ill out at this tyme, but I submit to the 
 will of God, altho' I am verry hopfull ther can be no great 
 prejudize by it, since Z giwes assurance to do nothinge till you 
 com. No questione many storys hes bine whisper'd to him since 
 thes officers upcoming, and by the rest who uear hear befor, but 
 I make littill question you will soone make suteh smoke vanishe. 
 E. Dunbartone taks ill missurs, yit not uors then ever I feard he 
 would ; but you uill see and understand this better when you 
 are hear. 
 
 Windsor, Thursday morning, [c. 1685.] 
 
 150. After you uent from this I spok uithe the King, of the 
 bussines conserning the Provest of Edinb., wharof you shall haue 
 account at metinge. The Chancellor and I therafter debaeted, 
 befor the Kinge, whither ther uas a necessety of nameing the 
 
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 Provest at or befor the first tysday of October or not. His 
 Majesty orderd us to meat and debaet it, and to call for D. H. or 
 any other hear that knew any thinge of the matter ; the result 
 uas a lite of six to be giwen in to the King to choice, who he 
 thought fit, viz. : P. Dik, Magnus Prince, the two Hamil[t]ons, 
 B. Kennedy, and B. Douglas, and accordingly last night it uas 
 offerd. My college urged for P. Dik and D. H. for hisnaemsaks; 
 but the King pitched on B. Kennedy ;. and this day, by a flyinge 
 pakit, I send his Majestie's letter to the Councill for this purposs. 
 The choice is not as uas expected by any of them, so I shall say 
 no mor till I see your Grace. 
 
 Whythall, Jannauar 7th : 168f . 
 
 151. I had the honor of yours by the post last night, but hes 
 bine so ill this week past that I haue kept my bed mor then I 
 haw bine up. I am beter, but the humor is falne in my left syd 
 and the joint of my thye, that I am not able to walk. It trebles 
 me extremly to be under this misfortune, ulien your conserns 
 require my weak indevors, but I submit to the will of God. I 
 haw spoke uithe E. Drumlanegrge, and aduysed him to speke to 
 the Kinge about your command in the Castille, and I am per- 
 swaded his Majesty will now be of the same mind he uas of two 
 years agoe, uhen the leter uas urytin to G". Dalyell. I am 
 amazed at the story s you say ar talked ther, but it is no new 
 thinge, and ther is lit'till to wonder at in this world. I am not 
 able to say more, but shall longe to be in a better estate of 
 healthe to serve you. 
 
 Whythall, Jan''. 12: 168f. 
 
 152. I am, I thank God, mutch better, but far from 
 ueall, tho' I houp in a fiow days to recover my health. 
 The Kinge uas all this day at huntinge, and in the eveninge I 
 uenter'd to go uaet on him : he uas foild after a longe chaes, so 
 that I could not speak to him at any lenthe, but I houp by next 
 post to giwe you some better account of all you urote to me. I 
 shall only now tell you that Nidery's Commisione will not pas at 
 this time, it uas drawn by my collegs order, he goes to-morrow in 
 the Yaucht, uithe D'^- Lawederdall, for Scotland. I inquired at 
 Sir Andrew Forrester conserning the referens past on Rochehd's 
 petition, uhen I uas sike, and cald for the coppye of it. Sir 
 Andrew ^'ill giwe your Grace an account of that matter, uhich I 
 confess I do not understand. A returne will be sent to the Secret 
 Commity's letter verry spedely. 
 
 Whythall, Janr. 14th : 168f . 
 158. "Yesterday morninge the King allowed me to speak 
 to him in his closset, and had as mutch time as my healthe 
 permited me to stand by hime. So far is his Majesty from 
 sufferinge L' Gennerall Drumond to hawe any command 
 over the Castile of Edinb., that he says he shall hawe it in 
 non of the other castiles nather, and I am ord [e] rd to uryte so 
 
mutch to him, uhich I resolve to do by this post." Strong 
 
 addresses were made by Earls Seaforth and Tweeddale against 
 
 the letter to the Secret Committee concerning Earl Lothian's 
 
 precedency, "but I haw yisterday prevaeld uithe the Kinge to 
 
 pas it, and the tennor of it is only to hear all paertys and report 
 
 to the Kinge a full account of the. case that his Majesty may 
 
 declare his furder pleasur therupone. As to the annuetys, I can 
 
 not yet say posetively to your Grace uhat he resolves, 
 
 but I houp shortly to be able to do it. I red the Secret 
 
 Commity's leter to him, and uas commanded to goe to the D^ of 
 
 •Baccluche to know whether she uould choice to go doune 
 
 herself and childringe, or uryt to the Advocat and intimat to him 
 
 the nams of the persons she uould imploy to appire and propos 
 
 for her and them. She hes pitched upon the latter, and I shall 
 
 send her letter to the Advocat by the next post, togither uithe 
 
 letters of safe conducte to Wishart and Hossake, uho ar to be 
 
 maade uss of as witneses in the process against Sir James Dal- 
 
 rimple of Staer. Sir Johne Cochrane uill be also spoken to, that 
 
 he may be as good as his posetive promiss to the Kinge 
 
 in that matter, uhich your Grace uas witness too." Sir 
 
 Andrew Forrester told Moray the letter in favour of Sir John 
 
 Dalr}Tnple had been passed a month before, "and lyes only in 
 
 his hand till ft be cald for, and to that by all appirance it is little 
 
 valiued, since so mutch neglected, uhich I strange at. I spoke to 
 
 Z [the King] , and tould him uhat storrys near talked at Edinb. 
 
 of puting the Tresurer's office in Commisione, uhich he uas 
 
 verry ill pleased uithe, and spok as kyndly of Or. [Queensberry] 
 
 as could be possible, or I could uishe. This day the Lord Delamer 
 
 uas tryed; he made a verry good defenss, and uas acquited, 
 
 neminc contradisente.' .... 
 
 Whythall, Janr. 21 : 168|. 
 154. Earl Drumlanrig had given Moray his Grace's letter, 
 and that morning he waited to show it to the King, and speak to 
 him of it ; but his colleague [Melfort] being there, he could do 
 no more but ask his Majesty to appoint him a time to speak 
 with him, who appointed him the following day at eleven 
 o'clock 
 
 "Ther is now ane anssuer sent to the letter urytin by the 
 Councill to his Majesty conserninge the test, and the Chamberlins 
 that are to reseaw the rents in Argylshyr. As to the first, the 
 Kinge says, since the time is elasped, and that the Act of Parlament 
 uas not published, so sone as it ought, he hes not yit resolved uhat 
 cours to tak in it, but in the meane time prohibite the presing of 
 it, or punisheinge the delayers or refusers of it, untill his Majesty 
 declaer his furder pleasur, notuithestandinge of the letter you 
 mention dated the first of Desember last, or any other letter 
 to the eontraery." 
 
 Moray proceeds to say that that day he had order from the 
 King to prepare a precept for the Duke of Gordon for two thousand 
 pounds sterling, "to be pyed out of the first and rediest of all 
 
9fi 
 
 fyns imposed or to be imposed, and the lyke for the Marqus of 
 Atholl, 
 
 "The best hous about town, viz'' Montague Hous, uas last night 
 burnt doune to the grownd, and E. Devonshyre in six minuts had 
 bine burnt in his bede, but that on of his footmen draged him 
 out of his bed, uhich uas then seazed by the fyre." 
 
 Mrs. Sidly was now made Countess of Dorchester. The pain 
 in Moray's side had recurred, and his physicians would have 
 him draw l)lood for it again and take physic. 
 
 Whythall, Janr. 30 : 168f . 
 
 155. "My siknes, uhich lies now continoued a monthe, hes 
 occationed my seldome urytinge. I haw bine flow days abroad 
 all the whyll, and not so mutch as at church till this vei-ry day : 
 but thanks to God, I am now mutch better, and a littill time will, 
 I houp, restore me to perfecte health." .... 
 
 The letter for adding the Lord President of the Session to the 
 Secret Committee was sent up. Moray hoped the project about 
 the Highland Commission would remain unchanged ; the King 
 did not incline to throw out his money upon it. The Castles and 
 Artillery were to contribute for the invalid money, for the King 
 said it was fit that such soldiers as were old or disabled in the 
 Castles or Artillery should be maintained as well as others. Lord 
 Tarbet had been there some days. Moray had ordered Sir 
 Andrew Forrester to give Queensberry a particular account 
 of all that was now to be sent, which saved Moray from repeti- 
 tion, "this being the day observed for King Charles the First's 
 raartirdome." 
 
 [c. January, 1685-6.] 
 
 156. Last night I rede the letter that ]\[r. Walace urote to Sir 
 Andrew Forrester by your Grace's command, and shall acquent 
 his Majisty uithe the contents of it and giue you an account of it 
 so soone as possibly I can. The Kinge hes the last leter you 
 urote to me, but uill show it to none, and after he hes considerd 
 of it, uill speake to me of the particulars ; had I bene in healthe, it 
 might haue bene possibly this eveninge, but I am under phisike this 
 day for the stitche of my syde, and tomorrow to let blood. 
 L''- Melford came to me this day and tould me he had from the 
 off[i]cers of the x'Vrmey uhat had past conserninge the invalide 
 monny, so I showed him bothe the letters signed by your Grace 
 and E. Kintore, and on Monday I houp uee shall reseaue the 
 King's commands to bothe, so as I houp the next post shall 
 bring you his Majesty's pleasure in all thes matters. 
 
 I shall informe the Kinge of uhat is sayd of Earle Twedal's 
 pretentions and the referens to the Secret Commity therupon ; 
 l)ut for my owne paert, it is the first time I heard that ther uas 
 any sutch reference, and you ar certinly in the right that it 
 uould burdin the Tressury ; for if the esteat belongs not to the 
 Kinge, he must pay it himself ; and if it does, then uhy should 
 it be charged uithe that some he craves. 
 
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 As to the King's goinge to Scotland this sumer, I assure you 
 ther is nothing sayd of it hear ; if the Chancellor hes any 
 sutch intimatione by letter from his Majesty it is best known to 
 himself, for I deelaer I am a stranger to it, but I shall indevor all 
 I can to be informed, and acquent you of uhat I learne. I doe 
 not know uhat kepes Mr. Fletcher hear : he ons intended to goe 
 to Hungary, but that I belive uas over longe agoe. I shall 
 speake to him to hast home. 
 
 As to the Instrument takin by Ochiltry conserninge the King's 
 letter, his worship might verry weall forborne it ; and sure it can 
 avaell him nothinge. It uill not be deficult, I belive, to take of 
 any rdisrepresentation can be made of it, and I shall advert to 
 it. It is uithe some treble that I hawe urytin thes fiew lyns, 
 tho' I had more to say, uhich I must defer till you haw the 
 King's ansswer to the letters. 
 
 Whythall, Feb'^' 2'^ : 168|. 
 
 157. Since my last ther is nothinge worthy of your Grace's 
 treble, furder then to tell you that it is the King's pleasur that 
 Ld. Vic. Melford and I live ueall togither, and be united in his 
 service, uhich wee hawe accordingly resolved to do ; but uithall I 
 tould him I would not in the least abaet the honor and frendshipe 
 I haw for your Grace's persone and faemely, uhich I must say he 
 not only complyed uithe, but sayd uhatever thoughts uear 
 intertaend of him, he uould still do just and equall things, and 
 giwe you no resonable occatione for judgeinge otheruays of him. 
 This morninge Jake Talbot, the Earle of Shoosberry's brother, 
 uas kilde at a diwell by the Dwke of Croftone ; his Grace is gone 
 out of the uay for some time. Our countryman Abercromby uas 
 his second, and Captin Fitzpaetrike to the other. Nather of them 
 hes any hurt. 
 
 Whythall, Feb"^- 9th : 168i. 
 
 158. Tomorrow morning the Kinge hes promised to speake to 
 me of the particulars containd in your last, so that it uill be next 
 post befor I can possibly informe your Grace of his Majesty's 
 pleasur theranent. 
 
 The account we had yisterday of the tumult that hapined laetly 
 at Edinb. uas verry surprysinge, and maks abundans of talk hear. 
 All sutch villans convocations ar to be crushed in the bude and 
 proseeut uithe all imaginable caer and diligens. I finde ther hes 
 bine verry groundles sudgestions made to you of me. I tould 
 you in my last uhat the King had commanded, but it is no uay 
 inconsistant withe the honor and frendship I haw to your Grace's 
 persone and faemely, and you may belive me uncapable of any 
 thinge unbefitinge a man of honor. I Httill regard uhat 
 people talke, nor is it worthy of notieinge. I houp your 
 Grace will consider me by my actions, and not uhat is the 
 talk of others, nor do I imagine uhat it could be the 
 Arch. Bp- of S. Andrews sayed of me. I humbly 
 thank your Grace for any kyndness you have showne to my 
 brother ; I doubt not he will indevor to deserve it of you. The 
 
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 Bishop of Edinb. uill be hear verry shortly. I am sorry he 
 showld giwe you ground to complain of him. Uhen he corns, and 
 I haw talked uithe him, I shall be better able to speak knowingly 
 to you on that subjeete. 
 
 Whythall, FeV- ij : 168f . 
 
 159. TheKinge hes orderd the pasinge of Nedery's Commisione, 
 but tould me he uould uryt of it himself to your Grace, uhich I 
 doubt not he uill do, by this post. And in regarde the Secret 
 Commity hes recommended a Commision, uhich th [e] y sent up to 
 Sir Francis Scot, and others, to collecte the rents of the Esteat of 
 Bacluiche, he hes also past it, and allowed the Dutchess of 
 Bacliuch to naem on more, who is to be insert in the Commisione. 
 I rede your Grace's leter to L^- Melford and me, on that sub- 
 jeete, to his Majesty, but he sayd since it uas a thing uncetlin 
 whither it showld be fownd his or not, he thought the Commisione 
 resonable. As to Earle Twedal's referens, the King expects to 
 hear from the Secret Commity ther oppinion upon the referens : 
 uhat report uas formerly sent can not be found hear, but you 
 can easly do it ther from your rememberance of the thinge, or 
 minuts of uhat uas don upon it. The King hes past the lyfrent 
 escheat of Lawrj^ of Blackwod in favors of the Marqus of Douglass. 
 
 Whythall, Feb'^- 18 : 168|. 
 
 160. I had the honor of yours by the fiyeinge paket, but could 
 not possibly returne ansswer to the particulars till now. I rede 
 your Grace's letter directed to Vicount Melford and me, con- 
 serninge the Commisione sent by the Secret Commity for 
 uplifting the rents of the Esteat of Bacliwche, to his Majesty ; 
 but seeinge th[e]y recommend it as fit for the King's service it is 
 now past, and sent downe uithe the additione of on Mr. Dauid 
 Scrumsier, naimed by the Dutchess of Bacluche, for her interest, 
 the Kinge hauing indulged her that favour. 
 
 For the Eeport that uas sent up relaetinge to the Earle of 
 Tweddal's pretentions, both Earle Middletone, Sir Andrew 
 Forrester, and I haw lowkt ouer all our papers, but can not finde 
 it. However, your Grace uill certinly finde it ther, or, at least, 
 your self and Ld. Advocat uill easily call to minde the contents of 
 it, Tihich will sufficiently serve any end you may hawe for it. 
 
 The Kinge hes orderd ten Companys of Earle Dunbarton's 
 Kegement to marche presently to Scotland, commanded by the 
 Lt. Collonall, but itt will be near the end of March befor th [e] y can 
 possibly be that lenth. The Lord Vic'' Tarbit is to paert from 
 this on Sunday next, and Dwke of Gordon mutch about that time. 
 
 Whythall, March 4th: [16] 86. 
 
 161. I confes I uas not able for severall posts by gone to uryt 
 to your Grace, my conserne uas sutch for uhat hes hapined, nor 
 shall I giwe you the troble of my scribling on that subjeete at 
 this time. I houp shortly to haw the honor of seeinge you. 
 
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 162. About 8 of the clock this morning wee received your 
 letter of the 6th instant, which you sent by an expresse ; but it 
 seemes the gentleman to whom the packet was entrusted has 
 fallen sick at Doncaster and has sent it forward. The Acts sent 
 up and not returned wee beleived to have been Acts already past ; 
 the receipt of tuo of them is contained in your lettre, 
 one wherof, namely the extinguishing of the surname 
 of Campbell, and the other clearing the crime of Resett and 
 Intercomuning, the King does not approve of, and so orders that 
 they may not passe in this Session. Wee never expected 
 that the Cesnocks would confesse their guilt, upon the termes of 
 the Instruction. 
 
 It is his Majesties pleasure, notwithstanding of what your 
 lettre containes, that none of his standing forces goe by North 
 Clyde, especially considering that the three Dutch regiments 
 wilbe so soon with you ; of whom yee may dispose as the King's 
 service shall require ; and likewise 1000 foot to come from 
 Ireland, if ther shalbe use for them. It is also his Majesties 
 pleasure that the Dutch Regiments be payd as yee were formerly 
 ordered, and that the fonds yee mention be so employed. As for 
 the Artillery at Berwick, yee are not to call for it except yee have 
 use of it ; and in that case the price is to be payd by the Treasury 
 of Scotland. Yee are m the Commision of Trade to follow the 
 methods of the last, and to nominate persons of the same quality 
 and number. 
 
 The Lord Commissioner having sent a Paper of Reasons to his 
 Majestie why all the forfeited Estates should be annexed to the 
 Crowne,to remaine therwith as ane annexed property for ever, his 
 Majestie is therwith well satisfied ; and therfor has instructed him 
 accordingly, that all estates whatsoever in his Majestie's hands, 
 not as yet gifted by his Majestie, may be so annexed ; which Act 
 his Majestie ordaines to passe immediatly, with the Act relating 
 to the Commission of Trade, and the Act Salvo Jure : and that 
 immediatly therafter, your Lordships deliver to the Lord 
 Commissioner the Instruction concerning the adjournement of 
 the Parliament ; and that the Parliament be accordingly 
 adjourned. 
 
 It is his Majesties pleasure that during the continuance of this 
 rebellion a flying packett be sent every tuo dayes, and that no 
 expresse be sent in that time. Wee are, may it please your 
 Grace, and Lordships, your Grace's and Lordships' most humble 
 and faithfuU servants, 
 
 MOBRAY. 
 
 Melfort. 
 Whitehall, 10th May, 1685. 
 
 Whythall, May 22 : 1685. 
 
 163. The flyinge paket caem this morninge at on a'cloke. 
 The King uas gone to bed, and I heard not of it befor six a'clok 
 that Vic. Melfort sent me my letters. I uent emediatly to uaet 
 on the Kinge and uas then ane hour befor he stured ; as sone as 
 
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 he uas up weo uaeted on him togither and gawe his Majesty ane 
 Account of all wee had reseaved from your Grace and the Secret 
 Commity. Uithin ane hour after he uent to the Hous and made 
 them a verry excelent speetch delyverd it lyk himself to the great 
 satisfactione of bothe Housis, and bothe in a body uaeted on the 
 Kinge at four a'clok this afternone in the Banquetinge Houss to 
 returne his Majesty the humble thanks of bothe Housis for his 
 gracious speetch. The Commons the first thinge after I'eturning 
 this morninge to ther Hous rede a Bill for setlinge the Reveniw 
 of the late Kinge on his present Majesty during his lyffe. The 
 Hous of Peers by a vote reshinded and anuled the impeatchments 
 aganst the Lords that uear in the Toure. The good beginings of 
 this parliament refreshes the hearts of all loyall and honest men, 
 and it is not doubted but the conclusione uill tend to the greatnes 
 of the monarchy and the tranquilety and happines of bothe 
 Kinge and Kingdoms. You haw in our joint letter to your Grace 
 and Lordships a full account of all, and I need not repeat in this 
 uhat is so fully exprest ther. The Kinge is takinge all imaginable 
 caer to prevent and resist the villanous attempts of Argyle, and 
 his associatinge conspirators, as you will sie in the account wee 
 haw sent you. The Kinge lies dispatched L*- Coll. Maxwill to 
 Scotland to attend the Dwke of Gordone, and be asistinge to him 
 in the managment of the Commisione of Liiietennosy the Kinge 
 now sends him. I haw inquyred at L''- Melfort eonserninge the Act 
 of Indemnety, and he says he hes sent doune the verry same draught 
 that uas sent up to him, but I think ther will be no uss of it now 
 
 till this brushe be over I haw acquented the Kinge 
 
 uithe uhat your Grace says conserning D. Monmouthe, uharuithe 
 he is weal saetisfied ; as he is extremly uithe the Acte of Supply, 
 uhich uill be put in the Gazet, and the Act eonserninge the Test. 
 
 As I tould your Grace in my last, E. Seafort complaend to the 
 Kinge that he uas neglect [e] d" by the last proclamotions orderinge 
 the command of his interest to the tutors and factors of the L"^- 
 Lovat ; when the King spoke of it to me this morninge, I tould 
 him my sone uas also left out, uhich I uas sure uas nothinge but 
 mistake, and therfor the Kinge hes orderd Commisons for bothe, 
 as your Grace will see by our joint letter. 
 
 Postscrijjt : — The thre Acts formerly sent up and now 
 mentioned in the Secret Commity' s Letter ar inclosed. 
 
 Indorsed in Queensberry's hand : — 
 
 "In this E. Morray shous the K[ing']s satisfaction with 
 severall Ackts, perteicoulerly that aboutt the Test." 
 
 Note by the Duke of Queensberry about 4 letters from the 
 Secret Committee : not in Queensberry's hand. Undated, 
 but c. May 1685. 
 
 164. This contains 4 Letters from the Sec. Committie, Earle 
 Morray, and L''- Eegister, by which it's evident the Act about 
 the Test was approven by the King. The Commissioners of 
 SuppUe, &e. wer named by the Sec. Committie's advice, 
 
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 according to his Majesties Instruction ; and lykewayes the Adress 
 ag*- Argyle was authorized by the Sec. Committie. Which letters 
 are keept heir to clear me from the Articles of Melfort's malitious 
 charge to which they relaite. 
 
 Another Note by Duke Queensberry in his own handwriting, 
 about adjourning the Parliament. Undated ; and written 
 on cover of Letter addressed to the Earl of Perth, Lord 
 High Chancellor of Scotland, and the rest of the Lords 
 of the Secret Committee. 
 
 By this letter my conteinuing the Parim'- efter the daitt off 
 the Instruction for adjurning theroff, is approvn, and the 
 occation off this delay ues till the Instruction for annexing the 
 forfa'"- com doun, uhich I did nott receiv till Setterday last 13 
 Jun, and the Pari™'- is adjvrn't, the Teusday efter, being 16, 
 to the last Teusday off Ocf- mentiond in the Instruction for that 
 end. 
 
 Indorsed : — Letter for adjourning the Parliament. 
 
 Letters of the Earl of Moray to the Chancellor, the Earl of 
 Perth. 
 
 Whitehall, 20th June : 1685. 
 
 165. I am by his Majestie commanded to let your Lordships 
 know, that having considered the reasons in the Earle of Seafort's 
 information against the Annexation of a parte of the Shire of 
 Kosse to the shire of Cromartie, it is his Majestie's pleasure that 
 a stopp be putt to the Execution of the Act of Parliament lately 
 past concerning the same ; and to the printing of the said Act ; 
 untill his Majestie shall declare his further pleasure theranent. 
 
 Indorsed on cover of letter : — Stopping Tarbet's annexation 
 anent Seaforth. 
 
 Whitehall, 30th June : 1685. 
 
 166. It was late last night (just as the King was goeing to bed) 
 that the flying packett arrived here, which came from thence the 
 26th instant at midnight, and immediatly I did acquaint him 
 with the contents of your letter of that date. In answer to which, 
 I am, in the first place, commanded by his Majestie to let your 
 lordships know his pleasure — That seing Eumbold is now executed 
 there, your lordships may take care that his head and quarters 
 be sent up hither by the very first convenient occasion, to be 
 disposed of as his Majestie shall think fitt. In the next place, as 
 to the strangers or forreigners who are or shalbe taken prisoners, 
 and have been in this late rebellion, it is his Majestie's expresse 
 pleasure that no favour be showne to them,_ but that (on the 
 contrary) they be proceeded against according to the utmost 
 severity of law, without any delay. 
 
 I am further commanded by his Majestie to desire your lordships 
 to send for Lieuten* Colonell Maxwell, wherever he is, and 
 immediatly after his arrivall at Edinburgh, to order him to take 
 post, and to come hither with all possible expedition to attend his 
 Majestie. 
 
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 Whitehall, 1st August : 1685. 
 
 167. This night about 8 of the clock Colonell Douglas arrived 
 here, and dehvered your letter of the 27th of the last month, directed 
 to my Lord Melf ort and me : in answer to which I am commanded 
 by his Majestie to acquaint your lordships, that tuo witnesses 
 against the late Duke of Monmouth and Salton are to be sent 
 downe a day or tuo hence in the Yaucht that is to bring Sir John 
 Cochran hither. As to the banishment of such as yee think fitt 
 of those who were in the late rebellion, ther is already a warrant 
 for it sent under his Majestie's hand. As to what yee propose for 
 stigmatising those who were in the rebellion, and will not owne 
 the King and his authority, his Majestie approves of it as very 
 fitt and necessary for his service. 
 
 1 am also commanded by his Majestie to acquaint your Lordships 
 with his pleasure, that the Duke of Queensberry repaire hither to 
 waite on his Majestie with all convenient diligence ; and that none 
 other of your Lordships come hither at this time, but attend his 
 service there ; which he doubts not but yee will carefully performe. 
 
 Section Second. — Letters from the Honourable John Drummond 
 of Lundin, Treasurer Depute and Secretary of State for 
 Scotland, created Viscount and Earl of Melf ort, to William, 
 Marquis and Duke of Queensberry, 1682-1685. 
 
 (1) Letters from 13 April, 1682, to c. 1684-5. 
 
 Edinburgh Castle, 13 April: 1682. 
 
 168. Drummond expresses his friendship to Queensberry and 
 readiness to serve him. The only new thing in the Treasury was the 
 Council fines, amounting to 230,000 marks, or thereby, which 
 they had added to the charge. He was overjoyed to hear that his 
 brother had so many obligations to Queensberry. "I hav obeyed 
 His Eoyall Highness in sending thos armes to Stirling uher they 
 ariued in good order last weik, and are laid safely up ther." He 
 had also sent an exact statement of the Artillery in this country, 
 with some propositions for the King's service, which he. had 
 humbly desired his brother to communicate to his lordship. There 
 was no advantage proposed in it to himself, nor additional expense 
 to the King. But he most humbly subjected this, as he did all 
 his other concerns, to the King and Duke, who were the best judges 
 of what was best for their service. He adds his entreaties that 
 Queensberry would keep the Duke in mind of the Magazines here, 
 that some course might be taken for supplying them as the 
 Treasury should be in condition. 
 
 Londone, June 26 : 1682. 
 
 169. My Lord, I had not so long delayed ureating to your 
 lordship, if your oun commands had not occationed it. Now I 
 shal giv your lordship ane accompt as fully of what you desire 
 as I can. 
 
 I found at my comming hear, that the day befor, my Lord Haltone 
 had bein praying the Duke that he might hav leav to stay, some 
 private affairs requiring his presence hear. The Duke told him 
 
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 that he had had time eneugh given for his private affairs, that he 
 uas unuilHng to put a publick affront upon him by sending him 
 doun just at his arivall, though he had reason not to be satisfied 
 with his coming. But he had had a competent time, and therefor 
 he most tell him freely, the King's service required his presence 
 ther, and he most go. My Lord Hatton uas extream blanck at 
 this, but said, if it most be he uold go ; but he hoped the Duke 
 uold not see him run doun. The Duke said the Comissions uer 
 men of honor, and uold use him with all the favor his caus could 
 bear, but that the King uas resolued to see uhat uas in it to the 
 bottome. So they parted for that time, it being the day befor I 
 came hear, upon Sunday last was sevenight. This morning, he 
 came to the Duke to reneu the same desire, but to no purpose, for 
 the Duke repeated what he had saide befor. He desired againe 
 that he might not be run doun by his ennamies. The Duke told 
 him that if he had done uell, it uas for his honor the more lookt into 
 it, and that the King uas resolved to knou the truthe of the uhole 
 mater. Sir WilHam Sharpe uas uith the Duke yesternight, but 
 it uas only to take his leav; for I find they hav not medled uith 
 treasurie maters att all. Lord Justice Gierke stays hear, and his 
 Lady, and the Lady Hattone, are to come up, which I judge is to 
 solicite at a pinche, and the Justice Gierke is to giv informatione 
 as affairs pass in the meantime. The Duke uas glad that this 
 dialogue past befor I came, that he might see it uas not my 
 errande. 
 
 The Duke called for ane accompt of the Mint from me, which 
 I gav fully of all had bein done befor I came auay. He has not 
 yet got the accompt signed by the Commissione befor they parted ; 
 so if it be sent it is kept up. 
 
 I spock both to the King and Duke in generall hou diligent 
 your Lordship uas in informing yourself of all the methods of 
 Threasurie and Exchequer, and in finding out the King's revenue — 
 that you uer at a vast deal of paines, which they uold find to hav 
 suteable effects for ther service. I assured them that nothing 
 uold be neglected on your part for bringing that affair in to order, 
 though at present it uas in great confusione : but that in the doing 
 of it you uold not be free of great odium, and that not from mean 
 persons, but from some of the greatest. And that for that caus, you 
 did expect that the King and Duke uold strenthen your hands, if 
 they meant well to themselves. That the wnder officers uer such as 
 your Lordship could hardly trust ; and that so long as you eyed 
 ther service so much abov your oun repdse ond quiet, that the 
 least thing they could allou uas that you might be satisfied in 
 your wnder officers and servants. That you wer resolved to send 
 a full accompt of all by a gentleman shortly. Both the King and 
 the Duke expressed a great deal of kindness to your Lordship ; 
 and I find you are hear as you could wish. 
 
 This morning I had your Lordship's from Mr. Wallace, for 
 the kindness uherof, I am sure, I shal never be able to make a 
 sutable return. Only, this I dare boldly say, I uill mak an honest 
 return, as far as I am able, of uhich I beliv your Lordship so fully 
 
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 satisfied that I slial not take up your time uith arguments to 
 persuade you to it. I uent imediatly to the Duke, and he apointed 
 sixthisnight. Weeameatsix, andtheDukereceavedall. But that 
 I shal leav to Mr. Wallace to informe your Lordship particularly 
 off. So soon as he had receaved thepeapers, and Mr. Wallace was 
 gon, I took the occatione to tell the Duke that T uas informed ther 
 uas designs upon the Castle of Edinburgh by some great men. He 
 cut me short, and told me he had prepared the King in that 
 mater, and I uas in no hazard. I told him I had infinite obliga- 
 tions to him, and that I should be very litle uorthie of them, if I 
 did not preferr the well of the King's service, and his, befor my 
 advantage. And therfor my busness uas not now to solicite for 
 my self , but for the King, that he uold put that Castle in the hand 
 of one of his ministers whom he did intirely trust; that it uas ane 
 honor had aluays bein in the hands of such, and that except 
 when it uas ther, it could hardly be imployed for the King's 
 seruice to the full advantage. That since he had done me, who 
 durst not hav lift up my thoughts to such a pref errment, the honor 
 to cast his eyes on me, he should be no uors served then if I had 
 hed it. For if his Highnes uold condescend to lett you hav it, I 
 should cheirfully, during his pleasure, continou in the statione I 
 had ther under you. The Duke told me that he took kindly my pre- 
 ferring the uell of the King's service to my own particular, and 
 that he kneu the King uold doe so too, and, he did not doubt, 
 uold indeavour to doe some thing for me to compense it. I told 
 his Highness that uays to doe good to such a one as I uold not 
 be long of finding out ; and for that I uold ab [s] ulately rely upon 
 his Highness, and that I durst bragg so much of your frendship 
 as that your Lordship uold not be angry at it. So your Lordship 
 is nou secure of that mater. 
 
 To morrou Mr. Wallace and my self are apointed to uaite on 
 the Duke at nine hours in the morning. I hav only seen the 
 peipers as they uer delivered to the Duke. I did not desire to 
 see them befor, for I did not knou what you had ordered Mr. 
 Wallace, and so uas not inquisitive, but I beliv he told me the 
 substance. If ther be any thing neids cleiring, I knou Mr. 
 Wallace can doe it, and if ther be any neid of me, your Lordship 
 may be sure I shal not be wanting. 
 
 The affair of the Artillery I put off till this be better advanced. 
 As to uhat your lordship wreats of incroaching upon me, I told 
 the Duke hou favorable your Lordship uas, but that I [thought] 
 ■ he could not giv you too much. And I uas satisfied the mor that 
 uer to look into my charge, for that uas the glory of an honest 
 man. So my Lord, not[h]ing shal be deminished of your desires 
 in that respect. 
 
 The great neus of the Sheriffs is at large in this print. I 
 never say (sic) [saw] Whitehall so jocund as'at the order. They 
 uent thorough the city neglected lyk dogs in ther uay to the touer. 
 This late bustle of thers put of our sea voyage, I beliv for good 
 and all. They say the King intends for Windsor on Wednsday 
 or Thursday at furthest. If any thing hapens to morrou befor 
 the post goes auay, you shal be sure of it. 
 
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 June 27. At three this afternoon ue uer called uith ane 
 accompt of uhat uas neu in your Lordship's comissione, uith all 
 the particulars. The Duke uas well pleased. Nothing can be 
 done till they be at Uindsor. In the mean time the Duke uill 
 prepair all things , . . 
 
 Postscript : — My Lord, I forgot in my letter to informe your 
 Lordship, that as to my brother, I knou not any thing to be done 
 hear, for I uas not desired to move in it. But I beliv it uold be 
 no hard mater if my Lord Ghanslour and your Lordship thought 
 fitt to propose it, but it can regularly come from nobody els. 
 
 London, 4 July : 1682. 
 
 170. " Since my last, ther has nothing occurred but our 
 voyage with the King and Duke to sea, the particulars wherof 
 my Lord Ghanslour has at large from me. The E. Moray has 
 got the peapers to prepaire and I did desire of the Duke that 
 nothing might be devulged of uhat uas intended till it uas done ; 
 for I had reasone to suspect by Lord Justice Gierke his inquisi- • 
 tiveneSs that he had some informatione. I forgot to tell you in 
 my last, that D. Lauderdale came hear, as uas thought, on Hatton's 
 accompt. But the King gav them the slip by the back staires. 
 So you may be sure ther is little to be expected hear for him." 
 The King was expected to be at Windsor on Thursday, when all 
 Queensberry's papers would be dispatched, " and Hugo Wallace 
 sent back againe. To-morrou the Sherifs uill be chosen 
 and that day is apointed a muster of all the forces lying in toun 
 at Comon Gardine." Drummond would require to see Duke 
 Lauderdale's signature about the Gastle of Edinburgh, and 
 a double of Middleton's which was more ample and which he 
 had desired Hugo Wallace to get for him. " Lauderdale's was to 
 be had at the Ghancerie chamber amongst the warrants of the 
 Great Seal. Let some indifferent body search for it and send 
 a copie to me. . . ." 
 
 Windsor, 20 July : 1682. 
 
 171. The honor of yourLordship's of the ij of July came to my 
 hands on Tuesday last, so careless the Secretaries office is of 
 other people's concerns. But I hav taken care that for the future 
 the[y] shal be better looked to. I imediately deliuered the in- 
 closed to H.R.H., uho not having then time to stay, uith the first 
 oportuuity, I asked if he had got my Lord Thesaurer Depute's 
 ausuers. _He said he had from my Lord Ghanslour. I told him, 
 least he had not, your Lordship had sent them to me to be 
 presented to him. He told me he sau that all uas cleir eneugh by 
 the Lord Treasurer depute his urging so much the indemnity. T 
 uas of his opinione, and told him, I thought uithin a post or tuo, 
 he uold see ther uas reasone for his taking that refuge. But I 
 told him uith all it seimed that Hattone did not think so himself, 
 for I found that his insolence uas not abated, or that of his party. 
 For it seimed ther uas a party that did indeavour to lessen the 
 ministers all that in them lay, which if it uer not timously taken 
 notice of, and effectually prevented, confusions ther uold be 
 
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 uneviteable. That I uas sory to hear that the old Generall had 
 so fan- overseen himself as to be one of them. At least, his leate 
 eariage in the Councell testified no less. The Duke had bein in- 
 formed of all, and uas altogether of my mind. So I am confident 
 by this post something anent that uill be done. But becaus he 
 sends all his busness under his oun hand, I uas not so pressing 
 to receav orders anent it. I spoek againe of the Castle, and he 
 is firme in the thing ; but this clamoring of my Lord Lauderdal's 
 has put a stop to the present doing of it. But I uill not leav it 
 yet, for I am hopefuU to finde ane oportunity befor long, for that 
 family I hear has talked most undutifully since the last foyle, 
 and "the Duke knoues it uell eneugh. So I hope from that may 
 arise someuhat to the advantage of that affaire, which, I assure 
 your Lordship, I am mor concerned in then in any I ever had 
 to doe. So much I think my self obliged to serve you, and so 
 zealous shal I ever be in it, that I hope your Lordship will think 
 my professions reall. 
 
 The persons that they say court Shaftsberry are Saltone, 
 Stivensone, Sir John Cochran, Campbell of Sesnoke. But I shal 
 get your Lordship a more particular accompt when I go nixt to 
 Londone. 
 
 I spocke a litle to the Duke of the Bishop of Edinburgh £iis 
 jurney, and uondered that it should have bin aproven by the rest 
 of the bishops, or, at least, that more should hav bein advertised 
 of his comming. For I understood that it uas so surprise to 
 some in Scotland that should hav knoun it first. The 
 Duke told me that he told E . Morray that it was ordinary for the 
 Archbishop to make propositions in such cases of persons to come, 
 and that it uer fitt to be so nou. But that he thought my Lord 
 Morray had given full informatione from the beggining of the 
 bishop's designe. But he told me no body neided be concerned 
 for that. 
 
 Your Lordship may be sure I uill watch all oportunitys to 
 serve you, nor, are you in hazard of ill offices, so long as I am 
 hear, for I uill uatche as carefully as you your self uold doe. 
 
 Windsore, July ^2 : 1682. 
 172. " Since my last I had a letter from my brother, in which 
 he tells me that it uas suggested that I had indeavoured to 
 lessen the pouers of Captaine of the Castle, and to retrenche the 
 perquisites for my onn advantage, which is a thing to farr from 
 my thoughts, and indeid so contrary to my nature, that I am 
 confident no persuasione but my oun can make your Lordship 
 belive. But that you may knou all I doe of it, I uill tell your 
 Lordship the uhole that past, but most begg that it may go no 
 further. When the Duke condecended to uhat I proposed, he 
 asked uhat the nature of the comissions in the Castle uer. I 
 told him the comissione rune to a Captaine and Comander in 
 Cheiff to comand the Castle by himself, his constables or deputes. 
 He asked at me uhat I had. I told him my comissione uas 
 only to be Livtenent to the Companie in the Castle. He told me 
 
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 that had bem heartofor the custome of Ingland, but that the 
 King had altered it for good reasons, and uas confident he uold 
 doe so too in Scotland in time coming. I beggd of him it might 
 not be so long as you had it, for that uas to oblige by halts. 
 And seing no inconvenience had arisen hitherto from that 
 comissione, I uas uell satisfied as it uas, and uold begg it 
 might not be cheinged, for it could not be looked on anj other 
 uay but as my procurement. He told me he uold ureat to you 
 and satisfie you of the contrary. I told him that thought (sic) 
 I might hav advantage by uhat his E.H. proposed, yet I most 
 humbly begg'd it might be otheruays. And I assure your 
 Lordship I naither doubted nor doe doubt but I shal bring him 
 over it. Then he asked if ther uas any fee due to the Constable. 
 I told him I could not tell. Only when Kelly uas 
 Depute to my Lord Lauderall, and had the whole pay of the 
 Companie, L. Lyone had, as uas reported, the 800"* as Constable 
 dues which uer auntiently the Trone customs of Edinburgh. He 
 desired me to drau a comissione uith thes reservations. I 
 caused Mr. Wallace doe it, but uith all made him drau another 
 in common forme, which I had hopes should pass, though to him 
 I did not say so much till he uas coming auay, and then in the 
 Park, I told him I uas confident to get it as it ever had bein. So 
 ther is the truth and not one silable but the truthe. . . ." 
 
 It was evident by his telling to Mr. Wallace that he intended 
 nothing but what was above board ; for he had told him of the 
 difficulty, but hoped to get over it. But if he had not prevailed, 
 " I had one uay left to shou that it uas not for my behoof that it 
 uas done : that uas to hav demitted," and that Queensberry might 
 have expected from the candor Drummond had always shewn in 
 his actions. " Therfor, as I befor begged, beliv nobody of me 
 but myself, and then my actions uill shou that I am perfectly 
 your servant." 
 
 Londone, 26 July : 1682. 
 173. I hav receaved your Lordship's of the 20 July in which 
 you give me advice as occation serves to make use of my Lord 
 Hyde. I shall be sure to leav no ston unturned that can reach 
 my end in that mater, and if I should come to feal in any part of 
 what I designe for your Lordship I uold think my self most 
 unhapie. But I am not yet diffident in that point. My Lord 
 Edinburgh is come. The Earl Morray and he has bein together 
 ever since he came. I am sory nothing has behi ureaten 
 coiicerrning him, but that ye will doe if it be fitt. In the 
 meantime what coms to my knowledg I shal informe your Lord- 
 ship of. Lord Eoss has bein speaking of his troop. I kneu not 
 what to say having no measures given me, and therfor hav said 
 nothing at all on any thing of that nature. If I knew how you 
 stand affected belou I could then knou hou to act hear, but it is 
 not proper for me to medle in any mater not intrusted to me. 
 This I say least any thing going contrary to what is designed ther 
 may be imputed to my neglect. As to my Artillery maters all is 
 befor you to doe as your Lordship thinks fitt, only it is conforme 
 
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 to uhat was discoursed of, and the sume not exceding what was 
 then thought reasonable. I am sure it is hear thought too small, 
 but I say our work is cheaper then els uher, and so I hope it 
 shal be. 
 
 The King is to be at Hampton Court to-morrow at Councell, 
 and the Duke's resolutione of being at St. Jameses on this day 
 7 night holds. Ther is a play hear to be acted that maks a great 
 business, for the Duke of Munmouth has complained of it, and 
 they say that notuithstanding it is to be acted sometime nixt 
 weik. They call it the Duke of Guise, but in the play the true 
 story is cheinged to the plott time hear. As for the mater of 
 the Castle, ther no one soule knous an}^ thing of it but the Duke 
 only ; so if it come not from belou, (as I hope it shal not,) ther is 
 no fear of its taking aire hear till I hope it shal be past cure. I 
 begin to ueary of this place, so I hop your Lordship will delay no 
 time in sending back your opinione of that mater, for it will not 
 stop hear in the least. Ther is no neus hear till after 
 to-morrow, for then ther is a court of Aldermen, and the factious 
 expect something from it anent the sheriffs. But that mater is 
 past ther thumbs to alter. As soon as I come to Wiusor your 
 Lordship shal hear from me. 
 
 Windsor, 29 July : 1682.- 
 
 174. The Bishop of Edinburgh has bein hear sine last post 
 and has bein with the King and the Duke, to whome he has 
 given an accompt both of the Church and State of Scotland, and 
 by al I can find just enough to all persons. This post I had 
 not one uord from any body in Scotland. The great neus hear 
 is of Earl Sunderland's having yesterday kissed the King's hands 
 and the Duke's. They say he asked pardone for his faults. But, 
 houever, it shous the pouerfuU influence of tlios that brought 
 him back. I suppose it is not neidfuU to explaine. I begin to 
 wish I was dispatched from this place, uhich shal be as soon 
 as possible. The Bishop lykeuays gave the Duke ane accompt 
 of the Mint, which I still knew uold not be to the Manager's 
 satisfactione. His son hear has proposed a pardone for him, and, 
 that not being granted, that he might come up, which is not 
 granted aither. But this I only say to your Lordship, and desire 
 it may go no further. The Countess of Soissons is expected hear 
 this night. 
 
 London, August 1 : 1682. 
 
 175. The things Drummond was to take into his care were 
 the ordinary reparations of the Castles, to keep in repair what 
 was already built. But if any new building were intended, "they 
 most think of another fond," &c. In a postscript, Mr. Wallace 
 had told him there Mas something charged on him for not 
 mounting the guns in Stirling Castle for which he had got £150 
 sterling : and the carriage wheels, axle trees &c. were lying ready 
 at the Castle of Edinburgh. As soon as he had got the matters 
 settled, he would come awa3^ 
 
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 London, 15 August : 1682. 
 
 176. This morning the Duchess uas about seven of the clock 
 (uas) {sic) safely delivered of a daughter. The Duke uas at Windsor, 
 but uas immediately sent for. Hir mother came on Saturdays 
 night. I hav ordered the officers of the Castle to attend the Lord 
 Chanslour and your Lordship to knou what they shal doe on this 
 occatione ; and if they obey us, I uold, had I the honor to be with 
 your Lordship nou, you uill hav no occatione to be displeased with 
 them. Nou at last, Lauderdal's Estate is setled on his brother 
 for good and all as I am informed. So all his relations hear are as 
 merry, as other people think, if they got justice, they uold have 
 reason to be sad. I expect my brother with impatience, seing by 
 him I expect to hear your last determinatione of all that 
 concerns me, in which I shal most obsequiously follow your 
 commands. 
 
 London, 18 August : 1682. 
 
 177. Yesterday my brother came to toun, but the Lord Eegister 
 is not come, but uill be hear this night, having taken the York 
 coach at Grantham. I shal nou explane all the matters in my 
 instructions I hope to your Lordship's satisfactione, for I hav sein 
 the state of the Thesaurie and shal make you much a saver. For 
 upon uhat is ther set doun for repairing the Castles and Magazines, 
 I uill doe both that and all the other expenses of the Artillery 
 besides, so that I am confident your Lordship uill be satisfied, seing 
 I containe all uithin the exjjenses that your Lordship has sent up 
 to the Duke. Ther is no kind of neus hear at present. The 
 Duchess continous still uell, and hir daughter was yesterday 
 christianed by the Bishop of London, and named Chariot Mary. 
 The King came to see hir yesterday, and returned to Windsor at 
 night. The Duke uent this day and uill be in toun on Saturday. 
 Now that the King is getting some mony he looked not for, I beliv 
 what he promised to your lordship, and could not formerly 
 performe, may now be easielyer done. If your Lordship pleas that 
 I should tak my oun uay in it, I doubt not of success. But 
 except I see a necessity, I uill not move in it till I hear 
 from your Lordship. 
 
 Postscript : — Duke La [u] derdale has at last given his estate to 
 Eichard his nephew, but the Duchess has persuaded him to accept 
 of [Suinton for Lidinton (?) ] . 
 
 London, 22 August: 1682. 
 
 178. Drummond had received Queensberry's letter stating 
 what he had done in the Artillery affair. "The neus is hear that, 
 Duke Lauderdale having gon to' Tunbridg Uells, the waters has 
 not agreed uith him, so that phisitianes are sent for to him, and 
 that he is in danger. But by the nixt post I shall be able to giv 
 ane accompt of the full storie. The Queen is come to toun this 
 night. To-morrow the King and Duke go from Winser to Grein- 
 uich to see the new Yaught launched, and are to dine hear and to 
 return to Windser at night. But the Duke stays hear till 
 Thursdays morning." Drummond's brother and the Lord 
 
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 Register would give Queensberry an account of affairs. He was 
 resolved to come away as soon as the business of the Mint was 
 over. Drummond ends with begging Queensberry "to lett the 
 Duke knou that it uas the King's affairs brought me up, that ther 
 may some part of the expens of my jurney be allowed, uhieh is so 
 just that I doe not questione your Lordship mentioning it to him." 
 
 Windsor, 26 August: 1682. 
 
 179. It uer impertinent in me to giv any accompt of what' 
 past hear in relatione to my Lord Haltone, becaus I knou your 
 Lordship has it fully from my Lord Register and my brother. 
 Therfor I shal only tell you what mor nearly concerns your Lord- 
 ship, which is that the Duke of Lauderdale is dead, and 
 consequently that your Lordship will hav the Castle immediately. 
 
 London, August 31 : 1682. 
 
 180. I had only time to informe your Lordship in my last that 
 the Duke of Lauderdale uas dead, and that the Duke had designed 
 the Castle for your Lordship. I hav in his hands surrendred the 
 Lieutenants place, by uhich your Lordship uill see that I am not 
 capable of uhat uas suspected of me, though I dare say not by 
 your Lordship. I hav lykuays given up the Artillery, uhich Lieu- 
 tenant Generall Drummond is to hav. So you shal be free 
 of all that I uas designing for this bout, and that 
 affair stand as it did at my coming up. It has pleased 
 the Duke to procure me the office of Thesaurer Depute, and, I 
 assure your Lordship, I hav no greater satisfaction then that I 
 shal hav the oportunity to shou how obsequious I shal be to your 
 Lordship. I doubt not but your Lordship has ureaten fully to 
 the Duke that I may hav the expenses of my jurney, seing I had 
 no thing besydes the King's affairs to mov me to it, nor had I 
 ever any gift in my life aither of fyne, forfaulture, or gratuity, 
 when ther was very many others that got ; but this I leav to 
 your Lordship. 
 
 Postscript : — I humbly begg your Lordship may not say any 
 thing of thes places, except, which I doubt not, you hav 
 them from other hands. 
 
 London, 21 September : 1682. 
 
 181. Yesterday Drummond spoke fully with the Duke of the 
 particulars contained in Queensberry's letter. The commissions 
 for the Castle were expede, only Major White's was not to begin 
 till the first of November. Drummond was fully satisfied that this 
 was no time to propose any gift for himself, but he should have been 
 glad if Queensberry had recommended him to the Duke for some 
 part of his expenses ; but hopes it will not be necessary now, for 
 he would be away from Court before any thing could be done in 
 it. "I am infinitely bound to your Lordship for the kind 
 promises your Lordship are pleased to make me, and, I assure your 
 Lordship, I shal indeavour to deserve them." There was no 
 retrenchment in Queensberry's commission for the Castle, except 
 in the putting in of deputes, "which never any of them" (captains 
 
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 of the Castle) " made use of, it being too hazardous for any 
 governour to ansuer for his under officers feahngs, but I thought 
 to hav got it as it uas befor, but in vaine, yet, I hope the altera- 
 tions are such, as I hope your Lordship uill not be angry att. I 
 spock of the Bass, but that uas disposed of, though t cannot 
 learn how." Drummond spoke with the l)uke that nothing 
 should pass in Treasury matters till Queensberry were acquainted 
 with it ; to which the Duke agreed. He gives further details 
 about the Mint. " I spock to him of the Artillery, and shal tell 
 your Lordship that the case is altered uith me, for uhen I cam 
 hear I was to concider the Artillerj^ in the first place, now I 
 most concider the mony, so I think that the best way will be 
 to lett all stand as it did in my time," with an iElOO sterling 
 annually for expenses of the train, and buying such things as 
 were necessary for the Castles. "As to the last particular, of 
 ships unloading in the Isle of Man, I spock to the Duke, and he 
 desired that I might speak to the Lord Hyde. I did so this 
 day and shoued him the loss it was to the King's customs. 
 He assured me the loss was no less conciderable hear, 
 and that they had sent ane officer of the customs ther to take 
 notice that there might be no vessells unloaded without paying 
 custome ; and if they did not find that effectuall for remedieing 
 the ill ues found, that upon advertisment from Scotland, they 
 should take other methods." 
 
 26 September : 1682. 
 
 182. Since my last to your Lordship nothing has occured 
 but uhat concerns the Duke of Munmouth, who on Saturday 
 last, was brought by a Sergeant at Armes befor the Secretary, 
 wher, after his examinatione, he uas ordered to be kept in 
 custody, which he uas, till yesterday that he uas bailed, and so 
 is nou at liberty. Yesterday the Chapter of the Garter sate, when 
 Duke Hamiltone was elected knight in the roome of Duke 
 Lauderdale, deceased. This weik is to be the suearing of the 
 sherifs and electione of the Lord Mayor. 
 
 [On 28th September, Drummond writes from London to Queens- 
 berry that " this day the sheriffs, Mr. Northe and Mr. Eich, are 
 confirmed, and hav entered upon ther employments, to the great 
 trubell of all the Whigs, who are strange out of countnance." 
 He adds, "if ther be but as good luck in the Maire, things will 
 go better hear." He further says, " My brother and I are fully 
 resolved to come of on Monday nixt."] 
 
 Edinburgh Castle, October 19 : 1682. 
 
 183. I uas just going to send ane express to your Lordship 
 uhen, by Mr. Wallace, I uas informed that your Lordship had a 
 servant m toun, by whom, I most make bold to informe your 
 Lordship, that I hav severall things concerning the Thesaurie to 
 informe your Lordship of from the Duke, so soon as your Lordship 
 coms to this place. I had ane order on Duke Hamilton for thos 
 lodgings that uer the Countess of Roxborough's, but he cannot 
 spare them. So all I can get is some rooms my brother is able 
 
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 to spare of what the King has given him, which are so out of 
 order that I was forced to hav them mended, and the terme of 
 my command in the Castell ending on the first of November, 
 the thing could not brooke delay, otheruays, I had sent to informe 
 your Lordship, befor I had done anything in it. But since Mr. 
 Wallace tells me you make David Maitland agree upon uery 
 work for a penny, this shal be so done. 
 
 As I said befor the Duke condecended on any time that might 
 be convenient for me to giv up my two commands, and I showed 
 him that the first of November uas the most convenient time, so 
 he ordered me to tell you so, that against that time somebody 
 might come to receav what belongs to the Castle off my hands, 
 and I hav apointed Lieutenant Generall Drummond to doe so for 
 the Magazines : now, that things may be clear, it uold doe well 
 that your Lordship uold order the payment of the last quarter 
 both of the Castle and Artillery, that I may clear all off, which 
 when I hav done to all I oue ther will be 150 pounds sterling 
 due to me by the souldiours which the Duke orders whoever 
 coms in my place to pay to me and repay himself of the souldiours, 
 it being impossible for me any other uay to get payment, and it 
 being most easie for whoever commands to pay himself : this is 
 so reasonable I doe not question your Lordship's concurrence 
 in it. 
 
 I hav a letter to your Lordship from the King anentthe ballance 
 of my accompts of the Artillery, uhich I expect your Lordship's 
 favor in. And I hav ane order for 200 sterlin as expenses of 
 my last jurney to London. If your Lordship* uold order 
 Sir William Sharpe to pay me it uold oblige me at this time. 
 
 Ther is no neus hear at all, and from London ther is non, the 
 Mayor not being yet declared. 
 
 Edinburgh Castle, 25 October : 1682. 
 
 184. "... As for my lodgings, . . . I am to come 
 from the Castle, and it uas so late in the year, that ther uas 
 not a hous in toun to be got for mony, so I am aither to put 
 this in order, or lye in the street. But that it may not be 
 ane ill example, if ther be any scruple, I shal pay uhat is done 
 myself, tho' I knou the Duke uill order a uarrant for it, if ther be 
 neid, it is so smale [a] mater, and I in so absulate necessity." 
 Since Queensberry thought it proper, he would delay giving up 
 his command till his Lordship's return. He refers also to debts 
 due to him in his office of Captain of the Castle, and hopes for 
 Queensberry's assistance in getting them paid, &c. 
 
 [On the 27th October, Drummond writes from the same place 
 to Queensberry, that the work to be done in the Abbey was con- 
 form to the design of the Abbey, " and no by unnesessary 
 uorke " which he would himself pay for, and which would not 
 amount to £20 sterling.] 
 
 Edinburgh, May 31 : 1683. 
 
 185. Drummond had called for Sir John Falconer, "to whom 
 I intimate your Lordship's resolutions, and he confesses you use 
 
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 him favorably, but protests he is uterly inable to pay the accompt 
 and fyne both, though he should get that thousand pound doun 
 that he at first desired." Drummond told him that he would say 
 no more to him till the whole charge, as well since [16] 80 as before, 
 were constituted. Barnton and Charles Morray had promised 
 their utmost diligence for finishing their bullion account, &c. 
 " Just nou the protestatione against the Magistrates of Edinburgh 
 is going over to them, so that if all ther books com not in against 
 to-morrou at noon, they are to be holden as confessed upon the 
 lyble, and further to be punished according to lau . . . The 
 Lord Eegisters sone in lau has got Neveys place in the Sessione. 
 The affair of the Portous Roll is remitted by the Councell to Lord 
 Chanslour ... I intend to go to Stirling, and from thence till 
 Glasco, and, (if I can doe any good,) to Aire : but, houeuer, I am 
 resolved to uaite upon your lordship. The King's voyage uill 
 hardly hold this year, for the Duke of Graffton is to go to Denmark 
 to bring home Prince George." 
 
 Edinburgh, 2 June : 1683. 
 
 186. My Lord, I uaited thus late this night to see if the 
 ansuer of my last uold come, as I uas made beleiv by Mr. Wallace ; 
 but seing ther is no hopes of it, I hav begun, but with the reso- 
 lutione to waite as late as I can befor I dispatch this. This 
 morning I was informed Councell uas sitting and went imediately 
 to my Lord Chanslours, uher I found ane express from the Maire 
 of Newcastle and Colonel Struthers anent some prisoners taken 
 ther, uho, we hope, are Earleston and some other notorious rebells. 
 They had peapers of consequence about them, especially a 
 comissione to the Laird' of Earlestone, and one other to the X 
 Commissioners of the Kirk of Scotland to all the reformed 
 Churches abroad : and another peaper containing the resolves 
 of severall meltings at Edinburgh, by which we find they hav 
 meitings who keip life in ther shizme. I doubt not but the 
 Chanslour uill order copies of all thes to be transmitted to your 
 lordship, by uhich you uill learn mor then I can informe upon 
 so hastie veue as I had of them. I told you in my last that Nevoys 
 place was disposed of. Just nou I am informed that the Lord 
 Nairne is dead, and lykuays that Sir David Thores is designed for 
 his place. So your lordship may consider uhat may be most for 
 your service in that mater, but I uill assure you„ that if ye delay 
 putting a stop at least to others pretentions, that uill lykuays 
 go to some pretender hear. I forgot, uhen I uas telling 
 the storie of the Newcastell express, to tell you, that 
 befor I came, the Councell had- ordered him to get 
 25 pounds sterling, uhich uas payed him accordingly by precept 
 upon the foot of ther recommendatione. This day came into 
 Leith Harbor the cannon from Holland, and, indeid, (if all [be] 
 lyke that ane I sau,) are the finest I ever sau. 
 
 Ther are strange reports in this toun, uhich, though I knou to 
 be lyes, yet I uill tell you, that my uife heing in some companie 
 yesterday, some of the companie asked hir if the neus uas true 
 that a certaine person found the Thesaurie not manageable by 
 
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 one persone, and therfor that it uas nesessary to turn it into a 
 comissione again to make things go smoothlyer on. She told 
 them she never heard of any such thing, nor did she medle 
 in such maters. I hav sometimes knoun designs of that nature as 
 soon puphck at the cross of Edinburgh as they uer proposed 
 in the closet. Though I am not apt to beleiv that ever this has 
 bein in agitatione, it is fitt, houever, that people hav both ther 
 ears and eyes open. 
 
 I hav ordered Mr. Wallace to giv charge to Mr. Eitchisone to 
 take up ane accompt evry night of all persons amertiate, fined, 
 forfaulted, or declared fugitives befor the Justice Aire ; and to 
 hav one present for that effect in the Court, according to the Act 
 of Parliament theranent. 
 
 If I find that my presence can contribute anything, I shal go al 
 the nay ; if not, I uill come to your lordship as soon as I can, for 
 really things fall in fitt for you to knou that can not be so 
 conveniently ureaten. 
 
