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             An impartial account of some of the transactions in Scotland, concerning the Earl of Broadalban, Viscount and Master of Stair, Glenco-men, Bishop of Galloway, and Mr. Duncan Robertson in a letter from a friend.
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           An
           Impartial
           ACCOUNT
           Of
           some
           of
           the
           TRANSACTIONS
           IN
           SCOTLAND
           ,
           Concerning
           the
           Earl
           of
           Broadalban
           ,
           Viscount
           and
           Master
           of
           
             Stair
             ,
             Glenco-Men
          
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Galloway
           ,
           And
           Mr.
           
             Duncan
             Robertson
          
           .
        
         
           
             In
             a
             LETTER
             from
             a
             Friend
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           ,
           And
           Sold
           by
           the
           Booksellers
           of
           London
           and
           Westminster
           .
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           2.
           l.
           6.
           read
           Eustick
           .
           l.
           24.
           r.
           and
           that
           some
           men
           suffer
           .
           p.
           5.
           l.
           1.
           r.
           this
           simple
           Discourse
           .
           l.
           4.
           r.
           tenendae
           .
           l.
           7.
           r.
           
             Corvis
             &
             Columbas
          
           .
           l.
           15.
           for
           was
           ,
           r.
           there
           were
           .
           p.
           8.
           l.
           6.
           
           &
           7.
           r.
           the
           great
           men
           then
           .
           l.
           8.
           r.
           did
           intend
           to
           leave
           the
           Bench
           ,
           and
           to
           Travel
           abroad
           .
           p.
           12.
           l.
           30.
           r.
           bailiary
           .
           p.
           28.
           l.
           31.
           r.
           of
           all
           men
           in
           Scotland
           .
           p.
           29.
           l.
           12.
           r.
           if
           he
           were
           really
           guilty
           .
           l.
           17.
           r.
           byass
           or
           interest
           .
           p.
           30.
           l.
           34.
           leave
           out
           ,
           I
           hope
           .
           l.
           36.
           effectual
           and
           supply
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           An
           Impartial
           Account
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Transactions
           in
           Scotland
           concerning
           the
           Earl
           of
           Broadalban
           ,
           Viscount
           and
           Master
           of
           
             Stair
             ,
             Glenco-Men
          
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Galloway
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Duncan
             Robertson
          
           .
           In
           a
           Letter
           from
           a
           Friend
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THOUGH
           I
           be
           none
           of
           the
           most
           Curious
           to
           pry
           into
           Foreign
           Matters
           ,
           yet
           the
           various
           Reports
           we
           have
           had
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           ,
           and
           Contests
           betwixt
           some
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Scots
           Parliament
           ,
           prompted
           me
           to
           desire
           the
           Favour
           of
           you
           (
           as
           a
           Person
           I
           believe
           not
           much
           concerned
           in
           Factions
           or
           Parties
           )
           to
           let
           me
           know
           something
           of
           the
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           were
           in
           agitation
           there
           :
           As
           also
           who
           these
           Persons
           are
           ,
           and
           their
           Actions
           have
           been
           ,
           occasioned
           such
           great
           Heats
           concerning
           them
           ,
           at
           such
           a
           Juncture
           ,
           when
           all
           good
           men
           ought
           to
           be
           cemented
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           stand
           by
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           one
           man
           ,
           to
           oppose
           the
           Evil
           Designs
           of
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           find
           in
           ordinary
           Conversation
           ,
           that
           both
           good
           and
           bad
           People
           speak
           generally
           of
           these
           matters
           ,
           as
           they
           affect
           such
           Men
           and
           Parties
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           will
           avouch
           that
           my
           steadfastness
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           is
           known
           by
           good
           men
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           in
           Justice
           be
           termed
           disaffected
           ;
           and
           my
           Interest
           is
           so
           little
           with
           particular
           Parties
           ,
           that
           I
           dare
           tell
           so
           much
           of
           the
           truth
           to
           the
           Government
           's
           Friends
           ,
           and
           my
           own
           also
           ,
           as
           is
           convenient
           :
           Will
           therefore
           strain
           my
           Inclinations
           to
           give
           you
           a
           succinct
           Account
           of
           some
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           ;
           as
           also
           
           what
           I
           could
           learn
           concerning
           these
           men
           you
           writ
           of
           ,
           which
           can
           give
           no
           Offence
           :
           And
           though
           my
           Obligations
           to
           Great
           Men
           (
           since
           the
           late
           Happy
           Revolution
           )
           be
           little
           ,
           yet
           will
           do
           them
           all
           the
           Justice
           imaginable
           .
           But
           before
           I
           come
           to
           answer
           your
           Expectation
           in
           Particulars
           ,
           will
           take
           the
           freedom
           (
           by
           way
           of
           a
           Rustical
           Preamble
           )
           to
           Paraphrase
           a
           little
           upon
           some
           Wise
           Men's
           Sentences
           .
           Seneca
           said
           ,
           That
           the
           most
           Universal
           Vice
           in
           the
           World
           was
           Ingratitude
           ,
           because
           Punishable
           by
           no
           Statute
           Law
           ,
           but
           by
           Publick
           Hatred
           and
           the
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Schools
           ,
           which
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           Punishment
           ;
           yea
           ,
           Ingratitude
           sways
           the
           Scepter
           in
           most
           places
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           private
           as
           in
           publick
           men
           .
           Some
           men
           were
           ungrateful
           to
           their
           Countries
           ,
           (
           of
           whom
           we
           could
           name
           several
           )
           and
           some
           Countries
           were
           ungrateful
           to
           their
           own
           Worthy
           ,
           Loving
           ,
           and
           Affectionate
           Children
           :
           Pride
           ,
           Contempt
           ,
           Avarice
           ,
           and
           Envy
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           be
           the
           chief
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           seldom
           all
           these
           concur
           without
           Malice
           and
           height
           of
           Rigour
           :
           But
           I
           suppose
           that
           that
           part
           of
           a
           Nation
           is
           either
           the
           Indocile
           ,
           Ignorant
           ,
           or
           Vicious
           .
           Socrates
           suffered
           for
           doing
           good
           to
           his
           Country
           ,
           even
           whilst
           he
           was
           doing
           good
           to
           his
           Country-men
           in
           Prison
           ;
           they
           condemned
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           to
           Death
           .
           Some
           will
           Object
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           some
           secret
           Crime
           brings
           on
           a
           Punishment
           ,
           and
           suffers
           for
           Crimes
           they
           may
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           's
           their
           Judgment
           .
           But
           be
           it
           so
           or
           not
           ,
           that
           's
           neither
           Argument
           nor
           Excuse
           for
           the
           Instrument's
           being
           Cruel
           or
           Ungrateful
           ,
           to
           Punish
           by
           guess
           ,
           without
           a
           fair
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           Conscientious
           Jury
           ,
           in
           Estate
           ,
           Fame
           ,
           or
           Body
           ;
           for
           he
           who
           makes
           no
           scruple
           to
           take
           away
           a
           man's
           Good
           Name
           ,
           will
           make
           no
           steps
           to
           take
           his
           Life
           also
           if
           he
           can
           .
        
         
           Philosophers
           as
           well
           as
           Historians
           declare
           ,
           That
           the
           Epicureans
           denyed
           a
           Providence
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Stoicks
           asserted
           it
           ;
           whatever
           might
           be
           in
           that
           Contest
           amongst
           the
           Ancient
           Heathens
           and
           Modern
           pretended
           Atheists
           ,
           yet
           we
           ,
           who
           assume
           the
           name
           of
           Christians
           ,
           must
           not
           only
           own
           a
           Providence
           ,
           
           that
           it
           over-rules
           all
           Actions
           ,
           Motions
           ,
           and
           Events
           ,
           exalteth
           one
           ,
           and
           pulleth
           down
           another
           ;
           but
           also
           createth
           Friends
           and
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Society
           of
           good
           as
           well
           as
           of
           bad
           Men
           may
           differ
           in
           Opinion
           ,
           which
           oftentimes
           occasions
           not
           only
           Jealousies
           ,
           Emulations
           ,
           and
           Debates
           ,
           but
           also
           Strifes
           ,
           Contentions
           ,
           Threats
           ,
           Persecutions
           ,
           War
           ,
           and
           the
           Death
           of
           many
           well
           and
           evil
           designing
           Men.
           Cato
           struggled
           long
           before
           the
           People
           of
           Rome
           could
           understand
           his
           Counsels
           to
           be
           for
           their
           Good
           and
           Safety
           ;
           he
           was
           affronted
           and
           contemned
           by
           them
           ,
           nor
           did
           they
           ever
           consider
           his
           worth
           till
           they
           lost
           him
           .
           Scipio
           was
           dismist
           ,
           Cicero
           exiled
           ,
           and
           Seneca
           destroyed
           ,
           he
           by
           a
           Tyrannical
           Prince
           only
           for
           his
           goodness
           .
           Paul
           suffered
           as
           an
           evil
           doer
           ;
           yea
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           was
           contemned
           ,
           set
           at
           nought
           ,
           and
           condemned
           to
           the
           shameful
           Cross
           by
           his
           Country-men
           ,
           out
           of
           Pride
           and
           Ignorance
           ,
           for
           his
           kindness
           and
           goodness
           to
           them
           .
           So
           it
           's
           no
           new
           thing
           for
           good
           and
           bad
           Men
           to
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           others
           to
           be
           mistaken
           of
           them
           .
           It
           is
           an
           Ancient
           saying
           ,
           That
           Loyalty
           often
           suffers
           the
           Punishment
           due
           to
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           Treason
           receives
           the
           Reward
           of
           Fidelity
           .
           There
           may
           be
           two
           principal
           Reasons
           for
           this
           ;
           Ignorance
           ,
           and
           Depravity
           of
           mens
           Natures
           .
           Ignorants
           not
           being
           Judges
           of
           Men
           fit
           for
           Government
           ,
           nor
           the
           Governour
           's
           Actions
           ,
           or
           Secrets
           of
           State
           ,
           which
           is
           generally
           the
           failure
           or
           mistakes
           of
           the
           Populace
           .
           Here
           you
           will
           always
           find
           
             Improbarum
             Duces
          
           ,
           who
           influences
           the
           blind
           Populace
           
             vela
             dare
             suae
             fortunae
          
           ,
           to
           accomplish
           their
           Designs
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           upon
           the
           Ruins
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           And
           under
           the
           Second
           may
           be
           comprehended
           all
           the
           Vices
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           too
           long
           to
           be
           named
           here
           ;
           only
           this
           one
           observed
           by
           the
           wise
           ,
           That
           we
           have
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           other
           men
           always
           in
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           but
           cast
           our
           own
           over
           our
           shoulders
           *
           .
           This
           confirms
           all
           the
           Proofs
           of
           the
           former
           Reasons
           of
           Ingratitude
           .
           Whence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           a
           Peasant
           would
           be
           a
           Tribune
           ,
           
           a
           Tribune
           a
           Praetor
           ,
           a
           Praetor
           a
           Consul
           (
           as
           the
           Philosopher
           said
           )
           never
           minding
           what
           he
           had
           been
           in
           a
           little
           time
           before
           ,
           but
           looking
           still
           forwards
           to
           what
           he
           would
           be
           *
           .
           I
           know
           not
           but
           Brutus
           thought
           (
           that
           when
           he
           had
           destroyed
           Caesar
           )
           to
           have
           been
           Caesar
           himself
           ;
           but
           he
           had
           only
           in
           place
           thereof
           ,
           Remorse
           left
           with
           him
           ,
           (
           with
           ,
           
             Et
             tu
             mi
             fili
             Brute
          
           )
           for
           his
           great
           Expectations
           .
           Both
           good
           and
           great
           Men
           we
           see
           are
           subject
           to
           Envy
           ;
           for
           some
           People
           never
           think
           themselves
           happy
           ,
           till
           such
           and
           such
           Men
           be
           out
           of
           their
           way
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Haman
           and
           Mordecai
           ;
           but
           neither
           they
           ,
           nor
           the
           Common-wealth
           can
           well
           know
           the
           want
           of
           such
           Men
           till
           they
           be
           gone
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           no
           retrieving
           :
           For
           in
           what
           sad
           condition
           had
           Esther
           and
           the
           poor
           Jews
           been
           ,
           if
           Haman
           had
           conquered
           Mordecai
           ?
           And
           it
           had
           been
           better
           for
           Haman
           he
           had
           let
           Mordecai
           alone
           .
           Upon
           which
           Considerations
           ,
           it
           were
           very
           advisable
           for
           Societies
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           any
           ways
           split
           in
           Parties
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           Wise
           Man's
           Advice
           ,
           before
           they
           Accuse
           or
           Prosecute
           ,
           and
           to
           consider
           three
           things
           :
           First
           ,
           their
           Strength
           whom
           they
           Accuse
           ▪
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Enterprize
           and
           Merit
           of
           the
           Cause
           .
           And
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           Person
           or
           Persons
           they
           have
           to
           do
           withal
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           Equals
           ,
           or
           Inferiours
           ,
           &c.
           
