A true and plain account of the discoveries made in Scotland, of the late conspiracies against His Majesty and the government extracted from the proofs lying in the records of His Majesties Privy Council, and the high justice court of the nation : together with an authentick extract of the criminal process and sentence against Mr. Robert Baillie of Jerviswood / extracted by command of His Majesties most honourable Privy Council of Scotland ...
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             A true and plain account of the discoveries made in Scotland, of the late conspiracies against His Majesty and the government extracted from the proofs lying in the records of His Majesties Privy Council, and the high justice court of the nation : together with an authentick extract of the criminal process and sentence against Mr. Robert Baillie of Jerviswood / extracted by command of His Majesties most honourable Privy Council of Scotland ...
             Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691.
             Baillie, Robert, d. 1684.
             England and Wales. Privy Council.
          
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           A
           True
           and
           Plain
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           DISCOVERIES
           Made
           in
           SCOTLAND
           ,
           Of
           the
           Late
           CONSPIRACIES
           Against
           His
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Government
           .
           Extracted
           from
           the
           Proofs
           lying
           in
           the
           Records
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           and
           the
           High
           Justice
           Court
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           TOGETHER
           With
           an
           Authentick
           Extract
           of
           the
           Criminal
           Process
           and
           Sentence
           against
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Baillie
          
           of
           Ierviswood
           .
           Extracted
           by
           Command
           of
           His
           Majesties
           most
           Honourable
           Privy
           Council
           of
           Scotland
           ;
           And
           Published
           by
           His
           Majesties
           Command
           .
        
         
           Reprinted
           at
           London
           ,
           by
           
             Thomas
             Newcomb
          
           ,
           for
           
             Susanna
             Forrester
          
           in
           
             Kings-Street
             Westminster
          
           .
           1685.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
             
               A
               true
               and
               plain
               Account
               of
               the
               Discoveries
               made
               in
               Scotland
               ,
               of
               the
               late
               Conspiracies
               against
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               the
               Government
               .
            
             
               THE
               King's
               Majestie
               having
               ,
               on
               certain
               great
               considerations
               ,
               indicted
               a
               Parliament
               ,
               to
               hold
               at
               Edinburgh
               ,
               28
               of
               Iuly
               1681.
               
               Did
               render
               that
               Meeting
               the
               more
               illustrious
               ,
               by
               nominating
               His
               Royal
               Brother
               Commissioner
               ,
               to
               represent
               His
               Majesty
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 Fanatical
                 Party
              
               ,
               who
               let
               no
               occasion
               slip
               ,
               to
               promove
               their
               Designs
               ,
               and
               to
               disturb
               the
               settled
               Government
               ,
               did
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               use
               all
               their
               endeavours
               ,
               to
               have
               as
               many
               of
               those
               infected
               with
               their
               principles
               ,
               elected
               Commissioners
               for
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               as
               the
               little
               power
               and
               Interest
               they
               had
               in
               the
               Nation
               could
               procure
               ,
               and
               even
               where
               they
               could
               not
               hope
               to
               succeed
               ,
               they
               had
               the
               insolence
               to
               attempt
               ,
               thereby
               pursuing
               closly
               what
               they
               constantly
               design
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               pertinaciously
               to
               disturb
               ,
               where
               they
               cannot
               alter
               ,
               and
               to
               found
               a
               Reputation
               to
               their
               Party
               ,
               by
               much
               noise
               ,
               though
               to
               little
               purpose
               .
            
             
               At
               the
               time
               of
               meeting
               of
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               their
               first
               consult
               was
               to
               strick
               at
               the
               Head
               ,
               and
               by
               invading
               the
               Right
               of
               the
               Monarchy
               ,
               to
               pull
               it
               down
               so
               far
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               the
               King
               ,
               in
               the
               Person
               of
               His
               Commissioner
               ,
               subjected
               to
               the
               same
               Rules
               and
               Inquisitions
               ,
               with
               other
               subordinat
               Members
               .
               The
               King
               by
               His
               Laws
               ,
               having
               prescribed
               Rules
               to
               those
               who
               Serve
               Him
               in
               that
               Great
               Court
               ,
               and
               Council
               :
               They
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Laws
               of
               their
               Leagues
               and
               Covenants
               ,
               propose
               that
               the
               Parliament
               should
               prescribe
               the
               same
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               consonant
               enough
               to
               their
               beloved
               Design
               of
               Co
               ordination
               in
               Power
               .
               Had
               this
               succeeded
               ,
               they
               with
               this
               one
               Blow
               ,
               had
               overthrown
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               by
               laying
               the
               Commissioner
               aside
               :
               But
               as
               men
               oft-times
               design
               bold
               Treasons
               with
               abundance
               of
               Resolution
               ,
               yet
               are
               frighted
               from
               the
               Execution
               ,
               by
               the
               danger
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               ugliness
               of
               the
               Crime
               ,
               So
               this
               insolent
               Resolution
               dar'd
               not
               shew
               its
               Face
               ,
               being
               strangl'd
               by
               their
               own
               Fears
               .
               And
               seeing
               they
               could
               not
               dissolve
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               they
               ,
               in
               the
               next
               place
               ,
               resolv'd
               to
               disappoint
               the
               Design
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               indeed
               ,
               if
               the
               maintaining
               of
               an
               unjust
               Interest
               could
               warrand
               the
               action
               ,
               they
               had
               reason
               so
               to
               do
               :
               For
               the
               Fanatical-Party
               having
               ,
               by
               their
               own
               great
               industry
               ,
               and
               the
               supine
               negligent●
               (
               to
               say
               no
               worse
               )
               of
               these
               Trusted
               by
               the
               King
               ,
               to
               suppress
               them
               ,
               not
               only
               kept
               up
               ,
               but
               encreased
               their
               pernicious
               Brood
               ;
               So
               that
               they
               began
               to
               appear
               formidable
               ,
               both
               to
               the
               King
               and
               the
               Countrey
               :
               and
               one
               of
               their
               great
               Hopes
               ,
               whereby
               their
               Party
               increased
               ,
               being
               founded
               on
               the
               short
               continuance
               of
               the
               Supply
               granted
               by
               the
               Nation
               ,
               for
               maintaining
               the
               Forces
               ,
               they
               could
               little
               doubt
               ,
               but
               that
               all
               Loyal
               Subjects
               would
               not
               only
               continue
               ,
               but
               also
               further
               augment
               them
               ,
               rather
               then
               leave
               the
               Seditious
               ,
               in
               a
               capacity
               to
               disturb
               the
               Government
               .
               Therefore
               ,
               as
               a
               necessary
               expedient
               to
               preserve
               Fanaticism
               ,
               they
               resolved
               by
               all
               possible
               means
               ,
               to
               hinder
               any
               continuation
               of
               the
               Supplie
               .
               But
               they
               soon
               found
               ,
               that
               the
               Votes
               of
               their
               Party
               had
               neither
               number
               nor
               weight
               .
            
             
               These
               well-natur'd
               Subjects
               ,
               finding
               that
               they
               could
               not
               disappoint
               ,
               thought
               it
               convenient
               to
               perplex
               ;
               and
               since
               they
               could
               not
               do
               what
               they
               would
               ,
               they
               resolv'd
               to
               do
               all
               they
               could
               .
               And
               albeit
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Argile
               ,
               and
               some
               others
               ,
               who
               were
               under
               too
               great
               obligations
               to
               the
               King's
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               
                 His
                 Royal-Highness
              
               ,
               to
               appear
               on
               the
               side
               of
               their
               Friends
               in
               the
               good
               old
               Cause
               ;
               whilst
               the
               opposition
               was
               so
               bare-fac'd
               ,
               and
               the
               hope
               of
               success
               so
               little
               .
               Yet
               lest
               their
               little
               Flock
               should
               be
               discouraged
               ,
               they
               began
               
               then
               to
               animat
               them
               the
               more
               close
               ,
               and
               (
               as
               they
               thought
               )
               undiscern'd
               methods
               .
               And
               now
               the
               Cause
               being
               in
               an
               apparent
               decay
               ,
               they
               labour'd
               to
               refresh
               it
               ,
               with
               its
               first
               milk
               ,
               the
               Pretence
               of
               Religion
               .
            
             
               Wherefore
               a
               new
               Security
               for
               Religion
               was
               proposed
               ;
               And
               albeit
               our
               Laws
               had
               formerly
               provided
               ,
               what
               was
               necessary
               for
               this
               ;
               yet
               it
               could
               not
               be
               expected
               that
               those
               ,
               who
               aimed
               at
               debate
               for
               Religion
               ,
               should
               rest-satisfied
               with
               what
               settled
               it
               .
               So
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               the
               Canons
               of
               Councils
               ,
               and
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               being
               all
               lookt
               upon
               as
               nothing
               :
               Argyle
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Cochran
                 ,
                 Salton
              
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               
                 Tarras
                 ,
                 Philiphaugh
                 ,
                 Stairs
                 ,
                 Gallowsheils
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               of
               that
               Crew
               ,
               would
               needs
               provide
               a
               greater
               security
               than
               these
               afforded
               ;
               and
               indeed
               it
               was
               congruous
               for
               those
               who
               were
               tainted
               with
               new
               Doctrines
               ,
               to
               desire
               new
               Sanctions
               :
               For
               this
               end
               they
               pressed
               a
               Committee
               ,
               for
               drawing
               an
               Act
               to
               secure
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               which
               was
               no
               sooner
               proposed
               then
               granted
               ;
               accordingly
               a
               Committee
               was
               appointed
               ,
               consisting
               for
               the
               most
               part
               of
               West-countrey
               men
               ,
               who
               upon
               short
               deliberation
               prepared
               a
               long
               Act
               ,
               which
               at
               its
               first
               appearance
               in
               the
               Articles
               ,
               was
               soon
               discerned
               to
               be
               an
               Invasion
               upon
               the
               Prerogative
               ,
               under
               the
               name
               of
               a
               Defence
               for
               Religion
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               have
               many
               more
               Lines
               than
               Incroatchments
               upon
               the
               Royal
               Right
               :
               whereupon
               it
               was
               rejected
               ;
               and
               in
               place
               of
               it
               a
               general
               and
               plain
               Ratification
               of
               all
               the
               former
               good
               Laws
               ,
               which
               had
               past
               for
               security
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               was
               drawn
               ,
               approven
               ,
               and
               acquiesced
               in
               ,
               by
               the
               Parliament
               .
               But
               Fanaticks
               are
               not
               of
               a
               temper
               to
               give
               over
               ,
               for
               notwithstanding
               of
               this
               good
               Law
               ,
               Murmurings
               were
               heard
               ,
               Clamors
               were
               raised
               ,
               and
               open
               Protestations
               were
               made
               for
               f●rther
               security
               in
               Religion
               .
               Wherefore
               a
               new
               Committee
               was
               appointed
               ,
               for
               preparing
               an
               Act
               to
               be
               drawn
               from
               the
               proposals
               for
               that
               end
               .
               The
               Party
               which
               clamored
               for
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               (
               but
               in
               effect
               intending
               good
               Offices
               to
               the
               Fanatical
               party
               )
               did
               seek
               after
               what
               conduc'd
               to
               their
               by-ends
               ,
               which
               as
               they
               were
               easily
               discovered
               ,
               were
               as
               soon
               rejected
               :
               Argyle
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Cochran
              
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               
                 Tarras
                 ,
                 Stairs
                 ,
                 Philiphaugh
                 ,
                 Gallowshiels
                 ,
              
               and
               their
               adherents
               fall
               at
               last
               on
               an
               expedient
               ,
               as
               they
               thought
               insuperable
               by
               the
               Kings
               Servants
               ,
               and
               which
               would
               force
               them
               on
               the
               Dilemma
               of
               opposing
               Religion
               ,
               or
               the
               Soveraignity
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               Year
               and
               Parliament
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               sixth
               ,
               when
               the
               differences
               betwixt
               Queen
               Mary
               and
               many
               of
               the
               Nobility
               were
               in
               their
               greatest
               hight
               ,
               and
               she
               forc'd
               to
               resign
               her
               Government
               ,
               being
               a
               Prisoner
               ;
               there
               were
               several
               Acts
               past
               in
               that
               ,
               and
               some
               subsequent
               Parliaments
               ,
               which
               incroached
               on
               the
               Prerogatives
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
               the
               King
               being
               then
               an
               Infant
               ;
               and
               amongst
               others
               ,
               that
               wherein
               the
               
                 Confession
                 of
                 Faith
              
               was
               insert
               ,
               had
               in
               it
               several
               Clauses
               altogether
               extrinsick
               to
               a
               
                 Confession
                 of
                 Faith
              
               ,
               for
               which
               that
               Act
               by
               its
               Title
               was
               chiefly
               design'd
               :
               And
               tho
               these
               Acts
               and
               Clauses
               which
               derogated
               from
               the
               Rights
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
               were
               often
               rescinded
               ,
               or
               corrected
               ,
               and
               the
               Prerogative
               fully
               vindicated
               in
               many
               succeeding
               Parliaments
               :
               yet
               these
               who
               intended
               more
               disturbance
               to
               the
               State
               ,
               nor
               security
               for
               Religion
               ,
               took
               occasion
               after
               their
               other
               Proposals
               were
               rejected
               ,
               to
               offer
               the
               renewing
               of
               the
               said
               Act
               of
               the
               first
               Parliament
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               sixth
               ,
               as
               an
               expedient
               for
               securing
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               there
               profess'd
               ;
               concluding
               ,
               that
               if
               that
               Act
               were
               renewed
               ,
               it
               would
               derogate
               from
               the
               pesterior
               Laws
               ,
               which
               corrected
               what
               related
               to
               the
               Prerogative
               ;
               or
               if
               the
               renewing
               of
               it
               were
               refus'd
               ,
               they
               might
               take
               occasion
               from
               that
               refusal
               ,
               to
               impose
               on
               the
               People
               ,
               that
               the
               Kings
               Commissioner
               and
               the
               Parliament
               design'd
               not
               the
               security
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               :
               But
               the
               Parliament
               defeated
               both
               these
               Projects
               ,
               by
               taking
               into
               the
               Test
               not
               that
               Act
               ,
               but
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               contained
               in
               it
               ;
               for
               the
               Parliament
               was
               far
               from
               reviving
               ,
               much
               less
               for
               inserting
               in
               the
               Test
               any
               part
               of
               that
               Act
               ,
               which
               did
               incroach
               on
               the
               Royal
               Prerogative
               ,
               the
               Episcopal
               Government
               ,
               and
               Policy
               ,
               or
               whatever
               was
               extrinsick
               ,
               or
               contradictory
               to
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               contained
               in
               it
               .
            
             
             
               This
               ,
               as
               all
               other
               disappointments
               ,
               incited
               rage
               in
               those
               who
               resolved
               not
               to
               be
               satisfied
               ;
               and
               those
               pretended
               Patrons
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               will
               overturn
               it
               ,
               and
               tear
               the
               securest
               Test
               that
               could
               be
               made
               for
               it
               ,
               rather
               then
               permit
               ,
               that
               Monarchy
               and
               it
               should
               stand
               together
               ;
               and
               finding
               that
               this
               Test
               ,
               as
               it
               did
               absolutely
               secure
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               so
               in
               just
               consequence
               thereof
               ,
               it
               knocked
               Fanaticism
               on
               the
               head
               :
               Therefore
               to
               work
               they
               fall
               against
               it
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               force
               of
               their
               imaginations
               ;
               and
               none
               appeared
               more
               violent
               then
               those
               who
               formally
               with
               undiscreet
               violence
               had
               press'd
               it
               ,
               whilst
               they
               hop'd
               to
               invenom
               it
               ,
               with
               a
               mixture
               of
               the
               poison
               of
               the
               Covenant
               .
               But
               'mongst
               them
               all
               ,
               none
               acted
               with
               more
               industry
               ,
               or
               more
               malice
               ,
               then
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Argile
               ,
               who
               being
               by
               Education
               and
               Choice
               sufficiently
               Fanatical
               ,
               yet
               having
               dissembled
               it
               for
               a
               while
               ,
               thereby
               to
               keep
               himself
               in
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               to
               draw
               it
               to
               a
               concurrence
               in
               his
               particular
               designs
               ,
               and
               oppressions
               ,
               whereby
               he
               kept
               a
               great
               Estate
               ,
               defrauding
               all
               Creditors
               ,
               and
               bringing
               many
               Families
               to
               beggary
               ;
               he
               found
               this
               Parliament
               pry
               a
               little
               into
               these
               Mysteries
               ,
               for
               they
               having
               made
               some
               motion
               in
               doing
               right
               to
               the
               Earls
               of
               
                 Errol
                 ,
                 Marischal
              
               and
               Strathmore
               ,
               whose
               Estates
               were
               exposed
               for
               Argiles
               Debt
               ,
               whilst
               he
               enjoy'd
               his
               own
               Estate
               ,
               without
               owning
               a
               relief
               to
               them
               :
               Therefore
               ,
               albeit
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               he
               professed
               a
               fervour
               for
               carrying
               on
               of
               the
               King's
               Service
               ,
               yet
               (
               his
               zeal
               to
               the
               Old
               Cause
               ,
               being
               prick'd
               on
               by
               this
               Invasion
               of
               his
               new
               Right
               )
               in
               the
               course
               of
               it
               ,
               none
               was
               so
               active
               ,
               or
               used
               more
               indirect
               ways
               to
               disappoint
               it
               .
            
             
               But
               being
               over-power'd
               by
               the
               Loyal
               Members
               ,
               who
               were
               Ten
               to
               One
               of
               the
               dis-affected
               ;
               albeit
               he
               ,
               and
               other
               Sticklers
               ,
               were
               allowed
               to
               word
               the
               Test
               at
               their
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               did
               accordingly
               add
               to
               it
               all
               those
               Clauses
               which
               since
               hath
               given
               pretences
               of
               scruple
               to
               many
               who
               have
               refused
               it
               ;
               yet
               no
               sooner
               was
               the
               Session
               of
               Parliament
               adjourned
               ;
               but
               the
               said
               late
               Argile
               industriously
               ,
               first
               at
               Edinburgh
               ,
               and
               afterward
               in
               traversing
               several
               Shires
               ,
               did
               insinuate
               all
               the
               prejudices
               he
               could
               devise
               against
               the
               Tenor
               of
               the
               Test
               :
               Thereby
               endeavouring
               (
               and
               not
               without
               some
               success
               )
               to
               increase
               the
               dissatisfied
               Party
               ,
               and
               fit
               the
               Nation
               the
               more
               for
               Cumbustion
               :
               So
               passing
               home
               to
               the
               Shires
               of
               Argile
               ,
               and
               Tarhet
               ,
               he
               fix'd
               the
               Clergy
               and
               Laity
               thereof
               in
               these
               seditious
               Sentiments
               .
               Thereafter
               he
               returns
               to
               Edinburgh
               ,
               giving
               it
               out
               openly
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               not
               take
               the
               Test
               ;
               but
               to
               make
               his
               refusal
               the
               more
               malicious
               ,
               proposes
               to
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               be
               allowed
               to
               take
               it
               with
               his
               own
               Explanation
               ,
               which
               Exposition
               he
               put
               in
               Writ
               ,
               and
               dispersed
               it
               ;
               being
               of
               that
               Tenor
               and
               Contryvance
               ,
               as
               to
               cast
               all
               the
               Obligations
               therein
               loose
               ,
               making
               his
               Fancy
               the
               rule
               of
               his
               Religion
               ,
               and
               his
               own
               Loyalty
               the
               standard
               of
               his
               Allegeance
               ,
               according
               to
               which
               he
               was
               only
               to
               ty
               himself
               .
            
             
               His
               Majesties
               Commissioner
               ,
               and
               the
               Council
               ,
               being
               well
               informed
               of
               his
               seditious
               Carriage
               ,
               both
               in
               City
               ,
               and
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               fully
               confirmed
               in
               their
               Judgments
               ,
               of
               his
               malicious
               Design
               in
               this
               his
               Paraphrase
               on
               the
               Test
               ;
               and
               finding
               that
               thereby
               he
               had
               not
               only
               perverted
               the
               Sense
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Laws
               ,
               contrary
               to
               their
               true
               Meaning
               and
               Intention
               ;
               but
               that
               he
               had
               endeavoured
               to
               shake
               the
               People
               loose
               from
               their
               Allegeance
               ,
               and
               make
               all
               Obligations
               thereto
               illusory
               :
               and
               that
               by
               these
               Methods
               ,
               he
               did
               with
               boldness
               and
               impudence
               ,
               found
               a
               Schism
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               Faction
               in
               the
               State
               ,
               publickly
               owning
               them
               in
               the
               face
               of
               Council
               :
               On
               which
               grounds
               he
               was
               most
               justly
               pursued
               by
               the
               Kings
               Advocat
               ,
               before
               the
               Soveraign
               Justice
               Court
               ,
               and
               there
               by
               Learn'd
               Judges
               ,
               and
               a
               Jury
               ,
               not
               only
               of
               his
               Peers
               ,
               but
               many
               of
               them
               his
               nearest
               Relations
               ;
               his
               Accusation
               was
               found
               relevant
               and
               proven
               ,
               and
               judged
               a
               sufficient
               ground
               to
               infer
               the
               Pains
               appointed
               by
               Law
               for
               Treason
               .
            
             
               Albeit
               his
               Father
               had
               been
               one
               of
               the
               most
               obstinate
               ,
               and
               most
               pernicious
               
               Rebels
               against
               the
               Royal
               Family
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               himself
               had
               been
               educated
               in
               these
               Principles
               ,
               and
               had
               entered
               early
               into
               those
               Practices
               :
               and
               albeit
               it
               be
               notourly
               known
               ,
               that
               his
               private
               Discontents
               and
               Debates
               against
               his
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               penury
               to
               which
               those
               had
               reduced
               him
               ,
               were
               the
               Motives
               which
               made
               him
               joyn
               with
               Middleton
               in
               the
               Hills
               ,
               bringing
               no
               Power
               with
               him
               to
               that
               Army
               ,
               and
               acting
               as
               little
               in
               it
               ;
               but
               by
               assuming
               the
               Honour
               of
               what
               was
               acted
               by
               M●naughton
               :
               and
               that
               at
               last
               he
               was
               instrumental
               to
               break
               that
               Party
               by
               Faction
               ;
               which
               though
               this
               was
               clearly
               discerned
               by
               Middleton
               at
               the
               time
               ,
               yet
               he
               judged
               fit
               to
               dissemble
               it
               ,
               both
               for
               encouraging
               the
               High-landers
               ,
               and
               giving
               reputation
               to
               His
               Majesties
               Affairs
               ,
               upon
               which
               account
               also
               at
               Argiles
               ,
               then
               Lord
               
               Lorn's
               earnest
               suit
               he
               did
               give
               Testificates
               to
               him
               of
               his
               own
               wording
               ,
               which
               those
               of
               undoubted
               Loyalty
               did
               not
               require
               ,
               and
               indeed
               were
               only
               useful
               to
               such
               whose
               Actions
               and
               Principles
               needed
               vindication
               ;
               yet
               under
               pretence
               of
               these
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               great
               Assistance
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Lauderdail
               ,
               having
               attained
               to
               so
               immense
               Donatives
               from
               His
               Majesty
               both
               in
               Estate
               and
               Dignity
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               easie
               to
               believe
               ,
               he
               should
               retain
               that
               hereditary
               Malignity
               ,
               at
               least
               to
               such
               a
               degree
               as
               to
               become
               an
               open
               Rebel
               ;
               
                 but
                 the
              
               Ethiopian
               
                 cannot
                 change
                 his
                 Skin
              
               ;
               for
               albeit
               the
               Kings
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               his
               
                 Royal
                 Highness
              
               were
               so
               far
               from
               any
               resolution
               of
               taking
               his
               life
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               allowed
               all
               freedom
               in
               Prison
               ,
               even
               after
               he
               was
               found
               Guilty
               ;
               and
               that
               no
               further
               prejudice
               was
               design'd
               to
               him
               ,
               than
               to
               take
               from
               him
               those
               Jurisdictions
               and
               Superiorities
               ,
               which
               he
               and
               his
               Predecessors
               had
               surreptitiously
               acquired
               ;
               and
               were
               used
               by
               him
               and
               them
               to
               destroy
               many
               honest
               and
               considerable
               Familes
               ,
               sometimes
               by
               stretches
               of
               Law
               ,
               and
               at
               other
               times
               by
               Violence
               and
               Force
               ,
               but
               always
               under
               shelter
               and
               pretence
               of
               these
               Jurisdictions
               :
               And
               that
               some
               reparation
               might
               have
               been
               made
               to
               his
               just
               Creditors
               ,
               and
               some
               Donatives
               to
               those
               ,
               whom
               he
               and
               his
               Father
               had
               formerly
               rob'd
               and
               destroy'd
               ,
               for
               their
               Fidelity
               and
               Loyalty
               to
               their
               King
               :
               And
               the
               Super-plus
               (
               if
               any
               were
               )
               was
               intended
               for
               his
               Lady
               and
               Children
               ;
               which
               was
               the
               hight
               of
               Clemency
               ,
               there
               being
               indeed
               more
               Debt
               upon
               the
               Estate
               then
               the
               whole
               of
               its
               value
               :
               Yet
               being
               more
               conscious
               of
               his
               own
               Guilt
               then
               his
               Prince
               did
               apprehend
               ,
               he
               dar'd
               not
               rely
               upon
               that
               Clemency
               ,
               whereof
               he
               had
               tasted
               so
               plentifully
               ;
               but
               abusing
               the
               favour
               of
               his
               open
               Imprisonment
               ,
               for
               verifying
               of
               his
               other
               Crimes
               ,
               he
               added
               this
               one
               ,
               of
               breaking
               the
               Prison
               ,
               and
               flying
               from
               the
               Laws
               .
            
             
               No
               King
               but
               ours
               could
               after
               all
               this
               think
               of
               favouring
               his
               Family
               ,
               but
               His
               Majesty
               will
               not
               only
               favour
               but
               restore
               ,
               and
               before
               it
               was
               known
               that
               the
               late
               Argile
               had
               more
               Debt
               then
               Estate
               ,
               in
               a
               Royal
               Largese
               ,
               He
               gifts
               more
               to
               his
               Children
               by
               thrice
               then
               their
               Father
               could
               lawfully
               give
               them
               ,
               had
               he
               never
               been
               Forsault
               .
            
             
               Could
               it
               have
               been
               thought
               that
               any
               Christian
               ,
               or
               Gentleman
               ,
               could
               have
               been
               guilty
               of
               Ungratitude
               to
               so
               benign
               and
               bountiful
               a
               Prince
               ;
               and
               yet
               that
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Argile
               ,
               did
               after
               the
               receiving
               so
               many
               Favours
               ,
               and
               the
               profession
               and
               boasting
               of
               so
               much
               Loyalty
               ;
               not
               only
               enter
               in
               a
               horrid
               Conspiracy
               for
               rising
               in
               Arms
               ,
               but
               gave
               at
               least
               courage
               by
               his
               bold
               Undertakings
               to
               those
               who
               conspir'd
               the
               murther
               of
               His
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               his
               
                 Royal
                 Highness
              
               ;
               and
               this
               Conspiracy
               does
               demonstrate
               what
               was
               his
               meaning
               in
               that
               Paraphrase
               upon
               the
               Test
               ,
               which
               Fools
               and
               Knaves
               have
               justified
               as
               very
               Loyal
               and
               Orthodox
               .
            
             
               But
               with
               what
               forwardness
               Argile
               and
               others
               did
               enter
               into
               a
               Conspiracy
               for
               overturning
               the
               Monarchical
               Government
               ,
               destroying
               the
               sacred
               Person
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               only
               Brother
               ,
               and
               for
               pulling
               Ruine
               upon
               the
               three
               Kingdoms
               by
               a
               Civil
               War
               ,
               the
               evident
               Proofs
               of
               unsuspect
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               the
               concurrence
               of
               many
               authentick
               Papers
               and
               Documents
               with
               these
               Depositions
               ,
               will
               not
               only
               sufficiently
               prove
               ,
               but
               amount
               to
               the
               quality
               of
               a
               Demonstration
               ,
               all
               the
               pieces
               being
               considered
               together
               ;
               and
               with
               what
               
               earnestness
               he
               acted
               ,
               doth
               evidently
               appear
               from
               these
               following
               Evidences
               .
            
             
               For
               shortly
               after
               Argiles
               escape
               ,
               information
               was
               given
               from
               the
               West
               that
               he
               had
               caused
               secure
               the
               Militia
               Arms
               of
               Argile
               and
               Tarbet
               Shires
               ,
               as
               also
               a
               considerable
               quantity
               of
               the
               Kings
               Arms
               were
               given
               to
               him
               in
               Trust
               ,
               besides
               a
               little
               Magazine
               which
               he
               had
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               some
               pieces
               of
               Cannon
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               had
               employed
               some
               Merchants
               to
               bring
               Arms
               from
               abroad
               to
               be
               landed
               securely
               in
               some
               of
               his
               remote
               High-land
               Castles
               .
            
             
               And
               upon
               inquiry
               ,
               one
               
                 William
                 Campbel
              
               Master
               of
               a
               Ship
               at
               Newport-Glasgow
               was
               found
               to
               be
               conduc'd
               for
               this
               end
               ,
               as
               his
               Deposition
               taken
               before
               some
               of
               the
               Officers
               of
               State
               doth
               clearly
               evince
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   the
                   last
                   day
                   of
                   August
                   ,
                   1682.
                   
                
                 
                   IN
                   presence
                   of
                   the
                   Lords
                   Chancellor
                   ,
                   and
                   Advocat
                   ,
                   
                     William
                     Campbel
                  
                   Skipper
                   at
                   Newport-Glasgow
                   ,
                   being
                   examined
                   upon
                   Oath
                   ,
                   Depons
                   ,
                   That
                   in
                   March
                   last
                   he
                   was
                   fraughted
                   by
                   
                     Iohn
                     Campbel
                  
                   Merchant
                   in
                   Glasgow
                   for
                   
                     Norway
                     ,
                     France
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   elsewhere
                   ,
                   for
                   three
                   Months
                   certain
                   ,
                   conform
                   to
                   a
                   Charter-party
                   produc'd
                   by
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   about
                   that
                   same
                   day
                   he
                   having
                   desired
                   to
                   know
                   what
                   could
                   be
                   his
                   prospect
                   of
                   his
                   Voyage
                   to
                   Norway
                   with
                   so
                   small
                   a
                   Ship
                   and
                   Loading
                   ,
                   he
                   refused
                   to
                   tell
                   him
                   till
                   he
                   were
                   at
                   Sea
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   at
                   the
                   back
                   of
                   the
                   Lews
                   a
                   day
                   or
                   two
                   after
                   they
                   set
                   off
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Iohn
                     Campbel
                  
                   then
                   said
                   ,
                   now
                   Skipper
                   I
                   will
                   tell
                   you
                   the
                   design
                   of
                   our
                   Voyage
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Norway
                   and
                   loaden
                   Dails
                   ,
                   and
                   out
                   of
                   that
                   to
                   Amsterdam
                   and
                   buy
                   Arms
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   take
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   to
                   Cairnbulg
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Deponent
                   having
                   asked
                   him
                   what
                   he
                   would
                   do
                   with
                   these
                   Arms
                   there
                   ,
                   he
                   answered
                   ,
                   may
                   not
                   my
                   Lord
                   come
                   to
                   his
                   own
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   use
                   for
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Deponent
                   understanding
                   these
                   Arms
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   made
                   use
                   of
                   against
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   the
                   Deponent
                   answered
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   made
                   Burgess
                   of
                   Dunbartoun
                   there
                   was
                   an
                   Oath
                   taken
                   of
                   him
                   to
                   be
                   true
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   present
                   Government
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   established
                   ;
                   and
                   upon
                   the
                   Deponents
                   refusal
                   to
                   comply
                   with
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Voyage
                   ,
                   he
                   got
                   the
                   Ships
                   Company
                   upon
                   his
                   side
                   ,
                   who
                   beat
                   and
                   abused
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ;
                   and
                   having
                   gone
                   from
                   that
                   to
                   Norway
                   ,
                   he
                   behoved
                   to
                   suffer
                   all
                   the
                   Voyage
                   ;
                   there
                   being
                   no
                   Justice
                   in
                   these
                   remote
                   Places
                   where
                   he
                   came
                   to
                   ,
                   from
                   which
                   ,
                   being
                   upon
                   their
                   Voyage
                   to
                   Holland
                   ,
                   the
                   Ship
                   was
                   by
                   Providence
                   cast
                   away
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   they
                   blam'd
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   as
                   having
                   done
                   the
                   same
                   wilfully
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   Truth
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   answer
                   to
                   God.
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           Will.
                           Campbell
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         G.
                         GORDON
                         Cancell
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   the
                   14
                   of
                   Ianuary
                   ,
                   1685.
                   
                
                 
                   IN
                   presence
                   of
                   the
                   Secret
                   Committee
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   
                     William
                     Campbel
                  
                   being
                   re-examined
                   ,
                   adheres
                   to
                   his
                   former
                   Deposition
                   ;
                   and
                   further
                   Declares
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   offered
                   to
                   the
                   then
                   Lord
                   Chancellor
                   ,
                   to
                   apprehend
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Iohn
                     Campbel
                  
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Chancellor
                   made
                   no
                   answer
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   but
                   whispered
                   the
                   General
                   in
                   the
                   ear
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   heard
                   afterwards
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Campbel
                   had
                   escaped
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   Truth
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   answer
                   to
                   God.
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Will.
                     Campbel
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               At
               the
               same
               time
               Surmises
               were
               heard
               ,
               from
               amongst
               the
               Fanaticks
               from
               all
               parts
               ,
               of
               Argiles
               intention
               to
               land
               in
               the
               West
               with
               Arms
               ,
               and
               to
               raise
               that
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               to
               joyn
               with
               the
               Western
               Shires
               ;
               and
               in
               Summer
               1683
               ,
               Gordon
               of
               Earlston
               being
               apprehended
               at
               Newcastle
               ,
               the
               Papers
               taken
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               his
               own
               Depositions
               made
               upon
               Oath
               in
               Scotland
               did
               give
               good
               grounds
               for
               suspition
               of
               some
               imminent
               Design
               ,
               which
               apprehensions
               were
               raised
               by
               a
               little
               accident
               which
               happened
               at
               the
               time
               ;
               
               for
               upon
               the
               first
               noise
               of
               the
               discovery
               of
               the
               Conspiracy
               in
               
                 England
                 Earlston
              
               being
               in
               Prison
               in
               Edinburgh
               Tolbooth
               ,
               the
               Keeper
               came
               in
               to
               visit
               ,
               him
               ;
               who
               found
               him
               asleep
               ;
               but
               he
               awakening
               at
               the
               time
               ,
               the
               Keeper
               told
               him
               that
               now
               the
               Conspiracy
               was
               broke
               out
               :
               How
               (
               says
               Earlston
               )
               is
               Argile
               then
               Landed
               ?
               of
               which
               expression
               the
               Keeper
               having
               given
               notice
               to
               some
               Councellers
               ,
               Earlston
               was
               examined
               upon
               the
               meaning
               of
               the
               expression
               ,
               who
               plainly
               confess'd
               ,
               that
               both
               in
               England
               and
               Holland
               he
               had
               information
               of
               Argiles
               buying
               of
               Arms
               with
               intention
               to
               land
               in
               Scotland
               ,
               and
               that
               at
               the
               same
               time
               he
               was
               informed
               that
               the
               English
               were
               to
               rise
               in
               several
               places
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   Gordon
                   of
                   Earlston
                   his
                   Deposition
                   ,
                   before
                   a
                   Committee
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Privy
                   Council
                   ,
                   and
                   two
                   of
                   the
                   Iustices
                   .
                
                 
                   Edinburg
                   ,
                   the
                   25
                   of
                   September
                   ,
                   1683.
                   
                
                 
                   Sederunt
                   .
                   
                     
                       Privy
                       Counsellors
                       .
                    
                     
                       The
                       Earl
                       of
                       Linlithgow
                       .
                    
                     
                       Lord
                       Livingston
                       .
                    
                     
                       Lord
                       President
                       of
                       the
                       Session
                       .
                    
                     
                       Lord
                       Collington
                       .
                    
                     
                       Lord
                       Castlehill
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Justices
                       .
                    
                     
                       Lord
                       Pitmedden
                       .
                    
                     
                       Lord
                       Harcarss
                       .
                    
                     
                       The
                       Earl
                       of
                       Linlithgow
                       elected
                       Praeses
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   
                     ALexander
                     Gordon
                  
                   being
                   further
                   interrogate
                   upon
                   the
                   Interrogators
                   given
                   in
                   anent
                   the
                   Conspiracy
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   Declares
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   first
                   time
                   he
                   heard
                   of
                   any
                   design
                   of
                   rising
                   in
                   Arms
                   ,
                   was
                   at
                   the
                   time
                   when
                   the
                   competition
                   was
                   anent
                   the
                   Sheriffs
                   at
                   Midsummer
                   was
                   a
                   year
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   he
                   heard
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Monmonth
                   was
                   to
                   head
                   the
                   Rebels
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   he
                   had
                   from
                   
                     Iohn
                     Nisbet
                  
                   and
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Murray
                   a
                   Scots
                   man
                   then
                   at
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   declares
                   that
                   in
                   Ianuary
                   last
                   the
                   declarant
                   being
                   in
                   Holland
                   ,
                   he
                   heard
                   by
                   general
                   report
                   that
                   the
                   late
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   was
                   to
                   raise
                   some
                   thousands
                   of
                   High-landers
                   to
                   assist
                   the
                   Rebels
                   in
                   England
                   by
                   making
                   a
                   diversion
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   to
                   get
                   a
                   Sum
                   of
                   Money
                   for
                   that
                   effect
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   in
                   March
                   last
                   he
                   having
                   received
                   a
                   Letter
                   in
                   Holland
                   from
                   
                     Iohn
                     Nisbet
                  
                   then
                   in
                   London
                   ,
                   he
                   came
                   over
                   to
                   London
                   ,
                   where
                   he
                   met
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   Nisbet
                   and
                   Murray
                   ,
                   who
                   told
                   the
                   Declarant
                   ,
                   they
                   design'd
                   to
                   rise
                   presently
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   Rendezvous
                   in
                   six
                   or
                   seven
                   places
                   at
                   one
                   time
                   ,
                   particularly
                   at
                   Coventry
                   and
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   computed
                   several
                   thousands
                   in
                   York-shire
                   who
                   were
                   to
                   joyn
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   that
                   Murray
                   desired
                   the
                   Declarant
                   to
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   him
                   to
                   meet
                   with
                   the
                   late
                   Lords
                   Russel
                   and
                   Gray
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Lord
                   Wharton
                   ,
                   (
                   but
                   of
                   Wharton
                   they
                   said
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   very
                   sure
                   ,
                   being
                   a
                   fearful
                   man
                   )
                   and
                   with
                   Mr.
                   Ferguson
                   ,
                   and
                   spoke
                   of
                   several
                   old
                   Officers
                   of
                   Cromwels
                   that
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   there
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Declarant
                   not
                   being
                   for
                   the
                   present
                   rising
                   ,
                   shunned
                   to
                   meet
                   with
                   these
                   Persons
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   both
                   Nisbet
                   and
                   Murray
                   told
                   the
                   Declarant
                   ,
                   that
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   was
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   heard
                   from
                   these
                   two
                   Persons
                   ,
                   that
                   both
                   the
                   Cessnocks
                   were
                   concerned
                   in
                   that
                   Business
                   :
                   As
                   to
                   the
                   Letter
                   written
                   by
                   
                     Io.
                     N.
                  
                   of
                   the
                   20
                   of
                   March
                   ,
                   and
                   directed
                   for
                   the
                   Declarant
                   at
                   Rotterdam
                   ,
                   declares
                   that
                   
                     Iohn
                     Nisbet
                  
                   wrote
                   the
                   said
                   Letter
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   under
                   the
                   Metaphor
                   of
                   Trade
                   throughout
                   the
                   whole
                   Letter
                   ,
                   is
                   meaned
                   the
                   design
                   of
                   rising
                   in
                   Arms
                   and
                   a
                   Rebellion
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   by
                   the
                   word
                   
                     Dispatching
                     the
                     old
                     rotten
                     Stuff
                  
                   ,
                   is
                   meaned
                   either
                   the
                   excluding
                   the
                   Sectaries
                   from
                   joyning
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   destroying
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   both
                   Civil
                   and
                   Ecclesiastial
                   ,
                   which
                   last
                   the
                   Declarant
                   supposes
                   rather
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   meaning
                   of
                   the
                   words
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   by
                   the
                   Factors
                   are
                   meaned
                   their
                   Emissaries
                   for
                   carrying
                   on
                   the
                   Rebellion
                   ;
                   
                     and
                     for
                     that
                     strange
                     thing
                     that
                     was
                     to
                     fall
                     out
                     that
                     Week
                     or
                     the
                     next
                     ,
                  
                   the
                   Declarant
                   thinks
                   
                   is
                   meaned
                   the
                   suddain
                   muster
                   of
                   the
                   Rebels
                   ;
                   In
                   the
                   close
                   of
                   the
                   Letter
                   which
                   says
                   ,
                   
                     Things
                     are
                     full
                     as
                     high
                     as
                     I
                     tell
                     you
                     ,
                  
                   is
                   meaned
                   that
                   the
                   Rebellion
                   was
                   instantly
                   to
                   break
                   out
                   ;
                   And
                   having
                   met
                   with
                   
                     Iohn
                     Nisbet
                  
                   after
                   his
                   coming
                   from
                   Holland
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   Nisbet
                   explained
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Sense
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Letter
                   was
                   ,
                   as
                   is
                   above-said
                   .
                