 The toun of Edinburgh hav upon our protestatione done 
 nothing. The provost cam to me for the first time. But I told 
 him I naither could nor wold alter the method that affair uas in. 
 If he had bein just to him self, it neided hav cost him smal 
 truble. He seimed to palliate and excuse all other maters, and 
 highly to vindicate the Bishop of Edinburgh. He made a 
 fashone of going through the Portous EoU, but did not giv any 
 alteratione to it. He lykeuays sau the instructions to the 
 Justices, but they not being past till Monday, I shal say 
 nothing of them . . . 
 
 Edinburgh, June 5 : 1683. 
 187. If Sir John Falconer did not come the length proposed 
 by Queensberry, he should be prosecuted according to law. In 
 pursuance of Queensberry's orders, Drummond went to the Mint 
 house and examined the tools, "which I found exactly according 
 to the in venture signed by Sir John Falconer." Drummond had 
 not removed them from his (Sir John's) custody, who was 
 sufficiently liable for them, "and that so long as they are in his 
 custodie, no body uill endeavour to imbazle them. Wheras, if 
 they uer in our keiping, they uold be a pray .to evry body, as it is 
 evident by what is dayly done at the Abay, wher, since your 
 lordship uent auay, windows are brocken up, stanchers stolen, 
 locks and dores caried auay. Nor doe I knou hou to remedie it, 
 till marches be better rid betuixt Duke Hamiltone and you." 
 
 Further details are given about the measures taken 
 in reference to the Bullion accounts. "Mr. Mill goes on 
 so slouly at the Castle worke that I shal make bold to 
 put him to it to-morrou, and assure him that as we 
 pay well, the King most be uell served." Since Queensberry 
 allowed him to delay his going with the Justices, he would 
 endeavour to get a full account of what was done at Stirling, and 
 to see himself what was done at Glasgow and Ayr; and, before the 
 begmning of July, would wait on his lordship at his own house. 
 
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 As to the place in the Session, he would write to the Duke 
 himself, but would owe the obligation to no one but "the Duke, 
 your self, or my brother," whom he would desire to write, if it 
 came not too late. "And your lordship may rest perfectly assured, 
 that nobody shal hav pouer to discover that ever your lordship 
 had the least inclinatione to medle in that affair." 
 
 He then proceeds to speak of the affairs of the town of Edin- 
 burgh. "I finde by ther clerke, who uas with me yesterday, they 
 finde they hav played the fools, and uold gleadly doe all that's 
 required to make atonement." Drummond told him these things 
 were to be done in the beginning, and advised them to obey what 
 was required of them ; " but did assure him your lordship had 
 no other designe then merely to let them see what errors had 
 bein, and how to prevent them in time coming. But ther 
 carriage had bein so insolent that I could not fortell its event. 
 He seimed extreamly concerned and zealous to knou what uold 
 please." He was desired to give an account of all the money 
 gratuitously given away since the King's restoration. "This he 
 has promised to doe, and if it ansuer expectatione, I shal 
 transmitt it to your lordship, for it will be of great use to find so 
 much mony given unregularly auay by ther own confessione, 
 which he says will amount to tuenty thousand pound and abov. 
 It is not amiss, after all this bustle, to hav at least that gate to go in 
 triumph out at, but the great mater is to get some assurance of the 
 magistrates for the nixt year." 
 
 Edinburgh, 7 June : 1683. 
 188. Drummond had called Sir John Falconer, and told him 
 that it was in vain for him to delay what was impossible for him 
 to evite, and brought him to offer Sir William Sharpe one 
 thousand pounds, or to take off creditors from Sir William for the 
 like sum immediately, and to give him security for the payment 
 of another thousand pounds against the 20th of July next, with 
 which Sir William was extremely satisfied. " But, uhen it came 
 to the performance. Sir John fealed." So Drummond had 
 ordered the diligence to proceed according to law, and was 
 satisfied'the president, and the rest of his friends, would see the 
 breach was on Falconer's side. He gives further information 
 about the Bullion accounts, and then proceeds : 
 
 " This day the Lord Chanslour had a letter from the Lord 
 Comissioners of Justiciary, which he communicate to us, in 
 which the [y] giv us ane accompt of the good hopes they hav of 
 ther jurney, and desiring advise in some maters of form. They 
 say ther are many in the uestern shires come to Stirling to see 
 the fassione, they hav so restrickted Mr. Thomas Gordone that he 
 says he will not hav a paced horses price of all he will get at 
 Stirling. 
 
 "I most tell your lordship, the reason that I am still hear is that 
 I find I hav some thing still to doe, but, if that be done befor 
 Monday I shal go to Glasco and Aire. I am the less concerned, 
 that I find litle I could doe if I uer ther. I hav sent to my 
 
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 brother for full information of what passes, and shal remitt it to 
 your lordship. In generall, they say that if the heritors had 
 bein indemnified upon taking the test, all of them uold hav 
 done it, but that not so many will be induced, seing the diet 
 is only to be deserted against them. 
 
 " This day I had a long dialogue with the Lord Bishop of 
 Edinburgh, who desired to speak with me, of which I shal giv 
 your lordship ane aceompt at melting ; only, at present, he thinks 
 this comissione anent the excise very illegall, and uold affright 
 ws into a complyance with the touns desires. But I told him 
 that uold not doe, for your lordship had not followed the former 
 methods of doing things out of maHce or for gaine ; only layed 
 the King's interest befor him, letting him s^e what was said for it, 
 and uhat against it, so what the King chosed no body uas to blame 
 for. A great deale mor I shal tell your lordship off at melting. 
 
 "I hav ureaten to the Duke about that place in the Sessione, so 
 if he think it fitt, he uill' get it for me ; but, if not, others I hope 
 shal not triomphe of the refuse ; nor will others uhom I hav not 
 communicate this to, bragg of the obligatione, for ther are feu 
 people I desire to be obHged to. I did not expect your lordship's 
 man should hav called for his letter this night, so I am affrayed 
 I shal forgett many things, but by the next, I shal make nots of 
 uhatoccurrs. In the meantime, I hope your lordship uill lay your 
 commands on me, to whom they are most acceptable." 
 
 In a postscript, Drummond proceeds, '.' My lord, if you please 
 to inform the Duke, that it may be of use to the King's service, as 
 to his revenue, that I be upon the Sessione. It uold I beleiv 
 determin the thing, becaus I made use of that argument." 
 
 Edinburgh, 11 June : 1683. 
 189. The longer Drummond stayed, the more he had to do 
 at Edinburgh, and the less with the Circuit, where he found 
 things went on most quietly and regularly, " and that if all that 
 uas aprehended uold absent them selves ther uill not be one 
 hundreth at Stirling, of uhich some are dayly coming in, so that 
 they belive ther uill not ten be found fugitiev befor the term 
 prefixed for taking the Test. The lyke is expected of all the 
 other Circuites. This day we are informed that 4 of the Kullers 
 of the King's Guard are taken, tuo by Duke Hamilton's servants, 
 and 2 by one dragoon and some country gentlemen. But this I 
 hear not certainely. The Test is courently taken by the gentle- 
 men, many having taken it, though found innocent, to shou ther 
 affectione to the Government. They hav condemned a fellou, for 
 ouning all the villanous principalis, to be hanged on Wednsday, 
 but sent to advise with the Chanslour hou to doe, becaus he nou 
 beggs the benelite of the Test. But he uold not interpose, so he 
 uill be execute according to the sentence against him. I finde 
 by the letters they all send, that I am better hear then not to 
 ureat as they doe ; and if I uer ther, I uold not sometimes be of 
 some of ther opinions. So I am not resolved to go at all . . . 
 
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 The manufactories hav bein complaining of ane Inglishman for 
 importing cloath. I hav at last prevealed with the Chanslour to 
 hav him examined and shal doe it. ... 
 
 Edinburgh, June 12 : 1683. 
 
 190. The Councillors in town were called by the Lord 
 Chancellor to see some more of the papers got at 
 Newcastle, and to send away the party to receive the 
 prisoners from Colonel Struthers, of which party Lord Livistone 
 had the command. They would be delivered to him at the 
 Bound Eoad on Saturday. 
 
 Yesterday, Sir John Falconer went to London. He had come 
 some .days ago to Drummond to ask his advice, but Drummond 
 told him he could give him none in that matter. His going was 
 about the fine, not the account. By that night's post he would 
 say to the Duke all that was fit for him on the occasion, "that 
 whatsoever they think fitt to doe in the mater, we may be 
 exonered. Lord Elphinstone had been there that day desiring 
 that there might be an Exchequer called for registrating his 
 Protection, but there was no quorum in town. Upon Drummond's 
 suggestion, he was that forenoon to take instruments, which 
 might secure him in the meantime. 
 
 Edinburgh, 13 June : 1683. 
 
 191. Lord Elphinstone had brought in his Protection that 
 day, but on consultation, the Lord Chancellor said there must be 
 a Signature relative to the Protection : but if Lord Elphinstone 
 could procure the hands of a quorum of the Exchequer, he would 
 cause append the seals. "The marchants begin to threaten us 
 with buUione, but I uill not medle in it till the ansuer of the 
 Commission's letter come." 
 
 [In a letter written to Queensberry from Edinburgh, on 14th 
 June 1683, Drummond says, he had that day received his lord- 
 ship's letter directed to Glasgow. He was glad Queensberry did 
 not think it fit at this time for him to go to the Circuit. He had 
 been of this mind himself, and so did not stir from Edinburgh.] 
 
 Edinburgh, 21 June: 1683. 
 
 192. "... I told the Lord Chanslour, as your Lordship com- 
 manded me, uhat you had done in your shire, and he presented 
 his humble service to your lordship, and told me he uas very 
 glead to hear of your good success. I told him your lordship 
 uold hav ureateu of it to himself, but that you did not judge 
 it uorthe the trubleing of him. He sayed he uas very uell 
 satisfied of the accompt from me, which uas all that passed 
 betwixt us on this subject." About the town of Edinburgh, and 
 the bullion, he had set Hugh Wallace, and other informers 
 amongst the citizens, to consider the accounts, "though I think 
 the discovering of any thing materiall uill be the work of time 
 and great paines. . . ." 
 
 The prisoners were come from Newcastle and "one of them is 
 Earlestone, and the other that called himself Livingston, is now 
 
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 called Atkin, a drover, uho they say uas also a preacher. 
 Earleston has bein severall times examined, and I am hopefuU he- 
 may be ingenouous and tell uhat he knous. Great lenity is used 
 touards him to see if he uill tell; uhich if he doe, I think he knous 
 uhat is uorthe his life. The other has never bein exammed, but 
 at his first aryvall, and then he uold not ansuer to' any thing. I 
 beliv he uill be found a ranke Cameroniane. The other Earlestone 
 declares against that sect, and all that relates to armes agamst 
 the authority." Lord Elphinstone's Protection had been staved 
 off without calling an Exchequer. Kobert Mill assured him that 
 the work at the Castle should be done in due time, and James 
 Baine had promised the same of the "Abay." 
 
 "The Bishop's murtherer is a silly fellou, and can giv no 
 accompt of any thing. He confesses he uas ther, and that ther uas 
 eight mor, uhos names he confesses to be as ue had them. He 
 has lurked thes tuo or three years aither in Angus or Lothian, 
 this is all . . . I doubt not but Heu Wallace has told your 
 lordship that ther is a letter come doun to discharge any 
 Councellor to come to London uithout his Majesty's leav, of which 
 divers conjectures are made, but for my self 1 knou nothing of the 
 truithe of it. Heu Wallace uold hav had me inquiring at the 
 Countess of ErroU, but I uold not, for I judged any inquisitiyness 
 in that mater might breed jalusie, and the knouing of it certainely 
 could only satisfie a smal peice of curiosity, so I hav neaver so ' 
 much as named it to any, nor uill . . . 
 
 " This night the Chanslour shoued me a searcher of Newcastle 
 that uas the first apprehender of Earleston, and his commerade 
 Atkin, and desired, that for his pain in coming to testifie against 
 them, he might hav ten pounds, and he uold signe a recom- 
 mendatione." Drummond ordered the money, there not being 
 a quorum of the Council, but shunned the recommendation. By 
 direction of the Chancellor, he had just been giving order to 
 Captain Grahame to seize Danell Clerksone, an Englishman, 
 who was examined last week about Cloth importing, and his land- 
 lord, Josias Jonstoun, informer in uinter against Kobert Blackuod, 
 and their papers. 
 
 "We find byEarleston's peapers, ther has bein a designe of rising 
 in armes in Ingland. He says it uas amongst the sectaries only, 
 and that the fanatiques uold not joine uith them, but it does not 
 apear so by other peapers ue hav of thers, but he is not yet fully 
 examined as to that mater." 
 
 Edinburgh, 23 June : 1683. 
 193. "Since my last, ue hav had many letters from the uest 
 of the success of the Circuite, uhich your lordship uill be better 
 informed of then ue befor this can come to your hands . . . 
 Ther is a Bruer has deforced the survayours sent by Lenny to 
 survay his brueing, and beaten them." He was to be proceeded 
 against. 
 
 Further notices about the town of Edinburgh, "wher ther is 
 found sett doun, for the bringing in of the water, 6,000 pounds 
 
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 sterling, and it uas agreed for 2,900 pounds, so the rest has bein 
 mony distributed amongst themselves." He mentions another 
 "foul transactione," between Sir Janies Eochead and the Duchess 
 of Lauderdale, also about money matters. " They hav now made 
 a quarrell against Captain Grahame, at the instigatione of ther 
 Bishop, uhich I am affrayed harme the poor man, and it is the 
 most unjust thing in the uorld. This night that Bishop and I 
 hav bein examining Earlestone, uho ue hope uill be ingenouous, 
 but as yet he aither knous little, or conceals much, but he has 
 petitioned for the Test most humbly, so ue think that, uhen he is 
 once disingaged from that party, he uill not stand to tell all he 
 knous." 
 
 London, August 20 : 1683. 
 
 194. My Lord, I uas sOme hours in this place befor your 
 lordship's letter of the 14 came. It was brought to me by Sir 
 Androu Forrester, by whom I know that the tuo Secretaries uer gon 
 this morning for Windsor. I made all the heast I could in my 
 jurney, and, had not the uays bein wors then ever I sau them in 
 Winter, I had bein hear yesterday. Houever, I came this day by 
 one of the clock in the afternoon, and found my cloaths ready; so 
 to-morrow morning I intend for Windsor. I uas surprised to find 
 the neus all over this toun that the Lord Chanslour uas to come 
 up immediately, and that something relateing to his coming had 
 oecationed both the Secretaries to go to Windser. But uhen I 
 inquired at Sir Androu Forrester, he suore that he uas absulately 
 ignorant of ainy such thing, and if leav uas given him, it uas by 
 the Duke himself, uithout the Secretarie's knouledg ; but uith all 
 confessed ther uas such a report. So since I could get no informa- 
 tione by him, I said no mor of it. But to-morrow, I shal indeavour 
 to knou all, and shal not feall (if I can) to persuade the Duke of the 
 inconveniencie of letting him come up at this time. I think I 
 uant not arguments eneugh for that purpose, but if I cannot 
 persuade, then I shal turn all my forces to the getting leav for 
 your lordship, which I knou the Duke's justice uill not deny, but 
 I am hopefull ther is no such thing true. 
 
 Sir Androu Forester told me (as your lordship's letter 
 did) that Lord Arrane is mighty zealous about Munckland's 
 esteat, but that Earl Morray had the Signature in his pocket, and 
 uold indeavour to hav it past for me. They look upon it as a 
 mighty thing, so I am resolved to bargane with Earl Arrane, if 
 he pleases, to quite my pretentions for four thousand pounds. 
 Since he thinks it so great a mater, if he uill not agree uith me, 
 I shal consent to the reserving to Duke Hamiltone the right of 
 his plea, which I think they most be satisfied with, if any reason 
 can satisfie him. If not, then I most see uhat's nixt fitt to be 
 done. Houever, I shal giv as little offence as I can in the uhole 
 mater. I uent to see Mr. Brisbane, but he uas at Wmdsor. I 
 shal not feal to make the best use of him I can. 
 
 I asked at Sir Androu Forester hou the tuo Secretaries agreed, 
 and I find they are mighty well together. Sir Androu is 
 someuhat disobliged that he gets not the gratuities that he got 
 
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 in the Lords Commissioners of Thesaurie ther time, but told me 
 modestly of it. I gav him all the fair language imaginable ; and 
 indeid, if ye find him serviceable, uhat he gets uill be uell bestoued 
 upon many accompts. All the businesses in your lordship's letter 
 I add to my memorandum, and shal giv your lordship a faithfuU 
 accompt of all of them. I shal put the affair of Dunnotter out of 
 it, nor shal I forget Armillane, whom I think a raskall by uhat I sau 
 in Bargenie's process. As for what relates any uay to your lord- 
 ship, or any of yours, beliv I uill doe mor then if all I hav 
 depended, but I shal not take up your time to tell you uhat I will 
 doe, since I hope so soon to hav some thing to tell you that I 
 hav done. 
 
 I hav ureaten this to-night, though it is not a post night, being - 
 Monday, least the packet from Windsere come auay befor I gett the 
 King and Duke uaited upon, for it corns from thence just at one 
 in the afternoon. But if any thing occurr that's uorthe your 
 lordship knouing, be sure I uill send ane express from Windsor 
 to Sir Andrew Forrester with another letter befor the Black 
 box be closed up. 
 
 I am informed that Earl Dumfreise is gon from this. My 
 news mongers are not come to me, so by this post, I can send no 
 peapers. The King goes to Winchester on Saturday nixt, and 
 all the Duke's family are to com hither to Bartolomeu fair (uilhch 
 is alloued again) to stay one day. I shal, if it pleas God, stay 
 all the time at Winchester* 
 
 Windsor, 23 August : 1683. 
 195. By my last from London, I told your lordship that I 
 uas on Tuesday last to come hither, and if any thing occurred 
 I uold send it, but ther did occurr nothing that I could add to 
 what I had wreaten at London. I came straight to the Duke, and 
 he uas pleased to carie me into his closet, and to read your letter 
 to him, after which I commended you extreamly, and told that in 
 evry thing ye had ansuered the expectatione that he had of you; and 
 [he] was pleased to say that he took uhat ye said of me very kindly, for 
 it uas uhat he uas certaine uas true, and that he beleived the King 
 never uas, or could be, better served, then he uas by both of us in 
 our stations. I told him that I had brought, in the first place, a 
 State of the revenue of Scotland as it now stood, and that I had 
 some observations upon it, and some overtures to make, uhich uer 
 by your lordship humbly submitted to his Eoyal Highness. He 
 ■told me he uold take time to talk uith me of them, and, I might 
 rest assured, that he uold condecend to any thing that might be for 
 the setlement of that mater in the most profitable uay for the 
 King. Then he begun to tell me of Monkland, and how violent 
 Earl Arran uas in that mater. Hear I most tell you, that at my 
 coming in to Windser, the first man I met uas Earl Arran, uho 
 took me straight into his hous, and fell roundly to tell me the just 
 pretentions his father had to Monkland's estate, and that he uold 
 see who should be best heard in that affair uith the King. I gav 
 him all the fair language in the uorld, and told him that it uas 
 aither favor or right he could pretend to. If favor, I uas to the 
 
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 fore with him, for the Duke uas ingadged ; if right, then, I uas 
 content to reserve Duke Hamilton's right, as accorded in the law. 
 But he uas made beleiv that it uas a mater of 10 or 12,000 
 pounds sterling, and so could not be brought to quite his hold. 
 He followed me to Court, and spock to the Duke before me, which 
 occationed the Duke to speak to me, so I told the Duke if it uas 
 right Duke Hamilton had, I uas content to reserve it. If my Lord 
 Arrane uas persuaded it uas so mighty a thing, I uas contented 
 that the Duke Hamilton should get it, paying me 4,000 pounds 
 sterling, which is the price of 200 pounds sterling per annum at 
 twenty years purchas. This the Duke found so reasonable, that 
 he said he had found me aluays most easie, and that I should never 
 fair the wors for it, but to end this storie befor I go further, Earl 
 Arrane says he uill not quite hold till he ureat to his father in it. 
 So if your lordship could persuad Duke Hamilton to be less 
 pressing in that mater, it uold stop no longer. But, houever, I 
 am resolved to manage it the best I can, and I think I shal be 
 able to leav the bon in his foot. But, if he uold pretend to any 
 other thing amongst his father's feuars that are guilty, and be 
 assisting to ther convictione, I told him I thought it uold be fairer, 
 then to enter upon my plea that uas not medling with him, nor in- 
 croaching upon him. Ue continou very good trends, and are as 
 calm as ever you kneu. Ther that mater stands. 
 
 The Duke caried me to the King, uho receaved me most 
 graciously, and told me severall stories of the plott in Ingland, and 
 hou he had got a Scots catechism for them to ask questions by, 
 that is such questions as ue ask at the Councell of Scotland, and 
 told me hou they ansuer them, &c. 
 
 This morning the Duke called for me, and begun to tell me 
 many stories relateing to Ingland, and desired to knou at me the 
 state of the Thesaury in Scotland. I shoued him the state, and 
 it being the same uith uhat he formerly got, I shoued him the 
 truejustCharge and Discharge since your lordship's intromissione, 
 and how much the balance uas. But I uas prepaired for him, for 
 I kneu hou affairs uer circumstantiate hear, and therfor had 
 prepared a peaper, of which I shal send a copie by the nixt, by 
 uhich I shoued uhat summes of mony the King had to ballance 
 that 2,000 pounds that the Theasury uas superexpended 
 in, with which he uas most extraordinarely satisfied, and 
 desired me to lett nobody see that. I told him that uas 
 uhat I uas most humbly to begg of him. He said some time 
 this night he uold carie me to the King to shou it him. Your 
 lordship may be sure I hav shoued our management to the 
 hight, and ther uas no less then reason for it, for I had learned 
 by my Lord Morray that the Chanslour had leav to come up, 
 and that leav uas sent to your lordship. 
 
 However, after I had told the Duke uhate had bein done mor 
 then in former times, I made bold to tell him I uas surprised to 
 hear that the Chanslour had leav to come up. He told me he 
 had desired leav to meit the King at Newmarket severall months 
 ago, but that he had given it very unuillingly, and told him it 
 
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 uas unfitt for him to come, but that he had nou lykuays given 
 leav to you, if he did come, to come too, and that he thought 
 naither uold come yet. He said after all, he thought for a firme 
 agreament, it might be proper enough that both should come up. 
 I told him, that in my humble opinione, it uold be of ill conse- 
 quence to the King's service for aither of you to come, for it 
 uold declare the breach to be wide, and in the justifieing of your- 
 selves, the think {sk^ uold certainely grou uors. He asked hou 
 it begun. I told him I uas present at that business in the 
 Exchequer, and told him hou it past justly and truely, and left 
 him to judge. He told me that the Bishop of Edinburgh had bein 
 too medling, of whom I said uhat uas fitt, (so I most desire befor 
 I go further to knou hou farr to push that Bishop). 
 
 Some other discourses past, in uhich I had the opportunity to 
 touch on many important points, so as that I hav left room to 
 return upon them, and yet am not ingadged to say any thing, but 
 what I think fitt, both becaus of the Chanslour coming, if he take 
 the freake, and becaus I hav not sein Midleton. Ue past other 
 upon the road, and I am stopt from going to London this day by 
 the Duke's commands. To-morrou I am to go to him, God 
 uilling. I uold giv a good deal to speak to him. I hav a great 
 deal mor to say to you, but the post goes so airly from this, that 
 I am affrayed my letter com late. I shal only in generall add, 
 that all things seim to go as uell uith us as ue could uish, and I 
 am confident, I shal hav no uors success uith the King. 
 
 Lord Charles Morray is in London. Ue past other on the 
 road to this place. His uncle, Sir John Worden's lady dyed 
 yesterday morning of the smal pox, so I hav not sein him, but 
 ye may be assured of my care. Forgiv the ureat of this, the 
 lentil and confusedness, for I hav bein kept in the Castle all this 
 day. Some of the peapers uas not for my purpose, and I hav 
 had the truble to calculate of neu, and some are not come. I 
 most begg that they may be sent. Mr. Wallace knous uhat 
 uants. 
 
 London, 26 August: 1683. 
 196. To begin uher I left last, I most tell you that 
 according as the Duke had apointed, I uaitted on [him], 
 and he brought me to the King to giv him ane accompt 
 of the Thesaury, which I did in thes terms, that he confessed 
 ther had never bein better service done him in any affair of that 
 nature. Hear I most tell you the uay I took. I concidered the 
 state of the Revenue, and found it over ballanced. I took the 
 abreviate of the Accompt, and found it superexpended, and if I 
 had said no mor then uhat arose from thes peapers, ue had bein 
 found to hav don no mor then others had done befor, and had had 
 but litle reason to expect thanks ; for they never concider uhat 
 they giv auay, but uhat's best. So I made up this inclosed 
 peaper, and told first the Duke, and then the King, I had done it 
 uith my own hand, becaus you dur'st trust no body els uith it : 
 at uhich both of them uer extreamly pleased, and, the Duke said, 
 he uold say that he had no shame in the recommendations he had 
 
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 given us, und that no body ever had, or could hav, served him 
 better then ue had done. I told that if ue had taken thes uays 
 that had bein formerly taken, al the King had to look too had bein 
 hou to pay the debt of the balla.nce due by him upon that 
 accompt, wheras, he sau by that peaper hou, in despite of all 
 discouragements, he uas yet a saver. And thou[gh] ue could not 
 promise that all thes sumes uold be effectuall, yet I durst say a 
 conciderable part of them uold come in, and that I thought the 
 best service could be done to the King, uas to giv him some 
 mony to lay uj), for uithout that, our Militia uas but a name and 
 nothing els. But if ther uer mony to pay them, it uas a most 
 excellent cast for a Levie : and besides, a sume once layed up, uas 
 a constant fond for the King to pay the Militia uith, for the 
 country being obleiged to pay them from fourty days to forty 
 days, as long as the King had use for them. The giving out of 
 the King's mony for paying of them uas indeid but the advance, 
 for the country uold be obleiged to refound. The King and Duke 
 both uer extreamly pleased, and said that ue had done mor then 
 they thought had been possible. I told the King hou inconvenient 
 a post ue had, for ue had not only thes to resist uho uer enameies 
 to us, upon the accompt of processes reased against them, but 
 even thes in the government, uho finding things not fal to them, 
 as in former times, are apt to uish for chainges and alterations. 
 He told me ue should not neid to truble ourselves, for he, for his 
 ouu sake, as uell as ours, uold protect us against all that uold 
 medle uith us ; and said, he kneu ther uas no body that uold be 
 fathfull to him in that trust of mony that could be uell spocken 
 off, and therfor, he never minded uhat uas said against his 
 Thesaurer. Therafter, he said a great many kinde things of you, 
 and the Duke did so too, and intreated me not to lett that litle 
 peaper be seen to any, no not the Secretaries, and to stop peoples 
 mouths from seiking. I told them it uer fitt that retrinchments 
 uer made, at least till the Ballance be equall, which the Duke said 
 he uold, and therafter present it to the King. I uill assure your 
 lordship, ue hav gained mor by shouing them that prospect of 
 ther affairs then I could hav imagined, so that I most begin to 
 knou hou farr ue shal enter upon other affairs, for I am most 
 certaine you cannot be better both with the King and Duke. 
 
 This galloping up and doun gives us great hinderance. 
 Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess, the Prince and Princess, came 
 hither, and the Duke is gon this day early. I am to foUou him 
 to-morrou, not having yet quite done uith my Lord Midletone, 
 with whom I uas yesterday all the afternoon, and you have 
 good reason , to be assured of him. I layed all befor him 
 that you had commanded me, and finds that he is as right 
 in your sentiments as ye could uish. It uer to make too 
 long a letter to tell you all I said to him. All the stories 
 that ever I had heard, uith all ther agravations, I told him, and 
 found that he expected no better from that airthe, for he knous 
 the man since he uas Morton's Chamerlane; but after all, he asked 
 uher the remedy uas, for he could not in fathfullness and duety 
 represent it, and hou it uold be taken uas the questione. I told 
 
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 him, that in my opinione, ue uer first to concider all that uas to be 
 said, and fully to understand the conditione the Government uas 
 in from his practices ; and then, ue could the better think, hou to 
 insist upon a remedie, which too, most be managed with respect to 
 his coming up ; and that I thought the first step uas to prepair the 
 Duke to hear the Advocate, and to require him to deal plainly 
 uithout partiality. And ue resolve to eaus the Advocate attest me, 
 so as the Duke may inquire at me, (for hitherto I carie uith great 
 indifference, tho', uhen any thing relateing to discouragements ue 
 hav mett uith coms in, I speak plane eneugh; or as to the Justice 
 Court, in uliich I did cry up the diligence of our commissioners ; 
 for they had found out so much, that the Portous Koll uas made 
 up of nothing but uhat they brought in that uas of importance). 
 But if ue cannot get the Duke to inquir, then ue shal think uhat's 
 nixt to be done. But I hav no maner of doubt but you will get 
 your uill, and therfor, I uold desire to knou hou f arr ue shal push 
 the mater, and into uhat method you uold advise maters uith you 
 to be putt. 
 
 Earl Midleton and I talked fully of Bishop of Edinburgh, and 
 ue wer both of opinione that he succeed to his father in Orkney, 
 and he ordered to receid in his Dioces ; and I hope it uill be no 
 hard mater, for I find the Duke mightiely prepared for it, by 
 having a very just opinione of him. I uaited on Lord Charles 
 Murraj', but did not think fitt to tell him the designe for your 
 sone, my Lord Williame, becaus he had told my Lord Midleton 
 that he uondered hou his father came to imagine he had a mynd 
 to part with it, so long as the Duke uold lett him keip it, for he 
 could expect but a thousand pounds for it, and it uas as good to 
 him as four hundreth pounds sterling per annum. So I thought 
 not best, to open my pack and sell no uares, till I hear from your 
 lordship againe. In the mean time, I caused my Lord Midletone 
 take his promise, he uold not dispose of it any maner of uay, 
 uithout giving him timous notice, and the first ofi'er. As for all 
 the particulars relating to yourself, I think it absulately best 
 not to mentione them, till ue knou uhither the Chanslour come up 
 or no, for many reasons, but if you think other uays, send me 
 notice, and I doe no uays doubt of the getting it done. Yet I hav 
 not, nor am not inclined, to name that to any body, till I am just 
 upon the doing of [it] . I am so affrayed it get aire, and then bad 
 use might be made of it. 
 
 Pardone me to ureat of things as I can remember, they are so 
 many, and I hav so litle time, it is impossible for me to put them 
 in method. 
 
 Yesternight, and not befor, I had your lordship's letter from 
 Edinburgh, 18 August, and hav, as farr as it uas possible for 
 me to doe, gon throught the particulars of it with my Lord Midle- 
 tone, and particularly as to Lauderdale. I think he will doe 
 litle good hear, for he most, in the first place, take in Claverhous 
 be [fore] any thing can be done, and then ue uill lett the King and 
 Duke both see that he stand infamous upon record, and if after 
 
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 that, they thmk fitt to imploy him, lett them doe it. Houever, I 
 shal not name ther other business, till they be gon, and then I 
 hope to putt it home. 
 
 Earl Midleton and I have laughed extreamly at the extrordinary 
 expenses the Chanslour has behi at in the King's service, and his 
 civility, and shal not feall to use all thes things as ue ought. I 
 hav advertised of Sir George Lockhart, and I hope he shal not 
 be able to doe hurt. 
 
 I shal not say any mor of any thing in your letters, till I send 
 you notice uhat's don upon them, beeaus time is extreamly 
 precious to me. I doe nothing but attend, speak in our affairs, or 
 ureat, since I cam hither. I hav not hardly taken time to eat my 
 meat, for the one half being at London, and the other at Windsor, 
 maks the mater mor difficult, so if I doe not meutione evry 
 particular, yet be most assured that I hav it in my notts, and 
 that ye shal hav ane ansuer to the least particular of them all. 
 Yesternight I mett uith Brisbane. Earl Midleton and I uent and 
 took a botle of nine at his hous. I find him much your servant, 
 and therfor ye most be kind till him. I told of uhat ye had 
 already done for him ; and as a further proof of your kindness, 
 that notuithstanding of the payment of Lord Naiper's pensione toe 
 the last terme, yet ye uold not be against his being paj^ed for 
 that terme contained in your G-ift, which, I assured him, ye uold 
 not hav condecended to to any other, for which hfe seimed most 
 thankfuU. Ue drunke your good healthe heartiely ; and I hope 
 ye uill pardon me the doing this in your name, for it is such a 
 confirmatione of the kindness ye sheued him, that he uill not 
 doubt of it ; uheras, if that had bein stood upon, he uold hardly 
 hav beleived your frankness in the rest. 
 
 Yesternight ther came a long letter from Kochhead to the Duke, 
 extolling his oun merites, and informing that he had sold the 
 half of his place to one Hamiltone, together with a full and ample 
 exoneratione from the Toun of Edinburgh, al uhich I read, and 
 shal giv the Luke my marginall notts upon them. I had a long 
 letter from the Bishop of Edinburgh uhich I read to Earl 
 Midletone, and ue did lauch sufficiently at it. He is the most 
 impudent of mankinde, for he attests me as a wittness of his litle 
 medling, his abstractness from the affairs of the toun, &c. But I 
 I hope he shal flitt his nest. 
 
 I did lykuays get from your lordship another peaper relateing 
 to the Toun of Edinburgh, uhich is ane extream good one ; and I 
 am humbly in the opinione, that if it could be got signed l)y any 
 number of the burgers that are in opositione, as ther humble 
 petitione, that it uold go much better ; but this being but my oun 
 opinione, I leav it to your Lordship to concider. In the 
 mean time, I shal represent it as ther minde, and lett it go as farr 
 as it .can, but I am in the opinione that if it com in the other 
 maner, it uill not bide the least stoja. 
 
 By the last post, the Duke wrote to the Chanslour, to tell him 
 he uas in the opinion that the coming up uas not fitt at this 
 
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 time, for it uold make mor noise then it uas proper for the King's 
 service ; and this uas consec[uent to my discours uith him, for he 
 told me that he had given leav to you both, but that he thought 
 it uold not be amiss for one thing, uhich uas a hearty reconceil- 
 ment. I told him I thought it uas the least useful for that of 
 any thing, for it uas impossible, but some things in the 
 eclersisement uold fall out more disobleiging then could 
 be packed up, and therfor uhat the Duke resolved to order, 
 it uas best doing of it at a distance. I most begg to know 
 what's to be proposed anent Argyle's esteat. I find ue uill get that 
 ordered as ue hav a minde, and therfor I hav only insisted on 
 uhat's urong in that mater, and not yet hou to right it. I am 
 affrayed of the advocate with the Duchess Portsmouth, but I shal 
 indeavour to fright him from medling uith hir in any thing he 
 does not first communicateble to the Duke, and him I shal put on 
 his guard. A thousand things ther are that it is impossible for 
 me fully to ureat, but in generall, I use evry thing to the best 
 advantage I can, and I hav not the time, nor indeid the inclina- 
 tione, to medle much in my oun. Yet if ye think fitt to ureat to 
 Arrane to bid him think of some thing els, and ye uill befrend 
 him in it, I think that uold bring him of ; or if Duke Hamilton 
 uold ureat to him in it, for it uill be uneasie for him to hinder me 
 of it. Yet I hav no minde to vex him if I could helpe it. I am 
 to be with Earl Midletone this night againe, and shal 
 proceed in my narrative. I advertised Earl Midletone of the 
 Chanslour and Dundonnald, and I hope ue shal be prepared for 
 him ; for I intend to hav a letter to you,, as duelling near the 
 place, to cause take private informatione of the thing, and to giv 
 warrant to Captain Inglish to apprehend that Lieutenant Pou, and 
 to giv safe conduct to the Chamerlane Cuninghame, and a 
 remissione to him, that he may giv you information. I shal add 
 no mor at present . . . Adieu most humbly. 
 
 Postscript : — I had forgott to tell you that I spock fully to my 
 Lord Morray, uho suears he is entirely in your interests ; so I did 
 thinke fitt to speak to him so, as he might think I used freedome 
 uith him, whilst in the meantime, I only scurfed uhat uas on my 
 heart, and uhat I said to my Lord Midleton. He pretends great 
 anger to me against Bishop Edinburgh; tho' he confessed him 
 his frend, yet he suore he uold not concerne himself in him if he 
 found him persist. I took the occation to tell him tuo or 3 stories 
 of the Bishop, at uhich he blissed himself ; so I intent, as I 
 finde him, to wse him in all our maters, and no otheruays. 
 Hitherto, I find him right as I could uish. 
 
 In another postscript to this letter containing, at some length. 
 Observations on the Revenue of Scotland, from 1st May 1682 
 to 1st August 1683, is the following abstract — 
 
 £ 8. d. 
 
 "The Discharge is - - - - 125,192 13 ^ 
 
 The Charge is - 122,507 16 2^ 
 
 So the Ballance is - 2,684 17 §" 
 
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 The postscript concludes as follows : — "It is to be concidered, 
 that besides the ordinarie expenses of the government, that his 
 Majesty's speeiall warrants hav bein as high as ever, and that 
 the reparations of the Castles and Palaces are done extreamly 
 uell, and they put in a better conditione then ever, the Magazines 
 and Artillerie augmented. Ther is a ballance of abov 9000 
 pounds sterling payed to Sir William Sharpe, that uas due to 
 him upon the fitting of his last accompts uith the Lords Commis- 
 sioners of his Majesty's Thesaury. So that it uill not be found, 
 since his Majesty's hapie restauratione, that ther has bein so 
 much done in so short time with his Majesty's revenue ; and it is 
 not to be doubted, but in a very short time, if thes methods be 
 folloued, but his Majesty uill hav, not only to defray the current 
 expenses, but a conciderable cash in store, uhich is of mighty 
 import in all events, especially in that kingdom." 
 
 Winsore, 28 August : 1683. 
 
 197. " Tomorrou the King goes from this to Uinchester, so 
 that by this galloping about no business can be done. Some 
 smal snatches I get, to informe of some things I am afterwards 
 to speak mor effectually off. I am to speak this night uith the 
 Duke anent Eochead, uher I shal, by the by, bring in as much of 
 the toun of Edinburgh business as I can. I doubt not to get him 
 suspended, and I am hopefuU to get something done in the mater 
 of the elections of Edinburgh." The King was only to stay 6 
 days at Newmarket, some said but 4 days. This should be told 
 to prevent the Chancellor from coming up. "I sau just nou a 
 letter from my Lord Lauderdale to the King, and another to the 
 Secretarie, anent leav to come up. It is backed uith one most 
 favorable from the' Chanslour, but I hope ue shal so manage 
 Clavorhous['s] affair, that he shal be heard fully befor any thing 
 be done to his prejudice. . . ." 
 
 The Duke was just gone to write his foreign letters. On 
 Thursday the rest of the Court were to go to Winchester, " and 
 ue are to hav a sea voyage to Por[t]smouth." 
 
 Winchester, September 1st : 1683. 
 
 198. ... I came hither yesternight, and it uas ten of the 
 clock at night befor I could gett lodgings and stables, so ill they 
 are aqueinted with this mater, though this be a great toun. . . . 
 
 I sau a letter from Earl Lauderdale to the King, and another 
 to the Duke, and one from both Earl Lauderdale and Lord 
 Maitland to Earl Morray, anent ther affairs, and a state of ther 
 conditione, so stuft uith lyes, and so unjust to Claverhous, so 
 flateruag of the Chanslour, that I shal not feall to make the truth 
 knoun. The Duke has promised me that he uill doe something 
 against Kochead shortly, and if I kneu whom to recommend, I 
 beleiv I might setle the elections of Edinburgh ; but if no_ advice 
 come in time, I am resolved that I uill propose their continouing 
 as they ar, for some time, till fitt people be thought on. I most 
 begg of your lordship to hav som body to giv ye certaine nottice 
 of the Chanslour's motione, for I am confident that he uill not 
 
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 come, yet it is not best to be secure. I hav still the better hops 
 of all that concerns you. 
 
 Lord Charles Muray has bein uith me, and -I find uold part 
 uith his place. But he most hav as much as uill buy him a good 
 one hear, and that runns so high that I still refuse to tell him 
 any thing. I beleiv the least he uold expect uold be 2,000 pounds 
 sterling, and that is, at least, tuice the value of his. I shal not 
 feal, so soon as it is possible to doe any business, to be diligent 
 in it, but they are abroad at 6 in the morning, and come jiist 
 home to diner, and then abroad till super againe. But I uill 
 endeavour, for all that, to get something done to-morrow, being 
 Sunday ; and if any foul ueather come, I shal not neglect to use 
 it. The King and Duke both are extreamly kind to me, and if 
 once the advocate uer come, of whom we most make the cat's foot, 
 (to scrape the Chastanes out of the fire), I am confident maters 
 uill go one to our minde. In the mean time, I hav given the 
 right prospect of this indemnity, its being done in the vaeance, 
 and uhen you uer gon, its consequence not to be told ; and therfor, 
 that it uer better to apply a particular remissione- to evry one, 
 then to indemnifie all heritors hou obnoxious to the Government 
 soever, the fruits uherof ue see in Mr. Carstairs taken hear, uho 
 uas gulty of uhat uold hav taken his lyf, had not a generall in- 
 demnity secured him. So I desire to knou your mynd as soon 
 as possible, for I shal indeavour to keip things as they are in 
 that behalf, till I knou the true state of the thing. 
 
 Winchester, 3 September : 1683. 
 199. Yesternight Drummond had the opportmiity of speakmg 
 with the Duke about matters in Scotland. The Duke told him 
 he was sorry for the consequences Queensberry's disagreement 
 in Scotland might have. I told him that matter depended upon 
 him. If he intended Scotland should be governed by one man 
 there was nobody to dispute his will. But if he had no mind it 
 should be so, then it was not fit it should be done without his 
 knowledge. " That ther might be some tendencie to that kinde 
 of government, I thought uas nou pritty plaine : for this 
 indemnity uas not so much as named till all the Councell 
 uer seperate, and you gon from Edinburgh." Certainly 
 Queensberry must look on it "as a great slight put 
 upon you, uho, to my certaine knoul [e] dge, had bein 
 of the opinione that some thing of that nature uas necessary, 
 but not the hundreth part of this. For this I looked on as one "of 
 tlie rauest undegestedest things that ever uas proposed, and a 
 thing that most tend vastly to the King['s] prejudice, seing thes 
 that had bein the most malitious, as uell as the most innocent, uold 
 all get off for taking the Test ; especially at this time, uhen the 
 fanatiques in England uer mentaineing' the laufullness not only 
 of suearing, and them selves taking the oaths, but ureating books 
 in defence of that and occationall communion, as they call it, uhieh 
 is the taking the sacrament in confirmation of ther oaths. The 
 Duke said he uold never condecend to that indemnity, and that 
 therfor, ue neided say no mor of it till ue cam to London." 
 
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 Drummond represented that it would be necessary some thing of 
 that kind should be done, but the safest way was to do nothing in 
 it till Winter, when Queensberry and the rest of the officers of state 
 and Councillors were in Edinburgh. The Duke resolved to follow 
 this advice. Drummond went on to praise Queensberry's 
 services to the Duke, who having a plentiful fortune had not 
 sought the promotion of his friends or servants. The Chancellor 
 could not be looked on as in the same circumstances. His fortune 
 at his entry to his place was to make. His servants were 
 advanced to small charges and trusts, "and malitious people 
 uer apt to say that he uas spairing no paines for rasing 
 his family, and that finding that thes uhom the King 
 imployed uold not be blinded, therfor he' resolved to seek 
 support els uher. Nothing of this I beleived true, but if it uer 
 true, it uold quickly apear by his recommending my Lord 
 Lauderdale for favor, caressing the family of Argyle, making strict 
 frendship with Duke Hamil tone, making use of Sir John Dalrymple, 
 and leniefieing the faults of the family of Staires. The Duke 
 saide he never had yet recommended Lauderdale for anything, 
 but his fyne, after having agreed uith him. I told him, I hoped 
 he never uold for any thmg els, and so long as he did non of thes 
 thmgs that I had named, ther uas non in the uorld had mor 
 inclinatione to uish him disinterested then I ; but, houever, I uold 
 begg of his Koyal Highness that if any exoneratione uer given to 
 the Earl of Lauderdale, it might only extend to the Mint, for the 
 Thesaurers mater uas yet indetermined. He assured me it should 
 go no further, and I desired [th] at even in that he uold concider 
 Claverhous, and becaus I did not fully understand the mater I 
 thought it uold be just, if my Lord Maitland cam up, that he might 
 hav leav too ; but that I hoped he uold never suffer Lord Maitland 
 come up in the conditione proposed, for though no body uold say 
 mor to cry up the uonders of the Justice Court then I, uher it 
 could giv the King's service any reputatione, yet to the Duke, I 
 could not but tell the truthe of the mater, uhich I told him fully. 
 He assured me he should not come to represent any thing of that 
 nature ; that insinuatione had bein made to him of that designe, 
 and that he ansured that if my Lord Maitland had any business 
 of his oun, he should be uellcom, but that he uold not permitt 
 any Commissioner for that mater. I told him, though I uas one 
 of the persons in the uorld that made the seldomest remarques on 
 other men's actions, yet I thought it shoued a great deal of kindness 
 to that family to get my Lord Maitland such ane errand ; and if 
 it uas not procured, yet the kindness of the proposer uas the same. 
 But all I said uas only to put the Duke on his guard, that 
 for knouing, he might the better prevent the ill, if any fell 
 out." 
 
 Drummond then proceeded to tell the Duke of the Town 
 of Edinburgh, and their last proposal, and showed it would 
 be an affront to Queensberry, now that their guilt appeared 
 as the sun, to let them . go off, especially the Clerk, whom 
 Drummond looked on as the root of all that ill. The Duke 
 
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 answered, the Clerk would be suspended, "and as to the magis- 
 trates he uold consult"^ with the secretaries and my self what was 
 to be done in it." 
 
 Drummond told him that Queensberry had reason to believe 
 once that no man was franker in the pursuit than the Chancellor, 
 and when "of a sudaine you found him chainge, and then grow 
 insolent, you could hardly impute it to any thing els [then] his 
 sydeing with them. The Duke saide he had never recommend [ed] 
 them to him. I told him that they uer fool enough to value a 
 smile, or the comon report that uent all over \,h.e town at that 
 time, in as good coine, as if he had really recommended them, 
 besides their being constantly with him, and ther bishope for the 
 spocks man, and absulately slighting you, was no smale ground of 
 jalusie. He said the root of all that ivell came from that conceit 
 of doing all by ons self, and that was the first thing to be beaten 
 out of his head. I told him, it was a position that had bein layd 
 that Scotland was to be governed but by one. I was truely of that 
 opinione, but that one was the Duke, and could be none below 
 him ; for wherever the single government lay, ther uold the sole 
 dependence be, and how unfiitt that was for his service, he was to 
 judge. He saide he uold no mor of that att all, that he uold 
 surely apoint all maters of government from the smalest to the 
 greatest to be done by a select number." Drummond was hope- 
 ful that would " redress the esceaps, that aither really wer, or wer 
 
 thought to be, comitted Hear he was called to the 
 
 King's syde, and so told me in heast that we should shortly speak 
 mor ujjon that mater." 
 
 The Earl of Middleton had a mind to say the same things to the 
 Duke, but the Duke's going 20 miles to hunting that day would 
 hinder him till to-morrow. " That place was most unfit for business. 
 The Duke was more taken up than at Newmarket, and they are 
 never in the house." On Wednesday they were to go to South- 
 hampton, and from thence by sea to Portsmouth. 
 
 " Just now the Advocate is come. I put the Duke on his guard 
 that he might hinder the Advocate from proposing any thing to 
 the Dutchess of Portsmouth for the Duke of Lenox to prevent 
 what ye wer affrayed of. I find my Lord Advocate right to the 
 outmost point, and so shal not feal to worke him up. The Duke 
 declared to him, my Lord Midleton, and myself, that the Indem- 
 ing (sic) uas not a thing to be rashly done, and that my Lord 
 Midletone should deliver the Councell's letter with that assurance, 
 that the Duke himself uold be by to tell the King to doe nothing 
 in the mater till he coms to London, and then he uold concider 
 what was to be done in it. 
 
 "The Duke seims extreamly pleased, and I am most confident 
 all our affairs will go to our wish. I shal be carefuU of the town 
 of Edinburgh nixt thing I medle with, and I am confident we 
 shal bring it to some pass within a day or ton after the King's 
 return from Portsmouth." 
 
 Drummond had no time to inquire after news, nor write, 
 "being to waite on the King, God willing, to morrow, to the 
 
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 hauking by six in the morning." Lord Charles Morray told him 
 just then that he would part with his place for 2,000 guineas 
 which would buy him a place here, and for no less. Drummond 
 thought that sum unreasonable. Arran was begun to cool in the 
 affair of Moneland. " This is a most beutifull countrie, and the 
 King is building a noble palace hear, which he was pleased to show 
 me this day, and to descrive to me the whole designe. The 
 hous is 300 foot in front." 
 
 Winchester, 5 Sept^" : 1683. 
 200. [The Duke has assured us that Earl Lauderdale shal hav 
 no exoneratione till Claverhous be justly and truely payed, &c.] 
 
 Since my last, which was by the last post, ther has litle occurred, 
 and ther is litle hopes of doing any business effectually till we 
 come to London. This morning the King and Duke are gon to 
 Southampton, and from thence are to goe to Portsmouth by sea. 
 I did not go with them, that I might hav time with my Lord 
 Advocate and Earl Midletone, and so concert our maters this 
 night, that all of ws might speak of the same things. In 
 speaking with the King, I find him so bent on Stirlin, that what 
 is done to Edinburgh Castle uold not hav showed well, except I 
 had told him that we had put Stirling in the same order, had his 
 Majesty once condecended on the maner that he uold hav it 
 done in. So he commanded me to sfend down for ane opinione 
 in that mater according to what I proposed to him, which I did 
 accordingly. . . . Just nou ther is a letter come from my Lord 
 Eoss to the King's advocate, and another to the Duke, , anent 
 something out of the forfaultures, which I shal take care of, for I 
 hav got the King and Duke to giv one generall ansuer, that hear- 
 after they will giv nothing till first it corns into the Exchequer. 
 This secures all, for when it is ther it shal not be to dispose off. 
 The Duke is extreamly of our sentiments in all maters, but I 
 thinke he is asheamed, that one whom he has pitched upon should 
 hav so farr deceaved his expectatione ; but for all that, one uay 
 or other, he most knou all that can be saide. 
 
 The Advocate's brother told one of the pleasantest stories 
 imaginable this day, that the Chanslour had sent to the Earl 
 Dundonald to tell him that the match he intended with Claver- 
 hous was no ways able to secure him, but if he uold lett 
 Gordonston hav his grandchild, he uold secure him, at which the 
 mother and daughter uer so allarmed, they immediately run out 
 of the toun. This shal be used as farr as it uill go, uith 
 another setire of Earl Broadalbin's, that it was said to him that 
 he should be represented at Court, as he behaved himself in the 
 proposed bargane of Cathness, uhich was to sell it at two years 
 and a halfs purchass. To say truely, I beleiy this man's repu- 
 tatione uith the Duke is at a low ebb, disguise it as he will. And 
 so ye are to think what to press nixt, for a man most be blinde 
 not to see that actions such as his are not for the King's interest, 
 nor the Duke's reputatione. 
 
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 Your lordship uold take speciall care of his motione, for I 
 thinke he cannot doe himself so much harme as by coming up 
 at this time. Yet if he doe ye most come too. The Advocate 
 has proposed to me his being on the Sessione, and I told him 
 ther was no vacance at this time, but I thought it uold be easy 
 to secure the nixt for him, and I uold concurr with him in it 
 most cincerly. He continous extreamly right, and I am confi- 
 dent shal doe so as we hav him managed. 
 
 Lord Charles Morray came to me againe to know who was to buy 
 his place, but I uold not tell him. He stands still at Two 
 
 thousand lib str It uold not be amiss that 
 
 your Lordship uold cans Capt. English inquire anent that 
 boy whom Earl Dundonald harboured, for I know the Duke 
 will wreat to you in it so soon as he coms back, yet the 
 sooner things of that nature be looked into, they inquire (sic) the 
 seldomer. I beleiv he will desire you to giv safe conduct to the 
 Chamerlane Cuninghame that he may come and tell what he 
 knows, and if he make the thing out, I think he ought to be 
 pardoned. The mater of Earlestone is past beleif, that they 
 should desire to know if a man after sentence can be tortured, 
 and yet they prefix a day for his excecutione, to strick the nail to 
 the head, (for ther was no doubt after a sentence in absence). 
 This shal not want a commentary. I can say no mor, but that I shal 
 be as diligent as you could desire. Since the ureating of what is 
 abov. Earl Midletone, Lord Advocate, and I, hav bein 4 hours 
 together, and layd down all our affairs, of which your lordship 
 shal hear in due time, seing it is impossible for me to say the 
 half of what I uold now. Only, you most aither name a sett of 
 magistrates for Edinburgh, or you most trust us hear absulately 
 in that affair, for we are resolved to hav it out of this faction's 
 hands, and to hav the Clerk out. 
 
 Winchester, 13 Sepf^ : 1683. 
 201. Just now I am come from the Councell of Scotland 
 which was held in his Majesty's bed chamber, about the letter 
 sent from the Councell in Scotland anent the Indemnity. That 
 paragraph anent the Comons is past, with the alteratione proposed 
 by me of excepting from pardon the receters of ministers. That 
 of the heritors is absulately rejected, and that of the ratiefieing of 
 the Justices of Peace is rejected, because it uold argue the proceed- 
 ings of Councell prior to the ratieficationeillegall, and consequently 
 all that such Justices had done, which was too dangerous a mater 
 to enter on for a whimsie. This was done, and the affair of the 
 Uiestern Militia is recommended to the Councell against ther 
 meeting in November. This is in short all . . . 
 
 This can hardly come in time to the packet, and though I 
 ureat not neus oft, yet I most tell you the Christians and Turks, 
 when this night's letters came from thence, wer in sight of other, 
 and on the 7, they uer to fight if the Turks did not retreat. So 
 the nixt will tell us all. 
 
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 Winchester, 14 Sepf^ : 1683. 
 
 202. My last gav a short accompt of what was done at the 
 Councell hear. This post brings you a copie of the letter agreed 
 to, so I need say no mor of it, since it is needless to show you 
 how we managed it. Only, I will say I was not uanting ; and told 
 the King freely that it was a very odd propositione, and what I 
 never expected from his Councell ther, it was so farr distant from 
 thos methods we had allways used since his Eoyal Highness uas 
 amongst us, which uas to giv a hint of our frend . . . 
 
 Hew Wallace's last brought me something of moment, and 
 I used it so, for he tells me that Sir William Hamiltone 
 is coming up, recommended by the Chanslor to procure 
 a pardone for Earlestone; but he is prevented, for by this night's 
 post, ther is orders gon for his torture, which I know the Earl of 
 Midletone will fully informe you off. They say he has a petitione 
 with him from the fanatiques, but this needs confirmatione. You 
 may be sure it shal be used to the best advantage. 
 
 To-morrow at nyne hours, I am apointed to speak to my Lord 
 Hyde, Earl Eochester, I should hav sayd, the result of which 
 discours my nixt shal bring. All things tend to our satisfactione, 
 for Earl Mar has things to say that most convince all that we hav 
 sayd to be true and mor. 
 
 I have bein thes six days expecting ane oportunity of the Duke 
 and has not got it, for from morning to night he is abroad, as 
 this day, he cam 28 myls back from the place the dear was killed, 
 and is but just com in. The hopes of speaking with him made 
 me put off my ureating till nou that it is past time to ureat much. 
 The death of the Bishop of Eoss is ane occatione to doe justice to 
 the church that was incroached upon by the transplantation of Mr. 
 Pious ; so he most nou go to Eoss. I hope for the argument 
 ther was, that it was the richer sea ; so that holds still, and the 
 measure he mett with too, and I dare say the Bishops will be 
 offended at it, and se[ing that] the King and Duke being prepaired, 
 I know nothing to hinder it, but this I dare not ansuer for . . . 
 
 My wife has hir most humble service presented to your 
 lordship, and you may be so sure that I am so sencible of your 
 kindness and favor to me, that I shal never be guilty of making 
 an unworthie returne, for wer your sone in my place, he could not 
 deal mor affectionately in your concerns, which I think ye are so 
 much convinced of that I shal add no mor. Only your lordship's 
 sones shal meit with all the services I can pay them. 
 
 Winchester, 17 Sepf : 1683. 
 
 203. Since my last, your lordship will see that I had just 
 reason to beleiv that all uold go according to my desire, both by 
 the letter anent Earlestone, a copie whereof ye hav, and this letter 
 to-day anent the town of Edinburgh, a copie whereof Earl 
 Midletone sends your lordship. I was for the King's nammg all 
 the magistrates, till I found that uold be difficult, and to make a 
 provost uold be easie, and doe our business as well. So all of us 
 condescended on Balzie Drummond as ane ennamie to the Eocheid 
 
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 factione, and as one that had shown himself a friend to the 
 persuers, and that uold be absulately at your disposal in his 
 Majesty's service, and shou sufficiently, both to Lord Chanslor and 
 his Holyness, that Magistcr in Artibns non valet Jartibus nisi in 
 Scota. This, with the other members of our affairs, goes to our 
 wish, and I never saw so luckie ane affair. Every thing 
 contributes to it. 
 
 But first, since I am on the affairs of Edinburgh, I shal make 
 an end of them befor I begin any other thing, and therfor, I most 
 tell you that aither they will giv obedience to the King's command 
 in electing Balye Drummond, or no. If they giv obedience, then 
 we hav a provost that, I dare say, will comply with all your 
 demands in the King's sei'vice. If they obey not, then the King 
 is resolved he will make use of his prerogative to name all, and 
 this will be a cooling cai'd to Kocheid, especially seing he is 
 discharged to take a conjunct till the event of the process. So 
 that I may truly say ye hav gotten all your will in that affair. 
 And I hav wi'eaten to Bealy Drummond when he shal be elected 
 to be absulately ordered by you, as the man to whom he owes 
 his preferrment, as I am sure he does, for when we had gon 
 through all the folks in Edinburgh ther was non to be preferred 
 to him in all respects, and I dare say he will ansuer all expecta- 
 tion ; and this mater will show the town that ther hopes 
 hav fealed them. My Lord Arrane after having imployed all, is 
 at last, for fear of a breach betwixt his father and your lordship, 
 submitted in the affair of Monkland, and the Duke promises it 
 shal pass imediately. So I most intreat of your lordship not to 
 make any debeat with Duke Hamilton, for his name caries some 
 reputation alongst with it that is not fitt to goe any wher els, 
 and ye know what he does when he is dissatisfied. 
 
 Besides Sir Will. Hamilton having come hither with a petitione 
 from Earleston for a pardone, finding how ill such a message 
 sounds, Lord Arrane has caried him to the Duke, frankly to tell 
 him that he was sent for by my Lord Chanslour, and told that 
 he should get his business done. For if he did not ureat with 
 him, he should send thes letters that should make his erand easie, 
 and that he did really think Earleston had done thes things that 
 merited his pardone. 
 
 Now this coming so patt Avith what has bein sayd, and what 
 has bein done, in the letter for the Indemnity, has done consider- 
 able advantage. Therfor I most desire that if ther be no reason 
 that I know not, that your lordship uold no be angry with Earl 
 Arrane, but on the contrarie beleiv that he indeavours you good 
 service hear. On Saturday the Duke sheu me a letter from Lord 
 Chanslour, wherin he says that he is not of the opinione that his 
 coming at this time will be for the King's service, tho' he has bein 
 extreamly pressed to it by thos belou, and tho' a trend of his had 
 begged leav for him from the Duke, but for all that, he did desire 
 that my Lord Thesaurer might not be refused, but he uold first 
 desire that ue that uer hear uer com of first. 
 