           For
           as
           no
           good
           Musick
           ,
           so
           no
           good
           Government
           or
           Society
           without
           Concord
           ,
           which
           cannot
           well
           be
           without
           bearing
           of
           Injuries
           .
           And
           Epicurus
           said
           ,
           That
           Wise
           Men
           will
           bear
           with
           all
           Injuries
           ,
           
             Ardua
             res
             haec
             est
          
           ,
           where
           the
           Publick
           is
           concerned
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           conclude
           this
           Point
           with
           a
           Sentence
           of
           
           Seneca's
           ,
           when
           in
           an
           Epistle
           to
           his
           Friend
           he
           was
           condemning
           Anger
           and
           Choler
           ,
           he
           adds
           a
           But.
           But
           (
           says
           he
           )
           in
           case
           of
           exemplary
           and
           prostitute
           dissolution
           of
           Manners
           ,
           when
           Clodius
           shall
           be
           preferred
           ,
           and
           Cicero
           rejected
           ;
           when
           Loyalty
           shall
           be
           broken
           upon
           the
           Wheel
           ,
           and
           Treason
           shall
           sit
           Triumphant
           upon
           the
           Bench.
           Is
           not
           this
           a
           Subject
           to
           move
           the
           Choler
           of
           any
           Vertuous
           Man
           ?
           Now
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           weary
           you
           too
           much
           
           with
           a
           simple
           Discourse
           (
           yet
           knows
           it
           is
           to
           my
           Friend
           only
           )
           I
           come
           to
           satisfie
           so
           much
           your
           Curiosity
           as
           is
           in
           my
           Power
           ,
           without
           Reflection
           or
           Byass
           :
           
             Nam
             pacis
             mihi
             cura
             temendae
          
           .
        
         
           
             Illud
             amicitiae
             Sanctum
             &
             venerabile
             nomen
          
        
         
           Sed
        
         
           
             Dat
             veniam
             corvus
             vexat
             Censura
             Columbis
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Hoc
             Impedit
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Galloway
           ,
           being
           first
           in
           view
           .
           In
           the
           Year
           1686.
           
           The
           late
           King
           James
           having
           sent
           the
           Earl
           of
           Morray
           his
           High
           Commissioner
           to
           Scotland
           ,
           with
           Instructions
           to
           Repeal
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           against
           Papists
           ;
           the
           aforesaid
           Bishop
           stood
           firm
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           though
           very
           infirm
           ,
           went
           every
           day
           to
           the
           Meetings
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           give
           his
           Testimony
           against
           the
           Courses
           then
           in
           hand
           ;
           for
           which
           there
           was
           Evil
           Designs
           against
           him
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           removed
           him
           in
           great
           Age
           and
           Peace
           a
           little
           time
           after
           the
           Adjourning
           of
           that
           Parliament
           .
           He
           being
           a
           Pious
           ,
           Hospital
           ,
           and
           Generous
           Man
           ,
           left
           his
           Lady
           (
           being
           upwards
           of
           Eighty
           Years
           old
           )
           but
           poor
           :
           His
           Eldest
           Daughter
           was
           married
           to
           one
           Mr.
           
             Patrick
             Smith
          
           ,
           Advocate
           ,
           many
           Years
           before
           his
           Decease
           .
           His
           Second
           Daughter
           was
           married
           to
           a
           Parson
           ;
           and
           the
           Third
           was
           Run
           away
           with
           ,
           a
           little
           time
           before
           his
           Death
           ,
           by
           the
           aforesaid
           Mr.
           
             Duncan
             Robertson
          
           ,
           without
           the
           Bishop's
           or
           any
           other
           Friend's
           knowledge
           ,
           the
           said
           Robertson
           judging
           her
           to
           be
           a
           great
           Prize
           ,
           the
           other
           two
           Daughters
           being
           married
           ,
           and
           she
           being
           then
           the
           only
           Child
           in
           Familia
           .
        
         
           The
           aforesaid
           Mr.
           
             Duncan
             Robertson
          
           was
           a
           High-land
           Gentleman's
           Son
           ,
           bordering
           upon
           Athol
           and
           Lochquhaber
           ,
           bred
           up
           something
           to
           the
           Law
           at
           Edinburgh
           ,
           became
           a
           Sollicitor
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           practised
           that
           Employ
           when
           he
           Run
           away
           with
           ,
           and
           married
           the
           aforesaid
           Bishop's
           Daughter
           .
        
         
         
           When
           the
           last
           Earl
           of
           Argile
           was
           forfeited
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           (
           and
           his
           Children
           scattered
           here
           and
           there
           ,
           and
           the
           Estate
           being
           sequestred
           by
           the
           then
           Publick
           Authority
           ;
           and
           all
           
           Argile's
           Officers
           and
           Friends
           in
           his
           vast
           Dominions
           being
           laid
           aside
           )
           he
           ,
           the
           said
           Robertson
           ,
           what
           by
           Money
           and
           Interest
           he
           made
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           stept
           into
           the
           Clerkship
           of
           the
           Sheriff-ship
           of
           Argile
           ;
           but
           upon
           the
           late
           Happy
           Revolution
           ,
           Argile
           being
           restored
           to
           his
           Estate
           ,
           the
           said
           Robertson
           was
           justly
           excluded
           from
           the
           said
           Office
           of
           Clerkship
           ;
           the
           same
           being
           Heritable
           in
           the
           Earl
           of
           Argile
           and
           his
           Families
           Gift
           ,
           past
           memory
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
           The
           Lord
           Viscount
           Stair
           ,
           he
           is
           the
           Representative
           of
           the
           ancient
           Family
           of
           the
           Dalrymples
           of
           Stair
           ,
           a
           Barony
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Kyle
           in
           the
           West
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           he
           being
           educated
           in
           ,
           and
           endowed
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           Learning
           and
           Sciences
           of
           our
           Horizon
           ,
           was
           received
           into
           the
           faculty
           of
           a
           Advocates
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1648.
           having
           before
           had
           (
           when
           but
           very
           young
           )
           a
           considerable
           Post
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           verifying
           
           Ovid's
           Phrase
           in
           him
           ,
           
             Pace
             data
             terris
             ad
             civilia
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           1650.
           he
           was
           made
           choice
           of
           by
           the
           then
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           be
           Clerk
           or
           Secretary
           to
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           went
           for
           King
           Charles
           II.
           to
           Holland
           ,
           where
           he
           not
           only
           gave
           great
           Satisfaction
           by
           his
           behaviour
           to
           the
           Committee
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           all
           concerned
           in
           the
           said
           Transaction
           ,
           but
           likewise
           King
           Charles
           took
           particular
           notice
           of
           him
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Restauration
           of
           King
           Charles
           II.
           he
           was
           Created
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           ,
           and
           advanced
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           b
           Session
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           he
           began
           to
           observe
           and
           write
           the
           c
           Decisions
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           Session
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           digested
           them
           with
           former
           and
           after
           Observations
           of
           his
           own
           and
           others
           ,
           in
           a
           System
           or
           Body
           ,
           these
           being
           Presidents
           or
           Rules
           to
           Decree
           by
           ,
           (
           afterwards
           )
           in
           parallel
           Cases
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           year
           1662.
           
           The
           Presbyterian
           Government
           being
           abolished
           ,
           and
           the
           Episcopal
           Government
           established
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Declaration
           formed
           ,
           abjuring
           the
           Presbyterian
           Government
           ,
           all
           its
           consequences
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Oaths
           formerly
           taken
           :
           Which
           Declaration
           he
           not
           being
           clear
           to
           take
           ,
           left
           the
           Bench
           ,
           travelled
           abroad
           ,
           and
           coming
           to
           Court
           after
           his
           Travels
           ,
           King
           Charles
           Excused
           and
           Restored
           him
           to
           his
           Place
           again
           ,
           dispatching
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Session
           ,
           (
           signifying
           that
           Sir
           
             James
             Dalrimple
          
           of
           Stair
           ,
           having
           given
           him
           full
           satisfaction
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           said
           Declaration
           )
           required
           them
           to
           receive
           him
           again
           to
           the
           Bench
           ,
           without
           signing
           the
           same
           .
           Thus
           I
           find
           it
           marked
           in
           the
           Books
           of
           Sederunt
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Session
           ,
           Anno
           1664.
           
           
           Then
           it
           was
           that
           he
           began
           to
           compose
           a
           System
           of
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           intermixt
           with
           the
           Law
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           Practises
           and
           Presidents
           of
           that
           Soveraign
           Court
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Law
           intelligible
           and
           known
           to
           all
           the
           King's
           Subjects
           there
           ,
           who
           can
           read
           English
           .
        
         
           When
           Sir
           
             John
             Gilmor
          
           (
           being
           then
           d
           President
           of
           the
           Session
           )
           was
           called
           up
           to
           Court
           to
           draw
           up
           the
           Contract
           (
           or
           Articles
           )
           of
           Marriage
           between
           the
           Duke
           and
           Dutchess
           of
           Monmouth
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Stair
           was
           chosen
           
             vice
             Praeses
          
           of
           the
           Session
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           several
           times
           afterwards
           ,
           when
           Sir
           
             John
             Gilmor
          
           turned
           infirme
           .
           And
           all
           along
           when
           the
           said
           Lord
           Stair
           was
           a
           single
           Lord
           of
           the
           Session
           ,
           and
           sitting
           by
           turns
           on
           the
           Bench
           in
           the
           outer
           house
           ,
           where
           most
           of
           the
           Cases
           and
           Processes
           are
           heard
           and
           decreed
           in
           the
           first
           instance
           by
           a
           single
           Lord
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           Judges
           as
           to
           their
           parts
           ,
           Judgment
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           or
           Injustice
           ,
           are
           mostly
           known
           ,
           having
           none
           other
           of
           the
           Lords
           Votes
           to
           interfere
           with
           their
           Judgment
           .
           He
           had
           the
           greatest
           Character
           of
           Dispatch
           and
           Justice
           of
           any
           Man
           that
           ever
           sat
           upon
           that
           Bench
           ;
           all
           Men
           being
           desirous
           to
           have
           their
           Cases
           brought
           and
           tried
           before
           him
           *
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           1670.
           he
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Lords
           who
           went
           up
           to
           Court
           about
           the
           Union
           ,
           designed
           then
           between
           England
           
           and
           Scotland
           :
           at
           which
           time
           Sir
           
             John
             Gilmore
          
           (
           the
           then
           President
           of
           the
           Session
           )
           died
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           advanced
           to
           be
           President
           of
           the
           Session
           .
           Upon
           this
           step
           some
           envied
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           President
           was
           sent
           for
           to
           Court
           in
           March
           ,
           1676.
           to
           have
           some
           differences
           composed
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           offered
           to
           be
           Chancellour
           ,
           which
           he
           declined
           .
           But
           seeing
           great
           Men
           turning
           into
           Factions
           ,
           and
           fearing
           the
           thing
           which
           came
           afterwards
           to
           pass
           ,
           intend
           to
           go
           abroad
           and
           to
           desert
           the
           Bench
           *
           .
        