                 
                   As
                   to
                   the
                   little
                   Letter
                   direct
                   to
                   the
                   Declarant
                   under
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   Pringle
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   second
                   of
                   May
                   168●
                   ,
                   declares
                   that
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   the
                   Subscriver
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   blotted
                   out
                   ,
                   was
                   so
                   blotted
                   before
                   it
                   came
                   to
                   his
                   hand
                   ;
                   but
                   by
                   the
                   Contents
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   he
                   knows
                   it
                   is
                   from
                   one
                   
                     Robert
                     Iohnstoun
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tennent
                   or
                   Vassal
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Gray
                   on
                   the
                   Border
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Traders
                   and
                   Trading
                   there
                   spoke
                   of
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   design'd
                   Rebellion
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Robert
                     Iohnstoun
                  
                   offered
                   to
                   come
                   into
                   Scotland
                   with
                   the
                   Declarant
                   to
                   have
                   seen
                   some
                   of
                   our
                   dis-affected
                   People
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   have
                   met
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   
                     A.
                     Y.
                  
                   mentioned
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Letter
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   Letter
                   says
                   
                     laboured
                     to
                     undervalue
                     the
                     dis-affected
                     Party
                     in
                  
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   calls
                   
                     your
                     Goods
                  
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   
                     Andrew
                     Young
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   stays
                   about
                   Newcastle
                   ,
                   whom
                   he
                   supposes
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   suspected
                   person
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   was
                   afraid
                   Collonel
                   Struthers
                   would
                   apprehend
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   supposes
                   the
                   way
                   that
                   that
                   Letter
                   came
                   to
                   his
                   hand
                   ,
                   was
                   from
                   some
                   person
                   that
                   was
                   at
                   a
                   Meeting
                   at
                   Tweeds-moor
                   about
                   that
                   time
                   ,
                   where
                   were
                   present
                   several
                   of
                   these
                   People
                   that
                   had
                   Commission
                   from
                   the
                   several
                   Districts
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   himself
                   was
                   not
                   at
                   that
                   Meeting
                   .
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Al.
                       Gordon
                    
                     .
                     Linlithgow
                     
                       I.
                       P.
                       C.
                    
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Follows
                   the
                   Letter
                   direct
                   b●
                   
                     Jo.
                     N.
                  
                   which
                   was
                   found
                   upon
                   Earlston
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     London
                     
                       20
                       March
                       ,
                       1683.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     Sir
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   ON
                   Saturday
                   last
                   I
                   had
                   the
                   occasion
                   of
                   seeing
                   a
                   Letter
                   from
                   you
                   ,
                   directed
                   for
                   Mrs.
                   Gaunt
                   ,
                   in
                   whose
                   absence
                   Mrs.
                   Ward
                   had
                   received
                   it
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   reading
                   of
                   which
                   I
                   was
                   not
                   a
                   little
                   troubled
                   ,
                   considering
                   my
                   full
                   resolutions
                   signified
                   to
                   you
                   in
                   my
                   last
                   ;
                   for
                   effectuating
                   of
                   which
                   I
                   had
                   spoke
                   for
                   Passage
                   ,
                   and
                   taken
                   my
                   farewel
                   of
                   Mother
                   Gaunt
                   ,
                   she
                   going
                   into
                   the
                   Countrey
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   very
                   Week
                   I
                   was
                   set
                   upon
                   by
                   that
                   Gentleman
                   with
                   whom
                   I
                   stay
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Io.
                     Iohnston
                  
                   with
                   some
                   others
                   to
                   stay
                   but
                   a
                   Moneth
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   that
                   did
                   not
                   accomplish
                   somewhat
                   in
                   hand
                   to
                   help
                   Trading
                   ,
                   then
                   I
                   should
                   be
                   no
                   longer
                   detain'd
                   ▪
                   After
                   I
                   was
                   prevailed
                   to
                   retract
                   so
                   far
                   ,
                   I
                   ordered
                   Io.
                   who
                   had
                   time
                   at
                   command
                   ,
                   to
                   give
                   you
                   an
                   ample
                   account
                   of
                   matters
                   ;
                   and
                   withal
                   Io.
                   was
                   desired
                   by
                   our
                   Friends
                   from
                   Scotland
                   to
                   stand
                   here
                   in
                   my
                   place
                   the
                   like
                   engagements
                   of
                   secrecy
                   ,
                   &c.
                   being
                   taken
                   ,
                   and
                   thereupon
                   I
                   ordered
                   him
                   to
                   shew
                   you
                   the
                   grounds
                   of
                   my
                   staying
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   desire
                   if
                   you
                   inclined
                   to
                   cross
                   the
                   Water
                   to
                   come
                   this
                   way
                   ,
                   but
                   since
                   many
                   are
                   the
                   confused
                   ,
                   yea
                   troubled
                   thoughts
                   that
                   have
                   possessed
                   me
                   for
                   yielding
                   ,
                   concerning
                   which
                   ,
                   〈…〉
                   my
                   yielding
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   take
                   the
                   subsequent
                   account
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   my
                   last
                   ,
                   or
                   it
                   precedent
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   shewed
                   you
                   that
                   Trading
                   was
                   very
                   low
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   breaking
                   ,
                   which
                   has
                   made
                   the
                   Merchants
                   (
                   such
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   )
                   to
                   think
                   that
                   
                     desperate
                     Diseases
                     must
                     have
                     desperate
                     Cures
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   while
                   they
                   have
                   some
                   Stock
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   better
                   to
                   venture
                   out
                   ,
                   than
                   to
                   keep
                   Shop
                   and
                   sit
                   still
                   till
                   all
                   be
                   gone
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   they
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   able
                   to
                   act
                   ,
                   but
                   let
                   all
                   go
                   :
                   Which
                   resolution
                   I
                   thought
                   a
                   thing
                   not
                   to
                   confide
                   in
                   ,
                   seing
                   the
                   most
                   of
                   them
                   are
                   
                     Fire-side
                     Merchants
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   loves
                   not
                   to
                   venture
                   where
                   storms
                   are
                   any
                   thing
                   apparent
                   .
                   But
                   about
                   my
                   departing
                   they
                   shewed
                   the
                   model
                   of
                   Affairs
                   in
                   such
                   order
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   see
                   venture
                   they
                   must
                   ,
                   and
                   venture
                   they
                   will
                   ;
                   whereupon
                   〈◊〉
                   first
                   demanded
                   how
                   our
                   Trade
                   would
                   be
                   carried
                   on
                   .
                   Answer
                   ,
                   they
                   knew
                   well
                   what
                   Goods
                   had
                   proven
                   most
                   prejudicial
                   to
                   the
                   Trade
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   
                   they
                   thought
                   to
                   insist
                   upon
                   Negatives
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   whatever
                   I
                   proposed
                   is
                   assented
                   to
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   find
                   ▪
                   and
                   thus
                   they
                   thought
                   best
                   to
                   still
                   some
                   Criticks
                   in
                   the
                   Trade
                   :
                   And
                   by
                   this
                   means
                   first
                   to
                   endeavour
                   
                     the
                     dispatching
                     the
                     old
                     rotten
                     Stuff
                  
                   before
                   they
                   order
                   what
                   to
                   bring
                   home
                   next
                   .
                   This
                   lookt
                   somewhat
                   strange
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   but
                   when
                   I
                   consider
                   all
                   circumstances
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   they
                   for
                   themselves
                   do
                   best
                   in
                   it
                   :
                   For
                   our
                   Merchants
                   I
                   made
                   account
                   only
                   to
                   have
                   had
                   some
                   stock
                   for
                   to
                   set
                   the
                   broken
                   ones
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   bid
                   them
                   here
                   fare-wel
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     they
                     to
                     try
                     their
                     way
                     ,
                     and
                     we
                     ours
                  
                   ▪
                   Since
                   they
                   think
                   fit
                   that
                   some
                   of
                   these
                   whom
                   we
                   have
                   found
                   (
                   as
                   you
                   will
                   say
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   hear
                   them
                   named
                   )
                   treacherous
                   dealers
                   in
                   our
                   Trade
                   ,
                   consulted
                   ,
                   and
                   accordingly
                   have
                   done
                   :
                   Whereupon
                   I
                   fear
                   ,
                   or
                   rather
                   hope
                   that
                   our
                   Merchants
                   ,
                   tho
                   broke
                   ,
                   will
                   rather
                   desire
                   to
                   live
                   a
                   while
                   longer
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   ,
                   than
                   joyn
                   with
                   such
                   ,
                   &c.
                   to
                   advance
                   the
                   Trade
                   ;
                   unless
                   surer
                   grounds
                   of
                   their
                   fidelity
                   be
                   gotten
                   ,
                   the●
                   is
                   ,
                   or
                   can
                   be
                   expected
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   bottom
                   of
                   all
                   my
                   sorrow
                   .
                   But
                   to
                   proceed
                   ,
                   I
                   find
                   (
                   if
                   all
                   hold
                   that
                   is
                   intended
                   )
                   that
                   they
                   think
                   it
                   is
                   almost
                   at
                   a
                   point
                   to
                   set
                   forward
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   had
                   their
                   Factors
                   home
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   gone
                   to
                   try
                   how
                   the
                   Countrey
                   will
                   like
                   such
                   Goods
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   for
                   ,
                   or
                   against
                   the
                   making
                   sale
                   of
                   .
                   Friends
                   ,
                   I
                   mean
                   Merchants
                   ,
                   wrote
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   spoken
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   possibly
                   you
                   might
                   come
                   this
                   way
                   ,
                   the
                   better
                   ,
                   thereby
                   to
                   advise
                   them
                   what
                   to
                   do
                   in
                   this
                   case
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   have
                   signified
                   somewhat
                   of
                   it
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   so
                   far
                   as
                   this
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   thought
                   to
                   have
                   seen
                   you
                   long
                   ere
                   this
                   time
                   :
                   But
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   not
                   misconstruct
                   of
                   my
                   staying
                   ,
                   seing
                   in
                   it
                   I
                   designed
                   nothing
                   but
                   advancement
                   of
                   
                     our
                     Trade
                  
                   ;
                   but
                   once
                   this
                   Week
                   these
                   Factors
                   sent
                   for
                   will
                   be
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   matters
                   will
                   
                     in
                     instanti
                  
                   ,
                   either
                   off
                   or
                   on
                   ,
                   break
                   ,
                   or
                   go
                   thorow
                   .
                   Wherefore
                   in
                   reference
                   to
                   Friends
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   you
                   will
                   advise
                   me
                   what
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   cannot
                   ,
                   or
                   think
                   it
                   not
                   convenient
                   to
                   come
                   here
                   ;
                   if
                   you
                   do
                   ,
                   let
                   a
                   Letter
                   preceed
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   any
                   
                     strange
                     thing
                  
                   fall
                   out
                   this
                   *
                   Week
                   or
                   the
                   next
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   again
                   post
                   it
                   towards
                   you
                   ;
                   I
                   think
                   when
                   this
                   and
                   the
                   next
                   Week
                   is
                   gone
                   (
                   and
                   no
                   News
                   come
                   from
                   you
                   )
                   that
                   I
                   shall
                   set
                   forward
                   ,
                   being
                   still
                   so
                   ready
                   ,
                   as
                   that
                   in
                   12
                   hours
                   I
                   can
                   bid
                   adieu
                   :
                   The
                   Whiggs
                   are
                   very
                   low
                   as
                   well
                   in
                   City
                   as
                   in
                   the
                   Suburbs
                   ,
                   all
                   Meetings
                   being
                   every
                   Sunday
                   beset
                   with
                   Constables
                   to
                   keep
                   them
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   they
                   get
                   is
                   stollen
                   ,
                   either
                   at
                   evening
                   or
                   morning
                   .
                   This
                   Winter
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   Bankers
                   and
                   Goldsmiths
                   in
                   Lombardstreet
                   are
                   broken
                   and
                   gone
                   ;
                   The
                   Ba●tam
                   Factory
                   in
                   the
                   Indies
                   is
                   taken
                   by
                   the
                   
                     Dutch
                     ;
                     Confusion
                     ,
                     Confusion
                  
                   in
                   Town
                   and
                   Countrey
                   ,
                   such
                   as
                   you
                   never
                   saw
                   .
                   Mrs.
                   Ward
                   and
                   several
                   others
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   remembred
                   to
                   you
                   .
                   My
                   endeared
                   respects
                   to
                   your self
                   and
                   B.
                   with
                   the
                   young
                   men
                   arrived
                   .
                   This
                   I
                   have
                   writ
                   in
                   short
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   hast
                   ,
                   expecting
                   a
                   Line
                   with
                   as
                   great
                   hast
                   as
                   you
                   see
                   is
                   needful
                   ,
                   for
                   
                     Matters
                     are
                     full
                     as
                     high
                     as
                     I
                     tell
                     you
                     .
                  
                   Farewel
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     From
                     your
                     Friend
                     and
                     Servant
                     ,
                     while
                     
                       Io.
                       N.
                    
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Postscript
                     .
                     Be
                     sure
                     that
                     you
                     direct
                     not
                     for
                     Bednal-green
                     ;
                     but
                     for
                     me
                     at
                     Mr.
                     Mead's
                     in
                     Stepney
                     ,
                     near
                     London
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               By
               this
               time
               the
               Conspiracy
               had
               broke
               out
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Papers
               sent
               down
               from
               the
               Council-board
               there
               to
               the
               King's
               Officers
               in
               Scotland
               ;
               it
               was
               plain
               ,
               that
               Argile
               and
               some
               other
               Scotsmen
               had
               joyned
               in
               the
               Conspiracy
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               what
               follows
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       The
                       Abstract
                       of
                       the
                       English
                       Depositions
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         THomas
                         Shephard
                      
                       on
                       the
                       29.
                       of
                       Iune
                       1683.
                       deposed
                       ,
                       That
                       Mr.
                       Ferguson
                       told
                       him
                       of
                       an
                       General
                       Insurrection
                       intended
                       in
                       England
                       and
                       Scotland
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       in
                       order
                       to
                       it
                       ,
                       Sir
                       
                         Iohn
                         Cochran
                      
                       ,
                       Mr.
                       Baille
                       of
                       Ierviswood
                       ,
                       
                       Mr.
                       Monro
                       ,
                       Sir
                       
                         Hugh
                         Campbel
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       Sir
                       
                         George
                         Campbel
                      
                       of
                       Cesnocks
                       ▪
                       were
                       come
                       up
                       to
                       treat
                       with
                       the
                       Englishmen
                       about
                       it
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Argile
                       had
                       made
                       a
                       Proposition
                       ,
                       offering
                       for
                       30000.
                       pound
                       to
                       begin
                       the
                       Rebellion
                       in
                       Scotland
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       raise
                       a
                       great
                       Force
                       ;
                       and
                       ere
                       it
                       were
                       undone
                       ,
                       he
                       would
                       begin
                       with
                       10000.
                       
                    
                     
                       That
                       Mr.
                       Baillie
                       of
                       Ierviswood
                       told
                       him
                       frequently
                       ,
                       what
                       Steps
                       were
                       made
                       in
                       this
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       the
                       Lord
                       Russel
                       ,
                       &c.
                       had
                       agreed
                       to
                       raise
                       5000.
                       pound
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       they
                       expected
                       the
                       other
                       5000.
                       pound
                       to
                       be
                       raised
                       in
                       the
                       City
                       ,
                       which
                       failing
                       ,
                       the
                       Scots-men
                       were
                       to
                       go
                       beyond
                       Sea
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Baillie
                       told
                       him
                       ,
                       he
                       had
                       advised
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Argile
                       to
                       accept
                       of
                       this
                       10000.
                       
                       Pound
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       he
                       would
                       remit
                       it
                       into
                       Shepards
                       hand
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Mr.
                       Charleton
                       had
                       undertaken
                       to
                       raise
                       the
                       10000
                       pound
                       .
                       The
                       said
                       Shepard
                       declares
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       spoke
                       with
                       Commissar
                       Monro
                       sometimes
                       of
                       this
                       Money
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Sir
                       
                         Iohn
                         Cochran
                      
                       knows
                       of
                       it
                       also
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Monro
                       complained
                       to
                       him
                       that
                       it
                       was
                       too
                       little
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       the
                       delay
                       of
                       paying
                       it
                       would
                       ruin
                       them
                       all
                       :
                       On
                       the
                       24.
                       of
                       August
                       ,
                       the
                       said
                       Shepard
                       declares
                       ,
                       that
                       Baillie
                       did
                       send
                       Carsteres
                       to
                       him
                       ,
                       to
                       speak
                       further
                       of
                       these
                       things
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Sir
                       
                         Iohn
                         Cochran
                      
                       did
                       also
                       regrate
                       the
                       delay
                       in
                       payment
                       of
                       the
                       Money
                       ,
                       all
                       this
                       the
                       said
                       Shepard
                       deposes
                       upon
                       Oath
                       ;
                       as
                       is
                       contain'd
                       in
                       his
                       Deposition
                       repeated
                       in
                       the
                       following
                       Process
                       ,
                       Page
                       23.
                       
                    
                     
                       MAjor
                       Holms
                       declares
                       ,
                       That
                       he
                       knew
                       from
                       Mr.
                       Carstares
                       ,
                       that
                       some
                       person
                       proposed
                       the
                       raising
                       of
                       30000.
                       pound
                       to
                       be
                       given
                       to
                       Argile
                       for
                       buying
                       of
                       Arms
                       ,
                       towards
                       his
                       going
                       into
                       Scotland
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       10000.
                       pound
                       was
                       agreed
                       upon
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Duke
                       of
                       Monmouth
                       and
                       Lord
                       Russel
                       ,
                       did
                       send
                       him
                       word
                       by
                       Carstares
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Money
                       was
                       to
                       be
                       remitted
                       to
                       Argile
                       for
                       the
                       said
                       end
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       he
                       the
                       said
                       Holmes
                       had
                       writ
                       so
                       much
                       to
                       Argile
                       at
                       Carstares
                       desire
                       ,
                       that
                       Argile
                       did
                       send
                       to
                       him
                       many
                       Letters
                       in
                       Cyphers
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Mr.
                       Spence
                       knew
                       how
                       to
                       direct
                       them
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       shew'd
                       some
                       of
                       Argiles
                       Letters
                       to
                       Carstares
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Carstares
                       had
                       often
                       spoke
                       to
                       him
                       ,
                       both
                       in
                       the
                       Coffee-House
                       and
                       Exchange
                       ,
                       about
                       Argiles
                       going
                       into
                       Scotland
                       ,
                       to
                       carry
                       on
                       the
                       Conspiracy
                       :
                       that
                       he
                       cannot
                       Decypher
                       the
                       long
                       Letter
                       marked
                       Number
                       3.
                       nor
                       can
                       he
                       positively
                       say
                       to
                       whom
                       it
                       was
                       directed
                       ,
                       but
                       was
                       to
                       have
                       been
                       carried
                       by
                       Carstares
                       to
                       Ferguson
                       ,
                       and
                       by
                       him
                       to
                       the
                       other
                       chief
                       men
                       concerned
                       in
                       the
                       Design
                       :
                       That
                       the
                       Letters
                       marked
                       Number
                       ,
                       2
                       ,
                       is
                       from
                       the
                       Countess
                       of
                       Argile
                       to
                       her
                       Husband
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       the
                       Letter
                       marked
                       Number
                       5
                       ,
                       was
                       from
                       Argile
                       to
                       his
                       Lady
                       ,
                       which
                       he
                       knew
                       by
                       a
                       Mark
                       on
                       the
                       back
                       ;
                       That
                       Spence
                       went
                       by
                       the
                       name
                       of
                       Butler
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       the
                       late
                       Earl
                       of
                       Argiles
                       Letters
                       were
                       direct
                       to
                       him
                       by
                       Spence
                       ,
                       That
                       Castares
                       told
                       him
                       ,
                       the
                       persons
                       concerned
                       had
                       condescended
                       to
                       give
                       10000.
                       pounds
                       to
                       Argile
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       did
                       so
                       write
                       to
                       Argile
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Argile
                       had
                       writ
                       to
                       him
                       ,
                       that
                       30000.
                       pounds
                       was
                       the
                       least
                       he
                       could
                       accept
                       of
                       ;
                       This
                       was
                       given
                       in
                       by
                       Holms
                       on
                       the
                       3.
                       and
                       7.
                       of
                       December
                       ,
                       1683.
                       
                    
                     
                       
                         ZEchariah
                         Bourn
                      
                       on
                       the
                       10.
                       of
                       December
                       1683.
                       before
                       Secretary
                       ▪
                       Ienkins
                       deposeth
                       ,
                       That
                       Mr.
                       Baillie
                       did
                       sit
                       up
                       a
                       Night
                       or
                       two
                       with
                       Mr.
                       Ferguson
                       in
                       the
                       Deponents
                       House
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       they
                       went
                       several
                       times
                       to
                       the
                       Managers
                       of
                       the
                       Conspiracy
                       ,
                       that
                       Ferguson
                       told
                       him
                       their
                       main
                       Business
                       with
                       the
                       Conspirators
                       was
                       ,
                       for
                       getting
                       10000.
                       pound
                       promis'd
                       to
                       promove
                       the
                       Insurrection
                       in
                       Scotland
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Baillie
                       was
                       the
                       chief
                       man
                       in
                       it
                       next
                       to
                       Argile
                       ,
                       that
                       Ferguson
                       told
                       him
                       he
                       was
                       to
                       go
                       over
                       with
                       the
                       Bills
                       of
                       Exchange
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Argile
                       was
                       to
                       command
                       the
                       Scots
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         RObert
                         West
                      
                       declares
                       ,
                       That
                       Ferguson
                       told
                       him
                       that
                       Argile
                       would
                       raise
                       a
                       sturdy
                       Commotion
                       in
                       Scotland
                       ,
                       if
                       he
                       had
                       but
                       6000.
                       pounds
                       ;
                       that
                       Cessnock
                       ,
                       Sir
                       
                         Iohn
                         Cochran
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       other
                       Scots
                       ,
                       were
                       come
                       up
                       to
                       London
                       ,
                       under
                       pretence
                       
                       of
                       treating
                       for
                       Carolina
                       ;
                       but
                       in
                       truth
                       to
                       consert
                       matters
                       for
                       a
                       Design
                       in
                       Scotland
                       .
                    
                     
                       ON
                       the
                       29th
                       of
                       Iuly
                       ,
                       1683.
                       
                       Hepburn
                       ,
                       a
                       Scots
                       Vagrant
                       Minister
                       declared
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       knew
                       by
                       several
                       Hands
                       and
                       Persons
                       ,
                       that
                       there
                       was
                       a
                       Plot
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       rising
                       intended
                       both
                       in
                       Scotland
                       and
                       England
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               All
               these
               Depositions
               were
               taken
               in
               England
               ,
               except
               Earlstons
               and
               Campbels
               .
               After
               this
               ,
               one
               Mr.
               Spence
               ,
               who
               past
               under
               the
               name
               of
               Butler
               ,
               being
               apprehended
               there
               ,
               was
               sent
               to
               Scotland
               .
               Major
               Holms
               declared
               ,
               that
               Spence
               did
               pass
               under
               the
               name
               of
               Butler
               ,
               that
               he
               came
               over
               from
               Holland
               with
               a
               Cargo
               of
               Argiles
               Books
               ,
               to
               disperse
               them
               ,
               that
               he
               landed
               at
               Harwich
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               open
               Argiles
               Letters
               ,
               and
               was
               the
               person
               who
               directed
               many
               of
               Argiles
               Letters
               to
               him
               .
            
             
               These
               Proofs
               ,
               with
               what
               occurr'd
               in
               England
               ,
               were
               sufficient
               to
               convince
               all
               men
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               this
               Conspiracy
               ;
               but
               the
               perversness
               of
               Fanatick
               humors
               will
               neither
               admit
               of
               Confession
               nor
               Amendment
               :
               For
               albeit
               the
               Evidence
               did
               fully
               convince
               Juries
               and
               Judges
               :
               albeit
               Parties
               confess
               Associations
               and
               Resolutions
               to
               amend
               the
               Government
               in
               their
               own
               Methods
               :
               albeit
               some
               acknowledge
               designs
               to
               surprize
               the
               Kings
               Guards
               ,
               others
               to
               have
               a
               Parliament
               called
               (
               whether
               the
               King
               will
               or
               will
               not
               )
               to
               judge
               of
               the
               Government
               ;
               and
               severals
               with
               great
               remorse
               reveal
               their
               own
               resolutions
               to
               murder
               the
               Sacred
               Person
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               his
               Royal
               Brother
               ,
               and
               they
               adhering
               to
               this
               Confession
               ;
               yet
               Fanaticks
               will
               neither
               believe
               it
               ,
               nor
               allow
               others
               to
               do
               so
               ,
               but
               with
               unheard
               of
               Impudence
               treat
               so
               weighty
               a
               matter
               in
               Ridicule
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               who
               before
               had
               acted
               all
               ,
               which
               now
               could
               be
               feared
               should
               be
               now
               esteem'd
               incapable
               to
               fall
               in
               the
               like
               Actions
               ,
               albeit
               they
               openly
               avow
               the
               same
               Principles
               :
               and
               bold
               Pamphleters
               adventure
               to
               impose
               these
               clear
               Proofs
               as
               apert
               Falshoods
               upon
               the
               credulous
               World
               ,
               and
               too
               many
               were
               so
               ill
               minded
               as
               to
               believe
               them
               .
               But
               it
               's
               hoped
               ,
               that
               what
               follows
               will
               convince
               all
               good
               Men
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               what
               was
               discovered
               ,
               and
               silence
               all
               Libellers
               ,
               if
               Darkness
               must
               give
               place
               to
               Light.
               
            
             
               AT
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Discovery
               of
               the
               Conspiracy
               in
               England
               ,
               several
               Letters
               ,
               with
               two
               Keys
               for
               opening
               some
               mystical
               Words
               contain'd
               in
               them
               ,
               were
               found
               with
               Major
               Holms
               and
               others
               ,
               which
               Letters
               were
               known
               to
               be
               Argiles
               Hand-writ
               ,
               by
               those
               who
               were
               acquainted
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               being
               confess'd
               by
               the
               said
               Holms
               to
               be
               so
               ;
               they
               were
               considered
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               some
               imperfect
               Decyphers
               made
               of
               some
               of
               them
               there
               :
               many
               of
               which
               Letters
               ,
               with
               the
               Keys
               ,
               and
               these
               Decyphers
               were
               sent
               down
               to
               Scotland
               ;
               but
               they
               appeared
               so
               perplex'd
               ,
               what
               with
               Cyphers
               ,
               what
               with
               other
               secret
               Contrivances
               in
               Writing
               ,
               as
               that
               some
               who
               then
               had
               the
               chief
               management
               of
               Affairs
               there
               ,
               by
               their
               supine
               negligence
               made
               but
               little
               procedure
               in
               discovering
               them
               :
               Until
               a
               Secret
               Committee
               was
               appointed
               by
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               who
               considering
               that
               those
               Letters
               might
               contain
               Matters
               of
               importance
               ;
               did
               apply
               themselves
               with
               earnestness
               to
               search
               into
               them
               ;
               but
               finding
               them
               very
               intricate
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Decyphers
               which
               were
               sent
               from
               England
               did
               open
               nothing
               to
               purpose
               :
               They
               employed
               one
               Mr.
               Gray
               of
               Crichie
               ,
               and
               gave
               him
               for
               the
               first
               Experiment
               ,
               that
               Letter
               written
               by
               the
               Lady
               of
               Argile
               to
               her
               Husband
               ,
               thereupon
               to
               make
               an
               Essay
               ,
               which
               indeed
               proved
               more
               uneasie
               to
               unfold
               ,
               then
               any
               of
               the
               rest
               ;
               yet
               with
               much
               travel
               ,
               he
               did
               very
               ingeniously
               discover
               ,
               First
               ,
               that
               every
               Cypher
               was
               made
               up
               of
               two
               Figures
               ,
               Next
               ,
               That
               every
               Letter
               of
               the
               Alphabet
               was
               denoted
               by
               three
               different
               Cyphers
               ,
               which
               were
               promiscuously
               used
               in
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Word
               ;
               As
               
               likewise
               that
               there
               was
               Mute-figures
               mix'd
               in
               with
               many
               Words
               ,
               the
               more
               to
               confound
               the
               Discoverer
               :
               so
               that
               upon
               application
               of
               the
               triple
               Alphabet
               ,
               hereafter
               set
               down
               ,
               to
               this
               and
               several
               others
               of
               the
               Letters
               ;
               it
               was
               found
               to
               open
               them
               exactly
               .
            
             
               Of
               which
               first
               Discovery
               Mr.
               Gray
               having
               given
               an
               account
               to
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Secret
               Committee
               ,
               they
               found
               it
               evident
               ,
               and
               appointed
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Letters
               ,
               the
               English
               Keys
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Papers
               relating
               to
               that
               Business
               to
               be
               given
               him
               for
               his
               help
               in
               further
               Discoveries
               ;
               all
               which
               being
               considered
               ,
               it
               was
               observed
               ,
               that
               the
               middle
               Alphabet
               of
               that
               triple
               one
               found
               out
               in
               Scotland
               ,
               was
               the
               same
               with
               that
               found
               out
               in
               England
               ,
               which
               was
               made
               use
               of
               by
               Argile
               himself
               in
               his
               Letters
               ;
               yet
               his
               way
               of
               using
               it
               in
               his
               Writings
               was
               so
               perplex'd
               by
               the
               interposition
               of
               a
               great
               many
               Mute-figures
               ,
               that
               tho
               the
               Key
               was
               found
               out
               there
               ,
               yet
               some
               of
               the
               Letters
               could
               not
               be
               opened
               :
               And
               in
               full
               evidence
               of
               this
               first
               Discovery
               ,
               the
               said
               Letter
               is
               afterward
               set
               down
               ,
               both
               as
               it
               was
               written
               in
               the
               Cypher
               ,
               and
               also
               as
               it
               was
               Decyphered
               ,
               to
               which
               is
               added
               the
               triple
               Alphabet
               ,
               the
               Warrand
               thereof
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Letter
                   from
                   the
                   Countess
                   of
                   Argile
                   to
                   her
                   Husband
                   .
                
                 
                   Marked
                   Number
                   2.
                   
                
                 
                   87887886804482
                   ,
                   the
                   9
                   2315.
                   788982.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   Came
                   here
                   on
                   Tuesday
                   ,
                   where
                   I
                   found
                   70
                   4686442881788878
                   82●6
                   ,
                   44
                   8444868817
                   81
                   81818382
                   44817026464482
                   4386
                   and
                   the
                   70438983437088
                   ,
                   4
                   ,
                   8023261886
                   of
                   the
                   874487182382
                   all
                   the
                   8023261327
                   came
                   174426
                   to
                   see
                   29
                   ,
                   75
                   and
                   25
                   and
                   ●6
                   came
                   with
                   29
                   43
                   came
                   by
                   an
                   2326131426
                   with
                   all
                   151815
                   442618282326
                   and
                   43
                   82268984
                   ,
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   75
                   so
                   8944311413
                   for
                   43
                   12298228561032.
                   
                   We
                   hear
                   of
                   a
                   great
                   Circuit
                   Court
                   hath
                   been
                   at
                   Stirlin
                   ,
                   there
                   were
                   three
                   Shires
                   met
                   there
                   or
                   4.
                   and
                   M.
                   of
                   M.
                   and
                   the
                   Kings
                   Troop
                   ,
                   and
                   E.
                   B.
                   came
                   with
                   the
                   Herotors
                   of
                   Fife
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Troop
                   .
                   M.
                   of
                   M.
                   went
                   to
                   Glasgow
                   ,
                   but
                   some
                   of
                   his
                   Troop
                   is
                   at
                   Stirlin
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   were
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   sent
                   to
                   to
                   Edinburgh
                   for
                   an
                   Prisoner
                   they
                   say
                   they
                   call
                   Smith
                   ;
                   and
                   Friday
                   last
                   the
                   8.
                   of
                   Iune
                   ,
                   50
                   of
                   the
                   Kings
                   Troop
                   came
                   with
                   that
                   Smith
                   the
                   length
                   of
                   an
                   place
                   they
                   call
                   Inch-belly-bridge
                   as
                   they
                   go
                   to
                   Glasgow
                   ;
                   there
                   is
                   they
                   say
                   a
                   Moss
                   ,
                   and
                   near
                   it
                   a
                   House
                   and
                   a
                   Barn
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   they
                   came
                   near
                   the
                   Barn
                   8
                   armed
                   men
                   fired
                   at
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Guard
                   ,
                   and
                   shot
                   dead
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Murray
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   one
                   Shot
                   in
                   his
                   Forehead
                   ,
                   3
                   in
                   his
                   Body
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   in
                   his
                   Shoulder
                   ;
                   and
                   an
                   other
                   of
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   called
                   
                     Iohn
                     Bannatine
                  
                   was
                   shot
                   thorow
                   the
                   Arm
                   and
                   Side
                   ,
                   his
                   Arm
                   broken
                   to
                   Splinders
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   dead
                   before
                   this
                   time
                   ;
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   when
                   he
                   saw
                   them
                   ,
                   lighted
                   off
                   his
                   Horse
                   ,
                   and
                   run
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   got
                   an
                   long
                   Gun
                   from
                   his
                   Fellows
                   and
                   ran
                   into
                   the
                   Moss
                   ,
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   pursued
                   ,
                   but
                   got
                   none
                   of
                   them
                   taken
                   ,
                   but
                   many
                   is
                   in
                   pursuit
                   of
                   them
                   .
                   It
                   's
                   a
                   horrid
                   way
                   for
                   any
                   that
                   bears
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   Christians
                   to
                   associat
                   persons
                   to
                   Murder
                   on
                   the
                   High-ways
                   :
                   There
                   is
                   an
                   Story
                   going
                   here
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Ship
                   put
                   in
                   to
                   Newcastle
                   which
                   had
                   some
                   Box
                   from
                   Rebellious
                   people
                   in
                   Holland
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   to
                   Land
                   ,
                   a
                   Waiter
                   came
                   to
                   search
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Box
                   was
                   cast
                   into
                   the
                   Sea
                   ,
                   at
                   which
                   the
                   Waiter
                   called
                   the
                   Ship-Master
                   to
                   catch
                   the
                   Box
                   as
                   he
                   would
                   be
                   answerable
                   ;
                   so
                   it
                   's
                   said
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   got
                   and
                   sent
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   
                     Io.
                     Br.
                  
                   and
                   some
                   of
                   L.
                   St.
                   Andrews
                   Murderers
                   was
                   come
                   to
                   Scotland
                   to
                   make
                   trouble
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   would
                   hope
                   such
                   a
                   Crew
                   shall
                   never
                   get
                   fitting
                   here
                   nor
                   harbour
                   .
                   I
                   must
                   here
                   bid
                   you
                   adieu
                   ,
                   I
                   use
                   not
                   to
                   write
                   so
                   much
                   News
                   as
                   this
                   is
                   .
                   I
                   got
                   not
                   writ
                   last
                   Week
                   ,
                   because
                   poor
                   70261217181412
                   is
                   sick
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   88868927888132201488142627
                   to
                   every
                   2322
                   ,
                   I
                   
                   have
                   got
                   nothing
                   done
                   in
                   my
                   Affairs
                   ,
                   our
                   Trade
                   goes
                   ill
                   on
                   ;
                   but
                   16231318172384
                   will
                   171420548144
                   to
                   111410261020
                   I
                   am
                   sorry
                   I
                   121022132322232817182216
                   for
                   29
                   I
                   am
                   this
                   far
                   on
                   my
                   way
                   to
                   18222914261022
                   and
                   to
                   see
                   81321318142617
                   I
                   shall
                   give
                   20
                   account
                   when
                   I
                   come
                   back
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   fear
                   till
                   then
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   get
                   writ
                   ,
                   for
                   my
                   Boy
                   is
                   sick
                   .
                   I
                   sent
                   the
                   Letter
                   to
                   20
                   211028
                   who
                   I
                   saw
                   on
                   Wednesday
                   ,
                   43
                   told
                   me
                   he
                   had
                   received
                   yours
                   ;
                   but
                   did
                   not
                   yet
                   261410131828
                   which
                   I
                   confess
                   I
                   thought
                   a
                   little
                   strange
                   ,
                   being
                   at
                   least
                   8
                   days
                   with
                   him
                   781822291828141343171826
                   to
                   stay
                   with
                   29
                   but
                   43
                   would
                   not
                   ,
                   but
                   said
                   7819221429
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   meet
                   151828
                   nor
                   874415
                   for
                   43
                   to
                   8032
                   at
                   this
                   17232927182710181318
                   thought
                   none
                   would
                   be
                   so
                   1802
                   as
                   to
                   take
                   that
                   182043121021
                   not
                   ,
                   I
                   said
                   75
                   never
                   stood
                   to
                   shew
                   his
                   constant
                   19322243527427
                   to
                   29
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   belonged
                   to
                   43
                   20
                   21108820
                   is
                   very
                   1129271814
                   17181426
                   doing
                   that
                   43
                   18
                   hope
                   hath
                   no
                   242014272926
                   1822
                   and
                   I
                   hear
                   ,
                   for
                   10
                   20
                   43
                   13232887
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   291026102213
                   to
                   20
                   121027281020171820
                   to
                   get
                   43
                   24201012
                   but
                   2021
                   knows
                   not
                   yet
                   ;
                   there
                   was
                   22
                   1429142627291217
                   29102619
                   as
                   has
                   1114
                   2
                   2171426
                   it
                   makes
                   10
                   20
                   in
                   15141026
                   some
                   272921
                   14211317
                   1426
                   for
                   27244419182216
                   with
                   1822281426122321
                   1422
                   1413
                   2418241420
                   the
                   27281820
                   of
                   their
                   17232682
                   832181426
                   10
                   1623
                   75
                   hath
                   so
                   27281819201413
                   for
                   them
                   all
                   that
                   hath
                   procured
                   43
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   love
                   from
                   the
                   12232228261032
                   and
                   somewhat
                   142027
                   from
                   others
                   it
                   's
                   the
                   2728261022161427●8
                   thing
                   tho
                   it
                   could
                   not
                   1114
                   24262329●422
                   they
                   could
                   not
                   161428
                   an
                   281127232029102814281820
                   they
                   2810ck
                   the
                   88448788
                   and
                   241032
                   a
                   16261828
                   13181020
                   to
                   887081
                   468386434482
                   the
                   4280708619
                   who
                   16142827
                   too
                   great
                   131420
                   of
                   2123221814
                   there
                   was
                   one
                   here
                   a
                   1514291426
                   of
                   29
                   that
                   lives
                   in
                   2710201422.
                   that
                   was
                   most
                   292218292728203227293120221317181426
                   ii32
                   on
                   241028102228
                   for
                   speaking
                   282614272322
                   I
                   spoke
                   to
                   2021
                   for
                   43
                   but
                   none
                   befriended
                   43
                   or
                   appear'd
                   for
                   him
                   but
                   75
                   who
                   did
                   1126182216432315
                   ,
                   the
                   282614272322
                   was
                   only
                   good
                   of
                   29
                   the
                   other
                   tho
                   the
                   favorit
                   of
                   the
                   1220102619
                   was
                   15292213
                   10
                   20321426
                   and
                   Ja.
                   23201815102228
                   23
                   1i27232029141323
                   ii2928
                   1812292013
                   29261428
                   10
                   long
                   Letter
                   to
                   29
                   who
                   I
                   think
                   1710241814
                   1114
                   2328171426.
                   