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 I told the Duke that you never desired leav, but on conditione 
 that he was to come. The Chanslor sayd in that letter, that the 
 Duke uold by your coming know what was your quarrell at him, 
 and what uold pleas you, so that the easier remedies could be 
 applyed. I told him that was the originall mistake, that any 
 thing proceeded on quarrell betwixt the Chanslor and you. I 
 told him ther was no such thing, that you had gon as great a 
 leinthe as your duety to him uold permitt, I mean to the Duke. 
 But when you found you wer to lose the Chanslour, or 
 be wnfathfuU, your choice was easily made. And so I went on, 
 till by instances of what ye had done for him, and how 
 he had slighted you, I convinced the Duke of the truthe, 
 and so ye will see shortly the effects of it. For the Duke takes 
 all that's proposed in so good part, that ther is no mor doubt of 
 obtaining all that relates to the bringing of that man within 
 bounds. And for the doing of it, I hav bein forced to follow 
 methods so farr different from what I mentioned, and wer con- 
 cidered by us, that you uold wonder. But it is not worthie your 
 time, and uold take almost as long time to wreat as I hav bein 
 in this place, seing I hav not been one day idle, nor ane hour, 
 that I hav not bein sleiping, and that was to go for the most 
 part to bed at 12 and rise at 6, for thes are the hours at this 
 place. 
 
 I hope my Lord Marr will speak, but he has not yet. However, 
 ye most think nothing of that, for occations are not foUoued hear 
 by every body. As the u;orst, I dar say he will not feall, and I 
 shal giv you ane accompt in time of it. The King and the Duke 
 begin nou to see the faults of a man of smal fortune in a great 
 office, for they most giv him thes things that men of esteats are 
 not in a conditione to seek, and for that they object you as a 
 pattern in that mater, and I dare assure you they express a great 
 deal of kindness to you, which increases dayly. Major White's 
 business I shal endeavour; but he has not deceaved me, for I 
 know him in my own particular. I shal say no mor, but that I am — 
 
 I was mistaken for I most wreat the storie of Vienna. On the 
 2nd of Septr. our stile, the Grand Visier ordered a mine to be 
 sprung, and an attaque to be made by 10,000 Janisaries, upon 
 which the Count Staranberque caused put up the signe that they 
 wer in the last extremity. Wherupon by 3 hours _ in the 
 morning the King of Pole advansed with the whole Imperiale and 
 Polish army, consisting of 40,000 hors, and as many foot, and 
 himself attaqued the lines with the right wing and was repulsed, 
 till the Duke of Lorraine came up with the left, and the foot, 
 which wer no sooner got over the lines then the Grand Visier 
 run with all the hors and left the foot to the mercie of the 
 Christians, which wer all cutt to pieces, amongst whom wer 
 25,000 Janisaries. The Count Staremberque sortied out of the 
 town at the same time, so that ther never was a mor intire 
 defeat. And the King of Polland is onn after ther hors, and has 
 cut off a great many of them, and was resolved not to stop till 
 he had ane accompt of them. They hav taken 60,000 tents, 
 
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 amongst which all the Grand Visier's tents, and in them two 
 millione of mony, and his casket of letters, by which they say 
 his intelligence will be found out. And [ther was] a report, that 
 amongst 100 great cannon taken from the Turks, they hav found 
 some of thes taken by the King of France, at Gent, in the late 
 wars, but this neids confirmation. The whole accompt is 
 wreaten by the Count Starenberque, and dated from the top_ of 
 one of the Turks' cannon. This is such ane actione of the King 
 of Pole as magnifies him abov the skys. 
 
 Just now, my Lord Midletone tells me that Marr has spocken 
 to the Duke lyke a hero. And all the time the Duke ansuered 
 nothing, till the Earl of Mar told him that the Comission was 
 brought him by Lord Maitland and Sir John Dalrimple. Then 
 the Duke asked at him, and made him repet ther names 4 or 5 
 times over, as if he had bein surprised at the thing, but mor at the 
 messingers. So at this time I shal say no mor, but that I am, as 
 in all duety bound. 
 
 Winchester, 19 Sept-^ : 1683. 
 204. This day my Lord Midletone presented my Signature and 
 the King signed it, so that I hav reason to thanke your lordship, 
 which seing I am resolved to other ways then by words, I shal 
 not say any mor of it hear, only I most hav yet a litle further 
 help as to what Earl of Argyle ous, which I hope ye will not be 
 offended at ... . 
 
 Your lordship did ill that did not acqueint me with Earleston's 
 having accused General Dallyell, Drummond and others, for it 
 has made me say things that I uold hav turned another way with 
 mor advantage to the King's service. But if ye did not knou it, 
 you are yet mor uronged, for nothing so materiall should hav 
 bein kept up from you. However, if it uer possible now that 
 Earlestone is past hopes, to get him to aqueint you. or somebody 
 els with his prompters in that affaire, for I dar say so black a 
 calumnie could not hav bein invented, except he had known that 
 it uold be gratefuU. I hav bein setting about Sir William Hamilton 
 to know the truthe of the mater, if he knew it. ' I think I shal get 
 it from him. If that could be found out, it uold be the greatest 
 confirmation in the world of all that's said. Tho' I told you in 
 my last of the Chanslour his letter to the Duke, and of his 
 intention to go north, yet ye are not to trust to that, for these 
 letters that are come down will lett him sufficiently knou that he 
 is not wher he was, and therfor that it is most necessary for him 
 to come hither, if he thinks his "ban mein'" can influence the 
 Court. Therfor hav ane eye upon him. 
 
 I am to go to London upon Fryday, as the King is up on 
 Wednesday nixt, and the Duke the Munday befor, so I think we 
 shal doe no much mor busness hear. Only, wheras out of frendship 
 to the family of Argyle or Lauderdale, [or] somewhat els, Eobert 
 Androu is lett out upon caution. He is, by his Majesty's order, 
 sent to the Bass. So ye see the mortification goes on. But I see 
 not yet hou to secure our frends, and the ledg6s, in the session 
 
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 maters. Pray, send me your opinion uhat to doe, for tho' I hope 
 thes things iiill open folks eys, yet it is not to be trusted too. 
 They say he speake against me with open mouth. But I shal 
 not much concern myself for that, being resolved, God willing, to 
 doe uhatever becoms an honest man, com of it uhat uill. I am 
 about the Bishop's' affairs; and I hope I shal be able to doe his 
 business. I uold giv for one half hour's time to speak with you 
 any thing in the world. But I most hav patience, and you may 
 imagine that I will doe what's fitt on all occations; but my eys 
 are much opened, and I did uell that made the Advocate at 
 first dash say all, so that ther was no room for repentance. 
 He holds out hear uell, but ther is sayed to be a letter 
 from him in favors of Earlestone, that if he be any way ingenuous, 
 the torture may be spaired; and this, in consequence of Sir 
 William Hamilton's offer of mony for his frendship, uill not look 
 uell. Therfor I desire that ye may caus inquire into the mater, 
 that if he has ureaten any such letter I may kno, for half a word 
 will be eneugh to the Chanslour to make him spair him ; and I 
 uold gladly hav that hair in the Advocate's neck. Therfor, sett 
 to uork to find it out. I hav reason to beleiv that the accusation 
 of Dyell and Drummond was a designed thing put into Earleston's 
 head. It is therfor fitt he be interrogate upon it, if it can be 
 done, so that no body be sein in the inquire. 
 
 I most nou desire to knou if ther be any thing not contained 
 in my nott, that ye may be thinking of it. Every post lessens 
 the affair of Vienna, so that att last, I am afl'rayed it prove a 
 retreat rather then a defeat. But this time most tell. 
 
 The transplanting of the Bishop of Edinburgh to Eoss depends 
 upon the Archbishop of St. Andrews, therfor ply him and the 
 caus is wone. I shal not add mor this night, but that, with all 
 humility . 
 
 London, 22 September : 1683. 
 205. Drummond had so far prevailed in all that he had in 
 Commission, "that 1 dare say both the King and Duke hav 
 thes thoughts of you and your service that ye desire, and 
 of the Chanslour what he deserves." Earl Middleton had shown 
 himself a faithful friend to Queensberry. "Lord Kegister has 
 done good service, and the Advocate has done just as I foretold. 
 
 So all goes most extreamly well just nou I am hardly 
 
 acquainted with Balye Drummond yet to demonstrate how htle 
 influence thes people hav, and to put the Provost out of the tribe, 
 and to lett all people knou that it is not worthe ther while to 
 caball for elections, and to keip the king in possesione of choos- 
 ing. I thought fitt, with deference to the others hear that uer 
 violent for him, and the Duke that was very uell pleased with 
 him, and told he was of his acquentance at curling, made me 
 hazard to recommend him." Drummond was confident "that 
 uhatever he be, he shal be so intirely depending on your lordship, 
 that uhatever you desire shal be done by him. If not, it uill 
 be no difficult matter to turn him off and make another. As for 
 
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 the Bishop, as I am his most humble servant, so I am endeavour- 
 ing his promotion to a richer sea, and I am confident, as I told 
 you befor, it is in the Archbishop's hands, and if he doe not 
 what becoms him, I shal scold him in my heart, and by the nixt 
 post I am resolved to giv my testimony, amongst many others, 
 that I knqu uill interest themselves in that mater." 
 
 He states further that he had made a scheme of the business of 
 Argyle that the Duke was extremely satisfied with. He had 
 waited on Lord Eochester, and never did any thing in his life 
 that he was so well pleased with, "as the accompt I gav him of 
 Scotland. The effect whereof was that he went immediately to 
 the Duke, and the Duke, from that time to this, has never uith- 
 stood any thing has been proposed to him. And ue hav got our 
 absulate will of all." 
 
 He had been assuring friends there that Queensberry would 
 never be brought over to join with the Chancellor after what he 
 had done. He concludes the letter thus — "Every day. I drink 
 your good health, so that I beleiv we wer doing it when 
 ye uer remembering your f rends." 
 
 London, 27 September : 1683. 
 206. " . . . Last night Earl Midleton, the Advocate and I 
 uer called into the Duke's closet to speak upon this mater of 
 Argyle, upon uhich the Duke is so bent that he uill hav the King 
 to recall the Signature and the Conamissione to the Lords of 
 Sessione hear, that ther may be no debeating below upon it, 
 and to that end, he asked the King's Advocate's opinione in point 
 of lau, who said that he thought that the King might recall that 
 Signature, and that he only stood at the Lords of Session's 
 ■ interest." Midleton jjroposed consulting the point of law with 
 Sir George Lockart, to which the Advocate condescended. " So I 
 uas ordered to consult him, and pay him, but as I guessed, his 
 frends lay on the other side, and so he flatly refused his advice in 
 the mater. I fownd him much stumbled at the proposal, and so 
 I uent to the Duke and told him of Sir George's cariage, and the 
 kindness the King uas to expect from all that family. This 
 refusal, told to my Lord Advocate, has animate him so as he is mor 
 feirce then ever. And I am not sory, for this uill mor lay out 
 the truth of the King's and Duke's sentiments then any thing 
 els could doe. By the nixt, your lordship shal hav an accompt 
 of what's done in it . . . 
 
 " The notice ye sent me of the Advocate is true, for he confesses 
 he urot to the Chanslour to assure him he should get no urong. 
 But he sayd it is only to make the Clianslour stay below, for he was 
 aft'rayd of his coming up. So we most tak any'excuse in good part, 
 and not make him angry in so busie a time. You desire my 
 opinione of the Duke's kindness to you, and I shal tell you 
 nothing can l)e greater, but it is most particularly on ane accompt 
 that straitens me on another accompt, for it is becaus ye are so 
 disinterested and the other is so much . . . This has been 
 so much my minde of late that I durst not trust Earl Midletone 
 
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 with it, so uarie I am in your concerns, for ue hear see things 
 that are not to be sein at a greater distance . . . 
 
 "It -was good luck that Lord Arrane has contradicted his father's 
 incHnations so farr, for I daresay his introductione to Sir William 
 Hamiltone has done the Chanslour no good. I dare say his 
 father's frendship uill doe him as litle. Sir William Hamilton is 
 in prison for three hundred guinaes [he] had lent to Arrane. I hav 
 used the Archbishop's letter to your advantage with some sucess; 
 pray try what may be done by speaking to the Archbishop 
 St. Andrews for the transplanting of Edinburgh. For it depends 
 on him, and he is flyed [afraid]; but if he be well supported, he 
 may once in his lyfe doe uell. I deliver'd yours to the Advocate, 
 and hav spocken to the Duke in his favors. But I knou him, and 
 neids say no mor to tell you I uill not say too much to him . . . 
 
 "Th. Gordon's business shal be done for him in the best form. 
 The Duke is affrayed of the Chanslour Marquis Atholl, and the 
 other pretenders, and therfor uill hav it past ther mending 
 imediately, nor thinks he fitt the officers of State be apointed 
 Managers for the same reasone." 
 
 Queensberrys sons were expected with the Earlof "Dunbritton." 
 " I am so constantly attending the King and Duke that I can 
 hardly wreat the hundreth part of what I should. But I am mor 
 concerned to hav good effects then to tell how I doe them, and 
 therfor if I can get any time this night mor, I uill tell your 
 lordship further uhats done. This inclosed peaper is uhat the 
 Duke inclines the King should caus read in Councell and turn to 
 a letter against I come doun ..." 
 
 The enclosed Paper referred to concerns the Annexation of the 
 estate of Argyle and is as follows : — 
 
 His Majesty taking into his concideratione how much it imports 
 the security and peace of his antient Kingdom of Scotland, that 
 the esteat of the late Earle of Argyle be annexed to his Majesty's 
 property to remain uith him, and his successors, Kings of 
 Scotland for ever, thmks fitt to declaire, that he is resolved to 
 hav the same annexed to his property, in maner following, that is, 
 his Majesty resumes to himself the heritable offices, jurisdictions, 
 &c. That his Majesty, notwithstanding the repeated treasons of 
 the late Earle, resolves to fullfill his royall purpose, in giving to 
 the children of the said Earle the summs in yearly rent contained 
 in the late Signature given by his Maj esty of the date , 
 
 yet, uith the express reservations and restrictions, that it shal be 
 held of his Majesty in wodset, redeimable by him for eighteen 
 years purchass, they in the meantime paying to his Majesty, and 
 his successors, certaine summs of mony as ane acknouledgment, 
 and being obleiged to follou his Majesty, and his successors, or any 
 appointed by them, whither in peace or war, uith all the vassals, 
 tenents and servants, at ther charge, and not to allienat or transferr 
 ther wadsetts without his Majesty's express licence. His Majesty 
 is resolved to retaine as much land, aither in feus or rents, as will 
 pay to himself all the summs of mony any ways due to him at the 
 
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 making of .the - Signature, or as hav becom due to him 
 bj any maner of uay since. His Majesty resolves, in 
 the nixt place, the remeinder of the saides esteate be 
 divided amongst the creditors, according to the preference 
 declaired by the Lords of Sessione, and allocation given to them 
 accordingly, to be held of himself wadsett, under the qualifications 
 and restrictions abov relocated : Eeserving alluays to thos to whom 
 his Majesty has given any part of thes lands by the forsaid 
 Signature ther respectiv rights, nevertheless to be held of him in 
 maner as abov. And lastly, his Majesty being highly sencible of 
 the great paines the Lords of Sessione hav bein at in setteing the 
 preference, and designeing the allocations, &c., does think fitt to 
 ease them of any future truble in that affair, and therfor thinks 
 fitt to recall the Comissione, and order the trustees to resigne 
 ther trusts, and to be accomptable to his Thesaurer and Thesaurer 
 Depute for all summes of mony, rents and revenues, intromitted 
 uith by them, or that ought to hav bein uplifted by them, or ther 
 Chamerlanes, or factors. And his Majesty caises, recalls and 
 annulls, the forsaids Signature, and all the clauses therin, in so 
 farr as they doe not agree uith this his Majesty's purpose and 
 resolution. And that the creditors may no longer be kept out of 
 possessione, his Majesty is graciously pleased, for their speedy 
 releif, to apoint his Thesaurers principal, and Depute, to see this 
 his Majesty's pleasure execute, in all the points and clauses 
 therof, conform to particular instructions which they shal receav 
 ther-anent. And his Majesty declaires that he uill never allow the 
 late Earl, or any for his behoove, to redeim thes lands, superiority 
 or rents, nor shal ever, being redeemed by himself, alienate them 
 from the Crown, but that they shal remaine with him as his 
 prou[p]erty for ever. 
 
 Letter without date, but circa September : 1683. 
 207. A letter had come directed to the Council for adding 
 Stirlingshire to the Clydesdale divisions. Lord Morray writes, 
 he was to be 'at London from Winchester in two days after 
 these letters came off, and was to bring with him his Majesty's 
 letter of thanks to the Secret Committee, with whose conduct he 
 was extremely well satisfied. Sir Andrew Forrester wrote that 
 the army was to muster at Blackheath, within a mile of Green- 
 wich, and it was thought Prince George would be declared 
 general. 
 
 " He sends my brother word that uithin a post or tuo my 
 peapers uill be sent doun from Holland. Mr. Constable wreats that 
 ther are 16 men to be reduced of evry company belonging to 
 that State, uhich make up 10,000 men, who by the Prince's 
 mediatione, are to be put imder the Duke of Monmouth's com- 
 mand, and sent into Germany to quarter, to be the nearer to assist 
 the Emperor nixt Spring. The Emperor's affairs at Buda are 
 not so very well. The Terasyirie Bassa having got 60,000 men 
 together, intends the releif of Buda ; and, concidering the ill 
 conditione of the Imperiall Army, may be lyklyer to do it then 
 was imagined." 
 
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 He avows he will carefully obey his lordship's commands, for 
 he had long since taken the resolution of applying his whole life 
 to his lordship's service, &c. 
 
 A postscript states that " Lord Register uas gon from Edinburgh 
 befor I returned. Your lordship uill see by the inclosed all I 
 co^ld get from him." 
 
 October 1st : 1683. 
 
 208. Drummond had just come from waiting on Drumlanerige 
 and his brother, who came from Calais that morning in 
 company with Lord Dumbritton. They had a good passage, 
 and came in 11 hours space. "Sir James Dick cam hear 
 upon Saturdays night, but he has mist of his market, for 
 the King will stand to uhat he has done, and if they 
 debate uith him, he uill sheu them ther duety. Sir James 
 is mighty hott upon the mater ; and when he shew himself so to 
 me, ye may be sure he got a sutable returne ; and I shal uatch 
 him and his patrons, so as I hope they shal doe litle in that or any 
 thing els. I hav bein attending the Duke this uhole day to hav 
 spocken uith him about preferring the Bishop of Edinburgh, but 
 could not ; and that has made me so late that I hav time to say 
 iaothing; only I hav found that the Advocate is the old man, 
 yet ue most use him and not discourage him. I got Sir George 
 Lochart to my mynde in the Duke's opinione, and if we guide all 
 belou as it is hear, all uill go to your mind ... I find Earl 
 Eoehester most frendly, and I will not feal so to secure him as 
 that he may still be ready to asist us. Lord Midleton does lyke 
 a hero. For God's sake try uhat Dundonald uold giv for a 
 pardon without being sein in the mater, for that uer best for all 
 parties. In the mean time the Safe-conduct is coming to you." 
 
 London, 3rd October: 1683. 
 
 209. "As for Earlston's business, we wer not so much 
 concerned in uhat relaited to him as ue uer to shou the uorld 
 uhat conditione some folks uer in ; for I question not but he had 
 assurances that made him so obstinate; and to shou that 
 assurances of that nature uer not to be relyed upon, and that ther 
 influence hear signified not so much as uas talked of." This 
 would be of use presently to unseal the eyes of the Lords of 
 Session, and he was confident that, now that his brother and L. 
 G. Drummond would be present, it would be done to purpose. 
 He would not forget Dick's reprieve. The Earl of Mar's business 
 was sent inclosed, of which the Duke desired to know matter of 
 fact, "and upon uhat grounds he uas found payed by the Lords of 
 Thesanry, seing he alleages nou ther lordships never payed the 
 interest. Send him also your opinione in mater of favor, for 
 Mar deserves it uell at your hands." Drummond thought he 
 should get a tack for a few years only at this time. 
 
 "If St. Androus play not the jade in this time of triall. Pope 
 Pious will be sent ad partes inficlelium to preach righteousness in 
 Ross, therfor ply him, for all is right hear as I could uish." 
 
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 Drummond would send him word in time as to the two 
 reserved years of forfaultures ; also in Lord Boyn's business. "I 
 am affrayed that north countrie is a Galile from whence no 
 prophet arises, uhich you uill hav reason to beleiv befor this 
 letter end." As to the Provostship of Edinburgh, when they 
 considered of what importance it was to put it in good hands, they 
 resolved to do it so short a time before the election, "that they 
 might not have time to doe any thing against it, as it has fain out ; 
 for Sir James Dick, viho uas last day hectoring me, is to come to- 
 day uith all submissione to begg protection, and that I may 
 befrend his private concerns, but the Duke is resolved he shal get 
 nothing done for his coming. The Advocate is foimd out by the 
 Duke in the affair of Edinburgh. For uhen ue had brought him over 
 all his difficultys, he wrot a letter to Kocheid, telling him all that 
 uas done against his will, and that, had it not bein for him. Sir 
 James Dick and Eocheid had bein persued for imploing Mr. Dick 
 in the mater of the election. This letter Sir James Dick (finding the 
 Duke angry) gav to the Duke for his excuse for up coming, and 
 the Duke told me of it, and immediately as I left him the 
 Advocate uent to him to uhom he told all, except that he had 
 sein the letter. The Advocate denyed the substance of it, at 
 uhich I am sory at present, but it serves uell, now he has done 
 all he can for us, in case he turne, as its a hundred to one he 
 will." 
 
 Drummond was glad Queensberry wrote kindly to Earl 
 Arran. " He is of small use hear, but yet its better hav then uant 
 him ; and I am confident he is to be had on easy terms, and that 
 his father's frendship with Chanslour is not worth a farthing, 
 and will serv us to good purpose if it be true, as Lord Maitland's 
 prayses of the Chanslour does ; for the Duke is affrayed of 
 employing any [one] so related to Earl Argyle ; and, if 
 Lauderdale should be recommended bj^ the Chanslour, it 
 uold strick the nayle to the head, which I am confident is 
 very near it already." 
 
 Eurther, Drummond was glad Queensberry was leaving his 
 particular affairs in the hands of himself and the Earl of Middleton. 
 These, Drummond would attend to as if they were his own. He 
 would not fail to do Queensberry's sons all the service that lay 
 in his power. About Lord Charles Moray's place, Mr Livistton 
 had offered a thousand pounds. " I uish that could buy it, for I 
 am sure of the first offer, and should not questione the paying of 
 that by the King. But if I finde that will not get it, thenj will 
 sound the Duke, and if I find it his opinione I shal proceed ; if 
 not, I must stop, for it is not uorthe pushing for, concidering 
 that ther are other places in Scotland that uill fitt him as uell 
 that may better be dealt in ; for its a great mater to be at the 
 Duke's elbow, and to hav so many of his domestiques ingadged 
 for one. 
 
 "It uas the Bishop of Edinburgh that was the frend who urot 
 for leav to the Chanslour to come up, so your lordship may 
 assure your self, for both Earl Midletone and I kneu it. Earl of 
 
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 Morray is so ingadged for him that he is not thorou paced in any 
 thing relateing to him, or Earl Argyle ; for which he and I had 
 some hot words, but he found himself urong in the mater, and so we 
 are as great as befor. But I hav ane eye on his actions, and am 
 resolved not to medle uith any difficult maters in his uaiting. 
 For though I most not seim jealous of him, yet I most not trust 
 him too far, fori know he can conceal nothing from his frends." 
 
 Drummond had told the Duke of Earl Dundonald's business, 
 and of the success of their commissioners in the West, and he 
 wishes letters about it that he might take occasion to speak 
 constantly "of your care and fathfullness uhich ye may be sure 
 I lay furth on all occations . . . The Advocate is resolved shortly 
 to go, but ue shal end our affairs first, and then lett him go 
 ahither he uill. But he is not so mealy mouthed as ye imagine, 
 for he has proposed tuo thousand pounds sterling, and I hav 
 spocken to the Duke, but only in general, for I think that swme 
 great. If one thousand with the five hundred he has already doe 
 his business, I shal not stand in the uay, it being payable out of 
 the fyne of Poog [PoUok] against uhomheistobringprobatione." 
 
 He would take care of Queensberry's horses, and would give 
 ■Posso all the assistance he could. " Yesterday the sentence against 
 the city Charter uas recorded, upon ther refusing to giv up thes 
 privUedges desu-ed by the King ; and this morning, the King has 
 given his comissione to the Maire, and so many Justices, to govern 
 the city, to uhom ar aded the Judges . . . Chief Justice Pemberton 
 is turned out, and Jeflfrays is Lord Chief Justice in his place." 
 
 Drummond was ill with cold, but hoped to be in Edinburgh in 
 November. He beggs Queensberry to recommend for him the 
 allowance always given, " for its but a smal mater to the King, 
 and to me its of great consequence." He need not fear the 
 Chancellor's coming up, " for he uold not ruse himself of the 
 jurney, if he did ; but though he uold, the Duke uill not giv him 
 leav at this time. ... I wrot to Balzie Drummond, and he uill 
 be yours inteirly." 
 
 London, 5th October : 1683. 
 210. Since my last, Earl Midletone has attended your sones to 
 all the Courts ; and so soon as it is possible to finde my Lord 
 Eochester at leasure, I shal be sure to attend them to him, and to 
 any other place that they think most proper for them ; And in 
 every thing, I shal not feall to doe uhat's in my pouer for them, 
 who, I think, deserve much mor for themselves than its possible 
 for me to pay them. But, I assure you, if I kneu hou to obleige 
 them any way, it should not be neglected. Nothing has past but 
 a melting of Councell, wherein the King declaired his pleasure 
 in the affairs of Argile in the terms of the memoriall I sent you. 
 The letter following therupon, I know Sir Andrew Forster has sent 
 you, and therfor I shal say nothing to it. I shal be ready with all 
 my affairs a,gainst the Duke come from Newmarket, uho goes ther 
 on Monday nixt; and had it not bein for the fear I had of the 
 Chanslour's upcoming, I had bein ready ; but I uas resolved not to 
 
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 come so long as any part of your service required my stay. But I 
 hope, as all I hav yet designed has succeeded, so what is to come 
 shal ; at least I am sure it shal hav my outmost care. 
 
 Earl Midleton spock to the Duke for the Advocat's two thousand 
 pounds, and the Duke had a minde to doe some thing in it; but I 
 told him it most be so conceaved that it may still relate to Poog 
 Maxwell, other uais he uold be negligent in bringin in uitneses 
 against him, and so perhaps get tuice, both from the King and 
 him, which was unreasonable; and the Duke is of my mind ; I told 
 you always right of him ; he is the oddest man in the uorld, and 
 is now as humorsome as the winde. But he is ingadged past 
 retreat, and just as he had done all he could for us, he so dis- 
 credited himself, that I fear not his after game. Houever, we 
 encourage him, and holds him up as far as safely ue can, but he 
 has projects to truble twenty people, and having no peaper pas 
 the King's hand uithout he signs it, and having the Advocat's 
 geting a seal of caus and the lyke. But ue take no notice of him but 
 to laugh at him; and therfor I hope your lordship uill say nothing 
 of thes maters till he is past doing harm. I uas surprised to 
 hear from Scotland that Monkland's remission uas gon down, for I 
 spock to Earl Midleton that I might cary it my self, but he forgot. 
 So the next best most be don to stop his geting of it till he giv up 
 all his ureats and bonds upon oath ; and I could uish he uer kept in 
 till I come doun. I shal lykuays hear endeavour to get a letter 
 that he may remain prisoner till he hav delivered up thes papers, 
 for it has cost too much paines to be slighted. Now I shal add 
 no mor to this, but that I shal never feal of that duety uhich 
 becoms the most humble and most fathfull of your servants. 
 
 London, 6th October : 1683. 
 211. Last post I had your lordship's of the 29th Oct"" {sic), and, 
 in obedience therto, gav the Duke a full accompt of your diligence 
 and care in all the coucerns of that countrie, as uell as of all other 
 things incumbent on you : And gav him the occatione to remark 
 the difference ther uas betwixt such as served thoroughly and 
 without reserve, and such that under the notione of his service 
 push'' only ther oun affairs ; that it uas certainly his interest to 
 make thes distinctions that might distinguish them in the eyes of 
 the world. He spock many kynde things of you, and the concern 
 you had always shoun in the King's service; and uas in my minde 
 as to the rest, and said he uold make thes differences that uas fitt, 
 that might show that the King uold not be served by halves; but 
 of this mor hearafter. Only he seims extreamly satisfied, both 
 uith your ordering the Militia, and the good example ye hav given 
 anent the garisones . . . 
 
 My Lord Maitland's business, of uhich I spook, has not gon to 
 hismynd, notuithstanding EarlMorray's earnestness in the mater 
 for to assist us. Lord Maitland has given the Duke a sample of 
 his folly, such as I think the Duke uill not forgett, and this uas 
 found out by the Duke himself, and consequently mor forcible 
 then any thing another could hav said. He is to be sent down ; 
 
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 and I think to shun him the Duke uill name thes that he con- 
 sulted with in Scotland to be the men,tho'it is strangely opposed ; 
 and I shal tell you mor at meiting. However, Earl Morray and 
 I are on as faire terms as ye could desire, and I am confident 
 shal part so. 
 
 I spock of Sir William Lockhart's business, and the Duke has 
 promised me to order it so by my advice, that he may not be 
 prosecute uithout order from this. And as to his business and Sir 
 Adam Blair's, he is of opinione that it is most just to pay them, 
 uhich I am hopeful he uill order, so as that all shal stil be in your 
 lordship's hands to doe as ye think just. 
 
 I am affrayed poor Marr is cast off till ye send what I desired, 
 for if less uold hav satisfied, I uold not hav desired your lord- 
 ship, but I shal doe the best I can. I am hopefuU to be uell 
 advanced in my jurney befor the ansuer of this can com, that if 
 it uer not that all the letters that miss me uill come safe back, I 
 uold desire your lordship to wreat no mor to me. 
 
 My Lords, your sones, are extreamly well hear, and I hav sein 
 the King take severall opportunitys to speak to my Lord 
 Drumlenrig, yet they long extreamly to be home, and if it had 
 not bein that the Earl of Marr and they uer to come in one coach, 
 I dare say they uold not hav bein hear till nou. I hav bein 
 at Posso about your horses, and he has sein all about toun, and I 
 hope shal pleas you, but they uill be dearer then uas expected. 
 But all care shal be taken that can be. 
 
 As to Duke Hamilton's pretences against me, the King is not 
 lyable to his sute, and ther is no reservation of his right ; for 
 Earl Arran refused to accept of that as a satisfactione ; but to sho 
 his submission to the Duke uold hav it absulate, for he confessed 
 that it was a sham to reserve a right that uas never to be made 
 out. But this I only tell your lordship, not desireing he should 
 kno it till it light in his dish, in case he sho himself so malitious 
 as to intend that process. I shal be no much taken up for the smal 
 time I hav to stay, and shal not feall to giv your lordship ane 
 accompt of the steps, as beeoms your lordship's most fathfuU 
 servant. 
 
 London, 8th October : 1683. 
 
 212. I am mighty sory for the beginning of your lordship's of 
 the 1st October, uhich bears the death of Craigdaroch. Tho' I 
 had no great aquentance of [him] , yet the place he had in your 
 esteem made him conciderable uith me, uho can never be 
 without the just regarde I oght to hav for all your concerns. And 
 indeed, tho' I had not thes innumerable obligations to your 
 lordship, this last offer, of interesting yourself in that mony of 
 Argyle's for me, deserves mor then all my services can ever repay. 
 But I shal go on endeavouring to requite, and if I come short, it 
 shal not be for uant of the most serious endeavors. 
 
 My care in the toun of Edinburgh ther affairs has apeared in 
 some measure. But I am not resolved so to put up my pypes, 
 for I hav taken care to giv the best accompts of ther behaviour 
 
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 both in ther equi and ther ifaea. And I finde it ueighs 
 extreamly. But not being sufficient to informs uhat ther mis- 
 behaviour in ther equi uold amount to, I hav this night ure'aten 
 to Mr. Wallace to kno what ther neglect uill amount to in point 
 of law, and if ever the Councell befor this time suspended any 
 of the Exchequer letters, and, according to that return, I shal 
 not feal to make the best use of that affair. And nou that I am 
 on them, I most say, I wonder that Chanslour came to be a 
 Baize at this time, seing it is reported it is so unfitt_ for him ; 
 and that many of his letters are past by, and his relatione too, I 
 am affrayed, make him opose uhat's fitt to be done. But ue mast 
 make the best of a bad market, and endeavour to make things go 
 uell uith ill instruments. 
 
 In the nixt place, I hav tryed the Byshop uith all inventions ; 
 and I fear the elergie hear uill stand to him, the preparativ of 
 chaingeing not being for ther turne. But at least the getting him 
 out of the Councell shal be my endeavour, and I doubt noi to 
 effect it. In the meantime, I rejoice at the neus you tell me of 
 his bargain uith Charles Morray. 
 
 I hav very exact accompts of all that passes from Heu Wallace, 
 for which thanke him, for truely his care deserves it; and it most 
 not offend you, if I begg of the Duke to put his brother's wife on 
 the list of the smal poor pensioners for twenty pounds sterling. I 
 may say I kno not an object of greater charity. And God uill 
 bless you the better for his and his poor babies blessings. Bot 
 nothing shal be spocken in it till your lordship's leav be obtained. 
 
 The letter ye mention from the Advocate to Eocheid, Sir 
 James Dick brought up and gav to the Duke ; and yesternight, the 
 Duke befor us chalanged the Advocate upon it, and the Advocate 
 said that if it uer sein, it uold be found to bar nothing that had 
 bein represented to the Duke. He told him he had sein it, 
 at which you may judge how all of us uas struck. The Advocate 
 immediately begane another purpose, so that affaire uas layd 
 assyde. But I knowing uhat prejudice such dealing had done ; 
 and knowing how his letters to Scotland had divulged hou the 
 Duke uas to governe for the future by a juncto, and that it was 
 wr eaten from Scotland to Earl Arrane; and he taking the allarme, 
 said that if Duke Hamiltone uer not one, it uold be ane eternall 
 affront, and a great dale to this purpose, and that if a juncto 
 uer ouned, ther uold be no living. I, I say, desired to kno if 
 any body had ever said any thing of that nature ; and to free 
 our selves from truble, desired the Duke to put us on our 
 guard; and the Duke, who knew wher I uold be, told that 
 ther was yet no such thing, and that he uondered how any had 
 spocken of it, and that indeid it uas not till the King had first 
 consented to it. But thes doings are not Earl Arran's interest at 
 all, if he uold wnderstand it : houever, it put the Advocate so to 
 excuse himself, that every body sau guilt in his face. I hav told him 
 as much as I durst uithout breaking with him. But ue are not 
 ill satisfied with his cariage ; for if he had prudence to manage 
 uhat he might hav had, his influence uold hav bein dangerous ; 
 
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 but he just did all we had to doe, and then the old man 
 apeared so, that go now wher he will, we hav got the best of him, 
 and what's best is at our mercie. I am sorie for Boyne, but God 
 be thanked, the Duke put thes business off till his return from 
 Newmarket, whither the King uent on Monday; and he goes to- 
 morrow, the Duke I mean, uho is to returne on Thursday come 
 seven-night. All affairs I hope shal go uell. 1 hav made all 
 allongst the Duke understand that as you had no interest, but the 
 King's service, in this mater, so what aither uas done, or to be 
 done, in that point, uas no uays to gratiefie you, I hav bein 
 insinuateing to him the necessity of shouing some favor to you 
 such as might distinguish reall services from cheats, and found 
 his ausuers favorable ; but I could not find in my heart so to 
 lessen you as to propose for you, if I can make it come of 
 him which I am hopefull of. I hav ane eye on Maitland, Tester, 
 and all of them, and I am confident no thing shal be done that I 
 am not aqueinted uith. I am over-hasted this night by Sir 
 Androw Forester, uho is to go to-morrow to Newmarket, therfor I 
 shal deferr a great many things till nixt post. My Lords, your 
 sones, are extreamly well, and looked upon hear as they ought, 
 having visited all the persons of quality about town ; in which, 
 having Earl Dumbritton, they had no neid of my service. But I 
 assure [you] , if in any thing they hav use of me, I uill serve 
 them, as becoms one uho is entirely your most fathfull servant. 
 
 London, 12 October : 1683. 
 213. In my last I was so hurried that I had not time to say 
 any part of uhat I intended. But now that all the Courts we are 
 concerned in are out of town, I shal continou, in the first place, to 
 tell you that I am glead to hear of Sir William Patersone his 
 tricks, and shal endeavour to get him and his brother sett to the 
 door, for I am almost past hopes of getting him sent to Boss. 
 The churchmen hear are allermed at the precedent, and tho' my • 
 arguments takes oft, yet they coucider ther is still chaingeing in 
 the case. This, the Duke, not knowing that he and I .had both 
 applyed to one man, who, as he told me, was shye in the mater, 
 and that he was aifrayed they uold not be for it. I told him I 
 uas affrayed so too, but that the Churche had nothing to 
 doe uith the Councell, and I thought, at least, he should not stay 
 ther still to kindle fires of mor concernment then his value ; and that 
 I hope since his insolence begane uith his being on the Councell, 
 it uold end uith his going of. This, I found the Duke did not 
 contradict, and therfor I shal press it as I ought. I hav had 
 another letter from him, but [it] shal find the same silence the 
 last had. They are both lyke him, and he has mist his aime m 
 both. In the nixt place, I most aqueint you uith the affan- of 
 Argyle, of which long befor this time ye hav the letter ; and I am 
 confident it uill shou you hou carefull I hav bein to take as much 
 out of the Sessione's hand as I can, and putting the management 
 in your hand, alenerly uill shou uhat difference is made of your 
 trusts. As to the conveniencie of the propositione, it is so obvious 
 that I neid say nothing of it. For it gives the Creditors all the 
 
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 Lords of Session designed them, and yet reserves sufficient pouer 
 to the King over them and to secure against the Earl his getting 
 of it againe. I am against redeeming any part of it till the 
 anexation pass in parliament, in which the King most not only 
 obleig himself not to alienate, but it most be declared treason 
 for any to bruick or enjoy the same in all time coming. As this 
 secures against the family, so, for the King's interest, the redemp- 
 tions shal therafter be as easy to the King ; and the Lords of 
 Sessione miss ther aime, for they preferred ther frends that had 
 bought in debts for small sumes. They shal at first be put in 
 posessione according to the Lords' determination e. But ue uill 
 redeim them according to uhat they really payd for ther title. 
 This I kno uill get in a great dale of land at a smal rate. And I 
 shal take care that the instructions for your lordship shal be such 
 as you desire, and if your lordship already, or hearafter, desire to 
 hav any alteration in that affair, I shal hav it to your minde ; for 
 this is a thing the Duke's minde is so sett upon that I could doe 
 3^ou no better service then to let him know hou much you uer 
 concerned something should be done in it. 
 
 I take all the care I can against Broadalbine. But Earl Morray 
 had spoiled the charme befor I came hither. Houever what's 
 possible shal be done yet ; for I hav no great trust in trouses, 
 according to our proverbe. I spocke also to the Duke anentEarl 
 Lauderdale ; and he is absulately for the takeing the 10 of the 
 lead from him, and clear also anent the lordship of Musselbrugh ; 
 and I am as eleir for that of Dumfermlin. And I doubt not, if 
 you pleas, to procure ane order anent the reduction of them both. 
 So send me uord immediately ; for by the time the ansuer of this 
 corns, I think I shal hav litle mor to doe in this place. As to the 
 Juncto the Advocate's letter did harme, as any thing does that 
 makes the thing difficultt, for Earl Arrane got it by the end, and 
 in his way fell a clamoring uhat should his father be left out, it 
 uas a personal affront, and abundance to this purpose, at uhich 
 the Duke is extreamly angry. But it trubles him that any should 
 desire to be of the number. Yesternight, my Lords Midleton, 
 Advocate, and I met to concider of it. I was of opinione the 
 officers of State should be the only persons, with -this alteratione, 
 that seing one of the things of greatest importance uas the 
 Justice Court, that therfor my brother should be in place of the 
 Justice Gierke, and that the letter signifieing the King's and 
 Duke's pleasure should be to the officers of State, and not to the 
 Chanslour, for that perhaps might bear some shadow uith him of 
 pouer, aither to convein them or not. But ue uill hav it so 
 conceaved that any one desireing a meiting, it may be ; but that 
 uhether desired or noe, it shal be held every day befor the 
 Councell day to concert the maters of the Councell ; and 
 particularly that you may hav the pouer to convein them on any 
 thing relating to your trust as proceses &c., or whenever you hav 
 any thing to propose or hav done. 
 
 1 uold to God Carstaires uold take the Test, for I finde mor 
 difficulty in his business then I can tell. It apears to the Duke 
 so partial that if I had not staved off it might hav don prejudice ; 
 
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 therfor for God's sake threaten him. It may be uhen he sees 
 how Htle can be expected for him, he may drau. But if any 
 favor be don him, it will be casten up to us by the others, and 
 looked on as a greater obligatione to you then I am uilling to 
 lett them think it uill be. Houever, I hope to get him secured 
 for this bout. 
 
 All the other thesaurie business uill be done as you desire, and 
 I hav so layd out your service on every particular that the 
 Duke seims to be extreamly satisfied uith it, and highly extoUs 
 the service. He has condescended to the letter anent the solicitors 
 in your terms, and so it uold not be amiss to try Benerman's 
 puis if he will demitt or no. He is fully satisfied with your con- 
 sulting Advocates uhich I never named till the Advocate's trips 
 uer knoun, least ther might have apeared partiality in the mater, 
 but after that I had no neid of arguments. The Duke uas as 
 sencible of the necessity as I. He is lykeuays satisfied accord- 
 ingly uith your letter for the three moneths' pay, and uith the 
 gardines, and the reparations, pietors, and the Councell chamber. 
 And I am to get the King's and Dwke's pietors done by Kneller 
 to uhich they are to sitt, but I am to pay for them. By this 
 your lordship uill see that if I had what I am hopefull of for 
 your lordship, my business uer done, and I only uaiting to see 
 the last man born. I assure your lordship it is of consequence 
 to hav one hear for ther are many things that ue have not right 
 measure of below, and I am sure that hearafter. ue shal not be so 
 much to seik. I shal take the best uay for thes instructions to 
 the Chanslour anent the Sessione uhich I think uill be much for 
 the King's interest and for the subjects' safety, for both which I 
 must intreat of your lordship to be in Edinburgh against the 
 first of November, for all consists in the first beginning. For, if 
 his establishment be in the maner it uas last year, it uill be 
 difficult altering. But if ye begin him right he will duindle in 
 a moment. My brother, and others of the same opinione, most be 
 thair to, and the Lords of Sessione most be rightly informed. 
 
 I hav spocken to George Arnot and he submitts to your 
 pleasure in the a£fair, and I shal endeavour to setle the guarisone 
 of Edinburgh Castle to your minde. I uish uith all my heart 
 that Mr. Whyte may be thankfull to you, but I beleiv he shal not 
 deserve much from you. All the other things ye mention shal 
 be had a care of in ther proper seasone and I most intreat that 
 any further commands your lordship has to lay upon me ye may 
 doe it in full expectatione of a most fathfull accompt of all, and 
 a most obedient and fathfull endeavour. For I may say true 
 that if your lordship had bein in my place, ye uold not hav had 
 a mor reall concern for your interest in all thes maters then I 
 hav had, and if in any thing I hav come short of your expecta- 
 tione, impute it to mear weakness, and nothing aither of neglect 
 or inconcern in me, for I am, without reserve, your lordship's most 
 fathfull and most obliged servant. I most tell your lordship, 
 least I hav not said it befor plaine eneugh, that ther never uas 
 the leist designe on our part of having any mony payd out of the 
 
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 thesaury for Argyle's esteat, but only to lett it redeim it self, 
 adding the disorders of the shire to make it easyer, nor that till 
 ue see uell how. 
 
 , London, 13 October : 1683. 
 214. Last night brought me your lordship's of the , and 
 
 I shal begin uith uhat is most important in it, being the 
 difficultys of the affair of Argyle. I concidered all of them, and 
 as I think obviated them. For as to the offence ye might 
 hav given to thes noblemen that are pretenders to the same 
 locality's that is not left to you, for the King is resolved that the 
 allocations apointed by the Lords shal stand, and if ther be any 
 anger, it most be at them and not at you. And for the rest, it 
 falls so naturally under your trust that it is a uonder that ever 
 it uas put in any other hands. But becaus it uas impossible to 
 satisfie your lordship in all things at this distance, you uill finde 
 by the King's letter the thing kept entire till November, and that 
 all that is done to impouer you to put in the King's name a 
 stop to any further procedure in that affair till farthar orders ; 
 and to take the advice of lauiers and others maturely befor 
 any thing be done, and if yet any thing of that is in your opinione 
 to be altered, let me kno, and I shal endeavour to hav it to your 
 minde. But in the general, assure yourself ye can do nothing 
 mor acceptaljle hear then the geting that effectually done, and if 
 ther had not bein concideratione had of uhat you might thinke, 
 all had bein done just nou. So fond the King and Duke are of 
 the thing. 
 
 ■'o- 
 
 In the nixt place, I shal tell your lordship something that ue most 
 prepair for. I sau a letter of the Chanslour to the Duke wherin 
 I observed some anxiety to hav us come off. I made no remarque 
 on it to him, but some days after I told the Duke I spock of so 
 many particulars together becaus shortly I most think of going 
 horn. He said that uas most fitt in a maner made me think 
 ther uas mor in it. Therfor I set all things on worke to finde out 
 the mater, and I finde that I shal no sooner come off then his turn 
 uill begin. For, in the first place, Marquis Huntly and his Lady 
 are to stay hear all winter ; and, in the nixt place, one of the 
 Duchess Perth's, walking uith a Scots gentleman (Garden), told 
 him that severalls of his eountrie men uer come to complain of 
 the Chanslour ; and he uondered that becaus he sheu some 
 favor to the poor Catholicks he should be so much hated. I 
 uas surprised at this abov all I ever heard, and thought our 
 correspondence uith some of them had been sufficient not to lett 
 such a contrivance availe hear, for I hav sein you begging favors 
 for some honest gentlemen of that persuasione uhilst he was 
 keiping them in prison for not taking the Test. At Paris too, Mr. 
 Faa will tell you, he is looked on as much ther frend. Pray, let 
 not our poeple in Scotland be so foolish to beleiv that a man that 
 has no honor at bottom uill ever be true to any body, and let 
 them tell the truth of uhat they finde, that ther may be no shelter 
 ther for him ; and I hop to leav things so hear, that aither your 
 lordship, if ye think fitt, or myself, or some other ye trust, may be 
 
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 necessary hear airly in the Spring, if ther be neid for it on the 
 accompt of the Chanslour, and if your lordship thinke that a 
 precaution of this nature be fitt, advert to it. 
 
 The business of Argyle, as it is the most pleasant, so it uill giv 
 the best rise, and I thinke that if any of thes poeple come, it uill 
 be necessary ue hav our eys open that are nou over boots over 
 shooes with him. 
 
 The Advocate has pitched on Scot of Hardan's fine. Ye may 
 be sure I hav done as I ought in the mater, and shal contineu to 
 doe so. Lord Maitland is gon to Neumarket uith Earl Morray, 
 but the Duke has promist he shal get nothing done. 
 
 I am of your opinione anent Claverhous coming up and shal 
 againe endeavour it. But I am affrayed the Duke uill not desire 
 to kno mor then he does in that mater, for he is mor then 
 convinced of the truthe, and I am confident, that he shal never be 
 able to aquite him himself, if ye begin right with him belou. 
 For nou, I thinke, the Duke uill never trust his single opinione in 
 any mater. And therfor, he most at first be handled so as to kno 
 ther most be no mor letting of his opinione to stand for ane act of 
 Councell : no mor passing things without votes : no mor saying he 
 will be advised, nor in the telling Marr the Councell's sentences. 
 Ther most not be any parempter desireing any thing to be done, 
 and conceall the reasons of it. Ther most be no mor calling of 
 the officers only when he has a mynde. Ther most be days 
 apointed ; and I am for it in the fornoon, to divert him from the 
 Sessione. Many other things ther are that your lordship knous 
 much better than I can suggest to you. But the greatest mater 
 is to begin all in the right method. But I most tell your 
 lordship that the mater oi keiping things secret most be nicely 
 handled. For if we make that a mater of importance als undone, 
 for its the esiest mater in the uorld for the Chanslour to discover 
 things himself and then lay the blame on others, to convince the 
 Duke how impossible it is for any member to keip a secret, uhilst 
 God knose we hav nothing in our government deserves the name, 
 having no treaties with forrainers, and no acctions at home putting 
 the laus in execution excepted. Therfor, in my minde, the Duke 
 most not be letten so much as imagine that any thing depends 
 on service. For if he once be convinced of that, the juncto 
 will be a harder mater, and if that be not done, the Chanslour 
 will be better established then ever, and your lordship may 
 easiely imagine that this is mor obvious to us hear then to 
 any at a greater distance. And we shal so manage it as to hav 
 all the good ue can by it. I long extreamly to be uith you, for ther 
 are many things that can not be ureaten, and that uer proper 
 for you to kno. Yet I shal not overhast my jurney, and 
 shal endeavour that I may be amongst the last, yet so as that 
 I seim to stay uithout cans. My Lord Archbishop has not 
 deceaved me. But I uish he had done otheruays, yet uhat 
 he has ureaten shal be made use of, and the least ue uill expect 
 is the getting him out of the Councell, and his brother's 
 Clerkship. 
 
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 If uhat your lordship says of Meldrum be so informed as ue 
 can lead probation on it is in great hazard and he shal not uant 
 our assistance for helping him to his quietus. 
 
 I hav sent my advice to the Bishop of Edinburgh over and 
 over againe, and if things can be kept in order till I come, I uill 
 ansuer for him or I am much mistaken, tho' ther affairs has gon 
 past my expectation, yet I am not in the opinione they hav 
 absulately done as they uold if they had bein truely informed of 
 maters. By this night's post I ureat againe to him, and I am 
 confident he uill absulately depend on your lordship in all 
 things. 
 
 My Lords, your sones, are in good healthe and I shal thinke 
 myself hapie to make my northern jurney in ther companie. 
 
 Posso is to Neumarket, and at his returne I shal not feal 
 to get him the best advice I can anent your horses and 
 coachman. In the mean time I shal add no mor to this truble. 
 But once for all crave your pardon for the leinth, confusedness 
 and other errors of my letters, seing they are wreaten in such 
 haste that I am not able to get them mor correct. 
 
 London, 16 October : 1683. 
 215. The honor of yours of the 5 October came yesternight to 
 my hands, and becaus I hav nothing of moment from this, the King 
 and Duke being still at Neumarket, I shal therfor begin at the 
 Earl of Argyle's business, at which I find you allermed, but ther 
 is no reason, for the letter uas to secure the thing that others 
 advices might not preveall and the instructions by uhich ye are 
 to act shal be as you uold hav them, nor shal I, I hope, forgett 
 any thing that may contribute to your satisfactione in all I am 
 trusted uith. 
 
 As to Earl Morray his complaint of me, I kno him too uell 
 to be intimate uith him farther then in apearance, indeid I hav 
 not spocken to him in thes maters, but it is becaus the Duke has 
 still put off any thing of that nature, and for giving him ane 
 accompt of the state of the Thesaury farther then the generall 
 peaper bears is uhat I shal not willingly doe. He has 
 complained to the Advocate of me and says it is unjust for to 
 hav these maters communicate to us whilst ue did not 
 communicate all ours to them. But I am not of his opinione 
 and therfor shal never giv the keiping of the stakes to him 
 that is too earnest to hav them. His attachments ly a uay that 
 I lyke not, and therfor shal make bold to tell him no mor then 
 is fitt for making him beleiv that I trust him. Sir Andrew 
 Forester's business shall be left at your discretion ; but it uill 
 be harder to get Major Whyte's pensione. So for I could aither 
 take it quite auay or contineu it. But the having of it at your 
 disposal looks to lyke the desireing his dependence, which most 
 be shuned by all means, for one argument of that nature uold 
 doe mor harme tho it is imaginary then twenty reall uold 
 doe good. But if I get it so brought in that it may doe no 
 harme, I shal be sure of it, and of all the rest of your business. 
 
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 In the meantime send me your gift of the Wards. I hav 
 ureaten to Hew Wallace for it, and I thinke he uill finde it 
 befor this come to your lordship's hands ; and be sure that, in 
 all things, Earl Midletone and I uill act as become honest men 
 that are intirely your servants, as I dare ansuer for him he is, as 
 uell as I. 
 
 The probatione seims to be cleir eneugh of Earl Dundonald; 
 yet seing your lordship feares, I shal not feal to set Midleton on 
 the other uay, so soon as I have had ane accompt uhat result 
 your sounding Dundonald had, hou much he uold offer for his 
 pardone. Not to be brought on the stage, I think it uer his 
 best cours to giv, and that uold be easier for Midleton and all of 
 us. The letter to the Chanslour and President of Sessione shal 
 not be forgot, and I think it may doe good. I am confident 
 hitherto ther has bein no caus to complaine of my neglect, for I 
 hav bein as diligent as it uas possible to be, and I am sure, 
 whatever the sucess may be, I shal never lett uant of 
 applicatione lose any business I hav in hand. I hav bein often 
 hear uhen it uas plesant to me, but nou I toyle lyke a hors, and 
 hav no hour my oun, except since the King uent auay, and, as 
 soon as he returns, I most begin againe. And hou contrary 
 soever this is to my inclinatione, yet I finde it plesant, uhen by 
 such paines, I can serve the King ore those I am bound to ; and 
 whatever hopes our ennamies may hav, I am sure they never 
 had less reason, for inost of them are knoun to ther soules and 
 harts uhich is the greatest misfortune can befall a knave. I 
 told you befor hou Dick domineired first uhen he came 
 hither, and that he began a discours to me in uhich, he 
 told me, he uondered uhat could aile your lordship and me 
 at the toun of Edinburgh. They uold serve us on ther knees and 
 they respected the meanest of our servants, and why uold ue lett 
 the toun be undone ? I told him I uas sory to see him hear, for I 
 thought his business uas to stay at home and mynde his tread. 
 But I uas sorie to hear any man so impudent as to impute the 
 management of the trust the King had reposed in your lordship 
 and me, to any prejudice ue could hav to them or any of ther 
 family. For so, I must tell him, I understood uhat he called the 
 toun, and that I uas of opinione tie uold not be found to represent 
 any besides the family of Kinloch. He asked at me uhom I 
 called the toun. I told him I took the toun to be the body of 
 Merchants and Treads on whom the King had conferred the 
 priviledges. "Be God! " said he, "Balyzie Drummond is not the 
 toun." " No," I told him, " but I take him for the provost of 
 that toun." He suore ther uer many in the toun deserved it better. 
 " Sir," said I, " that uas not you in the King's opinione, but lett 
 me allon with your impertinence, or look to yourself." This was 
 in the Drauing room befor Broadalbin. The day after, he said he 
 uas sory for the disturbance it uold occatione, for the toun was 
 lyke to go mad, and they uold choys him, and that uas one of the 
 reasons he cam auay, becaus he had no influence to hinder the 
 disorder, and he beleived they uold get most thanks that had 
 least hand in it. I told him, I kneu them better. They durst as 
 
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 soon be hanged as make the least disturbance, and he uold not 
 be chosen pvoueist, that the best of them durst not set ther face 
 to it ; and that [if] I heard that he came hear to tell any mor such 
 stories, he uold finde he uas not at his chopin of wine in Edinburgh, 
 therfor beuar that he told nothing but truthe, for I was resolved 
 to see to his eariage, and he should ansuer for the least silable. 
 Within .tuo days he came to the Duke magnifieing his frends for 
 ther complyance with the King's commands, and how overjoyed 
 he was at it. The Duke laughed at him, and came immediately 
 and told me. I called Sir James, who begane the same stuff. 
 I told him that uas a different nott from uhat he sung last night. 
 So he begged of me to befrend him with the Duke. I excused my 
 uant of pouer, and so we parted. The Duke told me that he layd 
 the blame on you that ther accompt uer not made : that they had 
 done all that was incumbent to them long befor. I desired of the 
 Duke only to aske him one plain questione. If yet they had given in 
 a list of ther debts on oath, such as they uold count by, and that 
 uas the main thing on uhich all the rest depended. He uas so 
 confounded he cam to me to eleir the smater uher he proposed 
 tuenty things, and when I convinced him and his family guilty of 
 malversations in each of them, he always told me a grain of favor 
 uold cover all that. So the brute is to Neumarket, but I am sure 
 the Duke uill doe nothing for him. For uhen he heard me giv 
 accompt of the electione, he said Sir James had better stayed at 
 home then go, as he neids most. I hav, to satisfie your lordship, 
 sett this at full leinthe, that ye may see uhat he gained by his 
 medling. Many mor things ther uer, but this is a sample to 
 guess them by. Sir George Lochart I hav given you accompt of, 
 and his not medling in the Signature uas not the illegality but his 
 concerne in the j^artys. But since that time, he has bein at the 
 Duke and offered his opinione, and I am to consult him at the 
 Duke's command ; but I cannot get him. Houever, he undertakes 
 to l)e for the King in the mater ; and he told me planely 
 that if the charter uer not registrate in the Great Seall 
 ther uold be no question in the thing at all. Hew Wallace 
 tells me that it is not registrate. If I understand him right, all 
 the odium of that business shal fall on the sessione, for they shal 
 perfict the preference, and you shal onlj^ see ther rights past, con- 
 form to the neu designe, uhich is your naturall office of Thesaurer. 
 The instructions shal be sent to you nixt ueike, that, if ther be 
 any thing to cheinge, ye may doe it befor they pass the King's 
 hand. I hav ureaten fully to Balzie Drummond, and I am con- 
 fident he will in every thing obey your lordship's commands, 
 especially in the mater of a Dean of Gild. I shal not add any 
 thing to this, but that they say the Duchess has yesternight 
 miscaried. 
 
 London, 18 October : 1683. 
 
 216. My Lord, the last post having brought me no letter 
 
 from your lordship, I shal only tell you that the Dutchess has 
 
 miscaried, being three moneths gon with child. And the Duke 
 
 is come backe, so that now our business will begin againe, and 
 
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 I shal be sure to dispatch all as fast as I can, and if it be 
 possible get all that we have any reason to suspect home befor 
 me. I thinke this will be a difficult eneugh business, for I 
 most by no means apear concerned for them, becaus that might 
 argue fear, which I most not at all shou. Lord Maitland's returned 
 from Neumarket as he uent, so ye see hou punctual the Duke is to 
 his uord, tho' non of ws was by him, and the confidence and 
 experience I had of him made me not go, for what he says, I 
 absulately beleiv, and that upon just grounds. I tinde nou that 
 the pretentions begin to appear, for Captain Hume puts in for 
 some. I beleiv, his chief uill doe so too. But the Earl of 
 Broadalbin, I uonder most at, who came to me just nou to pro- 
 pose a pensione for himself to me. I told him, I had never taken 
 on me in all my lyfe to propose any thing in Thesaurie business, 
 but by your lordship's orders, and I uold not begin in that, but if 
 he had minde to propose it to the Duke he might, but in my 
 opinione the Duke uold not medle in a thing of that nature, 
 but by your advice. He sayed he kneu that, and therfor uold first 
 speak to your lordship himself. He has got pretty fair by this 
 business, and therfor may the better rest satisfied ; for if others 
 had got their uills of him, he had bein peiled to the skin. My 
 brother sends me word that the Chanslour is buying in all the 
 northe, and Erroll is prevailled on to sell him Eselmount ; but 
 I hav sent him a uatchword not to complement him in the 
 bargane, for it uill not be north his uhyle. Pray, cans Kintor 
 send us uord of his transactions ther, for they uold come 
 seasonably nou at this time, and I have my intelligensers at 
 uorke to learn the truthe of all. My Lord Kochester has bein out 
 of toun all this time, or I had uaited on my Lords, your sones, to 
 him, but nou that he is come to-morrou I shal not leal of it. In 
 the meantime I shal not be idle, and I hop every post after this 
 shal bring you some thing from me of mor importance. The 
 King is to be hear on Saturday. 
 