         
           In
           Winter
           1679.
           
           The
           Duke
           of
           York
           being
           sent
           to
           Scotland
           ,
           (
           't
           was
           thought
           ,
           by
           advice
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lauderdale
           for
           his
           Safety
           )
           the
           President
           would
           not
           adjourn
           the
           Session
           ,
           to
           meet
           him
           upon
           the
           Road
           towards
           Edinburg
           ,
           (
           in
           Procession
           with
           all
           the
           Lords
           of
           Session
           )
           as
           was
           expected
           ;
           (
           and
           as
           most
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           Scotland
           did
           )
           giving
           for
           his
           reason
           in
           his
           Speech
           ,
           (
           when
           he
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           Session
           went
           in
           their
           formalities
           to
           wait
           upon
           the
           Duke
           ,
           as
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           Blood
           ,
           at
           the
           King's
           Palace
           of
           Holyroodhouse
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           after
           his
           arrival
           )
           that
           the
           Session
           could
           not
           adjourn
           themselves
           (
           being
           a
           Constituted
           Soveraign
           Court
           ,
           instituted
           by
           King
           and
           Parliament
           )
           without
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           gave
           offence
           ;
           as
           did
           also
           another
           Expression
           in
           his
           said
           Speech
           ,
           
             against
             Popery
             and
             Bigotry
          
           ;
           the
           Duke
           then
           mask'd
           ,
           and
           not
           going
           publickly
           to
           Mass
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Spring
           ,
           1681.
           the
           Duke
           of
           Rothes
           Chancellor
           dying
           ,
           (
           when
           there
           was
           a
           Commission
           given
           by
           King
           Charles
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           to
           be
           his
           High
           Commissioner
           for
           Scotland
           )
           't
           was
           mightily
           talked
           then
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           President
           would
           be
           made
           Chancellor
           .
           But
           in
           that
           Parliament
           1681.
           the
           designing
           Party
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Clergy
           flattering
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           that
           all
           would
           be
           as
           he
           wished
           ;
           matters
           lookt
           with
           a
           very
           bad
           aspect
           ,
           the
           President
           could
           expect
           no
           good
           .
           Yet
           as
           God
           said
           to
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           (
           that
           there
           were
           7000
           in
           Israel
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           bowed
           their
           Knees
           to
           
           Baal
           )
           there
           was
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           who
           did
           fore-see
           the
           Torrent
           )
           they
           laid
           aside
           their
           Private
           Heats
           and
           Emulations
           ,
           joined
           Hands
           to
           stop
           the
           Current
           ,
           and
           by
           Plurality
           of
           Votes
           ,
           (
           though
           some
           things
           did
           pass
           current
           in
           that
           Parliament
           before
           that
           time
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           prevented
           ,
           if
           some
           Men
           had
           not
           been
           lull'd
           asleep
           ,
           )
           they
           did
           stop
           more
           mischief
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           President
           had
           drawn
           up
           a
           Test
           for
           preservation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           (
           too
           long
           to
           be
           inserted
           here
           )
           made
           a
           Speech
           in
           Parliament
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           ,
           though
           seconded
           by
           very
           many
           ,
           was
           thrown
           out
           ,
           but
           some
           of
           the
           then
           Court-Party
           drew
           up
           another
           Test
           to
           their
           purpose
           ,
           which
           was
           carried
           the
           very
           next
           Morning
           into
           the
           g
           Articles
           ,
           and
           past
           current
           there
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           Meeting
           of
           the
           Parliament
           that
           Morning
           the
           Court
           Test
           was
           presented
           and
           read
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           Duke
           of
           Hamilton
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Argile
             ,
             Haddington
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           Bishop
           of
           
             Dunkell
             ,
             (
             Bruce
          
           )
           the
           Lord
           Stair
           ,
           President
           ,
           Sir
           
             George
             Lockhart
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Cunningham
          
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           of
           the
           several
           States
           ,
           stood
           up
           to
           oppose
           the
           said
           Test
           ,
           but
           would
           not
           do
           ;
           and
           all
           they
           could
           gain
           by
           the
           Arguments
           used
           ,
           was
           to
           get
           the
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           (
           made
           concerning
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           King
           James
           the
           Sixth's
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           )
           insert
           in
           their
           Test
           .
           The
           inserting
           of
           which
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           (
           the
           Intriguing
           Party
           then
           not
           understanding
           the
           thing
           ,
           being
           fond
           to
           pass
           their
           own
           Test
           with
           any
           quality
           without
           Examination
           )
           was
           the
           very
           thing
           made
           some
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           Gentry
           stand
           firm
           against
           taking
           away
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           in
           the
           Parliament
           1686.
           
           (
           They
           and
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           that
           Parliament
           having
           taken
           the
           said
           Test
           .
           )
           But
           when
           the
           Bishops
           and
           others
           of
           the
           then
           Court-Party
           (
           after
           the
           
           Adjourning
           of
           the
           Parliament
           that
           Evening
           )
           had
           met
           together
           ,
           and
           considered
           what
           they
           had
           done
           ,
           in
           Voting
           the
           said
           Whiggish
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           (
           as
           they
           called
           it
           then
           )
           and
           procured
           the
           Royal
           Assent
           thereto
           ,
           went
           in
           a
           Body
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           and
           exclaimed
           against
           the
           Lord
           Stair
           ,
           President
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           Man
           who
           had
           wheedled
           them
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           by
           surprize
           ;
           but
           were
           told
           ,
           the
           thing
           could
           not
           be
           helped
           then
           ,
           being
           it
           was
           past
           the
           Royal
           Assent
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Contrivers
           should
           be
           Animadverted
           upon
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           few
           days
           that
           Parliament
           being
           adjourned
           ,
           and
           the
           President
           in
           disgrace
           ,
           he
           retired
           to
           the
           Country
           ,
           sent
           his
           Son
           ,
           Sir
           
             John
             Dalrymple
          
           ,
           now
           Master
           of
           Stair
           ,
           to
           the
           Duke
           ,
           to
           signifie
           ,
           that
           seeing
           his
           Father
           was
           not
           pleasing
           to
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           he
           intended
           to
           go
           to
           Court
           ,
           and
           give
           up
           his
           Commission
           to
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           ,
           who
           gave
           it
           to
           him
           .
           Upon
           the
           Delivery
           of
           which
           Message
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           (
           being
           surprized
           )
           dispatched
           Coll.
           Graham
           (
           then
           his
           Privy
           Purse
           )
           Post
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           give
           Account
           of
           the
           Lord
           President
           's
           Behaviour
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           occasion
           the
           President
           had
           no
           Access
           to
           the
           King
           when
           he
           went
           to
           Court
           ;
           but
           the
           King
           desired
           to
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           live
           at
           home
           privately
           under
           his
           Protection
           :
           Upon
           which
           Assurance
           he
           went
           to
           his
           Country
           House
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           did
           not
           live
           there
           long
           without
           an
           Alarm
           ,
           which
           obliged
           him
           to
           repair
           privately
           to
           Edinburgh
           to
           advise
           his
           Safety
           ;
           nor
           was
           he
           long
           there
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           a
           Warrant
           to
           seize
           him
           ,
           upon
           which
           he
           went
           incognito
           to
           Holland
           :
           For
           certainly
           his
           Fate
           had
           been
           the
           same
           which
           was
           the
           late
           
           Argile's
           if
           he
           had
           staid
           at
           home
           ,
           when
           in
           Holland
           there
           were
           Ruffians
           sent
           to
           seize
           him
           ,
           but
           by
           Providence
           made
           his
           escape
           to
           corners
           ,
           diverting
           himself
           there
           with
           the
           Conversation
           of
           the
           Schoolmen
           and
           Scholars
           of
           the
           two
           Famous
           Universities
           of
           Leyden
           and
           Vtricht
           ,
           and
           then
           writ
           a
           System
           of
           Natural
           Philosophy
           .
           His
           Lady
           was
           harrass'd
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           
           fly
           to
           Holland
           also
           .
           His
           Houses
           made
           a
           Receptacle
           of
           Souldiers
           ,
           His
           Heritable
           Office
           taken
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Tenants
           spoiled
           .
        
         
           The
           then
           Government
           raised
           Process
           of
           Treason
           several
           times
           against
           him
           ,
           But
           they
           could
           not
           reach
           his
           Estate
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           stretches
           of
           Law
           were
           made
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1687.
           
           King
           James
           sent
           him
           a
           h
           Remission
           to
           Holland
           ,
           which
           he
           slighted
           ,
           judging
           himself
           guilty
           of
           no
           Crime
           deserving
           a
           Remission
           ,
           and
           being
           safe
           under
           the
           Protection
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           and
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           ,
           rested
           satisfied
           .
        
         
           In
           November
           1688.
           
           He
           ,
           the
           said
           President
           ,
           came
           over
           with
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           (
           now
           our
           Gracious
           King
           )
           His
           Majesty
           being
           pleased
           to
           communicate
           his
           Resolutions
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           Man
           fit
           to
           give
           ,
           and
           keep
           Counsel
           .
        
         
           Sir
           
             George
             Lockhart
          
           being
           President
           of
           the
           Session
           when
           the
           King
           came
           over
           (
           but
           being
           unfortunately
           murdered
           in
           March
           1689.
           by
           a
           base
           Ruffian
           ,
           for
           pronouncing
           an
           Unjust
           Sentence
           against
           him
           (
           as
           he
           alledged
           )
           though
           no
           such
           thing
           )
           my
           Lord
           Stair
           was
           re-established
           in
           the
           President
           's
           Chair
           again
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1690.
           he
           is
           created
           Viscount
           of
           Stair
           ,
           Lord
           Dalrymple
           and
           Glenluce
           .
           And
           though
           this
           hath
           been
           an
           Age
           ,
           where
           meaner
           Men
           were
           ashamed
           to
           serve
           God
           in
           their
           Families
           ,
           I
           will
           add
           this
           one
           good
           Quality
           more
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           (
           besides
           his
           Private
           Devotion
           )
           was
           never
           a
           day
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           Times
           but
           he
           read
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           prayed
           himself
           twice
           in
           his
           Family
           ,
           were
           there
           never
           so
           great
           or
           many
           strangers
           present
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           a
           Reflection
           in
           these
           days
           ,
           but
           I
           hope
           not
           now
           ,
           and
           to
           tell
           the
           truth
           ,
           I
           dare
           give
           no
           worse
           Character
           of
           him
           .
           As
           for
           his
           Behaviour
           in
           Matters
           of
           State
           ,
           these
           are
           Matters
           I
           do
           not
           meddle
           with
           ,
           let
           him
           put
           his
           misbehaviour
           in
           Publick
           who
           will
           venture
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           ,
           but
           I
           judge
           it
           will
           puzzle
           any
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           and
           Rational
           
           Men
           will
           Judge
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           Rules
           his
           Family
           best
           at
           home
           ,
           is
           the
           fittest
           to
           Rule
           in
           Publick
           ,
           and
           I
           pray
           God
           long
           may
           such
           Men
           Rule
           amongst
           us
           .
           I
           will
           not
           say
           ,
           but
           the
           Lord
           Viscount
           Stair
           is
           envied
           by
           some
           People
           for
           his
           Parts
           and
           growing
           Greatness
           ,
           but
           that
           should
           be
           no
           Argument
           with
           Rational
           good
           Men
           ,
           being
           that
           mens
           Vertues
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           accounted
           their
           Crimes
           .
           And
           I
           believe
           he
           may
           say
           in
           his
           Old
           Age
           ,
           
             Whose
             Ox
             ,
             or
             whose
             Asse
             have
             I
             taken
          
           *
           ?
        