                
                 
                 
                   
                     Postscript
                     .
                  
                   
                     Let
                     these
                     News
                     be
                     known
                     to
                     your
                     Scots
                     Friends
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   This
                   Letter
                   Opened
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Stirling
                     
                       the
                       9
                       of
                       June
                    
                  
                
                 
                   I
                   Came
                   here
                   on
                   Tuesday
                   ,
                   where
                   I
                   found
                   a
                   great
                   Meeting
                   ,
                   E.
                   Perth
                   ,
                   M.
                   Mon.
                   E.
                   
                     Marr.
                     Gen.
                     Dr.
                  
                   and
                   the
                   Advocat
                   ,
                   four
                   Lords
                   of
                   the
                   Session
                   ;
                   all
                   the
                   Lords
                   came
                   here
                   to
                   see
                   W.
                   F.
                   and
                   Q.
                   and
                   R.
                   came
                   with
                   W.
                   D.
                   came
                   by
                   an
                   order
                   with
                   all
                   Fife
                   Heretors
                   and
                   D's
                   Troop
                   .
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   F.
                   so
                   vexed
                   for
                   D.
                   countrey
                   (
                   here
                   is
                   in
                   plain
                   writing
                   some
                   Scots
                   News
                   till
                   it
                   came
                   to
                   this
                   )
                   I
                   got
                   not
                   Write
                   the
                   last
                   week
                   ,
                   because
                   poor
                   
                     Archie
                     C.
                  
                   is
                   sick
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   trust
                   my
                   Letters
                   to
                   every
                   one
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   got
                   nothing
                   done
                   in
                   my
                   affairs
                   ,
                   our
                   Trade
                   goes
                   ill
                   on
                   ;
                   but
                   God
                   I
                   hope
                   will
                   help
                   me
                   to
                   bear
                   all
                   .
                   I
                   am
                   sory
                   I
                   can
                   do
                   nothing
                   for
                   W.
                   I
                   am
                   this
                   far
                   on
                   my
                   way
                   to
                   Inveran
                   and
                   to
                   see
                   my
                   dear
                   H.
                   I
                   shall
                   give
                   L.
                   account
                   when
                   I
                   come
                   back
                   :
                   and
                   I
                   fear
                   till
                   then
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   get
                   Write
                   ,
                   for
                   my
                   boy
                   is
                   sick
                   .
                   I
                   sent
                   the
                   Letter
                   to
                   L.
                   Mat.
                   who
                   I
                   saw
                   on
                   Wednesday
                   ,
                   D.
                   told
                   me
                   he
                   had
                   received
                   yours
                   ,
                   but
                   did
                   not
                   yet
                   Read
                   it
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   confess
                   I
                   thought
                   a
                   little
                   strange
                   ,
                   being
                   at
                   least
                   eight
                   
                   dayes
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   I
                   invited
                   D.
                   here
                   to
                   stay
                   with
                   W
                   ▪
                   but
                   D.
                   would
                   not
                   ,
                   but
                   said
                   I
                   knew
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   meet
                   ,
                   fit
                   ,
                   nor
                   safe
                   for
                   D.
                   to
                   ly
                   at
                   this
                   House
                   ;
                   I
                   said
                   I
                   thought
                   none
                   would
                   be
                   so
                   ill
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   take
                   that
                   ill
                   ;
                   D.
                   came
                   not
                   ,
                   I
                   said
                   F.
                   never
                   stood
                   to
                   shew
                   his
                   constant
                   kindness
                   to
                   W.
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   belonged
                   to
                   D.
                   L.
                   Matl
                   .
                   is
                   very
                   busie
                   here
                   doing
                   what
                   D.
                   I
                   hope
                   hath
                   no
                   pleasure
                   in
                   ▪
                   and
                   I
                   hear
                   for
                   all
                   D.
                   does
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   warrant
                   to
                   L.
                   Castlehill
                   to
                   get
                   D.
                   place
                   ;
                   but
                   L.
                   M.
                   knows
                   not
                   yet
                   .
                   There
                   was
                   never
                   such
                   work
                   as
                   has
                   been
                   here
                   ,
                   it
                   makes
                   all
                   in
                   fear
                   ,
                   some
                   summoned
                   for
                   speaking
                   with
                   Intercommuned
                   people
                   the
                   stile
                   of
                   their
                   Horn.
                   Eight
                   years
                   ago
                   :
                   F.
                   hath
                   so
                   stickled
                   for
                   them
                   all
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   hath
                   procured
                   him
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   love
                   from
                   the
                   Countrey
                   ,
                   and
                   somewhat
                   else
                   from
                   others
                   ,
                   it
                   s
                   the
                   strangest
                   thing
                   ,
                   tho
                   it
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   proven
                   they
                   could
                   not
                   get
                   an
                   absolvitor
                   ,
                   they
                   take
                   the
                   Test
                   ,
                   and
                   pay
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   to
                   
                     Tam
                     Gordon
                  
                   the
                   Clerk
                   ,
                   who
                   gets
                   too
                   great
                   a
                   deal
                   of
                   Money
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   one
                   here
                   a
                   Feuar
                   of
                   W.
                   that
                   lives
                   in
                   Salen
                   that
                   was
                   most
                   unjustly
                   summoned
                   here
                   by
                   one
                   Paton
                   for
                   speaking
                   Treason
                   ,
                   I
                   spoke
                   to
                   L.
                   M.
                   for
                   D.
                   but
                   none
                   befriended
                   D.
                   or
                   appeared
                   for
                   D.
                   but.
                   F.
                   who
                   did
                   bring
                   D.
                   off
                   .
                   The
                   Treason
                   was
                   only
                   good
                   of
                   W.
                   The
                   other
                   tho
                   the
                   favorit
                   of
                   the
                   Clerk
                   was
                   found
                   a
                   liar
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Iames
                     Oliphant
                  
                   absolved
                   ,
                   O
                   but
                   I
                   could
                   write
                   a
                   long
                   Letter
                   to
                   W.
                   who
                   I
                   think
                   happy
                   be
                   others
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   
                     Postscript
                     .
                  
                   
                     Let
                     these
                     News
                     be
                     known
                     to
                     your
                     Scots
                     Friends
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               Nota
               ,
               
                 That
                 after
                 this
                 Letter
                 was
                 Deciphered
                 ,
                 the
                 Letter
              
               D.
               
                 which
                 was
                 denoted
                 by
                 the
                 Figure
              
               43
               ,
               
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 found
                 out
                 ,
                 until
                 the
                 Secret
                 Committe
                 appointed
                 the
                 Kings
                 Advocat
                 and
                 Sir
              
               William
               Paterson
               ,
               
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Clerks
                 of
                 the
                 Privy
                 Council
                 ,
                 to
                 Examine
                 the
                 Countess
                 of
              
               Argile
               
                 upon
                 the
                 meaning
                 thereof
                 ,
                 who
                 declared
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 no
                 proper
                 name
                 ,
                 but
                 wherever
                 it
                 was
                 placed
                 in
                 the
                 Letter
                 ,
                 it
                 stood
                 for
                 a
                 Relative
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Clavis
                 of
                 this
                 Letter
              
               
                 D.
                 stands
                 for
                 the
                 relatives
                 he
                 ,
                 his
                 ,
                 their
                 ,
                 him
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 W.
                 stands
                 for
                 Argile
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Lady
                 ,
                 or
                 me
                 ,
                 yours
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 L.
                 stands
                 for
                 Lorn
                 ,
                 conform
                 to
                 the
                 Countess
                 her
                 Deposition
                 .
              
               
                 L.
                 M.
                 stands
                 for
                 Lord
                 Maitland
                 .
              
               
                 F.
                 
              
               
                 Q.
                 
              
               
                 R.
                 
              
            
             
             
               The
               Key
               of
               Words
               ,
               whereof
               two
               Copies
               were
               found
               with
               Major
               Holms
               ,
               one
               of
               them
               being
               Mr.
               Carstares
               hand
               Writ
               ,
               and
               confest
               by
               him
               to
               be
               the
               Key
               of
               their
               correspondence
               ,
               in
               which
               also
               there
               is
               an
               Alphabet
               different
               from
               the
               other
               three
               ,
               for
               which
               as
               yet
               we
               have
               found
               no
               use
               ;
               the
               middle
               Column
               is
               thought
               only
               to
               be
               Mute
               Figures
               ,
               to
               confound
               the
               design
               of
               the
               Key
               .
               So
               that
               one
               word
               is
               only
               set
               down
               for
               another
               ,
               as
               Ker
               stands
               for
               
                 King
                 ,
                 Birch
              
               for
               
                 England
                 ,
                 Brand
              
               for
               Scotland
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 King
              
               
                 40
                 Ker
              
               
                 D.
                 York
              
               
                 71
                 Corse
              
               
                 D.
                 Mon.
                 
              
               
                 39
                 White
              
               
                 E.
                 Roch.
                 
              
               
                 37
                 Whit
              
               
                 E.
                 Halifax
              
               
                 43
                 Whyte
              
               
                 The
                 Court
              
               
                 45
                 West
              
               
                 The
                 Council
              
               
                 50
                 Westli
              
               
                 One
                 of
                 the
                 Council
              
               
                 57
                 East
              
               
                 The
                 Torries
              
               
                 30
                 Westly
              
               
                 The
                 Whiggs
              
               
                 22
                 Brown
              
               
                 The
                 City
              
               
                 18
                 Wilson
              
               
                 The
                 Mayor
              
               
                 27
                 Watson
              
               
                 Sheriffs
              
               
                 31
                 Brun
              
               
                 Court
                 of
                 Aldermen
              
               
                 36
                 Baxter
              
               
                 Common
                 Council
              
               
                 35
                 Barker
              
               
                 L.
                 Russel
              
               
                 29
                 Weste
              
               
                 E.
                 Essex
              
               
                 32
                 Wilson
              
               
                 Dissenting
                 Lords
              
               
                 47
                 Browne
              
               
                 Bishops
                 of
                 England
              
               
                 61
                 Wood
              
               
                 The
                 Clergy
              
               
                 65
                 Child
              
               
                 Non-conformists
              
               
                 64
                 Chyld
              
               
                 England
              
               
                 73
                 Birch
              
               
                 France
              
               
                 72
                 Birche
              
               
                 The
                 States
              
               
                 44
                 Heart
              
               
                 The
                 Prince
              
               
                 38
                 Harwood
              
               
                 Forces
              
               
                 17
                 Hal
              
               
                 Horse
              
               
                 28
                 Hilyard
              
               
                 Foot
              
               
                 90
                 Hickman
              
               
                 1000
                 of
                 the
                 one
                 or
                 —
                 other
                 ,
                 a
                 tick
                 after
                 .
              
               
                 his
                 so
                 many
                 partners
                 .
              
               
                 and
                 so
                 forth
                 a
                 100
                 —
                 a
                 stroak
                 after
                 ,
                 thus
                 .
              
               
                 his
                 so
                 many
                 neighbours
                 .
              
               
                 Arms
              
               
                 75
                 Chylde
              
               
                 Money
              
               
                 80
                 Hall
              
               
                 100
                 or
                 1000
                 
                   lib
                   Sterl
                
                 .
                 for
                 the
                 number
                 100
                 or
                 1000
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 stroak
                 ,
                 or
                 tick
                 ,
                 as
                 above
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 5
                 ves
                 beneath
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 10ths
                 before
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 little
                 figure
                 underneath
                 to
                 mark
                 the
                 number
                 .
              
               
                 so
                 many
                 associats
                 or
                 sharers
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 Officers
              
               
                 81
                 Ramsey
              
               
                 A
                 General
              
               
                 88
                 Bareley
              
               
                 Col.
                 Sidley
              
               
                 96
                 Ramsoy
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Holms
              
               
                 53
                 Barclay
              
               
                 Commissar
                 Monro
              
               
                 59
                 Reid
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Cochran
                
              
               
                 49
                 Rac
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Carstairs
              
               
                 74
                 Red
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Stewart
              
               
                 83
                 Harlay
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Athol
              
               
                 84
                 Harlaie
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Huntly
              
               
                 77
                 Ross
              
               
                 Scotland
              
               
                 10
                 Brand
              
               
                 Council
                 there
              
               
                 92
                 Boid
              
               
                 Chancellor
              
               
                 11
                 Calender
              
               
                 Queensberry
              
               
                 15
                 Davidson
              
               
                 D.
                 Ham.
                 
              
               
                 93
                 Boyd
              
               
                 E.
                 Argile
              
               
                 67
                 Forrest
              
               
                 Scots
                 Forces
              
               
                 66
                 Forret
              
               
                 Scots
                 Fanaticks
              
               
                 42
                 Goven
              
               
                 Scots
                 n.
                 c.
                 Ministers
              
               
                 13
                 Lands
              
               
                 Scots
                 Clergy
              
               
                 5
                 Menzies
              
               
                 The
                 West
              
               
                 6
                 Mason
              
               
                 The
                 High-lands
              
               
                 7
                 Wright
              
               
                 The
                 South
                 .
              
               
                 9
                 Ma●son
              
               
                 The
                 North
              
               
                 95
                 Nairn
              
               
                 Edenburgh
              
               
                 26
                 Ross
              
               
                 The
                 Castle
              
               
                 25
                 Masone
              
               
                 Dumbareon
              
               
                 24
                 Thoms●n
              
               
                 The
                 East
              
               
                 20
                 Tomson
              
               
                 The
                 Scots
                 Gent.
                 
              
               
                 21
                 Grein
              
               
                 The
                 Gent.
                 at
                 Lond.
                 
              
               
                 94
                 Gray
              
               
                 The
                 Borders
              
               
                 76
                 Menzies
              
               
                 Ships
                 for
                 their
                 number
                 a
                 figure
                 added
              
               
                 99
                 Mr.
                 Berrie
              
               
                 A
                 Garrison
              
               
                 98
                 Bierre
              
               
                 Religion
              
               
                 48
                 Bass
              
               
                 Popery
              
               
                 58
                 Sibbet
              
               
                 Papists
              
               
                 51
                 Long
              
               
                 Scots
                 Nobility
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 a
                 friend
                 of
                 h.
                 
              
               
                 52
                 Sibit
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Alphabet
                 .
              
               
                 a
              
               
                 12
              
               
                 b
              
               
                 14
              
               
                 c
              
               
                 16
              
               
                 d
              
               
                 19
              
               
                 e
              
               
                 23
              
               
                 f
              
               
                 28
              
               
                 g
              
               
                 29
              
               
                 h
              
               
                 33
              
               
                 i
              
               
                 34
              
               
                 k
              
               
                 41
              
               
                 l
              
               
                 42
              
               
                 m
              
               
                 46
              
               
                 n
              
               
                 54
              
               
                 o
              
               
                 55
              
               
                 p
              
               
                 56
              
               
                 q
              
               
                 60
              
               
                 r
              
               
                 63
              
               
                 s
              
               
                 68
              
               
                 t
              
               
                 69
              
               
                 u
              
               
                 70
              
               
                 v
              
               
                 78
              
               
                 w
              
               
                 79
              
               
                 x
              
               
                 82
              
               
                 y
              
               
                 85
              
               
                 z
              
               
                 86
              
               
                 &
              
               
                 89
              
            
             
               
                 An
                 Addition
                 in
                 the
                 Key
                 ,
                 written
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Carstares
                 .
              
               
                 Old
                 Friend
                 is
                 Tome
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Kiffin
                 is
                 Bishop
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Cox
                 is
                 Crafts
                 .
              
               
                 Lock
                 is
                 Huxter
                 .
              
               
                 Cessnock
                 is
                 Cozens
                 .
              
               
                 Ierviswood
                 is
                 Ball.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 surprize
                 is
                 to
                 speak
                 with
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 land
                 is
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 march
                 is
                 to
                 deal
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 make
                 prisoner
                 is
                 to
                 agree
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 fight
                 is
                 to
                 talk
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 disarm
                 is
                 to
                 help
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 kill
                 is
                 to
                 see
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 give
                 quarters
                 is
                 to
                 ●ear
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 overcome
                 is
                 to
                 find
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 
                   Here
                   follows
                   the
                   Alphabetical
                   Key
                   ,
                   found
                   out
                   by
                   the
                   said
                   Mr.
                   Gray
                   ,
                   which
                   opened
                   the
                   Countess
                   of
                   Argiles
                   Letter
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     a
                  
                   
                     b
                  
                   
                     c
                  
                   
                     d
                  
                   
                     e
                  
                   
                     f
                  
                   
                     g
                  
                   
                     h
                  
                   
                     i
                  
                   
                     k
                  
                   
                     l
                  
                   
                     m
                  
                   
                     n
                  
                   
                     o
                  
                   
                     p
                  
                   
                     q
                  
                   
                     r
                  
                   
                     s
                  
                   
                     t
                  
                   
                     u
                  
                   
                     w
                  
                   
                     x
                  
                   
                     y
                  
                   
                     z
                  
                   
                     ●
                  
                
                 
                   
                     10
                  
                   
                     11
                  
                   
                     12
                  
                   
                     13
                  
                   
                     14
                  
                   
                     15
                  
                   
                     16
                  
                   
                     17
                  
                   
                     18
                  
                   
                     19
                  
                   
                     20
                  
                   
                     21
                  
                   
                     22
                  
                   
                     23
                  
                   
                     24
                  
                   
                     25
                  
                   
                     26
                  
                   
                     27
                  
                   
                     28
                  
                   
                     29
                  
                   
                     30
                  
                   
                     31
                  
                   
                     32
                  
                   
                     3
                  
                   
                     34
                  
                
                 
                   
                     40
                  
                   
                     41
                  
                   
                     42
                  
                   
                     43
                  
                   
                     44
                  
                   
                     45
                  
                   
                     46
                  
                   
                     47
                  
                   
                     48
                  
                   
                     49
                  
                   
                     50
                  
                   
                     51
                  
                   
                     52
                  
                   
                     53
                  
                   
                     54
                  
                   
                     55
                  
                   
                     56
                  
                   
                     57
                  
                   
                     58
                  
                   
                     59
                  
                   
                     60
                  
                   
                     61
                  
                   
                     62
                  
                   
                     63
                  
                   
                     64
                  
                
                 
                   
                     70
                  
                   
                     71
                  
                   
                     72
                  
                   
                     73
                  
                   
                     74
                  
                   
                     75
                  
                   
                     76
                  
                   
                     77
                  
                   
                     78
                  
                   
                     79
                  
                   
                     80
                  
                   
                     81
                  
                   
                     82
                  
                   
                     83
                  
                   
                     84
                  
                   
                     85
                  
                   
                     86
                  
                   
                     87
                  
                   
                     88
                  
                   
                     89
                  
                   
                     90
                  
                   
                     91
                  
                   
                     92
                  
                   
                     93
                  
                   
                     94
                  
                
              
            
             
               The
               next
               Letter
               Decyphered
               by
               the
               foresaid
               Mr.
               Gray
               ,
               answering
               exactly
               to
               the
               middle
               Alphabet
               of
               the
               said
               Key
               ;
               was
               a
               little
               one
               written
               in
               a
               Paper
               ,
               and
               inclosed
               in
               a
               Letter
               to
               Mr.
               West
               ,
               at
               Mr.
               Staples
               in
               South-wark
               Coffeehouse
               ,
               in
               
                 Bartholomew-Lane
                 ,
                 London
              
               ,
               dated
               the
               24
               of
               Iune
               (
               the
               Letters
               direct
               to
               Major
               Holms
               being
               declared
               by
               Spence
               and
               Mr.
               Carstares
               to
               pass
               under
               this
               kind
               of
               Direction
               ,
               )
               which
               little
               Paper
               inclosed
               within
               the
               said
               Letter
               ,
               here
               follows
               both
               in
               Cypher
               ,
               and
               Decypher
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   A
                   little
                   Letter
                   written
                   by
                   Argile
                   ,
                   all
                   in
                   Cypher
                   ,
                   and
                   confounded
                   with
                   Mutes
                   .
                
                 
                   32674845254324512641443651404344692837●6545648575352394
                   456274744294857395053575822535340504852585764545956545357
                   445768584756484244516921564443575140434428545653545358485
                   8485352205345445944566●6758474852463251484647585744425956
                   443941564052436048584753595840415361645847445258534344405
                   0446048584741●8564247415958485848575253585840504948524660
                   485043534448586460474058485774405444524443524444435752535
                   8474852434456415958574753595043455956584744564451.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   said
                   Letter
                   Decyphered
                   .
                
                 
                   32
                   67
                   If
                   25
                   D.
                   24
                   M.
                   26
                   be
                   36
                   made
                   69
                   28
                   37
                   26
                   Prison
                   39
                   er
                   27
                   he
                   29
                   is
                   39
                   lost
                   22
                   to
                   all
                   Intents
                   and
                   Purposes
                   ,
                   68
                   thrice
                   M.
                   6921
                   Reds
                   made
                   28
                   Proposition
                   20
                   of
                   every
                   67
                   thing
                   32
                   might
                   secure
                   ,
                   39
                   Brand
                   without
                   a
                   Box
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   to
                   deal
                   with
                   Birch
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   talking
                   will
                   do
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   is
                   hapened
                   needs
                   not
                   hinder
                   but
                   should
                   further
                   '
                   em
                   .
                
              
            
             
               This
               Letter
               was
               opened
               by
               the
               middle
               Alphabet
               before
               set
               down
               :
               so
               the
               significant
               Figures
               read
               thus
               in
               plain
               Writing
               .
            
             
               IF
               D.
               *
               M.
               be
               made
               Prisoner
               ,
               he
               is
               lost
               to
               all
               Intents
               and
               Purposes
               ,
               thrice
               Mr.
               Reds
               made
               proposition
               of
               every
               thing
               might
               secure
               Brand
               without
               a
               Box
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               deal
               with
               Birch
               :
               But
               it
               is
               not
               talking
               will
               do
               it
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               happened
               ,
               needs
               not
               hinder
               ,
               but
               should
               further
               '
               em
               .
            
             
               By
               M.
               Red
               ,
               Mr.
               Carstares
               is
               signified
               ,
               Brand
               is
               Scotland
               ,
               and
               Birch
               England
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Key
               of
               Words
               ,
               which
               was
               found
               with
               Major
               Holms
               :
               Mr.
               Carstares
               Deposition
               insert
               in
               Ierviswoods
               Process
               will
               further
               inform
               as
               to
               the
               tenor
               and
               intent
               of
               this
               Letter
               .
            
             
               This
               Letter
               was
               writ
               in
               all
               probability
               after
               that
               he
               heard
               ,
               that
               the
               Conspiracy
               was
               discovered
               ;
               for
               the
               plain
               Letter
               in
               which
               this
               Cypher
               was
               inclosed
               ,
               seem'd
               to
               be
               a
               part
               of
               his
               Lamentations
               .
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Letter
                   follows
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       24
                       Iune
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Sir
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   I
                   Have
                   received
                   yours
                   19
                   instant
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   inclosed
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   indeed
                   sad
                   ;
                   yet
                   God
                   guides
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   will
                   work
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   he
                   intends
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   he
                   purposes
                   will
                   at
                   length
                   prevail
                   .
                   I
                   had
                   newly
                   read
                   the
                   first
                   Treatise
                   of
                   the
                   big
                   Book
                   you
                   sent
                   me
                   ,
                   pray
                   read
                   the
                   last
                   Lines
                   of
                   the
                   3
                   d
                   Chapter
                   ,
                   Pag.
                   152
                   of
                   that
                   Treatise
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   you
                   please
                   some
                   Leaves
                   before
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   20
                   that
                   follows
                   ,
                   he
                   mistakes
                   the
                   calculations
                   of
                   the
                   numbers
                   of
                   Years
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   matter
                   looks
                   as
                   like
                   our
                   present
                   Circumstances
                   as
                   any
                   such
                   thing
                   can
                   do
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Party
                   were
                   alive
                   he
                   could
                   say
                   little
                   more
                   :
                   What
                   you
                   writ
                   will
                   make
                   me
                   long
                   to
                   hear
                   again
                   :
                   Our
                   Scribe
                   it
                   seems
                   is
                   an
                   unhappy
                   man
                   :
                   Desire
                   M.
                   B.
                   to
                   buy
                   me
                   B.
                   Vshers
                   Prophecy
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   have
                   seen
                   in
                   Print
                   by
                   it self
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   possible
                   to
                   get
                   me
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   that
                   little
                   Book
                   you
                   once
                   lent
                   me
                   ,
                   wherein
                   is
                   a
                   Speech
                   I
                   copied
                   ;
                   he
                   may
                   look
                   for
                   it
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 This
                 Letter
                 was
                 also
                 direct
                 to
                 Mr.
                 West
                 .
              
            
             
               By
               these
               two
               Letters
               ,
               it
               appears
               ;
               That
               albeit
               by
               the
               Providence
               God
               the
               Conspiracy
               was
               discovered
               ,
               and
               the
               Designs
               thereof
               defeated
               ,
               yet
               nothing
               would
               either
               divert
               or
               deterr
               Argile
               from
               prosecuting
               so
               glorious
               a
               Work
               :
               For
               so
               he
               had
               promised
               before
               it
               was
               discovered
               ,
               by
               several
               of
               his
               Letters
               ;
               as
               appears
               particularly
               by
               one
               direct
               to
               Mr.
               West
               ,
               dated
               19
               Iune
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Another
                   adressed
                   to
                   Holms
                   ,
                   marked
                   
                     n.
                     4.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       19
                       Iune
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Sir
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   THis
                   Morning
                   I
                   received
                   yours
                   ,
                   15
                   instant
                   ,
                   but
                   can
                   say
                   little
                   till
                   I
                   meet
                   with
                   Mr.
                   Red
                   ;
                   only
                   you
                   may
                   be
                   sure
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   not
                   be
                   a
                   small
                   matter
                   will
                   make
                   me
                   desert
                   your
                   Service
                   ,
                   and
                   especially
                   no
                   concerns
                   of
                   my
                   own
                   :
                   and
                   none
                   shall
                   be
                   more
                   sparing
                   of
                   your
                   credite
                   that
                   understands
                   the
                   Trade
                   .
                   I
                   doubt
                   not
                   after
                   I
                   have
                   spoke
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   to
                   convince
                   you
                   of
                   what
                   I
                   shall
                   then
                   give
                   you
                   as
                   my
                   opinion
                   ,
                   and
                   leave
                   the
                   issue
                   to
                   God
                   Almighty
                   .
                   I
                   am
                   very
                   sensible
                   of
                   all
                   your
                   kindness
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   good
                   honest
                   
                     M.
                     L.
                  
                   pray
                   return
                   him
                   my
                   thanks
                   :
                   As
                   for
                   my
                   other
                   Friend
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   life
                   of
                   all
                   ,
                   pray
                   tell
                   him
                   I
                   must
                   once
                   see
                   him
                   before
                   I
                   need
                   that
                   you
                   offer
                   to
                   send
                   me
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   then
                   time
                   enough
                   to
                   dispose
                   of
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   made
                   use
                   of
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   he
                   shall
                   hear
                   of
                   it
                   to
                   his
                   satisfaction
                   :
                   I
                   perceive
                   by
                   it
                   ,
                   he
                   hopes
                   well
                   of
                   me
                   :
                   It
                   made
                   me
                   smile
                   when
                   I
                   read
                   your
                   Letter
                   :
                   When
                   I
                   know
                   that
                   Mr.
                   B.
                   is
                   with
                   you
                   I
                   can
                   write
                   at
                   greater
                   length
                   of
                   all
                   your
                   Affairs
                   .
                   I
                   will
                   now
                   long
                   to
                   hear
                   how
                   the
                   last
                   Parcel
                   of
                   Goods
                   I
                   sent
                   you
                   pleases
                   the
                   Merchants
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   long
                   of
                   coming
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   hope
                   are
                   not
                   yet
                   out
                   of
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   ever
                   the
                   fault
                   is
                   may
                   be
                   helped
                   in
                   the
                   next
                   Parcel
                   .
                   Adieu
                   .
                
                 
                   Haste
                   back
                   .
                   
                     M.
                     B.
                  
                   direct
                   the
                   inclosed
                   by
                   his
                   advice
                   .
                
                 
                   Directed
                   .
                   Mr.
                   West
                   ,
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                     Shepneys
                     South-wark
                  
                   Coffee-House
                   in
                   
                     Bartholomew-Lane
                     .
                     London
                  
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   Here
                   follows
                   another
                   Letter
                   ,
                   marked
                   number
                   5.
                   direct
                   by
                   Argile
                   to
                   his
                   Lady
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   date
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   known
                   by
                   Major
                   Holms
                   ,
                   t●
                   be
                   f●r
                   the
                   Count●s●
                   ,
                   by
                   a
                   particular
                   mark
                   upon
                   the
                   back
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   shew
                   to
                   his
                   〈◊〉
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Sir
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   THis
                   is
                   only
                   to
                   tell
                   you
                   that
                   all
                   your
                   Friends
                   here
                   are
                   in
                   health
                   (
                   God
                   be
                   thanked
                   )
                   our
                   news
                   from
                   England
                   are
                   very
                   various
                   and
                   uncertain
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   B.
                   is
                   gone
                   to
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   return
                   in
                   a
                   Month
                   ,
                   or
                   less
                   ;
                   I
                   doubt
                   not
                   he
                   will
                   write
                   to
                   you
                   :
                   I
                   have
                   heard
                   nothing
                   from
                   80
                   ,
                   nor
                   80
                   ,
                   81.
                   these
                   six
                   Months
                   .
                   Adieu
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Decypher
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Letter·
                
                 
                   THis
                   is
                   only
                   to
                   tell
                   you
                   that
                   all
                   your
                   Friends
                   here
                   are
                   in
                   health
                   (
                   God
                   be
                   thanked
                   )
                   our
                   news
                   from
                   England
                   are
                   very
                   various
                   and
                   uncertain
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   B.
                   is
                   gone
                   to
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   return
                   in
                   a
                   Month
                   ,
                   or
                   less
                   ;
                   I
                   doubt
                   not
                   he
                   will
                   write
                   to
                   you
                   :
                   I
                   have
                   heard
                   nothing
                   from
                   L
                   ,
                   nor
                   
                     L
                     ,
                     M.
                  
                   these
                   six
                   Months
                   .
                
              
            
             
               This
               Letter
               is
               Decyphered
               by
               the
               aforesaid
               Alphabetical
               Key
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Countess
               of
               Argiles
               Deposition
               ,
               the
               Letter
               L
               ,
               stands
               for
               Lorn
               ,
               and
               the
               Letters
               
                 L
                 ,
                 M
              
               ,
               for
               Lord
               Maitland
               .
            
             
               MR.
               Gray
               of
               Crichie
               having
               considered
               these
               following
               Letters
               of
               Argiles
               ,
               which
               after
               discovery
               ,
               were
               found
               to
               comprehend
               the
               Designs
               more
               plainly
               ,
               and
               finding
               such
               a
               perplex'd
               contexture
               and
               in-cohesion
               of
               the
               Words
               ,
               as
               he
               had
               not
               observed
               ,
               at
               any
               time
               before
               ,
               in
               this
               way
               of
               Writing
               :
               He
               concluded
               it
               to
               be
               a
               work
               of
               very
               great
               difficulty
               to
               open
               them
               ;
               yet
               his
               success
               in
               former
               Discoveries
               ,
               gave
               him
               encouragement
               to
               make
               an
               attempt
               .
               But
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               having
               informed
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Secret
               Committee
               ,
               that
               it
               appeared
               from
               the
               Postscript
               of
               the
               long
               Letter
               (
               where
               Argile
               says
               ,
               in
               plain
               Writing
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Butler
               (
               which
               is
               Spence
               )
               knows
               how
               to
               write
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               understands
               my
               address
               ,
               and
               to
               instruct
               you
               ;
               and
               if
               not
               ,
               he
               had
               lost
               six
               hours
               work
               )
               that
               the
               said
               Mr.
               Spence
               could
               do
               the
               business
               :
               And
               they
               finding
               ,
               that
               what
               was
               already
               Decyphered
               ,
               did
               give
               such
               evidence
               of
               a
               Conspiracy
               and
               Treasonable
               Designs
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               His
               Government
               ,
               which
               being
               joyn'd
               with
               Earlstons
               Deposition
               ,
               and
               the
               Letter
               taken
               upon
               him
               from
               
                 Io.
                 N.
              
               they
               judged
               themselves
               bound
               in
               Duty
               ,
               to
               offer
               what
               was
               discovered
               to
               the
               consideration
               of
               his
               Majesties
               most
               Honourable
               Privy
               Council
               in
               Scotland
               ,
               and
               thereupon
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Law
               and
               Practice
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               did
               call
               before
               them
               the
               said
               Spence
               ,
               and
               after
               all
               Arguments
               of
               perswasion
               and
               command
               were
               used
               ,
               and
               these
               Passages
               in
               Argiles
               Letter
               ,
               whereby
               it
               appeared
               he
               was
               instructed
               to
               open
               them
               ,
               were
               represented
               unto
               him
               ;
               yet
               (
               notwithstanding
               of
               his
               Duty
               and
               Alledgeance
               to
               his
               Prince
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               was
               judicially
               declared
               ,
               that
               what
               he
               Deposed
               ,
               should
               not
               militate
               against
               him
               )
               he
               still
               refusing
               to
               open
               the
               Letters
               ,
               or
               to
               depon
               that
               he
               could
               not
               ;
               yea
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               as
               to
               answer
               other
               Interrogators
               ,
               which
               did
               arise
               from
               matter
               of
               Fact
               clearly
               proved
               against
               him
               .
               They
               afterwards
               proceeded
               to
               Torture
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               custom
               of
               Nations
               ,
               in
               the
               like
               Cases
               ,
               which
               had
               its
               desired
               effect
               .
               For
               upon
               the
               day
               of
               August
               1684
               ,
               he
               not
               only
               acknowledged
               that
               he
               was
               the
               Mr.
               Butler
               ,
               or
               
                 M.
                 B.
              
               mentioned
               in
               Argiles
               Letters
               ;
               but
               also
               undertook
               to
               shew
               the
               way
               of
               reading
               the
               following
               Letters
               ,
               to
               the
               then
               Thesaurer
               Deput
               ,
               now
               Lord
               Secretary
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Lord
               Register
               ,
               upon
               their
               
               promise
               not
               to
               divulge
               the
               same
               (
               which
               accordingly
               they
               performed
               )
               and
               so
               he
               gave
               in
               a
               Copy
               of
               the
               Letters
               opened
               .
               But
               Mr.
               Gray
               (
               after
               some
               pains
               taken
               )
               understanding
               from
               the
               Lord
               Register
               that
               all
               the
               Words
               of
               the
               Letters
               were
               significant
               Words
               ,
               whereof
               he
               had
               formerly
               been
               doubtful
               ;
               there
               being
               of
               1024
               Words
               in
               the
               long
               Letter
               ,
               800
               Monosyllab●
               ,
               he
               did
               fall
               upon
               the
               way
               of
               opening
               these
               Letters
               ,
               which
               not
               only
               did
               confirm
               the
               Sense
               Mr.
               Spence
               ,
               had
               given
               of
               them
               ;
               but
               made
               it
               a
               Demonstration
               :
               so
               that
               by
               the
               way
               of
               Opening
               afterwards
               set
               down
               ,
               the
               Matter
               was
               more
               clearly
               proved
               ,
               then
               it
               could
               have
               been
               done
               by
               the
               attestation
               of
               many
               Witnesses
               :
               By
               which
               was
               discovered
               both
               the
               blackness
               of
               the
               Treason
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               care
               taken
               for
               keeping
               it
               secret
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               1.
               
               Things
               were
               express'd
               under
               new
               words
               :
               so
               that
               indeed
               upon
               the
               matter
               it
               is
               a
               New
               Language
               .
               2.
               
               These
               Words
               were
               written
               in
               Cyphers
               .
               3.
               
               This
               Cypher
               consisted
               of
               a
               Triple
               Alphabet
               .
               4.
               
               Many
               Words
               were
               intermix'd
               with
               Mute-Cyphers
               .
               5.
               