 The Christiane army has had another fling at the Turks, and 
 the wise King of Spaine is making uar against France. They 
 say the King has sent Lord Dartmouth to destroy Tangeir and 
 quite it, which is a wiser actione in my opinione then the fortify- 
 ing of it. So having no mor, and the instructions anent Argyle 
 not being ready, I can had no mo thing (sic) to this but that 
 both my wife and myself are your most fathfuU servants. 
 My Lords, your sones, are extreamly uell, and have bein uith all 
 the great poeple about toun, and most civilely wsed by them. So 
 soon as Posso comes from Neumarket he shal hav my best advice 
 anent your horses. I hope he shal fitt you, for it is nou the 
 cheapest time in all the year. 
 
 London, 20 October: 1683. ' 
 
 217. Last post brought me tuo of your lordship's of the 9th 
 and 12th, so that I hav both of them to ansuer. And in the first 
 place, I am hopefull that ye shal see by the Duke's kindness hou 
 much he conciders both your person and services, and I uill say 
 that no art shal be uanting that can promote your interest uith 
 the greatest safety to you and your interest. 
 
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 I brought him on the discours of your letters, and he told me 
 he never kept them longer then he had ansuered them, nor any 
 others, for he burnt all. But this being ane accidentall discours, 
 I shal desire to hav them, or be assured they are burnt. 
 
 I hav so fully spocken to your lordship of the uhole designe, 
 that nou I can say nothing mor, yet I most add that I shal take 
 care that the instructions be to your minde, and you shal hav 
 them befor they come to the King's hand, and in them the 
 officers of State shal be obleiged to occur ; and if this uay uill not 
 doe, ther are mor ways to the well then one, and for any 
 advantage the Chanslour may get by it, lett him enjoy it, for I 
 am much mistaken if it be great, if ue doe our part at melting. 
 
 I told your lordship some post aago of Marquis Huntly's 
 resolutions, and shal prepare for him so as I hope he shal not 
 doe much hear against the resolutions taken ; for indeid they are 
 so good, and so just, that they are not to be contradicted by any 
 body that does not absulately declare himself interested in the 
 setting up a Viseroy amongst [us,] a title that has served us to good 
 purpose in all our maters. Sir George Lockart, of uhome ye 
 ureat, and I never uer in any frendshija, and if ever any of my 
 letters bore it, it uas to laugh at it, for I am not so much as 
 aqueinted with him, and so farr for intertaining any frendship 
 with him, I assure you, I took his maters at the skot and frankely 
 told the Duke my opinione of him. And it seims the Duke spock 
 sharpely to him, so that he came to me to kno uhat I had said. 
 I told him just what he had said to me, so he said that uas 
 uell, and suore he never designed to decline the King's service, 
 yet from time to time he has put me off, and nou does not incline 
 to be consulted till he come to Edinburgh. This is all I kno of 
 him, besides the knouledge I had befor, uhich is too much to be 
 in frendship uith him. It is lyke the Chanslour is the occatione 
 of Claverhous his not comeing up. But I am of opinione it is 
 the uors for him, for if all had come out nou, and nothing had 
 folloued on it, I am affrayed all might be forgott. But it being 
 still refreshed by other complaints, uill make all go better, for 
 ther are too many things to gain all ue desire at this bout. And 
 Claverhous uill lose nothing by it, for Maitland shal get nothing 
 done. Upon the contrary, I am of opinione the Duke will 
 command him to giv obedience to the King's desire in that mater. 
 And for Lord Maitland's letter, I shal make the use ye designe of 
 it, and return it as ye command. 
 
 As for Duke Hamilton's insisting against me, I most humbly 
 thanke your lordship for the advertisment list ; if he never hav 
 a better caus, he most hav mor then one frend in the Session to 
 gain it. The Advocate's letter, I am convinced, is true (to Sir 
 William Purvas) by his other actions. But ue most make the best of 
 him, not only hear, but in Scotland, for he is a good tool if 
 rightly used at any time. Therfor, ue most not only gain but 
 keip him. Poeple hear seis only his best side, and, that is so good, 
 he has mor influence on men's mynds that uill hear him then 
 can be imagined. The Dake once intended to hav given him all 
 
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 Sir William Scott of Hardan's fine. But nou he uill only get so 
 much out of it. Beleiv me, I shal doe in my concienee, in that 
 and all things els, uhat I am convinced is for the best, and tho' 
 Earl Morray strove to make him thinke I had marred his 
 business, yet he is absulately of opinione it uas Morray's oun 
 ignorance, (of whome, since I am begun to ureat, I shall tell you 
 that ye neided not hav taken our controversie so to heart). He 
 and I kno one another, and befor to-morrou that time, ue uer as 
 great as ever, so ther is nothing to be apprehended from that, 
 only, he uas bred at Duke Lauderdale's scool, and had not the 
 witt to distinguish betuixt uhat uas nesessary and not, and 
 therfor taks al things to be incroachment that is not done by 
 himself. And I uill not use him to that lesson, for it is as 
 much our right to go immediately to the King as his, and if he 
 cannot drau a peaper to the King's and Duke's minde, I will 
 make no scruple to doe it, and this uas the caus of the contest. 
 
 This day the Duke told me Earl Morray had shoued him a 
 letter of the Bishop of Edinburgh, telling that he heard 
 that he uas to go to Ross, and if the Duke thought that 
 he could serve him ther mor then u.her he uas, he uold without 
 reply go ther, or any uher els. I told the Duke that I was sory 
 any amongst us had the misfortune to be such a blab, but that I 
 uas confident the thing uold doe good both to him and the 
 King's service, for it uold make him the mor carefull. The 
 Duke was of the same mind as [I,] so was glad it uas told him, 
 for he said he most be kept in. I spock to him of Sessione, but 
 not directly, only to try, and I finde he uold not uillingly 
 condescend to a letter for the Chanslor in the terms ye propose 
 for fear of bringing the Session in contempt. But I am hopefull 
 that I shal get that or uhat may [be] equivalent to it. But I 
 had not consulted uith Earl Midleton, and therfor I could not 
 proceed the leinthe I wold hav done. He spock to me of Earl 
 Mar, but that he uold not doe any thing in it till he hav ane 
 accompt from your lordship of mater of fact. For, he sayes, if he 
 hav Justice on his syde he .shal hav all. If it be only favor, yet 
 it uill be fitt to lett him kno it is favor. And then the Duke says 
 he uill not be mor unkinde to him, therfor, I most intreat, if ye 
 hav any mynde to hav Mar doun, to send to Moncreif , and he uill 
 giv your lordship a full accompt of the state of the thing as it 
 stands. As to what Earl Morray ureats to you of my opinione 
 of the uestern Militia, he has done it aither malitiously or 
 ignorantly, for I am as unapt to think thes men proper 
 to hav the King's armes in ther hands as any body, but I uold hav 
 the mater kept intire till November and put in the hands of the 
 Juncto, so that it uill be absulately in your hands. This uas all 
 my designe ; and becaus I could not be so free uith him, this 
 maks the mistake. But, my lord, ye most beleiv nothing told 
 you by any body, for ther are no body almost speak truth of one 
 another. But that this is true is evident by uhat ye uill finde, 
 for it is left over till November. I told the Duke of Sesnock, and 
 he is extreamly pleased uith your diligence in that and all other 
 things, especially the accompt he has of Earl Dundonnald. So 
 
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 pray, cSntinou to get further notice, if it can be done uithout 
 suspeieione, uhat he uold compound for. For, if once he come 
 abov board, and the Duchess of Portsmouth winde him she uill 
 make him refond some of the estate of Lenox to hir sone. If he 
 kneu this it uold may be worke on him. I shal not feal nou to 
 hav all my business done, and my Lord Midleton and I hav 
 setled on the method of your lordship's affairs hear, and I am 
 confident uhats ■ j)ossible shal be done. I am overjoyed 
 Drummond pleases you at Edinburgh. Al the name are aither 
 at your devotione, or not at all of my minde, for I am so, as I am 
 both bound and obleiged by many obligations. And nou that 
 the King is just coming, and that I most see him to bedd, my 
 letter this post will not be so long as it otheruays uold. 
 
 I finde ye are mistakene of the city, for they hav done the King 
 good service by ther standing out. Uithout a sentence the King 
 ■was not secure, and now he is j)ast all contradictione so, and the 
 city is as peaceably governed by the King's commissione, as ever 
 they uer by the charter, mayor and aldermen, and all having his 
 particular commission. And besides that, no king of Ingland 
 has bein in so good circumstances since Henry Seventh's days. 
 The missing of Earl Midleton this day has hindered me from 
 shouing Lord Maitland's letter to him. 
 
 But I most tell you a pleasant sport (to go no farther then 
 your self yet). Lord Maitland uas fooled into a conceit of being 
 of the King's bed chamber, and made advances touards it uithout 
 the Duke. So you may be sure so soon as I can get the story so 
 as I dare speak of it, I uill tell the Duke my mynde of it, litle to 
 Maitland's advantage. . . . 
 
 London, 23 October : 1683. 
 218. That day and yesterday had been much taken up by 
 the Advocate, " and just now he has disapointed me, who was to 
 hav met with him and Earl Midletone about a mater of concern, 
 which was to hav the Duke determine who the persons should be 
 that he uold intrust, for the Officers of State include Maitland 
 and exclude my brother." They were to consider if Drummond's 
 brother, as being more interested in the court of the Justices, 
 could not be put in Maitland's place. This would stick with 
 Earl Morray, who was Maitland's friend. " The Advocate, after 
 many petts, is at last satisfied, and has given up his precept of 
 eight hundred pounds, and has got one of fifteen hundred out of 
 Scot of Hardan's fyne. He has bid me ureat fully to your 
 lordship of him, but you can not possibly kno the truble till I 
 hav the honor to see you, only beleiv he has bein usefuU, and 
 therfor most be cajoUed, and the slips he has made perfectly 
 forgotten, for he will be of use; and Coline most be mynded too, 
 for he can hold him right, and Colin is a very honest man ; 
 wherfor I uish we had him in Benerman's place, for he is of 
 much better use to us than ever the other will, and I am 
 confident the other will not admitt of a conjunct. I spocktothe 
 Duke of Lord Maitland, and he is resolved to send him doun 
 
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 shortly." The Instructions were almost drawn about Arygle, 
 and next post would send them. " Yesternight six gentlemen 
 fought in Saint James' Square, and three are dead, and the 
 fourth dying : the other two not fo[u]nd." 
 
 In a postscript, Drummond says : "As to the Dean of Gild of 
 Edinburgh, I am in opinione that if you can get sufficient 
 security of Charles Morray, it might doe well, but that's hard. 
 Concider his interest in Atholl, and Tueedeall, Sir Patrick 
 Morray etc. : but if he giv uhat satisfies your lordship, I am 
 sure al's well eneugh : but be sure he begin no faction in the 
 toun for if he hav a mynde, he has uitt to doe it." 
 
 London, 25 October : [c. 1683] . 
 219. Since my last we hav had a Scots councell to advise the 
 King anent the Scots prisoners hear, and therin my Lord 
 Advocate made a speich lyke his last, litle service and nothing 
 to the purpose ; but the scope of it was to sho the King that 
 ther was a necessarie formality to be used in it, and 
 peapers to pass. Marquis Halift'ax was of his minde, 
 but I told the King that it was of ill consequence,, wher 
 he was free and unbounded, to tye himself to formes, and 
 that he was free to act in it proprio motii. I proved from the 
 instance of Carstairs, one of them now to be sent down, uho, being 
 taken in Ingland for a crime alleadged comitted in Ingland, uas 
 by the King's order, uithout communicating of it to his councell 
 in. any of the Kingdoms, sent to Scotland, and lett out of 
 Edinburgh Castle without tryall ; nor did I think ther was any 
 other form requisite nou. Earl Kochester was of my mynde ; 
 so after some arguments on aither syde, the King and Duke both 
 declared for our opinione. The nixt thing proposed by the 
 Advocate was the harboring of our fugitives in the borders of Ingland, 
 especially at Berwick, and he urged the point from the danger of 
 the garisone ; but I took the thing to be concidered not to be the 
 danger of the garisone, but that the Justices of Peace and other 
 Judges was not impouered to deliver any subject of Scotland 
 when demanded : for it was not multitudes that uent into Berwick, 
 but single familys or persons, and that therfor some uay might 
 be thought on to putt the laus on the Inglish syde as vigourously 
 in executione as on the Scots, and that the Judges of aither syde 
 might hav pouer to deliver up persons uhen demanded. And for 
 the speedy doing of this I was of opinione the putting thes crimes 
 and disorders into the Border commissione might doe the thing, 
 but that I humbly submitted to the opinione of thos that 
 understood the nature of it better. Earl Rochester was still of my 
 opinione, so it was ordered to be consulted with the Atturny 
 Generall, and if possible done. Then the Advocate proposed a 
 reveu to be taken by the King of a process of Slips befor the 
 Sessione already determined. This was so manyfast ane apeall, 
 that I cryed oul against it, yet he was seconded by Lord Maitland, 
 so I told the Advocate uhat it uas he uas doing, and to the King, 
 that it uas not to be medled in, and the thing uas thrown out. 
 But the Advocate was so asheamed of it that he begged we uold 
 
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 not speak to anybody of it. He is nou parted, and Sir George 
 Lockliart too uhom" I did think fitt to ingadge cnly verbally, 
 becaus I did not kno hou far you uold incline to hav him 
 employed, and yet to leav with him so as he will be undon with 
 the Duke if we hav not the first offers of his service ; so, doe in 
 it as you judge convenient, for I never hazard on anything that I 
 doe not think uill pleas you, or uhat I am' sure will satisfie you 
 when I tell you my reasons. If Sir James Dick has brought 
 mony he will carie it back, for I think he has not the impudence 
 to offer it. He was uith me yesterday to tell me he was to 
 go to Eouen to inquire after some effects of his in Scouler's 
 hands, who is dead. I told him that I uold not giv him my 
 advice in any thing, that I could not say uhat you uold doe the 
 first of November ; so he was to consult his own security, and 
 I thought he had given sufiicient provocatione to expect small 
 favor from me, and much less from your lordship. So he said 
 tuenty fanning things, but I uold not stirr a bitt. Then he told 
 me he had a jDropositione for the increas of the King's revenue, 
 that if I pleased should be my project, and he never had 
 discovered it to any. I heard it, and it was the offering a tack 
 deuty for the Inland Excise mor then the shires pay, upon the 
 suppositione that becaus ther is one thousand, five hundred 
 pounds in the shires of East Loudian and Edinburgh ther may 
 be so through all Scotland.' [Drummond advanced reasons 
 against the plan — and delayed consideration of it till winter.] 
 As to the peapers anent Miller, the mater was so frivolous, 
 I thought not fitt to truble you with it . . .at Berwick a letter 
 from a prisoner uas found and sent to Secretary Jenkins, and 
 by him to Earl Morray, being directed for that Miller at Edin- 
 burgh. So we advised it to be sent doun as it uas, Miller taken, 
 discovered all he knew and that uas just nothing. Only amongst 
 his peapers ther uer, letters from Countess Argyle, in which she 
 told the promises of frendship she had from Lord Advocate, 
 his Lady, and Mrs. Cauhon, his uoman, from Countess ErroU, 
 and Lady Largo, to this Mr. James Spence, from uhome the 
 letter was, and who was prisoner hear for the conspiracie, — 
 servitor to Argyle. This is all that mater, and this Spence is 
 one of them to be sent doun. I sheu your informatione to the 
 Duke anent Sesnock, and he uas extreamly well satisfied uith 
 your diligence in that and all other maters, as it uer tedious to 
 tell. I lykeuays shoued him uhat came yesternight to me anent 
 Duke Hamilton and Meldrum, and the conventicles. And in the 
 first place I told him that I had shoued the inconveniences of 
 the Chanslour's neu frendships, and told him at Winchester that, 
 if I told him truth, ther uold foUou feild and hous conventicles 
 and other disorders, for the fanatiques uold judge that they had 
 again a frend at Court, and I was nou sory that I had him to be 
 a witness of my foresight ; that he uas to concider ther was in 
 the Depositions a child christianed of tuo years old, by uhich the 
 scarcety of ministers was evident of ther shisme. And in 
 the nixt place, that no sooner ther apeared any lenity, as 
 by the frendships uith Ladie Argyle, Duke Hamilton and 
 
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 Sir John Dalrimple, the Indemnity, etc. but they thought 
 they might presume, and the consequences apear. Of this 
 a further proof uas Duke Hamilton's letter. I told 
 him that Duke Hamilton had suffered the laus to be 
 executed by the meanest soldiour thes nine years, and nou he 
 sees hou the noble Lord has used ane officer for his duety, and 
 openly ouns the greatest crime aleadged against Sir John Dal- 
 rimple, to uitt, his hindering his tenents to come to Claverhous 
 Court, for uhich he uas grievously fined, tho' he made apear he 
 did not directly discharge them, only told that his court uas to 
 be on the ordiuar}- da3^ That if this continoued adieu to all our 
 affairs, and that he might see the difference ther uas betwixt you 
 that served throughly and the others that served by halves the 
 King and themselves uholely. I was sory to buz such a mater 
 constantly in his ear, but if he did not find it for his service, I 
 should never hazard on the lyke againe. He said many kinde 
 things of you, and spocke sharply of all partys concerned except 
 Meldrum, whom he justified and said he uold stand by, and be- 
 gun to assure me of his taking such methods as might secure us 
 from further truble, uhen he uas called to supper : so my nixt 
 brings the continuatione of the mater. I burnt the peapers as 
 soon as the Duke had read them, only the Duke in heast put Sir 
 John Cochran's letter in his pocket till I can see him againe. If 
 the Chanslour hav not sent the originall, as I am confident he 
 has not, I shall play him fair play and lay out the right 
 syde of it to the Duke. As to Duke Hamelton's being on the 
 Juncto, it never was designed nor can be, and this I think will 
 put ane end to that mater. I told fully out the suport that 
 
 most hav urought him to that insolence 
 
 Postscript: — Earleston has got a reprive, becaus he uas to be 
 execute the first of November and so should not hav bein 
 fully examined. 
 
 London, 30 October : 1683. 
 220. I receaved your lordship's of the 22nd October, yester- 
 night ... I shoued the Duke the letter anent the soliciter, and 
 he uas pleased uith it, l)ut uhen Earl Midletone came to speak of 
 it he cheingedhis mynde. I think Earl Morray, uho uas much 
 his frend, had a hand in it, liut he sayes Sir William is ane old 
 man, and that he thinks it unreasonable to turne out any body uith- 
 out a fault. I durst not insist, for we, pretendmg to doe as he 
 mclines, most not press too hard upon him, lest he grou restiv. 
 But I shall doe all that can he in it. Earle Midletone and I 
 both has pressed the Duke to turne the Bishop of Edinburgh out 
 of the Councell ; but his frend has represented him so mortified, 
 that the Duke thinks not fitt at this time to push him further 
 at this time (sic), but he assures us if the Bishop contuaeu 
 to be trublesome, he uill certainely doe his business. As for Sir 
 William Pater son and Thorn. Gordon, it is the proper uork of 
 the Juncto to inquire into ther misdemeanours, and if Meldrum 
 can make out against Sir William uhat's said, or any other can 
 against Mr. Gordon, then ue can represent them as they are. 
 
 3773 '' 
 
Ifi2 
 
 [That putting into the Junto was the Duke's own action.] Ye 
 uold admire at uhat difficulty ther is to get things done that 
 ther is not absulate necessity of, for the Duke is so conversant in 
 all of our maters that he examins the least peaper. I am absu- 
 lately against the peaper Mr. Wallace sent anent the esteat of 
 Argyle, for it taks all out of the hands of the Sessione, and I am 
 of opinione that the form inclosed is absulately the best and most 
 secure for u.s. [The Duke had true impressions of Argyle's 
 friends, and of the Chancellor for having friendship with them 
 and others. "In as farr as is convenient, I push every particular 
 ye recommended to me, but Kome uas not built in one day."] 
 
 I am most tender of you, and therfor I press nothing in your 
 name but your services, and for them and particularly the 
 business of Duke Hamilton and Meldrum, the Duke is extreamly 
 satisfied, and Duke Hamilton is not so stated hear as that he 
 ought to hazard on such things. For his business uith me he 
 spurrs behind the tayle, for my gift has no reservation, and so 
 his pleas is cutt off intirely. ... I shall doe all that mortall man 
 can for Sir William Lockhart, and I am confident I shall get him 
 well enugh secured. . . [Would take all the pains he could about 
 the Session, and would come off in 14 days — " Lord Maitland is 
 to be sent home, Broadalbin goes to-morrou, so ther are no mor 
 I can medle uith." The Duke had promised to give nothing, but 
 recommend to Queensberry, " so to ueary them out of asking." 
 He had pressed him to this according to Queensberry's commands. 
 The Duke was to make no alteration in Edinburgh Castle garrison.] 
 LIhether the Duchess of Portsmouth's interesting herself for 
 Dumbritton guarrisone on her sone's accompt has bred the stop, I 
 cannot guess, but the Duke stumbles at it . . . [Wonders at the 
 foolish story about him and Earl Moray " ue uer as great f rends 
 the day after as befor, and so have continoued ever since, as he 
 himself uill tell you." Encloses instructions anent Argyle. " Send 
 them so altered as your lordship inclines."] Some West Indian 
 pirates to the number of nine, some Dutch, some French, and 
 some IngUsh, in all to the number of 775, hav surprised and 
 taken Vera Crux, the port from uhence the Mexicane mony coms, 
 and hav caried auay seven millions of Patacoons in ready 
 mony, so that the meanest seaman shared 800 Patacoons. 
 One of ther ships is taken, and ther is ane IngHsh ship in chase 
 of ane other of them. This day, all the prisoners in this place 
 of the Scots are sent on board of the Kitchin Yaught, in order 
 to ther transportatione to Scotland, ther to be tryed, and amongst 
 the rest Murray of Tibbermoor. Sir William Hamilton- has 
 taken his leav, and is to go in the same yaught. [Colonel 
 Algernon Sidney had received word to prepare for his trial : Aron 
 Smith had that day "stood on the pillory for scandalous 
 expressions at colleges tryall at Oxford," etc.] 
 
 London, 3 November : 1683. 
 221. Last post I uas commanded to attend the Duke, and by 
 him putt off from time to time till I lost the post, so that I most 
 nou make reparatione. I spock fully to the Duke of many 
 
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 things, and I finde he is inchned to leav most of them to your 
 lordship's prudence, yet I am resolved to hav instructions anent 
 them, such as may leav your lordship latitude eneugh. I took 
 occatione to speake to him of the services your lordship had 
 done and the method ye had put his affairs in, your inconcerne 
 in the frendship of any uher his interest required him (sic) and the 
 cincerity and integrity of all your actions. He expressed him self 
 most kindely, and said he uas sure no man had ever served the 
 King better, and that he uas convinced of the truthe of all I 
 had sayed, and that he uold sho his. kindness to you in every 
 thing that might be demonstration of it. I once most hav taken 
 that oportunity to hav spocken of some particular of yours to 
 him, but he stopt my mouth, and told me that some time ago 
 your lordship had mentioned something to him that he uold doe 
 nou for you, and so being called auay he left me. And this day 
 the Duke has bein at hunting, so 1 hav not seine him yet ; but 
 mor of this my nixt shal bear. I hav bein examining my nott 
 and I shall giv your lordship a particular ansuer to evry thing 
 I had in comissione. Last post I had no letters, aither from 
 your lordship or Mr. Wallace ; but by that just befor, I had 
 instructions and a letter anent the affair of Ai-gyle ; but they uer 
 so contrary to uhat your lordship has aluays desired me to doe 
 that I kneu not uhat to thinke of them, for they take the 
 signature auay as if it had never bein, and the comissione of the 
 Lords of Sessione, so that your lordship is to begin the 
 preference of neu, and to hear and discuss clames &c. I doe 
 earnestly begg to kno if this be your lordship's inclinatione, that 
 if it be, I may endeavour the executeing of it, tho I am affrayed it 
 uill be hard to drau the mater so intirely out of the Session's hands. 
 Your lordship uill see how I intended all thes things by the 
 instructions I sent doun, and as soon as I get your lordship's 
 ansuer to that I shal come off, for I am extreamly desirous to 
 uaite upon your lordship, that I may tell your lordship all I 
 kno of our affairs. Lord Maiteland being by the Duke desired to 
 go home, sought, ane oportunity to speak, and had it yesterday. 
 
 Earl Midletone tells me the Duke uas mor favorable to his 
 affair then he had bein befor, but I hope ue shal prevent 
 Claverhous' hurt till he be fairly heard for himself. 
 
 Earl Airly shoued me as pleasant a letter of Thom. Gordon's 
 as ever I saw, this day, in which he uold make it in my pouer 
 to send a precep to pay Sir William Sharpe two hundred 
 pound he oues to my Lord uhich is already aliened 
 in Sir William accompts, and payed by the 
 
 fonds in his comissione, for which Earl Airly has his nott 
 only. Thom Gordon tells my Lord, that if I uill obleige 
 myself for his repayment, then they pay my Lord, or that I may 
 send a precep to the castle keiper ; so that I most hav had poor 
 Airly' s anger, if I had not understood the story perfectly my 
 self. It seims I am to expect fyne things, but I contemn them, 
 for they shal never finde me playing the knave come of it uhat 
 uill. 
 
164 
 
 The Duke is surrounded uith petitioners, and I tell him 
 frankly to retrinch is the best uay to stop ther mouths and our 
 truble. This he has promised to shou me his mynde in thif? 
 mater the next ueike. I am hopefuU this uill finde your lordship 
 at Edinburgh, and therfor I shal again say that all the uinning 
 is in the first buying, and therfor ther most be no dallieing, 
 but frankely uhen any thing is controverted, it most be to the 
 vote, in the councell I mean, for I am confident in the sessions 
 uhat's done uill sho he is not the omnipotent, and so soon as 
 that is beleived his credite will fall. I am just going to the Duke 
 iigaine, and therfor shal not take much of your lordship's time at 
 pi-esent. 
 
 London, November 8 : 1683. 
 
 222. Having had no letters by the last post, I hav no thing to 
 say of importance, for yesterday the Duke uas at hunting, and 
 this day uas the artillery feast ; so that ther has bein time for no 
 business, and tomorrou he goes a hunting againe ; but I hav so 
 prepared business, that I hope at one time to go thorough all I 
 hav left to say. I can delay no longer to tell your lordship that 
 yesterday my Lady Midletone ua« brought to bed of a sone 
 uith a great deal of hazard, but at present she is as well as can be 
 expected againe. 
 
 Posso is as busie as it is possible in getting horses, but this 
 place had never so feu good as at this time, as he is resolved to 
 hav them good or not at all, and if he get them not hear he will 
 [go] down to Northampton uher the best are. I hope to be so 
 ready against the ansuer of that letter I sent uith the draught of 
 instructions anent Argyle, that so soon as I hav it, I uill take my 
 leav of this place, for uhat uill be left undone, Earl Midleton 
 uill take care of, and ther shal be as litle left as I can. Ther is 
 no neus, but the progress the Christians make in the Turkish 
 territory s so allarmes all the Ottoman Empire that they are in 
 great consternation, and in all probability the King of Poll [and] 
 uill pursue all the leinth his fortune uill go. It uill not be in 
 my pouer to get thes gentlemen that are hear, doun befor me, 
 l)ut it is not one farthing mater, for I hope they shal not be able 
 to alter measures in despyte of them. 
 
 Lord Tester has got a neu business now to solicite but I 
 most begg your lordship to say nothing of it yet, which is the 
 ward of Earl Roxburgh and nonen tries; but the. Duke uill advise 
 very uell uhat he does in it. I shal tel your lordship the story 
 at leinth at melting 
 
 L[ondon], 10 No^ : 1683. 
 
 223. Last post brought me 3 of yours, one of the 31 Oc'- and 
 2 of the first of Nov'". Befor this time ye kno by one of myne 
 that Earl Midleton is not in a conditions for this bout to accept 
 of any kindness but uhat most lykuays include Earl Morray ; so 
 ue most prepar things for him, but not propose them. I am 
 glead at the leinthe your lordship has brought the affaire of 
 
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 Dundonnald. I am sure its uell nou that's got off him, but if it 
 serve not for better purpos wher I am mor concerned. I am 
 sory that Claverhous is disapointed by the Chanslour's 
 means, not that I uas much concerned for the mariage, but that 
 I hate he should hav any influence amongst the weemen to 
 hinder or forduard any think {sic) relates to the mathematique. 
 
 I can assure your lordship Sir Adam Blair is not cautioner 
 for Cuninghame, tho' upon the accompt your lordship 
 knous he uold gleadly hav had him delayed, but T. Gordon 
 uold not condecend to him; and to say truth I uold hav 
 bein glad at the time that he had got that to say against Mv. 
 Thomas, uho I beleiv uold sup us in broth if he had his uill, but 
 I hope that shal not be this year. My Lord Midleton sau the 
 Advocate's letter, but all that it could signifie was overdone to 
 our hands, for the Duke has so bad ane opinione of him that it is 
 a uonder he lets him stay in, at least he knous him as uell as I 
 doe, and better is neidless for all his letters and speaches end in 
 ue dogs killed the hare. But its hard that he should hazard to 
 say he made the cheinge in Edinburgh, and in the meantime 
 the D. had a letter under his hands declareirfg it uas in spyte 
 of him, and he had stood up for Eochead's right and party. 
 But a volum uold not contain the sports I hav to tell you of him ; 
 in short he is a grotesque originale. All shal be done that's 
 possible in the juncto, and all things els ye hav ever mentioned 
 to me ; but till they are done, I shal not say any thing of them. 
 To morrou the Duke is to speak to me, for this night it uas put 
 off, and I hav all things ready for him. 
 
 I am confident ye are mistaken of Earl Rochester, for the cans 
 ther letter uas some suspicion uas that he did not return ther visite, 
 and he never visites ; but I shal obey your commands in that as 
 in al things els. This night the Duke spock to me of Earl 
 Eoxbrughs' uard, and I advised him to referr it to you, for tho' I 
 uas a tutor, I uas the King's servant and uold preferr that trust, 
 and therfor I uas of opinione nothing could be done in it till it 
 uer ryply advised uith all the branches of it by your lordship in 
 Scotland. This I in [treat your] lordship to say nothing of till 
 I come doun my self, for it uill look unkynd in me, and tho' 
 whilst I doe my duety I am not of the most concerned, yet I uold 
 not neidlessly anger any body. Your lordship most not 
 ureal any mor to me, for I intend on Monday the 18 to take 
 jurney, if it pleas God I be alive, for ueik it uill take to glen all 
 the feilds I hav bin over, and in the meantime your lordship may 
 expect accompts by evry post of whats doing. 
 
 The Christian army divided in tuo halvs is gon to beseige 
 Buda and Pest that ly oposite on the tuo banks of the Danube, 
 and the Grand Visere is retired to Belgrade. , . • 
 
 18 No'^ [circa 1683] . 
 224. The Duke entered uith me on a subject last post night that 
 he had no time to finish for he uas called to the King, and I confess 
 it uas of consequence not to ureat till I had the full of it, ui short 
 
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 the Chanslour says he hears that he is accused hear, and uonders 
 at the unuorthy practices of such as did it especially since he 
 had non ther to ansuer uhat uas objected face to face. The Duke 
 shoued me the letter and it related to another that the Duke told 
 me uas to the same purpos. I told him ther never had bein any 
 accusation of him, but only when ue had bein inquired att 
 concerning the government ue had told truth, not only of him [but] 
 of evry body els. And if in his concerns uors had bein said then 
 he could hav uished, it uas his fault and non of ours, for if the 
 Duke thought it uorthe his paines to knou the truthe of any 
 particular had bein named he should hav it, and if in most of 
 them he had a mynd to be satisfied he might by such as 
 uas acctually hear upon the place. I told him it uas 
 not to be imagined that becaus ue said he uas not to be 
 trusted to govern allou that therfor he uas not to liev, for the 
 Duke him self uell kneu that ue had never so much as desired 
 him to be turned out, but only that he might not hav it in his 
 pouer to bruily for j^rivate interest the publick government of 
 the natione. All this he confessed and told me he had told him. 
 He uas not accused of any thing so much as his friendship with 
 Sir J. Dalrimple, so I bad the Duke consider uhat he had a 
 mind to doe in the mater, for whatever it uas it should be obeyed, 
 and ther never uas a uord told him the truth uher of should 
 not be made apear uhen and wher he pleased. This he fell 
 again upon this night, but uas again called auay by the King. 
 Being at the Duke's syde, I begged of him to be dispatched and 
 told him hou nesessary my being uith your lordship uas, 
 and he assured me I should not be stoped. But thus ye see Mon- 
 day most not be the day : ho[w]ever, I hope to be gon befor the end 
 of the weik at farthest, and in the mean-tyme shal indeavour to 
 manage this mater to the best advantage imaginable, and if the 
 Chanslour be so fond to hav stories come out he shal hav his 
 longing satisfied. In the mean time apear unconcerned in all 
 this mater, and let nobody knou of it, for non does hear except 
 Earl Midleton, to whom I told it, and pray see that the King's 
 affairs goe as they ought and doe not imagine that the juncto uill 
 signifie so litle as your lordship says. The Chanslour by the 
 last post sent a letter of Sir J. Cochran's to the Duke the copie 
 uherof I had, and the Duke from me befor. 
 
 This is busie time uith me, and therfor, I shal not add any mor, 
 seing I most see the Duke to l)ed. I and my wife are your 
 lordship's most humble servants. 
 
 Mar's busness is done, and so he and your lordship's sones uill 
 come off nixt ueik. 
 
 London, 20 No'' : 1683. 
 226. Drummond had given in to the Duke his Memorial, and 
 spoken to him upon every particular. The Duke had promised to- 
 morrow to give him an account of his resolutions " uhieh I had had 
 this day, had ther not bein a hors match on Bansledouns at uhich 
 l)oth King and Duke uer." A regiment of dragoons was raised 
 
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 here of which Lord Churchill was Colonel. "The regiments at 
 Tangeir are arived hear, and to stand in this Kingdom, and the 
 rest of Dumbrittons to be sent, for some granadiers are to be 
 leavied. Tangeir is utterly destroyed and bloun up, and all 
 the people brought off to Ingland,.and it had bein better to hav 
 bein done the first hour it uas taken in tochar from the 
 Portuguies." 
 
 His day of parting was Monday next and Lord Maitland was 
 to go at his heels if not before "but all he can say is in that 
 posture I am inconcerned." 
 
 London, 20 No'' : 1683. 
 
 226. Since my last I hav receaved your lordship's from 
 Edinburgh, and hav sein yours to my Lord Midletone, and am 
 glead to find that ye begin in the King's service as is fitt, but I 
 uant time to say much, and therfor I shal tell your lordship 
 that this night at seven a'clock uer appointed Earl Morray, 
 Midleton, and myself to attend the Duke. The first thing he 
 proposed uas the mater of the Juncto, not as a thing to be 
 advised in, but materialls to be thought on for a letter from the 
 King apointing them to meit, and to doe conjunctly evry thing 
 that might most conduce to his Majestie' service ; and E [arl] 
 Midleton and I both uer against instructions but absulately to 
 leav all to themselves, it being impossible to hav made instructions 
 to comprehend all things that uas to [be] mynded ; and I hope ue 
 shal, in the di'aught of the letter pleas you. The Duke is 
 resolved they shal be the persons he named, and not the officers 
 of state, uhich I believ uill startle Earl Morray uhen he knous it; 
 for as yet the Duke has spocken of that point only to me. The 
 nixt thing in my Memorandum uas the impositions of Glascow, 
 which he has remitted to your self and thes belou to-'weight all 
 arguments and to doe as ye shal find best for you and ther 
 service. 
 
 Several other smal things he spocke off, and I am confident 
 the ansuers uill pleas you. So soon as they are done ye shal 
 hav a full accompt, but at this time it is impossible, for I am 
 forced this night. to adjust the Instructions anent Argyle, tho' it 
 be late. 
 
 Lord Maitland came to Earl Mar and told him that he heard 
 that what had past betuixt them was spocken of, and he uas 
 resolved to speak to the Duke in it ; upon which Earl Mar repeted 
 the story as it past and asked if it uas not, which Maitland could 
 not deny ; so Earl Mar uent to the Duke and told him he uold 
 stand to the truth of it, and make it out uhen ever he uold, and 
 so desired him not to beleiv any that uold say the contrary. We 
 hav not yet heard any mor of it, but I am confident I shal get 
 all the truthe out when the Duke fullfills his promis to me by 
 speaking farther on that subject. 
 
 I pressed my departure extreamly, and the Duke says this ueik 
 I shal be dispatched uith out feall, and for that end the Duke 
 apoints to-morrou morning for ws, and I am confident he uill go 
 over all. 
 
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 Your sones are most impatient at Earl Marr's stay, and long 
 mor to be in Scotland then I could imagine. They are indeid the 
 most accomplished youths I ever sau, and I am confident yow uill 
 think all has bein said corns short of the truthe. I love them 
 uith my heart and soul. 
 
 Posso thinks it impossible to doe any good hear, and therfor is 
 to try the countrie. I am sory that I could not be more assisting to 
 him, for it is not in my pouer to be uith him ther. I shal 
 endeavour, after I hav got my dispatches, to be uith you as 
 soon as I can; in the mean time I most tell you Midleton is one 
 of the honestest, wnderstandingest, and diligentest men I ever 
 knew. I shal in this place mention his good humor, wit, &c., 
 but his frendship and amenity to you deserve the returne I am 
 sure he will ftnde from one so truly generous. I am, My Lord, 
 your lordship's most fathfuU and most humble servant, and 
 so is my uife, to whom I assure you nothing is told that you 
 uold not tell her yourself. 
 
 Postscript : — The story of the touer Grroom of the Bedchamber, 
 &c. are stories to tell children, but for loading of me uith them 
 they uill mistake ther measures ; besides I beleiv they told of 
 me insted of Lord Maitland. 
 
 22 No'-: [c. 1683]. 
 
 227. I thought not to hav ureaten till the Duke uho apointed 
 us to meit at 9 at night had sayd all he had to say, but he put it 
 off till tomorrou at ij hours ; being so, I am forced in great beast, 
 to tell your lordship that all uill be to our uish I am most 
 confident, and that my Lords, your sones, and Mar, and all of 
 us, come off Tuesday uithout feal, and ye may be sure my jurney 
 shal be as quick as it is possible for me to make it, and as litle 
 time shal be lost as possible. 
 
 The tryall of Sidny uas yesterday : he is condemned, that is 
 fond guilty. 
 
 L [ondon] , 24 No-- : [1683] . 
 
 228. I most begin uith neus that uill surprise you, as ye may 
 be sure it did all of us hear. This night the Duke of Monmouth 
 delivered up himself to the King's mercie, acknouledging his 
 faults and craving pardon, declareing that he uill hear after liv 
 as becoms a duetyfuU subject, and that he renounces all title to ■ 
 the croun, and that if any thing ailed the King he uold be 
 amongst the first to assert his E. H'. title to the croun and in 
 his quarrell spend his lyfe; wpon which terms he has his 
 pardone, and this is all is yet knoun hear ; so if any of the 
 party begin to insult, ye know the truth of all thats knouen hear. 
 
 We, that is, the Duke, Secretaries and I, attended the King 
 and ther he condecended to all the materialls of my dispatches,, 
 so the peapers shal shortly be draun. The Secret Committy, 
 (for that uill be the name of our Juncto,) the King uas so 
 uell pleased uith that ye never sau the lyke, and uhen 
 ue had given our reasons, he said no man uold doe business 
 
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 by himself but lie uold hold him a hundreth lib. he should 
 stumble, and he kneu that if any one man should take all on 
 him it uold doe ill with Scotts hearts, and uold never go doun 
 uith them. The Duke named them to the King, and they are Lord 
 Chansler, Lord Thesaurer, Lord Privie Seal, E [arl] Perthe, 
 Register, Advocate, and my self, so if things go not right the 
 divel uill be in it. Ye kno hou htle fitt it may be that this come 
 abroad till the letter come. The rest of the peapers, as they are 
 signed, your lordship shal be informed of, only, if any thing 
 in them be amiss, let not any thing giv your lordship any im- 
 , pressione till I come, and I dare say I shal fully satisfie your 
 lordship in all things. Ye see hou difficult it has bein to get 
 my dispatches, for all of us observed some uorkings amongst 
 the great folks, and it has had this consequence, but I hope nou 
 feu days setts me on my jurney, and I think Wednesday uill 
 be the day, for I am to bribe Sir Androu Forrester for to sitt up 
 all night about them, for I never uas so ueary of any thing in 
 my life as being hear since the Session sate doun. 
 
 My Lords, your sones, are uell, and long extreamly to be off, 
 but Earl Marr's business hinders them till nou. I think ue 
 shall all come to gether. 
 
 Posso, the Duke uold not doe any thing for, and he has ill 
 impressions of Sir William Lockart, but yet I hojpe to doe some- 
 thmg for him, tho' I giv no arguments in your lordship's name 
 for him, for reasons I shal tell you. I shal reveise all my notts 
 and bring ansers distinct of all things. I shal truble your 
 lordship no mor, only, lett not any thing in the least discourage 
 the King and Duk's servants, for honest men God provides for, 
 and will support against all tricks and wiles. We hav contrived 
 the letter to the Secret Comitty in as generall terms as uas 
 possible, to prevent all cavallings on uords and pouers, for, if any 
 one had bein mentioned, and not all, then ther had bein pouer left 
 in things not named to hav acted uithout advice. 
 
 Earlstoun. 
 
 Lord St. Andrewes. 
 
 Lord Carse. 
 
 Barnet, 30 No"" : 1683, nine at night. 
 •229. Thes tuo last posts uer so busie days uith me that I had 
 no time to say any thing, but ijou that I am got this leinthe, I 
 shal begg leav to tell your lordship that I parted uith the Duke 
 uith all the assurances of favor to your lordship imaginable, 
 the particulars uherof I most referr till melting, at uhich time I 
 hope to giv your lordship so satisfactorie accompts of things as 
 shal lett your lordship see ther is no neglect in me, but that, if 
 any thing be left undon, it is not possible to procure it to be 
 done ; for if it had, I am sure the paines Earl Midleton and my 
 self took had done it. But no mor of this at this time. All that 
 ye desired as to the publick is done, excepting the defalcations, 
 which the Duke uold not barken to for reasons I shal tell you. 
 In the meantime, the letter anent the Secret Comitty is sent 
 
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 doun, for 1 did not think it proper to be the carier of it. All the 
 vest of the peapers are uith me, and God be thanked that ue are 
 got this leinth, for I had much adoe to get out of the toun. 
 
 My Lords, your sones, Earl Marr and I, hav bein just drinking 
 your good healthe, and a merry meiting. 
 > 
 
 Barnton, 25 September: 1684. 
 
 230. Drummond had taken a sore throat, and was still in 
 great pain with it. "I sent to my Lord Justice Clerk to begg 
 that he uold go to my Lord Duke Hamilton, and that they uold 
 be going on till it should pleas God that I could uaite on them ; 
 but he uold not by any means stur till I should go uith him, 
 which, I hope in God, shal be upon Monday, if I [be] so much as 
 able to be carried, and I hope thes feu days delay may be made 
 up by our diligence ther uhen we come. I never had any 
 greater nor mor surpriseing dissapointment, but it is God, not 
 ue, orders our aifairs, and so ue most aquiess in his uill, but I 
 am hopefull this shal be no great stop, tho' it be ane in- 
 convenient one, especially to my thoughts that are in the extream 
 of impatience to be wher the King's service requires." His wife 
 had taken the same swelling in her throat, and in addition a high 
 fever. That day he had Quensberry's letter " and it uas no 
 smal cordiall to me ; for I assure your lordship that as I oue 
 mor to your lordship then I can express, so I hav a greater 
 respect to you, and am as much as any person (uho is not 
 naturally ungrate) can possibly be, sencible of the obligations I 
 oue," and would spend the remainder of his life in his service. 
 
 Barnton, Sep'' 27 : 1684. 
 
 231. " Yesterday ther uas a Comitty atEdinburgh, on Thursday 
 I mean ; and my Lord Register came hear after it, and told me 
 of a Petition from Earl Terras to them, and that they had 
 remitted it to Court. I uondered they had not shoun it first to 
 your lordship and my brother, but it uas gon. His Lady came 
 hear — the Countess of Terras — yesterday, but I told hir I could 
 not medle : if I had bein to hav given advise, I uold hav had hii- 
 Lord mak thes offers to you at his first coming in, but since he had 
 not then, I thought he should hav aquented you befor he had sent 
 any petitione to a Comitty, but I uas not to presrive to them." 
 
 Drummond thought it his duty to send Queensberry an 
 inclosure he had received, as to one in whoes favour he put 'more 
 trust than in any besides, " and under whose protectione I intend 
 to liv the rest of my days, endeavouring, (at least,) to serve you 
 and your interests nixt to that of the Royall family, uithout 
 exceptione," &c. The inclosure contained no mention of a new 
 pension, nor taking away any of the old, " for they hav followed 
 the designe of Earl Midleton's gift, and he having a pensione 
 befor, it uas continoed uith him, so I knou it uill depend upon 
 your lordship's informatione to continou uith me of it what ye 
 uill, and indeid your lordship's pleasure shal be absulate 
 satisfactione to me, nor doe I think any concerne of mine in my 
 
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 brother's hands mor secure then in your lordship's. 1 uish 1 may 
 be able to return such services as at least may not make me apear 
 ungrate, for to be able to requite them is mor then I can hope 
 for." ... 
 
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 232. May it pleas your Grace : All the happienesses this uorld 
 could a£ford meuer litle in comparisone of the satisfactione and 
 reall joy I hav to find that all the damned stoiys they told of 
 your Grace and my brother are lyes. I most tell your Grace I 
 neaver beleived them ; and did hear, uith mor zeall then I can in 
 cold blood express, decry them to all people, and so quite dashed 
 the mater in the begining, and doe bear all the recentment in 
 the uorld against the first authors, of which I beleiv Eocheid the 
 maine, by that villanous story, ther never haven any thing falen 
 out sav that to giv the color for it. Assure your self nothing is 
 capable of altering my mynd, and if things uher I am uent as I 
 imagined uhen I uas in Scotland, I should hav given better 
 proofs of my cincerity befor this time, but our mater take 
 not up much of aither thought or time, at least at this 
 juncture, of which your Grace shal hav a fuiller accompt 
 as time serves. In the mean time, believ me perfitely yours, 
 and that I shal desire no longer then ye shal find any 
 action of myne contradict this assertione, and till then I kno my 
 self perfitely secure in your generosity. 
 
 My brother tells me that somebody has told your Grace that I 
 hav not bein kind in my representations. I uish I could learne 
 uhence such a report coms : I am sure I should so con- 
 vince your Grace of the contrary as to sho you the fallseness 
 of such things. I am not capable of doing any thing 
 contrary to uhat I promised at parting, to your Grace, 
 and so your Grace may beleiv me, and giv me something 
 to doe to try me, and you shal find whither I uill serve you 
 or not : and in my judgement, any, uho hav bein so impudent 
 shal quickly see ther villany found out, for my heart does not 
 convict me of a thought against your interest : but I confess the 
 eoncerne I hav for unity amongst you is so great that I most be 
 forgiven to say something to your selves in it, and if I doe to any 
 other, I shal be content that your Grace blame me, but no mor at 
 present of this ; I am what I promised, and thers ane end. 
 
 I had from my brother a full accompt of Claverhous insolence, 
 mor then from your self, and did tell the Duke of it. He uas 
 glead that his commands to Claverhous uer gon, by which he 
 shous him that he has reserved the concideratione of that mater 
 till his cbmeing to Scotland ; but in the mean time, as he uill not 
 see any run dqun unjustly, so he uill not upon any concideratione 
 see his Majesty's great officers slighted ; and so com,- so as ther 
 may be no complaint of him. I find the Duke really angry uith 
 him, and so soon as he comes to Scotland you uill se him used 
 accordingly, especially if he be so foolish after this as to continou 
 his insolence, of which I beg ane accompt. Till this time it uas 
 
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 unfitt for me to press the mater of Claverhous debt, but now I 
 hope by the nixt post to giv a full accompt of it. My thought 
 are that I may get orders to tell your Grace to prosecute him for 
 the fynes, and becaus he has a promis for the 2 years that may 
 be delayed ; but this night once I shal kno, as also the Duke's 
 resolutione for the trumpets, uhich shal not be so dear as the 
 last, or my skill shal feal me uhatever come. 
 
 All the maters wreaten of by the Secret Committy are ordered, 
 or to be so this night, the copie of the Duke's instructions sent, 
 and the wittnesses to be re-examined uith all speid. I am over- 
 joyed to hear from your Grace of your resolutione to concurr 
 uith your useuall zeal in the King's service. It's certainly a 
 tlimg uorthy of you to concerne yourself in uhat this parliament 
 m6st neids produce, for the blam or thanks of it most go to 
 you in the first place, and I am sure ther can be no blame 
 so long as you pursue thes measures. 
 
 As for Pkocheid, if he uer the nearest frend I ^j.av, I uold not be off 
 opinione the King or Duke should interest themselves uith him, so 
 as I said, I shal assure your Grace they uill not medle. He has 
 againe petitioned and that for his place of Gierke to the Borough, 
 but I told the Duke it uas not fitt to medle att all in thes maters 
 hear, so I am sure he nor non els shal hav any access I can 
 hinder them of, and therfor I begg your Grace may be fully 
 satisfied of it, and evry day shal bring you demonstrations of it 
 as this shal doe for one. Luss has sent for a Signature uith the 
 cheinge of holding of a smal part of his lands, uith uhich he says 
 long since he acqueinted your Grace, but tho' he be Houston's 
 sone in lau, nothing shal ueigh except your Grace allouance so 
 much as to make a motione for it ; so send me your Grace's 
 commands, and beleiv that uhatever they are they shal be most 
 punctually and rediely obeyed. Sir William Ker lykeuays has 
 sent a peaper for his arrears, but tho' he alleadges your Grace's 
 uarrant, I most see so from your self, and this I resolve to doe in 
 evry thing so that your Grace may be assured of nothing passing 
 hear not first recommended from you ther.' I never judged a 
 possibility in ther rogues increaseing, tho' its given out hear at 
 that time, but I am sure Coll. Douglass his going in ther uill hav 
 good effects to try what has bein done in thes eountryes and 
 informe himselfe of the haunts of thes rogues and villeanes. I 
 uish him good luck, and doe not questione mor success then the 
 takeing a party of 8 of them befor he comes back, tho' I am sory 
 he has so feu dragoons : for God's sake send him horse too that 
 ue may speidely hav good neus from him. It uer fitt I had the 
 copies of peapers done at that Comissione. 
 
 My Lord Tueedale mentions for unione of trade, for I think I 
 should soon giv a positiv ansuer to the hopes ther may be, but 
 this is only to your Grace, for you knou Tueedale's aime to be 
 hear, and that uill be no good motiv to cause him part with the 
 peapers. 
 
 I am just nou informed that Earl Sunderland is endeavouring 
 to get money to bring over Earl Arran from France, and that he 
 is to mary Sunderland's oldest daughter, but this to your self. 
 
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 lam sory if naither bond nor pass doe, but thers mor uays to the 
 uell. Lets doe the nixt best, for I am the least uedded to any one 
 expedient in the uorld and doe not questione but you uill doe all 
 thats fitt or possible, and that is all can be expected. 
 
 I shal by thenixt giv your Grace ane accompt of other things 
 I am not yet cleir in. 
 
 Postscript: — If Dalyell dye not I am affrayed it uill be hard to 
 remove him, but this ye uill hav at melting to handle. 
 
 I most further tell your Grace that Ardmillane has petitioned 
 the Duke, and the Duke yesterday told Earl Morray and me of 
 his petitione aggravatting his loyalty and sufferings and desireing 
 a remissione clagged uith restitutione to the King, or any 
 concerned, for all monny unuarrantably uplifted, upon uhich he 
 uould go and forfault Bargeny, and so giv the King a reuard for his 
 bounty. I told the Duke he was a knave and the demand 
 unreasonable, but, if a safe conduct uold doe till Bargeny uer 
 dispatched, he might hav it and according to his uorks trust for 
 favor. This the Duke lyked best, but I thought it uas not fitt 
 any thing should be done till I had ane ansuer of uhat I 
 formerly urot to your Grace concerning him. The peiper of his 
 propositione under his oun hand is hear inclosed. 
 
 Edinburgh, 30 Sep'" : 1684. 
 233. This day I receaved the honor of your lordshiji's of the 
 27 Sei)' at this place, wher I came to the Comitty, the 
 election likeuay of the magistrates being this day, and therfor I 
 shal begin with it. The Proveist is continowed, Eobertsone is 
 oldest Balye ; Tho. Hamilton, second, Brand, third, and one 
 Spence 4th: Baird uas to hav bein first, but his last year's 
 eariage uas not so as to recommend him to your lordship. So, 
 tho' I had defended him at London, I exposed him hear, and the 
 Advocate, after his maner, tho' he opposed him ther, sent me a 
 letter in his favors, but I stoot {sic) to it not to hav him a Balye 
 till better justified. The nixt thing uas the Comitty, and in it 
 ther uas the examinatione of the prisoners, which they are nou 
 about, and the ansuers of some queries befor the Sec*"- Committy, 
 of which your lordship has a copie hear inclosed ; and therafter 
 ther uas the letter of thanks, of which your lordship has likeuays 
 ane authentique copie sent. I urott it my self that it might not 
 be delayed. As for what relates to Carstairs, I hav sent my 
 Lord Morray all that concerns not only Vetch but all our 
 country men at London and just nou I am befor my Lord 
 Register to examine Mr. Carstairs for the last time, and ther shal 
 be nothing (possible for us to remember) forgott. _ I am mor 
 sory then anybody els for our disapointment, but it uas not in 
 my pouer to helpe it at the time. Ther most be the mor 
 assidouety and care in the time we hav yet left, and that I hope 
 shal not be wanting. If it pleas God, I am to tak jurney 
 tomorrou airly, and your lordship may be most assured, as it is 
 my resolutione never to disobey any of your commands, so that I 
 shal punctually remember what is commanded me in this, both 
 
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 as to keping intelligence with your lordship and as to the 
 inquireing of persons uho may be obnoxious. Nothing can be 
 so great Joy to me as it is greif, to part from so noble a patron 
 and affectionate superiour as your lordship has aluays bein to 
 me, except wher I am going I can be mor serviceable to your 
 lordship, which I fathfully pi'omis shal be the most herty 
 indeavour of my lyfe, and your lordship shal find that not only 
 I shal follou all your commands, but that all I doe shal be uith a 
 prospect of your particular service ; and in reeompence, I will 
 most humbly begg that your lordship uill not only giv me your 
 advice as to the publick, but that you uill lay your commands on 
 me as to my oun private interest, both which I will follou as the 
 most absulate commands of one I uould not easily dissobey. . . . 
 
 ■ Postscript: — Ther came from the Lords of Councell mi [in] 
 Tiviotdale, &c., thes propositions : — 
 
 Sep-- 30: 1684. 
 1st. That the Lard of Abay and George Home who are guilty 
 or [of] recept and otheruays disorderly, being fled to Edinburgh, 
 be ther apprehended. 
 
 Ansuer : 
 
 The [y] uer gon from Edinburgh, and are ordered to compeir 
 befor the Lords upon the place. 
 
 2do. Whether thos uho observe the lau only to shun 
 punishment, going to church evry third Sunday, may not be 
 punished ? 
 
 Ansuer : 
 
 That they be examined upon oath as to other crimes, and if 
 they purge themselves, that the oath of aleadgeance be put to 
 them ; if they take it, to dismiss them ; and if not, that they banish 
 to the plantations. 
 
 3d. If denunced fugitives come in upon safe conduct may be 
 retaned by the comissioners ? 
 
 Ansuer : 
 That they may, it being the law of the nation. 
 
 4th. To concider the offer of 2 moneths sess made for one 
 year by the district. 
 
 Ansuer : 
 
 That the offer is kinde in thes uho are not guilty of any crime, 
 and that they shal not be quarter' d upon by the northern or 
 Highland Militia till ther offer be reported. But the Lords are 
 desired to proceed uith the examinations, &c., according to ther 
 instructions against the guilty. 
 
 This is the materials of a letter this day sent by the Secret 
 Comitty : — 
 
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 Edinburgh, Sep" 30 : 1684. 
 My Lord Eegister has charged himself with the eopie of the 
 King's letter, and I hav sett George Rea, who gav his oath of 
 secretie (sic) to eopie itt. And my Lord Eegister is likeuays 
 desired to send what's done to your lordship. 
 
 I had this day a return from Berwick, and after search they 
 could not finde Hendersone, but they hav taken order for the 
 security of ther garrisone, and haw disarmed the toun, and offer 
 the service in all things to the Goverment hear. I urot the 
 commanding officer many thanks. The peapers desired by the 
 Secret Committy, especially the letter for restricting capitall 
 punishments, uill come nixt post. 
 
 Glasco, Oc-- 2: 1684. 
 234. I am resolved to giv your lordship a perfite jurnall, and 
 therfor most begg pardon to ureat you longer letters then 
 perhaps your leasure can uell dispense uith. 
 
 Yesterday, my Lord Justice- Gierke and I came to Hamilton 
 about four in the afternoon, wher ue uer made very uellcome ; and 
 ther to the Duke communicate all that ue thought he did not 
 understand of our instructions ; and he agreied uith us in all 
 points that uer proposed, till we came to the offers that the shires 
 uer to make, and ther he said it uas hard to. expect that the 
 innocent should pay for other people's guilt, and that it uas 
 hard to mak distinctions of shires why they should be 
 distinguished from the northern shires. To all this the ansuer 
 is obvious, so I shal not truble your lordship uith it. This 
 morning when ue uer speaking of the methods, and that it uold 
 be fitt to fense a Justice court in the begining, the Duke 
 Hamilton told us he uas not resolved whither he uold be present 
 at a Justice court or not, and that he thought that not suteable 
 to his dignity, but ther uold be time enough, uhen any thing 
 occurred, to doe that. I had no uill to straiten him upon a 
 point so indifferent, and therfor told him the thing behoued to 
 be done, but the time uas indifferent, if his Grace took his 
 resolution befor Monday ; if he did not, that he might stay some 
 later in his chamber, or what he pleased, till Colington and I did 
 it ; in uhich he aquiessed, but said he knew not yet uhat himself 
 uold doe. I uold gleadly kno what to doe if his Grace refuse to 
 come, for we most proceed without him. In all things els, he is 
 in apearance most franke and forduard : I pray God, it continou so, 
 for I am sure it uill much contribute to the King's service hear. 
 The country uer never so allarmed becaus they kno not uhat is 
 to be done, and therfor we are resolved only to tell the hazard 
 they lye under, and not to propose any accommodatione at first, 
 but rather insinouate it, and lett the proposition come from them. 
 Your lordship has a letter in the forme we hav sent to other 
 districts ; but I thought not that sufficient, and therfor hav sent 
 our minutes inclosed, that your lordship may see our methods ; 
 besides which, ue are resolved to fall wpon Lanerick for letting 
 go one of the burners of Weir'.s hous, one of the Balyies having 
 
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 taken him out of the irons and taken baile, that he should not 
 break prison, having himself got largely to persuade him to it. 
 