         
           The
           Master
           of
           Stair
           is
           the
           foresaid
           Viscount's
           Eldest
           Son
           ,
           liberally
           Educated
           and
           bred
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           being
           upon
           his
           Travels
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Dutch
           War
           ,
           he
           and
           one
           Ramsay
           ,
           Son
           of
           Sir
           
             Andrew
             Ramsay
          
           ,
           of
           Abbots-Hall
           ,
           being
           intimate
           Companions
           ,
           happened
           to
           be
           at
           Chatham
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           ,
           preserved
           one
           of
           the
           King's
           Men
           of
           War
           from
           being
           blown
           up
           by
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           own
           Lives
           ;
           for
           which
           brave
           Action
           (
           when
           they
           were
           but
           very
           young
           )
           King
           Charles
           Knighted
           them
           ,
           before
           he
           knew
           who
           they
           were
           ,
           thus
           I
           heard
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1672.
           
           Sir
           John
           was
           admitted
           ,
           after
           his
           Tryals
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           Advocate
           ,
           which
           Employ
           he
           followed
           for
           several
           Years
           ,
           being
           of
           the
           first
           Rank
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1683.
           when
           the
           said
           Viscount
           (
           his
           Father
           )
           was
           forc'd
           to
           abscond
           in
           Holland
           ,
           as
           is
           said
           before
           ,
           the
           Laird
           of
           Claverhouse
           (
           afterwards
           Viscount
           Dundee
           )
           having
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           was
           sent
           to
           the
           West
           Country
           to
           Spoil
           and
           Dragoon
           the
           Dissenting
           Party
           (
           not
           without
           our
           Scots
           Bishops
           consent
           )
           did
           attempt
           to
           possess
           himself
           of
           the
           Office
           of
           the
           Baily
           of
           Regality
           of
           the
           Lordship
           of
           Glenluce
           (
           which
           did
           Heritably
           belong
           to
           the
           said
           Sir
           John
           ,
           and
           the
           Viscount
           of
           Stair
           his
           Father
           )
           Sir
           John
           ,
           now
           Master
           of
           Stair
           (
           by
           Creation
           of
           his
           Father
           Lord
           ,
           Baron
           ,
           and
           Peer
           of
           the
           Realm
           )
           did
           oppose
           the
           Lord
           Dundee
           ,
           and
           beat
           him
           off
           ,
           
           for
           which
           he
           was
           convened
           before
           the
           Council
           ,
           and
           fined
           in
           500l
           .
           which
           he
           paid
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1684.
           
           The
           said
           Master
           was
           seized
           at
           his
           own
           house
           ,
           when
           his
           Lady
           was
           just
           to
           lye
           in
           ,
           and
           made
           Prisoner
           ,
           being
           suspected
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           by
           the
           then
           Government
           to
           have
           Correspondence
           from
           Holland
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           carried
           on
           intrigues
           against
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           being
           brought
           to
           Edinburgh
           ,
           was
           carried
           from
           the
           Palace
           of
           Holyrood-house
           (
           where
           he
           was
           examined
           by
           the
           Ministers
           of
           State
           )
           as
           a
           Trophe
           (
           it
           seems
           to
           disgrace
           him
           )
           between
           the
           common
           Soldiers
           ,
           along
           the
           publick
           Streets
           ,
           to
           the
           common
           Prison
           )
           more
           than
           half
           a
           Miles
           distance
           ;
           was
           kept
           close
           Prisoner
           there
           for
           several
           Months
           ,
           not
           knowing
           for
           what
           Crime
           ,
           (
           but
           as
           himself
           then
           said
           )
           for
           the
           Original
           sin
           of
           the
           Father
           .
           At
           last
           ,
           after
           many
           Petitions
           ,
           he
           had
           the
           favour
           granted
           him
           by
           the
           Council
           ,
           to
           be
           enlarged
           to
           the
           Castle
           Prison
           ,
           where
           he
           lay
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           till
           the
           Government
           was
           ashamed
           they
           could
           not
           fix
           a
           Crime
           upon
           him
           ,
           set
           him
           at
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1687.
           there
           being
           none
           of
           the
           Advocates
           (
           but
           these
           who
           were
           advanced
           to
           be
           Lords
           of
           the
           Session
           ,
           for
           their
           then
           Zeal
           and
           Loyalty
           to
           the
           Cause
           in
           hand
           )
           (
           fit
           to
           be
           the
           King's
           Advocate
           i
           the
           Court
           (
           hoping
           to
           gain
           him
           to
           their
           Party
           ,
           and
           to
           wheedle
           his
           Father
           over
           from
           Holland
           )
           made
           the
           Master
           King's
           Advocate
           ,
           (
           that
           being
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Toleration
           )
           and
           during
           a
           whole
           year
           he
           continued
           King's
           Advocate
           ,
           there
           was
           none
           Prosecuted
           to
           death
           ,
           but
           one
           Man
           ,
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           Nonconformity
           .
           The
           Court
           perceiving
           the
           Master's
           behaviour
           in
           that
           Post
           that
           year
           ,
           and
           intending
           to
           take
           another
           course
           ,
           by
           the
           Dispensing
           Power
           ;
           and
           finding
           him
           not
           to
           be
           a
           fit
           tool
           for
           their
           purpose
           ,
           brought
           in
           Sir
           
             George
             Mckhenzie
          
           again
           ,
           to
           be
           King's
           Advocate
           ,
           and
           they
           degraded
           the
           Master
           to
           be
           Justice
           Clerk
           ;
           then
           they
           
           found
           out
           he
           was
           the
           Man
           saved
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Ross
           ,
           in
           Anno
           1686.
           by
           advising
           him
           to
           appeal
           from
           the
           Bishops
           Court
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Perth
           (
           then
           Chancellor
           ,
           fearing
           the
           just
           indignation
           of
           the
           enraged
           Mob
           )
           taking
           his
           flight
           ,
           the
           said
           Master
           (
           and
           some
           others
           of
           the
           Privy
           Councellors
           )
           taking
           care
           first
           of
           keeping
           things
           in
           order
           ,
           and
           distributing
           (
           so
           far
           as
           was
           then
           in
           their
           power
           )
           the
           Government
           in
           the
           best
           hands
           ;
           went
           up
           to
           wait
           upon
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           in
           December
           ,
           1688.
           concurred
           in
           making
           the
           address
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           for
           taking
           on
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           assisted
           in
           the
           Convention
           1689.
           as
           a
           chosen
           Member
           thereof
           ;
           was
           the
           Man
           chiefly
           (
           with
           the
           indefatigable
           pains
           and
           endeavours
           of
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Hamilton
           ,
           chosen
           President
           of
           the
           Convention
           )
           who
           concerted
           the
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           stated
           the
           vote
           of
           forfeiting
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           Proclaiming
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           late
           Queen
           ,
           King
           and
           Queen
           of
           Scotland
           .
           The
           Master
           of
           Stair
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           Earl
           of
           Argile
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             James
             Montgomry
          
           were
           voted
           ,
           and
           sent
           up
           Commissioners
           from
           the
           Three
           Estates
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           to
           make
           offer
           of
           the
           Crown
           to
           their
           Majesties
           ,
           when
           our
           Gracious
           King
           was
           pleased
           to
           make
           the
           Master
           his
           Advocate
           again
           ,
           and
           Lord
           Melvil
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           foresaid
           Convention
           being
           turned
           into
           a
           Parliament
           (
           The
           Duke
           of
           Hamilton
           made
           Lord
           High
           Commissioner
           )
           some
           People
           (
           who
           pretended
           great
           matters
           for
           Religion
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           being
           displeased
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           advanced
           instantly
           to
           some
           places
           of
           high
           dignity
           and
           trust
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           recoiled
           :
           And
           then
           it
           was
           that
           we
           unhappily
           turned
           into
           Parties
           ,
           which
           put
           the
           Subjects
           in
           a
           ferment
           ,
           made
           our
           Proceedings
           uneasie
           ever
           since
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           King's
           Affairs
           sometimes
           to
           be
           retarded
           both
           here
           
           and
           abroad
           ,
           thus
           by
           our
           Divisions
           ,
           giving
           too
           much
           encouragement
           to
           the
           disaffected
           Party
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Winter
           ,
           1690.
           
           The
           Master
           of
           Stair
           was
           advanced
           to
           be
           conjunct
           Secretary
           of
           State
           with
           the
           Earl
           of
           Melvil
           ,
           who
           ,
           upon
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           was
           made
           sole
           Secretary
           of
           State
           for
           Scotland
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           merit
           as
           (
           formerly
           )
           a
           great
           Sufferer
           ,
           and
           always
           a
           true
           common
           weals
           Man.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           1692.
           
           Mr.
           
             James
             Johnson
          
           was
           made
           Conjunct
           Secretary
           of
           State
           with
           the
           Master
           of
           Stair
           ,
           and
           the
           Earl
           of
           Melvil
           sent
           to
           Scotland
           ,
           to
           be
           Lord
           Privy
           Seal
           :
           And
           as
           to
           these
           Three
           Persons
           they
           continue
           in
           the
           same
           Stations
           and
           Offices
           still
           .
        
         
           The
           Earl
           of
           Broadalban
           ,
           who
           was
           formerly
           called
           Sir
           
             John
             Campbell
          
           of
           Glenorchy
           ,
           an
           ancient
           family
           in
           the
           Highlands
           ,
           a
           Cadent
           of
           the
           family
           of
           Argile
           ,
           when
           he
           married
           the
           late
           Earl
           of
           
           Argile's
           Sister
           ,
           (
           Countess
           Dowager
           of
           the
           late
           Earl
           of
           Caithnes
           ,
           who
           died
           without
           issue
           Male
           )
           he
           the
           said
           Sir
           John
           was
           created
           Earl
           of
           Caithnes
           in
           the
           year
           1677.
           or
           1678.
           and
           brought
           several
           debts
           upon
           the
           Earldom
           of
           Caithnes
           ,
           and
           made
           use
           of
           force
           to
           possess
           himself
           of
           the
           Estate
           ;
           which
           created
           him
           Enemies
           afterwards
           ,
           an
           Heir
           Male
           and
           of
           Tail
           appearing
           to
           the
           deceased
           Earl
           of
           Caithnes
           ,
           he
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             John
             Campbell
          
           took
           a
           new
           Patent
           to
           be
           Earl
           of
           Brodalban
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           1677.
           by
           order
           of
           Council
           he
           sent
           a
           double
           Regiment
           of
           his
           Tenants
           and
           Vassals
           ,
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           Marquis
           of
           Athol
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Perth
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           Noblemen
           and
           Gentlemen
           to
           the
           West
           Country
           (
           which
           was
           then
           called
           the
           
             Highland
             Host
          
           )
           there
           was
           a
           Commission
           of
           the
           Council
           sent
           along
           with
           them
           to
           try
           the
           Dissenters
           ;
           this
           created
           the
           Earl
           of
           Broadalban
           Enemies
           also
           .
           Upon
           the
           Revolution
           he
           stood
           out
           ,
           but
           being
           convinced
           of
           his
           errour
           as
           to
           the
           alteration
           
           from
           that
           of
           Arbitrary
           and
           dispotick
           power
           ,
           to
           that
           of
           a
           mild
           ,
           merciful
           and
           peaceable
           Government
           ,
           tracing
           the
           true
           Constitution
           and
           fundamental
           Laws
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           he
           joined
           forces
           ,
           and
           offered
           his
           Service
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           by
           bringing
           in
           of
           the
           Highland
           Clans
           and
           Rebels
           by
           fair
           means
           ,
           or
           necessary
           stratagems
           to
           make
           the
           effects
           answer
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Glenco-men
           ,
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           
             hic
             labor
             ,
             hoc
             opus
             est
             ,
          
           to
           describe
           them
           without
           reflection
           upon
           my
           Country-men
           ,
           which
           I
           would
           willingly
           avoid
           ;
           but
           the
           real
           truth
           is
           ,
           they
           were
           a
           branch
           of
           the
           