               In
               some
               of
               these
               Letters
               all
               the
               Relatives
               were
               express'd
               by
               Figures
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Lady
               Argiles
               Letter
               ,
               the
               Figure
               43
               ,
               or
               the
               Letter
               D
               ,
               stands
               for
               the
               Relatives
               He
               ,
               His
               ,
               Him
               ,
               &c.
               6.
               
               That
               tho
               Mr.
               Spence
               was
               instructed
               to
               shew
               the
               way
               of
               reading
               the
               following
               Letters
               ,
               yet
               he
               knew
               nothing
               of
               the
               purpose
               contain'd
               in
               them
               ,
               all
               the
               material
               Words
               being
               in
               Cypher
               .
               7.
               
               The
               words
               in
               the
               long
               Letter
               were
               so
               ordered
               ,
               that
               254
               Words
               in
               course
               were
               interposed
               betwixt
               the
               1
               and
               2
               Word
               in
               Sense
               ,
               and
               as
               many
               betwixt
               the
               3
               and
               4
               ,
               and
               so
               forth
               to
               the
               last
               Word
               of
               the
               Letter
               :
               then
               beginning
               with
               the
               2
               Word
               there
               was
               252
               Words
               betwixt
               that
               and
               the
               next
               in
               Sense
               ,
               and
               so
               forth
               till
               they
               came
               to
               the
               penult
               Word
               :
               again
               beginning
               with
               the
               3
               Word
               of
               the
               Letter
               ,
               betwixt
               which
               and
               the
               next
               in
               Sense
               :
               there
               interveen'd
               only
               250
               Words
               ,
               and
               so
               forward
               to
               the
               end
               .
               8.
               
               In
               the
               short
               Letter
               62
               Words
               were
               interposed
               betwixt
               the
               first
               and
               second
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               proceed
               as
               in
               the
               other
               .
               By
               which
               unequal
               destribution
               and
               gradual
               decresce
               of
               the
               interjected
               Words
               ,
               the
               method
               of
               reading
               became
               the
               more
               mysterious
               and
               intricate
               ;
               But
               the
               way
               fallen
               upon
               by
               Mr.
               Gray
               giving
               so
               clear
               and
               convincing
               evidence
               of
               the
               Method
               ,
               it
               leaves
               no
               ground
               of
               doubt
               concerning
               the
               Matter
               :
               For
               in
               the
               long
               Letter
               there
               being
               8
               Colums
               ,
               and
               each
               Column
               containing
               ●28
               Words
               ,
               Argiles
               way
               of
               using
               them
               is
               ,
               he
               begins
               at
               the
               head
               of
               the
               first
               Column
               ,
               and
               proceeds
               to
               the
               foot
               of
               it
               ,
               then
               beginning
               at
               the
               bottom
               of
               the
               second
               Column
               ,
               he
               rises
               to
               the
               head
               thereof
               ,
               thereafter
               begins
               at
               the
               top
               of
               the
               3
               Column
               ,
               and
               goes
               on
               after
               that
               manner
               till
               he
               come
               to
               the
               upmost
               Word
               of
               the
               8
               Column
               ,
               which
               tho
               it
               be
               last
               Word
               in
               order
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               but
               the
               8
               Word
               in
               Sense
               :
               Whereby
               all
               the
               Words
               were
               plac'd
               in
               their
               right
               Sense
               and
               plain
               view
               ,
               as
               the
               Letter
               both
               in
               its
               Mask
               and
               Decypher
               doth
               clearly
               evince
               ;
               yet
               one
               Word
               being
               added
               or
               abstracted
               in
               the
               said
               order
               of
               the
               Words
               ,
               the
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               with
               their
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               ,
               and
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               of
               opening
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                   ,
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                   the
                   proceedings
                   of
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                   Kings
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                   The
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                   the
                   foresaid
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                   it
                   was
                   done
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   with
                   some
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                   here
                   ,
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                   go
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                   32
                   —
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                   The
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Letter
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   was
                   given
                   in
                   upon
                   Oath
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Spence
                   .
                
                 
                   WEst-shields
                   is
                   arrived
                   ,
                   the
                   President
                   is
                   as
                   much
                   alarmed
                   as
                   any
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   desirous
                   what
                   may
                   be
                   done
                   where
                   you
                   are
                   ;
                   things
                   go
                   daily
                   to
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                   ;
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                   are
                   Interrogators
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                   in
                   at
                   Air
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                   a
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                   E.
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                   them
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                   you
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                   the
                   Stile
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                   any
                   that
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                   Meetings
                   with
                   Intercommun'd
                   Ministers
                   ,
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                   ,
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                   ,
                   or
                   before
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                   if
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                   with
                   the
                   Rebels
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                   in
                   Arms
                   ,
                   or
                   since
                   ;
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                   if
                   they
                   ,
                   or
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                   did
                   write
                   ,
                   or
                   send
                   any
                   Commission
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                   ,
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                   person
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                   who
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                   Mr.
                   M.
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                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Glasgow
                   and
                   Hamilton
                   to
                   the
                   Rebels
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   he
                   knew
                   of
                   any
                   meeting
                   at
                   Lowdon
                   ,
                   or
                   Cesnock
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   place
                   in
                   relation
                   to
                   the
                   present
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   Blackwoods
                   Sentence
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   he
                   kept
                   correspondence
                   with
                   any
                   of
                   these
                   persons
                   now
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                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   he
                   knew
                   of
                   their
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                   away
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   cause
                   thereof
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   E.
                   L.
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                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   did
                   imploy
                   him
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Glasgow
                   to
                   Mr.
                   M.
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                   of
                   the
                   Circuit
                   Court
                   ,
                   to
                   keep
                   any
                   person
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   
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                     Roll
                  
                   ,
                   and
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                   him
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                   for
                   that
                   effect
                   ;
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                   ,
                   if
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   above-named
                   persons
                   did
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   perswade
                   ,
                   or
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                   any
                   Tennents
                   of
                   others
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   the
                   Rebellion
                   ,
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                   they
                   say
                   will
                   be
                   found
                   to
                   swear
                   any
                   thing
                   they
                   please
                   ,
                   for
                   Fear
                   ,
                   or
                   Money
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Follows
                 the
                 method
                 or
                 way
                 of
                 opening
                 the
                 foresaid
                 Letter
                 discovered
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Gray
                 ,
                 for
                 further
                 confirmation
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 
                   The
                   foresaid
                   Letter
                   set
                   down
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Method
                   of
                   opening
                   before
                   narrated
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     West
                     -
                  
                   
                     Sheilds
                  
                   
                     is
                  
                   
                     arrived
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
                     President
                  
                   
                     is
                  
                   
                     as
                  
                
                 
                   
                     much
                  
                   
                     alarmed
                  
                   
                     as
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     as
                  
                   
                     desirous
                  
                   
                     what
                  
                
                 
                   
                     may
                  
                   
                     be
                  
                   
                     done
                  
                   
                     where
                  
                   
                     you
                  
                   
                     are
                  
                   
                     things
                  
                   
                     go
                  
                
                 
                   
                     dayly
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     extremities
                  
                   
                     here
                  
                   
                     are
                  
                   
                     Interrogators
                  
                   
                     given
                  
                   
                     in
                  
                
                 
                   
                     at
                  
                   
                     Air
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     a
                  
                   
                     Tennent
                  
                   
                     of
                  
                   
                     E.
                     
                  
                   
                     L.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     I
                  
                   
                     send
                  
                   
                     them
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     you
                  
                   
                     for
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
                     Stile
                  
                
                 
                   
                     if
                  
                   
                     he
                  
                   
                     knew
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     that
                  
                   
                     had
                  
                   
                     privat
                  
                   
                     meetings
                  
                
                 
                   
                     with
                  
                   
                     intercomun'd
                  
                   
                     Ministers
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     others
                  
                   
                     at
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     before
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Bothwell
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     if
                  
                   
                     they
                  
                   
                     conversed
                  
                   
                     with
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
                     Rebels
                  
                
                 
                   
                     then
                  
                   
                     in
                  
                   
                     Arms
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     since
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     if
                  
                   
                     they
                  
                
                 
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     others
                  
                   
                     did
                  
                   
                     write
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     send
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Commission
                  
                   
                     with
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     person
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     my
                  
                   
                     L.
                     
                  
                   
                     M.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     other
                  
                   
                     of
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
                     Kings
                  
                   
                     Party
                  
                   
                     for
                  
                
                 
                   
                     a
                  
                   
                     Treaty
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     who
                  
                   
                     was
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
                     person
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                
                 
                   
                     if
                  
                   
                     he
                  
                   
                     knew
                  
                   
                     who
                  
                   
                     imployed
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     
                  
                   
                     M.
                     
                  
                   
                     C.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     go
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     Glasgow
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     Hamilton
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Rebels
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     if
                  
                   
                     he
                  
                   
                     knew
                  
                   
                     of
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     meeting
                  
                
                 
                   
                     at
                  
                   
                     Loudon
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     Cessnock
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     other
                  
                   
                     place
                  
                
                 
                   
                     in
                  
                   
                     relation
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
                     present
                  
                   
                     Government
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     Blackwoods
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Sentence
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     if
                  
                   
                     he
                  
                   
                     kept
                  
                   
                     correspondence
                  
                   
                     with
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                
                 
                   
                     of
                  
                   
                     these
                  
                   
                     persons
                  
                   
                     now
                  
                   
                     with
                     -
                  
                   
                     drawen
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     if
                  
                
                 
                   
                     he
                  
                   
                     knew
                  
                   
                     of
                  
                   
                     their
                  
                   
                     going
                  
                   
                     away
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                
                 
                   
                     cause
                  
                   
                     thereof
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     if
                  
                   
                     E.
                     L.
                     
                  
                   
                     Cessnock
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                
                 
                   
                     other
                  
                   
                     did
                  
                   
                     imploy
                  
                   
                     him
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     go
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     Glasgow
                  
                
                 
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     Mr.
                     M.
                     
                  
                   
                     Clerk
                  
                   
                     of
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
                     Circuit
                  
                   
                     Court
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                
                 
                   
                     keep
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     person
                  
                   
                     out
                  
                   
                     of
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
                     Porteous
                  
                   
                     Roll
                  
                
                 
                   
                     and
                  
                   
                     gave
                  
                   
                     him
                  
                   
                     Money
                  
                   
                     for
                  
                   
                     that
                  
                   
                     effect
                  
                   
                     and
                  
                
                 
                   
                     also
                  
                   
                     if
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     of
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
                     above
                  
                   
                     named
                  
                   
                     persons
                  
                
                 
                   
                     did
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     thing
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     perswade
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     diswade
                  
                   
                     any
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Tennents
                  
                   
                     of
                  
                   
                     others
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     go
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     the
                  
                   
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                     persons
                  
                   
                     they
                  
                   
                     say
                  
                   
                     will
                  
                   
                     be
                  
                   
                     found
                  
                   
                     to
                  
                   
                     swear
                  
                
                 
                   
                     any
                  
                   
                     thing
                  
                   
                     they
                  
                   
                     please
                  
                   
                     for
                  
                   
                     Fear
                  
                   
                     or
                  
                   
                     Money
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                 
                   The
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                   Letter
                   written
                   with
                   Argiles
                   own
                   hand
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   address'd
                   to
                   Major
                   Holms
                   ,
                   and
                   marked
                   Number
                   3.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       21
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                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
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                   by
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                   you
                   a
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                   account
                   of
                   your
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                   ,
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                   you
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   may
                   make
                   you
                   take
                   measures
                   what
                   Bills
                   to
                   draw
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   which
                   I
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                   you
                   will
                   fully
                   understand
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                   Mr
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                   ;
                   the
                   whole
                   account
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                   to
                   several
                   Pages
                   ;
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                   you
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                   to
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                   .
                
                 
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                   good
                   can
                   to
                   II
                   my
                   meddle
                   money
                   as
                   freely
                   for
                   the
                   an
                   be
                   Estates
                   do
                   project
                   all
                   after
                   see
                   be
                   I
                   it
                   such
                   you
                   all
                   Horse
                   the
                   yet
                   I
                   distance
                   to
                   dar
                   them
                   direction
                   Gods
                   hands
                   in
                   on
                   not
                   prevent
                   and
                   have
                   some
                   help
                   may
                   from
                   a
                   a
                   be
                   pray
                   very
                   II
                   necessars
                   and
                   that
                   to
                   a
                   occasion
                   prices
                   the
                   submit
                   they
                   but
                   not
                   own
                   had
                   made
                   be
                   do
                   Men
                   some
                   of
                   sum
                   be
                   necessar
                   Horse
                   such
                   bestowed
                   nothing
                   they
                   one
                   it
                   money
                   of
                   Brand
                   not
                   to
                   sent
                   engaged
                   whole
                   with
                   a
                   concerned
                   own
                   money
                   next
                   prove
                   money
                   far
                   then
                   but
                   some
                   impossible
                   first
                   be
                   be
                   most
                   to
                   of
                   Heretors
                   20000
                   to
                   up
                   do
                   tho
                   there
                   done
                   case
                   and
                   yet
                   number
                   without
                   hard
                   appointed
                   least
                   1200
                   like
                   give
                   will
                   after
                   necessar
                   proposed
                   as
                   should
                   leave
                   hard
                   had
                   number
                   I
                   peremptor
                   J
                   67
                   33
                   Horse
                   stood
                   possibly
                   those
                   thought
                   Juncture
                   I
                   do
                   mention
                   this
                   as
                   as
                   mean
                   other
                   I
                   as
                   neither
                   give
                   know
                   offer
                   have
                   .
                   Adieu
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Gil.
                     St.
                  
                   The
                   total
                   Sum
                   is
                   128
                   —
                   8.
                   which
                   will
                   be
                   payed
                   to
                   you
                   by
                   Mr.
                   B.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 Written
                 in
                 plain
                 sense
                 on
                 the
                 back
                 of
                 the
                 Letter
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Books
                 I
                 wrote
                 to
                 Mr.
                 B.
                 were
                 lost
                 ,
                 I
                 believe
                 he
                 hath
                 the
                 Blue
                 on
                 :
                 we
                 have
                 received
                 his
                 Letter
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 nothing
                 more
                 to
                 say
                 to
                 him
                 at
                 present
                 :
                 I
                 hope
                 he
                 knows
                 how
                 to
                 write
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 understands
                 my
                 address
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 instruct
                 you
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 do
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 lost
                 six
                 hours
                 work
                 .
                 Adieu
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Letter
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   was
                   given
                   in
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Spence
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   plain
                   Sense
                   thereof
                   ,
                   without
                   the
                   Preface
                   or
                   Postscript
                   ,
                   being
                   set
                   down
                   already
                   with
                   the
                   Cypher
                   and
                   Decypher
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   Know
                   not
                   the
                   grounds
                   our
                   Friends
                   have
                   gone
                   upon
                   ,
                   which
                   hath
                   occasioned
                   them
                   to
                   offer
                   so
                   little
                   Mony
                   as
                   I
                   hear
                   ,
                   neither
                   know
                   I
                   what
                   Assistance
                   they
                   they
                   intend
                   to
                   give
                   ;
                   and
                   till
                   I
                   know
                   both
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   neither
                   refuse
                   my
                   service
                   ,
                   nor
                   do
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   object
                   against
                   any
                   thing
                   is
                   resolved
                   ,
                   till
                   I
                   first
                   hear
                   what
                   Mr.
                   *
                   Red
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   you
                   send
                   shall
                   say
                   ;
                   only
                   in
                   the
                   mean
                   time
                   I
                   resolve
                   to
                   let
                   you
                   know
                   as
                   much
                   of
                   the
                   Grounds
                   I
                   go
                   on
                   ,
                   as
                   is
                   possible
                   at
                   this
                   distance
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   this
                   way
                   .
                   I
                   did
                   truly
                   in
                   my
                   Proposition
                   mention
                   the
                   very
                   least
                   Sum
                   ,
                   I
                   thought
                   could
                   do
                   our
                   Business
                   effectually
                   ,
                   not
                   half
                   of
                   what
                   I
                   would
                   have
                   thought
                   requisite
                   in
                   an
                   other
                   juncture
                   of
                   Affairs
                   ;
                   and
                   what
                   I
                   proposed
                   I
                   thought
                   altogether
                   so
                   far
                   within
                   the
                   power
                   of
                   those
                   concerned
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   a
                   little
                   less
                   could
                   possibly
                   do
                   the
                   Business
                   ,
                   it
                   would
                   not
                   be
                   stood
                   upon
                   :
                   I
                   reckoned
                   the
                   assistance
                   of
                   the
                   Horse
                   absolutly
                   necessar
                   for
                   the
                   first
                   Brush
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   do
                   so
                   still
                   :
                   I
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   peremptor
                   to
                   urge
                   the
                   precise
                   number
                   named
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   do
                   think
                   there
                   needs
                   very
                   near
                   that
                   number
                   effectually
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   think
                   1000
                   as
                   easie
                   had
                   as
                   8
                   or
                   600
                   and
                   it
                   were
                   hard
                   that
                   it
                   stuck
                   at
                   the
                   odds
                   .
                   I
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   you
                   to
                   consider
                   if
                   all
                   should
                   be
                   hazarded
                   ,
                   upon
                   so
                   small
                   a
                   differ
                   .
                   As
                   to
                   the
                   Money
                   ,
                   I
                   confess
                   what
                   was
                   proposed
                   ,
                   is
                   more
                   by
                   half
                   then
                   is
                   absolutely
                   necessar
                   at
                   the
                   first
                   Weeks
                   work
                   ,
                   but
                   soon
                   after
                   all
                   the
                   Sum
                   was
                   proposed
                   ,
                   and
                   more
                   will
                   be
                   necessar
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   please
                   God
                   to
                   give
                   success
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   Arms
                   cannot
                   be
                   sent
                   like
                   Money
                   by
                   Bills
                   :
                   There
                   are
                   now
                   above
                   1200
                   Horse
                   and
                   Dragoons
                   ,
                   and
                   2000
                   Foot
                   at
                   least
                   of
                   standing
                   Forces
                   in
                   †
                   Brand
                   ,
                   very
                   well
                   appointed
                   and
                   tollerably
                   well
                   commanded
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   right
                   hard
                   to
                   expect
                   that
                   Countrey
                   People
                   on
                   Foot
                   ,
                   without
                   Horse
                   ;
                   should
                   beat
                   them
                   the
                   triple
                   their
                   number
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   multitudes
                   can
                   be
                   got
                   together
                   ,
                   yet
                   
                     
                     
                       Here
                       follows
                       the
                       foresaid
                       Letter
                       ,
                       plac'd
                       in
                       Eight
                       Columns
                       ,
                       and
                       128
                       Words
                       in
                       every
                       Column
                       ,
                       wanting
                       both
                       Preface
                       and
                       Postscript
                       which
                       was
                       written
                       in
                       plain
                       Sense
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         know
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         grounds
                      
                       
                         our
                      
                       
                         Friends
                      
                       
                         have
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         gone
                      
                       
                         upon
                      
                       
                         which
                      
                       
                         hath
                      
                       
                         occasioned
                      
                       
                         them
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         offer
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         so
                      
                       
                         little
                      
                       
                         Money
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         ●ear
                      
                       
                         neither
                      
                       
                         know
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         what
                      
                       
                         Assistance
                      
                       
                         they
                      
                       
                         they
                      
                       
                         intend
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         give
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         till
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         know
                      
                       
                         both
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         neither
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         refuse
                      
                       
                         my
                      
                       
                         Service
                      
                       
                         nor
                      
                       
                         do
                      
                       
                         so
                      
                       
                         much
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         object
                      
                       
                         against
                      
                       
                         any
                      
                       
                         thing
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         resolved
                      
                       
                         till
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         first
                      
                       
                         hear
                      
                       
                         what
                      
                       
                         Mr.
                         
                      
                       
                         Red
                      
                       
                         or
                      
                       
                         any
                      
                       
                         other
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         you
                      
                       
                         send
                      
                       
                         shall
                      
                       
                         say
                      
                       
                         only
                      
                       
                         in
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         mean
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         time
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         resolve
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         let
                      
                       
                         you
                      
                       
                         know
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         much
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Grounds
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         go
                      
                       
                         on
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         possible
                      
                       
                         at
                      
                       
                         this
                      
                       
                         distance
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         in
                      
                       
                         this
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         way
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         did
                      
                       
                         truly
                      
                       
                         in
                      
                       
                         my
                      
                       
                         Proposition
                      
                       
                         mention
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         very
                      
                       
                         least
                      
                       
                         Sum
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         thought
                      
                       
                         could
                      
                       
                         do
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         our
                      
                       
                         Business
                      
                       
                         effectually
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         half
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         what
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         would
                      
                       
                         have
                      
                       
                         thought
                      
                       
                         requisite
                      
                       
                         in
                      
                       
                         an
                      
                       
                         other
                      
                       
                         juncture
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         Affairs
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         what
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         proposed
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         thought
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         altogether
                      
                       
                         so
                      
                       
                         far
                      
                       
                         within
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         power
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         those
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         concerned
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         if
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         little
                      
                       
                         less
                      
                       
                         could
                      
                       
                         possibly
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         do
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Business
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         would
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         stood
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         upon
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         reckoned
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         assistance
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Horse
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         absolutly
                      
                       
                         necessar
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         first
                      
                       
                         Brush
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         do
                      
                       
                         so
                      
                       
                         still
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         shall
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         peremptor
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         urge
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         precise
                      
                       
                         number
                      
                       
                         named
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         do
                      
                       
                         think
                      
                       
                         there
                      
                       
                         needs
                      
                       
                         very
                      
                       
                         near
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         number
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         effectually
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         think
                      
                       
                         1000.
                         
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         easie
                      
                       
                         had
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         8
                      
                       
                         or
                      
                       
                         600.
                         
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         were
                      
                       
                         hard
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         st●ck
                      
                       
                         at
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         odds
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         leave
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         you
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         consider
                      
                       
                         if
                      
                       
                         all
                      
                       
                         should
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         hazarded
                      
                       
                         upon
                      
                       
                         so
                      
                       
                         small
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         differ
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Money
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         confess
                      
                       
                         what
                      
                       
                         was
                      
                       
                         proposed
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         more
                      
                       
                         by
                      
                       
                         half
                      
                       
                         then
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         absolutely
                      
                       
                         necessar
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         at
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         first
                      
                       
                         Weeks
                      
                       
                         work
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                       
                         soon
                      
                       
                         after
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         all
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Sum
                      
                       
                         was
                      
                       
                         proposed
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         more
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         necessar
                      
                       
                         if
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         please
                      
                       
                         God
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         give
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         success
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         then
                      
                       
                         Arms
                      
                       
                         cannot
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         sent
                      
                       
                         like
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Money
                      
                       
                         by
                      
                       
                         Bills
                      
                       
                         there
                      
                       
                         are
                      
                       
                         now
                      
                       
                         above
                      
                       
                         1200.
                         
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Horse
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         Dragoons
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         2000.
                         
                      
                       
                         Foot
                      
                       
                         at
                      
                       
                         least
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         standing
                      
                       
                         Forces
                      
                       
                         in
                      
                       
                         Brand
                      
                       
                         very
                      
                       
                         well
                      
                       
                         appointed
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         tollerably
                      
                       
                         well
                      
                       
                         commanded
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         right
                      
                       
                         hard
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         expect
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         Countrey
                      
                       
                         People
                      
                       
                         on
                      
                       
                         Foot
                      
                       
                         without
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Horse
                      
                       
                         should
                      
                       
                         beat
                      
                       
                         them
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         triple
                      
                       
                         their
                      
                       
                         number
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         if
                      
                       
                         multitudes
                      
                       
                         can
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         got
                      
                       
                         together
                      
                       
                         yet
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         they
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         need
                      
                       
                         more
                      
                       
                         Arms
                      
                       
                         more
                      
                       
                         Provisions
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         have
                      
                       
                         more
                      
                       
                         trouble
                      
                       
                         with
                      
                       
                         them
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Case
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         if
                      
                       
                         something
                      
                       
                         considerable
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         suddenly
                      
                       
                         done
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         at
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         very
                      
                       
                         first
                      
                       
                         appearing
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         there
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         only
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         multitude
                      
                       
                         gathered
                      
                       
                         without
                      
                       
                         action
                      
                       
                         tho
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         may
                      
                       
                         frighten
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         little
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         do
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         no
                      
                       
                         good
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         standing
                      
                       
                         Forces
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         take
                      
                       
                         up
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         some
                      
                       
                         station
                      
                       
                         probably
                      
                       
                         at
                      
                       
                         Stirling
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         their
                      
                       
                         aid
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         only
                      
                       
                         have
                         the
                      
                       
                         Militia
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         20000.
                         
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Foot
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         2000.
                         
                      
                       
                         Horse
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                       
                         all
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Heretors
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         &c.
                         
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         number
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         may
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         50000.
                         
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         tho
                      
                       
                         many
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         unwilling
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         ●ight
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         standing
                      
                       
                         Forces
                      
                       
                         yet
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         most
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         part
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         once
                      
                       
                         joyn
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         many
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         concern'd
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         them
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         any
                      
                       
                         can
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         against
                      
                       
                         them
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         tho
                      
                       
                         we
                      
                       
                         had
                      
                       
                         at
                      
                       
                         first
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         greatest
                      
                       
                         success
                      
                       
                         imaginable
                      
                       
                         yet
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         impossible
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         but
                      
                       
                         some
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         keep
                      
                       
                         together
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         get
                      
                       
                         some
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         concurrence
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         〈◊〉
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         only
                      
                       
                         in
                      
                       
                         Brand
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         from
                      
                       
                         Birch
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         Ireland
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         then
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         time
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         call
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         more
                      
                       
                         Arms
                      
                       
                         far
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         less
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         money
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         buy
                      
                       
                         them
                      
                       
                         no
                      
                       
                         Money
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         nor
                      
                       
                         Credit
                      
                       
                         could
                      
                       
                         supply
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         we
                      
                       
                         should
                      
                       
                         prove
                      
                    
                     
                     
                       
                         like
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         foolish
                      
                       
                         Virgins
                      
                       
                         consider
                      
                       
                         in
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         next
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         place
                      
                       
                         how
                      
                       
                         Brown
                      
                       
                         can
                      
                       
                         imploy
                      
                       
                         so
                      
                       
                         much
                      
                       
                         Money
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         so
                      
                       
                         many
                      
                       
                         Horse
                      
                       
                         better
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         their
                      
                       
                         own
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Interest
                      
                       
                         tho
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Protestant
                      
                       
                         Interest
                      
                       
                         were
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         concerned
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         small
                      
                       
                         Sum
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         small
                      
                       
                         Force
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         raise
                      
                       
                         so
                      
                       
                         many
                      
                       
                         Men
                      
                       
                         with
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         by
                      
                       
                         Gods
                      
                       
                         blessing
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         repress
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         whole
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Power
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         Brand
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         some
                      
                       
                         hope
                      
                       
                         are
                      
                       
                         engaged
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         against
                      
                       
                         us
                      
                       
                         besides
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Horse
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         sent
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         need
                      
                       
                         possibly
                      
                       
                         stay
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         little
                      
                       
                         while
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         do
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         job
                      
                       
                         if
                      
                       
                         future
                      
                       
                         events
                      
                       
                         do
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         bring
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         seat
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         War
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         Brand
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         which
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         yet
                      
                       
                         more
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         advantage
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Birch
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         total
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Money
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         was
                      
                       
                         proposed
                      
                       
                         by
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         best
                      
                       
                         husbanding
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         cannot
                      
                       
                         purchase
                      
                       
                         Arms
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         absolute
                      
                       
                         necessar
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         one
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         time
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         Militia
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         number
                      
                       
                         they
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         are
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         deal
                      
                       
                         with
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         there
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         nothing
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         out
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         whole
                      
                       
                         design'd
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         bestowed
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         upon
                      
                       
                         many
                      
                       
                         things
                      
                       
                         usual
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         necessars
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         such
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         an
                      
                       
                         Undertaking
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         Tents
                      
                       
                         Waggons
                      
                       
                         Cloathes
                      
                       
                         Shooes
                      
                       
                         Horse
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Horse
                         -
                      
                       
                         Shooes
                      
                       
                         all
                      
                       
                         which
                      
                       
                         are
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         only
                      
                       
                         necessar
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         once
                      
                       
                         had
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                       
                         dayly
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         recruited
                      
                       
                         far
                      
                       
                         less
                      
                       
                         out
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         whole
                      
                       
                         Sum
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         projected
                      
                       
                         was
                      
                       
                         any
                      
                       
                         thing
                      
                       
                         proposed
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         Provisions
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Meat
                      
                       
                         or
                      
                       
                         Drink
                      
                       
                         Intelligence
                      
                       
                         or
                      
                       
                         incident
                      
                       
                         Charges
                      
                       
                         some
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         very
                      
                       
                         honest
                      
                       
                         well
                         -
                      
                       
                         meaning
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         very
                      
                       
                         good
                      
                       
                         Men
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         may
                      
                       
                         undertake
                      
                       
                         on
                      
                       
                         little
                      
                       
                         because
                      
                       
                         they
                      
                       
                         can
                      
                       
                         do
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         little
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         know
                      
                       
                         little
                      
                       
                         what
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         done
                      
                       
                         All
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         shall
                      
                       
                         add
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         made
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Reckoning
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         low
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         if
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         had
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         been
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         pay
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         out
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         my
                      
                       
                         own
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Purse
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         whether
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         meddle
                      
                       
                         or
                      
                       
                         meddle
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         resolve
                      
                       
                         never
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         touch
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Money
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         order
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Payments
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         Necessars
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         they
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         shall
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         received
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         shall
                      
                       
                         freely
                      
                       
                         submit
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         my
                      
                       
                         self
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         any
                      
                       
                         knowing
                      
                       
                         Souldier
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Lists
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         any
                      
                       
                         knowing
                      
                       
                         Merchant
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Prices
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         have
                      
                       
                         calculate
                      
                       
                         when
                      
                       
                         there
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         an
                      
                       
                         occasion
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         confer
                      
                       
                         about
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         great
                      
                       
                         encouragement
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         persons
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         have
                      
                       
                         Estates
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         venture
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         consider
                      
                       
                         what
                      
                       
                         they
                      
                       
                         do
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         they
                      
                       
                         know
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         there
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         project
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         prospect
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         whole
                      
                       
                         Affair
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                       
                         all
                      
                       
                         Necessars
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         provided
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         such
                      
                       
                         an
                      
                       
                         Attempt
                      
                       
                         if
                      
                       
                         after
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         have
                      
                       
                         spoke
                      
                       
                         with
                      
                       
                         Mr.
                         
                      
                       
                         Red
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         see
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         can
                      
                       
                         do
                      
                       
                         you
                      
                       
                         service
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         will
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         very
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         willing
                      
                       
                         if
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         able
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         pray
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         God
                      
                       
                         some
                      
                       
                         other
                      
                       
                         may
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                       
                         before
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         given
                      
                       
                         over
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         wish
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         had
                      
                       
                         such
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         conference
                      
                       
                         as
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         write
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         you
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Week
                      
                       
                         ago
                      
                       
                         for
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         expect
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                       
                         all
                      
                       
                         from
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Brown
                      
                       
                         some
                      
                       
                         considerable
                      
                       
                         part
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         Horse
                      
                       
                         may
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         hope
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         made
                      
                       
                         up
                      
                       
                         by
                      
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         help
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         your
                      
                       
                         particular
                      
                       
                         Friends
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         have
                      
                       
                         yet
                      
                       
                         some
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         things
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         add
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         enforce
                      
                       
                         all
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         have
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         said
                      
                       
                         which
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         cannot
                      
                       
                         at
                      
                       
                         this
                      
                       
                         distance
                      
                       
                         and
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         some
                      
                       
                         things
                      
                       
                         are
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         be
                      
                       
                         done
                      
                       
                         to
                      
                       
                         prevent
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         the
                      
                       
                         designs
                      
                       
                         of
                      
                       
                         Enemies
                      
                       
                         that
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         dare
                      
                       
                         not
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         now
                      
                       
                         mention
                      
                       
                         lest
                      
                       
                         it
                      
                       
                         should
                      
                       
                         put
                      
                       
                         them
                      
                       
                         on
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         their
                      
                       
                         guard
                      
                       
                         I
                      
                       
                         have
                      
                       
                         a
                      
                       
                         considerable
                      
                       
                         direction
                      
                       
                         in
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         my
                      
                       
                         head
                      
                       
                         but
                      
                       
                         all
                      
                       
                         is
                      
                       
                         in
                      
                       
                         Gods
                      
                       
                         hands
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                   
                   they
                   will
                   need
                   more
                   Arms
                   ,
                   more
                   Provision
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   more
                   trouble
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Case
                   is
                   ,
                   if
                   something
                   considerable
                   be
                   not
                   suddenly
                   done
                   ,
                   at
                   at
                   the
                   very
                   first
                   appearing
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   there
                   be
                   only
                   a
                   multitude
                   gathered
                   without
                   action
                   ,
                   tho
                   that
                   may
                   frighten
                   a
                   little
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   do
                   no
                   good
                   ,
                   the
                   standing
                   Forces
                   will
                   take
                   up
                   some
                   station
                   ,
                   probably
                   at
                   Stirling
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   to
                   their
                   aid
                   ,
                   not
                   only
                   have
                   the
                   Militia
                   of
                   20000.
                   
                   Foot
                   ,
                   and
                   2000.
                   
                   Horse
                   ,
                   but
                   all
                   the
                   Heretors
                   ,
                   &c.
                   to
                   the
                   number
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   of
                   50000.
                   and
                   tho
                   many
                   will
                   be
                   unwilling
                   to
                   sight
                   for
                   the
                   standing
                   Forces
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   will
                   once
                   joyn
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   will
                   be
                   as
                   concerned
                   for
                   them
                   ,
                   as
                   any
                   can
                   be
                   against
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   tho
                   we
                   had
                   at
                   first
                   the
                   greatest
                   success
                   imaginable
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   is
                   impossible
                   but
                   some
                   will
                   keep
                   together
                   ,
                   and
                   get
                   some
                   concurrence
                   and
                   assistance
                   ,
                   not
                   only
                   in
                   *
                   Brand
                   ,
                   but
                   from
                   †
                   Birch
                   ,
                   and
                   Ireland
                   ;
                   it
                   will
                   not
                   then
                   be
                   time
                   to
                   call
                   for
                   more
                   Arms
                   ,
                   far
                   less
                   for
                   Money
                   to
                   buy
                   them
                   ,
                   no
                   money
                   nor
                   Credit
                   could
                   supply
                   it
                   ,
                   we
                   should
                   prove
                   like
                   the
                   foolish
                   Virgins
                   :
                   Consider
                   in
                   the
                   next
                   place
                   how
                   *
                   Browne
                   can
                   imploy
                   so
                   much
                   Money
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   many
                   Horse
                   ,
                   better
                   for
                   their
                   own
                   interest
                   ,
                   tho
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Interst
                   were
                   not
                   concerned
                   ;
                   is
                   it
                   not
                   a
                   small
                   Sum
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   small
                   Force
                   ,
                   to
                   raise
                   so
                   many
                   men
                   with
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   Gods
                   blessing
                   to
                   repress
                   the
                   whole
                   Power
                   of
                   Brand
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   hope
                   are
                   engaged
                   against
                   us
                   ,
                   besides
                   the
                   Horse
                   to
                   be
                   sent
                   ,
                   need
                   possibly
                   stay
                   but
                   a
                   little
                   while
                   to
                   do
                   a
                   Job
                   ,
                   if
                   future
                   events
                   do
                   not
                   bring
                   the
                   seat
                   of
                   the
                   War
                   to
                   Brand
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   yet
                   more
                   to
                   the
                   advantage
                   of
                   Birch
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   total
                   of
                   the
                   Money
                   that
                   was
                   propos'd
                   by
                   the
                   best
                   Husbanding
                   it
                   ,
                   cannot
                   purchase
                   Arms
                   ,
                   and
                   absolute
                   necessars
                   for
                   one
                   time
                   ,
                   for
                   a
                   Militia
                   of
                   the
                   number
                   they
                   are
                   to
                   deal
                   with
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   is
                   nothing
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   design'd
                   to
                   be
                   bestowed
                   upon
                   many
                   things
                   usual
                   ,
                   and
                   necessar
                   for
                   such
                   an
                   Undertaking
                   ,
                   as
                   Tents
                   ,
                   Waggons
                   ,
                   Cloathes
                   ,
                   Shoes
                   ,
                   Horse
                   ,
                   Horse-shoes
                   ;
                   all
                   which
                   are
                   not
                   only
                   necessar
                   to
                   be
                   once
                   had
                   ,
                   but
                   dayly
                   to
                   be
                   recruited
                   ,
                   far
                   less
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   sum
                   projected
                   ,
                   was
                   any
                   thing
                   proposed
                   for
                   Provisions
                   of
                   Meat
                   or
                   Drink
                   ,
                   Intelligence
                   ,
                   or
                   incident
                   Charges
                   ,
                   some
                   very
                   honest
                   ,
                   well-meaning
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   good
                   Men
                   ,
                   may
                   undertake
                   on
                   little
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   can
                   do
                   little
                   ,
                   and
                   know
                   little
                   what
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   .
                   All
                   I
                   shall
                   add
                   is
                   ,
                   I
                   made
                   the
                   Reckoning
                   as
                   low
                   as
                   if
                   I
                   had
                   been
                   to
                   pay
                   it
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   own
                   Purse
                   ;
                   and
                   whether
                   I
                   meddle
                   or
                   meddle
                   not
                   ,
                   I
                   resolve
                   never
                   to
                   touch
                   the
                   Money
                   ,
                   but
                   to
                   order
                   the
                   payment
                   of
                   Necessars
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   shall
                   be
                   received
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   shall
                   freely
                   submit
                   my self
                   to
                   any
                   knowing
                   Souldier
                   for
                   the
                   Lists
                   ,
                   and
                   any
                   knowing
                   Merchant
                   ;
                   for
                   the
                   Prices
                   I
                   have
                   calculate
                   ,
                   when
                   there
                   is
                   an
                   occasion
                   to
                   confer
                   about
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   a
                   great
                   encouragment
                   to
                   persons
                   that
                   have
                   Estates
                   to
                   venture
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   consider
                   what
                   they
                   do
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   know
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   project
                   ,
                   and
                   prospect
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   Affair
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   Necessars
                   provided
                   for
                   such
                   an
                   attempt
                   ,
                   if
                   after
                   I
                   have
                   spoke
                   with
                   Mr.
                   †
                   Red
                   ,
                   I
                   see
                   I
                   can
                   do
                   you
                   Service
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   be
                   very
                   willing
                   ;
                   if
                   I
                   be
                   not
                   able
                   ,
                   I
                   pray
                   God
                   some
                   other
                   may
                   ;
                   but
                   before
                   it
                   be
                   given
                   over
                   ,
                   I
                   wish
                   I
                   had
                   such
                   a
                   conference
                   as
                   I
                   write
                   of
                   to
                   you
                   a
                   Week
                   ago
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   expect
                   not
                   all
                   from
                   *
                   Browne
                   ,
                   some
                   considerable
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Horse
                   may
                   I
                   hope
                   be
                   made
                   up
                   by
                   the
                   help
                   of
                   your
                   particular
                   friends
                   .
                   I
                   have
                   yet
                   some
                   things
                   to
                   add
                   ,
                   to
                   enforce
                   all
                   I
                   have
                   said
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   cannot
                   at
                   this
                   distance
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   things
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   to
                   prevent
                   the
                   designs
                   of
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   dare
                   not
                   now
                   mention
                   ,
                   lest
                   it
                   should
                   put
                   them
                   on
                   their
                   guard
                   .
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   considerable
                   direction
                   in
                   my
                   head
                   ,
                   but
                   all
                   is
                   in
                   God
                   hands
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Nota
               ,
               That
               the
               foregoing
               Marginal
               Notes
               are
               so
               explain'd
               by
               the
               Key
               of
               Words
               ,
               pag.
               19.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Here
                 follows
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spence
                
                 his
                 Deposition
                 in
                 so
                 far
                 as
                 it
                 relates
                 to
                 the
                 two
                 foregoing
                 Letters
                 ,
                 whereof
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 in
                 the
                 Copies
                 above
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 plain
                 Sense
                 :
                 The
                 Queries
                 put
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 his
                 Answers
                 being
                 little
                 to
                 this
                 purpose
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 all
                 here
                 subjoyned
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 these
                 that
                 immediatly
                 relate
                 to
                 the
                 Letters
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Part
                   of
                   Spence
                   his
                   Deposition
                   .
                   At
                   the
                   Castle
                   of
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   the
                   19
                   of
                   August
                   ,
                   1684.
                   