 Ther are many waemen recets and absenters from the 
 church ; them we are resolved to fall upon, and to take them 
 whereuer ue can find them, to send them auay to the plantations 
 The instructions are ill uorded, I kno not hou it came, for they 
 say send to the plantations not exceeding 300 men, and say 
 nothing of woemen in that instructione ; but I interpret it that ue 
 might send as many woemen as ue pleased, for woemen, by 
 another article, uer to be used as men [were] when in the same 
 fault. The ministers being hear at a Sinod, ue hav kept them 
 till tomorrou, that ue can get ane accompt of the knouledg from 
 them upon oath ; and, if they be not prepared, they 
 shal hav a longer day. Ane accomjit of the probations 
 in the Portous and Comissioners rolls is to be 
 given, and the offenders classed by Sir William Patersone, the 
 Advocate Deput, and Tho. Gordon. This uas one good sederunt, 
 and, I am confident, befor ue part ue shal be able to bring this 
 mater some leinth, tho' at present it looks ill and cloudie. 
 
 We let fall to my Lord Carmichaell, and some others, that offers 
 uold be necessary, particularly from one so loyall as he had 
 aluays shoun himself. Other arguments uer wsed with others, 
 and I beliv they uill offer. If they doe not, ue cannot helpe it, 
 ue shal still be going on. 
 
 They say non of thes shires ever made such apearance as they 
 did at this time ; and indeid, I am informed, ther wer very feu 
 that had any heritage in any of the 3 shires absent. Ther 
 uent 3 troops of dragoons befor us, and then after us uent the 
 principal Heritors, and then Meldrum's troop, and after them 
 the rest of the Heritors. Just now I had ane adress from 
 ]}lackhall for his two frends, that they might hav leav to appear, 
 which I promised to-morrou to hav done — mor glead to grant then 
 he uas to aske it of me. If they come, we shal kno hou to handle 
 them. We uold not allou of 'all the things they did at Aire, 
 of Trumpets going to our lodgings, or the Sherif' Deputs ; only 
 took the Macers, and our oun servants, and the magistrates going 
 befor. What ue shal doe upon Sunday is not yet determined. 
 The lenth of this letter hinders me at this time for thanking 
 your lordship, for the many favors I dayly receav from you, 
 amongst which the honor of remembring me, which I understand 
 from severals uho hav had the honor lately to uaite on your 
 lordship, is certainely non of the least. 
 
 Houever, I cannot but tell your lordship that I find by the 
 Duchess of Hamilton that ther is but smal hops of my Lord 
 Arran's succeeding in his French pretentions. . . . 
 
 Glasco, Oc"^ 3 : 1684. 
 
 Now tuelve is strieking at night. 
 
 '2,85. Since my last to your lordship, ue hav sitten all this day 
 
 from nyne in the morning to seuen at night, and from that to 
 
 this tmie, I hav bein with my Lord Justice Gierke adjusting the 
 
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 rolls to be persued uith the clerks of Councell and Criminell. 
 This is indeid a worke that I see not uell through, for ther is 
 mor perverseness in this shire then, I think, in all Scotland. 
 What I tell your lordship is the reason I hav not sent 
 our Jm-nalls this day. Nixt occatione your lordship shal 
 hav them fully, and I hav taken order that your 
 lordship shal hav them dayly as ue doe them. This day Duke 
 Hamilton and I haranged furiously and spock to all I uas 
 aqueinted uith to bring them to offer, which had this effect that 
 Dumbarton offered all that ue could demand, a copie of which 
 peaper your lordship shal hav nixt occatione : it is most dutie- 
 fuU, and Orbistoun has bein very activ in it. The shire of 
 Renfrue has desired till tomorrow to giv in ther ansuer, and 
 in'omise they uill not suffer themselves to be out done by any ; 
 but Lanerick hav taken till tomorrou, and are much mor upon 
 the resei-ve then wer the i-est. I hav sein a peaper to be offered 
 by the honest men amongst them, and have given them my 
 opinione of it, and I am confident ther uill be many that uill 
 adhear to it, if not all. Who ever does not, if it 2:)leas God they 
 shal repent it, or our instructions shal be deficient, for I am 
 resolved in that case to go the leinthe of the leache. 
 We are thinking of persueing the heritors, but in the 
 meantime all nessessary preparations are making for infor- 
 matione. It is now so late, and I so ueary, having bein 
 in constant business since 8 this morning, and nou it 
 uants but a quarter of 12 at night, that I most crave leav to 
 end . uith assureing your lordship that I shal leav nothing 
 undone that I can doe for promoteing the King's service, which I 
 find not so much minded as it ought. But I uill not yet complaine, 
 tho' I most say it's strange that Lanerick should be the most 
 irregular and yet the most backuard, but to morrou uill say mor. 
 
 Glasco, 4 Ocf : 1684. 
 236, This day's worke your lordship uill see, and the progress 
 ue hav made. The Duke of Hamilton and I hav had some 
 debeats, but such as hav not gon farr, for your lordship uill see 
 that this shire has offered pritty uell. I uold humbly begg to 
 kno uhat further may be expected from them, for I shal tell your 
 lordship I finde ther are many amongst them that uill not be 
 persuaded to take the Test. For I spocke to some of our' most 
 forduard heritors to propose takeing of the Test after the other 
 peaper uas signed, but non did it but the Earl Glencarne, 
 Dundonald, Eoss, and some others in the shire of Renthrew ; and 
 the generahty uent auay, and, as I am informed. Blackball 
 amongst them, notuithstanding all his promises. I uas against 
 any slacking of our methods for this offer, but only ue uill regulate 
 our procedor according to the cariage of thes, that shal be delated ; 
 that is, if the fault be smale and they hav taken the Test, and hav 
 lived regularly. Ue hav so many rogues to punish, I thinke ue shal 
 not medle uith them but wher they hav not taken the Test. If ther 
 be no dilatione, ue shal call them upon ther oaths, and restrict 
 the lybell. I find already that three times three hundreth uill 
 
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 be too feu to send to the plantations from this countrie, who are 
 generally so ill affected, I mean the commons, that I stand in 
 admiration at stories I am told : for as yet non of the ministers 
 are come in, nor other of our informations. The Jurnalls uill 
 inform your lordshij? off the particulars, and I shal only add that 
 ue hav not time to be idle in, and I am hopeful!, if ue continou 
 to doe our parts as we ought, this business uill be brought to a 
 very narrow compass . 
 
 Postscript: — I hope all my letters are come to your lordship's 
 hands, especially that of yesternight. I hav had non from your 
 lordship, but one from Proveist Jonstoun. 
 
 Glasco, 7 Oc' : 1684. 
 
 237. Since my last to your lordship, ue hav bein busied 
 setting our uorke in order, first concidering the prisoners 
 and classing them, concidering our probations and ordering 
 the nessessary citations, or persons to be apprehended, 
 and ordering lybells to be reased against some of the most 
 conciderable withdrauers. Yesternight ane order uas sent out 
 for apprehending the wittness against Douchall. Thes against 
 Poog Maxuell are to be ordered this night, and we shal fall upon 
 all the conciderable heritors as fast as it is possible for us. 
 One thing ue hav done uill neid your advice, which is the keping 
 the offer as to regularity in generall terms ; for the Sess uas secure, 
 and the heritors bound for ther oun, ther familys, tenents, 
 cotters, and seruants irregularitys, according ■ to the acts of 
 parliament, and under the pains the persons they conneived at 
 ought to underly. We judged that it uas best for us to leav the 
 forme of the Bond, or the interpretation of this to the Councell. 
 
 The nixt thing is to try the irregular persons : and for the in- 
 forming us who they are, ue have brought in the presbiteries. This 
 day came that of Glasco, and brought in the rolls of all the 
 paroashes, ther heritors comunicants, and irregular persons, being 
 distinctly sett doun. Ther elders lykuays came: and ue got from 
 the ministers accompts who can best giv us informations in 
 ther paroashes, whom ue hav ordered to be cited. The examina- 
 tion of the elders ue hav comitted to six or seven comissioners ; 
 to uitt. Provost Johnstone, Stirling, the Balzie Deput, whom 
 ue find to hav bein ane activ man hear by the generall applous 
 the ministers giv of him, Duke Hamilton, his Deput in the shire 
 and regality, and Halyards, and James Lundin. If ue had not 
 done this, it had bein impossible befor the first of November to 
 hav taken up the informations ; for this is not lyke other shires, 
 and therfor ue are resolved to put the Test to all the heritors, 
 great and smal, who are a great multitude. But first ue begin at 
 Dumbarton, with thos that are contined in the suteroU, and so 
 goe on to the other shires ; and for the minor heritors, ue take 
 them in paroashes, as ue proceed to the church disorders uithin 
 the same, calling so many evry day, after the precognitione is 
 ended. 
 
 This is the mater I find Duke Hamilton shiest in, for 
 he thinks ther is no lau for puting the Test to the heritors, and 
 
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 that ther are very loyall men uill not take it. For that the ansuer 
 is that ue are not to force any, but it is in our pouer to apply the 
 laus to whom ue pleas, that ue are sure they may be dissafected ; 
 if they be not, they are unfortunate ; but ue most proceed to all 
 the laus and our instructions uill allow of. Severalls of the shire, 
 Sir John Harper, and others^ hav bein at me uith ther opinions of 
 the inconvenience of it at a time when they hav shoun so 
 much frankness in ther offer. I told him the King valued not 
 ther mony, but themselves ; and that so long as they uer not his 
 by tyes and obUgations such as he might reasonably trust too, 
 all the rest uas but a mock, and a trick to ransom ther villany 
 and coneeall ther principalis. I find uhat ue stand to Duke 
 Hamilton uill condecend in, but ue most not seim indifferent 
 in any the smalest point. Blackball, who refused his 
 example, by going auay out of the meiting uith thes uho 
 refused the Test, I called for, and both to his frends and to 
 himself told my mind. He ex[c]uses himself, and protests to doe 
 any thing that may recover that step ; but I am affrayed of thes 
 indifferent men, that they uold fain hold meat in ther mouths 
 and blou, for his chaplane uas fanatique, as I am informed. 
 Since he put him auay he has non other, and his sones ar buirded 
 at a fanatique' s hous in this toun. Of this I shal mak most 
 particular inquiry, that I may inform your lordship. 
 
 This day the fanatiqe ministers apear'd, and tomorrow I hope 
 shal be sentenced. Yesterday ue had letters from Aire, in which 
 they tell us of ther demands from that shire, which uill amount 
 to six of 7 moneths Ses. I am of opinion it is too much, and 
 unproportionable for them to keip a troop, and for our four 
 shires to keip one only, and our instructions led us to no mor ; but 
 ue hav desired them to advise uith your lordship in the mater. 
 If it be possible to inclose a Jurnall, I shal doe it ; but by this your 
 lordship has the mater of uhat ue are about. I hav not yet had 
 any letter from your lordship, and this is the third from this 
 place . . . 
 
 Seventh of Oc- : [1684]. Glasco. 
 238. Just as he was going to dispatch the letter herewith 
 sent, he received his lordship's of the 5th of October from 
 Dumfries, and was extremely satisfied with the progress his 
 lordship had made. He would be sure not to fail to show the 
 Duke the service Queensberry had done him, "not only in 
 executeing your part in the district, but giving so good advice in 
 the maine designe ; for this uill certainely discover who are for us, 
 and what the state of thes countries is." He was sensible of the 
 prejudice of the want of precognitions ; " but as to us it uas 
 unavoidable; for if nothing had folloued, Duke Hamilton uold hav 
 said that they had robbed the countrie and spoiled the service ; 
 uheras nou all is under our oun veue." The precognitions 
 would only inform them whom to proceed against as absentees, 
 and some few " recetts," who Drummond was afraid would be 
 the best witnesses against themselves. He then proceeds, 
 " Your lordship knous that in our circuite all most be done 
 
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 according to lau, so tho' ue are resolved to free the country of 
 fugitivs' wives, yit it most aither be for some personall guilt, 
 or reason most aryse from the examinations, or refuseing the 
 oaths ; but ue shal ridd our selves of them, that ue are resolved. 
 But uhat to doe uith them is mor then I can guess, for I sau the 
 ansuers to the secret comitties desires, and did not doubt but 
 my brother has sent them befor nou to your lordship, and in 
 them the King, upon the concideratione of the charge, delays to 
 giv ansuer to the sending ships, by uhich ue are put to take in 
 the districts 1200 men, and knous not uher to put them. And for 
 all I can find, this countrie could spare as many and be bad 
 eneugh after all. It is the sink of the nation; for ther are, I 
 think, 1000 heritors of 10 or 12 lib. Scots, and the most 
 unreasonable brutes in the earthe. But they shal take the Test, 
 or ue shal make them if ue can ; if ue can not, ue shal remitt 
 them to the Councell's further concideration. But all of them that 
 I think uill not take the oath of aleadgeance, I shal [hav] it put 
 to them ; for thes that uill take it and refuse the Test, ue uill not 
 put it to them, becaus in apearance it uill diminish ther guilt ; 
 but this ue are to advise upon, the [oathe] of aleadgeance being 
 ane obligatione to obey the King and submitt to the goverment. 
 
 Just now is brought in by our intelligencer a list of ministers 
 neuly landed from Holland and Ireland. He says ther are as 
 many mor then the inclosed list as uill mak up about 30 in all, 
 by uhich it's evident they are not resolved to quite the business ; 
 so evry day brings in some prisoner fugitivs hear, and 
 just nou a great villan is taken in Lishmahago, who fired 
 at one of the souldiorey. So I think ue shal try uho uill 
 sitt upon a criminal, and uho not. We hav this day 
 bein classing our offenders, and as Hamilton and Argyle factions 
 did in the late rebellion, I uas content the Lord Carmichaell 
 and Sir Danell might be remitted to Edinburgh, provided Sir 
 William Lockhart uas, and it's ordered accordingly. For uhat 
 relates to Sir George I shal ansuer for it, if it be to be had hear. 
 The service your lordship has done in geting our rebells from 
 the Inglish Borders, and establishing a correspondence, is no 
 ordinary one, and I shal not forget immediately to make use of 
 it abov. I shal obey your lordship's commands to my brother, 
 and in relation to the mustermaster. 
 
 We gav no regulations to our clerks, only advised them to be 
 so moderate as no complaints might be, which they promised, 
 and as yet they hav not got one farthing. Duke Hamilton has 
 spies upon them, and ther first fault shal be taken sever nottice 
 of ; and this you may expect uher Duke Hamilton sits, the mater 
 of the country being in question. ... I am sory to hear of 
 your lordship's ill accomodation, but I hope you shal not find it 
 altogether so ill as ye fear ; becaus I hope your stay shal not be 
 so long amongst thes rogues ; for I am confident the time your 
 lordship stays uill be uors then purgatory, for the hoast uill eat 
 up the country the first night. ' ' Our stay in this place is necessary, 
 for ther uill l)e after this processes evry day, so long as ue can stay 
 from Edinburgh, and I fear ther shal be some that ue shal hardly 
 
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 get uell done, for it's to be concidered that ue hav to doe as much 
 as the Councell hes bein doing this severall years, and that in a 
 strange country. My Lord Justice Clerk is a man according to 
 my oun heart, and we neuer dissagree in a title ; and by that 
 ue uill doe uhat ue pleas, for Duke Hamilton will not oppose any 
 thing, tho' upon the maine we cannot get our selves satisfied of 
 his frankness as ue could uish. 
 
 This Proclamation for calling the heritors uas both for the 
 Test and extending the Band, for I thought it best to make it as 
 plaine as uas possible for us, and obleige them besides to renew 
 it at the Councell's command. 
 
 Geilstoun, who randeyvoused the troop in Dumbarton is 
 come in to Orbistone at my desire, but has not yet made any 
 conciderable discouery; only, he says, he told it to Kilmaheu, a 
 conciderable heritor, but cannot prov that he did : so ue shal, if 
 no better can be, putt it to his oath. 
 
 Tho' this be impertinently long, I most add to it that ther is a 
 new pair of Kigrills planted this night in the family of this 
 Archbishop, by Major Balfour his marrieing his. second daughter. 
 What occurrs shal be added tomorrow. What for sitting in the 
 hous, impertinent visites, and weating, I most go to bed at 12 
 or 1, and sun in the morning I most be up againe; which is a 
 dyatt, if I had not bein hardned to uith your lordship, I should 
 quickly hav siten up upon. 
 
 This day, being the eight at night, I hav receaved your lord- 
 ship's of the 7 from Dumfreice, and has obeyed your lordship's 
 commands therin to Duke Hamilton and my Lord Justice 
 Clerke. I hav nou got the Jurnells, and a letter signed by us 
 all, which is hear transmitted. The reason of Dumbrittons' offer 
 is ther loyalty; ther are feu men in that shire that uill not serve 
 the King really uith ther lives and fortunes. I gott Orbiston so 
 heated uith praises that he begged to be the first, and the shire 
 uith him ; and I made him keip in generall, thinking to hav 
 obleiged the rest by that example ; but Duke Hamilton kneu our 
 instructions calculate the expenses which comes for the troop to 
 3 moneths in this district, and the minimum, quod sic the 2 years 
 in our instructions the Lanrick could not be brought to go beyond, 
 and Kenfreu foUoued the example. I thought it uas good to be 
 takeing, and so prased them for so much ; but uithall told them 
 that better expressions of loyalty most follou, befor the gover- 
 ment could trust ther honesty. From what I hav said of 
 Dumbarton, it is my duety to tell your lordship that it uill be 
 most fitt that evry shire in the districts at least offer as thes hav 
 done, for otheruays it uill break all ; for thes that are uilling to 
 take the Test hear, and stand ther tryalls, uill not, I am affrayed, 
 be cordiall in this, if any other shire be eased. But I most 
 humbly ask pardon for this freedom, seing your lordship knous 
 much better then I uhat's fitt. 
 
 As for the rehnquishing former guilts, your lordship uill find 
 it their by the offer that they shall liv &c. 
 
 As for the business of the Test, I shal and most putt it to all 
 the heritors, as I hav said befor ; and so by the exact lists ue hav, 
 
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 ue shal be able to giv ane exact accompt of uhat is to be expected 
 from this countrie, and be most assured our methods are so laid 
 that we shal not leaV any thing to be afteruards done. And for 
 the eas they uill hav by the Militia, they doe not pretend to it ; 
 for ther militia brings mor rebells almost then the standing 
 forces, and they are generally resolved to root out that sort 
 of catle ; for since they are bound they uill not rediely 
 forfault ther obligations. We foUou the same rules of 
 banishing, &c. your lordship does, and has already 30 
 prisoners for plantations and hanging, of which ther are 
 13 fugitives in the printed roll, whoes names are hearuith 
 sent. Ther is said to be landed in Scotland 20 or 30 feild 
 preachers : the names of some of them I send to your lordship 
 hear inclosed. I most tell your lordship that this shire neuer 
 having bein inquired after, and ue forced to examin such mul- 
 titudes, is the most trublesome of our taske ; for uhen once ue 
 come to processes, the mater uill be easie. Yet ue hav taken the 
 shortest course, by appointing as I told befor 6 delegates, whom 
 this day ue hav appointed for to class ther delinquents that lybells 
 may be imediately reased. 
 
 No part of the day uants its particular uorke; so it uas 
 impossible for us to stir from this place, this being the 
 ennamies head quarter. Befor ue got your lordship's letter, 
 ther uas a party under Meldrum sent up to Lishmahago; 
 but nou ue hav sent a stronger party to search up to- Crauford, 
 Crauford John, and come doun by Douglass &c. Judging at 
 this time thes rogues to be in mor security, guarisones most be 
 ther befor ue go from this. I shal obey your lordship's 
 commands and burn yours. I am extreamly sory at the 
 disturbance your lordship meits uith ; but I hope it shal hav so 
 good effects that, befor I hav the honor to see your lordship, it 
 shall be forgott, tho' I am most sencible of the danger you may 
 be in. But it ought to be the prayer of all your lordship's freinds 
 not to toile your self, as the yong men uith you may doe to giv 
 you ease, being directed by your lordship from time to time, yet 
 the very countrie is such a truble that I simpathise extramely. 
 
 OC 10: 1684. 
 239. Nou my tribulation is begun, for this day I hav bein 
 fighting from the begining to the end ; but at last our materS 
 are as uell as could be expected, for if ue get not obedience ue 
 sho our authority, and that the King is not afrayed of them ; 
 for all who hav refused the Bond ue hav in prison to teach them 
 better maners. The most of them are indicted for recept and 
 converse, and them ue are resolved to send to Edinburgh to be 
 tryed ; the others, if ther be no probation, and if they aquitt them- 
 selves upon oath, we shal dishors, disarme, and put under caution 
 to compeir uhen called. Houeuer, having other shires to come 
 in to us, it was certainely fitt to be peremptor uith the first uho 
 uer disobedient, amongst which number, nou in prison, is Porter- 
 field of Douchall and Maxwell of Pollock ; so at least the King uill 
 be payed for his fynes. I am sure all of them, of whom Gernock 
 
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 is one, ought not to go lightly out of the Goverment's hand. 
 This night all the wittnesses against Douchall, for whom we sent 
 out a party, are come in ; and I hope by the nixt to giv your 
 lordship a full accompt what is in that mater ; for the fugitiv 
 himself is taken whom he harboured, and who is yet fugitiv. 
 Ther is another laird on whoes land he uas taken, who, I hear, 
 uill not take the Test ; he uill be in a fyne takeing. 
 
 I hav given accompt abov of your lordship's condition, and the 
 paines your lordship is takeing, in such a maner as my duety 
 obliges me to, and that I am sure is the most earnest and affectionate 
 I can devise. Besides sitting the whol day, I hav letters to ureat, 
 wheroff this is the ninth, for this night; but the Jurnalls are so full 
 that I neid add no mor to them. It uas fitt to extend 
 the Bond upon second thoughts, least the Councell should think 
 that the greatest part of our uork uas left undone. Your 
 lordship uill easiely judge that Duke Hamilton uold think the 
 imprisoning thes men seuere, but he is resolved he uill, after 
 having fought by the inch, to (sic) acquiess rather then to seperate 
 from us. He designed some criminalls should hav bein judged 
 for the plantations to morrou, and some for ther lives on Monday; 
 but tho' I uas content of banishing in his absence, (for he goes 
 to morrou to Hamiltone and does not return till Monday's night 
 at soonest,) yet I uold no hanging uith out him, exept he had said 
 he flatly uold not. 
 
 I hav sent your lordship Jurnells uhich are so full, that 
 your lordship, understanding our affair as you doe, neids 
 no mor : only, I think our ecliastique disorders uill be so 
 many, that it uill force us to appoint somebody to judge them, 
 that is, to inquire uho uill obleige themselves to keip the church 
 and who not. The fines of the first to hang over the heads of the 
 last to be exacted, and if they be not too numerous, to banish 
 them. This is the most hindersom instruction that could be 
 devised for this countrie, the not allouing us to judge the 
 heretors; for this country, instead of commons, has a kind of 
 mungrells of 20 or 30 Ub Scots, uhich maks them heritors. We 
 cannot judge them, but I am resolved to try them uith the oath 
 of alleadgeance pome uhat uill, so if it pleas God, one uay or other, 
 ue shal be able at least to giv a distinct accompt of the country, 
 and mor could not be expected from us. I am sure my letters 
 most neids be trublesome, but they are otheruays meant. 
 
 Postscript: — Orbiston continous most zealous, and deserves 
 great thanks. Many mor are very forduard notuithstanding the 
 stops ther are. 
 
 Dumbarton freeholders. Eenfreu shire. 
 
 Has taken the Test - - 7 Freeholders tested - 34 
 
 Not taken - - - 3 Nott tested 20 
 
 Absent, excused - - 4 Absent, excused - - 16 
 
 Absent, not excused - 2 Absent, not ex. - - 7 
 
 Ther names your lordship shal hav by the nixt, the Clerks 
 being tyred to death. 
 
 Glasgow, OC- 13 : 1684. 
 
 240. If anybody has done service in this Comisione, I am sure 
 your lordship's share is mor then double. I am extreamly glead 
 
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 to see the frankeness of thes gentlemen of Kirkubright. I uill 
 assure your lordship ue hav not met uith any such thing, a frank 
 man hear being no ordinary spectacle. Certainly your lordship 
 neids make no appollogie for your letter, for the truth of its con- 
 tents is very evident by your success which certainely is not so 
 much to be ascryued to any thing as to your lordship's influence. 
 For us, all ue can pretend to is only to giv a true report of what 
 ue find, and that ue shal, if it pleas God, be able to doe. 
 
 This day's minutes uill sho your lordship hou ue proceed 
 uith the irregular. I am sure if our example be folloued 
 by thes uho stay as Magistrates in this country after us, ue shal 
 see fanaticisme as great a monster as the Einoceros ; but if any 
 methods contrary or mor indulgent follow, all uill be irreparably 
 lost. Duke Hamilton is not yet retm^ned, tho' his servants say 
 he uill be hear tomorrou ; 1 am doubtfull of it. The heritors of 
 Sterling shyre are to come in, and after them the smal heritors, 
 who are indeed the ruine of this shire, for they are a number of 
 lauless rogues, who acknouledge no authority, and put me 
 extreamly in mynd of the Inglish fermers. . We shal kno how 
 evry one of them is inclined. As for thes who stand out, we hav 
 bein so luckie as to find crimes of a high nature against them 
 uho are most conciderablc amongst them, especially that they 
 contribute to the late Earl of Argyle ; at least that it uas proposed 
 to them, and they did not discover it. In thes circumstances are 
 Coninghames of Craigends, yonger and older, Houstoun of 
 Johnstoun, Greinoch, and some we suspect who are not yet 
 examined. 
 
 My Lord Justice Gierke and I thought it fitt that Douchall 
 should get his lybell, to sho that ue are in earnest for recept, 
 especially to sho Lanerick and Stirling ther hazard ; but ue 
 most ask your lordship's opinione befor ue proceed, for since 
 Sesnock's uittnesses ther's no trusting to what any of thes 
 people say. The Depositions seim to be cleir ; but ue 
 most not, by our instructions, giv sentence against any heritor, 
 which uas ane instructione I confess I uas surprised uith, for I did 
 not remember it. Now the Councell is not to sitt befor Nouember, 
 and if ue giv not sentence, we cannot doe it at Edinburgh, our 
 district not extending to it, but most return, and that I am 
 affrayed uill not be ; so' ue think it best to remitt all thes pro- 
 cesses to Edinburgh, for if the King intend to proceed against the 
 heritors for cbnverss and recept of rebells, all are guilty ; and at 
 Edinburgh he may choise out to punish whom he pleases, all 
 being bound ouer to that place or sent in prisoners. If ue wer to 
 inquire into all the informations come to our hands, ther uold 
 be uork for a dihgent judge for tueluemoniths, so guilty all this 
 country is ; therfor I am hopefull impossibilitys uill not be 
 expected. The gross of commons ue shal judge by 
 our selves, or by the ordinary judges, to whom for security 
 ue uill giv assessors. This day ue hav shoun them some 
 example by judgeing the faulty of this place. . 
 
 I shal take care that, in so farr as I can, what paines your 
 lordship has bein att should be concldered as it ought, and I am 
 
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 sure if the King be resolved to banish thes principalis, this is the 
 uay to doe it, if uhat follous ansuer the begining. Since I 
 wrot what is abov, ther is come to me tuo Comissions from tuo 
 of our prisoners — the first is from the Laird of Douchall, who I 
 find, upon the receaving of his inditement, is extreamly allarmed, 
 and wold gleadly throu himself upon the King's mercy, if he 
 could hav any assurance that something could be preserved to 
 his family and his life saued. Blackhal's nepheu is his grand- 
 child, and to succeed him, so Blackball is nou extreamly 
 concerned for him. I uold giv no ansuer nor condecend to a 
 delay of his tryall, least that might hav made others beleiv it uas 
 not in earnest ; but I begg of your lordship to knou if it may not 
 be better to take a confession from him, and giv him sume 
 assurance, for he is content to be confyned dureing life to any 
 place, paroash or country. This, in my opinions, concidering 
 the depositions, and the fickleness of this country wittnesses, 
 might not be the worst ; and the method I uold hav it in wold be, 
 upon the day of tryall, a judiciall confession at the barr, and 
 coming in the King's mercy. This, uith the other affair I am to 
 mentione, uill require the speidiest ansuer that can be. The 
 other Comission uas from Maxuell of Pollock, who is guilty of 
 recett and converse, as all in this country are. He is content to 
 bind himself to leav the King's dominions, and not to return 
 uithout leav; to put his Esteat in men's hands of unquestioned 
 loyalty, and, in the time of his being abroad, to find caution not 
 to doe any thing prejudiciall to the King or his Goverment ; 
 over and abov all which he is content to pay a fyne, and for that 
 offers 10,000 Ub, but I think uold be glead to come of for 20,000 
 lib. If your lordship be for this, it can be done hear ; if not, it 
 can be remitted to Edinburgh, as ye pleas. I jnost again begg 
 for a speedy ansuer, for such examples may be of consequense; 
 and if the King fyne all in ther circumstances proportionally, he 
 may hav 20,000 lib. Sterling from this country . . . 
 
 Glasgou, Oc' 14: [16] 84. 
 241. Tho' I hav litle mor to say then what I .urot 
 yesternight, I could not lett any occation pass uithout paying 
 the duety I oue to your lordship, and to sho you hou our 
 maters stand hear. This day the shyre of Stirling apeared, to 
 whom I made the smoothest discours I could, holding out the 
 deseases of the times and the resolution of the Goverment, and 
 shoeing the differences that most neids be made betuixt thes who 
 frankly concurr and the backuard or guilty. I told them that I 
 looked on them very differently, one party being honest and who 
 aluays had bein so, and another that at no time had favored 
 the Goverment, &c., they went to ther melting. A coppie of 
 what the other shyres had signed uas giuen to my Lord 
 Elphinstoun to direct them in ther offers, but after he had 
 dispatched most of this day's business, instead of ane ansuer, Alva 
 cam from ther meiting to desire till tomorrou morning, which uas 
 granted them. At night they brought in ane offer in most 
 impertinent terms, standing to ther innocence, &c., uondering 
 
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 hou they came to be ranked uith other shu'es disa£fected &c. 
 This ue gav them up (for it uas not signed) to reconcider, and 
 with all told them ue uold not receed from the Bond, for the peace 
 as it uas conceaved ; but as for the mony ue demanded non (as 
 they uold insinuat), but left that to them to concider of. 
 
 Duke Hamilton has bein a litle this day upon his palliating, but it 
 uill not doe, tho' I apprehend Sir George Lockhart's comeing hav 
 no good effect uj)on him or this shire, for ue are resolved the mor 
 obstinate they are the mor stiff ue uill be ; and the good effects of 
 that kind of procedor is evident from what passed this day with 
 the smaler heritors of Kenfrue, who being mor then 300, as I 
 could guess, the rolls not being yet called, ue, after having spock 
 to them, ordered the Sheriff Deput and Clerk of that shire to 
 convein them, and to put the Bond to them and the Test, and to 
 class them and bring them back to us. When they came, it 
 uas thought fitt to thanke all who had taken the Bond and Test, 
 to assure them of the countinance and protection of the Gover- 
 ment, and to giv them leav to go home. But of such as had 
 refused, six of the most obstinate had summons deliuered in ther 
 hands at the Barr, and the oath of alleadgens offered to them, and 
 they by good luck refused it. So the guard uas called to carie them 
 auay, uhen ther rose a murmure amongst the rest to see if they 
 could be alloued to take the Bond and Test tomorou, which uas 
 granted, and they apointed to meit as they did this day ; and in 
 the meantime that non of them should depart the toun upon ther 
 highest perill, and our six blades sent to limbo befor them. My 
 Lord Justice Clerk and I are at one, so I hope the Duke Hamilton 
 uill not oppose ; if he doe, it uill be in vaine, and that I think 
 has caried him over severall things he uas not much inclined 
 to . . . 
 
 Glasgou, 15 Oc': 1684. 
 10 at night. 
 242. "This afternoon I received your lordship's of the 13 
 Oc'' from Kirkubright, and am not a litle trubled that the offers 
 hear should hav done hurt, for ue accepted of no less then our 
 instructions." That these were not plainer was not his fault. 
 He had frequently insisted upon a determination of what they 
 should accept. If there had been a rule the thing would have 
 been more uniform, "tho' I doe not find that ever this shire uold 
 hav come the lenth of the Kirkubright offer upon any terms, tho' 
 I doe think ther guilt, mor a greatt deall." The acceptance of it 
 will be a fit consideration for Edinburgh. He will say no more 
 of this, as, by a full report, it will be seen how this country is 
 affected, " and that I judge my only uork, for I hav not any 
 influence att all, nor any thing to persuade them uith, except the 
 king's authority, which hear is not in use to go farr. Iff I had 
 thought that ours had bein ane ill example to Aire, I had 
 endeavoured to be last, but I took so great nottice of what uas 
 our immediate concern that I took no care of what I knew in 
 better hands ther ; and I am confident they uill not suffer the 
 king's service to suffer for that. 
 
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 "It's not easy to imagine what the difficulty s are ue both 
 finde'and made, for we by our instructions are bound up from 
 sentenceing heritors, and this whole country consists of a sort of 
 mungrell currs, half heritor, half common, and whole brute ; so 
 ther most [be] hundreds that might hav bein judged upon the place 
 [to] be remitted to Edinburgh, and of great heritors all who hav not 
 given us satisfaetione ; this stop ue gav our selves. Thes ue 
 find are innumerable as the rogues ue hav to deal uith, and ather 
 Scotland is in ane ill conditione, or ue hav mor disorders then 
 any tuo districts besides. I for sau from the first day that the 
 first method uas the only one to setle this country, a Livt. 
 uho wold receid and make it his business ; and I uill say if our 
 methods be as honestly folloued for a short time, ther uill be no 
 fanatiques in this country, notuithstanding all. And, my Lord, 
 I shal make bold tq tell your lordship that the security of this 
 country does not consist so much in the men they uill mentaine, 
 as in ther uillingness to concurr uith the Goverment in applying 
 the lau, and the obleigeing themselves to liv orderly, to take the 
 Sacrament, and declair all they kno that may prejudge the 
 Goverment ; which so many as obleige them selves makes it ther 
 oun concern to doe, as is evident by the numbers of recetts and 
 fugitives brought in, or who come in to be relaxed, no body 
 daring to converse uith them or harbor them. My Lord, I dare 
 say I can giv your lordship so reasonable ane accompt of our 
 procedor hear as your lordship shal hav no reason to blame my 
 Lord Justice Clerk or me ; for the rest, I naither can nor dare 
 ansuer. I am sory that your lordship is not to be at 
 Edinburgh in November, for if speedy measures be not taken 
 to secure uhat's wone, andhou to punish the obstinate, all uill go 
 uorse then befor ; for I hav a prosj)ect of no less then 500 
 heritors, who uill naither offer to bind for the peace, nor take 
 the Test, and to suffer ther contumacie is of bad example to 
 others. . . . 
 
 " I shal be mostuilling, uithout grudgeingmy paines, to come to 
 Sanquhar, or any other place may be mor convenient for your 
 lordship, for I most doe myself the honor to kiss your lordship's 
 hands, and having no lodgeing at Edinburgh, it uill be incon- 
 venient for me to stay long ther. Besides I am affrayed my 
 Lord Morray uill not take it uell I should stay too long, and that 
 uithout any excuse." The worst of all is the winter. If his 
 lordship would therefore name time and place, he would keep it. 
 " Wer it not for the uncertainety of our affairs hear, I assure 
 your lordship, I had or should see your lordship upon the Circuite, 
 that I might partake of your distress. For I uill assure your 
 lordship, all our lodgeing, quarter, state, and convenience make 
 not up the thousand part of the toile; and, if I had not preferred 
 the King's service to my convenience, I had been at Londone, 
 with the permission of God, at mor ease then this place afords. 
 I shal tell your lordship at melting some things that will import 
 much to the King's service, to which I hav dedicate myself. . ." 
 
 Postscript:-^" The Heritors of Lanerick uold not so much as 
 meit this afternoon to signe the Bond for the irregularitys." 
 
188 
 
 Glasgou, Oc'- 18: [16] 84. 
 
 248. I confess your lordship has had no pleasant time, and 
 I uas affrayed at reading of your letter for the truble ye hav 
 sustained, especially the dangers of the waters. For your frends' 
 sake take care of your self, for this kind of uork is not for your 
 lordship to hold up uith. I cannot for all this be sory that your 
 lordship made the jurney, for I am sure it's uorth the whyle to 
 the Croun, for the things done and offered are very conciderable ; 
 and in that your lordship has bein hapie, for it is not so els 
 wher, and ther are mor hundreds of criminalls hear then your 
 lordship had single ones ther, so vastly ill looked after this 
 country has [been] , and yet I am not affrayed but we shal giv a 
 good accompt of our affair. 
 
 Duke Hamilton and I keep'd aluays fair till this day, for 
 I uas aluays so positiv in my opiniones that he opposed 
 but , faintly, tho' he debeated evry inch ; but this day 
 touched his copie hold a litle mor, for the feuars of Evandale 
 came to be concidered. They uer about 8 score, 50 absent, 
 60 refusers of Bond and Test ; 17 taking the Test uer woemen 
 and minors &c. Fifty absents uer so many, that I proposed 
 putting in executione our instruction of fineing them, and sending 
 the Dragoons to eat up the fines. Duke Hamilton, imagineing 
 that some of them uer his tenents, besides ther smal feus, uas 
 against quartering on them selves, but on ther tenents, a pro- 
 positione most unfitt for our purpose ; so ue scoulded bravly. I 
 aluays apealed to my Lord Justice Gierke, uho uas of my 
 opinione, and at last uhen he could not mend himself, ue found 
 that he had no tenent amongst them. He bragged of the service 
 he had done, and I uill appeal to my Lord Justice Gierke, if, since 
 ue fell to our great uork, he has not opposed evry thing less or 
 mor. I hav a thousand stories^ to tell your lordship that shous 
 the unalterableness of this mater, as I told him severall times 
 freely eneugh. As to Wallace, I kno him no further then they 
 call him Wallace, and that some of the taxmen last year said he 
 uas qualified ; and if he be a rogue, lett him hav the fate of one, 
 and be hanged as he deserves ; for I recomend non to any place 
 of trust but such as the persons concerned are satisfied uith ; 
 and I uill ansuer for no body but my self, for ther are many 
 knaves abroad in the world, and he is a hapie man esceips them 
 less or mor. 
 
 But nou it's time for me to giv some accompt of our 
 affairs. For the great work, I leav your lordship to our Jurnalls 
 and the Gecet. I hav this day given orders to begin, by which I 
 shal shou the state of thes countries, so as I dare say it uill hav 
 something of labor in it. Douchall apeared at the Bar, and the 
 dyatt uas continoued till Uedensday, at which time I shal man- 
 age it so as his esteat shal be the King's, or it shal be remitted to 
 Edinburgh. No soul but Golingtone knous my mynd. For 
 Duke Hamilton, I trust him not in thes maters, for they go to 
 advise uith him in al things. This night Poog Maxwell's Esteat 
 is at the King's dispose, for I managed the mater so with 
 Blackball that I made him beleiu that Pobg uold- be hanged. 
 
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 The man uas terribly amazed and frighted. The story uold be 
 too long, but the short of it is I caused call him this night, 
 Duke Hamilton being gone to Hamiltone, and ther gav him 
 assurance of life, and questioned him upon his recept ; and he 
 confessed it uith that joy that I never saw mortall in greater, 
 and uas so fond of the King's letter allouing our procedor that 
 he read it most attentivly himself, and fell on rallieing and 
 laughing. A man to hav got ane esteat might hav bein merry, but 
 to lose so good ane esteat uas no caus of much joy. The con- 
 fession is full, and ue resolve to proceed to sentence, and then to 
 delay pronouncing (after ue find the thing prouen), till ue come 
 to Edinburgh, that the Councell mention the quota, for that's 
 according to our instructions, and it's good to make things sure, 
 and not to lose time neidlesly. 
 
 This countrie lyes at the King's mercy, and I uill assure 
 your lordship, he may take from them what he pleases, 
 and ruine of the obstinate heritors is absulately nesessary. 
 I find the Commons hear, except upon Duke Hamilton's 
 lands in Evandale, and Lesmahago, Cranford, &c., and ther 
 abouts, not unguideable : but they hav bein absulately 
 neglected ; and tho' at this time ther is such terror upon them 
 that ther is no thing they uill not doe, yet it most not cease hear ; 
 for the constant observing hou thes uho are bound perform ther 
 part is the thing nesessary, and that most not be trusted to any man 
 uho is affrayed to lay his oun esteat waste. I had al most bein 
 tricked this day, but I found it out in time, as I shal tel your 
 lordship in time. It is not proper hear, tho' it relates to this 
 mater, but it confirms me mor that non of this country are to be 
 trusted. I am hopefull not to leav one hundreth persons of all 
 ranks in this country who uill not keij) the Church, and for 
 whom ther is not bond or obligation, except whom ue leav in the 
 prisons ; and thes uill consist most of the cursed smal heritors, who 
 are the ruine of this countrie, and it uill be fitt that they be the 
 first part of our 300 for the plantations. For my life I can doe no 
 mor, and I am seldom mistaken of the events of things hear. I 
 begin to kno this perverse humor so uell, and I think all hear 
 uill bear me uitness, I doe not dallie in any thing. If any 
 thing go uronge, it uill be pure uant of discretion and 
 judgement, not of wilUngness ; and my Lord Justice Clerke 
 and I hav never differed in any point, tho' some times 
 he has thought me stout enough, as your lordship uill see 
 in the end ; and yet I hope all shal go uell ; if not, I am sure 
 we lose much true trauell, for I am in the hous uith the rest 
 from 8 in the morning till one, and from three to 8, and from 
 that to 12, aither ureating, ordering, or uhich is a greater torment 
 then any, hearing impertinent stories, and receaving visites, and 
 that keips me one hour befor ue go to the hous, and one hour 
 after ue come from it. 
 
 Your lordship, I hope, befor this come to your hands, 
 uill hav mor time to pitty us uho are behind in the mn-e ; 
 and I am sure if the King take other measures ue are 
 in a fine takeing : but as I shal endeavour to follou so good a 
 
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 patern in other things, I am resolved in this to follou your lord- 
 ship's example, and be found in my duety, and pushing the inter- 
 est of the Croun, be the euent uhat it uill ; and I can neauer think 
 that the King uill be persuaded to advance the interest of thes 
 uhos designe it is to extirpate his family and monarchy uith it. 
 But this is such a crisis that the King most doe some extraordin- 
 ary thing for Presbitery, or it's undon for ever. The people are so 
 affrayed of us, that thes whom for terror ue declared fugitives, no 
 touns man uill lett ther goods stand in his hous, and they come 
 running to the Courts, tho' they are sure to be laid by the heils 
 uhen they come. But it's litle less then treason to think that 
 the King can mak any so great change at this time, and therfor I 
 laugh at it. I forgott to tell your lordship that it uas impossible 
 to get probation against Poog ; and tho' Douchall and his brother 
 uer together befor ane hundreth uittnesses, its so hard to proue 
 it, that one uold uonder at it. But a letter of this leinth is so im- 
 pertinent that I shal not add any thing to it ; and tho' I hav many 
 things to say, I shal referr all to the minutes, and my self to your 
 lordship's goodness, whoes protection I begg. Tho' I uas going 
 to end hear, yit I most say your lordship's neus of my Lord 
 Drumlanerig is so uelcom to me, that I most rejoise uith you at 
 it, and hav sent him my oun hearty approbatione. 
 
 Postscript : — Some speidy course most be taken, uith thes 
 shires, for ue uill leav multitudes in prison or spoile all. 
 
 My Lord Hamilton uill not take the Bond himself till he come 
 to Edinburgh to see what your lordship does. But I took it as 
 ane heritor of Monkland, lest he had given me for his patern. 
 Ther are remitted to Edinburgh Sir George and Sir William 
 Lockharts, my Lord and Sir Dan : Carmichaells and Forfar. 
 This day the Duke turned solicitor for Scelmorly and his 
 Chamberlane, whom we imprisoned yesternight. This is the 
 assistance he gives, and thinks becaus he does not stoutly opose 
 evry thing that he does wonders. 
 
 Glasgou, 20 Oc^: [16] 84. 
 Ten at night. 
 244. Just nou I reeeaved your lordship's of the 18 Ocr. 
 and am extreamly rejoysed to find that your lordship keips your 
 healthe so uell, after so tedious and so inconvenient a jurney, 
 which I think a kinde of marterdoom for your loyalty ; yet God be 
 thanked, it's worthe the paines ; and, since your lordship is uell 
 after, it is very uell ouer. I shal obey your lordship's commands 
 in all things ; and in the first place, thes contained in this letter I 
 reeeaved last from your lordship. Indeid it uas mater of great 
 uonder to me to find our affairs so concidered abov, as that they 
 uold not bestou the charge of transporting our disturbers. It's 
 impossible to secure this country uithout many poeple be trans- 
 ported, especially the smal heritors, who acknouledg no superior 
 on earth, and it's a question if they doe in heaven ; but I am of 
 opinione, if we had our 300 out of them, this mater uold be 
 brought some lenith hear. I am sure, it's most evident that the 
 persons of quality hav bein to blame for this mater ; for nou 
 
191 
 
 uhen Duke Hamilton appears to joyne uith us, ue meit not uith 
 the least resistance from the commons, except in places uher the 
 jest has bein caried on too farr, and that is mainely in his Grace's 
 oun lands, or amongst his nearest neighbours. I most tell your 
 lordship, that at the begining I uas forced to carie very even 
 uith him ; for I found all the heritors run to him for councell, and 
 if he had gon wrong, it might hav put us upon thes violent 
 courses that at this juncture of affairs had not bein proper ; but 
 since the uorst uas over, ue hav not so uell agreed ; for tho' I uas 
 firme from the begining, yet I menaged and took time. But nou 
 I am mor indifferent, and so tells him parts of the truth that are 
 not pleasing to him, as he sticks not to tell uhen I am not 
 present ; as for instance, last day, (after he had sent a minister 
 that desired a Churche from him, that had formerly the promis of 
 advancement from His Grace, to me to get a favor, 
 seing, as the Duke said the minister's aime uas only 
 to pleys me,) he fell upon the Bishop^ and told him 
 his ministers uer unreasonable men, for they had given up 
 800 irregular people in one paroash. The A. Bishop ansuered, 
 (as I had upon that same subject befor,) that he uas indeid 
 unreasonable, but it uas for giving up so feu, seing of 2,500 
 persons, the minister could not say he had abov 100 at one time 
 in his church. 
 
 But to leav this : yesternight I had informatione of a 
 Conventicle upon the borders of Crauford. I sent to the 
 Duke, to my Lord Duke Hamilton, to tell him that I heard, and 
 sent him the double of thie informatione from your lordship's 
 servant, and uith all something by uay of admonitione, as that 
 this being upon his land, said to be 400 armed men, it uas a 
 scandall to him, and a reproach to all the neighbouring heritors, 
 and told him that as Sheriff he ought to eas the country, and to 
 foUou after them ; and uith all, that so soon as I got certaine 
 informatione, I uas resolved to go myself in to se that country 
 used as it became the King's authority ; that in the mean time, 
 ue had dispatched a party of 24 hors and 30 Dragoons, to bring 
 in all the bordering heritors and suspect persons, and to disarme 
 the adjacent paroashes. His Grace's ansuer I hav sent inclosed. 
 I am hopefull ue shal get some accompt if any such thing has 
 bein. As for what is done hear, your lordship has too favorable 
 ane opinione of our cariage ; but I can say my Lord Justice 
 Gierke nor I could doe no mor, and I am sure had others bein as 
 zealous, things, as to the mony, uold hav gon better. But that I 
 am confident may aluays be helped ; for befor the expireing of 
 thes tuo years granted, they uill not scruple, if required, to 
 continou it as much longer as the Goverment shal require ; for 
 to hav bein free of other ingadgements, they uold most uiUingly 
 sacrifise ther purses, but that uold not doe ther turn hear. 
 Besides Duke Hamilton uas sticking that any should be given, 
 and urged the Acts of Parliament so vehemently, that ue durst 
 neuer dounright propose Sess, but only lett them offer, and as 
 soon as ue got them the lenth of our instructions, having so 
 much, and so ticklish uork behind, it uas not in our opinione fitt 
 
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 to press further ; besides that at that time ther uas no such offer 
 made by the rest. But I shal leav this till I hav the honor to uait 
 upon your lordship and informe you mor fully of the hazard of 
 this country's turning restiv upon our hands. As for our stay 
 hear, it uill be to no earthly purpos after ue hav once gone over 
 all, for the terms we leav maters in, shal be so cleir that no man 
 of sence and honesty can mistake the way. 
 
 In the first place, all the heritors shal aither have taken the 
 Bond and Test, the Bond and refused the Test, or refused both 
 Bond and Test, or be absent. All the probatione that is to be 
 expected, is aither from the country, or oaths of party. 
 
 All the probatione that can be expected from the country is 
 come in, both by the delegate judges ther examinations, and by 
 what has bein taken since ue came. Therfor, such as hav taken 
 Bond and Test, tho' ue hav given them no insinouation of 
 assurance, yet ue hav not, nor indeid uas it adviseable, to persue 
 any of them hear, for it uold hav made the Country sitting up 
 upon us. 
 
 Such as hav refused Bond and Test, if ther be any probation 
 against them, we shal put them under cautione, and remitt them 
 to Edinburgh, or send them prisoners. If ther be no probatione, 
 we shal referr the libell to ther oaths ; and finding them guilty, 
 if they be conciderable, ue shal referr the sentence till some 
 time in November, that we get the Councill's or Secret Comitty's 
 advice. If they free themselves, ue shal put the oath of 
 aleadgeance to them, reading the assertione of the King's 
 prerogativ befor them, to sho them that is the authority 
 mentioned in the Act of Parliament, and conforme wherto the 
 Oath of Aledgeance is made. If they refuse it, they go to the 
 Plantations ; if they take it, yit they shall be dishorsed, 
 disarmed, and under caution to appear at Edinburgh, &c. Such 
 as refuse the Test, in the same maner as to the aleadgeance. 
 The absents aither fyned or denunced. The commons, whoes 
 names we hav all got in, and the lists of the delinquents, shal 
 all be judged, and aither bound to be regular, and the fines lying 
 ouer ther heads, or in prison for the Plantations, or absent and 
 fined. 
 • So your lordship may easiely see hou this mater is to be 
 folloued out, for they most begin uith our absents and fugitives, 
 of which all ue made uas for terror ; and ue uill extract non, for 
 fear of neidless fileing the country uith intercomoners, but leav 
 them to be mannaged by thes coms after us, whoes instructions 
 can be made so cleir, that they cannot go urong ; for nou ther's 
 nothing almost can fall out that is not foresein, and as such, the 
 main thing is to see hou the heritors performe uhat they are 
 bound to, which most at the begining be strictly looked to ; and 
 besides, for the better doing of what they [sic] 1 hav promised, I 
 hav some thoughts of a proclamatione, forbiding any. to accept of 
 aither tenent or servant put o& any man's land for irregularity, 
 except they be such penitents as uill find sufficient security to 
 liv orderly in time coming ; and for that effect to order a forme 
 of testimoniall. But not having yet spocken of it to my Lord 
 Justice Gierke, I shal say no mor of it at this time. 
 
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 It's a uonder to see hou many off thes, who uee thought the 
 most stuborn, comply ; for they say they neuer saw any thing 
 lyke earnest before : and if the Groverment be in earnest, not 
 to lett one laugh at another, they uill not stand out. And 
 indeid, I find the gentlemen are going in in earnest to uork uith 
 the tenents ; and I am confident all shal be uell, and that methods 
 may be proposed to find what may be better after us then any 
 single persone, namely a Comissione of honest men to sitt 
 hear, officers and others, for I am affrayed evry body uill not be 
 proof of the arguments this country uses, and therfor 3 or 4 are 
 more to be trusted then one, and uill be bolder. But this your 
 lordship has time to think upon at leasure, tho' I am sure the 
 sooner it be thought upon the better. 
 
 After what I hav said, ther is no mor room for generall accompts, 
 nor any nesessity for us to be hear ; for ue shal be once ouer all 
 this country's delinquencies. But to judge evry great heritor is not 
 fitt for us, and the absents, uho uer only cited for withdrauing, is 
 not north our stay : and I hope all things els shal be done, and the 
 King something the richer if he pleas to take what ue shal put in 
 his pouer, or bring to the Councell, that they may doe it ; for 
 Polock Maxuell, Craigends, yonger and older, Houstoun of Johns- 
 toun, Greinock, and one other whos name I remember not, are 
 already at the ILing's mercy as to ther fortunes, and Douchal's 
 esteat, I am hopeful!, is in no better conditione. Blackball has 
 bein hear just nou comending Poog's (I kno not hou to spel his 
 name, and so does it seuerall uays by mistake) ingenuity, and I 
 told him, I loked on him, as on most west country men of his 
 opinions, to be most disingenous ; he should otheruays hav bein 
 a materiall wittness against Douchall. But the thing I am 
 resolved on is a knack I thought on this morning. If Douchall 
 after reiding his inditement confess, well; if he stand his 
 tryall, as I told your lordship, ue uill not insist, tho' it's uhat no 
 soul knous; but ue uill desert that dyatt, and in the room giv him 
 a new inditement by a herauld and trumpett, to shou the poeple 
 that ue are not to leav him, as other uays they might judge, and 
 so think all had bein a bragg, and no mor : and this my Lord 
 Justice Gierke lykes very uell, and he being one of that Court, the 
 inditement can hav all the formality s, for it's too good a fortune 
 to hazard upon a rash tryall. 
 
 Your lordship sees by this, I shal not go from this till all 
 that's possible at this time be done. 
 
 Tho' Stirling begun rughly, they ended in intire submissione : 
 and if your lordship hav concidered the Bond taken by all, it 
 has mor then the penaltys contained in the Acts of Parliament, 
 for it is under the pains and penaltys due to such crimes as 
 they shal connive at, and that appears pritty fair if execute 
 against them. 
 
 As for my going, your lordship may command what ye think 
 fitt, and most for the King's service, or for your lordship's, 
 which I shal aluays look on as the thing nixt dear to me 
 to the King's and Duke's interest, and aluays in publick 
 tnaters to be joyned uith them from whom you ar unseperable ; 
 
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 and in private things my heart is not mor dear to me, and if 
 euer I hav any occatione, your lordship shal find hou much I 
 think my self bound and obliged to you, and hou unseperable 
 I shal be to your interest and that of your family . . . 
 
 Postscript : — I hav all the tools I can find in the mater to fish 
 intelligence, and I assure your lordship, shal not conceal uhat 
 I finde. Orbistone has done all he could at this time, and is to go 
 to your lordship immediately after Douchal's tryall, as he tells me. 
 
 Glasgow, 22 Opr. : [16] 84. 
 245. Thes days are so' truble some, and the nights so short, 
 all I hav not being abov 7 hours free of the most trublesome 
 business, that I am at last lyke to sitt up ; that is, my body plays 
 the jade to my inelinatione ; so, in short, I am not uell, being 
 forced to speak for seuerall hours together. All our affairs go 
 uell, and we hav still some smatterings of opositione, uhilst 
 things are doing, but that is so soon oueruled that it's not uorthe 
 the while to tell it. This day our affairs go uell, for in the first 
 place, all the smale heritors of Stirling hav signed the Bond and 
 Test, and ther nomber is mor then 500 ; the delinquents of that 
 shire for irregularity hav all bund them selves for the future to 
 liv orderly and to keip ther paroash churches. The absents, 
 becaus it is a generall head, are not yet ordered, tho' I kno 
 hou it uill be. But it uill be time when it's ordered to lett your 
 lordship kno. All who hav refused the Bond and Test are not 
 300 of all, and I am confident, befor our persutes be ouer, they 
 uill not be one hundreth. 
 
 We ar nou wpon iDrocesses, that being our last uork, 
 save leaving the absents by Comissione to be persued, and 
 ther fynes levied. In our processes ue hav good luck, 
 for this day has secured the King Maxuell of Pollok's esteat by 
 sentence, at least uhat the King pleases of it ; not by sentence, 
 for that our instructions barred, much to the prejudice of our 
 procedor ; but in a process ue found the lybell relevant and prouen, 
 and according to our instructions, hav continoued the nomination 
 of the punishment to Edinburgh, that ue may consult uith the 
 Councell. Ue had mor difficulty hou to manage Douchal's pro- 
 cess, it being criminall ; but ue got it uell by keiping our inten- 
 tions most secret, for I neuer told any but my Lord Justice 
 Clerk ; so they, not knouing but ue uer immediately to proceed, 
 wer contented to doe any thing. So he has confessed all judicially, 
 and we hav continoued the dyet to the third Monday of Novem- 
 ber at Edinburgh. This had many difficultys in it by reason of 
 our instructions, but all's as it ought to be, secure to a title. 
 This afternoon Craigends, old and yong, and 13 heritors smal 
 and great mor, are brought into the King's mercy as to ther for- 
 tunes, or hav refused the oath of aledgeance, and are to be 
 banished. Non of all who hav refused both Bond and Test 
 are lyke to escape our libells and the interrogators we put ; 
 but interrogateing hear is a particular art, not to be learned 
 any uher els. 
 
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 Our Jurnalls are so full, and I so indisposed, that I am 
 forced to cutt many things short, especially seing we, (by 
 God's assistance,) are to be in the Hous tomorrou at 7 
 in the morning uith a resolution to sitt till 10 at night. This 
 day tuo rogues uer condemned to be hanged upon Fryday ; and 
 Duke Hamilton sate, notwithstanding of his first resolutions, 
 for he is resolved in evry thing to sitt still, and that maks me 
 judge he has better advice then ordinar ; for I am sure he uas 
 neuer so hemmed in, and yet he is quiet. Orbistone is the carier 
 of this, who has bein most zealous in our affairs hear, and 
 deserues much kindness at the Goverment's hands. I shall giv 
 your lordship a fuller accompt at melting, for I kno you are not 
 to take any measures shortly. I hav promised to say much for 
 him, and I incline to doe it, but kno to (sic) that a man has done 
 his duety faithfully and zealously contains all. I am hopefull to 
 . be from this against Saturday or Monday at farthest, if it pleas 
 God ; and that ue shal make a good accompt of our worke hear, 
 and sho reasons eneugh to satisfie our reasons upon evry part of 
 our procedor, and to sho evidently hou this matter for the future 
 may be kept in all imagineable order ; but it requires some speedy 
 ouersight, which I kno uill not be uanting. You uold pitty me to see 
 me ; and therefor, I hope, uill excuse this letter [being] much 
 shorter then I intended it. My nixt, I hope, shal bear the finall 
 determination of our maters hear ; if it doe not, it shal not be 
 my fault. 
 
 Postscript : — The whole disorders hear are in Duke Hamilton's 
 lands, and it uill be found ther has bein no diligence in his 
 regality till nou. Our Bond is most fitt for that purpose, as your 
 lordship shal see. 
 
 My Lord, I most informe your lordship that the Laird of 
 Orbistone, who as I said has deserved-extreamly uell, has affairs 
 at Edinburgh, uhich, if your lordship be not ther, it uill be great 
 justice to recommend to such as are concerned in the Goverment ; 
 for really men that uill hazard ought to be much differenced, 
 and, if such as he be not supported, he most quite the countrie, 
 for the people, who are fanatique, uold supp him in broath. 
 