             Mc.
             Donnels
          
           (
           who
           were
           a
           brave
           couragious
           People
           always
           )
           seated
           amongst
           the
           Campbells
           ,
           who
           (
           I
           mean
           Glenco-men
           )
           are
           all
           Papists
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           any
           Religion
           ;
           were
           always
           counted
           a
           People
           given
           to
           Rapine
           and
           Plunder
           ,
           (
           or
           Sorners
           )
           as
           we
           call
           it
           ,
           and
           much
           of
           a
           piece
           with
           your
           Highway-men
           in
           England
           :
           Several
           Governments
           designed
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           condign
           Punishment
           ,
           but
           their
           Purses
           ,
           it
           seems
           found
           them
           out
           Protectors
           ,
           and
           their
           Country
           was
           inaccessable
           to
           any
           small
           Parties
           ;
           and
           though
           I
           dare
           not
           approve
           of
           the
           method
           taken
           in
           January
           and
           February
           ,
           1692.
           by
           killing
           them
           under
           trust
           ,
           and
           in
           cold
           Blood
           ,
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           deserved
           the
           heavy
           hand
           of
           Justice
           ,
           in
           a
           regular
           and
           legal
           manner
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           made
           their
           Neighbours
           live
           in
           more
           peace
           and
           tranquility
           .
           I
           do
           remember
           when
           I
           first
           heard
           then
           of
           the
           matter
           ;
           I
           said
           to
           some
           great
           Persons
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           method
           would
           be
           to
           make
           these
           Men
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           send
           them
           abroad
           to
           be
           Soldiers
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Plantations
           ,
           and
           wishes
           it
           had
           been
           so
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           I
           have
           given
           you
           a
           Historical
           account
           of
           these
           Persons
           in
           as
           brief
           terms
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           to
           make
           you
           understand
           the
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           relation
           of
           matters
           afterwards
           .
           I
           begin
           again
           with
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Galloway
           ,
           Mr.
           Robertson
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Viscount
           
           Stair's
           affair
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Viscount
           of
           Stair
           is
           by
           his
           own
           ,
           his
           Author's
           and
           Predecessors
           Charters
           ,
           Heretable
           Bailly
           or
           Judge
           of
           the
           Royalty
           or
           Regality
           of
           the
           Lordship
           of
           Glenluce
           ,
           within
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Galloway
           for
           which
           the
           Bishop
           is
           obliged
           ,
           and
           was
           constantly
           in
           use
           to
           pay
           him
           
             20l.
             sterling
          
           yearly
           of
           fee
           (
           or
           Sallary
           )
           in
           Money
           or
           value
           ,
           besides
           the
           perquisites
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           which
           is
           allowed
           to
           the
           Deputy
           always
           .
        
         
           The
           Bishop
           of
           Galloway
           died
           ,
           as
           was
           mentioned
           :
           The
           three
           Daughters
           and
           their
           Husbands
           did
           contend
           about
           proving
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           Deceased
           ,
           the
           Bishop's
           Widow
           being
           poor
           ,
           and
           detained
           from
           what
           effects
           the
           Bishop
           left
           ,
           by
           the
           contention
           and
           tedious
           unnatural
           Law
           Debates
           of
           her
           Children
           :
           Mr.
           
             Hugh
             Dalrymple
          
           (
           the
           Lord
           
           Stair's
           Son
           )
           being
           Factor
           for
           uplisting
           of
           his
           Father's
           Rents
           ,
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Father's
           Exile
           ,
           as
           abovesaid
           ,
           and
           the
           Viscount
           himself
           likewise
           after
           his
           return
           home
           ,
           did
           support
           her
           with
           Money
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           not
           starve
           ,
           during
           the
           Law
           debates
           ;
           for
           which
           they
           took
           security
           ,
           both
           from
           her self
           and
           Mr.
           
             Patrick
             Smyth
          
           her
           Eldest
           Daughter's
           Husband
           to
           repay
           them
           .
        
         
           After
           long
           and
           litigious
           Debates
           ,
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Session
           pronounced
           a
           i
           Decreet
           in
           favour
           of
           Mr.
           
             Patrick
             Smyth
          
           ,
           being
           found
           to
           have
           the
           best
           right
           ,
           and
           who
           supported
           the
           Mother
           by
           his
           Credit
           .
        
         
           This
           Mr.
           
             Duncan
             Robertson
          
           ,
           encouraged
           *
           by
           some
           Persons
           (
           not
           well
           inclined
           to
           the
           Lord
           Stair
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           )
           presented
           a
           Petition
           to
           the
           Parliament
           upon
           the
           3d
           day
           of
           June
           last
           ,
           complaining
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Viscount
           had
           pronounced
           an
           unjust
           Sentence
           against
           him
           .
           It
           would
           be
           needless
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           your
           purpose
           ,
           to
           repeat
           all
           the
           said
           Complaint
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           and
           long
           Debates
           followed
           thereupon
           ;
           so
           I
           only
           give
           you
           the
           substance
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           material
           points
           in
           the
           Complaint
           ;
           (
           viz
           )
           That
           the
           President
           in
           the
           Debate
           betwixt
           the
           said
           Robertson
           
           and
           Mr.
           
             Patrick
             Smith
          
           ,
           should
           have
           done
           Injustice
           by
           making
           up
           himself
           (
           or
           by
           his
           Influence
           )
           a
           Debate
           ,
           or
           Minutes
           and
           Interloquitor
           subjoyned
           thereto
           upon
           the
           29th
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           1692.
           and
           signed
           the
           same
           privately
           in
           the
           Vacation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           after
           there
           was
           a
           Decree
           pronounced
           in
           favour
           of
           Mr.
           Smith
           against
           Mr.
           Robertson
           (
           against
           which
           Decree
           Mr.
           Robertson
           gave
           in
           a
           Bill
           of
           Suspension
           )
           upon
           which
           Bill
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Bills
           refused
           to
           write
           a
           k
           Sist
           ,
           by
           the
           President
           's
           Order
           ,
           thereby
           stopping
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           the
           Law.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           President
           Transacted
           during
           the
           Dependence
           of
           the
           Plea
           with
           Mr.
           Smith
           ,
           as
           Executor
           to
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           for
           a
           Debt
           due
           by
           the
           President
           to
           the
           late
           Biship
           ,
           l
           and
           had
           an
           m
           Ease
           from
           Mr.
           Patrick
           of
           the
           Debt
           ,
           and
           took
           Allowance
           of
           
             20l.
             Sterling
          
           of
           Baily
           Fee
           ,
           which
           the
           Bishop
           would
           never
           have
           paid
           .
        
         
           The
           Answer
           made
           to
           the
           first
           was
           ,
           That
           if
           Mr.
           Robertson
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           could
           prove
           against
           the
           President
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           sign
           any
           Interloquitor
           or
           Debates
           privately
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Lords
           p
           
             in
             praesentia
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           own
           Opinion
           ,
           he
           were
           most
           unjustifiable
           ;
           but
           nothing
           at
           all
           thereof
           was
           proved
           :
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           one
           Smyth
           ,
           a
           Witness
           q
           adduced
           by
           Robertson
           himself
           ,
           Deposed
           ,
           that
           the
           King's
           Advocate
           did
           Dictate
           them
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           Man
           of
           great
           Honour
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           owned
           the
           same
           .
           The
           Clerk
           also
           deposed
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             John
             Frank
          
           ,
           Robertson's
           own
           Advocate
           ,
           Deposed
           ,
           that
           the
           Point
           mentioned
           in
           these
           Minutes
           ,
           was
           stated
           by
           the
           President
           ,
           which
           should
           have
           been
           debated
           ,
           Mr.
           
           Robertson's
           Advocates
           declined
           to
           Debate
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Patrick
             Smith
          
           craving
           a
           Decreet
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           same
           was
           pronounced
           in
           Mr.
           
           Frank's
           own
           hearing
           and
           others
           ,
           so
           not
           done
           privately
           .
           Two
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           Session
           ,
           Halcraig
           and
           Crosrig
           ,
           deposed
           to
           the
           
           same
           purpose
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           these
           Lords
           doth
           exactly
           remember
           ,
           that
           before
           the
           Cause
           was
           called
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Resolved
           ,
           that
           the
           Parties
           should
           Debate
           the
           very
           Points
           mentioned
           in
           the
           minutes
           ,
           which
           was
           stated
           truly
           by
           the
           President
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           Lords
           resolved
           .
           And
           it
           is
           further
           cleared
           (
           the
           aforesaid
           Interloquitor
           being
           
             res
             gesta
          
           ,
           known
           to
           ,
           and
           authorized
           by
           all
           the
           Lords
           )
           by
           a
           subsequent
           Decreet
           of
           Suspension
           which
           followed
           thereupon
           the
           first
           of
           February
           ,
           1693.
           
        
         
           It
           was
           answered
           to
           the
           Second
           ,
           That
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Bills
           ,
           
             James
             Nicolson
          
           ,
           did
           refuse
           to
           receive
           or
           write
           upon
           the
           Bill
           of
           Suspension
           ,
           because
           Mr.
           Robertson
           was
           litigious
           ,
           and
           after
           two
           Decreets
           
             in
             foro
          
           ,
           he
           offered
           a
           third
           Bill
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Patrick
             Smith
          
           having
           found
           Caution
           or
           Surety
           to
           Relieve
           Mr.
           
             Duncan
             Robertson
          
           and
           his
           Wife
           of
           any
           Process
           might
           be
           intended
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           Executors
           to
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           the
           Pretence
           or
           Reasons
           of
           his
           last
           Bill
           of
           Suspension
           )
           and
           all
           the
           Lords
           rejected
           the
           Bill
           ,
           and
           discharged
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Bills
           to
           receive
           any
           other
           Bill
           of
           Suspension
           from
           Mr.
           Robertson
           ,
           except
           upon
           Obedience
           ,
           he
           having
           refused
           to
           Debate
           before
           ;
           which
           Deliverance
           was
           shewn
           and
           duly
           intimated
           to
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Bills
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           Warrant
           :
           And
           that
           the
           President
           never
           spoke
           directly
           nor
           indirectly
           to
           him
           about
           the
           same
           .
           The
           Lord
           Aberuchill
           also
           ordinary
           deposed
           ,
           that
           the
           Clerk
           did
           refuse
           to
           write
           a
           Sist
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           said
           Deliverance
           of
           the
           Lords
           
             in
             praesentia
          
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           answered
           to
           the
           Third
           ,
           That
           ,
           as
           was
           said
           before
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Hugh
             Dalrymple
          
           ,
           by
           his
           Father's
           Orders
           ,
           (
           when
           in
           Exile
           )
           and
           the
           President
           himself
           when
           he
           came
           home
           ,
           advanced
           money
           to
           the
           Bishop's
           poor
           Widow
           ,
           to
           save
           her
           from
           starving
           ,
           during
           the
           dependency
           of
           the
           Plea
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           took
           Bond
           ,
           to
           be
           repaid
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Security
           to
           them
           
             in
             omnem
             eventum
          
           ,
           without
           
           any
           dependence
           upon
           the
           Event
           of
           that
           Plea
           of
           Law
           :
           For
           though
           Mr.
           Robertson's
           Title
           had
           been
           just
           ,
           and
           sustained
           by
           the
           Lords
           ,
           the
           President
           's
           Security
           was
           good
           beyond
           exception
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           the
           Widow
           was
           provided
           to
           a
           considerable
           r
           Life-Rent
           by
           her
           Husband
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Debt
           undeniably
           preferrable
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           either
           Party
           ,
           Smith
           or
           Robertson
           ;
           and
           the
           Advancement
           to
           her
           being
           less
           than
           her
           Provision
           ,
           the
           President
           could
           have
           no
           byass
           that
           way
           ;
           besides
           that
           