                
                 
                   MR.
                   
                     William
                     Spence
                  
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   Age
                   33
                   Years
                   ,
                   or
                   thereby
                   ,
                   not
                   married
                   ,
                   solemnly
                   sworn
                   ,
                   Depons
                   ,
                   That
                   in
                   the
                   Paper
                   subscribed
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   the
                   Letter
                   dated
                   21
                   Iune
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   without
                   date
                   ,
                   marked
                   A
                   ,
                   are
                   written
                   plain
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   true
                   Sense
                   ,
                   so
                   far
                   as
                   his
                   knowledge
                   reaches
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   no
                   Key
                   to
                   open
                   the
                   Letters
                   with
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Alphabetical
                   Cypher
                   :
                   That
                   by
                   the
                   128
                   Gilders
                   ,
                   8
                   Stivers
                   ,
                   mentioned
                   in
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   long
                   Letter
                   ,
                   he
                   understands
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   Key
                   thereof
                   ;
                   and
                   by
                   the
                   payment
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   he
                   understands
                   the
                   way
                   of
                   using
                   it
                   .
                   That
                   he
                   does
                   truly
                   believe
                   there
                   was
                   an
                   Insurrection
                   intended
                   ,
                   within
                   these
                   two
                   Years
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   for
                   what
                   is
                   to
                   come
                   ,
                   he
                   cannot
                   tell
                   what
                   the
                   People
                   abroad
                   may
                   be
                   doing
                   :
                   That
                   he
                   had
                   often
                   heard
                   of
                   Designs
                   and
                   Associations
                   ;
                   but
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   directly
                   intended
                   to
                   hinder
                   the
                   Duke
                   his
                   Succession
                   to
                   the
                   Crown
                   ,
                   he
                   cannot
                   say
                   :
                   For
                   all
                   that
                   he
                   understood
                   was
                   pretended
                   for
                   the
                   ground
                   of
                   any
                   designs
                   of
                   Arms
                   ,
                   was
                   the
                   defence
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Protestant
                     Religion
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   Liberties
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   against
                   the
                   Duke
                   ,
                   his
                   Succession
                   only
                   ,
                   in
                   so
                   far
                   as
                   that
                   might
                   be
                   prejudicial
                   to
                   these
                   :
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   thinks
                   upon
                   the
                   Kings
                   death
                   Troubles
                   may
                   probably
                   arise
                   :
                   That
                   Mr.
                   West
                   to
                   whom
                   the
                   Letters
                   were
                   directed
                   ,
                   was
                   not
                   one
                   of
                   that
                   name
                   ,
                   but
                   Major
                   Holms
                   to
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   his
                   knowledge
                   :
                   And
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   Truth
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   answer
                   to
                   God.
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                
                 
                   
                     W.
                     Spence
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               These
               foregoing
               Letters
               are
               exactly
               set
               down
               ,
               both
               such
               as
               were
               in
               Cypher
               ,
               and
               these
               in
               plain
               Letter
               ,
               all
               written
               with
               Argiles
               own
               hand
               (
               except
               that
               from
               his
               Lady
               )
               conform
               to
               the
               Principals
               ,
               compared
               therewith
               ,
               before
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Secret
               Committee
               :
               Together
               with
               the
               Decyphers
               ,
               and
               other
               ways
               of
               opening
               ,
               perfectly
               agreeing
               both
               in
               the
               Sense
               and
               design
               ,
               with
               the
               triple
               Alphabet
               ,
               the
               Key
               of
               Words
               ,
               and
               the
               method
               before
               narrated
               .
            
             
               There
               was
               also
               (
               besides
               these
               )
               several
               other
               Letters
               ,
               both
               in
               Cypher
               and
               plain
               Writ
               found
               with
               Major
               Holms
               ;
               all
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               in
               a
               Chain
               ,
               knitting
               together
               the
               undenyable
               Evidences
               of
               this
               Hellish
               Machination
               ;
               but
               these
               above
               set
               down
               ,
               being
               the
               most
               material
               ,
               and
               sufficient
               to
               convince
               all
               ,
               except
               those
               of
               invincible
               obstinacy
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               thought
               fit
               to
               burden
               the
               Reader
               ,
               or
               incumber
               this
               short
               Narrative
               with
               more
               of
               them
               .
               All
               the
               principal
               Letters
               and
               Cyphers
               ,
               with
               the
               Keys
               of
               Words
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               many
               Depositions
               taken
               both
               here
               and
               in
               England
               ,
               are
               lying
               in
               the
               Records
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Privy
               Council
               in
               Scotland
               .
            
             
             
               It
               's
               further
               to
               be
               considered
               ,
               That
               all
               these
               Letters
               being
               taken
               at
               one
               time
               with
               Major
               Holms
               ,
               who
               was
               Argiles
               Trustee
               for
               conveying
               them
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               supposed
               ,
               but
               that
               much
               more
               of
               this
               Stuff
               has
               been
               interchanged
               betwixt
               him
               and
               those
               of
               that
               Confederacy
               :
               as
               appears
               from
               the
               Alphabet
               written
               with
               the
               Key
               of
               Words
               ,
               for
               which
               Alphabet
               as
               yet
               there
               is
               no
               use
               found
               :
               And
               also
               from
               the
               Key
               it self
               ,
               wherein
               tho
               there
               be
               upwards
               of
               80
               new
               coyn'd
               Words
               ,
               yet
               in
               all
               this
               Parcel
               of
               Letters
               there
               is
               not
               six
               of
               them
               made
               use
               of
               ;
               which
               likewise
               appears
               evidently
               from
               the
               tenor
               of
               all
               his
               Letters
               ,
               and
               particularly
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               long
               Letter
               ,
               pag.
               31.
               where
               he
               says
               ,
               
                 I
                 did
                 truly
                 in
                 my
                 Proposition
                 mention
                 the
                 very
                 least
                 Sum
                 ,
              
               &c.
               and
               a
               little
               after
               he
               says
               ,
               
                 and
                 what
                 I
                 proposed
                 I
                 thought
                 altogether
                 so
                 far
                 within
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 those
                 concerned
                 ,
              
               &c.
               and
               towards
               the
               end
               of
               that
               same
               Letter
               ,
               he
               says
               ,
               
                 But
                 before
                 it
                 be
                 given
                 over
                 ,
                 I
                 wish
                 I
                 had
                 such
                 a
                 Conference
                 as
                 I
                 wrote
                 of
                 to
                 you
                 a
                 Week
                 ago
                 ,
              
               &c.
               by
               which
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               Passages
               and
               Circumstances
               ,
               what
               is
               above-said
               ,
               becomes
               undenyable
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 method
                 or
                 way
                 of
                 opening
                 the
                 long
                 Letter
                 ,
                 discovered
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Gray
                 ,
                 for
                 further
                 Confirmation
                 .
              
            
             
             
               BUT
               for
               further
               Discovery
               of
               this
               Treason
               ,
               The
               Secret
               Committee
               finding
               that
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Carstares
              
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               sent
               down
               from
               England
               ,
               was
               not
               only
               frequently
               mention'd
               in
               several
               of
               Argiles
               Letters
               ,
               but
               related
               to
               in
               them
               as
               one
               of
               the
               principal
               Agents
               in
               these
               Affairs
               ;
               They
               endeavour
               to
               bring
               him
               to
               a
               Confession
               ,
               but
               all
               endeavours
               were
               fruitless
               ,
               untill
               he
               was
               put
               to
               the
               Question
               ,
               according
               to
               Law
               and
               Custom
               of
               this
               ,
               and
               other
               Nations
               in
               such
               Cases
               ,
               where
               Persons
               under
               great
               and
               pregnant
               presumptions
               of
               the
               knowledge
               of
               Crimes
               ,
               refuse
               to
               confess
               ,
               they
               are
               by
               Law
               to
               be
               put
               to
               Torture
               ,
               especially
               where
               they
               refuse
               to
               depone
               upon
               Oath
               to
               the
               Interrogators
               proposed
               ,
               their
               Depositions
               being
               always
               declared
               to
               be
               of
               no
               force
               nor
               danger
               to
               themselves
               ;
               all
               which
               concurred
               both
               in
               Mr.
               Carstares
               and
               Mr.
               Spence
               :
               This
               man
               albeit
               he
               was
               not
               easily
               brought
               to
               confess
               ,
               yet
               once
               brought
               to
               it
               ,
               seem'd
               very
               ingenuous
               .
               And
               what
               he
               deposed
               at
               several
               times
               ,
               is
               insert
               to
               a
               word
               in
               his
               Deposition
               ;
               which
               is
               not
               here
               insert
               ,
               to
               evite
               prolixity
               ,
               being
               at
               full
               set
               down
               in
               Ierviswoods
               Process
               hereto
               subjoyned
               ,
               pag.
               23.
               
            
             
               Every
               step
               discovering
               a
               new
               Scene
               of
               Treason
               ,
               the
               Secret
               Committee
               did
               order
               the
               apprehending
               of
               
                 Polwart
                 ,
                 Torwoodlie
                 ,
                 Philiphaugh
                 ,
                 Gallowsheils
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               Earl
               of
               Tarras
               ,
               as
               those
               who
               had
               corresponded
               with
               other
               Scotsmen
               and
               Englishmen
               in
               England
               on
               these
               Treasonable
               Designs
               :
               Polwort
               and
               Torwoodlie
               being
               indeed
               most
               active
               ,
               and
               conscious
               to
               themselves
               of
               the
               highest
               Guilt
               ,
               were
               more
               watchful
               over
               themselves
               then
               others
               ,
               and
               so
               escaped
               before
               they
               were
               taken
               ;
               the
               other
               three
               were
               brought
               in
               to
               Edinburgh
               ,
               where
               Philiphaugh
               and
               Gallowsheils
               ,
               did
               at
               their
               first
               appearance
               freely
               and
               voluntarly
               confess
               ,
               as
               is
               subjoyned
               in
               the
               said
               Process
               against
               Ierviswood
               ,
               pag.
               14
               ,
               15
               ,
               16
               ,
               17
               ,
               18
               ,
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               21
               ,
               22
               ,
               23.
               both
               these
               had
               assurance
               that
               their
               Confessions
               should
               not
               militate
               against
               themselves
               ,
               without
               which
               they
               could
               not
               legally
               be
               examined
               upon
               Oath
               in
               so
               capital
               a
               Crime
               .
            
             
               
                 Alexander
                 Monro
              
               another
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               being
               likewise
               examined
               ,
               did
               depone
               ,
               as
               is
               subjoyned
               in
               the
               said
               Process
               ;
               and
               shortly
               thereafter
               the
               Earl
               of
               Tarras
               ,
               without
               either
               craving
               or
               receiving
               any
               security
               ,
               but
               on
               a
               sincere
               remorse
               for
               his
               Guilt
               ,
               did
               give
               in
               an
               ingenuous
               Confession
               of
               what
               he
               knew
               of
               the
               Design
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               there
               also
               subjoyned
               pag.
               12
               ,
               13
               ,
               14.
               
            
             
               These
               Depositions
               and
               Testimonies
               both
               in
               England
               and
               Scotland
               concurring
               to
               bring
               a
               manifest
               Guilt
               on
               Baillie
               of
               Ierviswood
               ,
               as
               one
               of
               the
               most
               active
               and
               violent
               in
               these
               Conspiracies
               ,
               whereby
               he
               did
               design
               with
               all
               possible
               rigour
               ,
               and
               imaginable
               violence
               ,
               to
               destroy
               the
               sacred
               Person
               of
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               His
               
                 Royal
                 Brother
              
               ,
               to
               overturn
               the
               Monarchical
               Government
               of
               Britain
               ,
               to
               destroy
               our
               established
               Religion
               ,
               the
               Property
               and
               Liberty
               of
               all
               Subjects
               ,
               to
               settle
               all
               the
               Power
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               Bloody
               and
               Fanatical
               Assassinats
               ,
               to
               break
               off
               the
               happy
               Peace
               and
               Tranquility
               wherewith
               God
               hath
               blessed
               us
               ,
               under
               the
               Reign
               of
               a
               most
               Gracious
               King
               ;
               and
               in
               place
               thereof
               to
               throw
               these
               Nations
               into
               Ruine
               and
               War
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               over
               our
               Isle
               a
               Deluge
               of
               Blood
               ;
               he
               was
               pitched
               upon
               as
               the
               first
               Person
               who
               should
               be
               brought
               to
               Tryal
               for
               these
               Execrable
               Crimes
               ;
               and
               accordingly
               on
               the
               23
               of
               December
               1684
               ,
               he
               was
               brought
               before
               the
               Justice
               Court
               ,
               the
               Privy
               Council
               having
               commanded
               such
               Advocats
               as
               he
               named
               ,
               to
               plead
               in
               his
               defence
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               Law
               could
               allow
               ;
               the
               Libel
               adduced
               against
               him
               being
               found
               Relevant
               beyond
               all
               Controversie
               ,
               he
               was
               by
               a
               Jury
               of
               Noblemen
               ,
               Barons
               ,
               and
               others
               his
               Peers
               ,
               found
               guilty
               of
               these
               Execrable
               Crimes
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Proofs
               adduced
               against
               him
               in
               presence
               of
               the
               Judges
               ,
               Jury
               ,
               Panual
               ,
               and
               a
               Croud
               of
               all
               kind
               of
               People
               who
               were
               Auditors
               ,
               they
               were
               all
               convinced
               of
               his
               Guilt
               ;
               wherefore
               he
               was
               on
               the
               24
               of
               December
               condemn'd
               to
               the
               death
               of
               a
               Traitor
               ,
               being
               Hang'd
               ,
               Quartered
               ,
               and
               his
               Quarters
               affix'd
               .
            
             
             
               The
               plain
               and
               evident
               probation
               adduced
               against
               Baillie
               of
               Ierviswood
               in
               this
               Process
               ,
               the
               Probation
               and
               Confessions
               of
               Captain
               
                 Thomas
                 Walcot
              
               and
               
                 Iohn
                 Rouse
              
               in
               England
               ,
               not
               only
               at
               the
               time
               of
               their
               Trial
               ,
               but
               at
               the
               time
               of
               their
               Death
               ,
               when
               all
               dissimulation
               was
               to
               little
               purpose
               ;
               The
               faint
               Defences
               of
               the
               Lord
               Russel
               and
               Collonel
               Sidney
               ,
               with
               the
               open
               Prevarications
               in
               their
               Confessions
               ,
               and
               the
               certain
               Demonstration
               by
               the
               discoveries
               which
               are
               laid
               open
               in
               Argiles
               Letter
               ,
               and
               the
               concurring
               circumstances
               of
               the
               Keys
               which
               discovers
               his
               Language
               ,
               the
               Identity
               of
               the
               Decypher
               found
               out
               in
               England
               and
               in
               Scotland
               ,
               without
               any
               correspondence
               betwixt
               the
               Decyphers
               ,
               with
               that
               discover'd
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Spence
                 ,
                 Argiles
              
               own
               Servant
               and
               Trustee
               ;
               the
               unalterableness
               of
               the
               Position
               of
               the
               words
               in
               these
               Letters
               discovered
               by
               Mr.
               Gray
               ,
               which
               in
               any
               other
               Position
               can
               make
               no
               sence
               ,
               do
               not
               only
               amount
               to
               a
               sufficient
               probation
               ,
               but
               to
               an
               evident
               and
               irrefragable
               demonstration
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               the
               Conspiracy
               in
               its
               blackest
               view
               :
               And
               chiefly
               of
               the
               late
               Argiles
               unalterable
               malice
               to
               his
               King
               and
               Country
               ,
               which
               he
               would
               have
               past
               as
               a
               Standard
               in
               his
               Exposition
               and
               Paraphrase
               of
               the
               Test
               ,
               under
               the
               names
               of
               his
               Religion
               and
               his
               Loyalty
               ;
               in
               which
               sense
               only
               he
               was
               to
               swear
               it
               then
               ,
               and
               to
               vindicat
               it
               since
               in
               his
               Book
               :
               And
               any
               who
               will
               but
               consider
               the
               foregoing
               evidences
               ,
               must
               have
               the
               famine
               opinion
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               his
               Book
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Justice
               of
               his
               Plea.
               And
               no
               body
               can
               doubt
               the
               truth
               of
               such
               evidences
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               would
               rather
               wish
               these
               villanies
               execute
               then
               discovered
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               TRYAL
               AND
               PROCESS
               OF
               High-Treason
               AND
               Doom
               of
               Forfaulture
               AGAINST
               Mr.
               Robert
               Baillie
               of
               Jerviswood
               TRAITOR
               .
               By
               His
               Majesties
               special
               Command
               ,
               As
               a
               further
               proof
               of
               the
               late
               Fanatical
               Conspiracy
               .
            
             
               Edinburg
               ,
               Printed
               by
               the
               Heir
               of
               
                 Andrew
                 Anderson
              
               ,
               Printer
               to
               His
               most
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               Reprinted
               at
               London
               ,
               by
               
                 Tho.
                 Newcomb
              
               ,
               1685.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               The
               Tryal
               and
               Process
               of
               High-Treason
               ,
               and
               Doom
               of
               Forefaulture
               against
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Baillie
              
               of
               Jerviswood
               Traitor
               .
            
             
               
                 CVria
                 Iusticiariae
                 
                   S.
                   D.
                   N.
                
                 Regis
                 tanta
                 in
                 praetorio
                 burgi
                 de
                 Edinburgh
                 
                   vigesimo
                   tertio
                   die
                   mensis
                   
                     Decembris
                     1684.
                  
                   
                
              
               Per
               nobilem
               &
               Potentem
               Comitem
               Georgium
               Comitem
               de
               Linlithgow
               ,
               Dominum
               Livingstoun
               ,
               &c.
               
               Iusticiarium
               generalem
               totius
               Regni
               Scotiae
               ,
               &
               honorabiles
               viros
               ,
               Dominos
               
                 Jacobum
                 Foulis
              
               de
               Colintoun
               Iusticiariae
               Clericum
               ,
               
                 Ioannem
                 Lockhart
              
               de
               
                 Castlehill
                 ,
                 Davidem
                 Balfour
              
               de
               
                 Forret
                 ,
                 Rogerum
                 Hoge
              
               de
               
                 Harcarss
                 ,
                 Alexandrum
                 Seaton
              
               de
               Pitmedden
               ,
               &
               
                 Patricium
                 Lyon
              
               de
               Carss
               ,
               Commissionarios
               Iusticiariae
               dicti
               .
               
                 S.
                 D.
                 N.
              
               Regis
               .
               Curia
               legitime
               affirmata
               .
               Intran
               
                 Mr.
                 
                   Robert
                   Baillie
                
                 of
                 Jerviswood
                 Prisoner
              
            
             
               INdited
               and
               accused
               ,
               that
               where
               notwithstanding
               by
               the
               Common
               Law
               of
               this
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               well
               Governed
               Nations
               ,
               the
               Conspiring
               to
               overturn
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               Monarchy
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               Established
               Government
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               or
               the
               concealing
               ,
               and
               not
               revealing
               of
               any
               Treasonable
               Design
               ,
               Project
               ,
               or
               Discourse
               tending
               thereto
               ;
               Or
               the
               assisting
               ,
               aiding
               ,
               or
               abaiting
               such
               as
               have
               any
               such
               Designs
               ,
               does
               infer
               the
               Pains
               and
               Punishment
               of
               Treason
               .
               And
               by
               the
               third
               Act
               of
               the
               first
               Parliament
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               first
               ,
               
                 The
                 Rebelling
                 openly
                 against
                 the
                 Kings
                 Person
                 :
              
               and
               by
               the
               thretty
               seventh
               Act
               of
               His
               second
               Parliament
               ,
               
                 The
                 Resetting
                 ,
                 Maintaining
                 ,
                 or
                 doing
                 favours
                 to
                 open
                 ,
                 or
                 notour
                 Rebellers
                 against
                 the
                 Kings
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 is
                 Declared
                 Treason
                 ,
                 and
                 punishable
                 by
                 Forefaulture
                 .
              
               And
               by
               the
               hundred
               fourty
               and
               fourth
               Act
               of
               the
               twelfth
               Parliament
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 Declared
                 Treason
                 to
                 Reset
                 ,
                 Supply
                 ,
                 or
                 Intercommune
                 with
                 Traitors
                 .
              
               And
               by
               the
               first
               Act
               of
               the
               first
               Session
               of
               His
               Majesties
               first
               Parliament
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 Declared
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 High
                 Treason
                 for
                 the
                 Subjects
                 of
                 this
                 Realm
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 number
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 less
                 or
                 more
                 ,
                 upon
                 any
                 ground
                 ,
                 or
                 pretext
                 whatsomever
                 ,
                 to
                 rise
                 ,
                 or
                 continue
                 in
                 Arms
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 Peace
                 or
                 War
                 ,
                 without
                 His
                 Majesties
                 special
                 Approbation
                 .
              
               And
               by
               the
               second
               Act
               of
               the
               second
               Session
               of
               His
               Majesties
               said
               first
               Parliament
               ,
               
                 To
                 Plot
                 ,
                 Contrive
                 ,
                 or
                 intend
                 Death
                 ,
                 or
                 Destruction
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 put
                 any
                 Restraint
                 upon
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Royal
                 Person
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 Deprive
                 ,
                 Depose
                 ,
                 or
                 Suspend
                 Him
                 from
                 the
                 Exercise
                 of
                 His
                 Royal
                 Government
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 levy
                 War
                 ,
                 or
                 take
                 up
                 Arms
                 against
                 His
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 Commissionated
                 by
                 Him
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 intice
                 any
                 Strangers
                 ,
                 or
                 others
                 ,
                 to
                 Invade
                 any
                 of
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Dominions
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 Write
                 ,
                 Print
                 ,
                 or
                 speak
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 may
                 express
                 or
                 declare
                 such
                 their
                 Treasonable
                 
                 Intentions
                 ,
                 it
                 declared
                 Treason
                 ,
                 and
                 punishable
                 as
                 such
                 .
              
               Likeas
               ,
               by
               the
               second
               Act
               of
               His
               Majesties
               third
               Parliament
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 Declared
                 High
                 Treason
                 in
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 ●ubjects
                 of
                 this
                 Realm
                 ,
                 by
                 Writing
                 ,
                 Speaking
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 ma●ner
                 of
                 way
                 to
                 endeavour
                 the
                 alteration
                 ,
                 Suspension
                 ,
                 or
                 Diversion
                 of
                 the
                 ●ight
                 of
                 Succession
                 ,
                 or
                 debarring
                 the
                 next
                 lawful
                 Successour
                 .
              
               Nevertheless
               ,
               it
               is
               o●
               ve●ity
               that
               the
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Baillie
              
               of
               Ierviswood
               ,
               shaking
               off
               all
               fear
               of
               God
               ,
               respect
               and
               regard
               to
               His
               Majesties
               Authority
               and
               Laws
               ;
               and
               having
               conceived
               most
               unjustly
               ,
               a
               great
               and
               extraordinary
               malice
               and
               hatred
               against
               His
               Majesties
               Person
               and
               Government
               ,
               and
               having
               designed
               most
               Tra●●erously
               to
               debar
               His
               Royal
               Highness
               ,
               His
               Majesties
               only
               Brother
               ,
               from
               His
               due
               Right
               of
               Succession
               ,
               did
               amongst
               many
               other
               Traiterous
               Acts
               ,
               tending
               to
               promove
               that
               wicked
               Design
               ,
               endeavour
               to
               get
               himself
               Elected
               one
               of
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Negotiating
               the
               settlement
               of
               a
               Colony
               of
               this
               Nation
               in
               Carolina
               ,
               in
               one
               or
               other
               of
               the
               days
               of
               the
               Moneths
               of
               
                 Ianuary
                 ,
                 February
                 ,
                 March
                 ,
                 April
                 ,
              
               or
               May
               ,
               One
               thousand
               six
               hundred
               and
               eighty
               three
               years
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               might
               thereby
               have
               the
               freer
               and
               better
               access
               to
               Treat
               with
               the
               Earls
               of
               Shaftsbury
               and
               Essex
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Russeb
               and
               others
               ,
               who
               had
               entered
               into
               a
               Conspiracy
               in
               England
               against
               His
               Majesties
               Person
               and
               Government
               ,
               and
               with
               Colonel
               
                 Rumsay
                 ,
                 Walcot
                 ,
                 West
              
               ,
               and
               Ferguson
               ,
               and
               others
               who
               had
               likewise
               Conspired
               the
               Murder
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Sacred
               Person
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Person
               of
               His
               Royal
               Highness
               ;
               and
               finding
               that
               he
               could
               not
               get
               himself
               Elected
               one
               of
               the
               said
               Commissioners
               ,
               he
               resolved
               to
               go
               to
               London
               upon
               his
               own
               expenses
               ,
               and
               declared
               to
               severals
               (
               whom
               he
               took
               great
               pains
               to
               draw
               in
               to
               be
               his
               accomplices
               )
               that
               his
               Design
               was
               to
               push
               foreward
               the
               People
               of
               England
               ,
               who
               did
               nothing
               but
               talk
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               go
               on
               effectually
               ;
               and
               after
               he
               had
               settled
               a
               Correspondency
               here
               ,
               he
               did
               go
               up
               to
               London
               in
               one
               or
               other
               of
               the
               saids
               Moneths
               ,
               with
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Cochran
              
               and
               Commissar
               Monro
               ,
               and
               did
               then
               ,
               and
               there
               ,
               Transact
               with
               the
               saids
               Conspirators
               ,
               or
               one
               or
               other
               of
               them
               ,
               to
               get
               a
               sum
               of
               Money
               to
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Argile
               ,
               a
               Declaired
               Traitor
               ,
               for
               bringing
               home
               of
               Men
               and
               Arms
               ,
               for
               raising
               a
               Rebellion
               against
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               Invading
               this
               his
               Native
               Countrey
               ;
               and
               so
               earnest
               was
               he
               in
               the
               said
               Design
               ,
               that
               he
               did
               chide
               those
               English
               Conspirators
               ,
               for
               not
               sending
               the
               same
               timeously
               ,
               and
               lamented
               the
               delayes
               used
               in
               it
               ;
               and
               perswaded
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Argile
               and
               others
               in
               his
               name
               to
               accept
               of
               any
               sum
               ,
               rather
               than
               not
               to
               engage
               :
               and
               amongst
               the
               many
               meetings
               that
               he
               h●d
               at
               London
               ,
               for
               carrying
               on
               the
               said
               Traiterous
               design
               ,
               there
               was
               one
               at
               his
               own
               Chamber
               ,
               where
               he
               did
               meet
               with
               the
               Lord
               Melvil
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Cochran
              
               ,
               and
               the
               C●ssnocks
               Elder
               and
               Younger
               ,
               and
               amongst
               others
               ,
               with
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Veatch
              
               a
               declared
               Traitor
               ,
               and
               there
               he
               did
               treat
               of
               the
               carying
               on
               of
               the
               said
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               money
               to
               be
               furnished
               by
               the
               English
               for
               Argyle
               ,
               for
               buying
               of
               Armes
               .
               And
               that
               if
               the
               Scots
               would
               attempt
               any
               thing
               for
               their
               own
               relief
               ,
               they
               would
               get
               assistance
               of
               Horse
               from
               England
               ;
               and
               from
               that
               meeting
               ,
               he
               or
               ane
               ,
               or
               other
               of
               them
               did
               send
               down
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Martin
              
               to
               prevent
               any
               rysing
               ,
               till
               it
               should
               be
               seasonable
               for
               carying
               on
               of
               their
               Designs
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Robert
               ,
               after
               he
               came
               to
               Scotland
               ,
               did
               treat
               with
               Palwart
               and
               others
               ,
               for
               carying
               on
               of
               the
               said
               Rebellion
               ,
               by
               securing
               His
               Majesties
               Officers
               of
               State
               ,
               His
               Castles
               and
               Forces
               ,
               and
               by
               putting
               his
               Correspondents
               here
               ,
               and
               there
               Associates
               ,
               in
               readiness
               ,
               to
               assist
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Argyle
               ;
               and
               after
               the
               said
               Mr.
               Baillie
               had
               engadged
               many
               of
               his
               Countrey-men
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               had
               assured
               his
               Correspondants
               here
               ,
               that
               the
               English
               were
               resolved
               to
               seclud
               his
               Royal-Highness
               from
               his
               due
               right
               of
               Succession
               ,
               thereby
               to
               encourage
               them
               to
               concur
               in
               the
               said
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               Exclusion
               ,
               he
               slew
               to
               that
               hight
               ,
               that
               he
               did
               particularly
               and
               closly
               correspond
               with
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Ferguson
              
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Armstrong
              
               ,
               Collonel
               Rumsay
               ,
               and
               Walcot
               ,
               who
               were
               accessory
               to
               that
               horrid
               part
               of
               the
               Conspiracy
               ,
               which
               was
               designed
               against
               the
               sacred
               Life
               of
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               the
               Life
               of
               His
               Royal-Highness
               ,
               and
               did
               sit
               up
               several
               nights
               
               with
               them
               ,
               concerting
               that
               bloody
               Massacer
               :
               at
               least
               the
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Baillie
              
               of
               Ierviswood
               was
               ,
               and
               is
               guilty
               of
               having
               correspondence
               with
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Argyle
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Veatch
              
               declared
               Traitors
               ,
               and
               of
               being
               art
               and
               part
               of
               an
               Conspiracy
               ,
               for
               assisting
               of
               these
               who
               were
               to
               rise
               in
               arms
               against
               His
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               for
               exclusion
               of
               His
               Royal
               Brother
               ,
               and
               of
               concealing
               and
               not
               revealing
               the
               accession
               and
               proposals
               of
               others
               for
               that
               effect
               .
               Wherethrow
               he
               has
               committed
               ,
               and
               is
               guilty
               of
               the
               Crymes
               of
               High
               Treason
               ,
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               others
               above
               specified
               ,
               and
               is
               art
               and
               part
               of
               the
               famine
               ,
               which
               being
               found
               by
               ane
               Assize
               ,
               he
               ought
               to
               be
               punished
               with
               Forfaulture
               of
               Life
               ,
               Land
               and
               Goods
               ,
               to
               the
               terror
               of
               others
               to
               commit
               the
               like
               hereafter
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   HIS
                   Majesties
                   Advocat
                   produced
                   an
                   Act
                   ,
                   and
                   Warrand
                   from
                   the
                   Lords
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   most
                   Honourable
                   Privy
                   Council
                   ,
                   for
                   pursuing
                   ,
                   and
                   insisting
                   against
                   the
                   said
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Baillie
                  
                   of
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   whereof
                   the
                   Tenor
                   follows
                   :
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   The
                   twenty
                   two
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   one
                   thousand
                   six
                   hundred
                   and
                   eighty
                   four
                   years
                   .
                   The
                   Lords
                   of
                   his
                   Majesties
                   Privy
                   Council
                   ,
                   do
                   hereby
                   give
                   Order
                   and
                   Warrand
                   to
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Advocat
                   ,
                   to
                   pursue
                   a
                   Process
                   of
                   Treason
                   and
                   Forfaulture
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   Lords
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Justiciary
                   ,
                   against
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Baillie
                  
                   of
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   to
                   morrow
                   at
                   two
                   a
                   clock
                   in
                   the
                   afternoon
                   preceisly
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   said
                   Lords
                   do
                   hereby
                   Require
                   and
                   Command
                   ,
                   Sr.
                   
                     George
                     Lockhart
                  
                   of
                   Carnwath
                   ,
                   and
                   Sr.
                   
                     Iohn
                     Lauder
                  
                   Advocats
                   ,
                   to
                   concur
                   ,
                   and
                   assist
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Process
                   with
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Advocat
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   intenting
                   until
                   the
                   end
                   thereof
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   will
                   be
                   answerable
                   upon
                   their
                   alledgance
                   .
                   Extract
                   by
                   me
                   ,
                   
                     sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Colin
                     Mckenzie
                     ,
                     
                       Cls.
                       Sti.
                       Concilij
                    
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Pursuers
                       .
                    
                     
                       Sir
                       
                         George
                         Mckenzie
                      
                       of
                       Roshaugh
                       Our
                       Soveraign
                       Lords
                       Advocat
                    
                     
                       Sir
                       
                         George
                         Lockhart
                      
                       Advocat
                       .
                    
                     
                       Sir
                       
                         Iohn
                         Lauder
                      
                       .
                       Advocat
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Procurators
                       in
                       Defence
                       .
                    
                     
                       Sir
                       
                         Patrick
                         Hume
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       Mr.
                       
                         Walter
                         Pringle
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       Mr.
                       
                         Iames
                         Graham
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       Mr.
                       
                         William
                         Fletcher
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       Mr.
                       
                         William
                         Baillie
                      
                       .
                       Advocats
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   THE
                   Pannals
                   Procurators
                   produced
                   ane
                   Act
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Privy
                   Council
                   ,
                   in
                   their
                   favours
                   ,
                   whereof
                   the
                   Tenor
                   follows
                   :
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   the
                   twenty
                   third
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   one
                   thousand
                   six
                   hundred
                   eighty
                   four
                   years
                   ,
                   The
                   Lords
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Privy
                   Council
                   having
                   considered
                   ane
                   Address
                   made
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   by
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Baillie
                  
                   of
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   now
                   indited
                   at
                   the
                   instance
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Advocat
                   ;
                   before
                   the
                   Lords
                   Commissioners
                   of
                   Justiciary
                   ,
                   of
                   Treason
                   ,
                   do
                   hereby
                   Require
                   and
                   Command
                   Sir
                   
                     Patrick
                     Hume
                  
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Walter
                     Pringle
                  
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Iames
                     Graham
                  
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Fletcher
                  
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Iames
                     Falconer
                  
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Baillie
                  
                   Advocats
                   ,
                   to
                   Consult
                   ,
                   Compear
                   ,
                   and
                   Debate
                   for
                   the
                   Petitioner
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Process
                   of
                   Treason
                   ,
                   mentioned
                   in
                   his
                   Address
                   ,
                   without
                   any
                   hazard
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   will
                   be
                   answerable
                   at
                   their
                   peril
                   ;
                   Extract
                   by
                   me
                   ,
                   
                     sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     William
                     Paterson
                     ,
                     
                       Cls.
                       Sti.
                       Concilij
                    
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               AFter
               reading
               of
               the
               Inditement
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Justice
               General
               required
               the
               Pannal
               to
               make
               answer
               thereto
               .
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 said
                 Mr.
                 
                   Robert
                   Baillie
                
                 Pannal
                 pleaded
                 not
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               MR.
               
                 Walter
                 Pringle
              
               Advocat
               ,
               as
               Procurator
               for
               the
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Baillie
              
               of
               Ierviswood
               Pannal
               ,
               alleadges
               that
               he
               ought
               not
               to
               pass
               to
               the
               knowledge
               of
               an
               Assize
               ;
               because
               he
               had
               not
               got
               a
               Citation
               upon
               fyfteen
               days
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               on
               a
               competent
               time
               ,
               which
               is
               usual
               ,
               and
               absolutely
               necessar
               in
               all
               Actions
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               in
               Criminal
               Pursuits
               ,
               especially
               ,
               seing
               ,
               if
               a
               competent
               time
               be
               not
               allowed
               to
               the
               Pannal
               ,
               he
               is
               precludit
               of
               the
               benefit
               of
               ane
               exculpation
               ,
               without
               which
               he
               cannot
               prove
               his
               Objections
               against
               Witnesses
               ,
               or
               Assyzers
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Legal
               ,
               or
               competent
               Defences
               ;
               And
               by
               the
               late
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               concerning
               the
               Justice
               Court
               ,
               all
               Pannalls
               are
               allowed
               to
               raise
               Precepts
               of
               Exculpation
               ,
               and
               thereupon
               to
               cite
               Witnesses
               ,
               for
               proving
               the
               Objections
               against
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               Assyzers
               ,
               which
               necessarily
               presupposeth
               ,
               that
               a
               competent
               time
               must
               be
               allowed
               to
               the
               Pannal
               to
               execut
               his
               diligence
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               how
               is
               it
               possible
               he
               can
               prove
               an
               Defence
               of
               alibi
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               just
               Defence
               :
               and
               as
               this
               is
               most
               consonant
               to
               that
               clear
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               to
               material
               Justice
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Rules
               of
               Humanity
               ,
               so
               this
               point
               has
               been
               already
               fully
               and
               often
               decided
               ,
               and
               lately
               in
               the
               case
               of
               one
               Robertson
               in
               Iuly
               1673.
               
               The
               Instance
               whereof
               ,
               is
               given
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Advocat
               in
               his
               Book
               of
               Criminals
               ,
               and
               Title
               of
               Libels
               ,
               where
               the
               Lords
               found
               ,
               that
               albeit
               Robertson
               got
               his
               Inditement
               in
               Prison
               ,
               yet
               he
               behoved
               to
               get
               it
               upon
               fifteen
               dayes
               .
            
             
               HIS
               Majesties
               Advocat
               oppons
               the
               constant
               Tract
               of
               Decisions
               ,
               whereby
               it
               is
               found
               ,
               that
               a
               person
               Incarcerated
               may
               be
               Tryed
               upon
               twenty
               four
               houres
               ;
               and
               the
               late
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               is
               only
               in
               the
               case
               where
               a
               Summons
               or
               Libel
               is
               to
               be
               Raised
               ;
               but
               here
               there
               is
               no
               Libel
               or
               Summons
               ,
               but
               only
               an
               Inditement
               ;
               nor
               was
               any
               Exculpation
               sought
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               before
               the
               Tryal
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               case
               provided
               for
               by
               the
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               .
            