 [In a letter also from Glasgow, dated 25th October: 1684, 
 Drummpnd writes — Yesterday he received Queensberry's letter. 
 He had already sent out all the necessary parties. "As for 
 sending a party to ly in that countrie, it uill doe better from the 
 generall then us, whatever accident hapen ; for he has foretold 
 me that they could not ly uell in any place ther about. I shal 
 go near to convince your lordship that ther is litle neid of altering 
 any measure taken hear; and for ther Sess it's better then the 
 highlanders. I hav done all in my pouer to get intelligence, but 
 thes persons I aimed at are out of our reach further then is 
 already known. Besides the poeple are so used to depone, that 
 it's impossible, except men name the uery actione and name, it's 
 impossible to persuade them to tell any thing we have don ; and 
 that with so stedie sentences that ue shal be able to giv a good 
 accompt of this countrie. And as for the Sess that Airshire has 
 bound themselves for, I uill be bold to say he uill hav litle skill 
 
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 corns hear nixt, if he cannot double ther offer, if the King require 
 it." He will not go from Edinburgh till Queensberry is there. . 
 " Our Jurnalls are hear inclosed, and they are the' last I hope to 
 signe in such a comissione, I having bein mor then ordinary 
 tormented uith it. I shal from Edinburgh, so long as your lord- 
 ship is in the countrie, giv you constant accompt of things." In 
 a postscript to this letter, Drummond adds — -Their clerks were so 
 tired out of all their wits that it was impossible to get the Minutes 
 till they were at Edinburgh, whither they must fly for their own 
 defence. "For tho' ue contrived not to sentence any till the last 
 day, yet ue are so confounded uith solicitations that ue most fly 
 for ue hav not missed to reach any uho has refused Bond and 
 Test, but ther esteats are in the King's pouer, or ther persons 
 senenced to the plantations."] 
 
 [No date. c. October : 1684.] 
 246. The bearer has bein examined in this place, being 
 apprehended by one of our partys, so it's not his fault that he uas 
 not uith your lordship before nou. I hav sent your lordship 
 the copie of his depositione, and doe assure your lordship ther's 
 no fault in this occatione in us, for ue can doe no mor, they being 
 so intirely dissipate that ther's no vestige of them, and all thes 
 who sau them are in fear of ther lives. Thes men are true 
 Bandittys, and if ther be not some universall course, they uill 
 not be found. All that can be done by us uil be ended this 
 night, but to doe this affair thoroughly requires mor time then is 
 alloued to us, but I hope all is better then it uas . . . 
 
 Postscript : — The bearer uil tell you the kindness the Whighs 
 has for your lordship, which is no ill argument of your lordship's 
 zeal in the King's service. 
 
 Copy Dep)osition : — ' Wm. Wilsone in Wanlockhead, in the paroch 
 of Sancquer, being solemlie sworne and interrogat, depons that 
 upon Wedinsday the instant, the deponent went earlie in the 
 
 morning from his oun house to Glengaiber, wher instantlie came 
 out of the house six men in armes, and presented guns to him, 
 and took him prisoner, and carryed him in to the house ; and 
 ther come in some women to them, and after they had 
 comoned with him a long tyme, they releived ther guard, and 
 sent as many neu ones to guard him, which they did seven times 
 by turnes, being always seven or eight in number, and keept 
 him -their prisoner all the day over : depons he heard psalms 
 singing and he lookt out of the house, and he sau on the craigs 
 at htle off, to the number of 200 people, or therby, as he thinks ; 
 and they having keept him prisoner till dark night, and then 
 suffered him to goe home to his oun house, and stayed sometyme. 
 There came twelve men in armes in to his house, did take meat 
 and drink, and stayed all night, and keept ane centinal at the 
 door ; and befor day light in the morning they went away, and 
 that the deponent thought by their discoursing, they looked 
 rather like gentlemen than countriemen, and that they wer well 
 armed, everie one a carabin, two pistols and a sword. They 
 threatned the deponent that, if he divulged them, they wold 
 
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 berrive him of his life ; and the deponent having the nixt day 
 gone abroad to gett intelligence what had come of them, he could- 
 gett no notice, and upon the friday he went to Sanquhar and 
 acquainted my Lord Threasurer's Chambe[r]lan with the haill 
 storie. ' 
 
 Dorso: Double, Wm. Wilsone — depositione — 24 Ocf- 1684. 
 
 Edinburgh, 29 OC^- : 1684. 
 
 247. Yesterday I receaved the honor of yours from Mr. 
 Wallace, and am extreamly glead that' your lordship has at last 
 got so near home, and consequently are so much nearer to this 
 
 ■ place, wher your presence uas neuer mor nesessary for laying 
 doun measures to keip uhat ue hav goten. I rejoice at the offer 
 of Nithsdale, and, becaus it is so frank, I think it uold doe uell 
 it uer speciall as to the summe. Ther are many reasons to be 
 shoun your lordship at meiting for it, uhich at this distance I 
 forbear ; but it's evident ther uill not the mor be taken from 
 them, and the making the tjiing particular uill be a better example 
 to other- loyall shires in ther circumstances, and to other loyall 
 men in disloyall shires. I neid not tell your lordship the 
 advantages Duke Hamilton and such people uold take by it, but 
 this is only my opinione and concerne for you, and is absulately 
 subjected to your lordship's pleasure . . . 
 
 Edinburgh, 3 Nov'^- : 1684. 
 
 248. . . . One thing uill occurr that I most beg to kno your 
 lordship's minde in, which is, Douchall's process uas delayed till 
 the 17 instant, and the method of prosecutione of that affaire is of 
 importance ; so if your lordship cannot come against that time, 
 some uay most be thought upon to get it continoued, and even in 
 that, ther are difficultys too long to ureat. As for the rest ther 
 affairs press not so much, and especially such as hav already con- 
 fessed. All the rest except Carstairs are summoned, namely, Sir 
 Dun. Carmichael, Lamington, Earl Forfar, Earl Callender, and Sir 
 G-eorge Lockhart ; but uhat is to be done uith them is what uill 
 neid your lordship's advice befor ue determine in it, especially Sir 
 George Lockhart, against whom no maner of guilt apears by any 
 probatione I could possibly find. Ther is another mater of the 
 greatest import that has bein in agitation hear since the King's 
 restauratione, and that is hou to keip uhat is gained, and hou to 
 proceed in this uork, that your lordship's great prudence and 
 zeal has brought to the brink of perfectione ; from which if it fall, 
 it uill be uors to retrive then if this had never bein attempted. 
 From thes things ther arises so many conciderations important 
 for the King's service, that I am sure can never be done till your 
 lordship be hear ; and yet I most confess that it's cruell to 
 desire you to come, concidering hou Htle time your lordship 
 has bestoued upon your oun affairs this 12 moneths past. For 
 my self, nou that the storme is begun, it's all one to me when I 
 go, tho' Earl Morray seims to uish me ther. He has bem much 
 indisposed, and I think constant uaiting uill not be easy to him. 
 As yet ther is nothing done hear, except uhat, no doubt, my 
 
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 brother hes given your lordship a full accompt of The 
 Councell has only met once, and the Secret Comitty once. So 
 soon as any thing of importance occurrs, your lordship may be 
 most assured of it from me . . . 
 
 Edinburgh, 10 Nov^- : 1684. 
 
 249. Ever since I had your lordship's last letter, I hav bein 
 uaiteing for ane oportunity to send to your lordship a most 
 humble acknouledgement of my obligations to your lordship, of 
 which I hav the true sence I ought, and shal upon all occations 
 declair my resolutions of continouing firm to your interest, and 
 fathfull to your service, and uill lay hold on evry occatione, 
 which' may oblige any of your family to think that I am no less 
 then I profess my self, your most fathfull servant. Last night 
 dyed Meldrum sudainely, so ther is a troop to dispose off. Your 
 lordship's inclinations shal no sooner be knoun then I shal 
 imploy my skill, tho' it may signify litle, for the procureing it as 
 your lordship pleases. For what relates to the uestern affair 
 your lordship uill easiely see at your coming. The Secret 
 Comitty uill not differ from your lordship's sentiments. On 
 Saturdaj^ night ther uas a declaratione of uar battered upon the 
 Cross of Linlithgou. The copie of it is sent to your lordship, by 
 uhich your lordship sees they are angry, and therfor ; so 
 your lordship's presence is most neidfull for the setling such 
 measures as may secure the Goverment for the future — a thing, 
 I think, uill be easy, if the propositions nou made be folloued out : 
 but they most neids waite for your lordship's presence, which I 
 uish hear as soon as is possible for your lordship's sffairs. And 
 tho' I confess its hard to press your lordship, yet I think it 
 inconvenient any thing so materiall be done befor your lordship 
 come, and lykuays most inconvenient it should be delayed ; and 
 to press all, your lordship uill see by the Earl of Morray's letter 
 inclosed that ther is not too much time left to put things in order 
 left (sic) befor the Duke uill be amongst you. I doubt not but all 
 this uill weight to the makeing of your lordship wse all diligence 
 to come in, and rather bestou some time hear uith such of your 
 servants as can make the trauell 
 
 Edinburgh, 12 N^ : 1684. 
 
 250. Yesternight I had your lordship's, and sau that directed 
 to my brother, and am extreamly sory that your lordship can be 
 no sooner in ; for the King's service uill not possibly go on so 
 uell till your lordship come that the Secret Comitty and your 
 lordship hav adjusted opinions ; and in the meantime, something 
 extraordinary ought immediately to be done against thes rogues ; 
 for I take this declaratione of war as the best signe of the good- 
 ness of methods taken, and of ther despair. I had by the last 
 the instructions to the Muster Master and a letter to the Secret 
 Comitty. The nixt post brings us the commands for the 
 Parliament, uherof accompt shal be sent to your lordship . . . 
 
 [In a letter dated Edinburgh, 14th November : 1684, Drummond 
 writes, he received his lordship's yesternight. He sends " the 
 
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 enclosed copies, by which your lordship sees hou litle time is left 
 to prepare maters for so important a juncture ; and therfor too 
 may judge that my stay hear, being in so short a time in all 
 probability to return, most neids be inconvenient." He did not 
 doubt but his lordship would come as soon as possible. As his 
 lordship had commanded him, the post after Meldrum died, he 
 had proposed Lord William to his place. This he had done 
 again. "We are thinking of putting Edinburgh in the circum- 
 stances of the Districts and West Louthian, the one for the 
 security of the Goverment, and the other for the reall inclinations 
 of the place. But, I think your lordship uill be in befor anything 
 be done, tho' all's ready immediatly to begin to Edinburgh. The 
 Secret Comitty hav delayed to giv the Councell's letter till nixt 
 Councell day. In the meantime, they beg your lordship's 
 opinione of it. They are resolved to be prepareing ther thoughts 
 of things to be done at the parliament, tho' they uill conclude on 
 nothing till your lordship come in."] 
 
 London, 26 Nov'': 1684. 
 
 251. . . . The letter of the Invalide mony, and the Instructions, 
 together uith the letter for citeing befor the Parliament, and list 
 therto adjoined, ar dispatched, having yesterday past his Majesty's 
 hands. On the road I had a letter from Sir John Dalrimple 
 threaping kindness and expecting assistance, to which I uill giv 
 him no ansuer ; but I assure your lordship his, nor any other 
 business of that nature, shal be done hear, if I can hinder it, till 
 it be first concerted belou. Lord Livingston has bein proposeing 
 his liverays to the Duke, but -has got no ansuer yet. The holy 
 days doe so obstruct all business that I hav nothing of conse- 
 quence to say. It is not yet certaine hou the Duke comes to 
 Scotland. Earl Dumbarton is to come uith him, and I hear he 
 has resolved to lodge his nesessary servants in the Abay ; so thes 
 Lords most for that time aither remove or pack up in less room ; 
 but the Hst is not yet sein. All your Grace's trends hear inquire 
 most kindly for you. The packet boat from France uas cast auay 
 by running against a Dutch ship, and it's thought my Lord 
 Preston had a child in it ; but ther uas non saued except 3 or 
 four. The Duke of Ormound longs to kno hou to dispose of 
 Cambell, as I am told by the Earl of Arran, and doeth recommend 
 a post from Dublin to Edinburgh: the charge seimsnot to be so 
 coneiderable as the advantage, especially concidering that the 
 Scots in the North of Ireland begin to be trublesome. The par- 
 ticulars of ther designs I kno not yet . . . 
 
 [Drummond writes from Berwick on 10th December [16] 84, 
 that his promises are as the laws of the Medes and Persians. He 
 reminds his Grace of what he had said several times to him of 
 Sir James Eocheid that he would be pleased to delay anythmg 
 against him till Drummond informed him of his thoughts on the 
 matter. The whole process having been fair and open, he is afraid 
 the ending of it by his declared enemies, the magistrates, may 
 not look so well. If his Grace will suffer Rocheid to inform him, 
 
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 and if he can be serviceable, "I could be security for his 
 performance of what he uill undertake, so much I beleiv him 
 cincere upon that head " . . .] 
 
 Morpath, 12 DeC^- : [16] 84. 
 
 252. If ther had bein any thing uorthy your Grace's truble, 
 I had sent it befor nou. The peapers my brother uill giv your 
 Grace ; and all I hav to say is to begg that a party may be sent to 
 Berwick to receav Kidell and a prisoner or tuo in this prison, for 
 the delivery of whom a letter uold be sent to the Sheriff of 
 Northumberland, uho has promised on your desire to deliuer 
 them up. They are of the uorst sort of rebells. Ther names 
 I cannot learn, it seims they use false ons. This wold be 
 speediely done. Just now I met D. Gordon, and he seims to 
 apprehend disorders aboV, but had not time to be mor plaine. . . 
 
 London, 27 Dec^- : [16] 84. 
 
 253. The favors your Gra,ce has aluays shoun me hav im- 
 printed in my beleif such ane opinione of your goodness that ther 
 neids no neu argument to make me beleiv it. . . . As to 
 Kocheid's affair uhat is convenient for you is uhat shal euer 
 pleas me best, and therfor I am fully satisfied of the uhole 
 mater . . . 
 
 Your Grace has done uell to mynde the prisoners in the 
 Inglish Borders. I shal not feal to obey your commands about 
 Squire Dacres. 
 
 The business of the Army I shal minde, the poor Generall does 
 dayly mor hurt to himself by his untouard humure ; this to 
 Belcarress, if it be as I am informed, uill doe the Generall no 
 good. By my last, I informed your Grace of Clauerhous, in uhich 
 affair I did you all the justice imaginable, and at lest he is not 
 aproued of by any. I had at first told your Grace of our safe 
 arivallhear, if I had thought it uorth your truble ; but your Grace 
 is so obligeing to desire it, and therfor I shal tell you that all of 
 us, God be thanked, came uell and continou so, excepting my 
 uife, uho has not kept hir healthe since she came ; but I am sure 
 I and all myne are servant to your Grace in uhateuer circum- 
 stances they may be. As for the neu supply and leavies, I am 
 certaine your Grace and my brother uill not differ, and therfor I 
 rather choose to recommend my frends to your Grace then to 
 him. Sir Adam Blair uas oldest Cornett uhen the Comission 
 for your sones Liv*- came doun, and so in course uas to hav 
 bein preferred ; and I kno ye are not much concerned in Crighton, 
 so that it has bein meer accident that made him be forgot. He 
 had the Duke's promis too, so if he cannot be the first Liv*-, if it 
 be convenient, lett him be amongst the Dragoons. Ther is yong 
 Halyards for whom I spock befor, aither a Liv*'- of Dragoons or a 
 Cornet of Horse he may deserve ; but this I leav absulately both 
 the particulars to your Grace, that ye may doe in them uhat may 
 be most for the King's service, and good of the thing. Craigie is 
 infinitely obliged to your Grace for your kindness to him, .and I 
 dare say he uill deserve it in the King's service. 
 
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 Your Grace's commands shal be obeyed, and a letter sent 
 doun to Duke Hamilton about Kintore's lodgings. I hav ordered 
 it to be draun against nixt post. 
 
 The affair of the Justice Clerk I hav spocken in, and I am 
 resolved to get Earl Morray to joyne in the demand. I am sure 
 honest Colingtoan deserues all can be done for him. . . 
 
 As for my opinione of placeing the pictors of the King and 
 Duke in the Councell chamber, I am of opinione they ought both 
 to be at the upper end of the room ; they are so in many places 
 hear, especially in the Guildhall ; nor is ther any doubt, he 
 being nou Comissioner to boot of all other quality. As to that 
 state the Duke of Lauderdale caried auay, I remember it uas of 
 blue and gold floured veluet ; but I beleiv it uas the Duke of 
 Lauderdale his oun, and that is easy to be sein ; for if in the 
 accompts of Theasurer of that time it be not expressed, the King, 
 I am affrayed, uill hav no claime to it. Besides I sau it in a 
 bed since, and I veriely beleiv it uas his oun, for once I heard 
 him say the King should get it if he payed for it, but things 
 chaingeing, I beleiv he did not ask payment, but rather took his 
 oun state. Houeuer, the Duke can best, togethir uith the 
 accompts, clear that mater. 
 
 It's very luckie that Earl Tarrass should hang Gervaswood, 
 uho is the greatest villan of the pack, and deserues the uorst, for 
 many insolencies committed by him. I am sorry for Tarras 
 having bein so late of makeing his discouery, for he uas not the 
 uorst man of that gange. 
 
 The Duke is resolved to motion something of the Dutch affair 
 to morrou in the Cabinett Councell, so by the nixt post I hope to 
 be in a conditione to ansuer the letter I had the honor of from 
 the Secret Comitty. We most think of some other uay, for 
 men of uarr are not to be expected to transport thes rogues. I 
 am confident ue shal light of some other method as good and 
 less chargeible, aither hear or in Scotland. Thes whom ye de- 
 sire doun against the Parliament shal uneviteably come, ther 
 being great use of them. 
 
 I am to lett your Grace see hou I am resolved to act. Last 
 post came to my hands a remission for Houstoun, and that, 
 least he might hav bein reacted upon the generall heads of his 
 countrie, I remitt it to your Grace, that ye may informe my 
 brother of it, and if ye think it fitt, or the Secret Comitty, it 
 shal if otheruays. Notuithstanding my relation I shal not medle 
 uith it, nor uold I mention it, if I had not thes protestations of 
 his loyalty and zeal for the King's service, uhich I cannot 
 doubt, and his sone I dare ansuer for ; houeuer, what your 
 Grace commands shal be obeyed in evrything. I humbly 
 thanke your GracB for your favor to Wallace; but he has 
 deceaved, for he suore he uas innocent, and so got me 
 to ureat to Mr. Wallace. If he be guilty I begg a thous- 
 and pardons for my medling in the mater, for to say truth 
 it uas pure importunity prevealed, as my Lord Kinard got his 
 pensione ; of whos parts I hav honorable mention to make, if I 
 be so hapie as to see your Grace at the Parliament. Gosford 
 
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 uill tell the aduenture of the domine who fund him in ane 
 undecent posture. The rest I most keip till melting, bu.t this 
 introduction uill serv to recommend me to his uonted favor . . . 
 Postscript : — The night befor I came auay, the toun of Edinburgh 
 offered me a present uhich I refused, and they gav it to Blair, uho 
 sealed it up and sent it to me. I should not hav medled uith it, 
 but that it uas conforme to the exceptione made in all the 
 debeats befor the Exchequer. If ther be any urong, it is not 
 past time to helpe it yet. 
 
 London, 30 Bee' : 1684. 
 
 254. Since my last I receaved a letter from Sir James 
 Kocheid, and ane informatione desireing I uold informe the 
 Duke of the maner of his being turned out ; but I uol4 not medle 
 in the mater at all, nor concerne my self further then to see that 
 uhat had bein done by the toun might not be condemned till 
 they uer heard, which I assured them I uold doe if any such 
 memoriall uer given in. So your Grace may be assured nothing 
 shal be done in that mater but as is desired by your lordship 
 ther. My ansuer to the Secret Comitty does so fully bear all 
 that has passed since my last that I hav litle to add ; only, by 
 command from the Duke, I am by this to shou your Grace that 
 it is humbly begged of him by Mrs. Brisbane that she may hav a 
 summons in ordinary forme reased against the heirs pf the Earl 
 of Levin for mony due by him to the Lord Naiper, and that it is 
 his pleasure that your lordships of the Secret Comitty doe in it 
 according to law, he being inclineable to see Mrs. Brisbane 
 get justice in any legall uay, aither befor the Parliament 
 or Session, as the case requires. . . . The Duke has 
 complained to the Dutch ambassador, and he has promised 
 fair ; but requires the proofs ue hav concerning Bracklie : but I 
 hav fully ureaten of this to the Secret Comitty. Certainely 
 Earlestone can doe much to win that mater if he uill, and he 
 ought to be put to it. I hav had a further oportunity to doe 
 your Grace justice in that mater uith Claverhous to the Duke ; 
 and I assure your Grace Claverhous is much blamed in the 
 mater. 
 
 I hav_ not yet got all my visites so performed as to get 
 informations of things as I uold, and therfor I shal not detaine 
 your Grace from your better imployments. Only this day Earls 
 Midleton and Morray told me they had a designe of begging the 
 Duke to alter the fonde of ther gift from the Falconers to the 
 fynes or forfautures, and that they uold adress themselves to 
 your Grace in it, which if they doe, and giv the King back the 
 Falconers, I am humbly of opinione it's not north debeating to 
 men who can so uell requite such a kindness as this to your 
 Grace . . . 
 
 London, Jan'^^- first : 1685. 
 
 255. Wpon the favourable accompt ther lordships of the 
 Secret Comitty gav his Eoyal Highness of Earl Tarrass, his 
 R. H. did recommend him to his Majesty's mercy for his lyfe, 
 
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 which his Majesty has granted ; and tho' he thinks fitt to pardon 
 his life, yet he thinks it fitt the tryall go on, and the evidence be 
 heard, besides his oun confession, that therby the world may see 
 what the King remitts uas a clear and unquestionable treason. 
 Not having had any letter from your Grace thes tuo posts, I hav 
 nothing to ansuer : only Sir Andrew Forrester shoued me your 
 Grace's to him concerning Claverhous. I humbly desire to kno 
 the nature of the repremand by any insinouatione, and I shal 
 doe my best, for I may in my designes go too high or too low, 
 uithout that. I am sure the Duke does not approve of the 
 actione at all, but he is luckie to be aluays melting uith thes 
 fanatiques and destroying mor of them then others, uhich does 
 him much good hear wher he uants not frends. I uish your 
 Grace a merry New Year. [I] doe assure you that I am intirely 
 yours. Ther is no certainety of the Duke's going into Scotland, 
 whither by land or sea, but it's thought by land. 
 
 London, 3 Jan-^' . 1686. 
 
 256. I most in the first place tell your Grace the hapie neus of his 
 Majesty's further recouery and that evry hour brings him mor 
 health and strenth. Yesterday I receaved your Grace's of the 
 27 Jan^- 85, and am overjoyed to hear of Coll. Douglass' safety. 
 He esceaped a scouring, and has given ane excellent accompt 
 of his Comissione. I shoued it [to] the Duke, and he caused read 
 it in the Inglish Councell, in the King's closet. I spock to him 
 according to your Grace's commands for Capt. Hamiltone, and he 
 most graciously accorded my desire ; and I hav ordered his 
 Comission to be ureaten, and I hope to hav it amongst the first 
 peapers to pass his Majesty's Koyall hands. I uill assure 
 your Grace ther uanted not pretenders, but no concerne shal 
 ever be preferred to your Grace's so farr as my pouer goes, and 
 uhen ever any thing goes otheruays, beleiv it's uant of pouer and 
 not good uill to oblige you or any of your frends. I uill assure 
 you this actione has good effects, and shous that ther are mor 
 then one dare serve the King stoutely and honestly. I had by 
 the same post a Comissione for Dury, and had upon your 
 Grace's accompt befor that time procured the King's order for 
 his pay ; but not knoing hou to order it, it shal be apointed the 
 3 sh. p. diem out of the pay of him uho died last, and 2 shil. 
 to mak up 5 in all, out of the mony apointed for contingent 
 expenses, or by a generall claus out of any other fond your Grace 
 shal think most proper ; so his Comissione shal pass uith 
 Hamilton's, and his letter be sent doun. I had a return to the 
 letter I urott to Claverhous by the Duke's command, and I find 
 he is extreamly piqued at the contents of myne. 
 
 I hav obeyed all the commands in all your Grace's letters, 
 and I hope your Grace shal in deu time find the effects of my so 
 doing. The King uas yesterday morning to hav concidered 
 the peapers sent up, and therafter I uas to hav sent them doun; 
 but this allarme has destroyed all, and till things by the blessing 
 of God, come into ther old chanell again, ue can expect no 
 affairs to be done. I say so litle of the liing in this,'becaus my 
 
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 brother's has a perfite relatione to sho your lordship of all as could 
 get it, but it's only to you tuo. I had sent it to your Grace but the 
 ureat uas not legible in some places. Ther is orders hear for 
 seaseing all passangers coming into Ingland, and for detaineing of 
 them till ther be orders from the Councell for dismissing of them 
 againe ; and this the Duke commanded me to signifie to the 
 Secret Committy to be done lykeuays in Scotland, and this 
 uill come time eneugh, tho' I uas persueder it uold be 
 done so spon as my last came ther. If ever thes poeple intend 
 any thing, it uill be upon this and the lyke occationes ; so they 
 uold strictly be looked into, but not by the Generall's uay of 
 bringing the Army together ; for in my opinione abandoning the 
 country to them is to tempt them to doe mischeif, but you kno 
 better ther. All continoued during the King's sickness extreamly 
 quiet, and excepting all the uniuersall greif, thier uas nothing to 
 be discovered tending to any alteratione. The Bishops hear are 
 to propose a time and forme of thanks giving for his Majesty's 
 recovery, and in it to hav prayers for restablishing and continou- 
 ing his Majesty's healthe. This belou uold certainly be proper 
 upon this occatione. I shal not this night giv your Grace any 
 mor truble, being uith all imaginable respect sencible of your 
 Grace's goodness to me in the mater of Monckland, and all my 
 other concerns . . . 
 
 Postscript : — I forgott to tell your Grace that Staines has sent 
 us all letters in his behalf uith one Kenady his cosingermane ; but 
 ther shal no thing be done for him hear. 
 
 London, Jan"^- 6 : 1684 [-5] . 
 
 257. Your Grace's of the 80 December I had last post, and 
 shal in ansuer to it tell you that I used my endeavour to hav the 
 Duke take your advice in the giving hoerys to the Guards, but he 
 thought the thing reasonable for to cloath the Eiag's Trumpets, 
 and therfor did immediately order it. This uas befor I had your 
 Grace's letter ; and since, he has reneued the same order ; but I 
 hav delayed it this post, till I knou hou the order is to be draun. 
 As to Clauerhous, I hav sent to kno your myud, but I durst not 
 adventure my self to judge uhat might satisfy you ; but, so soon 
 as 1 kno your mynd, shal apply myself to the having it done. 
 This post brings a letter to your Grace and another to the Duke 
 of Hamiltone for the Duke's lodgings in the Abay. It uill be a 
 kindness to the Duke's servants, and I beleiv a conveniency to 
 thes Lords lodged ther, to leav the hangings in ther rooms, 
 and cheairs, and only cary auay ther beds ; for thes the Duke's 
 people uill bring doun uith them. I most begg of your Grace to 
 kno if this uill be done ; and if it be, hou many rooms the Duke 
 may expect so furnished, and this by the first post. 
 
 The Duke has commanded the Protectione for the Earle of 
 Annandale ; so its prepareing, and the nixt post shal cary it to 
 your hands. The Lord Livingstone is mynded, immediately 
 after the dispatch of his troops clothing to repair home. The 
 restriction of the Sess seimed to me nesessary from the begining, 
 as I am sure many mor are, befor the country be setled. Veatch 
 
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 nor Gilchrist can be had hear by any art, and they shall still be 
 looking after them. As for Craigie, his being chosen for Air, I 
 am obliged for your Grace's care in it, but if they be honest men, 
 that's no mater. The Secret Comitty's letter the Duke sau, and 
 ordered Earl Bredalbin to see the petition of the Duke of Cathness, 
 that he might ansuer it, so I gav it to him. The interlocuture 
 against Duke Lauderdale is ill lookt on hear. It uer uell it uer 
 softened, for so unhansom ane actione as that of Earl Lauderdale 
 
 uill hardly [go] doun uith men of honor and sence hear I 
 
 am commanded to attend the Duke doun . . . 
 
 London, Jan^ 10: 1684-5. 
 
 258. Tho' by my last I forgot to mentione the time that His 
 Koyal Highness' servants intended to call for the offices, stables, 
 &c., yet I most now tell your Grace that it uill be fitt thes in 
 possession of any such be informed by your Grace that they most 
 aluays be ready to deliver thes offices, stables, &c., whenever any 
 of the Duke's servants shal call for them for laying up provisions. , 
 I beleiv befor this I hav ane ansuer to my desire of knouing uhat 
 rooms hung are to be left for the Duke's servants, therfor I shal 
 not reiterat that desire. I am to ureat fully this by the black box. 
 
 London, 10 Jan'' : 1684-5. 
 
 259. By yesternight's post I had the honor of your Grace's of the 
 3 of Jan^ ., and shal first giv your Grace ane accompt of all the 
 particulars in it as they lye in order. And therfor in the first 
 place, I shal mention Kocheid's affair, who by his sone in lau 
 hear addressed to His Koyal Highness for remeid against his 
 illegall out putting. He uold gleadly hav me speake to the Duke 
 but I uold not at all medle in it. The Duke gav me the peapers, 
 and I read them over ; it uas a narratione of the maner of his 
 being turned out, uith a grivous complaint against the 
 Magistrats, but not in the leist inseinuateing any thing against 
 any body els. I told the Duke that it uas a thing could not be 
 judged off at a distance, and therfor gav him the toun's reasons 
 that had made them turne him out, and desired him to beleiv 
 uhat uas done uas uell done, till he came to Scotland and heard 
 all upon the place. They uer for sequestring the profits, but I 
 uold not suffer it to be by any means, least, as it had bein a 
 favour to Eocheid, it might hav reflected on the magistrates, 
 uho I thought in no hazard at the long run. . . . 
 
 I uish you may hav good sucess this good neu year, and that 
 thes rogues may evanish. . . . 
 
 As for Claverhous, I am sure the Duke does not at all aprove 
 of his cariage, and I hav done as I ought ; but since I had your 
 last, I hav not spocken to the Duke. I uold kno by the first if 
 Claverhous took leav of your Grace befor he uent uest ; for in 
 that point the Duke contradicted me, and said he had, uhich I 
 said uas mor then I kneu. So soon as I get the least 
 insinouatione of the satisfaction ye desired in Sir Androu 
 Forester's letter, I shal sett about it as becoms me to doe. 
 
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 . . . I am glead the story of the Scot's Plott is to come 
 out. Let one or mor copies of it be sent hither befor it can 
 come abroad some time, otheruays it uill not be got reprinted 
 hear as it ought. I shal say much mor by my nixt, and ansuer 
 all the partiulars that are not hear and giv your Grace accompt 
 of seuerall things. This day I should hav bein at Lambeth, but 
 his Grace is so ill I could not see him. 
 
 London, 13 Jan""- : 1685. 
 
 260. The last post brought me your Grace's, and I most 
 confess that, if I sent ane open letter, I hav bein guilty of a 
 conciderable fault, for which most humbly I crave pardone. 
 But that packet uas inclosed in a couer to Bannockburn, and 
 your letter tuice sealed uith my oun hand, as by good signs is 
 made plaine hear. If at any time I send a letter to your Grace 
 or my brother. Sir Androu Forester puts them up, and uold 
 redily hav sein it ; but to lett me find out uher the fault has bein, 
 if it be possible to hav the outer sealed cover, it uold cleir all. I 
 am extreamly obliged for all the intimations your Grace has 
 made to the Secret Comitty of things desired hear. The ansuers 
 of them uill be most uelcome, and I am sure all is right uher 
 your Grace is. I am extreamly sory for the affair of Claverhous, 
 but I hav again intreated of my brother to kno hou to cary in it, 
 and I am confident the Duke uill sho his displeasure to sume 
 purpose in it, for he does think Claverhous uas in the urong ; but 
 I shal say mor of this so soon as the ansuer coms. . . . 
 
 The Generall's recouery has made us put up our pypes at this 
 bout, but ue shal be prepareing for him. As to the transplan- 
 tations, it may doe tuo uays : the King of France uill take them 
 certainely ; or the King is sending frigats in the Spring : so if 
 they can be brought hither, the King uill dispatch them ; but of 
 this ue most hav your opinions befor ue ingadge too far in it. 
 I think the frigats may be induced to go by the north of Ireland, 
 and so take them in ; but I kno not this uell yet. I hav ane 
 accompt that Armillan is in this toun, and that he uold fain 
 speake to me, but I uill not. He offers to prove treason against 
 Bargenie, if he may hav a pass : and if he can get a remissione, he 
 uill pay all the mony urongusly taken ; but I Avoid not medle. 
 So lett me kno uhat your Grace's opinione is. In the meantime, 
 I think this aditione to Kinnard's humor uill not be unpleasant 
 companie ; for on my concience I think Bargenie has bein too 
 busie uith the rebells, as uell as uith his Lady, and both uays has 
 burnt his fingers. If ther uer a uay to get Armillan to doe 
 Bargenie's job uithout forging his monstrous knavery, it uer the 
 best, and that perchance m [a] y be thought upon thair ; but I doe 
 not see it my self. If after all, ye uold hav him seased, I shal 
 endevour it; he has bein in Scotland lately for some time 
 together. For God's sake, say nothing of uhat I told of Lord 
 Charles Morray, seing the General is recouered, and it can doe 
 no good nou. The Duke is naither resolved on time nor uay, for 
 his family are intirely divided in it, and himself unresolved ; but 
 if he come not by land I uill come uith him ; if he go by land I 
 
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 shal go before him, and God willing, hav the hapieness to see 
 your Grace, and to assure you againe that I am, mor then 
 I can express, your fathfullest servant. My obligations 
 increase, and I am sencible of it mor then is imaginable. 
 The Duke told me that at your desire he had thought fitt 
 that as the Earl of Midleton had continoued to him the pensione 
 he had befor so he had continoued mine, which is mor then I 
 could hav expected ; but all I oue to your Grace, and therfor uill 
 frankly spend it to serve your Grace in all that is your interest. 
 Postsoipt : — My Lord Rochester reneus his sute to your Grace 
 for Mr. McEuan to be Wsher and Hous keiper. Send me your 
 ansuer, and I shal use it as I ought. 
 
 London, 15 Jan'^- : 1685. 
 
 261. Last post brought me the honor of your Grace's of the 
 8 of Jan"" , for which, amongst many other things, I returne my 
 most humble thanks : and shal in the first place, assure your 
 Grace that ther never uas any designe of the King's medling in 
 Eocheid's mater, nor in his sone in lau's aither, uho is lykuays 
 turned out from being Clerk of the Canongate. I uold not so 
 much as take ane informatione of the mater, when I heard hou 
 the magistrates had bestoued the place, judgeing the man a very 
 deserving persone ; but I shal say in generall, as I hav ever done, 
 that things of that nature cannot be so uell concidered hear as 
 belou, uher ther contingencys uith the Goverment are more 
 nearly sein and ther effects felt. And for the Summer Sessione, 
 no doubt, befor any thing be concluded, in it, or any thing els, 
 your lordship uill be fully advised uith ; nor doe I imagine that 
 it can be any body's interest to mov in it, except it be atounsman 
 or lauer, and thes I think may doe it uithout the sentatione 
 of ther mony. For my oun part, I ever dislyked the Act and its 
 consequenses, being a precedent for tying up the King's prerog- 
 ativ, and if that be salved, my concern is at ane end, for the thing 
 is naither, or ever can be, aither advantage or disadvantage to me ; 
 or if it uer, I uill assure your Grace your opinione should suay 
 mine intirely in it. 
 
 As for your Grace's desire concerning Claverhous, the fear 
 your Grace had of seiming piqueish in it uas most just, 
 and in my opinione, it was extreamly uell done to delay 
 that prosecutione till ye kneu the Duke's mynd. The fear 
 I had of the same interpretatione has made me studie a fitter 
 oportunity then I hav yet had to make the propositione to the 
 Duke ; but nixt post, God uilling, I shal ureat most fully of it to 
 you, and in the mean time shal doe it in the tenderest maner imagin- 
 able. I shall lykuays sho the Duke the state I hav of the Army, 
 which by consequence uill hit some uher and doe good. I shal 
 giv your Grace a full accompt of it my self. . . . 
 
 The resolutions for the Parliament, uith the draught of the 
 letter to the ParHament, and the Duke's instructions, are much 
 longed for hear, as lykeuays the quota of the neu suplie, the 
 peaper concerning Holland, and other things recommended, in 
 which your Grace's opinione is lykuays most humbly begged, 
 
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 that all things hear may be so done as may giv the greatest 
 satisfactione to you, uho hav so eminently deserued by your zeal 
 and prudence. 
 
 Postscript : — I hav inquired if ever the Dutchess of Landerdale 
 blamed your Grace, and I cannot learn she ever did on any 
 occatione. 
 
 I spock of Squire Backers, uhos thretning letter ue sau from 
 the Uhigs, and he uill get many thanks, but, I am aflfrayed, no 
 Dragoons. 
 
 London, 17 Jan^ , 168A. 
 
 262. The last post brought me non of yours. All I hav at 
 present to say is that the Duke, being so near his jurney that 
 ther is but time for feu letters and returns, begins to long for 
 thes things the Lords of the Secret Committy uer ordered to 
 prepaire against his coming. Indeid it uer fitt they uer hear 
 uith all possible diligence, and that not only the scheme, but the 
 Acts themselves, uer penned, that ther might be as litle time lost 
 as is possible ; for it's obvious hou uneasie any stay most be to 
 the Duke in Scotland. Therfor I most begg of your Grace to 
 take care to push others on in so nesessary a deuty, and so 
 becoming one of your prudence and abilitys to push on, since 
 therby ue most neids expect to see the monarchy elevated to its 
 just hight, and consequently put out of the reach of thes villanes, 
 uho for some time hav rendered the Goverment uneasie, and 
 the subjects insecure. This both your security and honors 
 are ingadged in, it being impossible that the Duke can 
 uithout great truble take a jurney into Scotland, and therfor 
 most doe it seldome. But I kno your zeal and concerne 
 so uell that this is only to show myne, and not uith any 
 designe of reasing of your Grace's. We uer much 
 surprised uith the Jurnalls bearing a proceeding befor the justices 
 against thos the King at the Councell's or Secret Comitty ther 
 desire ordered befor the Parliament. The King nor Duke could 
 not be resolved of the reason, non of us having the least accompt 
 of it; but all of us uer sure it uas for the best, and so cont[i]nou 
 satisfied till the truth apear. Ther is no neus hear ; only the 
 Earl of Koscommon is at the point of death. The Master of the 
 Eolls' place is given to Sir John Churchill ; and the Duke's dyatt 
 as uell as uay of comeing continous uncertaine. I hav still mor 
 and mor obligatione to your Grace, which I am sory I can only 
 repay in uords, as things stand ; but your Grace may rest fully 
 assured that as it is in my heart to serve you fathfuUy, all my 
 actions shal sho the same, and I shal uatch evry oportunity that 
 may evidence the truth and cincerity of my heart. 
 
 London, Jan^' 19: 1684-5. 
 
 263. . . . Last ueik uas taken a conventicle, uher Mr. Streits, 
 whom I beleiv to be Clerk of the Conventione of the Whigs, 
 preached. He esceaped, but ther are taken one Prazer, one Crau- 
 ford. Foreman, Cunningham, Gray, and Oliphant. By the 
 Duke's order I sent Sir Androu Forrester to Neugate to examin 
 them, and all of them are of the highest principall of our rogues ; 
 
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 so I hav desired they may be sent into Scotland to be tryed, 
 seing the law hear does not reach them. It uill hav severall good 
 effects, and I hope uill be granted. The King of Prance has 
 very unexpectedly given us a litle truble, by sending ane order to 
 his ships to bring into Tholon all IngUsh ships that tread to 
 Genoua, and to take out ther loadings and pay ther fraught ; 
 becaus, says he, contrary to the King of Britain's inclinatione and 
 to the intentions we hav to mine the tread of that place, they 
 continou to eary on a commerce. The King has given the French 
 ambassador a memoriall of it to get ansuered. It has allarmed the 
 marchants, and is not uell uorded for the King's interest, besides 
 a manifest breach of the treaty. The Memoriall for Holland is 
 much longed for ; and nou that the mater is complained of to the 
 Ambassador, it uer very uell that it uer hear. We shal make the 
 best ue can of it. I most humbly thank your Grace for your 
 care of my affair with Wishau. It is not the only obligatione I 
 hav, and of which I shal be seneible as long as I liv. Earl 
 Eoscomon bemg dead, his place of Master of Horse to the 
 Dutchess is given to Lord Charles Murray ; and Lord Charles 
 is to giv to Countes of Eoscomon 2000 lib. Str., to compense 
 uhich, he has leav to sell his place of Master of Horse to the 
 Princess, which he has done for the same summe to Capt. 
 Barclay, brother to the Earle of Falmouth. Armillan has 
 petitioned the Duke, and in termes most innocent in apearance ; 
 but I think the Duke has givin him no ansuer, for he petitioned 
 by the moyen of one of the Grooms of the Bed Chamber. I shal 
 uatch his uaters for him, and if the Duke uill giv uay, hav him 
 catched, for I think him no honest man. The time and maner 
 of the Duke going into Scotland continous uncertaine ; so soon 
 as it is knoun, your Grace shal be sure to knou it. It's lyke 
 Earle Dumbartone and I may go together ; that is, if the Duke 
 go by land, if he go by sea, I uill go uith him. 
 
 London, 20 Jan^ : [16] 85. 
 
 264. Since I urott the other your Grace uill get by the 
 same post, I hav got orders from his Eoyal Highness to send 
 Claverhous such a repremand as, I hope, uill sufficiently sho 
 his Eoyal Highnesses displeasure, and prevent thes sort of 
 discourses for the future, and yet kept the mater intire till your 
 Grace has time to informe the Duke upon the place. 
 
 London, Jan^ 24 : 1685. 
 
 265. The last post brought me non of your Grace's, 
 and I uas surprised to see in Mr. Wallace ['s] letter to Sir 
 Andrew Forrester, that, by the post befor that, your Grace 
 had no letter from me. I urott to your Grace, and Earl 
 Drumlanerig, both of the 10 instant ; but this I think a mistake 
 only, for I should be much afflicted if I had a second trick 
 played me by Bonnockburn's, or his servants' neghgence, as 
 I kno that unsealed letter uas, having uith my oun hands inclosed 
 it to Bannockburne : but nou to our business. I uaited for a fitt 
 oportunity to mov the Duke in Claverhous' affair, and am nou 
 
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 eommanded to tell your Grace that tho' the Duke desires nothing 
 in the tuo years' rent of the forfaulted esteats to be done till he 
 corns to Scotland, yet he orders the fynes uplifted by Claverhous 
 to be counted for, and payed in, or any other bond to be sued for, 
 that he or any other may upon that accompt be ouing to the 
 King ; so nou uithout a grudge, ye may call for them. I am 
 affrayed that gentleman has mistaken his measures, and if he 
 
 persist, I question not that he uill find it so 
 
 Just nou Sir William Bruce coms to aske if ther uer any 
 debeat betuixt my brother and your Grace, which I told him uas 
 as damned a lye as that I uas mufly, and desired him in my name 
 to say it uas a damned ly to all that asked him the question 
 therafter ; and I uith all assured him thes villanus stories uer the 
 contrivances of the King's ennamys, but they uold not find ther 
 end, for that frendship uas fixed beyond ther reach ; so your Grace 
 seies I am not to be allarmed a second time ; things at this dis- 
 tance look not at first sight as they doe afteruards, and therfor 
 perchance I uas too concerned ; but I hope your Grace uill forgiv 
 me, uhen I tell you that in that frendship I think not only my 
 uelfair consists, but the safety of the King's affairs, and that 
 therfor your Grace may easiely think I had much at stake. The 
 liverys for the Trumpets uill be ordered to your mynd, the Duke 
 having commanded me to inquire at Earl Feversham, uhat his 
 coasts uill certainly sho us, the true price of the King's ; and I am 
 certaine that shall be much uithin uhat they cost formerly. This 
 I shal see done at Lord Livistone's sight too, that the King 
 may not be cheated in any thing concerns them. I doe humbly 
 begg to kno from your Grace uhat the King shal doe in Dutchess 
 of Lauderdale's case, for she does so solicite the King, and Duke, 
 and all hir frends hear, that it uer for the King's ease the thing 
 uer at ane end some uay or other ; and I am sure nothing ^al be 
 pointed at but in the uay your Lordship or the Secret trauitty 
 shal think fitt. One cannot imagine the noys such a thing maks 
 hear, and the disreputatione it uold be to our lau if she should 
 lose the thing ; but ray opinione from the beginning uas that 
 Lord Maitland i'ullfill the agreement he finished uith him, in 
 uhich his honor is concerned, and that uold end all the mater. 
 What the Lords' letter uill be is not yet imagined hear; 
 but it's talked that they are angry, uhich I deny to evry body, 
 for the Act of Parliament for the King's judgeing any eaus is so 
 plaine that I cannot imagine they uill be so undutyfull as to 
 repyne at it. If they doe, I am sure I take the best uay to conceal 
 it, and contradict the report ; but the measures in that mater ue 
 most hav from your Grace, for if the King doe not in some 
 insta,nce or other exercyse the prorogativ of that Act of 
 Parliament mentioned, it may hear after be disputed as uhat the 
 King has neuer done. So some time in evry reigne I uold hav 
 all the prerogativ exerced, that ther may be frequent instances 
 of evry thing that may agrandise the monarchy. Ther is yet 
 naither time nor uay for the Duke's jurney layd doun, and I 
 assure your Grace of the first notice of it. He told me he uold 
 go to Neumarket uith the King, uhich may be about the 7 of 
 
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 March ; so the ParHament in that case most be adjurned, and I 
 b [e] leiv a letter to the Councell to lye in the Secret Comitty ther 
 hands, uill be sent to be made use of as occatione requires. 
 Send me what I begged from your Grace concerning Armillane, 
 that is, uhat shal be done uith him, since he offers to forfault 
 Bargenie ; and if a safe conduct for that effect may be adviseable. 
 Sir Androu Forester uill informe your Grace of Mr. Steuart in 
 Holland his letter to Kennady, denying all things, and so 
 nothing to our purpose. I hav a representatione from the Earl 
 of Neubrugh of a case of his, of uhich my nixt shal giv aceompt. 
 Since the beginning of this letter, Earl Eglintone is come in, 
 who expects a recommendatione from your Grace to some 
 command in the forces. I told him that mater uas put off till 
 the Duke's going to Scotland, and he says he aluays resolved to 
 go uith him and therfor is glead of that . . . 
 
 Vostsciipt : — The Duke is this day at hunting, and the King 
 uas at Detford. I am glead to hear Fyfe has done nell. What I 
 sayd of Sir William Bruce uas not that he uas to blame ; but all 
 that is only to your Grace. 
 
 London, 27 January: 1684 [1685]. 
 
 266. Drummond expresses surprise at a letter from the 
 Session, adverse to the King's retrying some of their decisions. 
 He writes : — " But let the partys fight on, I am not concerned in 
 the least, if no prerogativ be lost. That, I confess, is my only cou- 
 cerne. The King has not seiu the letter, the business being hear 
 mor urgent, and the Duke desireing upon what my brother [the 
 Earl of Perth] wrott to see the copie first, and is this day 
 hunting." Wishes Queensberry's private opinion about the King 
 judging causes. 
 
 «A, 
 
 London, 29 January: [16]- 
 
 267. Since the flying Packet came he had attended "lyke a 
 dog." But the Duke had told he would have no flying Packet 
 sent in return. The Duke was "extreamly satisfied uith your 
 generus deportment in Sir William Lockart his affair," and with 
 all his other conduct. " As for neu measures, fear them not, the 
 suggestion of them is in enmity to the King and Duke, and what 
 neuer entered in ther thought to doe. So think thes stories 
 lyes, as all thes concerned uill find ; for the occatione uas the 
 King's designe of letting out some loyall subjects imprisoned by 
 reason of Oats' plott, and rest most assured that befor any such 
 thing be you shal hav timeous knouledge. But on my cons[c]ience 
 ther is not the least thought of it, and I am sure my principalis 
 are so farr from that, that I uold clamor higts befor thes fanatiques 
 get any rest to truble us mor." Armillan should have a safe 
 conduct and be sent down, and "shal hav no pardon." Wishes Earl 
 Tarras' Remission to be sent up, and it should be passed. 
 "Duke Hamilton, if he continou, uill find himself in the urong ; 
 but nou it draus near a Parliament, yet lett him hav a care, 
 ther's difference of market days," &c. 
 
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 London, 5 February : 1685. 
 
 268. Some attempts had been made to get the command of 
 Queensberry's brother's Grenadiers, but he had prevented the 
 motion. "The King continous to grou better and better, tho' the 
 recouering so violent a deseas most neids be by slou steps and 
 degrees. Last night he took some feaverish grouings, as ue say 
 in Scotland, for uhich he had Jesuites pouder tuice giuen him in 
 the night ; but nou he is better then he has bein since the 
 begining of his distemper ; and God be thanked the Phisitians say 
 he is not only past all danger, but in a better conditione then 
 befor he gren ill. Ther are particular forms of prayer apointed 
 for his recouery in all churches, and prayers said almost hourly. 
 It uer not amiss if prayers uer appointed in the churches 
 of Edinburgh, at least evry morning ... I uill assure your 
 Grace your interest is dear to me as my oun heart." 
 
 In a postscript about the Scottish Parliament, he says it was 
 thought most unsafe for the Duke to be from the King at this 
 time. He was sorry to hear that Earl Drumlanrig had been 
 indisposed, itc. He also adds — "The claus your Grace thinks fitt 
 to add to the Indemnity shous your justice and uill be gratefull to 
 the nation. I shal propose it to the Duke, uho, I doubt not, uill 
 think it just, and it shal be knoun to non els." 
 
 London, 6 February : 1685. 
 Seven at night. 
 
 269. You may easiely (sic) the conditione of our hearts, uhen I 
 tell you that the Iving Charles, our late most gracious and beloved 
 Soveraine, dyed this daj^ betuixt eleven and tuelve in the 
 forenoon, to the infinite regrate of his Royall brother, nou 
 reigneing, and all uho had the hapieness to be knoun to 
 him. _ He dyed as he lived, the admiration of all men for 
 his piety, his contempt of this uorld, and his resolutions 
 against death, and the often reiterated expressions of the most 
 tender loue to his Majesty nou reigning. It is not to be expected 
 that I should eontinou upon this subject so grivous to me, and 
 therfor I shal cut short, and tell you that the last uas what this 
 is, the l)est Prince of the earthe. His Majesty uas uith the 
 wsuall ceremony s proclamed in all the places accustomed, the 
 clergy, nobiUty, and Councell, attending in a numerous trayne of 
 coaches. It is not doubted but all immaginable care uill be 
 taken by your lordship to prevent any danger that may aryse 
 upon this occatione. God be blessed, all things go uell hear, and 
 as great acclamations at the proclamatione of his Majesty as has 
 bein heard at any time upon the lyke occatione, and not the 
 least tendency to any disorder. Your Grace may rest secure of 
 all my service, and so expect full ansuers to all the commands 
 in yours, and I hope to your satisfactione. I shal for that end 
 study to get some oportunity, if this mater uer something off, that 
 I may speack of your brother and of Claverhous. 
 
 I haying sate up all last night, and having just got the first 
 meat since yesterday at noon, or drink, I am able to say no mor 
 then uhat the flying Packet caries to the Councell. I am, etc. 
 
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 February : 1685. 
 
 270. The state of affairs looked most hopeful, "all mankind 
 aquiessiug in the providence of God, and the Court crouded uith 
 adresses comeing from all parts to congratulate his Majesty upon 
 this occatione." Men'.s minds were changed by the declaration 
 his Majesty made in Council, which removed their fears. " I am 
 confident a Parliament and you Com. uold doe much good." 
 The Officers were ordered down ; all except " Airely " had 
 already taken leave of the King. The liveries for the 
 Guards, fine and ordinary cloaks, banners for trumpets, and 
 kettledrums, which Queensberry said before came to iJQOO, would 
 now be about ±'360. '' They most neids be layed up till ther be 
 mor occatione for the fyne ones then theas Whigs." He refers 
 to Earls Lauderdale .and Aberdeen, and the sport they would 
 afford Queensberry ; to the Act of Indemnity ; and at considerable 
 length to Lady Obryan's affair. He mentions a letter from 
 the Lord Advocate to Sir Joseph Williamson, showing that now 
 was the time for him to get his feu duties sold, and for the 
 Duchess of Portsmouth to get money to buy them, " seing ther 
 uer so many fyues now undisposed of ; " that she should secure 
 some of those in a list he sent, and to shew the Duchess how 
 much he was concerned for her and her son, and asking William- 
 son to say as much to the late King. "The fyues named in the list 
 uer Douchall, Poog [PoUok] , and the 2 Craigends- This I sheued 
 the Duke, for I had the letter a night ; and he and I concerted the 
 mater that I should endeavour (if the Duchess of Portsmouth 
 spock to me) to persuade the late King to try to haw it by lau. 
 If that could not be done, then to make the cheapest bargane ue 
 could- The Dutchess of Portsmouth did speak to me, and told 
 me the King had a peaper to giv me. Some days afterwards the 
 King did giv me a Memorial to the effect of the Advocate's letter, 
 and I told him that the thing uas recoverable in lau ; but he 
 uold gratiiie, as I understood. Lady Katherine Obryan, and so 
 the Duke ordered me to make the best bargau I could, and this 
 uas the Fryday befor the King's illness." He had never yet met 
 Sir .Joseph, but if they had, he would have seen how much of the 
 £4,000 he would give down, and be free of all gratuities Asks 
 Queensberry to say nothing of it to the Advocate- 
 
 Lord Stair's letters to this place had no effect on anybody. 
 He had made no application to the King. Was sensible of 
 Queensberry's kindness in the matter of Monkland, &c. "I see 
 in the Jurnalls of Councell a great mistake of one Anderson of 
 Douhill, that he has deponed negative upon the lybell ; wheras 
 at Glasgow he confessed judicially converse seuerall times uith 
 Alexander Porterfeild, a declared traitor, as by our minutes uill 
 apear, and my Lord Justice Clerk most neids remember it. Ther 
 most neids be some cheat in the mater, and it ought to be inquired 
 particularly into." 
 
 Mourning was as deep as possible. All noblemen and 
 Councillors have their coaches and liveries in mourning, and all 
 other gentlemen their liveries. It was said the King was to be 
 
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 privately interred in Westminster on Saturday. The Prince of 
 Denmark was to be chief mourner. 
 
 7 February : 1685, 
 271. All continued quiet and calm, " and ther is no man nou 
 to be found who uill oun that ever he uas ane ennamy to the 
 King, or frend to the Duke of Monmouth." The knowledge of 
 this might have good effects with Queensberry to discourage any 
 that would attempt anything, " if ther be any so mad, and ther- 
 for, I ureat it to your Grace and my brother, to the end it may 
 be publickly [known] ther." 
 
 The Lord Mayor and Aldermen, Sheriffs, and 40 coaches of 
 citizens, were to kiss the King's hands that day, as had 
 also been the noblemen, and persons of quality about town- 
 He rejoiced at the success of Queensberry's brother, " and 
 shal not feal to doe him the best ofi&ces I can- I had a 
 letter from Claverhous eomplaineing of a charge of horning 
 for the Bond givn to your Grace for fynes collected by him 
 and not payed in. He has uritt to others upon the same 
 point, but least it might hav bein' thought, as indeid I found 
 it uas, that it had bein upon the accompt of the tuo years' rent 
 of Finch, I explaned the mater so as he is thought as impudent 
 for not paying, as he uold hav your Grace thought for chargeing 
 him malicious. I shal uatch his motions hear ; but I 
 beleiv he may doe mor against himself, by coming up uithout 
 leav, then you eould uish to see come upon him. I hav some 
 ground to beleiv he uill come hither. Keip it to your self as ye 
 favor me, but make your oun wse of it." " Lusse's Signature 
 and Sir William Ker's pretentions " would not pass unless they 
 came recommended from below, as Drummond was to inform 
 them. In reference to other business, bribing he thought, 
 with Queensberry, ought to be excepted out of the Indemnity, 
 and he was to propose so. "I am sure I very freely 
 may, for I never had mony, but what all the uorld knous, 
 and what has bein useuall; and for that caus I am apt to 
 press the thing ; for aither 1 am mistaken, or good esteats 
 are not made up of ordinary uadges. I doubt not of ther 
 tricks for the Sumer Session. If I uold hav bein ingadged, I 
 might hav shared ; but I remembred too uell the averseness of 
 many to it (and my oun deuty) to medle uith them. Nor shal I 
 ever hav what I uill not oun befor the face of the uorld. I 
 rejoyce that M^.Gie of Polgouan is taken. It uill may be discover 
 mor of thes concerned." Earl Eglintoun was hear, and 
 asked Drummond daily if his Grace's recommendation was 
 come for him. He was glad the account of the plot 
 would be out, " you most take care to call it a con- 
 spiracy, Oats having turned the uord plott to signifie a sham 
 plott." &c. There was no hope of seeing the King soon in 
 Scotland. "The last part of your Grace's letter concerning 
 Claverhous doe not truble your self nor be affrayed, for I hope 
 the affairs hear are better then that it uill be in his pouer to get 
 
2U 
 
 any thing recalled according to his uill ; and if he adventure to 
 come up, I shal endeavour to hav him sent doun as he came." 
 
 Postscript:—" The citations befor the Parliament faUing, and 
 thes forfaultures depending, it is uorthe the whyle to concider hou 
 to make up the defects uith all speid." 
 
 London, 10 February : 1685. 
 
 272. " The face of things continous so smooth that it looks 
 lyke a miracle to imagine that ther should hav bein so great fears 
 for a thing so litle dreedful in it self. I assur your Grace that 
 ther is the fairest hopes that euer any King of Ingland had. I 
 pray God, it be so uith you in Scotland." The King desired to 
 know Queensberry's opmion of a Scottish Parliament. " It is a 
 mater of great concer[n]ment, and has tuo edges, for ther is 
 hazard in delay, as uell as in precipitatione." " I hav done Coll. 
 Douglass justice to Claverhous expenses by shouing his letter to 
 the King, tho' he has but litle time for any thing." Drummond 
 wishes for Queensberry's thoughts of a Parliament, of his 
 (Queensberry's) being Commissioner, " for nou I hop all scruples 
 are remoued, and I shal not feal to serve you as your Grace 
 shal apoint. . . . Cans reprint the King's speech in the 
 Councell." 
 
 London, 14 February : 1684-5. 
 
 273. All were preparing to go down to the country either 
 
 to elect honest men, or to be elected themselves. Some of the 
 
 " rogues " would again stand to be elected ; " but I hope they shal 
 
 not, for the honest party are mor in heart then I ever sau them. 
 