             Mr.
             Patrick
             Smith
          
           also
           had
           an
           unquestionable
           Interest
           in
           the
           Dead's
           part
           ,
           and
           the
           Legittim
           ,
           and
           had
           acquired
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           third
           Sister
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           Robertson's
           own
           Bill
           to
           the
           Parliament
           doth
           acknowledge
           .
           So
           there
           was
           no
           Hazard
           to
           ,
           or
           Injustice
           in
           the
           President
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           advanced
           more
           to
           
             Mr.
             Patrick
          
           or
           the
           Widow
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           did
           ,
           and
           made
           no
           other
           Transaction
           ,
           but
           as
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           other
           member
           of
           that
           Allegation
           ,
           That
           the
           President
           got
           an
           Ease
           from
           
             Mr.
             Patrick
             Smith
          
           of
           the
           Debt
           due
           by
           him
           to
           the
           Bishop
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           Answered
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           a
           very
           false
           Allegation
           :
           For
           by
           the
           Discharge
           granted
           to
           the
           President
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           several
           and
           particular
           Sums
           paid
           ,
           are
           Instructed
           either
           paid
           by
           the
           President
           himself
           ,
           or
           
             Mr.
             Hugh
             Dalrymple
          
           in
           his
           absence
           ;
           that
           the
           President
           had
           no
           Advantage
           by
           it
           ,
           nor
           was
           the
           President
           concerned
           what
           Mr.
           Duncan's
           Claim
           was
           against
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           his
           Executors
           ,
           seeing
           the
           President
           was
           not
           obliged
           to
           pay
           any
           more
           to
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           any
           claiming
           Right
           to
           his
           Estate
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           truly
           due
           ,
           and
           to
           them
           who
           had
           the
           best
           Right
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           that
           ,
           That
           the
           President
           should
           have
           taken
           an
           Allowance
           of
           
             20l.
             Sterling
          
           to
           himself
           Yearly
           of
           Baily
           Fee.
           The
           President
           owns
           he
           did
           take
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           Instructs
           his
           Right
           by
           an
           Original
           Charter
           Anno
           1560.
           
           
           And
           by
           another
           Charter
           under
           the
           Great
           Seal
           ,
           Anno
           1618.
           both
           Charters
           bearing
           an
           Heritable
           Office
           of
           Bailiary
           ,
           and
           a
           Fee
           of
           Three
           Chalders
           of
           Meal
           out
           of
           the
           first
           and
           readiest
           of
           the
           Fruits
           and
           Emoluments
           of
           the
           Lordship
           of
           Glenluce
           ,
           which
           three
           Chalders
           of
           the
           Measure
           of
           Wigton
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Measure
           of
           that
           Country
           )
           will
           be
           four
           Chalders
           and
           a
           half
           of
           Linlithgow
           Measure
           ,
           and
           which
           would
           be
           worth
           more
           than
           
             30l
             .
             Sterling
          
           Yearly
           ;
           yet
           the
           President
           being
           only
           in
           use
           to
           receive
           an
           Allowance
           of
           
             20l.
             Sterling
          
           ,
           he
           exacted
           no
           more
           .
           And
           as
           the
           said
           President
           's
           Right
           was
           Instructed
           by
           his
           Charters
           ,
           so
           the
           use
           of
           Payment
           appeared
           by
           two
           several
           Agreements
           ,
           one
           with
           Bishop
           
             Hamiltoun
             ,
             Anno
          
           1666.
           who
           preceded
           Bishop
           Aitkin
           ,
           and
           another
           ,
           Anno
           1688.
           with
           Bishop
           Gordon
           ,
           who
           succeeded
           him
           ,
           both
           stating
           the
           Baily
           Fee
           at
           
             20l.
             Sterling
          
           Yearly
           .
           After
           debating
           of
           these
           Points
           before
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           was
           moved
           ,
           that
           the
           Affair
           should
           be
           committed
           to
           a
           Committee
           chosen
           for
           that
           particular
           Case
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           carried
           by
           Plurality
           of
           Voices
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           committed
           to
           the
           Committee
           of
           Safety
           ,
           who
           were
           appointed
           to
           give
           their
           Report
           thereof
           in
           open
           Parliament
           upon
           the
           Tenth
           day
           of
           the
           said
           Month
           of
           June
           .
           And
           the
           Committee
           having
           accordingly
           examined
           many
           Witnesses
           upon
           the
           most
           material
           Articles
           of
           the
           Complaint
           ,
           viz.
           The
           alledged
           Injustice
           of
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           nothing
           was
           proved
           as
           I
           can
           see
           against
           the
           Viscount
           of
           Stair
           by
           Robertson
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           it
           was
           proved
           by
           the
           Depositions
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           Session
           ,
           Mr.
           
           Robertson's
           own
           Advocate
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           Evidences
           ,
           as
           abovesaid
           ,
           that
           the
           President
           's
           Transactions
           were
           fair
           ,
           and
           the
           Sentence
           just
           ;
           so
           that
           Mr.
           Robertson
           did
           not
           think
           it
           adviseable
           to
           insist
           upon
           the
           other
           Articles
           of
           the
           Complaint
           .
           Upon
           the
           Tenth
           of
           June
           it
           was
           moved
           ,
           I
           hear
           ,
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           Lord
           President
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           
           would
           call
           for
           the
           Report
           of
           the
           Committee
           ,
           and
           either
           declare
           the
           President
           Guilty
           ,
           or
           if
           nothing
           of
           the
           Complaint
           should
           be
           proved
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           Acquit
           the
           Lord
           President
           ,
           and
           appoint
           a
           suitable
           Punishment
           upon
           the
           Libeller
           for
           so
           impudent
           a
           Calumny
           ;
           but
           the
           Motion
           was
           not
           favoured
           ,
           there
           being
           matters
           of
           greater
           Importance
           in
           hand
           .
           However
           the
           President
           's
           Friends
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           glad
           (
           that
           even
           now
           in
           his
           Lordship's
           absence
           )
           there
           are
           no
           greater
           matters
           of
           Complaint
           or
           Accusation
           found
           against
           him
           through
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           being
           sufficiently
           vindicated
           of
           this
           Accusation
           by
           these
           and
           other
           grounds
           represented
           ,
           judging
           there
           is
           enough
           known
           (
           and
           will
           be
           justified
           by
           all
           good
           unbyassed
           men
           )
           of
           his
           long
           Service
           in
           the
           Publick
           ,
           Integrity
           of
           Life
           ,
           firmness
           of
           Principles
           ,
           his
           and
           his
           Families
           Sufferings
           in
           dubious
           and
           dangerous
           Times
           ,
           and
           Dutiful
           Adherence
           to
           His
           Majesty's
           Interest
           ,
           before
           and
           since
           the
           late
           Happy
           Revoluton
           :
           And
           that
           they
           do
           confidently
           hope
           that
           His
           Majesty's
           High
           Commissioner
           ,
           and
           the
           Honourable
           Estates
           of
           Parliament
           will
           sometime
           or
           other
           find
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           interested
           to
           see
           the
           Laws
           and
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           for
           Securing
           ,
           Maintaining
           ,
           and
           Defending
           the
           Honour
           and
           Reputation
           of
           Judges
           (
           who
           do
           Represent
           His
           Majesty's
           Person
           and
           his
           Authority
           )
           fully
           and
           effectually
           executed
           by
           the
           Exemplary
           Punishment
           of
           the
           malicious
           Libeller
           ,
           so
           as
           Judges
           in
           all
           time
           coming
           may
           be
           fenced
           and
           secured
           from
           such
           bold
           and
           insolent
           Attempts
           .
           And
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           the
           President
           's
           Friends
           say
           further
           ,
           that
           he
           lost
           
             100l
             .
             Sterling
          
           by
           these
           Transactions
           concerning
           the
           Bishop's
           Affair
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           expects
           again
           ;
           so
           that
           according
           to
           the
           Wise
           Man's
           saying
           ,
           As
           it
           is
           a
           hard
           matter
           to
           be
           both
           Popular
           and
           Just
           ,
           so
           to
           strike
           ,
           and
           not
           wound
           ,
           is
           Anger
           lost
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           invulnerable
           ,
           and
           not
           hurt
           ,
           who
           is
           struck
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Indictment
           against
           the
           Earl
           of
           Broadalban
           ,
           in
           so
           far
           as
           I
           can
           learn
           ,
           the
           matter
           is
           thus
           :
           That
           the
           Earl
           ,
           Anno
           1691.
           promised
           to
           the
           King
           to
           reclaim
           the
           High-land
           Rebels
           ,
           which
           way
           he
           did
           it
           ,
           is
           in
           Publick
           now
           ;
           but
           
             Mac
             Donnel
          
           of
           Glengary
           (
           who
           is
           the
           most
           sensible
           ,
           and
           of
           greatest
           Probity
           amongst
           them
           )
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           deposed
           before
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           That
           the
           Earl
           did
           ,
           by
           Articles
           agreed
           upon
           betwixt
           him
           and
           them
           ,
           engage
           ,
           that
           if
           King
           William
           could
           not
           condescend
           to
           such
           and
           such
           Articles
           ,
           he
           ,
           the
           said
           Earl
           ,
           should
           with
           all
           his
           Friends
           and
           Followers
           ,
           joyn
           the
           Highland
           Army
           .
           The
           said
           Deposition
           being
           read
           ,
           it
           was
           moved
           that
           the
           King's
           Advocate
           should
           be
           ordered
           to
           Commence
           a
           Process
           of
           High
           Treason
           against
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           should
           be
           committed
           Prisoner
           to
           the
           Castle
           of
           Edinburgh
           .
           And
           't
           was
           pleaded
           for
           the
           Earl
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           time
           to
           deliberate
           his
           Answer
           before
           Impeachment
           ,
           this
           being
           a
           Surprize
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           doubted
           not
           but
           he
           would
           make
           it
           appear
           to
           the
           Parliament
           there
           was
           no
           ground
           for
           the
           Impeachment
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           further
           pleaded
           for
           the
           Earl
           ,
           That
           Glengary
           ,
           not
           being
           summoned
           by
           a
           Judge
           to
           come
           in
           as
           a
           Witness
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           especially
           considered
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           ,
           had
           been
           in
           Rebellion
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           never
           knew
           he
           had
           submitted
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           unless
           done
           privately
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           carrying
           an
           inveterate
           Enmity
           to
           the
           Earl's
           Family
           ,
           he
           hoped
           the
           Parliament
           would
           not
           found
           a
           Process
           of
           High
           Treason
           against
           him
           upon
           his
           Deposition
           .
           These
           Arguments
           did
           not
           prevail
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           further
           pleaded
           by
           the
           Earl
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           an
           Ample
           Commission
           from
           the
           King
           to
           do
           in
           that
           Affair
           all
           that
           he
           should
           think
           fit
           for
           effectuating
           his
           Design
           :
           That
           as
           well
           His
           Majesty
           as
           all
           the
           World
           knew
           that
           in
           