             
               
                 THe
                 Lords
                 ,
                 Justice-General
                 ,
                 Justice-Clerk
                 ,
                 and
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 Justiciary
                 ,
                 Repell
                 the
                 Defence
                 ,
                 in
                 respect
                 the
                 Pannal
                 is
                 a
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 the
                 constant
                 Custom
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Pannal
                 made
                 no
                 former
                 application
                 for
                 an
                 Exculpation
                 .
              
            
             
               SIR
               
                 Patrick
                 Hume
              
               for
               the
               Pannal
               ,
               alleadges
               (
               alwas
               denying
               the
               Libel
               ,
               and
               whole
               Members
               ,
               and
               Qualifications
               thereof
               )
               that
               in
               so
               far
               as
               the
               Libel
               is
               founded
               upon
               Harbouring
               ,
               maintaining
               ,
               and
               Intercommuning
               with
               the
               persons
               mentioned
               in
               the
               Dittay
               ,
               the
               Pannal
               ought
               to
               be
               assoylzied
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               
                 res
                 hactenus
                 judicata
              
               ,
               he
               having
               been
               formerly
               pursued
               before
               the
               Lords
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Privy
               Council
               for
               the
               same
               Crimes
               ,
               and
               Fined
               in
               an
               considerable
               Sum
               ;
               and
               therefore
               that
               Crime
               cannot
               now
               ●e
               made
               use
               of
               as
               a
               ground
               of
               Treason
               against
               the
               Pannal
               .
            
             
               HIS
               Majesties
               Advocat
               answers
               ,
               That
               he
               Restricts
               his
               Libel
               ,
               to
               the
               Pannals
               entering
               in
               a
               Conspiracy
               ,
               for
               raising
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               for
               procuring
               Money
               to
               be
               sent
               to
               the
               Late
               Earl
               of
               Argile
               ,
               for
               carrying
               on
               the
               said
               Rebellion
               ;
               and
               for
               concealing
               ,
               and
               not
               revealing
               ;
               neither
               of
               which
               is
               referred
               to
               his
               Oath
               ;
               and
               consequently
               was
               not
               
                 res
                 judicata
              
               ,
               there
               being
               nothing
               referred
               to
               his
               Oath
               ;
               but
               his
               Converse
               and
               Correspondence
               with
               some
               Ministers
               ,
               and
               others
               within
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               his
               own
               Gardiner
               ,
               and
               his
               Writing
               Letters
               to
               my
               Lord
               Argile
               ;
               and
               oppons
               the
               
               Decreet
               of
               Council
               it self
               ,
               and
               restricts
               the
               Libel
               to
               all
               the
               Crimes
               not
               insisted
               on
               in
               the
               Decreet
               .
            
             
               SIr
               
                 Patrick
                 Hume
              
               Replyes
               ,
               That
               as
               to
               the
               Corresponding
               with
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Argile
               ,
               at
               any
               time
               since
               his
               Forefaulture
               ,
               was
               expresly
               proponed
               as
               an
               Interrogator
               to
               the
               Pannal
               in
               that
               Pursuit
               ,
               at
               His
               Majesties
               Advocat's
               Instance
               against
               him
               ,
               before
               the
               Lords
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Privy
               Council
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               only
               his
               own
               Correspondence
               by
               himself
               ;
               but
               also
               by
               Major
               Holms
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Carstares
                 ,
                 Robert
                 West
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 Shepherd
                 ,
                 Richard
                 Rumbold
                 ,
              
               and
               Collonel
               Rumsay
               ,
               as
               the
               Interrogator
               bears
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               a
               double
               of
               the
               Act
               of
               Council
               ,
               written
               by
               the
               Clerk
               of
               Councils
               Servant
               ,
               and
               is
               offered
               to
               be
               proven
               by
               my
               Lord
               Advocats
               Oath
               :
               And
               as
               to
               any
               Correspondency
               with
               Mr.
               Veitch
               ;
               it
               is
               not
               Relevant
               ,
               since
               he
               was
               not
               Declared
               Rebel
               .
            
             
               SIr
               
                 Iohn
                 Lauder
              
               for
               his
               Majesties
               Interest
               ,
               answers
               ,
               That
               he
               oppons
               th●
               Decreet
               of
               Privy
               Council
               ,
               where
               no
               such
               Interrogator
               was
               put
               to
               the
               Pannal
               ,
               and
               the
               Decreet
               must
               make
               more
               Faith
               than
               any
               pretended
               Scroll
               ,
               and
               cannot
               be
               taken
               away
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Advocats
               Oath
               ,
               to
               His
               Majesties
               prejudice
               ;
               and
               for
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Veitch
              
               ,
               he
               stands
               expresly
               Forefault
               in
               anno
               1667.
               and
               the
               Doom
               of
               Forefaulture
               ,
               is
               Ratified
               in
               the
               Parliament
               1669.
               
            
             
               SIR
               
                 Patrick
                 Hume
              
               oppons
               the
               Reply
               ,
               That
               as
               to
               the
               Corresponding
               with
               Mr.
               Veitch
               ,
               it
               does
               not
               appear
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               the
               person
               mentioned
               in
               the
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               ;
               and
               albeit
               he
               were
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               not
               ,
               he
               having
               thereafter
               come
               home
               to
               Scotland
               ,
               all
               the
               punishment
               inflicted
               upon
               him
               was
               Banishment
               ,
               not
               to
               return
               under
               the
               pain
               of
               Death
               ,
               which
               did
               take
               off
               any
               former
               Punishment
               ;
               and
               it
               was
               no
               Crime
               in
               any
               Person
               to
               Intercommune
               with
               him
               ,
               especially
               in
               another
               Kingdom
               ;
               and
               by
               the
               late
               Act
               of
               Council
               in
               anno
               1683.
               
               Even
               the
               Conversing
               ,
               and
               Intercommuning
               with
               declared
               Traitors
               ,
               is
               restricted
               to
               an
               Arbitrary
               punishment
               .
            
             
               HIs
               Majesties
               Advocat
               oppons
               the
               standing
               Doom
               of
               Forefaulture
               against
               Veitch
               ,
               and
               the
               Proclamation
               ,
               or
               Act
               of
               Council
               it self
               .
            
             
               THe
               Lords
               ,
               Justice-General
               ,
               Justice-Clerk
               ,
               and
               Commissioners
               of
               Justiciary
               ,
               having
               considered
               the
               Libel
               ,
               pursued
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Advocat
               ,
               against
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Baille
              
               of
               Ierviswood
               ,
               with
               my
               Lord
               Advocats
               Declaration
               ,
               whereby
               he
               Restricts
               the
               same
               to
               the
               Crimes
               not
               insisted
               on
               in
               the
               Decreet
               of
               Council
               formerly
               pronunced
               against
               the
               Pannal
               :
               They
               find
               the
               same
               Relevant
               as
               it
               is
               restricted
               ,
               to
               infer
               the
               pain
               of
               Treason
               ,
               and
               remits
               the
               same
               to
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Assize
               ,
               and
               Repells
               the
               remnant
               Defences
               proponed
               for
               the
               Pannal
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               Decreet
               of
               Council
               produced
               ,
               bearing
               no
               such
               thing
               as
               is
               alleadged
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               answers
               made
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Advocat
               thereto
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                     
                       Assisa
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         The
                         Earl
                         of
                         Strathmore
                         .
                      
                       
                         The
                         Earl
                         of
                         Belcarras
                         .
                      
                       
                         Sir
                         
                           George
                           Skeen
                        
                         ,
                         Provost
                         of
                         Aberdene
                         .
                      
                       
                         Sir
                         
                           Iames
                           Fleming
                        
                         ,
                         late
                         Provest
                         of
                         Edinburgh
                         .
                      
                       
                         Sir
                         
                           Iohn
                           Ramsay
                        
                         of
                         Whitehill
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Adam
                           Hepburn
                        
                         of
                         Humby
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Andrew
                           Bruce
                        
                         of
                         Earleshall
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Iohn
                           Stuart
                        
                         ,
                         Tutor
                         of
                         Alpin
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Alexander
                           Miln
                        
                         of
                         Gar●in
                         .
                      
                       
                         Mr.
                         
                           Iams
                           Elies
                        
                         of
                         Stenhopsmilus
                         .
                      
                       
                         Sir
                         
                           William
                           Drummond
                        
                         of
                         Halthornden
                         .
                      
                       
                         Major
                         
                           Andrew
                           White
                        
                         ,
                         Lieutennent
                         of
                         Edinburgh-Castle
                         .
                      
                       
                         Mr.
                         
                           David
                           Grahame
                        
                         ,
                         Sheriff
                         of
                         Wigtoun
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Colin
                           Mckenzie
                        
                         ,
                         Collector
                         of
                         Ross.
                         
                      
                       
                         
                           David
                           Burnet
                        
                         ▪
                         Merchant
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       THe
                       Assise
                       lawfully
                       Sworn
                       ,
                       no
                       Objection
                       of
                       the
                       Law
                       in
                       the
                       contrary
                       .
                    
                     
                       HIs
                       Majesties
                       Advocat
                       for
                       Probation
                       adduced
                       the
                       Witnesses
                       and
                       Writs
                       aftermentioned
                       ;
                       and
                       first
                       ,
                       Walter
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       .
                    
                     
                       SIr
                       
                         Patrick
                         Hume
                      
                       Procurator
                       for
                       the
                       Pannal
                       ,
                       objects
                       against
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       cannot
                       be
                       a
                       Witness
                       ,
                       because
                       he
                       is
                       
                         socius
                         &
                         particeps
                         criminis
                      
                       ;
                       and
                       it
                       is
                       clear
                       by
                       the
                       34.
                       
                       
                         Chap.
                         Stat.
                      
                       2.
                       
                       Rob.
                       1.
                       
                       Concerning
                       these
                       that
                       are
                       excluded
                       from
                       bearing
                       of
                       Testimony
                       that
                       
                         socij
                         &
                         participes
                         ejusdem
                         criminis
                         ,
                         vel
                         incarcerati
                         &
                         vinculati
                         ,
                      
                       cannot
                       bear
                       Testimony
                       :
                       As
                       also
                       ,
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       being
                       presently
                       under
                       an
                       Inditement
                       of
                       High
                       Treason
                       ,
                       and
                       under
                       the
                       Impressions
                       of
                       Fear
                       ,
                       and
                       Death
                       ,
                       no
                       person
                       in
                       his
                       Circumstances
                       can
                       be
                       admitted
                       a
                       Witness
                       ,
                       as
                       is
                       not
                       only
                       clear
                       from
                       the
                       foresaid
                       Statute
                       ,
                       but
                       from
                       the
                       Common
                       Law.
                       
                    
                     
                       HIs
                       Majesties
                       Advocat
                       answers
                       ,
                       That
                       it
                       is
                       an
                       exception
                       from
                       that
                       Rule
                       ,
                       both
                       by
                       the
                       Common
                       Law
                       ,
                       and
                       ours
                       ,
                       that
                       in
                       the
                       Crime
                       of
                       lese
                       Majestie
                       ,
                       and
                       especially
                       ,
                       that
                       Branch
                       thereof
                       ,
                       which
                       we
                       call
                       a
                       Conspiracy
                       ,
                       
                         socius
                         criminis
                      
                       may
                       be
                       a
                       witnes
                       ,
                       and
                       which
                       is
                       introduced
                       very
                       reasonably
                       by
                       Lawyers
                       ,
                       to
                       secure
                       the
                       common
                       interest
                       of
                       mankind
                       ,
                       which
                       is
                       the
                       chief
                       of
                       all
                       Interests
                       ;
                       and
                       because
                       Conspiracies
                       cannot
                       be
                       otherwayes
                       proved
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       to
                       allow
                       this
                       manner
                       of
                       Probation
                       ,
                       were
                       to
                       allow
                       Treason
                       ,
                       since
                       no
                       man
                       can
                       prove
                       a
                       Plot
                       ,
                       but
                       he
                       that
                       is
                       upon
                       it
                       ,
                       and
                       how
                       can
                       a
                       man
                       object
                       against
                       him
                       as
                       a
                       Witness
                       ,
                       whom
                       himself
                       trusted
                       with
                       his
                       Life
                       ,
                       his
                       Fortune
                       ,
                       and
                       their
                       common
                       Plot
                       ,
                       nor
                       is
                       the
                       intenting
                       of
                       the
                       Lybel
                       any
                       stronger
                       qualification
                       ,
                       since
                       every
                       man
                       that
                       is
                       
                         socius
                         criminis
                      
                       ,
                       is
                       under
                       the
                       same
                       impression
                       ,
                       and
                       it
                       would
                       rather
                       seem
                       the
                       greater
                       and
                       nearer
                       apprehensions
                       a
                       man
                       has
                       of
                       death
                       ,
                       he
                       will
                       be
                       the
                       more
                       sincere
                       and
                       faithful
                       ;
                       Nor
                       has
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       ,
                       nor
                       did
                       he
                       ever
                       seek
                       any
                       security
                       ,
                       in
                       order
                       to
                       his
                       deponing
                       .
                       And
                       this
                       has
                       been
                       constantly
                       ,
                       and
                       latlie
                       ,
                       conform
                       to
                       the
                       Common
                       Law
                       ,
                       as
                       may
                       be
                       seen
                       in
                       the
                       hundreds
                       of
                       Citations
                       set
                       down
                       by
                       
                         Mascard
                         ,
                         de
                         probationibus
                         ,
                         vol.
                      
                       4.
                       conclus
                       .
                       1318.
                       num
                       21.
                       and
                       the
                       contrary
                       citations
                       prove
                       only
                       ,
                       that
                       regularly
                       
                         socius
                         criminis
                      
                       cannot
                       be
                       a
                       Witnes
                       .
                    
                     
                     
                       SIr
                       
                         Patrick
                         Hume
                      
                       replyes
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Statutes
                       of
                       Robert
                       the
                       first
                       is
                       opponed
                       ,
                       and
                       
                         non
                         est
                         distinguendum
                         ubi
                         lex
                         non
                         distinguit
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       not
                       only
                       was
                       he
                       
                         socius
                         criminis
                      
                       ,
                       which
                       is
                       acknowledged
                       ,
                       but
                       he
                       is
                       incarceratus
                       ,
                       and
                       lying
                       under
                       an
                       Indytment
                       of
                       high
                       Treason
                       ,
                       and
                       has
                       thrown
                       himself
                       on
                       the
                       Kings
                       Mercy
                       ,
                       and
                       it
                       is
                       not
                       proper
                       he
                       should
                       be
                       a
                       Witness
                       ,
                       seeing
                       he
                       is
                       in
                       the
                       Kings
                       Mercy
                       ,
                       who
                       may
                       give
                       him
                       his
                       life
                       or
                       not
                       ,
                       and
                       there
                       was
                       never
                       a
                       Person
                       in
                       these
                       circumstances
                       ,
                       that
                       ever
                       was
                       admitted
                       a
                       Witness
                       .
                    
                     
                       MR.
                       
                         Walter
                         Pringle
                      
                       adds
                       ,
                       That
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       ,
                       is
                       not
                       only
                       in
                       the
                       case
                       of
                       a
                       person
                       who
                       stands
                       Indyted
                       for
                       High-Treason
                       ;
                       but
                       must
                       be
                       look'd
                       upon
                       ,
                       as
                       a
                       person
                       condemned
                       for
                       the
                       said
                       Cryme
                       ,
                       seeing
                       he
                       fully
                       ,
                       and
                       amply
                       confest
                       the
                       Cryme
                       :
                       
                         &
                         confessus
                         habetur
                         pro
                         convicto
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       never
                       any
                       Lawyer
                       asserted
                       ,
                       That
                       
                         damnatus
                         criminis
                         loesae
                         Majestatis
                      
                       could
                       be
                       admitted
                       as
                       a
                       Witnes
                       ,
                       and
                       there
                       is
                       nothing
                       more
                       clear
                       ,
                       then
                       that
                       by
                       the
                       common
                       Law
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Law
                       of
                       all
                       Nations
                       ,
                       this
                       Objection
                       ought
                       to
                       be
                       sustained
                       ,
                       for
                       the
                       Civil
                       Law
                       is
                       clear
                       ,
                       leg
                       .
                       11.
                       
                         cod
                         .
                         de
                         testibus
                      
                       and
                       Matheus
                       in
                       his
                       title
                       
                         de
                         probationibus
                         ,
                         cap.
                         de
                         testibus
                         ,
                      
                       doth
                       assert
                       positivlie
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Cryme
                       of
                       lese
                       Majestie
                       ,
                       Heresie
                       ,
                       and
                       generally
                       all
                       these
                       Crymes
                       
                         quae
                         sine
                         sociis
                         non
                         possunt
                         facile
                         admitti
                         ,
                      
                       are
                       not
                       excepted
                       .
                       And
                       he
                       asserts
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Lawyers
                       ,
                       
                         viz.
                         Gomesius
                         ,
                         &
                         Decianus
                      
                       ,
                       who
                       are
                       of
                       another
                       Opinion
                       ,
                       do
                       acknowledge
                       ,
                       
                         nominatum
                         a
                         reo
                         damnandum
                         non
                         esse
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       that
                       they
                       contravert
                       only
                       ,
                       
                         An
                         nominatio
                         rei
                         ●it
                         indicium
                         sufficiens
                         ad
                         torquendum
                         nominatum
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       SIr
                       
                         George
                         Lockhart
                      
                       Repeats
                       ,
                       and
                       oppons
                       the
                       Answer
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Cryme
                       lybelled
                       ,
                       being
                       a
                       Conspiration
                       of
                       Treason
                       ,
                       which
                       of
                       it's
                       own
                       nature
                       is
                       manadged
                       ,
                       and
                       caryed
                       on
                       by
                       Secrecie
                       and
                       Contrivance
                       ;
                       and
                       which
                       is
                       only
                       known
                       to
                       the
                       Complices
                       of
                       the
                       Treason
                       ,
                       and
                       which
                       cannot
                       be
                       commited
                       
                         sine
                         sociis
                      
                       ,
                       the
                       Law
                       of
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       ,
                       and
                       of
                       all
                       Nations
                       ,
                       do
                       allow
                       
                         socios
                         criminis
                      
                       to
                       be
                       
                         testes
                         habiles
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       only
                       are
                       they
                       admitted
                       in
                       the
                       case
                       of
                       such
                       Conjurations
                       ,
                       but
                       generally
                       
                         in
                         omnibus
                         criminibus
                         exceptis
                      
                       ,
                       amongst
                       which
                       the
                       Crime
                       of
                       Perduellion
                       ,
                       and
                       lese
                       Majestie
                       is
                       the
                       chief
                       ,
                       and
                       it
                       is
                       absolutly
                       impossible
                       ,
                       that
                       Plots
                       ,
                       and
                       Conspirations
                       of
                       Treason
                       can
                       be
                       otherways
                       proven
                       ,
                       then
                       
                         per
                         socios
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       such
                       as
                       are
                       
                         participes
                         criminis
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       which
                       is
                       the
                       common
                       opinion
                       of
                       all
                       Lawyers
                       ,
                       as
                       may
                       appear
                       by
                       
                         Farin
                         .
                         Quest
                      
                       :
                       45.
                       
                       And
                       the
                       Authorities
                       cited
                       by
                       him
                       ,
                       and
                       which
                       is
                       the
                       inviolable
                       practique
                       of
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       :
                       and
                       as
                       to
                       that
                       pretence
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       is
                       under
                       a
                       Process
                       of
                       Treason
                       ,
                       and
                       has
                       submitted
                       to
                       His
                       Majesties
                       mercy
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       
                         confessus
                         habetur
                         pro
                         convicto
                      
                       ,
                       it
                       imports
                       nothing
                       ,
                       and
                       infers
                       no
                       more
                       then
                       that
                       he
                       is
                       
                         socius
                         criminis
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       is
                       still
                       a
                       habil
                       witnes
                       ,
                       as
                       to
                       Conjuration
                       of
                       Treason
                       
                         socius
                         criminis
                         hoc
                         ipso
                      
                       ,
                       that
                       it
                       is
                       acknowledged
                       ,
                       or
                       proven
                       ,
                       being
                       still
                       under
                       the
                       hazard
                       of
                       Process
                       ,
                       or
                       condemnation
                       ,
                       which
                       Law
                       regards
                       not
                       in
                       regard
                       of
                       the
                       secrecie
                       involved
                       in
                       the
                       nature
                       of
                       the
                       Crime
                       ,
                       that
                       either
                       witnesses
                       
                         neque
                         actu
                         neque
                         habitu
                      
                       ,
                       can
                       be
                       present
                       ,
                       so
                       that
                       the
                       objection
                       amounts
                       to
                       no
                       less
                       then
                       that
                       Conjurations
                       of
                       Treason
                       cannot
                       at
                       all
                       be
                       proven
                       :
                       And
                       as
                       to
                       the
                       Law
                       cited
                       from
                       the
                       Majestie
                       ,
                       it
                       imports
                       no
                       more
                       then
                       that
                       the
                       Objection
                       
                         regulariter
                         procedit
                      
                       ,
                       in
                       Crimes
                       ,
                       which
                       of
                       their
                       own
                       nature
                       are
                       not
                       
                         perdifficilis
                         probationis
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       are
                       not
                       
                         inter
                         crimina
                         excepta
                      
                       such
                       as
                       the
                       Cryme
                       of
                       Conspiracy
                       and
                       Treason
                       is
                       .
                    
                     
                       MR.
                       
                         Williom
                         Fletcher
                      
                       Oppons
                       the
                       Objection
                       ,
                       and
                       Reply
                       ,
                       and
                       further
                       adds
                       ,
                       that
                       albeit
                       
                         crimen
                         loesae
                         Majestatis
                      
                       be
                       reckoned
                       
                         inter
                         crimina
                         excepta
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       so
                       have
                       some
                       priviledge
                       ▪
                       as
                       to
                       the
                       qualification
                       of
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       yet
                       it
                       cannot
                       be
                       denyed
                       ,
                       but
                       there
                       are
                       some
                       Objections
                       competent
                       against
                       Witness
                       adduced
                       for
                       proving
                       Conspiracies
                       ,
                       and
                       Treason
                       ,
                       
                         verbi
                         causa
                      
                       ,
                       that
                       a
                       Witnes
                       is
                       a
                       Capital
                       Enemy
                       ,
                       or
                       that
                       he
                       is
                       
                         sub
                         potestate
                         accusatoris
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Objection
                       now
                       pleaded
                       ,
                       being
                       taken
                       complexlie
                       ,
                       viz.
                       That
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       
                       Tarras
                       is
                       not
                       only
                       
                         sucius
                         criminis
                      
                       ,
                       but
                       also
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       is
                       
                         publico
                         judicio
                         reus
                      
                       ,
                       upon
                       the
                       same
                       Crime
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       as
                       means
                       to
                       procure
                       His
                       Majesties
                       savour
                       ,
                       he
                       has
                       submitted
                       himself
                       ,
                       and
                       come
                       in
                       His
                       Majesties
                       mercy
                       ,
                       by
                       an
                       acknowledgment
                       of
                       the
                       Cryme
                       ,
                       before
                       the
                       Dyet
                       of
                       Citation
                       ,
                       he
                       is
                       obnoxious
                       to
                       a
                       most
                       just
                       Objection
                       ,
                       viz.
                       That
                       he
                       is
                       
                         sub
                         potestate
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       by
                       the
                       submission
                       ,
                       and
                       Confession
                       ,
                       his
                       Life
                       and
                       Estate
                       is
                       now
                       in
                       His
                       Majesties
                       hands
                       ,
                       so
                       that
                       he
                       is
                       not
                       only
                       in
                       the
                       case
                       of
                       
                         a
                         reus
                         confessus
                      
                       ,
                       but
                       in
                       the
                       case
                       of
                       a
                       Witnes
                       ,
                       who
                       does
                       absolutely
                       depend
                       upon
                       His
                       Majesties
                       Advocate
                       the
                       Pursuer
                       ;
                       and
                       as
                       a
                       private
                       accuser
                       ,
                       could
                       not
                       adduce
                       his
                       own
                       Servants
                       to
                       be
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       because
                       they
                       are
                       
                         ●estes
                         domestici
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       depend
                       upon
                       him
                       ,
                       so
                       far
                       less
                       ought
                       a
                       Witnes
                       to
                       be
                       adduced
                       ,
                       who
                       not
                       only
                       depends
                       ,
                       as
                       to
                       his
                       Estate
                       ,
                       but
                       as
                       to
                       his
                       Life
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Law
                       gives
                       a
                       very
                       good
                       reason
                       ,
                       and
                       which
                       is
                       mentioned
                       by
                       
                         Paulus
                         ,
                         lib.
                      
                       1.
                       
                         receptarum
                         sententiarum
                         ,
                         cap.
                      
                       12.
                       
                         parag
                         .
                         ult
                      
                       .
                       In
                       these
                       words
                       .
                       
                         de
                         se
                         conf●ssu●
                         ,
                         non
                         est
                         audiendus
                         ut
                         testis
                         ,
                         ne
                         alienam
                         salutem
                         in
                         dubium
                         deducat
                         qui
                         de
                         sua
                         desperavit
                      
                       ;
                       and
                       as
                       to
                       the
                       pretence
                       that
                       a
                       Conjuration
                       is
                       a
                       Cryme
                       so
                       occult
                       ,
                       that
                       it
                       must
                       either
                       be
                       proven
                       by
                       such
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       or
                       otherways
                       the
                       guilty
                       person
                       will
                       escape
                       .
                       It
                       is
                       answered
                       ,
                       that
                       in
                       this
                       case
                       ,
                       His
                       Majesties
                       Advocate
                       had
                       an
                       easie
                       remedie
                       ,
                       ●or
                       he
                       might
                       have
                       pursued
                       the
                       Pannal
                       ,
                       before
                       he
                       pursued
                       the
                       Witness
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Terror
                       and
                       Apprehension
                       of
                       the
                       event
                       of
                       a
                       Process
                       for
                       Treason
                       cannot
                       be
                       constructed
                       otherways
                       ,
                       then
                       to
                       have
                       influence
                       upon
                       the
                       Deposition
                       of
                       the
                       Witnes
                       ;
                       and
                       as
                       to
                       the
                       Citation
                       out
                       of
                       Farina●ius
                       ,
                       it
                       is
                       only
                       in
                       the
                       case
                       o●
                       
                         ●ocius
                         ●riminis
                      
                       ,
                       but
                       when
                       he
                       comes
                       to
                       treat
                       
                         de
                         ●este
                         accusatio
                         vel
                         carcerato
                         .
                         Quest.
                      
                       56.
                       articulo
                       4
                       to
                       .
                       He
                       sayes
                       ,
                       
                         Regula
                         sit
                         in
                         accusato
                         quod
                         is
                         pendent●
                         accusatione
                         à
                         testimonio
                         repellitur
                      
                       ▪
                       and
                       be
                       the
                       2
                       d.
                       Rule
                       of
                       the
                       same
                       Ar●icle
                       ,
                       He
                       sayes
                       ,
                       it
                       is
                       a
                       principle
                       
                         quod
                         carceratus
                         testimonium
                         ferre
                         prohibetur
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       he
                       gives
                       this
                       reason
                       ,
                       
                         quia
                         praesumitur
                         ,
                         quod
                         falsum
                         testimonium
                         diceret
                         pro
                         aliquo
                         qui
                         ei
                         promiserit
                         se
                         liberare
                         a
                         vinculo
                         ,
                      
                       and
                       limits
                       this
                       Rule
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       must
                       be
                       
                         carceratus
                         propter
                         crimen
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       SIr
                       
                         Patrick
                         Hume
                      
                       adds
                       ,
                       that
                       it
                       is
                       a
                       certain
                       principle
                       ,
                       that
                       any
                       person
                       that
                       is
                       guilty
                       
                         infamia
                         juris
                      
                       ,
                       cannot
                       be
                       a
                       Witness
                       ,
                       no
                       more
                       than
                       a
                       person
                       that
                       is
                       Convict
                       ,
                       and
                       Condemned
                       of
                       Treason
                       ;
                       and
                       if
                       he
                       were
                       Convict
                       ,
                       and
                       Condemned
                       of
                       Treason
                       ,
                       he
                       could
                       not
                       be
                       a
                       Witness
                       ,
                       even
                       in
                       the
                       case
                       of
                       Treason
                       :
                       so
                       neither
                       can
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       in
                       this
                       case
                       be
                       received
                       a
                       Witness
                       ,
                       for
                       he
                       being
                       adduced
                       a
                       Witness
                       after
                       he
                       received
                       his
                       Indi●ment
                       ,
                       and
                       confessed
                       the
                       Crime
                       ,
                       is
                       equivalent
                       ,
                       as
                       if
                       he
                       had
                       been
                       actuall
                       Convict
                       ;
                       and
                       whatever
                       may
                       be
                       pretended
                       ,
                       that
                       
                         testes
                         infames
                      
                       may
                       be
                       admit●ed
                       ;
                       yet
                       it
                       was
                       never
                       asserted
                       by
                       any
                       Lawyer
                       ,
                       
                       that
                       a
                       person
                       Convict
                       of
                       Treason
                       can
                       be
                       admitted
                       a
                       Witness
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 THe
                 Lords
                 Repelled
                 the
                 Objection
                 against
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Tarras
                 ,
                 and
                 ordains
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 received
                 a
                 Witness
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   WAlter
                   Earl
                   of
                   Tarras
                   ,
                   aged
                   fourty
                   years
                   ,
                   married
                   ,
                   purged
                   ,
                   and
                   sworn
                   ;
                   being
                   Interrogat
                   ,
                   if
                   about
                   the
                   time
                   that
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Commissar
                   Monro
                   got
                   their
                   Commission
                   from
                   the
                   Carolina
                   Company
                   for
                   London
                   ,
                   the
                   Pannal
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Baillie
                  
                   of
                   Ierviswood
                   did
                   not
                   desire
                   the
                   Deponent
                   to
                   speak
                   to
                   Commissar
                   Monro
                   ,
                   to
                   try
                   if
                   he
                   could
                   get
                   him
                   the
                   ●aid
                   Pannal
                   added
                   to
                   that
                   Commission
                   ,
                   Depones
                   affirmative
                   .
                   Being
                   Interro●at
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   said
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   the
                   Pannal
                   ,
                   did
                   not
                   tell
                   the
                   Deponent
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   resolved
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   London
                   however
                   upon
                   his
                   own
                   Expenses
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   his
                   and
                   their
                   going
                   about
                   the
                   Carolina
                   Bussiness
                   ,
                   was
                   but
                   a
                   pretence
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   blind
                   ;
                   but
                   that
                   the
                   true
                   design
                   was
                   ,
                   to
                   push
                   foreward
                   the
                   people
                   of
                   England
                   who
                   could
                   do
                   nothing
                   but
                   talk
                   ,
                   to
                   go
                   more
                   effectually
                   about
                   their
                   bussiness
                   ,
                   Depones
                   affirmative
                   .
                   Depones
                   that
                   the
                   Pannal
                   did
                   settle
                   a
                   Correspondence
                   
                   with
                   the
                   Deponent
                   whereby
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   give
                   an
                   account
                   to
                   the
                   Deponent
                   of
                   what
                   should
                   pass
                   betwixt
                   the
                   Countrey
                   Party
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Scots
                   men
                   there
                   :
                   and
                   on
                   the
                   other
                   hand
                   ,
                   the
                   Deponent
                   was
                   to
                   Write
                   to
                   him
                   what
                   occurred
                   here
                   ;
                   Depones
                   that
                   the
                   Pannal
                   did
                   say
                   to
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   King
                   would
                   suffer
                   the
                   Parliament
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   sit
                   ,
                   and
                   pass
                   the
                   Bill
                   of
                   Seclusion
                   ,
                   that
                   that
                   was
                   the
                   only
                   way
                   to
                   secure
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   .
                   Depones
                   that
                   the
                   Pannal
                   said
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   King
                   might
                   be
                   induced
                   to
                   do
                   so
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Parliament
                   would
                   take
                   sharp
                   or
                   brisk
                   measures
                   with
                   Him
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   like
                   .
                   Depones
                   these
                   words
                   were
                   spoke
                   to
                   him
                   by
                   the
                   Pannal
                   ▪
                   since
                   the
                   holding
                   of
                   the
                   last
                   Session
                   of
                   this
                   current
                   Parliament
                   ;
                   and
                   before
                   the
                   Pannal
                   and
                   Commissar
                   Monro
                   went
                   for
                   London
                   .
                   Depons
                   that
                   after
                   the
                   Pannal
                   went
                   to
                   London
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   give
                   the
                   Deponent
                   an
                   account
                   by
                   Letters
                   ,
                   that
                   things
                   were
                   in
                   great
                   Disorder
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   hoped
                   there
                   would
                   be
                   effectual
                   Courses
                   taken
                   to
                   remeid
                   them
                   .
                   Depones
                   that
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Martin
                  
                   did
                   come
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Pringle
                   of
                   Torwoodlies
                   House
                   in
                   May
                   1683.
                   or
                   thereby
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   a
                   Letter
                   to
                   the
                   Deponents
                   Lady
                   unsubscribed
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Deponent
                   knows
                   it
                   was
                   Ierviswoods
                   Hand-writing
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   then
                   at
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   that
                   things
                   in
                   England
                   were
                   in
                   great
                   disorder
                   ,
                   and
                   like
                   to
                   come
                   to
                   a
                   hight
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Countrey
                   Party
                   were
                   considering
                   on
                   methods
                   for
                   securing
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   Archibald
                   ,
                   sometime
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   ,
                   was
                   to
                   get
                   ten
                   thousand
                   pounds
                   Sterling
                   ,
                   whereas
                   thirty
                   thousand
                   pounds
                   Sterling
                   was
                   sought
                   by
                   the
                   Scotsmen
                   at
                   London
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   sent
                   over
                   to
                   Holland
                   to
                   provide
                   Arms
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   late
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   was
                   to
                   Land
                   with
                   these
                   Armes
                   in
                   the
                   West-Highlands
                   of
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Deponents
                   Friend
                   Ierviswood
                   the
                   Pannal
                   ,
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   sent
                   over
                   with
                   the
                   Money
                   .
                   Depones
                   that
                   Philiphaugh
                   and
                   he
                   went
                   to
                   Gallowshiels
                   House
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   met
                   with
                   Polwort
                   and
                   Gallowshiels
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   talked
                   amongst
                   them
                   there
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   case
                   those
                   in
                   England
                   should
                   rise
                   in
                   Arms
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   necessary
                   in
                   that
                   Case
                   ,
                   that
                   so
                   many
                   as
                   could
                   be
                   got
                   on
                   the
                   Borders
                   should
                   be
                   in
                   readiness
                   to
                   deal
                   with
                   Straglers
                   and
                   seize
                   upon
                   Horses
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   thereafter
                   they
                   should
                   joyn
                   with
                   those
                   t●at
                   were
                   in
                   Arms
                   on
                   the
                   Borders
                   of
                   England
                   .
                   Depons
                   That
                   in
                   the
                   case
                   foresaid
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   said
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   convenient
                   the
                   Castle
                   of
                   
                     Stirling
                     ,
                     Berwick
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   other
                   Strengths
                   should
                   be
                   seiz'd
                   upon
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   was
                   likewise
                   spoke
                   amongst
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   persons
                   should
                   be
                   employed
                   to
                   inquire
                   what
                   Arms
                   was
                   in
                   that
                   Countrey
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   That
                   it
                   was
                   spoke
                   then
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   best
                   time
                   for
                   Argyle
                   was
                   to
                   land
                   in
                   the
                   West
                   when
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   stur
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   or
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   or
                   words
                   to
                   that
                   purpose
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   That
                   every
                   one
                   desired
                   another
                   to
                   speak
                   to
                   such
                   particular
                   persons
                   as
                   they
                   could
                   trust
                   ,
                   by
                   letting
                   a
                   word
                   fall
                   indirectly
                   upon
                   supposition
                   ,
                   in
                   case
                   of
                   the
                   Rising
                   in
                   England
                   concerning
                   the
                   Affair
                   for
                   preparing
                   of
                   them
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   told
                   by
                   Philiphaugh
                   thereafter
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Word
                   and
                   Sign
                   to
                   be
                   used
                   amongst
                   them
                   ,
                   viz.
                   the
                   sign
                   was
                   by
                   loosing
                   a
                   Button
                   on
                   the
                   Breast
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Word
                   was
                   Harmony
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   the
                   Pannal
                   spoke
                   to
                   the
                   Deponent
                   to
                   advertise
                   Torwoodlie
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   might
                   acquaint
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Veitch
                  
                   a
                   forfault
                   Traitor
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   in
                   Northumberland
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   might
                   keep
                   himself
                   close
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   on
                   his
                   guard
                   ,
                   lest
                   he
                   should
                   be
                   catch'd
                   ;
                   which
                   was
                   since
                   the
                   Pannal
                   was
                   Prisoner
                   in
                   the
                   Tolbooth
                   of
                   Edinburgh
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   truth
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   answer
                   to
                   God.
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Tarras
                       ,
                       Linlithgow
                    
                     .
                     I.
                     P.
                     D.
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     ALexander
                     Monro
                  
                   of
                   Bear-crofts
                   ,
                   Aged
                   fourty
                   five
                   Years
                   ,
                   or
                   thereby
                   ;
                   solutus
                   ,
                   solemnly
                   sworn
                   and
                   purg'd
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Tarras
                   proposed
                   to
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   that
                   Ierviswood
                   might
                   be
                   made
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   for
                   the
                   Affair
                   of
                   Carolina
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   he
                   could
                   not
                   safely
                   stay
                   at
                   Home
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Deponents
                   answer
                   was
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   no
                   interest
                   in
                   the
                   Affair
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   a
                   Commissioner
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Pannal
                   did
                   
                   wait
                   for
                   the
                   Deponent
                   at
                   Wooller
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   go
                   alongst
                   with
                   him
                   to
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   by
                   the
                   way
                   he
                   heard
                   him
                   regrate
                   his
                   own
                   hazard
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   because
                   of
                   Blackwoods
                   Sentence
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   heard
                   him
                   regrate
                   the
                   hazard
                   our
                   Laws
                   ,
                   and
                   Liberties
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   were
                   in
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Pannal
                   spoke
                   to
                   the
                   Deponent
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   more
                   then
                   once
                   at
                   London
                   for
                   getting
                   of
                   Money
                   from
                   the
                   English
                   to
                   be
                   sent
                   to
                   the
                   late
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   ,
                   for
                   bringing
                   home
                   Arms
                   for
                   the
                   said
                   Earls
                   use
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   understood
                   ,
                   for
                   carrying
                   on
                   an
                   Insurrection
                   ,
                   and
                   Rebellion
                   in
                   Scotland
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   that
                   at
                   the
                   time
                   libelled
                   ,
                   in
                   Ierviswoods
                   Chamber
                   in
                   London
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Veitch
                  
                   a
                   forfault
                   Traitor
                   was
                   present
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   did
                   at
                   that
                   Meeting
                   expressly
                   speak
                   of
                   Money
                   to
                   be
                   sent
                   to
                   Argile
                   for
                   bringing
                   home
                   Arms
                   for
                   invading
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   Scotland
                   ;
                   And
                   that
                   at
                   another
                   occasion
                   he
                   heard
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   say
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   would
                   be
                   twenty
                   Thousand
                   Men
                   in
                   Scotland
                   who
                   would
                   assist
                   the
                   Rebellion
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   heard
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   and
                   Ierviswood
                   speaking
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   cannot
                   be
                   positive
                   which
                   of
                   the
                   two
                   said
                   it
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   that
                   at
                   the
                   Meeting
                   he
                   heard
                   Ierviswood
                   speak
                   ,
                   but
                   did
                   not
                   hear
                   him
                   oppose
                   that
                   Treasonable
                   Proposal
                   ,
                   or
                   contradict
                   the
                   Overture
                   proposed
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   that
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Martin
                  
                   was
                   sent
                   down
                   from
                   that
                   Meeting
                   which
                   was
                   at
                   Ierviswoods
                   Chamber
                   ,
                   to
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   to
                   try
                   what
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   Scotland
                   would
                   do
                   for
                   their
                   own
                   safety
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   understood
                   that
                   the
                   people
                   of
                   Scotland
                   should
                   not
                   rise
                   till
                   there
                   should
                   be
                   a
                   rising
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Commission
                   was
                   granted
                   to
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Martin
                  
                   by
                   all
                   the
                   persons
                   present
                   ,
                   whereof
                   Ierviswood
                   was
                   one
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   there
                   were
                   present
                   the
                   Lord
                   Melvill
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                     ,
                     Cessnocks
                  
                   elder
                   and
                   younger
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Carstares
                  
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Veitch
                     ,
                     Ierviswood
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ;
                   and
                   depons
                   they
                   did
                   contribute
                   Money
                   for
                   Mr.
                   Martins
                   Journey
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   that
                   at
                   his
                   return
                   he
                   meeting
                   with
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   Matters
                   were
                   in
                   that
                   condition
                   in
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Countrey
                   was
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   condition
                   as
                   little
                   would
                   kindle
                   the
                   Fire
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   the
                   Rebellion
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   truth
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   answer
                   to
                   God.
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Alexander
                       Monro
                       ,
                       Linlithgow
                    
                     ,
                     I.
                     P.
                     D.
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     JAmes
                     Murray
                  
                   of
                   Philiphaugh
                   ,
                   aged
                   30.
                   