 The King is the darling of the City, and all hear ; especially for 
 
 tuo things, the shouing less favor to France, and the sending of 
 
 a certaine lady, (who uas in Scotland,) beyond sea, uith out so 
 
 much as seing hir." Since the late King dyed, it maks so 
 
 wonderful! ane alteration upon the thoughts of the men, that 
 
 ther is nothing to be heard but blissings of him, and admirations 
 
 of his goodness and prudence, nor are ther any uho uill oune to 
 
 hav ever bein against him." Longs to liear good news from 
 
 Scotland. " This day I dyned at the Archbishop of Canterbery's 
 
 hous, and ther uas the Bishops of St. Asaph and Ely. Ue talked 
 
 of the S [c] otish affair at leintb , and concluded that it uer absulately 
 
 fitt to persue uith all vigor your resolutions of ordering 
 
 Wniversitys, and converting that of Edinburgh to mor wsefuU 
 
 learning for that place, removing from it all students of 
 
 Humanity and Philosophy ; and that it uer uell to hav the 
 
 service in all the Universitys and Bishop's houses to begin to 
 
 mould the people to endure it. As for the propositione of the 
 
 Chapell Eoyall, it seims yet unseasonable " Queensberry's 
 
 conduct in other things was admired. A boy had been brought 
 
 to them that day, who had gone to Holland with one 
 
 Ogilvie, and thereafter was disltanded, and uho, having 
 
 come through some of the French garrisons, said he saw 
 
 there many of the Scotsmen, uho had been disbanded in 
 
 Holland and Flanders, taken on by the Earl of Argyle; 
 
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 they had money and frocks instead of clothes allowed them, 
 and pretended they were taken on to serve the Emperor 
 He saw Home, brother to the Earl of Home, who killed Hiltone, 
 there ; and he was to have office under the late Earl. This needed 
 confirmation. "Yet look to yom- selves, tho' I confess I hav 
 no fear of him at all. Wpon the reneuing of the list of pensions, 
 I am hopefnll you uill take care of me." " This night at 7 in the 
 evening, the late King's body is privately to be interred in Hendry 
 the 7th Chapell at Westminster." 
 
 Loudon, IG February: 168-|. 
 
 274. Had received His Grace's of the 11th. Combats 
 certain fears therein expressed, "nather Claverhous nor any 
 other of your ennamys having interest to harme j^ou in the 
 least, nor Aberdein's having the least countinance from this." 
 " Your Grace is pleased to attest me, it is not on this occatione 
 only I hav done you j ustice ; but I uill attest the King if I hav 
 not aluays don so." The King's approbation of his conduct 
 would come as soon as it could be prepared. Nothing was 
 done here but by the King, "and I uill assure you nothing 
 shal to differ from your opinions but by him." Drvimmond was 
 against the alterations in the Indemnity as differing from 
 Queensberry's sentiments ; and would have sent them down 
 as opinions only, but the King would not have this. He 
 inquired at His Majesty about Queensberry's coming up, " and 
 he assured me it uas uhat he could not think fitt att this time 
 by any means to condecend to." Owing to the great change 
 and the sitting of a Parliament in England, he could not see how 
 any of his officers could be dispensed with. Drummond was glad 
 they should know the Secret Committee's thoughts so soon, 
 and by so good a messenger as Lord Drumlanrig. " The 
 calling of the Parliament uas by the lung resolved, on sight 
 of the Secret Comitty's letter. The sitting or not sitting 
 depends on your lordships ; and I confess I am for 
 the sitting of it, the members being such as ue could 
 uish. And as to my thoughts of a Comissioner, I can 
 think but of one, and that is your self for many reasons ; 
 and I hope when the King has so much at stake, you uill 
 not lett your modesty preveall so far as to make the least 
 scruple in the mater. I shal euer doe your brother that justice 
 he deserues, and that is Avhat is deu from all men to a man of so 
 much honor. As for Stair's peaper, the fellow who brought it 
 uas so discuraged by my cariage to him, he never, for any thing 
 1 kno, presented it ; and for the rest, the King laughed at them." 
 
 Mourning was to be as close as for the nearest relation, " only 
 no cloaks. All noblemen and Councellors' coaches are in 
 mourning, and all gentlemen's liuerys. The ladys hav 
 all vailes, but they near them only on Sundays. I am 
 confident Claverhous has no ground to expect a precept 
 for his mony. I admire much of his frendship uith 
 Earl Aberdein ; if it be true, he is a fyne man. I am 
 confident it uill not be in his pouer to disturbe the King's 
 
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 servants' peace in any thing ; nor I hope uill he hav the 
 impudence to designe it. . . . The Bishops' letter seimed by 
 one I had from them, to be directed to me to deliiier to the King ; 
 but Earl Morray being in uaiting deUuered it, and had orders for 
 ane ansuer befor I had my letters. Bo I could not preuent the 
 Bishops sending up ; but if you think it north the whyle to hinder 
 it, upon nottice from you, I shal againe try uhat I can doe in it. 
 This day Earl Kochester is made Lord High Thesaurer of Ingland, 
 Lord Godolphin Chamberlane to the Quein, and Earl Arran is 
 arived from France, whither Churchill is gon on this occatione." 
 Was sorry his business at Monkland had given his Grace so much 
 trouble. 
 
 London, 21 February : 1684. 
 
 275. Had received his Grace's letter of the 16th. Lord 
 Drumlanrig would have one servant before him at all events, 
 viz : — Drummond. . . The Secret Committee's letter had 
 
 been answered. The Iving would have none of the officers 
 of state to stii- from Edinburgh, but thought a parliament 
 necessary ; and preparations for it should be gone about with 
 all speed. The King was Avell pleased with the good 
 prospect Queensberry had sent up. The King was still gaining 
 more and more of the people's love, but it was a love mixed with 
 dutiful! respect, and "not that prompts to saucieness and intrusione. 
 CoUonell Douglass' accompt I had and shoued the King, uith 
 uhich he uas satisfied, and has ordered me to prepare ane order 
 for his hautboys pays as he desired them. The abuses comitted 
 by the forces, as he represents them, are abominable ; and 
 really the officers ought to be punished uho are guilty 
 of it. For God's sake aduert to it in time, for ther most 
 be mor forces, and that is but smal incuragement for 
 them, the offers of the shires." Meantime all furloughs 
 should be forbidden, and musters made upon oath. " As 
 for my opinione of a Comissioner, I continou in my former, 
 that ther is no subject but your self capable of it, and I am con- 
 fident the choise uill light ther ; but the Iving does not speake of 
 it yet to any body, for all I kno." Earl Aberdeen is 
 left to Queensl)erry's disposal, who may freely prosecute him 
 for any fault. . . . " I am not mistaken of the Lords Cochran 
 and Montgomery. They are yong men, and may liv to repent 
 them, but this time most bring about ; only, if they continou, they 
 uill find themselves in the urong. I am sory Claverhous should 
 be such a fool as to continou after the King's commands. If the 
 King come to take inspectione in the affair, Claverhous uill not 
 find himself right in thes methods. The King imagined that the 
 sending the Bishops hom to ther Dioceases uas to hinder one of 
 them to come up ; so having granted St, Andrews leav he thought 
 that letter uas out of time, and so delayed it ; but I beleiv the 
 precedent hear uas the thing he thought of most in that mater. 
 
 "The King is uel satisfied uith uhat the Circuite has done in 
 the north, and thinks the 10,000 Hb. uas uell gott off Grant and 
 the Brodies : and for the nature of the Comissions I never 
 
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 questioned the use of them." He proceeds to speak of certain 
 fees due to him and others. "I hav sent to my brother for ane 
 impressione of the Broad Seal, one of the Quarter and Privy 
 Seals. The Signet ue hav ; and ther most be four of them, 3 of 
 silver and one of steill : they cannot possibly be made below, for 
 the King must deliuer them to us ; and indeid, the rest should 
 have bein destroyed in his presence. The silver ones uill not 
 coast much, and the steil one is almost done. So soon as the 
 impressions come, the prices shal be sent to your Grace to con- 
 sider of." He had informed the King of the hazard Queensberry 
 was in, in going to Edinburgh, and the hopes he had of laying 
 £10,000 sterling in the Castle of Edinburgh. The King approved 
 mightily of his service. 
 
 London, 24 February : 168|. 
 
 276. He had received the Duke's letter of the 14th February 
 by the Earl of Drumlanrig at the latter's own lodging. The Earl 
 had come to Drummond's house, where they discoursed fully 
 of all methods he Avas to take, "and therafter I uaited on him to 
 the King, uho receaved him very graciously and kindly, and 
 carried him (after he had delivered his letters) to the closet, and 
 ther perused his Instructions. Wherupon the King commanded 
 us all to attend him this afternoon at 4." In the evening 
 Drumlanrig kissed the Queen's hands, and was to wait on the 
 Prince of Denmark, but the Prmcess was not to be seen. 
 After that he supped with Drummond. This day Earl Drum- 
 lanrig, Earl Morray, Earl Middleton, and Drummond, waited on his 
 Majesty ; but he does not repeat what was done, as Earl Drumlanrig, 
 and his own letter to the Secret Committee would inform the 
 Duke. "I am really sory at Claverhous' cariage, tho' ye kno 
 my opinione of him befor this fell out ; yet the King has uneasy 
 consequenses. But if he uill play the fool, he most drink as he 
 breus." He would have wished his Grace to come to this place 
 for his (Drummond's) interest. " But the King uassopositiv and 
 gav so good reasons, as non of us durst say any mor in the 
 mater." &c. 
 
 London, 26 February : [16] 85. 
 
 277. In his letter of the 22nd, Quensberry referred him to his 
 brother [Earl of Perth] for what occurred there. "If all be 
 against me, as he says, I am in a fyne takeing. But I hope ye 
 think me mor a man of honor, and that I hav mor sence then to 
 be guilty of things I find I am suspected for ; but of this I hav 
 said so much to him, I uill not repet ; only beleiv me what I said 
 I uold be, and all is uell. You'l find it so uhen ye come 
 hither. . . . But in short, as for doing any thing relateing to 
 Thesaury maters, it neUer uas designed. But the King hauing 
 commanded us to drau all uarrants as they uer, himself having 
 done all befor, as uell as nou, in that Kingdom, I sent your Grace 
 ane accompt that if ye had any thing to propose, ye might in 
 time, and so ye hav, for all shal stop. As to your Grace's 
 comeing hither, I uas expecting this second adress, but not to be 
 against me, but to furnish me uith arguments to promot your 
 desire. 
 
219 
 
 "1 uent to the King, and he appointed this night at six. Ue 
 mett at seuen, and the King upon the arguments it seims ye 
 held out, for it uas his oun motione, so soon as I began to name 
 it, that nou your Grace and my brother should come up hither 
 befor the Parliament ; but expressly forbiding any other of the 
 Councell or army to come so long as ye are absent. And for 
 this cans he has ordered a letter to the Councell commanding 
 ther stay at Edinbrugh till your returne." Drummond requests 
 the Duke therefore to make haste, for it was expected he would 
 come off on Wednesday the 4th of March at furthest ; " if not, ye 
 most doe what's possible. All this I rejoice at." The reason for 
 calling him in this haste was " that the King thinks a session of 
 parliament in Scotland nesessary befor the meiting of that of 
 Ingland. That of England is not to be put off, so ye most come 
 hear speediely, or render a parliament of Scotland useless." 
 The King appeared well satisfied with Earl Drumlanrig. 
 Earl Arran pretended to the Bed-chamber. If St. Andrews 
 were there before Queensberry, "I shal ansuer for him; but 
 he dare not point at things your Grace mentions ; but I am not to 
 blame for him, and yet I am concerned he cary as l^ecoms his 
 character." 
 
 London, 28 February: 1684-5. 
 
 278. Drummond was hopeful that Queensberry was on the 
 road. Protests his innocence of some things which had been laid 
 to his charge '"by some of your number," which would soon 
 appear if his Grace were come. He wishes him to hasten his 
 departure if he were not already set out. "Things hear go on 
 uell.and dayly better; addresses humble, loyall and numerous, and 
 hopes of a good parliament hear ; and, if a wise, brave King over 
 thes may make a natione hapie, ue hav the hopes of it. 
 
 " I had a letter from Claverhous this day, and the King 
 another. He desires to come up, but I shal prevent it till your 
 Grace come, if I can ; but I dare promis nothing. I hope ye are 
 at ease as to Keigi-ell's and his trend. Edinburgh uas much 
 prayed tothers day. Of this mviu till meiting. 
 
 "My Lord Drumlanerig is uell,and he, Dumbarton, and I dyned 
 this day together at the Old Blue Posts in Hay Market." The 
 Court was now a continual crowd, and no pleasure was so great as 
 to see those who some time ago were the greatest enemies now 
 making the greatest professions. "God continow this King long 
 to us ; he seims ordained for such a charge, and I hope uill 
 bear it bravly." 
 
 [Without date. c. April 1685] . 
 278a. " Since your Grace uent from this place, I have liein so 
 ill, that it uas not in my pouer to ureat, nor uas ther any thing 
 uorthy of your truble uhich uas not comunicate to the Secret 
 Comitty. The apearances thes rebells make are the subject of 
 much discourse hear ; and seing the rooting of them out is a 
 mater of so great ease, I hav no doubt but it uill noAV be so 
 effectually gon about that ue shal quickly see ane end of that 
 truble." 
 
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 The Queen was recovering to the great joy of all. He longed 
 extremely to hear of his Grace's safe arrival, "and that so much 
 the mor, becaus of thes rogues going touards the Border, as if to 
 uay lay you." 
 
 Address : — For His Majesty's High Comissioner for the Kingdom 
 of Scotland. 
 
 London, 11 April : 1685. 
 
 279. "It has pleased his Majesty to reneu that Signature of 
 Lorn which nas formerly past by his royall brother, and componed 
 in Exchequer, but by the negligence of the ureater uas not passed 
 the seals. Ther are lykeuays some others depending upon the 
 same gift, which are lykuays sent doun. I hope your Grace uill 
 doe me the favor to cans pass them so soon as conveniently [you] 
 can, for your Grace knous that upon them depends my security 
 of what ye uer at so much paines at first to procure. . . . The 
 Great Seal requireing hast shal lykeuays be sent. I am to see it 
 to-morrou; but by what I said of it this day, it uill require 
 Monday and Tuesday's uork to mak it as it ought to be." 
 
 Further about a party that was to be sent to Carrick-Fergus. 
 " The story of ther Whigs' meeting in Holland holds, so as that 
 they hav something on the wheils at this time that is of conse- 
 quence to all of us. I kno the ports are so looked after that 
 ther is no fear of any on's aryveing unexamined." 
 
 London 14 April : 1685. 
 
 280. Drummond was glad that his Grace was safely arrived, 
 and that all things there had so good a prospect. It was as well 
 here. Now the parliament here was almost complete, one could 
 judge of it, and those who knew them best thought this would be 
 the best parhament that ever was in England. His Majesty had 
 sent the " yaught " straight to Greenock, with orders to send his 
 Grace notice of his arrival and to obey his Grace's commands. 
 The King desired that 20 soldiers might be put on board at 
 Greenock, to continue during his cruismg between this country and 
 Ireland. His Majesty had ordered the forces in Ireland " so as to 
 secure our coast from ther truble. . . The seals, trumpets, coats, 
 I took care of, tho' the seal was not finished at all, but the coats 
 &c. are right. . . 
 
 " Yesterday the King called me and told me his designe for my 
 Lord Tarbat, in which I acquiessed uith all my heart ; tho' if I 
 laa,d followed my oun inclination, uithout regard to him, I had 
 made a delay my most humble desire ; but on his accompt, I uent 
 over all difticultys of my condition," &c. 
 
 London, 16 April : 1685. 
 
 281. The King had given him the inclosed to transmit. " The 
 King, having nottice that Claverhous has not bein to pay that 
 civihty that uas fitt, has by this post ordered him to doe it, so 
 concerned he is to hav that mater at ane end to your Grace's 
 satisfactione. ..." 
 
 This Report has been prepared, on behalf of the Historical Manuscripts 
 Commissioners, by the Rev. William Scott, of 268, Dalkeith Road, 
 Edinburgh. 
 
(221) 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 A 
 
 Abay, Laird of, 174. 
 Abbey, the. See Holyrood Palace 
 under Edinburgli. 
 
 Abbotshall (Abotshall), , 77, 79, 
 
 84. 
 Abercromby, — ,97. 
 Aberdeen, George, 1st Earl of, Lord 
 High Chancellor of Scotland 
 ("the chancellor"), 5, 12, 18, 
 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 105, 109, 
 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 
 121, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 
 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 
 136, 137, 138, 139, 142, 143, 
 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153, 
 155, 156, 157, 160. 161, 162, 
 165, 166, 213, 216, 217. 
 
 , a member of the Secret 
 
 Committee, 169. 
 Aberdeenshire, 76. 
 Acts : 
 
 of Grace (Cromwell's), 3. 
 of Indemnity (1685), 40, 43, 46, 
 213. 
 
 , passing of, delayed, 71. _ 
 
 concerning the Militia (1685), 
 
 68. 
 about Ueligion (1685), 60. 
 Aerly, Earl of. Sec Airlie. 
 Ailesbury (Alesberrjr), [Robert Bruce 
 1st] Earl of, appointed Lord Cham- 
 berlain, 90. 
 Aimouthe. See Churchill. 
 Aire. See Ayr. 
 
 Airlie (Aaej'ly, Aerly, Airly), [Jaraer 
 Ogilvy, 2nd] Earl of, 15, 36. 163. 
 213. 
 Albemarle (Albemarell), [Christopher 
 Monk, 2nd] Duke of, 79, 80, 81, 
 82 
 Allegiance, oath of, 180, 192, 194. 
 Alliffe. See Ayloffe. 
 Alva, — , 185. 
 Ambassador : 
 
 Dutch, 38, 202, 209. 
 French, 20?. 
 
 Amsterdam, 56. 
 
 Ancaster, G. H. Heathcote-Drum- 
 
 mond-Willoughby, Earl of, 11. 
 Anderson, — , of Douhill, 213. 
 Andrew (Androu), Robert, 136. 
 Angus, 118. J 
 
 Annandale, Earl of (1684-5), 79, 204. 
 Anne, Princess (afterwards Queen). 
 
 123 (the Princess), 218. 
 .\rchbishop, the. See St. Andrews, 
 
 Archbishop of. 
 Ardies Moss, 23. 
 Ardmillane (Armillan, Ainiillane), 
 
 — , 120, 173, 206, 209, 211. 
 Argyle faction, the, 180. 
 Argyle : 
 
 [Archibald, 8th Earl], Marqiiis 
 
 of, 73. 
 [Archibald, 9th] Earl of, 4, 36, 
 57, 72, 77, 80, 100, 101, 136, 
 142, 143, 146, 155, 159, 160, 
 162, 164, 167, 184, 216. 
 
 , the estate (affairs) of, 27, 
 
 73, 126, 138, 143, 147, 150, 
 151, 152, 162, 163. 
 
 paper concerning 
 
 the annexation of, 139, 140. 
 -, said to have gone from 
 
 Holland to Scotland in a 
 dogger boat, 63. 
 
 , his hellish and traitorous 
 
 design, 70. 
 -, his declarations to be 
 
 printed with a short account 
 of his landing, 71. 
 
 taken and in custody at 
 
 Glasgow, 79. 
 , arms, ammunition, and 
 
 cannon taken from, 80. 
 
 , his depositions, 83. 
 
 , his canting speech, 84. 
 
 , his execution, 85. 
 
 — -, his papers, 86. 
 
 , the matter of his not being 
 
 allowed a new indictment, 84. 
 
 88. 
 
 , his children, 139. 
 
 -, family of, 129, 136. 
 
 Countess of, 160. 
 .^.rgyleshire, 57, 86, 96. 
 
 settling of, 29. 
 Arlington, [Henry Bennet], Earl of. 
 
 death of, 90. ' 
 Armillan, Armillane, — . See Ard- 
 millane. 
 Armstronge, Sir Thomas. 24. 
 
222 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Army, the, 200. 
 
 a muster of all the forces in 
 town at Comon ( ? Covent) 
 Garden appointed, 105. 
 to muster at Blackheath, 140. 
 officers of, 91, 96. 
 pay of a. captain lieutenant, 22, 
 
 23. 
 in Scotland. iS'ee under Scot- 
 land. 
 Armit, Major, lieut.-governor of 
 
 Dumbarton Castle, 28. 
 Arran, [James Douglas], Earl of; 
 (atterwards 4th Duke of Ham- 
 ilton), 14, 25, 44, 49, 64, 70, 
 72, 86, 119, 120, 121, 126, 131, 
 134, 139, 142, 145, 146, 148, 
 172, 217. 
 
 , referred to bv cipher 
 
 "289," 72. 
 _, " cldd," 90. 
 
 , his French pretensions, 
 
 176. 
 
 , pretends to the Bed- 
 chamber, 219. 
 
 , his father. See Hamilton, 
 
 Duke of. 
 Artillery, the, 9'6, 99, 102, 104, 107, 
 109, 110, 111, 112, 127. 
 
 ill condition of, 72. 
 
 Cbmpany, the, 23. 
 
 establishment, the, 22, 23. 
 
 feast, the, 164. 
 
 a train of, 79, 80. 
 Athole (Atholl), men, the, 72. 
 Athole, John, 2nd Earl, afterwards 
 1st Marquis of, 3, 4, 12, 30, 
 31, 49, 74, 86, 87, 88, 96, 139, 
 159. 
 
 , referred to by cipher "12," 
 
 81. 
 
 , Lord Privy Seal, a mem- 
 ber of the Secret Committee, 
 169. 
 
 a commi.ssion of lieuten- 
 
 ancy given to, 62. 
 Atkin, — , calling himself Livingston, 
 
 a drover, taken prisoner, 118. 
 Attorney General, the, 159. 
 Auchinbreck. See Campbell, Sir 
 
 Duncan. 
 Ayloffe (Alliffe), [John], a rebel with 
 
 Ai-gyle, 85, 91. 
 Ayr (Aire), shire of, 113, 114, 115, 
 176, 179, 186, 195. 205. 
 sheiiffship of, 73, 77. 
 
 B 
 
 Bacliuch. See Buccleugh. 
 Baine, James, 118. 
 Baird, — , not elected a bailie of 
 Edinburgh, 173, 
 
 Balcarres, [Colin Lindsay, 3rd] Earl 
 of, 23, 49, 200. 
 
 , his brother-in-law. See 
 
 Campbell, Sir Duncan. 
 Balfour : 
 
 (Balfoure), — , " the murderer," 
 
 63. 
 (Balfouer), Captain, afterwards 
 Major, 20, 181. 
 Balnagowne, Laird of, 12. 
 Bannockburn (Bonokburne, Bonnok- 
 burne), — , 18, 25, 28, 55, 206, 209. 
 Banstead Downs (Bansledouns), [co. 
 
 Surrey], a horse match on, 166. 
 Barclay. See Berkeley. 
 Bargenie (Bargeny), — , 173, 206, 
 211. 
 
 , his process, 120. 
 
 Barnet, letter dated at, 169. 
 Barnton (near Edinburgh), letters 
 
 dated at, 170. 
 Barnton, — , 113. 
 Bass, the, 84, 111, 136. 
 Bassa, the Terasyirie. See Ter- 
 
 asyirie. 
 Bath (Bathes, the Bath), [co. Somer- 
 set], 64, 81, 82, 83. 
 Beaufort (Bodford, Boford), [Henry 
 
 Somerset, 1st] Duke of, 79, 81. 
 Bekman, — , 57. 
 Belgrade, 165. 
 
 Bellendine, Lord (1684), 29. 
 Benerman, — , 149, 158. 
 Beridalbine, Earl of. See Breadal- 
 
 bane. 
 Berkeley (Barclay, Berclay) ; 
 
 [George, 1st] Earl of, his daugh- 
 ter, 17. 
 Captain, 68, 66, 90, 209 (brother 
 to the Earl of Falmouth). 
 Berwick-upon-Tweed, 159, 160, 175, 
 200. 
 letter dated at, 199. 
 artillery at, 99. 
 Bishop, the. Sen Edinburgh, Bishop 
 
 of. 
 BLshop's murderer, the, 118. 
 Bishops, the, to prepare a form of 
 thanksgiving for Charles H's re- 
 covery, 204. 
 Blackball (Blakhall), Sir Archbald 
 
 Stuart of. See Stuart. 
 Blackheath, [co. Kent], the army tc 
 
 muster at, 140. 
 Blackuod, Robert, 118. 
 Blair, the escheats of, 14. 
 Blair (Blaer) : 
 
 Sir Adam, 82, 145, 165, 200. 
 — , 202. 
 
 , his pension, 22. 
 
 Bodford, Duke of. See Beaufort. 
 Boltfoot, — . See Campbell. 
 Bonokburne. See Bannockburn. 
 Boot. See Bute. 
 Bound Road, the, 117. 
 Boyde, — , of Troghregg, 38. 
 Boyne, Lord (1683), 142, 14?. 
 Bracklie, — , 202. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 223 
 
 Brand, — , third bailie of Edinburgh, 
 
 173. 
 Brandenburger, the, 92. 
 Breadalbane (Beridalbine, Bredabin, 
 Broadalbin), LSir John Campbell, 
 1st] Earl of, 14, 50, 74, 81, 8-5, 86, 
 90, 91, 92, 93, 131, 148, 153, 156, 
 162, 205. 
 Brisbane : 
 
 Mr., 119, 125. 
 
 (Brisban), Mrs., 25, 39, 62, 64, 
 202. 
 Bristol (Bristo), 79, 81, 82. 
 Brodie, Alexander, of Brodie, 3, 4. 
 Brodies, the, 217. 
 Bruce : 
 
 Captain, 91. 
 Sir William^ 210, 211. 
 Buecleugh (Bacfiuch, Bacliwche), es- 
 tate of, 85, 98. 
 Buecleugh, Ann, Duchess of Mon- 
 mouth, q.v., Duchess of, 95, 
 98. 
 
 , her children, 95. 
 
 Si'p also Monmouth, Duke of. 
 Brussels (Bui-xels), 37. 
 Buchan : 
 
 [William Erskine, 8th] Earl of, 
 
 91. 
 Lieut.-Col., 20. 
 Buda, 140, 165. 
 
 Burne, Zacharias, 50, 60, 64, 67. 
 Burnet, — , 21. 
 Burxels. Src Brussels. 
 Bute (Boot), sheriff of, 14, 90. 
 
 c 
 
 Cabinet Council, the, 30, 34, 37, 81, 
 
 84, 86, 201. 
 Caerlyle. See Carlisle. 
 Caernes, Captain, 56. 
 Caithness (Cathness), 131. 
 Caithness, Duke of (1685), 205. 
 Calais, 141. 
 
 Callender, Earl (1684), 197. 
 Cameron, Sir Ewan, of Lochiel, 59, 
 
 65, 66. 
 Cameronian, a rank, 118. 
 Campbell : 
 
 Act extinguishing the surname 
 of, not to be passed, 99. 
 
 (Cambell), — , 199. 
 
 alias Boltfoot, — , 53. 
 
 — , of Sesnoke, 106. 
 
 Charles, 91. 
 
 Sir Duncan, of Auchinbreck, 72. 
 
 John, 29, 30, 89, 91. 
 
 Lord Neil (Neell), his son, 89. 
 
 Robert, 82, 
 
 Canterbury, [William Sancroft], 
 Archbishop of, 49, 206 (his Grace), 
 215. 
 Carden, — , 150. 
 
 Carlisle (Caerlyle, Carlyle, Carlilyl), 
 50, 57, 84. 
 lieutenant-governor of, 57. 
 Carmichaell : 
 
 Lord (1684), 176, 180, 190. 
 Sir Daniel, 180, 190, 197. 
 Carrickfergus, 220. 
 Carse, Lord (1683), 169. 
 Carstairs (Carstaers), Mr., bailie of 
 Jerviswood (' Jerviswood," " Ger- 
 vaswood"), 30, 33, 34, 38, 66, 67, 
 74, 128, 148, 159, 173. 197, 201. 
 Casillis, Countess of (1682), 17. 
 Castle, the. See Edinburgh. 
 Catharine of Braganza, Queen of 
 
 Charles II, 109. 
 Cauhon, Mrs., 160. 
 Causende, Stuart of. Sec. Stuart. 
 Cessnock (Sesnock), — , 157, 160, 184. 
 Cessnocks, the, 72, 79, 82, 99. 
 
 to be kept prisoners in the Bass, 
 84. 
 Ohaerters, Captain, 66. 
 Chamberlain, the Lord, 43. See 
 
 also Ailesbury. 
 Chancellor, Lord, 13. 
 
 , of Scotland. See under 
 
 Scotland. 
 Charles I, King, observation of the 
 
 day of his martyrdom, 96. 
 Charles II, King, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 
 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 
 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 
 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 
 40, 43, 102, 103, 104, 105, 
 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 
 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 127, 
 128, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 
 139, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 
 146, 147, 148, 150, 153, 155, 
 158, 159, 165, 166, 169, 184, 
 185, 189, 190, 193, 194, 196, 
 199, 201, 202, 203, 207, 208, 
 209, 213. 
 conspiracy against, 24, 43. 
 a sea voyage of, 105. 
 going to Winchester, 120, 127. 
 gives audience to the Hon. John 
 Druinniond. See Drummond. 
 going to Southampton and 
 
 Portsmouth, 130, 131. 
 building a noble palace at Win- 
 chester, 131. 
 resolved to use his prerogative 
 to name all the magistrates of 
 Edinburgh, 134. 
 returning to London, 136. 
 the city of London refuses to 
 give up its privileges to, 143. 
 goes to Newmarket, 147. 
 to have his picture done by 
 
 Kneller, 149. 
 at Newmarket, 152. 
 pardons the Duke of Monmouth, 
 168. 
 
224 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Charles 11, King— cont. 
 his illness, 41, 42. 
 
 , recovery from, 203, 212. 
 
 , , a form of thanks- 
 giving for, to be prepared, 204. 
 at Deptford, 211. 
 his death, 10, 42, 212. 
 the deep mourning for, 213, 216. 
 rumoured private interment of, 
 
 214, 216. 
 his master falconer, 19. 
 portraits of, 201. 
 Chidley, Mr., 56. 
 Chief Justice, Lord, 44. See also 
 
 Pemberton. Sanders. Jeffreys. 
 Chiffens (Chivens), Will-, Monmouth 
 brought to his rooms in Whitehall, 
 87. 
 Chrihton, — , 19. 
 
 Christian army, the. See fi'mpire, the. 
 Church, the, in Scotland. Sec under 
 
 Scotland. 
 Churchill : 
 
 Col. John Churchill, 1st Lord, 
 of Eyemouth (Aimouthe), 18, 
 49, 217. 
 
 , colonel of a regiment of 
 
 dragoons raised in London, 
 167. 
 
 , commission granted to, 69. 
 
 , proceeds against the rebels 
 
 under the Duke of Monmouth, 
 79, 81. 
 
 , at Bath, 82. 
 
 made a Major General, 91. 
 
 Sir John, Master of the Rolls, 
 208. 
 Ciphers : 
 
 the Earl of Moray's, key to, 48, 
 
 49. 
 quoted (Earl of Moray's), 52- 
 95 passim. 
 Clarendon, [Henry Hyde, 2nd] Earl 
 of, 44, 49. 
 
 , made Lord Privy Seal, 44. 
 
 Claverhouse, John Graham, of. Sec 
 
 Graham. 
 Cleland, — , 57. 
 
 , his troop, 82. 
 
 Clerksone, Daniel, 118. 
 
 Olidsdeall. See Clydesdale. 
 
 Cloth, importation of, into Scotland, 
 
 117, 118. 
 Clydesdale (Olidesdell, Clidsdeall, 
 Olidsdel), 48, .55. 
 Band, the, 81. 
 divisions, the, 140. 
 lieutenant of, 31. 
 Clydesdale (Clidesdel), shire of, com- 
 mission of lieutenancy for, 70. 
 Cochrane : 
 
 [John], Lord, (afterwards 2nd 
 
 Earl of Dundonald), 217. 
 Sir John, 85, 91, 95, 106, 161, 
 166. 
 
 , a yacht dispatched for, 88, 
 
 102. 
 
 , his son, 85, 91. 
 
 Lady Mary, 92. 
 
 Colin (Coline), — , 158. 
 
 Colington (,Colingtone, Colingtoun), 
 
 — , 4, 175, 188, 201. 
 " Collene," 73. 
 
 Commons, House of, 49, 71, 76, 77, 
 79, 100. 
 
 , Speaker of. See Trevor. 
 
 Connanny, Earl (1682), 12. 
 Coninghame of Craigend ("Craig- 
 end "), the younger and older, 184, 
 193, 194, 213. 
 Constable, Mr., 140. 
 Conventicle, a, taken, 208. 
 
 See also under Scotland. 
 Copper mine, a, 26. 
 Court, the, 4, 5, 6, 14, 28, 78, 89, 
 91, 92, 110, 121, 127, 131, 136, 147, 
 213. 
 Covenanters, the, 3, 9, 10. 
 "Craegy," 73. 
 
 Crafton, Duke of. See Grafton. 
 Crafurd, Dr., historiographer royal 
 
 of Scotland, 20. 
 Craigdaroch, — , death of, 145. 
 Craigend. See Coninghame. 
 Craigie : 
 
 — , 200, 205. 
 
 Sir Thomas, of Glendoich, 4. 
 Sir Thomas Wallace of. See 
 Wallace. 
 Craik, James, W.S., 1. 
 Oriche, Gray of. See Gray. 
 Cranbourne, co. Dorset, St. Giles's 
 
 (Gielleses) House, 84. 
 Crauford, — , taken at a conventicle, 
 
 208. 
 Crawford (.Crauford), [Lanarkshire], 
 182, 189. 
 a conventicle upon the borders 
 of, 191. 
 Crawfordjohn, [Lanarkshire], 182. 
 Cright'on, — , 200. 
 Crofton, Duke of. See Grafton. 
 Cromarty, port of, 63. 
 
 shire of, 79, 101. 
 Cromivell, Oliver, Lord Protector, 
 
 his Act of Grace. See Act. 
 Cunningham (Cuningliame) : 
 — , 165. 
 
 — , taken at a conventicle, 208. 
 
 — , the Chamberlain, 126, 132. 
 
 Currie, copper mine in the parish of, 
 
 26. 
 Customs the, 42. 
 
 collectors of, 19. 
 loss to, by ships unloading in the 
 Isle of Man, 111. 
 
JNDBX. 
 
 225 
 
 D 
 
 Dacres (Backers), Squire, 200, 208. 
 DalhoTisie, Countess of (1683), 22. 
 Dalrymple : 
 
 Sir James, of Stair, 95. 
 Sir John, 95, 129, 136, 161, 166, 
 199. 
 Dalyell (Dalyele, Dyell), General, 20, 
 
 21, 38, 49, 88, 94, 136, 137, 173. 
 Danube, the river, 165. 
 Dartmouth, [George Legge, 1st] 
 
 Lord, 20, 46, 49, 57, 77, 155. 
 Deans, Mr., 50, 93. 
 Debuois, — , 21. 
 
 Delamere, [Henry Booth, 2nd] Lord, 
 sent to the Tower, 89. 
 
 , trial and acquittal of, 95. 
 
 Denmark, 113. 
 
 Denmark, Prince George of, 113, 123 
 (the Prince), 140, 218. 
 
 , to be chief mourner at 
 
 Charles II's funeral, 214. 
 -, to command James II's 
 
 regiment of foot, 83. 
 Princess Anne of. See Anne. 
 Deptford (Detford), 211. 
 Devonshire, [William Cavendish, 
 
 4th] Earl, 96. 
 Dick: 
 
 Sir James, 141, 142, 146, 153, 
 
 154, 160. 
 Mr., 142. 
 Diddope, house and lands of, 23. 
 Dik, P., 94. 
 Doncaster (Duncaster), co. York, 76, 
 
 99. 
 Donibristle, co. Fife, 3. 
 Dorchester, Catherine Sidley, Coun- 
 tess of, 96. 
 Douchal, Porterfield of. See Porter- 
 field. 
 Douglas Pouglass), 182. 
 Douglas : 
 
 [James, 2nd] Marquis of, 68, 98. 
 
 B., 94. 
 
 — , of Stenhouse (Stannous, 
 
 Stennous), 15, 17, 20. 
 Colonel, brother of 1st Duke of 
 Queensberry, 10, 16, 45, 47, 
 49, 51, 59, 68, 69, 82, 88, 91, 
 102, 172, 203, 212, 214, 215, 
 216, 217. 
 -, referred to by cipher "Y," 
 
 85. 
 
 "324," 92. 
 
 , commission to, to be 
 
 brigadier, 69. 
 — , reasons for his precedency 
 
 over Claver house, 69. 
 -, his Grenadiers, 212. 
 
 Lord William, 2nd son of 1st 
 Duke of Queensberry, 27, 28, 
 36, 49, 124, 141, 199, 
 
 3773 
 
 Doune, Sir James Stewart of. See 
 
 Stewart. 
 Drum, Laird of, 24, 25. 
 Drumelior, — , 32. 
 Drumlanrig, the muniments at, 1. 
 Drumlanrig (Druinlaengrige, Drwm- 
 laengrige), [James Douglas, 
 eldest son of 1st Duke of 
 Queensberry], Earl of, 27, 28, 
 45, 46, 49, 94, 95, 141, 145, 
 190, 209, 212, 216, 217, 218, 
 219. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "81," 75, 78. 
 Drummond : 
 
 — , 136, 137. 
 
 Bailie (Balzie), 26, 133, 134, 137, 
 
 143, 153, 154, 158. 
 Blaer, commission to, to be con- 
 joint Keeper of the Signet, 88. 
 James, Lord. ,S'ee Perth, 4th 
 
 Earl of. 
 Hon. John, of Lundin ("Lord 
 Lundin," "Lundin," "Lunde"), 
 afterwards Viscount and Earl 
 of Melfort, q.v., successively 
 Treasurer Depute and Secre- 
 tary of State for Scotland, 1, 
 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 49, 54, 56, 
 218. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "07," 54, 55, 56, 57. 
 "559," 53. 
 
 — , letters from, to William, 
 Marquis and Duke of Queens- 
 berry, 102-220. 
 
 — , made General of the Ord- 
 
 nance and Deputy Governor of 
 the Castle of Edinburgh, 7. 
 — , resigns the Lieutenant's 
 place at Edinburgh Castle, 
 110, 112. 
 -, as Treasurer Depute of 
 
 Scotland, 13, 17, 18, 25, 26, 
 27, 28, 30, 32, 110, 140. 
 
 , audiences of, with Charles 
 
 n, 121, 122, 123, 131. 
 -, kindness of Charles II and 
 
 the Duke of York to, 128, 1^. 
 
 , his diligence in aflPairs of 
 
 State, 135. 
 
 constantly attending the 
 
 King and Diike, 139. 
 
 , to pay for portraits of the 
 
 King and Duke by Kneller, 
 149. 
 -, a member of the Secret 
 
 Committee, 169. 
 
 , becomes Secretary of State 
 
 for Scotland, 8, 33 (Lundie), 
 34. 
 -, as Secretary of State for 
 
 Scotland (the Earl of Moray's 
 colleague), 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 
 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52. 
 -, denies report of his not 
 
 having been kind in his repre- 
 sentations of the Duke of 
 Queensberry, 171. 
 
226 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Drummond, Hon. John — cont. 
 
 , proceedings of, on the 
 
 Western Circuit, 175-196. 
 -, takes the Bond as a 
 
 heritor of Monkland, 190. 
 -, commanded to attend. 
 
 the Duke of York to Scotland, 
 205. 
 
 — , his patent to be Viscount 
 Melfort and Lord Drummond 
 of Galstoun (Gilston), 51. 
 -, his first wife Sophia Lun- 
 
 din, 11. 
 -, his second wife Euphemia 
 
 Wallace, 11, 113, 133, 155, 
 166, 168, 170, 200. 
 
 , his brother. See Perth, 
 
 4th Earl of. 
 Sir John, 14. 
 
 Lieutenant General, 17, 21, 49, 
 55, 58, 94, 110, 112^ 141. 
 Dublin, 199. 
 
 Duchill, — . See Porterfield. 
 Duel between the Duke of Grafton 
 
 and Jake Talbot, 97. 
 Dake,the. <See York, James, Duke of. 
 Dumbarton' (Dumbritton), 177. 
 
 Castle, lieut. -governor of. See 
 
 Armit. 
 garrison, 162. 
 Dumbarton (Dunbarton, Dumbrit- 
 ton), Earl of (1684-5), 40, 48, 
 49, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 64, 
 65, 66, 70, 75, 76, 77, 82, 85, 
 88, 89, 93, 139, 141, 147, 209, 
 219. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "KKK," 89 and note, 90, 92. 
 
 , made a lieut. -general, 91. 
 
 -, his regiment, 62, 75, 80, 
 
 98, 167. 
 -, to accompany the Duke of 
 
 York to Scotland, 199. 
 Dumbartonshire : 
 
 commission of lieutenancy for,70. 
 loyalty of tlie men of, 181. 
 putting of the Test in, 178. 
 the troop in^ 181. 
 number of freeholders in, tak- 
 ing the Test, 183. 
 Dumfries, 35, 179, 181. 
 Dumfries (Dunfris), [William Crich- 
 ton, 2nd] Earl of, 73, 88, 120. 
 
 , his sheriffship, 85. 
 
 Dunbar, Mr., 55. 
 
 Dundofiald, [Sir William Cochrane, 
 1st] Earl of, 85, 126, 131, 132, 
 141, 143, 153, 157, 165, 177. 
 Dunfermline, lordship of, 148. 
 Dunnottar (Dunnotter), the affair 
 
 of, 120. 
 Durie, Mr., 38. 
 Durm, Mr., 53. 
 
 Dury, — , a commission for, 203. 
 Dutch, the, 27. 
 
 affair, the, 201. 
 
 Ambassador, the. See under 
 Ambassador. 
 Dyell. Sec Dalyell. 
 
 E 
 
 Earelhall, — , 22. 
 
 Earlston (Earlestoune), Gordon of. 
 
 See Gordon. 
 Edinburgh, 8, 9, 12, 18, 27, 35, 36, 
 37, 47, 49, 76, 92, 95, 101, 
 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 124, 
 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 134, 
 141, 142, 143, 145, 149, 153, 
 154, 156, 158, 160, 164, 165, 
 167, 170, 174, 180, 182, 184, 
 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 
 192, 194, 195, 196, 199, 202, 
 212, 217, 218, 219. 
 letters dated at, 112, 113, 114, 
 115, 116, 117, 118, 173, 175, 
 197, 198. 
 bishopric of, a house for, 19, 20. 
 the Canongate, clerk in, 207. 
 Castle, 16, 45, 77, 94, 104, 105, 
 106, 108, 112, 114, 131, 159, 
 
 , letters dated at, 102, 111, 
 
 112. 
 
 , bedding for, 21, 22. 
 
 , captain of, 106, 111, 112. 
 
 , commissions in, nature of, 
 
 106. 
 
 , the commissions for, 110. 
 
 , the company in, 106, 107. 
 
 , constable of, 107. 
 
 , garrison of, 149, 162. 
 
 , governor of. See Lauder. 
 
 dale, Duke of ; Queensberry, 
 
 William, Marquis and Duke of. 
 , lieutenant or deputy 
 
 governor of. See Kelly; 
 
 Drummond ; White. 
 , the magazines at, 102, 
 
 112. 
 
 , oflBcers of, 108. 
 
 -, works at, 114, 118. 
 
 the Cross of, 114. 
 
 Dean of Gild of, 154, 159. 
 
 flying packets between London 
 
 and, 43, 46, 59, 68, 71, 72, 74, 
 
 75, 79, 83, 92, 98, 99. 101. 
 Holyrood Palace (" the Abbey "), 
 
 8, 15, 37, 38, 74, 114, 199. 
 , proposed arrangements 
 
 for the Duke of York's stay at, 
 
 204, 205. 
 
 , works at, 112, 118. 
 
 magistrates (bailies) of, 113, 132., 
 
 133, 205. See also Brand; 
 
 Hamilton ; Robertson ; 
 
 Spence. 
 
 , elections of, 127, 173. 
 
 , the King's prerogative to 
 
 name all, 134. 
 
IKDEX. 
 
 227 
 
 Edinburgh — cont. 
 
 provost of, 17, 38, 77, 79, 84, 88, 
 93, 94, 14, 137, 142, 153, 154, 
 173. 
 
 town clerk of, 115. See also 
 Roch-head. 
 
 the Trone customs of, 107. 
 
 tumult at, 97'. 
 
 Uniyersity, proposal to convert, 
 to more useful learning, 215. 
 
 6,0OOL set down for the bring- 
 ing in of the water to, 118. 
 Edinburgh, John Paterson, Bishop 
 of, ("Mr. Pious," "Pope 
 Pious"), 8, 14, 21, 30, 49, 56, 
 70, 81, 98, 106, 107, 108, 114, 
 116, 119, 122, 126, 138, 139, 
 142, 152. 
 
 , , proposed that he be 
 
 ordered to recede in his dio- 
 cese, 124. 
 
 -, the most impudent 
 
 of mankind, 125. 
 
 — , , attempt 
 
 him 
 
 to have 
 transplanted to the 
 
 bishopric of Ross, 133, 137, 
 
 141, 147, 157. 
 — , , endeavour to get 
 
 him out of the Council, 146, 
 
 147, 161. 
 , , his brother 
 
 Paterson, Sir William. 
 
 -, his father, 124. 
 
 See 
 
 Edinburgh, shire of, 160 
 Edmistoune, Wachobe of. See 
 
 Wachobe. 
 Eglinton. [Alexander Montgomery, 
 8th] Earl of, 211, 214. 
 
 , his brother, 59, 67. 
 
 Elengrege, House of, 72. 
 Elphinstone (Elphiston), John El- 
 phinstone, 8th] Lord, 14, 185. 
 
 , his protection, 117, 118. 
 
 Ely, [Francis Turner], Bishop of, 49, 
 
 215. 
 Emperor, [Leopold I], the, 140, 216. 
 Empire, the, army of (the Christian 
 
 army), 135, 140, 155, 164, 165. 
 English (Inglish, Ingluss), Captain, 
 
 23, 58, 126, 132. 
 English Channel, the, (the Channel), 
 
 74. 
 EiTol : 
 
 Francis, 9th Earl of, 2. 
 
 Lady Margaret (n^e Stewart, 
 
 q. v.), Countess of, 2. 
 [John, 11th] Earl of, 155. 
 Countess of (1683), 118, 160. 
 Esslemont (Eselmount), 155. 
 Essex, conspirators taken in, 24. 
 Evandale, 188, 189. 
 Ewen, Mr., 60. 
 Excise, the, 13, 44. 
 
 in Scotland, proposal to estab- 
 lish it on the Crown for ever, 
 62. 
 
 F 
 
 Faa, Mr., 150. 
 
 Fae, Dr., 49. 
 
 Falconer, Sir John, 23, 29, 34, 112, 
 
 114, 115, 117. 
 Falconers, the, 31, 39, 51, 202. 
 Fall, Dr., 33. 
 
 Falmouth, [Charles Berkeley], Earl 
 of, his brother. See Berkeley, 
 Captain. 
 Feacster, E., made a lieut. -general, 
 
 91. 
 Fearhet, Mr., 24. 
 Fenwick (Fenike), Sir John, made a 
 
 brigadier for the horse, 91. 
 Ferguson (Fergusone, Fergusson), 
 [Robert] 24, 50, 60. 
 
 , chaplain to the Duke of 
 
 Monmouth, 80. 
 Feversham (Feaversham), [Lewis de 
 Duras, 2nd] Earl of, 82, 210. 
 
 , proceeds against the Duke 
 
 of Monmouth, 79. 
 
 . his forces, 79, 80. 
 
 joined by the Earl of 
 
 Pembroke, 81. 
 , reports the Duke of Graf- 
 ton's action against the rebels, 
 83. 
 -, made a Knight of the 
 
 Garter, 90 
 
 Finch, 214. 
 
 Findhorn, port of, 63. 
 
 Fishery or Fishing Company, the, of 
 Scotland. See under Scotland. 
 
 Fitzharding (Fitsharding), Lord 
 (1685), 82. 
 
 Fitzpatrick (Fitzpaetrike), Captain, 
 97. 
 
 Flanders, 215. 
 
 an express from, 26. 
 
 Fleminge, Captain-Lieut., 20. 
 
 Fletcher, [Andrew], of Saltoun (Sal- 
 ton, Saltone), 97, 102, 106. 
 
 , his company, 59, 67. 
 
 , forfeiture of, 90. 
 
 Flying packets. See Edinburgh. 
 
 Foreman, — , taken at a conventicle, 
 208. 
 
 Forfar, 190. 
 
 Forfar, Earl (1684) 197. 
 
 Forrester, Sir Andrew, 16, 18, 22, 
 24, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 37, 44, 53, 
 56, 63, 65, 69, 71, 80. 87, 92, 93, 
 94, 95, 96, 98, 119, 120, 140, 143, 
 147, 152, 169, 203, 205, 206, 208, 
 209, 211. 
 
228 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 France, 44, 74, 155, 172, 215, 217. 
 [Louis XIV], King of, 206. 
 
 , cannon taken by, at 
 
 Ghent, said to be found with 
 the Turks, 136. 
 -, orders English ships trad- 
 
 ing to Genoa to be brought 
 into Toulon, 209. 
 Fraser, Sir William, K.G.B., 1, 6. 
 Frazer, — , taken at a conventicle, 
 
 208. 
 French garrisons, 215. 
 Frowd, Mr., 50. 
 Furnuall, the " tinds " of, 19. 
 Fyfe, — , 211. 
 
 G 
 
 Galloway (Gallouay), lieutenant of, 
 
 31. 
 Gallowshels, — , 34. 
 Garter, Order of the, 90. 
 
 Chapter of, 111. 
 Gazette, the, 28, 59, 60. 
 Geilstoun, — , 181. 
 Genoa, 209. 
 George, Prince. See Denmark 
 
 Prince George of. 
 Gerard (Jerrard), [Charles, 2nd] 
 Lord, of Brandon, sent to the 
 Tower, 89. 
 Germany, 140. 
 Gernock. Sec Greinoch. 
 Gervaswood. See Oarstairs. 
 Ghent (Gent), 136. 
 Gibsone, — , of Inglistoune, 15. 
 Gilchrist, — , 205. 
 Glamis (Glames, Glammes), Lord 
 
 (1685), 62. 
 Glasgow (Glasco), 8, 9, 79, 114, 115, 
 117, 213. 
 letters dated at, 175, 176, 177, 
 178, 179, 183, 185, 186, 188, 
 190, 194, 195. 
 bailie depute of. See Stirling, 
 commissioners to conduct the 
 examination of the elders of, 
 178. 
 fanatic ministers at, 179. 
 the impositions of, 167. 
 presbytery of, brings in the roll? 
 
 of the parishes, 178. 
 provost of. See Johnstone. 
 Glasgow, Archbishop of, 33, 37, 47, 
 49, 83, 181. 1 ' . . : 
 
 Glastonbury (Glasinberry, Glassen- 
 
 berry), [co. Somerset], the rebels 
 
 at, 81. 
 Glencairn (Glencarne), Earl of (1684) 
 
 177. 
 Glendoich, Sir Thomas Ci-aigie of. 
 
 See Oraigie. 
 Glengaber (Glengaiber), 196, 
 
 Glenlie, in Lochaber, 36. 
 Gloucestershire, 82. 
 Godolphin, Sidney, afterwards Isfc 
 Lord, 32. 
 
 , made first Commissioner 
 
 of the Treasury, 31. 
 -, made Lord Chamberlain 
 
 to Queen Mary IT, 44, 217. 
 Goodenougli (Goodeniwghe), [Rich- 
 ard], treasurer to the Duke of 
 Monmouth, 80. 
 Gordon : 
 
 [George Gordon] , previously 
 4th Marquis of Huntly, q. v., 
 1st Duke of, 49, 51, 66, 76, 
 95, 98, 200. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "675," 90. 
 -, his commission of lieuten- 
 
 ancy, 100. 
 -, his father. See Huntly, 
 
 3rd Marquis of. 
 [Sir Alexander], of Earlston 
 
 (Earlestoune), 26, 29, 38, 113, 
 
 117, 132, 136, 137, 141, 169, 
 
 202. 
 
 , examinations of, 118, 119. 
 
 , order sent for his tox'ture, 
 
 28, 133. 
 -, petition for a pardon for. 
 
 134. 
 
 -, reprieved, 161. 
 
 Sir Robert, his Baily, 63. 
 (Gordone), Thomas, 115, 139, 
 
 161, 163, 165, 176. 
 Sir Thomas, 14. 
 Gordonston, — , 131. 
 Gosford : 
 
 , 201. 
 
 Major, 52, 58, 61, 62, 64, 66. 
 Govell, Joachim, 26. 
 Grafton (Crafton, Crofton, Graff- 
 ton), [Henry Fitz Roy, 1st] 
 Duke of, 113. 
 
 , ambushed by Monmouth's 
 
 rebels, 83. 
 -, kills Jake Talbot in a 
 
 duel, 97. 
 Graham (Grahame) : 
 
 Captain, 118, 119. 
 
 Colonel, 23. 
 
 John, of Olaverhouse (" Claver- 
 liouse,," " Olaverous"), 5, 6, 
 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 37, 38, 
 47, 48, 49, 51, 56, 59, 60, 62, 
 65, 68, 69, 82, 124, 127, 129, 
 131, 151, 156, 163, 165, 172, 
 200, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 
 210, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 
 218, 219, 220. 
 -, referred to by cipher 
 
 '22," 65. 
 
 "30," 61, 92. 
 "pro," 61. 
 
 , letter to, 54. 
 
 , his court, 161. 
 
 , his insolence, 171. 
 
 , James II's displeasure of, 
 
 53, 206, 
 
IMDBX. 
 
 229 
 
 Graham, John — coni. 
 
 , to be reprimanded by 
 
 order of the Duke of York, 
 209. 
 
 J commission to, to be 
 
 brigadier,' 69. 
 -, his services to the King 
 
 Hamilton, [William, Earl of Selkirk] 
 
 — cont. , , , , „ 
 
 , referred to by cipher " 14," 
 
 65, 72, 74, 78, 80, 81, 85, 86, 
 90. 
 , made a Knight of the 
 
 in Scotland, 69. 
 -, to be admitted on the 
 
 Council, 73. 
 Granard, [Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st] 
 
 Earl of, 36, 44, 68. 
 Grant. — , 51, 217. 
 Grantham, 109. 
 Grants, the laird of, 67. 
 Gravesend, co. Kent, 83. 
 Gray: 
 
 [Forde Gray, 3rd] Lord, [of 
 Wark], 24, 63. 
 
 , trial of, 17. 
 
 , his capture, 84. 
 
 , his interview with the 
 
 King, 87. 
 
 , his execution delayed, 87. 
 
 — , taken at a conventicle, 208. 
 — , of Oi'iche, 34. 
 Green Cloth, the officers of, 43. 
 Greenock (Grinoke), 50, 220. 
 Greenwich (Greinuich), 109, 140. 
 Greinoch (Gernock), — , 182, 184, 
 
 193. 
 Griersone, Sir Robert, of liag, 16. 
 Grinoke. See Greenock. 
 Groningen (Gronigen), in Holland, 
 38. 
 
 H 
 
 Halifax, [Sir George Savile, 1st] 
 Marquis of, 45, 49. 
 — ' — , made Lord President of 
 the Council, 44, 159. 
 Hall, Mr., to be historiographer 
 
 royal of Scotland, 20. 
 Halton (Haltoun, Hatton, Hat- 
 tone) : 
 Lord, 13, 14, 102, 103, 105, 110. 
 Lady, 103. 
 Halyards, — , 178, 200. 
 Ham, 13. 
 Hamilton, 175, 183, 189. 
 
 faction, the, 180. 
 Hamilton • 
 
 [William, Earl of Selkirk], 
 Duke of (D.H., D.Ham.), 5, 
 9, 15, 17, 31, 40, 48, 49, 57, 
 60, 62, 64, 70, 72. 76, 77, 78, 
 94, 111, 114, 119, 121, 126, 
 129, 134, 139, 145, 146, 148, 
 156, 160, 161, 162, 170, 197, 
 201, 204, 211. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "fyo," 65. 
 
 Garter, 111. 
 — , on the Western Circuit 
 with Drumimond (Melfort), 
 175-195 passim. 
 , disagreement between. 
 
 and) Diiummond (Melfort), 
 188, 191. 
 -, as sheriff of Lanarkshire, 
 
 191. 
 -, his son. 
 
 James, Earl of. 
 
 See Arran, 
 
 -, his depute in the shire 
 and regality of Lanark, 178. 
 -, his servants, 116. 
 
 Duchess of, 176. 
 — , 125. 
 Captain, 203. 
 
 Thomas, second bailie of Edin- 
 burgh, 173. 
 Sir William, 133, 134, 136, 137, 
 
 139, 162. 
 Hamiltons, the two, 94. 
 Hampton Court, [co. Middlesex], 30, 
 
 108. 
 Harden (Hardan, Hardin), Scot of. 
 
 See Scot. 
 Harper, Sir John, 179. 
 Hatton. See Halton. 
 Hawks and Hawking, 15, 16, 23. 
 Henderson (Hendersone), — , 36, 37, 
 
 175. 
 Highland clans, 57. 
 
 Commission, the, 96. 
 Highlanders, the, of Scotland, 55, 
 
 56, 58, 60, 62, 67, 72. 
 Hiltone, — , 216. 
 Holland, 57, 58, 60, 63, 66, 74, 75, 
 
 140, 180, 207, 211, 215. 
 cannon from, arrives in Leith 
 
 Harbour, 113. 
 English resident in. See Shel- 
 
 ton. 
 Gazette, the, 66. 
 meeting of Whigs in, 220. 
 the Memorial for, 209. 
 the outlaws or rebellious crew 
 
 in. See Rebels, 
 three Scots regiments from, 
 sent to Scotland, 74, 77, 78, 
 89. 
 Holms, Major, 31. 
 Holyrood Palace. See Edinburgh. 
 Home : 
 
 Alexander, 1st Earl of, 3. 
 [James], Sth Earl of, his 
 
 brother, 216. 
 George, 174. 
 Hope ^Houp), Charles, of Hopetoun, 
 afterwards Isl Earl of Hopetoun, 
 13, 15. 
 Horse races, 23, 166. 
 Horses, 164. 
 Hossake, — , 95. 
 
230 
 
 IKDBX. 
 
 Houp. See Hope. 
 Household, the : 
 
 Comptroller of, 43. 
 Treasurer of, 43. 
 Houston, — , his son-in-law, 172. 
 Houstoun, — , of Johnstone, 184, 
 
 193 201. 
 Howard, Sir Philip, 51, 53, 60. 
 Hull, CO. York, deputy governor of, 
 
 12. 
 Hume, Captain, 155. 
 Hungary, 97. 
 Huntly : 
 
 [George Gordon, 6th] Earl of, 3. 
 George Gordon, 2nd Marquis of, 
 his eldest daughter. See 
 Perth, Lady Anne Gordon, 
 Countess of. 
 [Lewis Gordon, 3rd] Marquis of, 
 (father of 1st Duke of Gor- 
 don), 39. 
 [George Gordon, 4th], Marquis, 
 afterwards 1st Duke of Gor- 
 don, q.v., 4, 36, 150, 156. 
 — ■ — , his patent as Duke, 35. 
 Marchioness of, (afterwards 
 Duchess of Gordon), 36, 150. 
 Hyde, Lawrence, Lord, afterwards 
 Earl of Rochester, q.v., 107, 111. 
 
 lak, Bailie, 25. 
 
 Imperial army, the. See Empire, 
 
 the. 
 Inglish, Ingluss, Captain. See 
 
 English. 
 Inglistoune, Gihsone of. See Gibsone. 
 Invalid money, the, 38, 199. 
 Inverary (Inverarys), 74. 
 