           such
           Negotiations
           there
           must
           be
           Allowances
           for
           men
           Commissioned
           to
           go
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           pretend
           to
           go
           great
           lengths
           ,
           and
           to
           yield
           to
           such
           Condescendencies
           as
           they
           find
           most
           taking
           for
           accomplishing
           the
           Design
           .
           That
           the
           Effect
           and
           Consequence
           had
           justified
           the
           Methods
           he
           had
           taken
           .
           That
           not
           only
           they
           there
           sitting
           ,
           and
           their
           Constituents
           at
           home
           ,
           who
           suffered
           most
           in
           that
           unnatural
           and
           cruel
           War
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           (
           who
           for
           its
           own
           Safety
           was
           obliged
           to
           maintain
           some
           Regiments
           here
           in
           Scotland
           )
           yea
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Confederacy
           had
           reaped
           Advantage
           by
           his
           Conduct
           in
           that
           Treaty
           ,
           many
           Troops
           and
           much
           Money
           being
           now
           employed
           against
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           abroad
           ,
           which
           that
           troublesome
           War
           had
           exhausted
           for
           several
           Years
           here
           at
           home
           .
           That
           seeing
           the
           thing
           it self
           was
           good
           and
           advantagious
           for
           the
           Nation
           ,
           he
           wondered
           Persons
           should
           take
           Exception
           against
           the
           particular
           Methods
           which
           in
           Prudence
           he
           was
           obliged
           to
           take
           in
           carrying
           it
           on
           ;
           however
           that
           he
           had
           made
           it
           known
           to
           Their
           Majesties
           ,
           whatever
           he
           had
           said
           or
           done
           in
           that
           Affair
           ,
           and
           had
           their
           Approbation
           since
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           alledged
           ,
           that
           things
           now
           Libelled
           ,
           were
           not
           then
           known
           .
           It
           was
           answered
           ,
           that
           upon
           a
           Complaint
           given
           against
           the
           Earl
           for
           these
           very
           things
           he
           is
           now
           accused
           of
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           recommended
           to
           the
           Privy-Council
           here
           to
           make
           Enquiry
           into
           the
           matter
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           accordingly
           ,
           and
           transmitted
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           that
           the
           minutes
           of
           Council
           would
           clearly
           shew
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           desired
           that
           the
           minutes
           might
           be
           called
           for
           ,
           but
           the
           Parliament
           did
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           call
           for
           them
           .
           The
           Earl
           of
           Melvil
           ,
           then
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           now
           Lord
           Privy-Seal
           ,
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           rose
           up
           ,
           and
           avouched
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           had
           been
           said
           ,
           and
           asserted
           ,
           that
           the
           Precognition
           taken
           bo
           the
           Council
           ,
           was
           upon
           a
           Complaint
           (
           if
           not
           in
           the
           same
           words
           ,
           yet
           at
           at
           least
           to
           same
           purpose
           )
           
           with
           what
           was
           contained
           in
           
           Glengary's
           Depositions
           ,
           was
           sent
           by
           the
           Council
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           Secretary
           of
           State
           then
           ;
           That
           he
           shewed
           it
           to
           the
           Queen
           (
           the
           King
           being
           then
           in
           Flanders
           )
           who
           kept
           it
           a
           whole
           Night
           by
           her
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           day
           he
           transmitted
           it
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           (
           he
           knew
           by
           the
           Returns
           he
           got
           from
           Flanders
           )
           received
           and
           perused
           it
           .
           The
           Duke
           of
           Queensbury
           did
           declare
           likewise
           ,
           that
           it
           consisted
           with
           his
           knowledge
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           received
           the
           same
           ,
           he
           being
           then
           in
           Flanders
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           heard
           his
           Majesty
           Discourse
           of
           the
           matter
           very
           often
           .
        
         
           Upon
           this
           some
           Person
           moved
           ,
           That
           seeing
           His
           Majesty
           had
           taken
           the
           Earl's
           Behaviour
           to
           his
           own
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           informed
           of
           all
           the
           Methods
           of
           his
           Proceedings
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           had
           shewn
           a
           satisfaction
           with
           the
           Earl's
           Conduct
           ,
           by
           preferring
           him
           at
           that
           time
           to
           several
           Places
           of
           Honour
           and
           Trust
           ,
           The
           Parliament
           would
           please
           not
           to
           proceed
           in
           an
           Affair
           of
           such
           Importance
           against
           one
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           until
           he
           was
           first
           acquainted
           with
           it
           .
           But
           this
           being
           refused
           ,
           it
           was
           desired
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           Earl
           ,
           they
           would
           delay
           their
           Proceedings
           at
           least
           until
           the
           next
           Meeting
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           voted
           and
           carried
           ,
           that
           the
           King's
           Advocate
           proceeded
           immediately
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           an
           Order
           of
           Parliament
           was
           signed
           for
           Committing
           him
           to
           the
           Castle
           ,
           where
           his
           Lordship
           was
           carried
           immediately
           after
           the
           rising
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
           The
           Lord
           Advocate
           sent
           him
           a
           Copy
           of
           his
           Indictment
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           ordered
           to
           give
           in
           his
           Answer
           thereto
           by
           the
           First
           of
           July
           instant
           .
           Upon
           the
           First
           instant
           the
           Earl
           desired
           an
           Exculpation
           ,
           which
           was
           granted
           to
           him
           .
           Upon
           Adjourning
           of
           the
           Parliament
           to
           the
           Seventh
           of
           November
           next
           ,
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           the
           Earl
           is
           delayed
           till
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Glenco-men
           ,
           made
           so
           much
           ado
           ,
           we
           are
           something
           in
           the
           dark
           as
           yet
           ,
           nor
           will
           I
           
           meddle
           to
           speak
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           write
           of
           any
           Point
           the
           Parliament
           have
           Voted
           ,
           only
           the
           Historical
           part
           of
           that
           matter
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           That
           when
           the
           Earl
           of
           Broadalban
           did
           undertake
           to
           cause
           the
           Highlanders
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           give
           over
           Hostility
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           Passive
           Obedience
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           by
           taking
           of
           the
           Oaths
           (
           which
           was
           very
           well
           done
           ,
           whoever
           did
           it
           )
           before
           they
           laid
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           there
           were
           two
           or
           three
           Indemnities
           issued
           forth
           by
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           encouraging
           them
           to
           come
           in
           ;
           and
           they
           did
           come
           all
           in
           by
           the
           prefixed
           q
           Diet
           in
           the
           last
           Indemnity
           ,
           except
           the
           Glenco-men
           ,
           who
           it
           seems
           finding
           themselves
           without
           Help
           or
           Support
           by
           the
           other
           Chieftains
           and
           Clans
           coming
           in
           ,
           Old
           
             Mac
             Kean
          
           of
           Glenco
           himself
           only
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           ,
           as
           
             ad
             aram
             ultimam
          
           )
           went
           to
           ,
           and
           prevailed
           with
           Campbel
           of
           Ardkinglass
           ,
           Sheriff-Deputy
           of
           Argile-shire
           (
           a
           very
           worthy
           honest
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           formerly
           a
           great
           Sufferer
           )
           six
           days
           after
           the
           Diet
           was
           elapsed
           ,
           who
           received
           him
           ,
           and
           
             Mac
             Kean
          
           took
           the
           Oaths
           ;
           though
           at
           the
           same
           time
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           still
           the
           Opinion
           of
           many
           good
           men
           ,
           that
           to
           confide
           in
           these
           men
           ,
           or
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           were
           
             Penelope's
             telam
             texere
          
           .
        
         
           Nor
           did
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Oaths
           after
           the
           Diet
           prefixt
           was
           elapsed
           ,
           save
           or
           protect
           them
           or
           him
           from
           the
           lash
           of
           the
           Law
           (
           not
           having
           come
           in
           ,
           in
           the
           terms
           of
           the
           Law
           )
           the
           mercy
           tendered
           in
           the
           Indemnity
           being
           Conditional
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           submitted
           before
           ,
           or
           upon
           such
           a
           day
           ;
           but
           was
           a
           ground
           for
           mercy
           and
           mollification
           of
           the
           rigour
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           supposing
           him
           or
           them
           to
           have
           taken
           the
           Oaths
           
             bono
             animo
          
           ,
           and
           upon
           true
           Repentance
           .
           I
           do
           not
           hear
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Followers
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           took
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           judging
           ,
           it
           's
           like
           ,
           he
           and
           they
           were
           safe
           by
           his
           only
           taking
           of
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           though
           
             post
             meridiem
             diei
          
           .
           The
           Court
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           not
           knowing
           of
           these
           Transactions
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           of
           
           Four
           or
           Five
           Hundred
           Miles
           (
           and
           being
           informed
           by
           all
           hands
           that
           they
           were
           Nests
           of
           Thieves
           and
           Robbers
           )
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           after
           refusal
           of
           many
           offered
           mercies
           ,
           sent
           to
           treat
           them
           as
           Enemies
           and
           Rebels
           :
           Yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           his
           Instructions
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           Informed
           ,
           left
           room
           for
           Mercy
           to
           them
           ,
           according
           to
           Discretion
           ,
           and
           Circumstances
           of
           Time
           and
           Affairs
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           could
           be
           expected
           in
           Reason
           from
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           The
           Master
           of
           Stair
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           writ
           Letters
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           likewise
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           or
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           there
           ,
           much
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           but
           (
           it
           's
           said
           )
           in
           severer
           terms
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           His
           Majesty's
           Instructions
           ,
           to
           treat
           them
           like
           the
           men
           they
           were
           represented
           .
           What
           may
           be
           in
           this
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           ,
           not
           having
           seen
           the
           Master's
           Letters
           ;
           but
           many
           wish
           that
           they
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Instructions
           relating
           to
           that
           matter
           of
           the
           Glenco-men
           ,
           had
           been
           Printed
           ,
           to
           undeceive
           the
           generality
           of
           good
           men
           ,
           who
           speak
           as
           they
           affect
           ,
           but
           could
           make
           no
           true
           Judgment
           of
           the
           matter
           as
           it
           then
           stood
           ,
           only
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           Parliament
           has
           been
           very
           Zealous
           to
           discover
           at
           whose
           Door
           the
           fault
           (
           in
           killing
           the
           
             Glenco
             men
          
           )
           lies
           .
           That
           they
           were
           killed
           in
           cold
           Blood
           ,
           and
           under
           Trust
           *
           ,
           judging
           themselves
           secure
           and
           safe
           (
           with
           their
           Thirteen
           days
           Guests
           or
           Lodgers
           )
           is
           undeniable
           .
           But
           in
           fine
           ,
           The
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           it
           in
           Publick
           ,
           finds
           that
           His
           Majesty's
           Orders
           and
           Instructions
           had
           Mercy
           
             in
             graemio
          
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           cannot
           lodge
           there
           ,
           and
           God
           forbid
           it
           should
           .
           They
           have
           likewise
           voted
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Livingstoun
          
           ,
           Commander
           in
           Chief
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Forces
           in
           Scotland
           (
           who
           sent
           the
           Orders
           to
           Col.
           Hill
           ,
           Governour
           of
           Fort
           William
           ,
           and
           Hamilton
           ,
           his
           Lieutenant-Colonel
           )
           clear
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           also
           Col.
           Hill
           ,
           have
           summoned
           Lieutenant-Colonel
           Hamilton
           to
           appear
           before
           them
           ,
           to
           Answer
           concerning
           the
           said
           matter
           ;
           and
           upon
           further
           Scrutiny
           where
           the
           said
           Murder
           will
           fix
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           (
           
             Grammatici
             
             certant
             ,
             &
             adhuc
             sub
             judice
             ,
             lis
             est
          
           )
           for
           the
           common
           Souldiers
           will
           readily
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           obeyed
           but
           their
           Superiour
           Officer's
           Command
           ;
           and
           the
           Master
           of
           