                   Years
                   ,
                   married
                   ,
                   purged
                   and
                   sworn
                   ,
                   produces
                   ●our
                   Leaves
                   of
                   Depositions
                   ,
                   emitted
                   by
                   him
                   before
                   the
                   Lords
                   of
                   the
                   Secret
                   Committie
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   Written
                   and
                   Subscribed
                   with
                   his
                   own
                   hand
                   ,
                   which
                   being
                   publickly
                   read
                   ,
                   in
                   presence
                   of
                   the
                   Justices
                   ,
                   and
                   Assize
                   ,
                   he
                   adheres
                   thereto
                   ,
                   in
                   all
                   points
                   ,
                   whereof
                   the
                   Tenot
                   follows
                   .
                   Upon
                   the
                   day
                   of
                   May
                   ,
                   1683.
                   
                   Upon
                   a
                   letter
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Pringle
                   of
                   Torwoodlie
                   ,
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   his
                   house
                   in
                   the
                   morning
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   presently
                   led
                   me
                   to
                   a
                   Chamber
                   ,
                   where
                   I
                   found
                   Mr
                   
                     Robert
                     Martin
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   lately
                   come
                   from
                   London
                   ,
                   with
                   whom
                   we
                   stayed
                   a
                   little
                   ,
                   and
                   discoursed
                   of
                   the
                   news
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   the
                   present
                   condition
                   ,
                   and
                   temper
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   particular
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   which
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   said
                   ,
                   was
                   much
                   irritated
                   through
                   some
                   attemps
                   upon
                   their
                   Priviledges
                   ,
                   either
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   concern
                   of
                   the
                   Sheriffs
                   ,
                   or
                   their
                   Charter
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   all
                   honest
                   men
                   were
                   of
                   good
                   heart
                   and
                   very
                   brisk
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   some
                   general
                   discourses
                   to
                   this
                   purpose
                   ,
                   Torwoodlie
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   left
                   him
                   ▪
                   and
                   walked
                   out
                   a
                   little
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   expecting
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   presently
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   had
                   sent
                   to
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   had
                   a
                   Letter
                   to
                   him
                   from
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   then
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   that
                   there
                   were
                   great
                   matters
                   in
                   agitation
                   at
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   had
                   come
                   down
                   with
                   a
                   Commission
                   from
                   our
                   friends
                   there
                   ,
                   (
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   he
                   named
                   any
                   )
                   but
                   that
                   I
                   behoved
                   not
                   to
                   expect
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   impart
                   his
                   Instructions
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   communicat
                   them
                   only
                   to
                   Polwart
                   and
                   himself
                   ,
                   (
                   at
                   least
                   for
                   these
                   Shyres
                   )
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   pitch
                   on
                   such
                   as
                   they
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   intrust
                   with
                   the
                   affair
                   ,
                   whereupon
                   he
                   assured
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   great
                   confidence
                   in
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   kindness
                   to
                   me
                   oblidged
                   him
                   to
                   send
                   for
                   me
                   ,
                   to
                   acquaint
                   me
                   that
                   matters
                   were
                   now
                   come
                   to
                   a
                   
                   crisis
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   reason
                   to
                   think
                   England
                   would
                   shortly
                   draw
                   to
                   Arms
                   ,
                   and
                   stand
                   by
                   them
                   ,
                   till
                   they
                   were
                   satisfied
                   anent
                   the
                   Bill
                   of
                   Exclusion
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   other
                   security
                   they
                   could
                   propose
                   for
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   Liberties
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   no
                   project
                   of
                   any
                   inconsiderable
                   party
                   but
                   a
                   design
                   through
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   finest
                   men
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   greatest
                   interest
                   and
                   credit
                   there
                   ,
                   had
                   adjusted
                   almost
                   every
                   thing
                   necessar
                   for
                   the
                   purpose
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   concerted
                   matters
                   with
                   our
                   Friends
                   there
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   concurrence
                   from
                   this
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   agreed
                   to
                   advance
                   Money
                   for
                   furnishing
                   Arms
                   here
                   ,
                   (
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   more
                   particulars
                   at
                   this
                   time
                   )
                   but
                   said
                   ,
                   Polwart
                   would
                   be
                   at
                   Gallow-shiels
                   that
                   night
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   necessar
                   that
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   and
                   I
                   should
                   confer
                   with
                   him
                   fully
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   business
                   ,
                   about
                   this
                   time
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   lighted
                   ,
                   and
                   Torwoodlie
                   having
                   left
                   us
                   for
                   a
                   little
                   time
                   ,
                   being
                   gone
                   to
                   bring
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   ;
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   asked
                   me
                   ,
                   what
                   news
                   ,
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   of
                   Mr.
                   Martins
                   being
                   there
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   given
                   me
                   no
                   account
                   of
                   the
                   design
                   of
                   his
                   down-coming
                   ,
                   which
                   perhaps
                   he
                   would
                   acquaint
                   him
                   with
                   ,
                   but
                   by
                   what
                   I
                   had
                   heard
                   from
                   Torwoodlie
                   ,
                   I
                   understood
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   ,
                   to
                   engadge
                   us
                   to
                   rise
                   in
                   Arms
                   shortly
                   ,
                   whereat
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   hummed
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   look
                   ere
                   he
                   leapt
                   ,
                   such
                   a
                   leap
                   ,
                   or
                   some
                   such
                   expressions
                   ,
                   presently
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   came
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   and
                   he
                   retired
                   a
                   little
                   ,
                   after
                   the
                   reading
                   An
                   Letter
                   ,
                   he
                   gave
                   him
                   ,
                   the
                   Contents
                   whereof
                   was
                   (
                   as
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   informed
                   me
                   )
                   only
                   an
                   order
                   from
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   to
                   deliver
                   some
                   Money
                   to
                   the
                   bearer
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   had
                   left
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   called
                   for
                   his
                   Servant
                   ,
                   and
                   bad
                   him
                   bring
                   up
                   the
                   Money
                   ;
                   in
                   the
                   mean
                   time
                   ,
                   Torwoodlie
                   asked
                   me
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   had
                   acquainted
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   with
                   what
                   he
                   spoke
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   let
                   something
                   of
                   it
                   fall
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   thought
                   ,
                   that
                   persons
                   of
                   sense
                   and
                   quality
                   would
                   engadge
                   in
                   such
                   designs
                   at
                   random
                   ;
                   so
                   Torwoodlie
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   (
                   though
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   would
                   not
                   commune
                   with
                   us
                   upon
                   his
                   Commission
                   directly
                   )
                   yet
                   he
                   thought
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   fit
                   ,
                   we
                   conferred
                   ,
                   and
                   without
                   taking
                   notice
                   of
                   his
                   Commission
                   ,
                   discoursed
                   of
                   things
                   upon
                   suppositions
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   our
                   own
                   privat
                   notions
                   ▪
                   abstract
                   from
                   any
                   prospect
                   of
                   a
                   present
                   design
                   ,
                   so
                   after
                   dinner
                   ,
                   we
                   four
                   went
                   to
                   a
                   Chamber
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   some
                   general
                   discourses
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   discontents
                   of
                   both
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   these
                   suppositions
                   following
                   were
                   discoursed
                   (
                   and
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   )
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   started
                   them
                   all
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   )
                   viz.
                   What
                   if
                   the
                   countrey
                   party
                   in
                   England
                   should
                   have
                   thoughts
                   of
                   going
                   to
                   Arms
                   (
                   whereof
                   he
                   knew
                   nothing
                   but
                   only
                   supposed
                   such
                   a
                   thing
                   ,
                   for
                   discoursing
                   a
                   little
                   freely
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   know
                   our
                   sentiments
                   ,
                   what
                   we
                   thought
                   could
                   be
                   expected
                   here
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   case
                   )
                   would
                   it
                   not
                   be
                   expedient
                   to
                   have
                   a
                   settled
                   Correspondence
                   betwixt
                   that
                   Party
                   there
                   and
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   might
                   not
                   matters
                   be
                   so
                   adjusted
                   ,
                   that
                   both
                   Kingdoms
                   should
                   draw
                   out
                   in
                   one
                   day
                   ,
                   and
                   might
                   not
                   as
                   many
                   be
                   expected
                   to
                   undertake
                   in
                   these
                   Shires
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   as
                   would
                   serve
                   to
                   surprize
                   ,
                   and
                   seize
                   our
                   Rulers
                   (
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   any
                   named
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   then
                   Chancellour
                   and
                   Treasurer
                   )
                   and
                   some
                   to
                   joyn
                   with
                   these
                   on
                   the
                   English
                   borders
                   ,
                   to
                   assist
                   them
                   to
                   surprize
                   Berwick
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   for
                   that
                   effect
                   ,
                   any
                   Horse
                   ,
                   or
                   Dragoons
                   ,
                   that
                   should
                   be
                   in
                   the
                   bounds
                   might
                   not
                   be
                   surprized
                   ,
                   that
                   their
                   Horse
                   and
                   Arms
                   might
                   be
                   gotten
                   to
                   furnish
                   the
                   Country
                   people
                   ,
                   and
                   Stirling
                   Castle
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   Argile
                   should
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   Land
                   in
                   the
                   West
                   ,
                   and
                   raise
                   that
                   Countrey
                   ,
                   would
                   not
                   these
                   Measures
                   contribute
                   much
                   to
                   the
                   advancement
                   and
                   security
                   of
                   the
                   Interest
                   of
                   that
                   Party
                   here
                   ,
                   since
                   thereby
                   the
                   Government
                   would
                   be
                   disordered
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   steps
                   would
                   encourage
                   all
                   that
                   had
                   an
                   inclination
                   to
                   the
                   Countrey
                   Party
                   ,
                   to
                   draw
                   to
                   them
                   frankly
                   ,
                   and
                   scar
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   other
                   side
                   to
                   act
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   they
                   might
                   have
                   leasure
                   to
                   joyn
                   from
                   all
                   places
                   ;
                   and
                   might
                   it
                   not
                   be
                   expected
                   ,
                   there
                   would
                   be
                   as
                   many
                   in
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   as
                   would
                   be
                   able
                   to
                   deal
                   with
                   the
                   Forces
                   here
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   divert
                   them
                   from
                   troubling
                   England
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   the
                   sum
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   of
                   what
                   
                   was
                   proposed
                   ,
                   and
                   discourst
                   of
                   ,
                   though
                   I
                   cannot
                   distinctly
                   say
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   in
                   this
                   method
                   ,
                   and
                   expression
                   ,
                   nor
                   was
                   all
                   moved
                   at
                   once
                   ,
                   but
                   droped
                   now
                   and
                   then
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Discourse
                   seem'd
                   to
                   give
                   rise
                   to
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   though
                   I
                   cannot
                   fully
                   Re●count
                   all
                   that
                   was
                   spoke
                   on
                   these
                   Heads
                   ,
                   and
                   tell
                   distinctly
                   ,
                   what
                   this
                   and
                   that
                   man
                   said
                   ;
                   yet
                   I
                   remember
                   these
                   following
                   Answers
                   were
                   giving
                   ,
                   and
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   judged
                   )
                   acquiesced
                   to
                   by
                   the
                   whole
                   Company
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   certainly
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   ,
                   his
                   sentiments
                   and
                   mine
                   ,
                   and
                   every
                   one
                   that
                   spoke
                   ,
                   used
                   this
                   or
                   some
                   such
                   Precaution
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   they
                   were
                   concerned
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   give
                   counsel
                   in
                   any
                   such
                   case
                   ,
                   (
                   as
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   ,
                   &c.
                   )
                   1.
                   
                   As
                   to
                   the
                   settling
                   a
                   Correspondence
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   confest
                   to
                   be
                   very
                   convenient
                   for
                   those
                   of
                   a
                   common
                   Interest
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   present
                   circumstances
                   of
                   Affairs
                   were
                   such
                   (
                   as
                   we
                   thought
                   ,
                   )
                   that
                   none
                   could
                   be
                   found
                   here
                   who
                   was
                   fit
                   to
                   mannage
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   undertake
                   it
                   .
                   2.
                   
                   As
                   to
                   the
                   trysting
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   ,
                   it
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   done
                   without
                   the
                   devulging
                   the
                   Design
                   to
                   all
                   Ranks
                   of
                   people
                   ,
                   which
                   none
                   would
                   undertake
                   ,
                   except
                   these
                   already
                   in
                   desperat
                   Circumstances
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   could
                   not
                   have
                   generally
                   much
                   influence
                   .
                   3.
                   
                   The
                   thing
                   was
                   not
                   at
                   all
                   adviseable
                   for
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   since
                   if
                   any
                   of
                   Englands
                   own
                   measures
                   miscarried
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   not
                   stur
                   for
                   any
                   such
                   Trust
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   spring
                   of
                   their
                   motions
                   being
                   always
                   at
                   London
                   ,
                   there
                   might
                   happen
                   an
                   interruption
                   near
                   the
                   appointment
                   ,
                   whereof
                   these
                   here
                   could
                   have
                   no
                   timous
                   notice
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   might
                   keep
                   Tryst
                   ,
                   whereby
                   they
                   would
                   be
                   exposed
                   a
                   prey
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   they
                   should
                   subsist
                   any
                   time
                   ,
                   or
                   prevail
                   (
                   which
                   was
                   hardly
                   possible
                   )
                   the
                   multitude
                   that
                   must
                   be
                   imployed
                   ,
                   are
                   tainted
                   with
                   such
                   wild
                   and
                   unruly
                   Principles
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   once
                   they
                   got
                   the
                   Sword
                   in
                   their
                   Hands
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   never
                   be
                   brought
                   to
                   Order
                   without
                   a
                   greater
                   force
                   to
                   over-awe
                   them
                   ;
                   neither
                   would
                   any
                   expectation
                   of
                   Argiles
                   Landing
                   ,
                   be
                   a
                   just
                   ground
                   for
                   such
                   a
                   Tryst
                   ,
                   considering
                   the
                   uncertainty
                   of
                   Sea-Voyages
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   Argile
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   Head
                   ,
                   undoubtedly
                   many
                   people
                   would
                   conclude
                   that
                   he
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   suspected
                   of
                   private
                   designs
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   restoring
                   him
                   ,
                   might
                   lay
                   him
                   aside
                   :
                   As
                   also
                   ,
                   that
                   dispair
                   might
                   blind
                   his
                   usual
                   prudence
                   ,
                   and
                   prompt
                   him
                   to
                   unsolid
                   ,
                   and
                   undigested
                   Methods
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   expected
                   ,
                   that
                   few
                   of
                   the
                   Gentry
                   (
                   except
                   such
                   as
                   he
                   had
                   special
                   influence
                   on
                   ,
                   or
                   such
                   as
                   were
                   under
                   hard
                   Circumstances
                   )
                   could
                   embarque
                   with
                   him
                   .
                   4.
                   
                   As
                   to
                   the
                   surprising
                   Rulers
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   It
                   was
                   inveigh'd
                   against
                   ,
                   as
                   an
                   Action
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   thought
                   of
                   amongst
                   Protestants
                   (
                   especially
                   when
                   the
                   very
                   design
                   of
                   it
                   was
                   pretended
                   ,
                   to
                   secure
                   that
                   Religion
                   ,
                   which
                   taught
                   its
                   Professors
                   to
                   abhor
                   and
                   detest
                   such
                   Principles
                   as
                   Popish
                   ,
                   yea
                   un-christian
                   )
                   since
                   it
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   effectuat
                   without
                   Blood-shed
                   of
                   people
                   ,
                   secure
                   in
                   Peace
                   ,
                   which
                   being
                   by
                   all
                   approven
                   ,
                   Divines
                   and
                   Casuists
                   condemned
                   as
                   unlawful
                   ,
                   and
                   meer
                   Assassination
                   ;
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   doubted
                   ,
                   that
                   as
                   such
                   a
                   practice
                   would
                   cast
                   a
                   blot
                   upon
                   the
                   whole
                   Affair
                   ,
                   and
                   quite
                   take
                   off
                   any
                   pretence
                   of
                   Defensive
                   Arms
                   ,
                   so
                   it
                   would
                   scar
                   many
                   from
                   joyning
                   .
                   These
                   things
                   were
                   reasoned
                   again
                   and
                   again
                   :
                   But
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   there
                   was
                   any
                   formal
                   Conclusion
                   made
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Discourse
                   was
                   let
                   fall
                   ;
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   told
                   us
                   ,
                   if
                   any
                   of
                   us
                   had
                   a
                   mind
                   for
                   a
                   suit
                   of
                   Armour
                   ,
                   he
                   could
                   provide
                   as
                   many
                   as
                   we
                   pleased
                   ,
                   from
                   one
                   who
                   had
                   made
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   lately
                   ,
                   to
                   honest
                   men
                   at
                   London
                   ,
                   of
                   a
                   new
                   fashion
                   ,
                   very
                   light
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   an
                   easie
                   Rate
                   ;
                   so
                   Torwoodlie
                   and
                   I
                   gave
                   him
                   our
                   measures
                   ,
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   told
                   he
                   had
                   a
                   suit
                   already
                   ;
                   Then
                   Torwoodlie
                   said
                   to
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   and
                   me
                   ,
                   we
                   would
                   meet
                   Polwort
                   at
                   Gallowsheils
                   ,
                   and
                   desired
                   we
                   might
                   Commun
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   anent
                   what
                   we
                   had
                   been
                   Discoursing
                   ,
                   so
                   we
                   hasted
                   away
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   possible
                   ,
                   we
                   might
                   both
                   get
                   home
                   that
                   Night
                   ,
                   it
                   being
                   Saturnday
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   unfurnished
                   ,
                   for
                   staying
                   abroad
                   ,
                   and
                   Torwoodlie
                   whispered
                   me
                   just
                   as
                   I
                   was
                   mounting
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   think
                   )
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   not
                   clear
                   we
                   should
                   commun
                   before
                   Gallowshiels
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   was
                   sometimes
                   too
                   much
                   Good-fellow
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   like
                   ;
                   so
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   and
                   I
                   Rod
                   away
                   together
                   ,
                   and
                   upon
                   the
                   way
                   we
                   were
                   both
                   of
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Suppositions
                   we
                   had
                   discoursed
                   of
                   ,
                   were
                   in
                   effect
                   Propositions
                   ,
                   and
                   resolv'd
                   ,
                   
                   if
                   they
                   were
                   insisted
                   on
                   by
                   Polwort
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   suspected
                   ,
                   we
                   would
                   adhere
                   to
                   the
                   former
                   Answer
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   undertake
                   nothing
                   in
                   these
                   methods
                   ;
                   When
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Gallowsheils
                   ,
                   the
                   Laird
                   was
                   abroad
                   ,
                   and
                   Polwort
                   was
                   not
                   come
                   ,
                   so
                   we
                   had
                   thoughts
                   to
                   go
                   away
                   ,
                   being
                   both
                   damped
                   with
                   what
                   had
                   passed
                   ,
                   and
                   inclining
                   to
                   be
                   free
                   of
                   farder
                   medling
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Lady
                   would
                   by
                   no
                   means
                   hear
                   of
                   our
                   going
                   till
                   her
                   Husband
                   came
                   ,
                   who
                   ,
                   she
                   assured
                   us
                   ,
                   was
                   about
                   the
                   Doors
                   ,
                   and
                   she
                   having
                   sent
                   to
                   call
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   be
                   in
                   presently
                   ;
                   yet
                   it
                   was
                   so
                   late
                   ere
                   he
                   came
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   could
                   hardly
                   have
                   day
                   enough
                   to
                   go
                   home
                   with
                   ;
                   so
                   Gallowsheils
                   would
                   not
                   let
                   him
                   go
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   would
                   not
                   stay
                   ,
                   unless
                   I
                   stay'd
                   ,
                   so
                   we
                   both
                   stayed
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   being
                   resolv'd
                   to
                   Discourse
                   with
                   Gallowsheils
                   on
                   what
                   passed
                   ,
                   we
                   we
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Tavern
                   ,
                   on
                   pretence
                   I
                   might
                   call
                   the
                   Baillie
                   ,
                   and
                   seek
                   Horses
                   or
                   Lime
                   ,
                   and
                   stay'd
                   there
                   till
                   Polwort
                   came
                   (
                   which
                   seemed
                   unknown
                   to
                   Gallowsheils
                   )
                   then
                   we
                   returned
                   to
                   Gallowsheils
                   House
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   Supper
                   Polwort
                   whispered
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   and
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   enquired
                   if
                   we
                   had
                   seen
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   having
                   told
                   him
                   we
                   had
                   ,
                   he
                   enquired
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   were
                   free
                   to
                   commun
                   on
                   the
                   Affair
                   before
                   Gallowsheils
                   ,
                   we
                   told
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   thought
                   fit
                   ,
                   for
                   we
                   could
                   trust
                   him
                   ;
                   Then
                   he
                   whispered
                   Gallowsheils
                   ,
                   and
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   understood
                   afterwards
                   )
                   asked
                   if
                   he
                   was
                   free
                   to
                   commune
                   on
                   matters
                   of
                   great
                   Secrecy
                   and
                   importance
                   with
                   that
                   Company
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   he
                   assented
                   ,
                   then
                   we
                   sat
                   down
                   closs
                   together
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   ▪
                   Polwort
                   began
                   the
                   Discourse
                   ;
                   But
                   since
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   able
                   to
                   follow
                   exactly
                   the
                   method
                   of
                   our
                   Conference
                   ,
                   or
                   keep
                   the
                   very
                   expressions
                   used
                   ,
                   or
                   repeat
                   all
                   that
                   was
                   spoke
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   tell
                   distinctly
                   what
                   was
                   every
                   mans
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Discourse
                   ;
                   I
                   shall
                   set
                   down
                   the
                   Heads
                   ,
                   and
                   most
                   remarkable
                   Passages
                   thereof
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   remember
                   in
                   some
                   Articles
                   following
                   ;
                   1.
                   
                   Polwort
                   signified
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   credibly
                   informed
                   (
                   but
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   he
                   named
                   his
                   Informer
                   )
                   that
                   the
                   Countrey
                   party
                   in
                   England
                   would
                   draw
                   to
                   the
                   Fields
                   shortly
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   heard
                   before
                   Lambass
                   ,
                   wherewith
                   Gallowsheils
                   seem'd
                   visibly
                   surprized
                   ;
                   and
                   being
                   asked
                   ,
                   if
                   his
                   Heart
                   fail'd
                   him
                   already
                   ,
                   he
                   said
                   he
                   did
                   love
                   it
                   better
                   truly
                   to
                   be
                   walking
                   in
                   his
                   own
                   Parks
                   in
                   Peace
                   ,
                   and
                   quiet
                   ,
                   than
                   to
                   be
                   medling
                   in
                   such
                   matters
                   ;
                   however
                   he
                   assured
                   the
                   Company
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   there
                   came
                   any
                   troublesome
                   world
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   joyn
                   with
                   them
                   firmly
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   wondred
                   to
                   hear
                   of
                   any
                   such
                   Resolution
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   took
                   it
                   for
                   a
                   Principle
                   amongst
                   that
                   Party
                   there
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   make
                   no
                   stir
                   in
                   the
                   Kings
                   Life
                   (
                   which
                   the
                   whole
                   Company
                   owned
                   to
                   be
                   their
                   Opinion
                   and
                   desire
                   )
                   because
                   that
                   might
                   strengthen
                   the
                   Dukes
                   interest
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   suspected
                   it
                   was
                   the
                   project
                   of
                   the
                   Common-wealths
                   men
                   ,
                   with
                   whom
                   he
                   believed
                   ,
                   few
                   Scots
                   Gentlemen
                   would
                   joyn
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   was
                   almost
                   perswaded
                   the
                   D.
                   of
                   Monmouth
                   would
                   not
                   concur
                   in
                   any
                   rising
                   during
                   the
                   Kings
                   Life
                   ,
                   To
                   which
                   it
                   was
                   answered
                   by
                   Polwort
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   indeed
                   heard
                   that
                   principle
                   had
                   been
                   generally
                   agreed
                   to
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   seem'd
                   they
                   found
                   ,
                   they
                   behoved
                   either
                   to
                   do
                   their
                   business
                   now
                   ,
                   or
                   lay
                   aside
                   hopes
                   of
                   doing
                   it
                   hereafter
                   ,
                   which
                   might
                   be
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   the
                   Charter
                   of
                   London
                   were
                   let
                   fall
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   not
                   only
                   lose
                   all
                   safe
                   opportunity
                   of
                   digesting
                   Matters
                   ;
                   but
                   a
                   great
                   part
                   of
                   their
                   strength
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   heard
                   all
                   things
                   were
                   concerted
                   mutually
                   ,
                   betwixt
                   Monmouths
                   Friends
                   and
                   the
                   Heads
                   of
                   the
                   Commonwealth
                   Party
                   ;
                   and
                   tho
                   he
                   heard
                   Monmouth
                   was
                   shy
                   on
                   that
                   account
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   was
                   hop'd
                   he
                   would
                   engage
                   ,
                   for
                   otherways
                   he
                   would
                   be
                   deserted
                   by
                   that
                   Party
                   .
                   2.
                   
                   Polwort
                   told
                   us
                   the
                   suppositions
                   above-written
                   as
                   overtures
                   concerted
                   betwixt
                   our
                   friends
                   at
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   principal
                   men
                   of
                   that
                   Party
                   there
                   ;
                   so
                   the
                   E
                   of
                   Tarras
                   and
                   I
                   renewed
                   our
                   former
                   answers
                   also
                   above-written
                   ,
                   and
                   maintained
                   them
                   with
                   all
                   our
                   vigour
                   ,
                   wherein
                   Gallowsheils
                   joyned
                   forwardly
                   with
                   us
                   ;
                   and
                   Polwort
                   asserted
                   ,
                   we
                   went
                   on
                   very
                   good
                   grounds
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   was
                   fully
                   of
                   our
                   opinion
                   ,
                   if
                   things
                   were
                   entire
                   but
                   referr'd
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   considered
                   ,
                   whether
                   it
                   were
                   better
                   to
                   comply
                   with
                   some
                   of
                   these
                   methods
                   ,
                   tho
                   not
                   so
                   proper
                   and
                   justifiable
                   as
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   
                   wish'd
                   ,
                   then
                   to
                   disappoint
                   the
                   business
                   totally
                   ,
                   which
                   might
                   be
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   consequence
                   to
                   all
                   the
                   Party
                   ,
                   yet
                   we
                   did
                   not
                   condescend
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   to
                   undertake
                   any
                   of
                   these
                   methods
                   .
                   And
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   further
                   argument
                   adduced
                   against
                   the
                   trysting
                   above-written
                   ,
                   viz.
                   That
                   it
                   was
                   talked
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   day
                   appointed
                   in
                   England
                   latly
                   in
                   Shaftsberry's
                   time
                   ,
                   which
                   did
                   not
                   hold
                   ,
                   so
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   relyed
                   upon
                   .
                   3.
                   
                   It
                   was
                   proposed
                   to
                   be
                   considered
                   what
                   methods
                   were
                   most
                   proper
                   in
                   the
                   Companies
                   opinion
                   for
                   Scotland
                   to
                   follow
                   in
                   case
                   of
                   Englands
                   rising
                   ,
                   whereanent
                   it
                   was
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   that
                   could
                   be
                   expected
                   or
                   desired
                   from
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   was
                   ,
                   that
                   upon
                   the
                   certain
                   News
                   of
                   Englands
                   being
                   in
                   the
                   Fields
                   ,
                   those
                   in
                   the
                   Southern
                   Shires
                   who
                   would
                   own
                   that
                   Party
                   ,
                   should
                   presently
                   rise
                   ,
                   and
                   (
                   how
                   soon
                   they
                   could
                   get
                   as
                   many
                   conven'd
                   as
                   would
                   be
                   able
                   to
                   deal
                   with
                   stragling
                   Parties
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   sudden
                   rising
                   in
                   the
                   Countrey
                   )
                   march
                   to
                   joyn
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   fit
                   these
                   in
                   the
                   Northern
                   Shires
                   of
                   England
                   waited
                   near
                   the
                   Borders
                   for
                   such
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   Officers
                   trysted
                   there
                   to
                   command
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   then
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   seasonable
                   for
                   Argile
                   to
                   land
                   in
                   the
                   West
                   ,
                   and
                   these
                   Parties
                   on
                   the
                   Borders
                   might
                   divert
                   the
                   Forces
                   till
                   he
                   had
                   time
                   to
                   put
                   himself
                   in
                   a
                   posture
                   .
                   These
                   things
                   seem'd
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   sentiments
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   Company
                   ,
                   but
                   were
                   not
                   finally
                   determined
                   till
                   the
                   opinion
                   of
                   others
                   who
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   communed
                   with
                   by
                   Polwort
                   were
                   known
                   :
                   And
                   it
                   was
                   represented
                   ,
                   there
                   behoved
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   any
                   wilful
                   and
                   obstinate
                   adhering
                   to
                   our
                   own
                   thoughts
                   of
                   things
                   ,
                   (
                   but
                   an
                   mutual
                   condescendance
                   to
                   others
                   concerned
                   ,
                   )
                   otherwise
                   it
                   were
                   not
                   possible
                   to
                   bring
                   a
                   publick
                   Design
                   to
                   any
                   good
                   issue
                   .
                   4.
                   
                   All
                   the
                   Company
                   seem'd
                   to
                   agree
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   undertake
                   nothing
                   or
                   move
                   in
                   that
                   Affair
                   ,
                   till
                   they
                   had
                   a
                   full
                   and
                   certain
                   account
                   what
                   England
                   proposed
                   ,
                   what
                   methods
                   they
                   resolved
                   to
                   follow
                   there
                   ,
                   who
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   their
                   Heads
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   if
                   they
                   design'd
                   any
                   attempt
                   on
                   the
                   Kings
                   Person
                   ,
                   or
                   overturning
                   Monarchy
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   not
                   be
                   forward
                   or
                   clear
                   to
                   joyn
                   :
                   And
                   it
                   being
                   here
                   insinuated
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   most
                   they
                   could
                   do
                   (
                   at
                   least
                   for
                   which
                   there
                   could
                   be
                   any
                   plausible
                   pretence
                   to
                   justifie
                   )
                   was
                   to
                   draw
                   together
                   ,
                   and
                   without
                   any
                   act
                   of
                   Hostility
                   ,
                   send
                   Addresses
                   to
                   His
                   Majesty
                   for
                   redress
                   of
                   the
                   present
                   abuses
                   of
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   obtaining
                   sufficient
                   security
                   against
                   the
                   hazard
                   they
                   apprehended
                   to
                   their
                   Religion
                   and
                   Liberties
                   .
                   It
                   was
                   said
                   by
                   Polwort
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   apt
                   to
                   think
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   their
                   very
                   design
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   had
                   heard
                   it
                   was
                   generally
                   believed
                   by
                   that
                   Party
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   once
                   they
                   were
                   in
                   a
                   Body
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   would
                   be
                   prevailed
                   with
                   to
                   quite
                   the
                   Duke
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   for
                   Popery
                   ,
                   correspondence
                   with
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   accession
                   to
                   the
                   Popish
                   Plot
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   if
                   the
                   King
                   were
                   once
                   free
                   from
                   the
                   influence
                   of
                   the
                   Dukes
                   Counsels
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   confident
                   he
                   might
                   be
                   moved
                   to
                   reform
                   their
                   Abuses
                   ,
                   and
                   secure
                   their
                   Religion
                   and
                   Liberties
                   for
                   the
                   future
                   to
                   their
                   contentment
                   .
                   5.
                   
                   It
                   was
                   resolved
                   ,
                   that
                   till
                   we
                   got
                   the
                   foresaid
                   account
                   from
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   satisfied
                   thereanent
                   ,
                   and
                   knew
                   others
                   here
                   (
                   who
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   communed
                   with
                   )
                   their
                   Sentiements
                   of
                   what
                   methods
                   were
                   most
                   proper
                   for
                   us
                   ,
                   in
                   case
                   we
                   should
                   undertake
                   ,
                   we
                   should
                   not
                   meddle
                   further
                   ;
                   only
                   it
                   was
                   left
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Tarras
                   and
                   me
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   acquaint
                   Sir
                   
                     William
                     Scot
                  
                   younger
                   with
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   matter
                   of
                   this
                   Conference
                   overly
                   ,
                   without
                   taking
                   notice
                   of
                   our
                   Informers
                   ,
                   or
                   such
                   an
                   Conference
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   was
                   recommended
                   to
                   all
                   to
                   be
                   enquiring
                   (
                   at
                   such
                   as
                   they
                   had
                   some
                   trust
                   in
                   )
                   indirectly
                   about
                   the
                   affection
                   of
                   our
                   Neighbours
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   Arms
                   there
                   was
                   amongst
                   them
                   ;
                   that
                   if
                   we
                   should
                   get
                   an
                   satisfying
                   account
                   ,
                   and
                   resolve
                   to
                   joyn
                   ,
                   we
                   might
                   know
                   where
                   to
                   seek
                   Men
                   and
                   Arms
                   suddenly
                   :
                   here
                   it
                   was
                   said
                   by
                   Polwort
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   
                     Tarras
                     ,
                     Torwoodlie
                     ,
                     Gallowsheils
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   once
                   took
                   Horse
                   ,
                   he
                   thought
                   the
                   most
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   West
                   end
                   of
                   Tiviotdale
                   and
                   Selkirk
                   Shire
                   would
                   soon
                   come
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   especially
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   heard
                   England
                   was
                   risen
                   ,
                   then
                   we
                   trysted
                   to
                   meet
                   there
                   against
                   Midsummer
                   Fair
                   ,
                   betwixt
                   and
                   which
                   the
                   forsaid
                   account
                   was
                   expected
                   ,
                   but
                   in
                   
                   case
                   it
                   came
                   to
                   any
                   of
                   our
                   hands
                   sooner
                   ,
                   we
                   promised
                   to
                   advertise
                   the
                   rest
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   might
                   meet
                   ,
                   presently
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   case
                   required
                   ;
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   substance
                   and
                   sum
                   of
                   what
                   passed
                   at
                   the
                   forsaid
                   conference
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   can
                   now
                   remember
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   likewise
                   told
                   these
                   following
                   particulars
                   in
                   privat
                   ,
                   by
                   Polwart
                   ,
                   or
                   Torwoodlie
                   ,
                   (
                   which
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   distinctly
                   tell
                   )
                   the
                   day
                   of
                   the
                   forsaid
                   conference
                   ,
                   or
                   within
                   a
                   short
                   time
                   after
                   .
                   1.
                   
                   That
                   Polwart
                   keeped
                   the
                   correspondence
                   with
                   our
                   friends
                   at
                   London
                   ,
                   I
                   remember
                   not
                   positively
                   of
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   that
                   was
                   named
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   on
                   the
                   entrigue
                   there
                   ,
                   except
                   my
                   Lord
                   Melvil
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                     ,
                     Ierviswood
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Commissar
                   Monro
                   (
                   for
                   I
                   hardly
                   knew
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   rest
                   )
                   and
                   as
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   Commissar
                   Monro
                   was
                   call'd
                   his
                   correspondent
                   there
                   .
                   2.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Money
                   to
                   be
                   advanced
                   by
                   the
                   English
                   partie
                   to
                   Scotland
                   was
                   ready
                   ,
                   when
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   came
                   from
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   was
                   expected
                   ,
                   that
                   within
                   few
                   days
                   after
                   ,
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   dispatched
                   with
                   some
                   confident
                   to
                   Holland
                   ,
                   (
                   whither
                   by
                   Bills
                   ,
                   or
                   in
                   Cash
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   say
                   )
                   it
                   was
                   call'd
                   ten
                   thousand
                   pound
                   Sterlin
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   imployed
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   was
                   told
                   )
                   by
                   that
                   confident
                   ,
                   at
                   Argyles
                   sight
                   ,
                   for
                   buying
                   Arms
                   ,
                   providing
                   Ships
                   to
                   transport
                   them
                   with
                   Argyle
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   West
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   other
                   Charges
                   .
                   3.
                   
                   That
                   how
                   soon
                   our
                   friends
                   at
                   London
                   got
                   notice
                   of
                   the
                   safe
                   arrival
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   confident
                   forsaid
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   other
                   things
                   were
                   finally
                   concluded
                   there
                   (
                   which
                   was
                   expected
                   would
                   be
                   about
                   the
                   middle
                   of
                   Iune
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   )
                   they
                   would
                   come
                   home
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   they
                   passed
                   ,
                   would
                   give
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   an
                   particular
                   account
                   of
                   all
                   resolutions
                   taken
                   to
                   be
                   communicat
                   to
                   the
                   rest
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   expected
                   by
                   Letters
                   ,
                   that
                   behoved
                   to
                   be
                   under
                   figures
                   ,
                   and
                   dark
                   expressions
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   written
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   about
                   the
                   Carolina
                   business
                   ,
                   or
                   some
                   houshold
                   Furniture
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   was
                   told
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   never
                   remember
                   I
                   saw
                   any
                   Letter
                   ,
                   either
                   direct
                   to
                   London
                   ,
                   or
                   sent
                   from
                   it
                   on
                   that
                   head
                   .
                   4.
                   