 Park and Mill, the tack of, 31. 
 Invernesshire : 
 
 sheriff of. See Moray, 4th Earl 
 
 of. 
 taxations due in, 25. 
 Ireland, 47, 57, 64, 68, 72, 74, 180. 
 220. 
 1,000 foot to go from, to Scot- 
 land if necessary, 99. 
 forces from, to assist in putting 
 down rebellion in Scotland, 73. 
 Lord Chancellor of, 44. 
 Lord Lieutenant of, 44. Sec 
 
 also Rochester. 
 Lords Justices in, 53, 61, 62. 
 North of, 206. 
 
 , orders of James II for 
 
 securing, 67. 
 
 , Scots in, beginning to be 
 
 troublesome, 199 
 Scots in, to be seized, 30, 
 troops in, 50. 
 Irvinge : 
 
 James, 29. 
 John, 16. 
 
 James II, King, of England, and VII 
 of Scotland: 
 
 as Duke of York. See York. 
 
 as King, 6, 7, 10, 11, 43, 44, 45, 
 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 
 55 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 
 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 
 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 
 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 
 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 
 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 214, 
 216, 217, 218, 219, 220. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "Z," 61, 65, 66, 67, 70, 74, 
 77, 78, 79_, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 
 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 
 95. 
 
 "L9," 61, 74, 79, 
 
 89, 91, 92. 
 
 A 13," 61. 
 
 — , proclaimed King, 42, 43, 
 212. 
 -, his declaration in Coun- 
 
 cil on his accession, 213. 
 
 , issues a warrant for the 
 
 collecting of the customs, ton- 
 nage and poundage, 42. 
 
 - — , fair hopes for his reign, 
 215. 
 -, the darling of the city. 
 
 215. 
 
 — , his coronation, 44, 50. 
 , thanked by Parliament 
 
 for his speech, 100. 
 -, bill for settling the 
 
 revenue of, 71, 100. 
 
 , proposal to .make him the 
 
 greatest proprietor in Scot- 
 land, 86. 
 -, his interview with the 
 
 Duke of Monmouth and Lord 
 Gray, 87. 
 
 , '■ ticklish " and apt to mis- 
 understand things, 90. 
 -, his physician, 64. 
 
 Janissaries, cut to pieces by the 
 
 Christians, 26, 135. 
 Jefferd, Captain, 64. 
 Jeffreys (Jeffrays), Lord Chief 
 
 Justice, 143. 
 Jenkins, [Sir Leoline], Secretary of 
 
 State, 160. 
 Jerrard, Lord Brandon. See 
 
 Gerard of Brandon. 
 Jerviswood, bailie of. Sec Carstairs. 
 Jesuits' powder, 212. 
 Johnstone (Jonstoun) : 
 Josias, 118. 
 Provost, 178. 
 Junto, the. See under Scotland. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 231 
 
 K 
 
 Keeper, Lord, 42, 49, 71. See also 
 
 North. 
 Keigrell, — , 219. 
 Kelhead, — , 23. 
 
 Kelly, — , deputy governor of Edin- 
 burgh Castle, 107. 
 Kennedy (Kenady, Kennady) : 
 — , 204, 211. 
 B., 94. 
 
 Sir James, 63. 
 Kent, [Anthony Grey, 11th] Earl oi, 
 
 24. 
 Ker: 
 
 William, 29. 
 Sir William, 172, 214. 
 Ketilstone, Lady (1683). 22. 
 Kigrills, a new pair of, 181. 
 Kilmaheu, — , a considerable 
 
 heritor, 181. 
 Kincardine, Earl of (1680-5), 4, 84. 
 
 , his mother, 84. 
 
 King's Bench, Court of, 17, 28. 
 Kinloch, the family of, 153. 
 Kinnaird (Kinnard), [Sir George 
 Patrick Kinnaird, 1st] Baron, 18, 
 201, 206. 
 Kintore, [Sir John Keith, 1st] Earl 
 of, 14, 49, 96, 155, 201. 
 
 , made Treasurer Depute 
 
 for Scotland, 37. 
 Kirk, Colonel, made a brigadier for 
 
 the Foot, 91. 
 Kirkcudbright (Kirkubright), 34, 
 18C. 
 frankness of the gentlemen of. 
 184. 
 Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 8. 
 
 — — •, to paint portraits of 
 Charles II and the Duke of 
 York, 149. 
 
 Lag,. Sir Robert Griersone of. See 
 
 Griersone. 
 Lambeth, 206. 
 Lamer, Sir John, made a brigadier 
 
 for the horse, 91. 
 Lamington, — , 197. 
 
 Lanarkshire (Lanerick), 175, 177, 
 181, 184. 
 the heritors of, 9. 
 
 , refuse to meet to sign the 
 
 Bond for the irregularities, 
 187. 
 the "Justice Raid" in, 9, 175- 
 
 196, passim. 
 sheriff of. See Hamilton, Duke 
 of. 
 Langshaw, Montgomery of. See 
 
 Montgomery. 
 Largo, Lady (1683), 160. 
 Lauderdale (Lawderdale, Laweder- 
 dall) : 
 [John Maitland] Duke of, 4, 
 12, 13, 14, 16, 52, 105, 106, 
 107, 109, 111, 201. 
 
 , the " interlocuture " 
 
 against, 205. 
 
 , settlement of his estate, 
 
 109. 
 
 , his death, 110. 
 
 -, his nephew Richard, 109. 
 
 Duchess of, 14, 39, 43, 109, 119, 
 
 208, 210. 
 [Charles Maitland, 3rd] Earl of, 
 23, 39, 43, 94, 124, 127, 129, 
 131, 142, 148, 205, 213. 
 
 , family of, 136. 
 
 Lawry, — , of Blackwod, life rent 
 
 escheat of, 98. 
 Lawther (Lauther), Lieut., 20. 
 Lead mines, 13, 15. 
 Leith (Leithe, Lethe, Lithe), in 
 Scotland, 44, 51, 64. 
 Harbour, 113. 
 Leman (Lemon) Sands, the, 12. 
 Lenox, the estate of, 158. 
 Lenox, [Charles, 1st] Duke of, (and 
 
 of Richmond), 130, 158. 
 Lenny, — , 118. 
 
 Lesmahagow (Lesmahago, Lishma- 
 hago), [Lanarkshire], 180, 182, 
 189. 
 Lethe. See Leith. 
 Leven (Levin, Levine), Earl of 
 (1684-5), 39. 
 
 , heirs of, 202. 
 
 Lidington, 109. 
 Limbe. See Lyme Regis. 
 Linlithgow, 2. . j. 
 
 the Cross of, a declaration of 
 war battered upon, 198. 
 Linlithgow, Earl of (1682), 15. 
 Lishmahago, 180, 182. 
 Lithe. See Leith. 
 Livingston. See Atkin. 
 Livingston (Livingstone, Livistone), 
 Lord (1683-1685), 117, 199, 204, 
 210. 
 Livistton, Mr., 142. 
 Lochaber, [co. Inverness], 36. 
 Locharkirk, in Lochaber, 36. 
 Lochiel (Lochiell). See Cameron, 
 Sir Ewan. 
 
282 
 
 INDETX. 
 
 Lockliart (Lokart) : 
 
 Sir George, 5, 64, 125, 138, 141, 
 154, 156, 160, 180, 186, 190, 
 197. 
 Sir William, 23, 145, 162, 169, 
 180, 190, 211. 
 London, 7, 8, 13, 93, 112, 117, 120, 
 122, 125, 128, 130, 131, 140, 
 173, 187. 
 letters dated at, 102, 105, 107, 
 108, 109, 110, 111, 119, 122, 
 137, 138, 141, 143, 144, 145, 
 147, 150, 152, 154, 155, 158, 
 159, 161, 162, 164, 166, 167, 
 168, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 
 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 
 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 
 220. 
 city of, 42, 158, 215. 
 — ■ — , sentence against the char- 
 ter of, recorded, 143. 
 court of Aldermen, 108. 
 expenses of the journey to, from 
 
 Scotland, 112. 
 Lord Mayor of, 143. See also 
 Pritchards. 
 
 , election of, 111, 112. 
 
 , Aldermen, etc., of, to 
 
 kiss James II's hands, 214. 
 sheriffs of. Sec Northe; Rich. 
 Bartholomew Fair allowed 
 
 again, 120. 
 Conuiion (? Covent) Garden, a 
 muster of all the forces in 
 town appointed at, 105. 
 the Guildhall, 201. 
 Montague House burned down, 
 
 96. 
 Newgate, 208. 
 the Tower of, 62, 87, 89, 100. 
 
 , Tl-aitor's gate, 87. 
 
 Tower Hill, 87. 
 London, [Henry Cbmpton], Bishop 
 
 of, 109. 
 Lords (Peers) , House of , 49, 7 1 , 79, 1 00 
 Lorn, "signature" of, 220. 
 Lorraine (Lorran), Duke of, 26, 135. 
 Lothian, 118. 
 Lothian (Louthian), [Robert Kerr, 
 
 4th] Earl of, 15, 25, 62, 95. 
 Lothian (Loudian). East, shire of, 160 
 Lothian, West, shire of, 199. | 
 
 , commission of lieutenancy 
 
 for, 70. 
 Lovat, Lord, tutors and factors of 
 
 (1685), 100. 
 Lumley (Lumly), [Richard, 2nd] 
 
 Viscount, his militia, 84. 
 Lundin (Lundie, Lunde), Hon. John 
 Drummond of (Lord Lundin). See 
 Drummond. 
 Lundin : 
 
 James, 178. 
 
 Sophia. See Drummond. 
 Luss (Lusse), — , 172, 214. 
 Lyme Regis (Limbe, Lime), co. Dor- 
 set, 77, 80. 
 Lyon (Lyone), Lord, 107. 
 Lyon King of Arms. See Paul. 
 
 M 
 
 Macclesfield (Makilsfild), [Charles 
 
 Gerard, 1st] Earl of, 24. 
 McEuan, Mr., 207. 
 McGie, — , of Polgouan, 214. 
 McKay, Colonel, to be Major- 
 General of all the forces in 
 Scotland, 74, 75. 
 
 , to be put on the 
 
 Council, 75. 
 MacKenzie, Sir George, Lord Regis- 
 ter of Scotland, (afterwards Vis- 
 count Tarbat, q. v.), 17, 31,' 32, 35, 
 39, 48, 49, 50, 51, 109, 110. 
 McKenzie, Captain, 90. 
 McKnaughtin, — , his cowardice, 71. 
 McLean (McKlean, McLeane), Mr., 
 
 80, 87, 88, 92. 
 McMillane, Andrew, 16. 
 Magee Island, in L-eland, 61. 
 Maitland : 
 
 [Richard], Lord, (eldest son of 
 3rd Earl of Lauderdale), 127, 
 129, 136, 142, 144, 147, 151, 
 155, 156, 158, 159, 162, 163, 
 
 167, 168, 210. 
 David, 112. 
 
 Makilsfild. See Macclesfield. 
 
 Man, Isle of, loss to the customs by 
 
 ships unloading in. 111. 
 Mar (Mare), [Charles, 21st] Earl of, 
 4, 24, 28, 90, 133, 135, 136, 
 141, 145, 151, 157, 166, 167, 
 
 168, 169, 170. _ 
 
 , his regiment, 20, 75, 82. 
 
 Marischal, Countess (1682\ 17. 
 Mary of Modena, Queen Consort of 
 James II : 
 as Duchess of York. See York, 
 as Queen, 92, 218, 220. 
 
 , Lord Chamberlain to. 
 
 See Godolphin. 
 
 her bedchamber, 90. 
 
 Mathews, — , one of the commanders 
 
 of Monmouth's rebels, 83. 
 Maxwell : 
 
 Captain, 66. 
 
 (Maxwill), Lt.-Col., 100, 101. 
 (Maxuell, Maxwill), — , of Pol- 
 lock (Pollok, Polok, Poog), 
 32, 143, 144, 193, 194, 213. 
 — ■ — , witnesses against, to be 
 apprehended, 178. 
 
 , imprisoned, 182. 
 
 content to bind himself 
 
 to leave the King's domin- 
 ions, 185. 
 
 , his estate at the King's 
 
 disposal, 188, 193. 
 -, impossible to get proba- 
 
 tion against, 190. 
 
JNDEX. 
 
 238 
 
 Meldriim, —, 36, 152, 160, 161, 162, 
 199. > > > , 
 
 , his sudden death, 198. 
 
 -, his troop, 176, 182, 198. 
 
 Melfort, Hon. John Drummond, 
 c[. v., Viscount, afterwards 
 Earl of, 10, 11, 53, 57, 58, 69, 
 60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 
 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 80, 82, 83, 
 84, 86, 87, 88, 92, 96, 97, 96, 
 99, 100, 101, 102. 
 
 , referred to by the Earl of 
 
 Moray as his colleague 
 ("college"), 66, 71, 88, 94, 95. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "07," 68, 63, 64, 66, 67, 70, 
 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 
 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 
 90, 91, 92. 
 
 - "559," 72, 80, 81, 
 
 91. 
 
 , letter from, to the Duke 
 
 of Queensberry, 99. 
 
 , made Duke of Melfort by 
 
 James II, 11. 
 Melfort's Martyr. See Porter field. 
 Melville (Melvill, Melvel) : 
 
 [George Melville, 4th] Lord, 35, 
 36. 
 
 Lady, her petition to James II, 
 83, 84. 
 Mexican money, 162. 
 Middleton ; 
 
 Charles, 2nd Earl of. Secretary 
 of State for Scotland, after- 
 wards for England, 8, 16, 18, 
 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 
 30, 31, 32, 34, 39, 40, 43, 45, 
 48, 49, 51, 53, 57, 62, 64, 66, 
 69, 70, 72, 73, 76, 77, 84, 87, 
 88, 89, 98, 105, 122, 123, 124, 
 125, 126, 130, 131, 132, 133, 
 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 143, 
 144, 148, 153, 157, 168, 161, 
 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 
 169, 170, 202, 207, 218. 
 
 , referred to by cipher- 
 
 "120," 61, 65, 67, 70, 72, 74, 
 89. 
 
 made Secretary of State 
 
 for England, 32. 
 Countess of, brought to bed of 
 a son, 164. 
 Militia, the, 27, 68, 63, 79. See 
 also Lumley ; Regiments ; Scot- 
 land ; Wiltshire. 
 Mill, Robert, 114, 118. 
 Miller, — , 160. 
 Mint, the, officers of, 18. 
 Monaux, Lieutenant, 80. 
 Moncreif, — , 157. 
 Monkland (Munckland), — , 88. 
 
 , his estate (the affair of), 
 
 25, 26, 119, 120, 131, 134, 204, 
 213, 217. 
 
 , his remission, 144. 
 
 a heritor of. See Drummond, 
 Hon. John. 
 
 Monmouth : 
 
 [James Scott], Duke of (D. 
 M">), 16, 17, 24, 28, 37, 63, 
 71, 100, 102, 214. 
 , objects to the perfor- 
 mance of a play called The 
 Duke of Guise, 108. 
 
 , brought by a Sergeant at 
 
 Arms before the Secretary, 
 111. 
 — , to be put in command of 
 troops of Holland to be sent 
 into Germany, 140. 
 
 -, delivers himself up to 
 
 Charles II and renounces all 
 title to the crown, 168. 
 -, reported to be coming 
 
 from HoIL-ind, 74. 75. 
 , his lauding at Lyme Regis 
 
 (Limbe), 77. 
 
 — , arrives at Taunton, 79. 
 -, arms and ammunition of. 
 
 captured at Lyme Regis, 80. 
 — , acts as King, 80, 81. 
 , his letter to the Duke of 
 
 Albemarle, 80, 81, 82. 
 -, the ill-armed rabble with 
 
 him 81. 
 — , his capture, 84. 
 
 -, his estate of Buccleugh, 
 
 85, 90, 91. 
 -, brought to London and 
 
 has interview with the King, 
 
 87. 
 — , curiosity of the people to 
 
 see him, 87. 
 — , his execution, 87. 
 
 -, his children, 90, 92. See 
 
 also Buccleugh, Ann, Duchess 
 of. 
 [Ann], Duchess of, 15. 28, 35, 
 90. 
 -, afterwards styled Duchess 
 
 of Buccleugh, q. v- 
 Monroe : 
 
 Alexander, 38. 
 Commissioner, 33. 
 Montgomery : 
 
 Lord. See Pembroke. 
 (Mongomery), — , of Langshaw, 
 53, 60. 
 Montrose : 
 
 [James Graham, 3rd] Marquis 
 
 of, 15, 39. 
 [James Graham, 4th] Mai'quis 
 of, 73. 
 Moodie (Mooddie), Thomas, 19, 20. 
 Moody (Moodie), — , his mortifica- 
 tion, 82, 83. 
 Moor Park, 28. 
 Moray, shire of, 51. 
 
 , fines for church irregu- 
 larities in, 39. 
 Moray : 
 
 the Stewart Earls of, 2. 
 James Stewart, prior and com- 
 mendator of St. Andrews and 
 Pittenweem, afterwards Earl 
 of, "the Good Regent," 2, 6. 
 
234 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 M.ora.y—cojit. 
 
 James Stewart, q. v., 1st Earl 
 of, " the Bonny Earl of 
 Moray," 2, 3. 
 
 Lady Elizabetli Stewart, q. v., 
 Countess of, 2, 3. 
 
 James Stewart, 2nd Earl of, 3. 
 
 James Stewart, 3rd Earl of, 3. 
 
 Lady Margaret, Countess of, 
 wife of 3rd Earl, 3, 4. 
 
 Alexander Stewart, 4th Earl of. 
 Secretary of State for Scot- 
 land, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8, 10, 
 49, 52, 60, 64, 72, 73, 83, 87, 
 95, 96, 100, 105, 106, 107, 
 119, 121, 126, 127, 140, 143, 
 144, 145, 148, 151, 162, 157, 
 158, 160, 161, 162, 164, 167, 
 168, 173, 187, 197, 198, 201, 
 202, 217, 218. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "Sh," 52, 55, 61, 65, 75, 78, 
 80, 88. 
 
 "G," 52, 61, 65, 66, 
 
 72, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 85, 
 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92. 
 
 — , "204," 61, 67, 74, 
 
 75, 76, 77, 78, 88. 92. 
 -, letters from, to William, 
 
 Marquis and Duke of Queens- 
 berry, 12-101. 
 
 , letters from, to the Earl 
 
 of Perth, 58, 101, 102. 
 
 , Ms cipher, key to, 48, 49. 
 
 -, letters quoted in. 
 
 See Ciphers. 
 — , sheriff of Inverness, 3, 25. 
 
 , made Justice General, 3. 
 
 -, made a Comimissioner of 
 
 the Treasury, 4. 
 — , made an Extraordinary 
 Lord of Session, 4. 
 -, appointed Secretary of 
 
 of State for Scotland, 4. 
 , his colleague as Secre- 
 tary Ifor Scotland. See 
 Drummond, Hon. John, 
 afterwards Melfort, Viscount, 
 holds office of Commis- 
 
 sioner to the Parliament of 
 Scotland, 3, 6. 
 
 — , the Hon. John Drum- 
 mond (Melfort's) opinion of, 
 157. 
 
 — , his brother, 29, 97. 
 -, his brother Archibald. 
 
 See Stewart. 
 
 — , his nephew Duffus, 70. 
 
 — , his son, 70, 100. 
 
 his son Charles. See 
 
 Stewart 
 Morpeth (Morpath), [co. N'thld.], 
 
 letter dated at, 200. 
 Morton's Chamberlain, 123. 
 Moui-ning for Charles II, 213, 216. 
 Munckland. See Monkland. 
 
 Murray : 
 
 — , of Tibbermoor, 162. 
 (Morray), Charles, 113, 146, 159. 
 Lord Charles, 20, 49, 68, 69, 82, 
 122, 124, 128, 131, 132, 142, 
 206. 
 
 , made Master of the Horse 
 
 to the Duchess of York,, 209. 
 James, cousin of William, Mar- 
 quis of Queensberry, 17, 19, 
 20. 
 Sir Patrick, 14, 159. 
 Musselburgh, lordship of, 148. 
 Muster Master, the, 35, 198. 
 
 N 
 
 Nairn (Naerne), shire of, fines for 
 
 Church irregularities, 39. 
 Nairue, [Robert, 1st] Lord, 113. 
 Napier (Naiper, Naper) : 
 Lord, 26, 202. 
 
 , his pension, 125. 
 
 Mark, 6, 7. 
 Nedery, — . See Nidery. 
 Ness, 70. 
 Nevery (Nevoy), - — , his place in the 
 
 Session, 113. 
 Newburgh, [Oliarles Livingston, 
 
 2nd] Earl of, 82, 211. 
 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 37. 
 mayor of, 113. 
 rebels taken prisoners at, 113, 
 
 117. 
 a searcher of, rewarded for ap- 
 prehending the rebels at, 118. 
 Newmarket, 16, 23, 27, 29, 34, 35, 
 121, 127, 130, 143, 147, 151, 
 152, 154, 156, 210. 
 Nidery (Nedery), — . his commission, 
 
 94, 98. 
 Nithsdale (Nidesdell, Nidsdeall), co. 
 Dumfries, 48, 197. 
 lieutenant of, 31. 
 Nithsdale (Nidsdaele), Earl (1683), 
 
 North, Sir Francis, Lord Keeper, 21. 
 Northe, Mr., sheriff of London, 111. 
 Northampton, the best horses at, 
 
 164. 
 Northumberland, 50, 57. 
 sheriff of, 200. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 285 
 
 
 
 Gates (Oats), Titus, 214. 
 , his plot, 10, 211. 
 
 O'Brian (Obryan), Lady Katherine, 
 213. 
 
 Ochiltry, — , 97. 
 
 Ogilvie, — , 215. 
 
 Oglethorpe (Ogillthorpe, Ogilthorp), 
 Colonel, his action against Mon- 
 mouth's rebels, 82, 83. 
 
 Oliphant, — , taken at a conventicle, 
 208. 
 
 Orange, [William of Nassau], Prince 
 of, 46, 140 (the Prince). 
 
 Orbistone (Orbiston, Orbistoun), the 
 laird of, 177, 181, 183, 194, 195. 
 
 Ordnance, Master of the, of Scot- 
 land. See under Scotland. 
 
 Orkney, 124. 
 
 Ormond : 
 
 [James Butler, 1st] Duke of, 29, 
 
 30, 53, 199. 
 Duchess of (wife of 1st Duke), 
 30. 
 
 Ottoman Empire, the, 164. 
 
 Oxford, scandalous expressions at 
 colleges' trial at, 162. 
 
 Oxford, [Aubrey de Vere, 20th] 
 Earl of, his regiment. 79. 
 
 Papilion, — , 21. 
 Paris, 150. 
 
 Parliament, the, 31, 42, 49, 52, 60, 
 61, 62, 66, 69, 216, 220. 
 the Bishops' privilege in speak- 
 ing and voting in trials of 
 criminals before, 69, 60. 
 votes an address to James IT, 
 
 71. 
 loyalty of, to James II, 79, 100. 
 preparations for the elections 
 
 of members of (1685), 215. 
 of Scotland. See under Scot- 
 land. 
 Patacoons, 162. 
 Paterson : 
 
 John. See Edinburgh, Bishop 
 
 of. 
 (Patersone), Sir "William, 13, 14, 
 
 15, 147, 161, 176. 
 , his brother. Soe Edin- 
 burgh, Bishop of. 
 Paul, James Balfour, Lyon King of 
 
 Arms, 1. 
 Peers, House of. See Lords. 
 
 Pemberton, Lord Chief Justice of 
 the King's Bench, afterwards 
 of the Common Pleas, 21, 143. 
 Pembroke, [Thomas Herbert, 8th] 
 Earl of, 5t1i Earl of Mont- 
 gomery, 81, 217. 
 Pepys (Peeps), [Samuel], 80. 
 Perth : 
 
 James Drummond, 3rd Earl of, 
 his second son. See Drum- 
 mond, Hon. John. 
 Lady Anne Gordon, Countess of, 
 
 7. 
 James, Lord Drummond, after- 
 wards 4th Earl of. Lord Chan- 
 cellor of Scotland, " the 
 Chancellor," 7, 11, 14, 17, 32, 
 33, 34, S,% 36, 38, 40, 42, 46, 
 48, 53, 58, 64, 73, 84, 92, 93, 
 97. 
 
 , refeiTed to by cipher 
 
 "A 30," 55. 
 
 , "Cp 5," 55. 
 
 - "fn,'^ 61, 74, 76, 78, 
 
 90. 
 
 , referred to by the Hon. 
 
 John Drummond (afterwards 
 Viscount Melfort) as his 
 brother, 102, 105, 106, 109, 
 111, 115, 116, 140, 141, 148, 
 149, 155, 168, 170, 171, 180, 
 198, 200, 201, 204, 206, 210, 
 211, 218, 219. 
 -, letters to, from the Earl 
 
 of Moray, 58, 101. 102. 
 — — , a member of the Secret 
 Committee, 169. 
 -, rumoured designs for the 
 
 marriage of his son, 75. 
 Pesth, 165. 
 Peterborough, Countess of (1682), 
 
 15. 
 Philiphauch, — , 34. 
 Philp, — , his fine, 27. 
 "Pious," "Mr.'^ or "Pope." See 
 
 Edinburgh, Bishop of. 
 Pirates, West Indian, take Vera 
 
 Crua, 162. 
 Pitmedin, Lord (1683), patent of 
 
 knight baronet for, 28. 
 Pittaro, — , 62. 
 
 Pittenweem, (Scotland"! prior and 
 commendator of. Sec Morav, 
 Earl of. 
 Plantations, the, sending of rebels in 
 Scotland to, (the transplantations), 
 61, 174, 176, 182, 183, 189, 192, 
 196, 206. 
 Play called The Buke, of Guise, 108. 
 Player, — , 21. 
 
 Plot, the, in England (1683), 121. 
 Poland : 
 
 army of, 135. 
 
 [John Sobie.ski], King of, 164. 
 
 at the siege of Vienna, 
 
 26, 135, 136. 
 Pollock (Poog). See Maxwell. 
 Polvart, — , 46, 69. 
 Poog. See Maxwell. 
 
236 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Poole, CO. Dorset, ship laden with 
 
 arms seized cS, 74. 
 Popery, 52, 54. 
 Porterneld : 
 
 Alexander, a declared traitor, 
 
 213. 
 — , of Douchal (Duchill), (Mel- 
 fort's Martyr), 9, 32, 184, 190, 
 193, 194, 213. 
 
 , the witnesses against, 
 
 178, 183. 
 
 , imprisoned, 182. 
 
 alarmed upon receiving 
 
 his indictment, would throw 
 himself upon the King's 
 mercy, 185. 
 
 — , appears at the Bar, 188. 
 -, his process (trial), 194, 
 
 197. 
 
 , his brother, 190. 
 
 -, his grandchild, 185. 
 
 Portous Roll, the, 113, 114, 124, 176, 
 Portsmouth, 33, 127, 130, 131. 
 Portsmouth, [Louise de Querouaille], 
 Duchess of, 20, 34, 126, 130, 
 158, 162, 213. 
 
 , her f-.on, 213. 
 
 , her gentlewoman. See 
 
 Rotch. 
 Portuguese, the, 167. 
 Posso, — , 19, 20, 143, 145, 152, 155, 
 
 164, 168, .169. 
 Pou, Lieutenant, 126. 
 Prerogative, tlie royal, advised 
 occasional exercise of, that the 
 monarchy may he aggrandised, 
 210. 
 Preston : 
 
 Lord (1684), his child supposed 
 
 to be lost at sea, 199. 
 James, 23. 
 Prince, the. Sec Denmark, Prince 
 
 George of; Orange, Prince of. 
 Prince, Magnus, 94. 
 Princess, the. See Anne. 
 Pritchards, Alderman, Lord Mayor 
 
 of London, 17. 
 Privy Council, the, (the Council, the 
 English Council), 31, 41, 42, 
 44, 49, 108, 159, 203, 204, 212, 
 213. 
 Lord President of. See Ro- 
 chester, Earl of; Halifax, 
 Marquis of. 
 Privy Seal, Lord. See Clarendon-, 
 
 Earl of. 
 Protestant religion, the, 52. 
 Proverb : 
 
 "Rome was not built in one 
 day," 162. 
 Purvas, Sir William, 156. 
 Putney Heath, a review of troops 
 on, 34. 
 
 Q 
 
 Queen, the. See Catharine of 
 Braganza ; Mary of Modena. 
 
 Queensberry (Queenderry), William 
 Douglas, 1st Marquis, after- 
 wards 1st Duke of, Lord High 
 Treasurer of Scotland, after- 
 wards Commissioner to the 
 Parliament of Scotland (" the 
 Treasurer"), 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 
 11, 28, 29, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 
 40, 47, 48, 50, 56, 58, 64, 73, 
 86, 87, 88, 92, 102, 105, 123, 
 128, 129, 130, 134, 138, 140, 
 142, 143, 162, 179, 195, 196, 
 213, 218. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "Or," 52, 61, 65, 67, 70, 72, 
 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 84, 
 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 
 95. 
 
 — "C8," 61, 78, 88, 89, 
 
 90 
 
 "qq," 61, 74, 75. 
 
 — , letters to, from Alexander, 
 Earl of Moray, 12-101. 
 
 , letters to, from the Hon. 
 
 John Drummond of Lundin, 
 afterwards Viscount Melfort, 
 102-220. 
 
 to be governor of Edin- 
 
 burgh Castle, 110. 
 
 safe-conduct coming to 
 
 the Duke of York's satis- 
 
 141. 
 
 faction with his conduct of 
 affairs, 144 163. 
 
 , a member of the Secret 
 
 Committee, 169. 
 
 — , to be lieutenant of Niths- 
 dale and Galloway, 31. 
 
 — , his patent as Duke, 35. 
 
 — , the Hon. John Drummond 
 denies the report that he has 
 not been kind in his represen- 
 tations of, 171. 
 
 , his commission of lieu- 
 tenancy, 78. 
 
 , to come up to London 
 
 (1685), 219. 
 
 — , High Commissioner for 
 Scotland, 220. 
 -, endorsements and notes 
 
 on letters by, 100, 101. 
 — , sheriff depute to. See 
 Douglas, — , of Stenhouse. 
 -, his brother. See Douglas, 
 
 Colonel. 
 — , his son, 93, 200. 
 , his sons, 133, 139, 142, 
 
 143, 145, 147, 152, 155, 166, 
 
 168, 169, 170. See also Drum- 
 
 lanrig; Douglas. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 287 
 
 R 
 
 Radnor, [John Robartes, Ist] Earl 
 
 of, 31. 
 Ramsay, Sir Andrew, 93. 
 Rea, George, 175. 
 Rebels, the : 
 
 against James II, in Holland, 
 
 57, 58, 66. 
 
 under the Duke of Monmouth, 
 79, 80, 81. 
 
 , reports of actions against, 
 
 82, 83. 
 See also under Scotland. 
 Reed, — , 36. 
 
 Regiments, 49. See also Mar; 
 Dumbarton. 
 Dragoons, 21, 22, 23, 49, 50, 57, 
 
 58, 73, 79, 82, 166, 176, 188, 
 191, 200, 206. 
 
 Foot, 49, 58, 79. 
 
 , King James II's own, 83. 
 
 Grenadiers, 79, 83, 167, 212. 
 the Guards, 53, 75, 79, 82, 204. 
 
 , the liveries for the, 213. 
 
 , murder of two gentlemen, 
 
 of, 36. 
 
 , the King's, 116. 
 
 -, of horse, 82. 
 
 , troop of, in Scotland, 91. 
 
 from Holland (Dutch), 81, 83. 
 of Horse, 36, 79, 82, 191. 
 Militia, 31. See also Militia. 
 Scots, from Holland, 74, 77, 78, 
 
 99. 
 
 , , deserters from, 89. 
 
 from Tangier, 167. 
 Renfrew (Renfreu, Renfrue), shire of, 
 
 181. 
 
 , clerk of J 186. 
 
 , commission of lieutenancy 
 
 for, 70. 
 -, taking of the Test in. 
 
 177. 
 , number of freeholders in, 
 
 taking the Test, 183. 
 — , sheriff depute of, 186. 
 -, the smaller heritors of, 
 
 Rochester, [Laurence Hyde, pre- 
 viously Lord Hyde, q. v., 1st] 
 Earl of, 133, 138, 141, 143, 
 155, 159, 165, 207. 
 
 — , made Lord President, 31. 
 
 — , made Lord-Lieutenant of 
 Ireland, 36. 
 
 — , made Lord Treasurer, 44, 
 217. 
 -, as Lord Treasurer, 45, 60. 
 
 Rochhead (Rochead, Rochedi, Roc- 
 heid, Rochehd), Sir James, 
 town clerk of Edinburgh, 34, 
 38, 119, 125, 127, 129, 130, 
 132, 134, 142, IIG, 16.5, 171, 
 172, 199, 200, 202, 205, 207. 
 
 , his faction, 132, 133. 
 
 , his petition, 94. 
 
 , his son-in-law, 205. 
 
 -, turned out from 
 
 the putting of the Bond and 
 Test to, 186. 
 
 Resets of rebels. See under Scot- 
 land. 
 
 Revenue, commis.sion for stating the 
 constant rental of, 37. 
 
 Rich, Mr., sheriff of London, 111. 
 
 Richmond, co. Surrey, 15. 
 
 Ridell, — , 200. 
 
 Ritchisone, Mr., 114. 
 
 Robertson (Rohertsone), — , oldest 
 bailie of Edinburgh, 173. 
 
 being clerk in the Canongate, 
 207. 
 Rolls, the. Master of, place given to 
 
 Sir John Churchill, 208. 
 Roscommon : 
 
 Earl of (1685), Master of the 
 Horse to the Duchess of York, 
 at the point of death, 208. 
 
 , his death, 209. 
 
 Countess of. 209. 
 Ross : 
 
 Bishop of, death of, 133. 
 bishopric of, 137, 141, 147, 157. 
 shire of, 79, 101. 
 Ross, Lord (1682-4), 107, 131, 177. 
 
 , his commission to be 
 
 Major, 30. 
 Rotch (Rotciie), Mrs., the Duchess 
 1 of Portsmouth's gentlewoman, 
 L 18, 19, 20. 
 
 I Rothes, [John Leslie], Duke of, 52. 
 ! Rotterdam, 56. 
 ! Rouen, 160. 
 
 1 Roxburgh, the sheriffship of, 29. 
 Roxburghe (Roxborough) : 
 Countess of (1682), 111. 
 [Robert, 4th] Earl, the ward- 
 ship of, 164, 165. 
 Rumbold, [Richard], executed, his 
 head and quarters to be sent to 
 London to be disposed of by the 
 King, 101. 
 Russell, [William], Lord, 24. 
 
 S 
 
 Sacrament, the taking of, enforced 
 
 in Scotland. See Test, the. 
 St. Andrews, (Scotland) : 
 
 prior and commendator of. See 
 
 Moray, Earl of. 
 Archbishop of, (the Archbishop), 
 21, 24, 31, 44, 46, 48, 97, 106, 
 137, 138, 139, 141, 151, 169, 
 217, 219. 
 
238 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 St. Asaph, [William Lloyd], Bishop 
 
 of, 215. 
 St. Giles's House. See Oranbourne. 
 Sakfild, Colonel, made a brigadier 
 
 for the Foot, 91. 
 Saltoun (Salton), [Fletcher of]. See 
 
 Fletcher. 
 Sanders, Lord Chief Justice of the 
 
 King's Bench, 21. 
 Sanquhar (Sancquer), [co. Dumfries], 
 
 18, 35, 187, 196, 197. 
 Scelmorly, — , 190. 
 
 , his chamberlain, 190. 
 
 Scot: 
 
 — , his pension, 22. 
 Sir Francis, 98. 
 Sir William, of Hardin (Har- 
 dan), 40, 88. 
 
 , his tine, 27, 161, 157, 158. 
 
 Scotland, 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15, 20, 27, 
 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 
 46, 50, 51, 53, 56, 57, 69, 60, 
 61, 03, 64, 65, 68, 70, 75, 80, 
 81, 83, 94, 97, 98, 100, 106, 
 107, 108, 111, 128, 129, 142, 
 144, 14.3, 146, 150, 166, 159, 
 165, 168, 171, 187, 199, 203, 
 
 206, 206, 208, 209, 210, 214, 
 215. 
 
 absentees from church in, 174, 
 176. 
 
 act of Indemnity, 100, 132, 134, 
 161. 
 
 act annexing certain parts of 
 Ross to the old shire of Crom- 
 arty (Act of Annexation), 79 
 80, 101. 
 
 act extinguishing the surname 
 of Campbell, not to be passed, 
 99. 
 
 act that rebels are to be pur- 
 sued in forty-eight hours, 84. 
 
 act clearing the crime of reset 
 and intercommuning, not to 
 be passed, 99. 
 
 act annexing forfeited estates 
 in, to the Grown. 99. 
 
 act Salvn Jure, 99. 
 
 acts of Supply, 69, 71, 100. 
 
 act concerning the Test, 100. 
 
 the Advocate Depute, 176. 
 
 the army (forces) in, 47, 57, 75, 
 
 207, 219. 
 
 , necessity of increasing, 
 
 217. 
 the Border commission, 169. 
 the Borders of, 57. 
 , James H's order for se 
 
 curing, 67. 
 
 posting of forces on, 84. 
 
 brewing in, surveyors of, de- 
 forced by a brewer, 118. 
 
 burghs of regality in, 66. 
 
 cashkeeper and paymaster of 
 the forces for. Bee Wallace. 
 
 Castles and Palaces in, repara- 
 tions of. 127. 
 
 Catholics in, 150. 
 
 the Chancery Chamber, 105. 
 
 Scotland — cunt. 
 
 Commissioners for the planta- 
 tion of churches and valua- 
 tion of teinds in, 66. 
 
 Commissioners for the Supplies 
 in, 66, 100. 
 
 the conventicles in, 160, 191. 
 
 Council (Councillors) of, 3, 4, 
 10, 14, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 33, 
 36, 37, 43, 45, 47, 48, 60, 53, 
 54, 57, 60, 73, 75, 80, 81, 82, 
 84, 89, 94, 95, 106, 113, 117, 
 118, 121, 128, 129, 130, 132, 
 133, 139, 140, 146, 147, 148, 
 151, 159, 161, 178, 181, 183, 
 184, 189, 192, 194, 198, 199, 
 211, 212, 213, 219. 
 
 , clerks of, 177. 
 
 , a letter to discharge any 
 
 Councillor to come to London 
 without the King's leave, 118. 
 -, meeting of, .held in the 
 
 King's bedchamber, 132. 
 -, propositions sent from. 
 
 174. 
 
 , fines, the, 102. 
 
 the East Country of, 50. 
 
 Exchequer of, 63, 122, 131. 
 
 Exchequer letters, 146. 
 
 Excise, project of offering a 
 tack duty for the, 160. 
 
 field preachers in, 182. 
 
 Fishery (Fishing) Company, the, 
 17, 18. 
 
 the Guards in. See under 
 Regiments. 
 
 "The Good Regent" of. See 
 Moray, Earl of. 
 
 the Highlanders of. See High- 
 landers. 
 
 Historiographer Royal of, 10, 
 20. 
 
 instruction concerning the se- 
 curing of innocent creditors 
 in, against forfeitures, 67. 
 
 the Junto of. See helow Secret 
 Committee. 
 
 Justice General of. See Moray, 
 4th Earl of. 
 
 Justices of the Peace in, 66, 132, 
 159. 
 
 Keeper of the Signet, 18, 88. 
 
 "the Killing Time" in, 9. 
 
 the Kirk (church) of, 47, 108, 
 147. 
 
 , Commissioners of, 113. 
 
 Lord Advocate of, 27, 36, 37, 40, 
 47, 49, 51, 85, 95, 98, 124, 130, 
 131, 132, 137, 138, 139, 141, 
 142, 143, 144, 146, 148, 149, 
 151, 156, 168, 159, 166, 173, 
 213. 
 
 , his promise of friendship 
 
 to the Countess of Argyle, 
 160. 
 -, a member of the Secret 
 
 Committee, 169. 
 — , his lady, 160. 
 — , his brother, 131. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 239 
 
 Scotland — cont. 
 
 Lord Commissioners of Justici- 
 ary, 115. 
 
 Lord Higti Chancellor of. S&e 
 Aberdeen ; Perth. 
 
 Lord High Treasurer of. Sec 
 Queensberry. 
 
 , his chamberlain, 197. 
 
 , office of, 195. 
 
 Lord Justice Clerk of, 48, 103, 
 105, lOS, 170, 175, 176, 181, 
 184, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 
 192, 193, 194, 201, 213. 
 
 , his lady, 103. 
 
 Lord President of the Session 
 of, 48, 49, 153. 
 
 , to be added to the Secret 
 
 Committee, 96. 
 
 Lord Privy Seal of. See Athole. 
 
 Lord Register of. Sec Mac 
 Kenzie (.afterwards Tarbat). 
 
 Lords of Justiciary, 71. 
 
 Lords of Session of, (the Ses- 
 sion), 17, 39, 40, 42, 43, 4.5, 
 113, 115, 116, 138, 140, 141, 
 147, -148, 149, 156. 157, 159, 
 162, 163, 202. 
 
 , commission to, in the 
 
 affair of tlie estate of the Earl 
 of Argyle, to be recalled, 138, 
 140. 
 
 , an Act of Sederunt of, 45. 
 
 , adverse to the King's re- 
 trying some of their decisions, 
 211. 
 -, instructions sent for rati- 
 
 fying former laws in favour 
 of, 65. 
 
 manufactories of, complaints by, 
 of the importation of cjoth 
 by an Englishman, 117. 
 
 Master of the Ordnance of, 19, 
 20, 21. 
 
 merchants of, 117. 
 
 Militia of, 123, 144, 182. 
 
 , the Northern or High- 
 land, 174. 
 -, the Western, 132, 157. 
 
 ministers newly landed in, from 
 Holland and Ireland, 180. 
 
 ministers in, resetters (receters) 
 of, to be excepted from par- 
 don, 132. 
 
 Mint of, 103, 108, 110, 111, 114, 
 129. 
 
 , the bullion accounts of, 
 
 114, 115. 
 
 Parliament of, 24, 34, 35, 38, 39, 
 40, 43, 44, 45, 49, 50, 51, 58, 
 59, 60, 62, 65, 70, 73, 172, 
 198, 199, 201. 202, 207, 208, 
 211, 212, 213, 215, 216^ 217, 
 219. 
 
 , to be adjourned, 99, 101. 
 
 Commissioner to, 43, 44, 
 
 45, 46, 54 99. See also 
 Moray, 4th Earl of ; Queens- 
 berry, 1st DuEe of. 
 
 Scotland — -cont. 
 
 plan for improving the King's 
 
 revenue in, 86. 
 rebellion in, 58, 70, 71, 78, 85. 
 
 , precautionary measures 
 
 in the event of, 68. 
 '-, measures for putting an 
 
 end to, 73. 
 -, foreigners taken prisoners 
 
 to be pi'oceeded agiainst 
 
 according to the utmost 
 
 severity of law, 101. 
 rebels in, 47, 63, 70, 182. 
 , proposal to take children 
 
 of, as hostages, 66, 67. 
 -, destruction of, 79. 
 
 resets (recepts, recetts) of rebels 
 in, 176, 179, 182, 184, 185, 
 187. 
 
 revenue of, 120, 121, 122, 123. 
 
 , observations on, 126, 127. 
 
 Royal Burghs of, 63, 66. 
 
 , addresses of, 59. 
 
 Seals (Broad, Quarter, Privy, 
 etc.) of, 218. 
 
 Secret Committee of, the 
 Lords of, (the Junto), 30, 31, 
 33, 34, 38, 40, 42. 43, 44, 45, 
 47, 49, 51, 64, 55, 56, 58, 59, 
 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 
 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 83, 86, 87, 
 88, 91, 92, 94, 95 96, 98, 100, 
 101, 140, 161, 162, 165, 166, 
 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 173, 
 174, 175, 180, 192, 198, 199, 
 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 208, 
 210, 211, 216, 217, 218, 219. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "myo," 55. 
 -, members of, 169. 
 
 Secretaries of State for, the 
 
 two, 119, 123. 
 Secretary of State for, 26, 127. 
 
 See also Moray ; Middleton ; 
 
 Drummond. 
 , carelessness of the ' office 
 
 of, 105. 
 -, profits of office of, 18. 
 
 Session of. See above Lords of 
 
 Session. 
 Surveyor General for. See 
 
 Smithe. 
 Trade, Commission of, 99. 
 trade between and England, 40. 
 Trea.surer Depute for, 33, 34, 
 
 36, 105. See also Drummond ; 
 
 Kintore. 
 Treasury of, 45, 85. 86, 92, 9R 
 
 99, 102, 103, 111, 113, 121, 122, 
 
 141, 150, 152. 
 , Lords Commissioners of 
 
 the, 120, 127. 
 troops to be sent to, 68, 69. 
 Universities in, 215. 
 the West Country of, 56, 58. 
 , the reducing and settling 
 
 of, 47, 48. 
 
 , shires of, lieutenants of, 
 
 31. 
 
240 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Scotland — cont. 
 
 Western Circiiit in, 89. 
 
 , proceedings of the Hon. 
 
 John Drummond and others 
 in, 175-196. 
 Henry and Mary, King and 
 
 Queen of Scots, 2. 
 Mary, Queen of Scots, 2. 
 James VI, King of, 2. 
 James VII, King of. See 
 James II. 
 Scots' Catecliism, a, 121. 
 factor, a, 56. 
 Plot, the, 206. 
 prisoners in London, 159. 
 
 , , sent on board the 
 
 Kitchin yacht for transporta- 
 tion to Scotland, 162. 
 
 , trial of, 31. 
 
 Scouler, — , 160. 
 
 Sci-umsier, David, 98. 
 
 Seaforth (Seafort), Earl of (1685-6), 
 
 79, 95, 100, 101. 
 Secretaries of State, the, 87. 
 Secretary of State : 
 
 for England. Sec Jenkins; 
 
 Middleton. 
 for Scotland. See under Scot- 
 land - 
 Sesnock. See Cessnock. 
 Shaftesbury (Shaftberry) : 
 
 [Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st] 
 
 Earl of, 60, 106. 
 [Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd] 
 Earl of, 84. 
 Sharpe, Sir William, 25, 103, 112, 
 
 115, 127, 163. 
 Sheels, — , the falconer, 22. 
 Shelton, Mr., English resident in 
 
 Holland, 63. 
 Shepherd (Shipherd), ~, 60, 64, 67. 
 Sheriffs : 
 
 to be chosen, 105. 
 the great news of the, 104. 
 Ships named : 
 
 Ghisicr frigate, 12. 
 Kitchin yacht, 162. 
 Tiger (Tyger) frigate, captain of, 
 74. 
 Ships not named : 
 
 a dogger boat, 63. 
 
 Dutch, 199. 
 
 Dutch men-of-war and merchant 
 
 ships wrecked, 28. 
 EnglLsh, trading to Genoa to be 
 
 brought into Toulon, 209. 
 English frigate and yacht sent 
 to cruise on the coast of Hol- 
 land, 60. 
 English frigates to cruise be- 
 tween Ireland and Scotland, 
 64, 69, 72. 
 English frigate to convoy troops 
 
 to Scotland, 69. 
 English frigate, captain of, cap- 
 tures arms, etc., of rebels at 
 Lyme Reals, 80. 
 fire ships, 73. 
 
 Ships not named — cont- 
 
 frigates on the west coast of 
 
 Scotland, the command of, 75. 
 
 two frigates captured from the 
 
 Earl of Argyle, 80. 
 from Holland carrying the Duke 
 
 of Monmouth, 74, 75. 
 with the Duke of Monmouth at 
 
 Lyme Regis, 77. 
 the packet boat from France, 
 
 199. 
 three, fitting out at Amster- 
 dam, for Scotland, 56, 57, 60, 
 64. 
 of West Indian pirates, 162. 
 a yacht, 50. 
 yacht to be launched at Green- 
 
 wich, 109. 
 yacht dispatched for Sir John 
 
 Cochrane, 88, 102. 
 a yacht' to cruise between Scot- 
 land and Ireland, 57. 
 Shrewsbury, [Charles Talbot, 12th] 
 Earl of, his brother Jake. See 
 Talbot. 
 Sidley (Sidly), Catherine. See Dor- 
 chester, Countess of. 
 Sidney, Colonel Sir Algernon : 
 his trial, 27, 28, 162. 
 found guilty, 168. 
 Smith, Aaron, stands in the pillory, 
 
 162. 
 Smithe, James, Surveyor General 
 
 for Scotland, 21. 
 SoLssons, Countess of, 108. 
 Somerset (Sommersyd), [Charles Sey- 
 mour, 6th] Duke of, 81. 82. 
 Southampton, 130, 131. 
 Southesk : 
 
 Countess of, 87. 
 
 , reduced to great straits 
 
 owing to her allowance being 
 unpaid for several years, 68. 
 [Robert Carnegie, 3rd] Earl of, 
 14, 19, 68, 72, 87. 
 Spain, [Charles II], King of, making 
 
 war against France, 155. 
 Spence : 
 — , 38. 
 — , fourth bailie of Edinburgh, 
 
 173. 
 James, 160. 
 Spey, 70. 
 Staines, — , 204. 
 Stair : 
 
 Lord (1685X 213, 216. 
 (Staires), the family of, 129. 
 Stamford, [Thomas Grey, 2nd], Earl 
 
 of, sent to the Tower, 89. 
 Stannous. See Stenhouse. 
 Staremberg (Staranberque, Starn- 
 
 berge), Count, 26, 135, 136. 
 States General, the, of the United 
 
 Provinces, 63. 
 Stenhouse (Stannous, Stennous), 
 
 Douglas of. See Douglas. 
 Steuart : 
 
 Mr., in Holland, 211. 
 
 See also Stewart; Stuart. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 241 
 
 Stewart : 
 
 Archibald, brother of 4th Earl 
 of Moray, Lieutenant Gover- 
 nor of Stirling Castle, 19. 
 Charles, son of 4th Earl of 
 
 Moray, 24. 
 Lady Elizabeth, eldest daughter 
 of the regent Earl of Moray, 
 afterwards Countess of Moray, 
 q.v., 2. 
 James. (See Moray, Earl of. 
 James, son of Sir James, of 
 Doune, afterwards 1st Earl of 
 Moray, q. v., 2. 
 Lady Margaret, 2nd daughter 
 of the regent Earl of Moray, 
 afterwards Countess of Errol, 
 q.v., 2. 
 See also Steuart; Stuart. 
 Stirling, 25, 113, 114, 115, 131, 193. 
 arms sent to, 102. 
 more forces to be put in, 72. 
 Bridge, the fort at, 57, 58. 
 Castle, 108. 
 
 , lieutenant governor of. 
 
 See Stewart, 
 lordship of, 24. 
 Stirling, — , the bailie depute of 
 
 Glasgow, 178. 
 Stirlingshire, 140, 184. 
 heritors of, 184, 194. 
 men of, return an impertinent 
 answer to Drummond's dis- 
 course, 185. 
 Stivensone, — , 106. 
 Strathmore (Strathmors), [Patrick 
 
 Lyon, 3rd] Earl of, 14. 
 Straton, Captain, 16. 
 Streits, Mr., preacher at a con- 
 venticle, 208. 
 Strickland (Strikland), Sir Roger, 
 
 75. 
 Struthers (Stuthers), Col., 36, 50, 57, 
 
 113, 117. 
 Stuart : 
 
 Sir Archbald, of Blackball 
 (Blakhall), 32, 33, 34, 176, 
 177, 179, 188, 193. 
 
 , his nephews, 185. 
 
 - — , of Causende, 53. 
 
 — , of Oultnes, forfeiture of, 
 
 74. 
 Frank, his company of dragoons, 
 
 23. 
 See also Steuart ; Stewart. 
 Stuthers, Col. See Struthers. 
 Suffolk, [James Howard, 3rd] Earl 
 
 of,« 24. 
 Suinton, 109. 
 Sunderland : 
 
 [Robert Spencer, 2nd] Earl of, 
 30, 46, 47, 49, 53, 60, 61, 62, 
 68, 82, ice, 172. 
 
 , his eldest daughter, 172. 
 
 Countess of (1682-5), 21, 68. 
 
 T 
 
 Talbot, John (Jake), brother of the 
 Earl of Shrewsbury, killed in a 
 duel, 97. 
 Tangier (Tangeir), 155. 
 
 utterly destroyed and blown up, 
 167. 
 Tannach, Alexander TuUoch of. Sec 
 
 Tulloch. 
 Tarbat (Tarbit), [Sir George Mac- 
 Kenzie, q. v., 1st] Viscount, 
 Lord Register of Scotland, 53, 
 56, 59, 74, 79, 81. 83, 84, 96, 
 98, 100, 101, 137, 141, 170, 
 173, 175, 220. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "002," 76, 88. 
 
 , "hh3," 78, 88. 
 
 -" m 6," 78, 88. 
 
 , a member of the Secret 
 
 Committee, 169. 
 -, his son-in-law, 113. 
 
 Tarras (Tarris, Terras) : 
 
 [Walter Scott], Earl of, 40, 170, 
 
 201, 202, 211. 
 Countess of, 170. 
 Taunton, co. Somerset, 79, 80. 
 Teams, the. See Thames, the. 
 Teklye, Count, 26. 
 Tennis, the game of, 12. 
 Terasyirie Bassa, the, 140. 
 Tessill, the. See Texel. 
 Test, the, 34, 116, 119, 128, 148, 150. 
 occasional communion defended 
 by the fanatics in confirma- 
 tion of taking their oaths, 
 128. 
 proceedings in connection with 
 the putting of, in the Western 
 Circuit of Scotland, 177-183, 
 186-188, 192-196. 
 Teviotdale (Tiviotdale), 174. 
 Texel (Tessill), the, 63. 
 Thames (Teams), the river, 87. 
 Tholon. See Toulon. 
 Thomsone, — , 18. 
 Thores, Sir David, 113. 
 Tinmoutho Shels. See Tynemouth. 
 Torwoodlye, — , 46. 
 Toulon (Tholon), 209. 
 Traquair, Earl of, 13, 79. 
 Treasurer, Lord High : 
 
 of England, 49, 85. See also 
 Rochester. 
 
 , referred to by cipher 
 
 "802," 89. 
 of Scotland. See under Scot- 
 land. 
 Treasurer Depute, the. See under 
 
 Scotland. 
 Treasury, the, 5D, 84, 85. 
 
 first Commissioner of. See 
 
 Godolphin. 
 Lords or, 19. 
 
 of Scotland. See under Scot 
 land. 
 
 3773 
 
242 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Trevor, Sir John, chosen Speaker of 
 
 the House of Commons, 69. 
 Troghregg, Boyde of. Sec Boyde. 
 Troops, 49, 61. 
 
 a review of, 34. 
 in Ireland. Sea under Ireland. 
 Tulloch, Alexander, of Tannach, 39. 
 Tunbridge waters, 64. 
 Tunbridge Wells, 109. 
 Turkey : 
 
 Grand Signior of, 28. 
 
 Grand Vizier of, 26, 28, 135, 
 
 136, 165. 
 territories of, invaded, 164. 
 Turks, the, 155. 
 
 siege of Vienna by, 26, 28, 132, 
 135, 136, 137. 
 Turner, Sir James, 52. 58. 
 Tweeddale (Ti^'edal), [John Hay, 2nd] 
 Earl of, 15, 49, 95, 96, 98, 159, 
 172. 
 Tynemouth Sliields (Tinmouthe 
 Shels), deputy governor of, 46. 
 
 u 
 
 Feindrahem, Major, 66. 
 Ultimus heres, a, gift of, 18, 19, 20, 
 21. 
 
 Vaohane, Captain, 83. 
 
 Veitch (Veatch, Vetch, Vetche), — , 
 
 34, 69, 173, 204. 
 Vera Cruz (Crux), Mexico, taken by 
 
 West Indian pirates, 162. 
 Vice-Chamberlain, the. 28. 
 Vienna, siege oT, by the Turks, 26, 
 
 28, 132, 135, 136,' 137. 
 
 W 
 
 Waohobe, — , of Edmistoune, 17. 
 Wallace : 
 
 — , 188, 201. 
 
 (Walace), Hugh (Mr.), cash- 
 keeper and paymaster of the 
 forces for Scotland, 21, 71, 96, 
 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 111, 
 112, 113, 114, 117, 118, 122, 
 133, 146, 153, 154, 162, 163. 
 197, 201, 209. 
 
 — ; — , his brother's wife, 146. 
 
 Sir Thomas, of Oi-aigie, his 
 daughter Euphemia. See 
 Prunimond, Hon. John. 
 
 Wanlockhead, [co. Dumfries], 196. 
 
 Watersyid, — , 91. 
 
 Weir, — 176. 
 
 West Indian pirates, 162. 
 
 Westminster : 
 
 [Abbey], 214. 
 
 , Henry VII's chapel in, 
 
 216. 
 the Haymarket, the "Old Blue 
 
 Posts" in, 219. 
 St. James's, 15, 50, 108. 
 St. James's Square, six gentle- 
 men fight in, 159. 
 Whitehall (Whythall), 16, 19, 
 63, 87, 104. 
 
 , letters dated from, 12-102 
 
 passim. 
 
 Gate, 42. 
 
 -, the Banqueting House, 
 
 71, 100. 
 -, the Ti'sasury Chamber at. 
 
 63. 
 Whigs (Whighs, TJhigs), the, 111, 
 
 196, 208, 213, 220. 
 White (Whyte), Major, Lieutenant 
 Governor of Edinbui'gh Castle, 16, 
 17, 19, 110, 135, 149, 152. 
 .Wigtown (Wigton), 35. 
 Williamson, Sir Joseph, 213. 
 Wilsone, William, of Wanlockhead, 
 
 deposition of, 196, 197. 
 Wiltshire, militia of, 81. 
 Winchester, 26, 31, 33, 120, 127, 140, 
 160. 
 letters dated at, 25, 33, 127, 128, 
 
 131, 132, 133, 136. 
 Charles II building a noble 
 palace at, 131. 
 Windeham, Major, 58. 
 Windsor (Vindsor, Winsore), 7, 12, 
 14, 15, 24, 25, 29, 91, 92, 93, 
 104, 105, 108, 109, 119, 120, 
 125 
 letter's dated at, 105, 106, 108, 
 
 110, 120, 127. 
 Ca.stle, 122. 
 
 , letters dated at, 12, 13, 
 
 23, 25, 29, 30, 31. 
 Wishart, — , 95. 
 Wishau, — , 209. 
 Worcester, hattTe of, 22. 
 Worden (Wordin) : 
 Col., 69, 88. 
 
 , made a Major-General, 
 
 91. 
 Sir John, his wife dies of small- 
 pox, 122. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 243 
 
 Yester, Lord, 147, 164. 
 
 York coach, the, 109. 
 
 York : 
 
 James, Duke of, afterwards 
 James II, King, g. v. (" the 
 Duke"), 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 
 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 
 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 
 31, 32, 33, 34, 35. 36, 37, 38, 
 39, 40, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 
 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 
 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 
 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 
 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 
 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 
 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 
 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 
 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 
 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 
 168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 193, 
 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 
 205, 206, 207, 208. 209, 210. 
 211, 212, 213. 
 
 Yovk—cont, 
 
 , much taken up in hunt- 
 ing, 130, 133. 
 -, to have his picture done 
 
 by Kneller, 149. 
 
 — , portraits of, 201. 
 
 , surrounded with peti- 
 tioners, 164. 
 -, visit of, to Scotland (1684- 
 
 5), proposed, and arrange- 
 ments for, 198, 203, 204, 205, 
 206, 208, 209, 210. 
 
 Mary of Modena, Duchess of, 37, 
 123. 
 
 , gives birth to Princess 
 
 Charlotte Marga (Mary), 109. 
 
 , miscarriage of, 154. 
 
 , her mother, 109. 
 
 , Master of the Horse to. 
 
 See Roscommon ; Murray, 
 as Queen Consort. See 
 
 Mary. 
 
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