           Stair's
           Friends
           here
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           desire
           the
           Master's
           Letters
           to
           be
           Printed
           ,
           that
           the
           World
           may
           judge
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           be
           judged
           to
           have
           exceeded
           Bounds
           ,
           or
           His
           Majesty's
           Instructions
           ,
           it
           was
           his
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Government
           ,
           but
           never
           intended
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           these
           men
           should
           be
           killed
           in
           cold
           Blood
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           did
           not
           at
           all
           know
           that
           any
           of
           the
           Glenco-men
           had
           taken
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           (
           either
           before
           or
           after
           the
           Diet
           )
           when
           he
           writ
           these
           Letters
           ,
           being
           at
           Court
           Four
           or
           Five
           Hundred
           miles
           distant
           ,
           as
           said
           is
           ;
           so
           it
           's
           wish'd
           the
           men
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Trust
           of
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           matter
           upon
           the
           spot
           ,
           had
           acquainted
           the
           Court
           or
           our
           Government
           of
           these
           unhappy
           mens
           then
           Circumstances
           ,
           before
           they
           went
           so
           far
           on
           ,
           in
           which
           case
           I
           doubt
           whether
           any
           of
           them
           had
           been
           killed
           or
           murdered
           ,
           and
           consequently
           no
           Reflection
           had
           been
           upon
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Goverment
           ,
           or
           any
           ever
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Affair
           .
           It
           's
           an
           old
           saying
           ,
           That
           the
           Counsels
           of
           Wise
           Men
           are
           certain
           ,
           but
           Events
           uncertain
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           know
           nothing
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           God
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           Master
           of
           Stair
           himself
           knoweth
           best
           if
           he
           be
           guilty
           of
           a
           designed
           murder
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           or
           any
           others
           :
           Nor
           will
           I
           Argue
           about
           any
           Point
           such
           a
           Wise
           ,
           Loyal
           Parliament
           have
           voted
           or
           found
           .
           But
           this
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           That
           I
           do
           not
           understand
           where
           the
           Master
           of
           
           Stair's
           Interest
           lay
           to
           destroy
           the
           
             Glenco
             men
          
           ,
           for
           if
           he
           be
           any
           ways
           suspected
           to
           be
           a
           Jacobite
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           his
           Interest
           upon
           that
           score
           to
           destroy
           them
           by
           any
           means
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           their
           Religion
           and
           blind
           Zeal
           bending
           them
           then
           altogether
           that
           way
           ,
           whatever
           new
           Light
           these
           who
           are
           living
           of
           them
           have
           found
           of
           late
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           a
           Church
           of
           England
           man
           (
           though
           that
           be
           against
           our
           present
           Constitution
           ,
           yet
           no
           man
           in
           
           his
           right
           Wits
           will
           call
           it
           a
           Crime
           .
           )
           These
           men
           were
           not
           Presbyterians
           ,
           to
           be
           destroyed
           upon
           that
           score
           ;
           nor
           do
           I
           think
           any
           man
           would
           be
           so
           mad
           as
           to
           bribe
           him
           to
           kill
           them
           by
           Authority
           ,
           without
           the
           Hand
           of
           Justice
           going
           along
           with
           it
           .
           Some
           good-natured
           People
           may
           say
           ,
           out
           of
           good
           will
           to
           the
           Master
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           Idle
           men
           ,
           Robbers
           ,
           Thieves
           ,
           &
           
             Telluris
             inutile
             pondus
          
           ,
           Granting
           all
           that
           yet
           a
           Statesman's
           Interest
           was
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           Young
           men
           Souldiers
           ,
           or
           to
           send
           them
           to
           the
           Plantations
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           to
           good
           purpose
           .
           But
           a
           man
           of
           his
           Trust
           ,
           Capacity
           ,
           and
           Reason
           ,
           to
           be
           Accessory
           to
           their
           Destruction
           in
           cold
           Blood
           ,
           is
           unaccountable
           .
           And
           being
           the
           Honourable
           Parliament
           has
           found
           that
           Slaughter
           a
           Murder
           (
           as
           no
           doubt
           it
           was
           )
           in
           the
           manner
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Master
           exceeded
           His
           Majesty's
           Instructions
           ,
           it
           were
           a
           very
           pertinent
           Question
           to
           ask
           ,
           What
           under
           God's
           Heavens
           ,
           was
           the
           Master's
           Byass
           in
           the
           matter
           ?
           I
           can
           imagine
           none
           .
           There
           was
           an
           Information
           Printed
           and
           dispersed
           (
           as
           you
           heard
           formerly
           )
           by
           Commissary
           Dalrymple
           (
           hearing
           that
           his
           Brother
           ,
           the
           Master
           of
           Stair
           ,
           and
           his
           Letters
           were
           made
           mention
           of
           in
           the
           Commission
           appointed
           for
           Examining
           the
           Glenco
           Business
           )
           in
           Vindication
           of
           his
           Brother's
           Behaviour
           and
           Conduct
           ,
           as
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           in
           the
           said
           Affair
           ;
           Representing
           ,
           That
           if
           People
           did
           Construct
           some
           Paragraphs
           ,
           Sentences
           ,
           or
           Periods
           of
           his
           Brother's
           Letters
           so
           and
           so
           ,
           without
           connexion
           of
           other
           Sentences
           ,
           &c.
           without
           hearing
           (
           in
           his
           own
           absence
           )
           they
           did
           not
           know
           what
           to
           say
           of
           it
           .
           But
           if
           one
           Sentence
           ,
           &c.
           were
           connected
           with
           others
           ,
           the
           whole
           would
           not
           bear
           the
           Commentaries
           the
           People
           might
           put
           upon
           them
           separatim
           ,
           a
           and
           several
           other
           Arguments
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           The
           dispersing
           of
           which
           Informations
           ,
           after
           the
           Commission
           's
           Sentiment
           (
           and
           they
           being
           ready
           to
           report
           their
           Opinion
           in
           open
           Parliament
           )
           gave
           Offence
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
           He
           said
           ,
           his
           Printing
           and
           Dispersing
           of
           them
           ,
           
           was
           before
           the
           Vote
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           he
           intended
           to
           give
           no
           Offence
           ,
           mean
           time
           he
           was
           reprimanded
           ,
           and
           was
           obliged
           to
           beg
           Pardon
           .
        
         
           The
           Parliament
           since
           Summoning
           of
           Lieutenant-Colonel
           Hamilton
           ,
           have
           declared
           him
           Fugitive
           ,
           for
           not
           appearing
           ,
           he
           is
           gone
           since
           into
           Flanders
           ,
           as
           we
           hear
           ,
           to
           wait
           upon
           His
           Majesty
           .
           The
           Parliament
           have
           likewise
           made
           an
           Address
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           send
           Persons
           home
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           found
           Guilty
           ,
           to
           be
           prosecuted
           for
           the
           said
           Murder
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           as
           His
           Majesty
           thinks
           fit
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           This
           Parliament
           have
           done
           great
           things
           for
           His
           Majesty's
           Service
           ,
           and
           Safety
           of
           the
           Publick
           :
           For
           though
           there
           might
           have
           been
           some
           misunderstandings
           between
           some
           of
           the
           Members
           ,
           yet
           all
           concurred
           unanimously
           to
           serve
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Country
           .
           You
           know
           what
           was
           said
           concerning
           the
           Nation
           and
           Common-wealth
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
        
         
           
             Tantae
             molis
             erat
             ,
             Romanam
             condere
             gentem
             .
          
        
         
           For
           great
           matters
           take
           up
           much
           time
           to
           effectuate
           the
           ends
           proposed
           ;
           so
           as
           we
           have
           had
           good
           beginnings
           ,
           good
           proceedings
           ,
           hopes
           all
           our
           matters
           will
           end
           well
           ;
           for
           though
           the
           almost
           desperate
           and
           uneasie
           Jacobites
           (
           who
           but
           fish
           in
           muddy
           Waters
           )
           should
           vaunt
           upon
           the
           occasion
           of
           some
           Accidents
           ,
           (
           as
           to
           see
           some
           honest
           ,
           well-meaning
           men
           differ
           only
           in
           Points
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           )
           they
           being
           a
           People
           soon
           elevated
           to
           Castles
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           soon
           cast
           down
           to
           the
           Dust
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           bustle
           they
           make
           ,
           comes
           to
           nothing
           at
           last
           ,
           but
           exposes
           themselves
           the
           more
           to
           folly
           .
           And
           I
           am
           very
           apt
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           all
           our
           seeming
           Differences
           would
           evanish
           upon
           the
           sight
           of
           our
           most
           Gracious
           King's
           Presence
           ,
           upon
           his
           Throne
           in
           our
           Parliament
           ;
           so
           will
           conclude
           with
           a
           great
           Moralist's
           saying
           ,
           or
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           two
           Blessings
           of
           Reason
           and
           Union
           ,
           we
           might
           secure
           and
           defend
           our selves
           against
           the
           violence
           of
           Fortune
           ;
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           we
           have
           enough
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           wanting
           of
           the
           latter
           ,
           I
           hope
           the
           Defeat
           of
           
             Lewis
             Le
             Grand
          
           ,
           and
           our
           most
           Gracious
           King's
           (
           I
           mean
           King
           
           William's
           )
           Presence
           once
           here
           in
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           would
           ,
           I
           am
           certain
           ,
           effectuate
           .
           I
           long
           to
           see
           His
           Majesty
           here
           .
           
             Vale
             ,
             &
             bene
             valeat
             &
             Vivat
             Rex
             noster
             Gulielmus
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A46076-e210
           
             *
             Lintae
             foris
             talpae
             domi
             .
          
           
             *
             Fortuna
             non
             mutat
             genus
             .
          
           
             a
             A
             Counsellor
             at
             Law.
             
          
           
             b
             Or
             one
             of
             the
             15
             Judges
             
          
           
             c
             Cases
             .
          
           
             (
             c
             )
             Journal
             .
          
           
             d
             Or
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             .
          
           
             *
             Qui
             vindice
             nullo
             sponte
             sua
             sine
             lege
             fidem
             rectumque
             colebat
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Beatus
               ille
               qui
               procul
               à
               negotii
               ,
            
             &c.
             Horat.
             car
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             g
             The
             Articles
             was
             a
             Committee
             of
             Parliament
             then
             in
             use
             ,
             made
             up
             of
             the
             8
             Statesmen
             ,
             8
             Noblemen
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             8
             Burgers
             ,
             and
             the
             Commissioner
             and
             Statesmen
             ruled
             all
             there
             .
          
           
             h
             Or
             Pardon
             .
          
           
             *
             Hic
             murus
             aheneus
             esto
             ,
             nil
             conscire
             sibi
             nulla
             palescere
             culpa
             .
          
           
             i
             Attorney
             General
             .
          
           
             i
             a
             Decree
             .
          
           
             *
             sic
             stetit
             sententia
             .
          
           
             k
             A
             Sist
             is
             a
             stop
             of
             Execution
             of
             a
             Decree
             by
             a
             Judge
             for
             a
             certain
             limited
             time
             .
          
           
             l
             Lord
             Stair
             pay
             Tithes
             to
             the
             Bishop
             .
          
           
             m
             An
             Abatement
             .
          
           
             p
             In
             Presence
             of
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             unanimous
             consent
             of
             all
             the
             Lords
             .
          
           
             q
             Produced
             .
          
           
             r
             Or
             Annuity
             .
          
           
             q
             Diet
             signifies
             the
             day
             appointed
             in
             the
             Indemnity
             to
             come
             in
             by
             .
          
           
             *
             Faber
             est
             quisque
             fortunae
             suae
             .
          
           
             a
             It
             's
             a
             saying
             of
             the
             great
             Seneca
             .
             That
             the
             best
             way
             to
             help
             every
             thing
             by
             a
             fair
             Interpretation
             ,
             and
             where
             there
             is
             a
             doubt
             ,
             is
             ,
             to
             allow
             it
             the
             most
             favourable
             Construction
             .