                   I
                   was
                   told
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Sign
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Word
                   agreed
                   on
                   by
                   that
                   Party
                   ,
                   so
                   that
                   men
                   might
                   know
                   with
                   whom
                   they
                   might
                   use
                   freedom
                   ,
                   the
                   Word
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   was
                   Harmony
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Sign
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     opening
                     two
                     Buttons
                     in
                     the
                     breast
                     coat
                     and
                     shutting
                     them
                     presently
                  
                   ;
                   this
                   I
                   communicat
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Tarras
                   ,
                   but
                   does
                   not
                   mind
                   I
                   ever
                   saw
                   it
                   used
                   ,
                   except
                   when
                   I
                   visited
                   Park-Hay
                   here
                   in
                   Town
                   ,
                   about
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   Iune
                   ;
                   we
                   discoursing
                   a
                   little
                   freely
                   ,
                   he
                   asked
                   if
                   I
                   had
                   the
                   Word
                   and
                   Sign
                   of
                   the
                   Carolina
                   men
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   having
                   given
                   them
                   ,
                   he
                   said
                   something
                   to
                   this
                   purpose
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   afraid
                   that
                   the
                   Carolina
                   business
                   did
                   not
                   go
                   well
                   ,
                   for
                   there
                   had
                   been
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Managers
                   expected
                   here
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   think
                   he
                   named
                   Ierviswood
                   or
                   Commissar
                   Monro
                   )
                   these
                   eight
                   days
                   past
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   was
                   none
                   come
                   ,
                   nor
                   could
                   he
                   learn
                   that
                   any
                   of
                   their
                   Friends
                   had
                   heard
                   from
                   them
                   for
                   several
                   Posts
                   .
                   
                     Polwart
                     ,
                     Torwoodlie
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   met
                   at
                   Gallowsheils
                   ,
                   on
                   Midsummer
                   Fair
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   mind
                   nothing
                   passed
                   but
                   private
                   whisperings
                   .
                   Dated
                   September
                   15.
                   1684.
                   and
                   subscrived
                   thus
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Iames
                     Murray
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   December
                   23
                   ▪
                   1684.
                   
                
                 
                   THe
                   Deposition
                   above-written
                   being
                   read
                   to
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Iames
                     Murray
                  
                   of
                   Philiphaugh
                   ,
                   in
                   presence
                   of
                   the
                   Justices
                   and
                   Assizers
                   ,
                   he
                   adheres
                   thereto
                   in
                   all
                   points
                   upon
                   Oath
                   .
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Murray
                     .
                     Linlithgow
                     ,
                     I.
                     P.
                     D.
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   THe
                   said
                   
                     Iames
                     Murray
                  
                   further
                   depons
                   ,
                   That
                   at
                   their
                   meeting
                   at
                   Gallowsheils
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   resolved
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   keep
                   up
                   their
                   Cess
                   unpayed
                   till
                   their
                   next
                   meeting
                   at
                   Midsummer
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   at
                   Gallowsheils
                   ,
                   and
                   should
                   deal
                   with
                   all
                   these
                   they
                   had
                   influence
                   upon
                   to
                   do
                   the
                   like
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   upon
                   the
                   supposition
                   mentioned
                   in
                   his
                   Oath
                   given
                   in
                   .
                   It
                   
                   was
                   spoke
                   amongst
                   them
                   that
                   the
                   Troupers
                   Horses
                   should
                   be
                   seized
                   upon
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   grasing
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   Truth
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   answer
                   to
                   God.
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Murray
                     .
                     Linlithgow
                     ,
                     I.
                     P.
                     D.
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     HVgh
                     Scot
                  
                   of
                   Gallowsheils
                   ,
                   aged
                   36.
                   
                   Years
                   ,
                   married
                   ,
                   purged
                   ,
                   &c.
                   and
                   sworn
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Tarras
                   and
                   Philiphaugh
                   did
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   Deponents
                   House
                   ,
                   in
                   May
                   ,
                   1683.
                   and
                   Polwart
                   came
                   likewise
                   there
                   ,
                   where
                   there
                   were
                   Discourses
                   and
                   Proposals
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   the
                   English
                   would
                   rise
                   in
                   Arms
                   ,
                   their
                   Friends
                   in
                   the
                   South
                   Shires
                   should
                   rise
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   seize
                   the
                   Horses
                   belonging
                   to
                   the
                   Kings
                   Troops
                   where
                   they
                   grased
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Town
                   of
                   Berwick
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Castle
                   of
                   Stirling
                   :
                   And
                   likewise
                   it
                   was
                   there
                   discoursed
                   anent
                   the
                   late
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argiles
                   coming
                   to
                   invade
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   but
                   because
                   of
                   the
                   uncertainty
                   of
                   Sea
                   Voyages
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   not
                   much
                   stress
                   laid
                   upon
                   it
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   It
                   was
                   also
                   proposed
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   South
                   Countrey
                   whom
                   they
                   trusted
                   in
                   should
                   be
                   acquainted
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   endeavours
                   should
                   be
                   used
                   to
                   learn
                   what
                   Arms
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Countrey
                   .
                   Depons
                   ,
                   There
                   was
                   some
                   such
                   discourse
                   there
                   ,
                   as
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   
                     Tarras
                     ,
                     Philiphaugh
                     ,
                     Torwoodlie
                     ,
                     Polwart
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   some
                   others
                   should
                   draw
                   to
                   Horse
                   with
                   the
                   first
                   when
                   the
                   rising
                   should
                   be
                   in
                   readiness
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   might
                   be
                   expected
                   that
                   the
                   South
                   parts
                   of
                   Teviotdale
                   and
                   Selkirk
                   Shire
                   would
                   joyn
                   with
                   them
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   truth
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   answer
                   to
                   God.
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Hugh
                       Scot.
                       Linlithgow
                    
                     ,
                     I.
                     P.
                     D.
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               HIs
               Majesties
               Advocat
               produc'd
               other
               Depositions
               ,
               emitted
               by
               Gallowsheils
               before
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Secret
               Committee
               ,
               whereof
               the
               Tenor
               follows
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   the
                   14
                   of
                   September
                   1684.
                   
                
                 
                   GAllowsheils
                   Depons
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   E.
                   of
                   Tarras
                   and
                   Philiphaugh
                   ,
                   being
                   in
                   his
                   House
                   in
                   May
                   1683.
                   
                   Discoursed
                   of
                   an
                   intended
                   rising
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   Proposals
                   made
                   to
                   Scots
                   men
                   ,
                   to
                   rise
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   London
                   in
                   particular
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   Polwort
                   was
                   present
                   at
                   that
                   Meeting
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   he
                   was
                   sure
                   the
                   Englishmen
                   intended
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   Discoursed
                   at
                   that
                   Meeting
                   amongst
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   were
                   fit
                   to
                   seize
                   Berwick
                   and
                   Stirling
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   talked
                   amongst
                   them
                   of
                   bringing
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   York
                   to
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   tha●
                   the
                   King
                   would
                   abandon
                   him
                   .
                   
                     Sic
                     Subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           Hugh
                           Scot.
                        
                         
                      
                       
                         
                           Perth
                           ,
                           Cancel
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         Queensberry
                      
                       
                         
                           George
                           Mckenzie
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Io.
                           Drummond
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           George
                           Mckenzie
                        
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     Edinburgh
                     ,
                     October
                  
                   29.
                   1684.
                   
                
                 
                   Sederunt
                   .
                   
                     
                       
                         Lord
                         Chancellour
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Lord
                         Secretary
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Lord
                         President
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Lord
                         Advocat
                      
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   THe
                   Laird
                   of
                   Gallowsheils
                   ,
                   Prisoner
                   in
                   the
                   Tolbuith
                   of
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   being
                   Call'd
                   and
                   Examin'd
                   upon
                   Oath
                   ,
                   Depons
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   the
                   Moneth
                   of
                   May
                   1683.
                   
                   The
                   E.
                   of
                   
                     Tarras
                     ,
                     Hume
                  
                   of
                   Polwort
                   Elder
                   ,
                   and
                   Laird
                   of
                   Philiphaugh
                   ,
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   Deponents
                   House
                   ,
                   himself
                   being
                   absent
                   ,
                   at
                   his
                   coming
                   home
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   speaking
                   of
                   the
                   Security
                   of
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ;
                   
                   and
                   of
                   a
                   Party
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   who
                   would
                   secure
                   ,
                   or
                   seize
                   the
                   King
                   or
                   Duke
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   if
                   any
                   should
                   rise
                   in
                   Arms
                   to
                   Defend
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   rescue
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Duke
                   :
                   There
                   was
                   another
                   Party
                   who
                   would
                   rise
                   in
                   Arms
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   proposed
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   Countrey-men
                   should
                   be
                   spoken
                   to
                   ,
                   to
                   try
                   their
                   Resolutions
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Resolutions
                   ,
                   of
                   England
                   should
                   be
                   told
                   them
                   ,
                   to
                   see
                   if
                   they
                   would
                   concur
                   .
                   But
                   the
                   Deponent
                   does
                   not
                   remember
                   that
                   this
                   proposition
                   was
                   approven
                   ,
                   or
                   undertaken
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   by
                   any
                   present
                   ;
                   nor
                   does
                   he
                   remember
                   who
                   manag'd
                   the
                   Discourse
                   .
                   It
                   was
                   likewise
                   propos'd
                   ,
                   to
                   seize
                   the
                   Officers
                   of
                   State
                   ,
                   especially
                   the
                   Chancellour
                   and
                   Thesaurer
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   said
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   was
                   to
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   West
                   from
                   England
                   ,
                   for
                   advancement
                   of
                   the
                   Design
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   was
                   to
                   Land
                   in
                   the
                   West
                   Highlands
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   raise
                   that
                   Countrey
                   .
                   Of
                   these
                   matters
                   ,
                   all
                   these
                   who
                   were
                   present
                   Discoursed
                   ,
                   as
                   of
                   an
                   Affair
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   agitating
                   ,
                   and
                   wherein
                   themselves
                   were
                   particularly
                   concerned
                   ,
                   though
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   they
                   did
                   not
                   conclude
                   what
                   their
                   carriage
                   should
                   be
                   ;
                   The
                   reason
                   why
                   the
                   Deponent
                   cannot
                   be
                   more
                   particulars
                   is
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   was
                   sometimes
                   going
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   sometimes
                   walking
                   up
                   and
                   down
                   the
                   Room
                   ;
                   and
                   though
                   the
                   Deponent
                   cannot
                   be
                   positive
                   of
                   the
                   very
                   words
                   ;
                   yet
                   he
                   is
                   positive
                   they
                   were
                   either
                   these
                   Words
                   ,
                   or
                   Words
                   to
                   that
                   purpose
                   .
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Hugh
                     Scot.
                     Perth
                     Cancellarius
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     Edinburgh
                     ,
                     December
                  
                   23.
                   1684.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     HVgh
                     Scot
                  
                   of
                   Gallowsheils
                   being
                   solemnly
                   Sworn
                   in
                   presence
                   of
                   the
                   Justices
                   and
                   Assize
                   ,
                   adheres
                   to
                   the
                   Depositions
                   within
                   ,
                   and
                   above-written
                   in
                   all
                   points
                   ,
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Hugh
                       Scot.
                       Linlithgow
                    
                     ,
                     I.
                     P.
                     D.
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               HIs
               Majesties
               Advocat
               in
               fortification
               of
               the
               former
               Probation
               ,
               adduces
               the
               Printed
               Copy
               of
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Carstares
              
               Depositions
               ,
               emitted
               before
               the
               Officers
               of
               State
               ,
               and
               other
               Lords
               of
               Privy
               Council
               ,
               and
               leaves
               the
               same
               to
               the
               Assise
               ,
               and
               uses
               it
               as
               an
               Adminicle
               of
               Probation
               ;
               for
               though
               it
               was
               capitulat
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               not
               be
               made
               use
               of
               as
               a
               Witness
               ;
               yet
               it
               was
               agreed
               ,
               that
               the
               Deposition
               should
               be
               published
               :
               and
               likewise
               produces
               the
               Principal
               Deposition
               signed
               by
               himself
               ,
               and
               the
               said
               Lords
               .
            
             
               THe
               Lords
               ,
               Justice-General
               ,
               Justice-Clerk
               ,
               and
               Commissioners
               of
               Justiciary
               ,
               admit
               the
               Paper
               produced
               as
               an
               Adminicle
               ,
               and
               refers
               the
               import
               thereof
               to
               the
               Inquest
               ,
               and
               ordains
               the
               Printed
               Paper
               as
               it
               is
               Collationed
               ,
               to
               be
               taken
               in
               ,
               and
               considered
               by
               the
               Inquest
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   SIr
                   
                     William
                     Paterson
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   
                     Colin
                     Mckenzie
                  
                   ,
                   Clerks
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Privy
                   Council
                   being
                   Interrogat
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   heard
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Carstares
                  
                   own
                   the
                   Depositions
                   Read
                   ,
                   Depons
                   they
                   saw
                   and
                   heard
                   him
                   Swear
                   ,
                   and
                   own
                   the
                   same
                   upon
                   Oath
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   Collationed
                   the
                   Printed
                   Copie
                   with
                   the
                   Original
                   formerly
                   ,
                   and
                   now
                   they
                   heard
                   it
                   Collationed
                   ,
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           Will.
                           Paterson
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Colin
                           Mckenzie
                        
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   THe
                   Deposition
                   of
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Carstares
                  
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   Examined
                   before
                   the
                   Lords
                   of
                   Secret
                   Committee
                   ,
                   given
                   in
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   renewed
                   upon
                   Oath
                   ;
                   upon
                   the
                   22.
                   of
                   
                     December
                     1684.
                  
                   in
                   presence
                   of
                   the
                   Lords
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Privy
                   Council
                   .
                
                 
                   Edinburgh
                   Castle
                   ,
                   September
                   8.
                   1684.
                   
                
                 
                   MR.
                   
                     William
                     Carstares
                  
                   being
                   Examined
                   upon
                   Oath
                   ,
                   conform
                   to
                   the
                   Condescention
                   given
                   in
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   on
                   the
                   Terms
                   therein-mentioned
                   ;
                   Depons
                   ,
                   That
                   about
                   November
                   ,
                   or
                   December
                   1682.
                   
                   
                     Iames
                     Stuart
                  
                   ,
                   Brother
                   to
                   the
                   Laird
                   of
                   Cultness
                   ,
                   wrot
                   a
                   Letter
                   to
                   him
                   from
                   Holland
                   ,
                   importing
                   ,
                   That
                   if
                   any
                   considerable
                   sum
                   of
                   Money
                   could
                   be
                   procur'd
                   from
                   England
                   ,
                   that
                   something
                   of
                   importance
                   might
                   be
                   done
                   in
                   Scotland
                   :
                   The
                   which
                   Letter
                   ,
                   the
                   Deponent
                   had
                   an
                   inclination
                   to
                   inform
                   Shepherd
                   in
                   Abb-Church-lane
                   ,
                   Merchant
                   in
                   London
                   of
                   ;
                   but
                   before
                   he
                   could
                   do
                   it
                   ,
                   he
                   wrot
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Stuart
                   above-nam'd
                   to
                   know
                   from
                   him
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   might
                   do
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Stuart
                   having
                   consented
                   ,
                   he
                   communicat
                   the
                   said
                   Letter
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Shepherd
                   ,
                   who
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   that
                   he
                   would
                   communicat
                   the
                   Contents
                   of
                   it
                   to
                   some
                   persons
                   in
                   England
                   ;
                   but
                   did
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   name
                   no
                   body
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Deponent
                   thinks
                   :
                   Sometime
                   thereafter
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Shepherd
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   communicat
                   the
                   Contents
                   of
                   the
                   Letter
                   above-named
                   ,
                   to
                   Colonel
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   Colonel
                   Danvers
                   was
                   present
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   that
                   Colonel
                   Sidney
                   was
                   averse
                   from
                   imploying
                   the
                   late
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   ,
                   or
                   medling
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   judging
                   him
                   a
                   man
                   too
                   much
                   affected
                   to
                   the
                   Royal
                   Family
                   ,
                   and
                   inclin'd
                   to
                   the
                   present
                   Church-Government
                   ;
                   yet
                   Mr.
                   Shepherd
                   being
                   put
                   upon
                   it
                   by
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   still
                   urg'd
                   ,
                   that
                   one
                   might
                   be
                   sent
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   ;
                   but
                   as
                   Mr.
                   Shepherd
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   suspected
                   upon
                   the
                   account
                   of
                   his
                   urging
                   so
                   much
                   ;
                   yet
                   afterwards
                   he
                   press'd
                   ,
                   without
                   the
                   Deponents
                   knowledge
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Deponent
                   being
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Holland
                   however
                   ,
                   might
                   have
                   some
                   Commission
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   having
                   inform'd
                   the
                   Deponent
                   of
                   ,
                   the
                   Deponent
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   himself
                   would
                   not
                   be
                   concern'd
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   they
                   would
                   send
                   another
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   introduce
                   him
                   ;
                   but
                   nothing
                   of
                   this
                   was
                   done
                   :
                   upon
                   which
                   the
                   Deponent
                   went
                   over
                   ,
                   without
                   any
                   Commission
                   from
                   any
                   body
                   ,
                   to
                   Holland
                   ,
                   never
                   meeting
                   with
                   
                     Iames
                     Stuart
                  
                   above-named
                   :
                   He
                   was
                   introduc'd
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   ,
                   with
                   whom
                   he
                   had
                   never
                   before
                   conversed
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   there
                   discourse
                   what
                   had
                   past
                   betwixt
                   Mr.
                   Shepherd
                   and
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   particularly
                   ,
                   about
                   remitting
                   of
                   Money
                   to
                   the
                   said
                   Earl
                   from
                   England
                   ;
                   of
                   which
                   the
                   said
                   Mr.
                   Stuart
                   had
                   written
                   to
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   namely
                   of
                   30000
                   pounds
                   Sterling
                   ;
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   raising
                   of
                   1000
                   Horse
                   and
                   Dragoons
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   securing
                   the
                   Castle
                   of
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   matter
                   of
                   the
                   greatest
                   importance
                   :
                   The
                   method
                   of
                   doing
                   this
                   was
                   proposed
                   by
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   one
                   hour
                   ,
                   or
                   thereby
                   ,
                   after
                   the
                   relieving
                   of
                   the
                   Guards
                   :
                   But
                   the
                   Earl
                   did
                   not
                   relish
                   this
                   Proposition
                   ,
                   as
                   dangerous
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Castles
                   would
                   fall
                   of
                   consequence
                   ,
                   after
                   the
                   Work
                   abroad
                   was
                   done
                   .
                   
                     Iames
                     Stuart
                  
                   was
                   of
                   the
                   Deponents
                   Opinion
                   for
                   seizing
                   the
                   Castle
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   would
                   secure
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   the
                   Magazines
                   and
                   Arms
                   ;
                   As
                   to
                   the
                   1000
                   Horse
                   and
                   Dragoons
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Argile
                   was
                   of
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   that
                   without
                   them
                   nothing
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   if
                   that
                   number
                   were
                   rais'd
                   in
                   England
                   to
                   the
                   said
                   Earl
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   come
                   into
                   Scotland
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   there
                   being
                   so
                   few
                   Horse
                   and
                   Dragoons
                   to
                   meet
                   them
                   ,
                   he
                   judg'd
                   he
                   might
                   get
                   the
                   Country
                   without
                   trouble
                   ,
                   having
                   such
                   a
                   standing
                   Body
                   for
                   their
                   Friends
                   to
                   Rendezvous
                   to
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   said
                   Earl
                   said
                   he
                   could
                   show
                   the
                   Deponent
                   the
                   conventient
                   places
                   for
                   Landing
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   understood
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   the
                   Deponent
                   remembers
                   ,
                   where
                   the
                   Ships
                   could
                   attend
                   .
                   The
                   Deponent
                   remembers
                   not
                   the
                   names
                   of
                   the
                   places
                   .
                   
                   The
                   Deponent
                   spoke
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Stairs
                   ;
                   but
                   cannot
                   be
                   positive
                   that
                   he
                   nam'd
                   the
                   Affair
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   but
                   found
                   him
                   shy
                   :
                   but
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   thought
                   Stairs
                   might
                   be
                   gain'd
                   to
                   them
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Lowdo●n
                   being
                   a
                   man
                   of
                   good
                   Reason
                   ,
                   and
                   disobliged
                   ,
                   would
                   have
                   great
                   influence
                   upon
                   the
                   Countrey
                   ,
                   and
                   recommended
                   the
                   Deponent
                   to
                   Major
                   H●lms
                   with
                   whom
                   the
                   Deponent
                   had
                   some
                   acquaintance
                   before
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   brought
                   over
                   a
                   Letter
                   from
                   him
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argyle
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Deponent
                   had
                   not
                   then
                   communicate
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Holms
                     ,
                     Iames
                     Steuart
                  
                   laid
                   down
                   a
                   way
                   of
                   correspondence
                   by
                   Cyphers
                   and
                   false
                   Names
                   ,
                   and
                   sent
                   them
                   over
                   to
                   Holms
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   for
                   their
                   use
                   (
                   which
                   Cyphers
                   and
                   Names
                   ,
                   are
                   now
                   in
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Officers
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Deponent
                   supposes
                   ,
                   )
                   and
                   did
                   desire
                   the
                   Deponent
                   earnestly
                   to
                   propose
                   the
                   30000.
                   pound
                   Sterling
                   abovenamed
                   to
                   the
                   party
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   not
                   propose
                   any
                   less
                   ;
                   for
                   as
                   the
                   Earl
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   particularly
                   calculate
                   the
                   Expence
                   for
                   Arms
                   ,
                   Ammunition
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   But
                   
                     Iames
                     Steuart
                  
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   some
                   less
                   could
                   be
                   had
                   ,
                   the
                   Earl
                   would
                   content
                   himself
                   ,
                   if
                   better
                   might
                   not
                   be
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Earl
                   always
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   nothing
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   without
                   the
                   body
                   of
                   Horse
                   and
                   Dragoons
                   above-mentioned
                   .
                   During
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   Deponent
                   his
                   abode
                   in
                   Holland
                   ,
                   tho
                   he
                   had
                   several
                   Letters
                   from
                   Shepard
                   ,
                   yet
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   satisfactory
                   account
                   ,
                   till
                   some
                   time
                   after
                   the
                   Deponent
                   parted
                   from
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argyle
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   making
                   for
                   a
                   Ship
                   at
                   Rotterdam
                   to
                   transport
                   himself
                   to
                   
                     England
                     .
                     Iames
                     Steuart
                  
                   wrot
                   to
                   him
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   hopes
                   of
                   the
                   Money
                   .
                   The
                   next
                   day
                   after
                   the
                   Deponent
                   came
                   to
                   England
                   ,
                   he
                   met
                   with
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   ,
                   with
                   Commissar
                   Monro
                   ,
                   and
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   was
                   at
                   London
                   before
                   he
                   came
                   over
                   ;
                   and
                   depons
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   knows
                   not
                   the
                   account
                   of
                   their
                   coming
                   ,
                   more
                   then
                   for
                   the
                   perfecting
                   the
                   Transaction
                   about
                   Carolina
                   :
                   and
                   having
                   acquainted
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   with
                   the
                   Earls
                   demands
                   of
                   the
                   30000
                   pound
                   Sterling
                   and
                   the
                   1000.
                   
                   Horse
                   and
                   Dragoons
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Iohn
                   carried
                   him
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Russel
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   the
                   Deponent
                   proposed
                   the
                   affair
                   ,
                   but
                   being
                   an
                   absolute
                   Stranger
                   to
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   had
                   no
                   return
                   from
                   him
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   ;
                   but
                   afterwards
                   having
                   met
                   him
                   accidently
                   at
                   Mr.
                   Shepards
                   ho●se
                   ,
                   where
                   he
                   the
                   Lord
                   Russel
                   had
                   come
                   to
                   speak
                   to
                   Shepard
                   about
                   the
                   Money
                   above-named
                   ,
                   as
                   Mr.
                   Shepard
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   .
                   The
                   Deponent
                   (
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   done
                   speaking
                   )
                   desired
                   to
                   speak
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Russel
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   Lord
                   Russel
                   did
                   ,
                   and
                   having
                   reiterate
                   the
                   former
                   Proposition
                   for
                   30000.
                   pound
                   Sterling
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   1000.
                   
                   Horse
                   and
                   Dragoons
                   ,
                   he
                   the
                   Lord
                   Russel
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   they
                   could
                   not
                   get
                   so
                   much
                   raised
                   at
                   the
                   time
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   they
                   had
                   10000.
                   pound
                   to
                   begin
                   ,
                   that
                   would
                   draw
                   People
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   once
                   in
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   soon
                   be
                   brought
                   to
                   more
                   ;
                   but
                   as
                   for
                   the
                   1000.
                   
                   Horse
                   and
                   Dragoons
                   ,
                   he
                   could
                   say
                   nothing
                   at
                   the
                   present
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   behoved
                   to
                   be
                   concerted
                   upon
                   the
                   Borders
                   .
                   The
                   Deponent
                   made
                   the
                   same
                   proposal
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Ferguson
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   much
                   concerned
                   in
                   the
                   Affair
                   ,
                   and
                   zealous
                   for
                   the
                   promoving
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   This
                   Mr.
                   Ferguson
                   had
                   in
                   October
                   or
                   November
                   before
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Deponent
                   remembers
                   in
                   a
                   Conversation
                   with
                   the
                   Deponent
                   in
                   Cheapside
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Street
                   somewhere
                   thereabout
                   ,
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   for
                   the
                   saving
                   of
                   innocent
                   Blood
                   ,
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   necessary
                   to
                   cut
                   off
                   a
                   few
                   ,
                   insinuating
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Duke
                   ,
                   but
                   cannot
                   be
                   positive
                   whether
                   he
                   named
                   them
                   or
                   not
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   the
                   Deponent
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   's
                   work
                   for
                   our
                   wild
                   People
                   in
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   my
                   Conscience
                   does
                   not
                   serve
                   me
                   for
                   such
                   things
                   ;
                   after
                   which
                   the
                   Deponent
                   had
                   never
                   any
                   particular
                   discourse
                   with
                   Ferguson
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   that
                   matter
                   ;
                   but
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   other
                   Affair
                   ,
                   Ferguson
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   doing
                   what
                   he
                   could
                   to
                   get
                   it
                   effectuate
                   ,
                   as
                   particularly
                   that
                   he
                   spoke
                   to
                   one
                   Major
                   Wildman
                   who
                   is
                   not
                   of
                   the
                   Deponent
                   his
                   acquaintance
                   .
                   Ferguson
                   blamed
                   always
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   as
                   driving
                   designs
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   .
                   The
                   Deponent
                   met
                   twice
                   or
                   thrice
                   with
                   the
                   Lord
                   Melvil
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                     ,
                     Ierviswood
                  
                   ,
                   Commissar
                   Monro
                   ,
                   the
                   two
                   
                     Cessnocks
                     ,
                     Mongomery
                  
                   of
                   Landshaw
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Veitch
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   discoursed
                   of
                   Money
                   to
                   be
                   sent
                   to
                   Argyle
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   the
                   carrying
                   
                   on
                   the
                   Affair
                   ,
                   and
                   tho
                   he
                   cannot
                   be
                   positive
                   the
                   Affair
                   was
                   named
                   ,
                   yet
                   it
                   was
                   understood
                   by
                   himself
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   he
                   conceives
                   by
                   all
                   present
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   for
                   rising
                   in
                   Arms
                   ,
                   for
                   rectifying
                   the
                   Government
                   .
                   Commissary
                   Monro
                   ,
                   Lord
                   Melvil
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   two
                   Cessnocks
                   were
                   against
                   medling
                   with
                   the
                   English
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   judged
                   them
                   men
                   that
                   would
                   talk
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   not
                   do
                   ,
                   but
                   were
                   more
                   inclined
                   to
                   do
                   something
                   by
                   themselves
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   could
                   be
                   done
                   .
                   The
                   Lord
                   Melvil
                   thought
                   every
                   thing
                   hazardous
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   the
                   Deponent
                   cannot
                   say
                   he
                   was
                   positive
                   in
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                   but
                   was
                   most
                   inclined
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Monmouth
                   to
                   head
                   them
                   in
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   of
                   which
                   no
                   particular
                   method
                   was
                   laid
                   down
                   .
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Veitch
                   ,
                   were
                   for
                   taking
                   Money
                   at
                   one
                   of
                   these
                   Meetings
                   .
                   It
                   was
                   resolved
                   ,
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Martin
                   ,
                   late
                   Clerk
                   to
                   the
                   Justice
                   Court
                   should
                   be
                   sent
                   to
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   to
                   desire
                   their
                   Friends
                   to
                   hinder
                   the
                   Countrey
                   from
                   Rising
                   ,
                   or
                   taking
                   rash
                   Resolutions
                   upon
                   the
                   account
                   of
                   the
                   Council
                   ,
                   till
                   they
                   should
                   see
                   how
                   matters
                   went
                   in
                   England
                   .
                   The
                   said
                   Martin
                   did
                   go
                   at
                   the
                   Charges
                   of
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Meeting
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   directed
                   to
                   the
                   Laird
                   of
                   Polwart
                   and
                   Torwoodlie
                   ,
                   who
                   sent
                   back
                   word
                   that
                   it
                   would
                   not
                   be
                   found
                   so
                   easie
                   a
                   matter
                   to
                   get
                   the
                   Gentrie
                   of
                   Scotland
                   to
                   concur
                   :
                   But
                   afterwards
                   in
                   a
                   Letter
                   to
                   Commissar
                   
                     Monro
                     ,
                     Polwart
                  
                   wrote
                   that
                   the
                   Countrey
                   was
                   readier
                   to
                   concur
                   then
                   they
                   had
                   imagined
                   ,
                   or
                   something
                   to
                   that
                   purpose
                   .
                   The
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   as
                   above-said
                   ,
                   having
                   brought
                   over
                   a
                   Key
                   from
                   Holland
                   ,
                   to
                   serve
                   himself
                   and
                   Major
                   Holms
                   :
                   he
                   remembers
                   not
                   that
                   ever
                   he
                   had
                   an
                   axact
                   Copy
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   sometimes
                   the
                   one
                   ,
                   sometimes
                   the
                   other
                   keeped
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   it
                   chanced
                   to
                   be
                   in
                   his
                   custody
                   when
                   a
                   Letter
                   from
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argyle
                   came
                   to
                   Major
                   Holms
                   ,
                   intimating
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   would
                   joyn
                   with
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Monmouth
                   ,
                   and
                   follow
                   his
                   measures
                   ,
                   or
                   obey
                   his
                   Directions
                   .
                   This
                   Mr.
                   Veitch
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   communicate
                   to
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Monmouth
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   Understanding
                   of
                   it
                   was
                   brought
                   to
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   gave
                   the
                   Key
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Veitch
                   ,
                   who
                   as
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   was
                   informed
                   ,
                   was
                   to
                   give
                   it
                   and
                   the
                   Letter
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Ferguson
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   to
                   shew
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Monmouth
                   ;
                   but
                   what
                   was
                   done
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   the
                   Deponent
                   knows
                   not
                   .
                   The
                   Deponent
                   heard
                   the
                   Design
                   of
                   Killing
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Duke
                   ,
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Shepard
                   ,
                   who
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   some
                   were
                   full
                   upon
                   it
                   .
                   The
                   Deponent
                   heard
                   that
                   
                     Aron
                     Smith
                  
                   was
                   sent
                   by
                   those
                   in
                   England
                   to
                   call
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   account
                   of
                   Carolina
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   he
                   does
                   not
                   know
                   
                     Aron
                     Smith
                  
                   ,
                   nor
                   any
                   more
                   of
                   that
                   matter
                   ,
                   not
                   being
                   concerned
                   it
                   it
                   .
                   Shepard
                   named
                   young
                   Hamden
                   frequently
                   as
                   concerned
                   in
                   these
                   Matters
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Signed
                     at
                     Edinburgh
                     Castle
                     ,
                     
                       the
                       8.
                       of
                       September
                       ,
                       1684.
                       
                    
                     and
                     renewed
                     
                       the
                       18
                       of
                       the
                       same
                       Month.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       William
                       Carstares
                    
                     .
                     PERTH
                     CANCELL
                     .
                     
                       I.
                       P.
                       D.
                    
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Edinburgh
                   Castle
                   18
                   September
                   1684.
                   
                
                 
                   MR.
                   
                     William
                     Carstares
                  
                   being
                   again
                   Examined
                   ,
                   adheres
                   to
                   his
                   former
                   Deposition
                   ,
                   in
                   all
                   the
                   parts
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   Depones
                   he
                   knows
                   of
                   no
                   Correspondence
                   betwixt
                   Scotland
                   and
                   England
                   ,
                   except
                   by
                   Martin
                   before
                   named
                   ;
                   for
                   those
                   Gentlemen
                   to
                   whom
                   he
                   was
                   sent
                   ,
                   were
                   left
                   to
                   follow
                   their
                   own
                   Methods
                   .
                   Veitch
                   sometimes
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Deponent
                   remembers
                   ,
                   stayed
                   sometimes
                   an
                   Nicolson
                   ,
                   Stabler's
                   House
                   ,
                   at
                   London-wall
                   ;
                   sometimes
                   with
                   one
                   Widow
                   Hardcastle
                   in
                   More-fields
                   .
                   The
                   Deponent
                   did
                   Communicate
                   the
                   Design
                   on
                   foot
                   to
                   Doctor
                   Owen
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Griffil
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Meed
                   ,
                   at
                   Stepney
                   ,
                   who
                   all
                   concurred
                   in
                   the
                   promoting
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   desirous
                   it
                   should
                   take
                   effect
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Freth
                   in
                   the
                   Temple
                   ,
                   Councellor
                   at
                   Law
                   ,
                   who
                   said
                   that
                   he
                   would
                   see
                   what
                   he
                   could
                   do
                   in
                   reference
                   to
                   the
                   Money
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   having
                   gone
                   a
                   Report
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   Money
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   raised
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   nothing
                   in
                   it
                   ;
                   nor
                   does
                   the
                   Deponent
                   think
                   him
                   any
                   more
                   concerned
                   in
                   the
                   Affair
                   .
                   Nelthrop
                   frequently
                   spoke
                   to
                   the
                   Deponent
                   of
                   the
                   Money
                   to
                   
                   be
                   sent
                   to
                   Argyle
                   ,
                   whether
                   it
                   was
                   got
                   or
                   not
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Deponent
                   used
                   no
                   freedom
                   with
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   Affair
                   .
                   Goodenough
                   did
                   insinuate
                   once
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Lords
                   were
                   not
                   inclined
                   to
                   the
                   thing
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   before
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   see
                   what
                   they
                   could
                   do
                   in
                   the
                   City
                   .
                   The
                   Deponent
                   saw
                   Mr.
                   Ferguson
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Rumsay
                   ,
                   lurking
                   after
                   the
                   Plot
                   broke
                   out
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   Proclamation
                   ,
                   having
                   gone
                   to
                   Ferguson
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   back
                   of
                   Bishopsgate-street
                   ,
                   at
                   some
                   new
                   Building
                   ,
                   whether
                   he
                   was
                   directed
                   by
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   desirous
                   to
                   know
                   how
                   things
                   went.
                   Rumsay
                   was
                   not
                   o●
                   the
                   Deponent
                   his
                   acquaintance
                   before
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   knew
                   as
                   little
                   of
                   the
                   matter
                   as
                   the
                   Deponent
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   what
                   the
                   Deponent
                   remembers
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   any
                   thing
                   come
                   to
                   his
                   Memory
                   ,
                   he
                   is
                   to
                   deliver
                   it
                   in
                   betwixt
                   the
                   first
                   of
                   October
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   truth
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   answer
                   to
                   God.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       William
                       Carstares
                    
                     PERTH
                     ,
                     Cancell
                     .
                     
                       I.
                       P.
                       D.
                    
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   At
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   the
                   22.
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   1684.
                   
                
                 
                   THese
                   foregoing
                   Depositions
                   ,
                   Subscribed
                   by
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Carstares
                  
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   the
                   Lord
                   Chancellor
                   ,
                   were
                   acknowledged
                   on
                   Oath
                   by
                   the
                   said
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Carstares
                  
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   true
                   Depositions
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Subscriptions
                   were
                   his
                   ,
                   in
                   presence
                   of
                   us
                   Under
                   subscribers
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           William
                           Carstares
                        
                         .
                         PERTH
                         Cancell
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           David
                           Falconer
                        
                         .
                         Queensberry
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           George
                           Mckenzie
                        
                         ,
                         Athol
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               HIs
               Majesties
               Advocat
               for
               further
               probation
               ,
               adduces
               the
               Examinations
               of
               Mr
               ,
               Shepard
               ,
               taken
               before
               Sir
               
                 Leolin
                 Ienkins
              
               Secretary
               of
               State
               for
               England
               ,
               with
               the
               Information
               or
               Deposition
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Zachary
                 Bourn
              
               ,
               relating
               to
               the
               Plot
               ,
               sign'd
               by
               him
               and
               Secretary
               Ienkins
               ,
               of
               which
               Depositions
               the
               tenors
               follow
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   THe
                   Examination
                   of
                   
                     Thomas
                     Shepard
                  
                   of
                   London
                   Merchant
                   ,
                   taken
                   upon
                   Oath
                   before
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   Sir
                   
                     Leolin
                     Jenkins
                  
                   Knight
                   ,
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Paincipal
                   Secretary
                   of
                   State
                   ,
                   the
                   23.
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   .
                   1683.
                   
                
                 
                   THe
                   Deponent
                   saith
                   ,
                   That
                   Ferguson
                   told
                   him
                   on
                   ,
                   or
                   about
                   the
                   Moneth
                   of
                   April
                   last
                   ,
                   that
                   an
                   Insurrection
                   was
                   intended
                   both
                   in
                   England
                   and
                   in
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   for
                   the
                   settling
                   that
                   Affair
                   betwixt
                   the
                   two
                   Nations
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Baillie
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Monro
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Hugh
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     George
                     Campbels
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   some
                   others
                   (
                   whose
                   names
                   this
                   Deponent
                   heard
                   not
                   )
                   were
                   come
                   to
                   London
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Deponent
                   had
                   some
                   acquaintance
                   with
                   Mr.
                   Baillie
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Monro
                   .
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   none
                   at
                   all
                   with
                   Sir
                   Hugh
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     George
                     Campbels
                  
                   ;
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Baillie
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   demanded
                   Thirty
                   Thousand
                   Pounds
                   of
                   the
                   English
                   to
                   capacitat
                   him
                   to
                   begin
                   the
                   business
                   effectually
                   in
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   the
                   said
                   Baillie
                   likewise
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   that
                   having
                   concerted
                   things
                   with
                   the
                   Lord
                   Russel
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   he
                   the
                   said
                   Baillie
                   found
                   an
                   impossibility
                   of
                   raising
                   that
                   Sum
                   ;
                   After
                   which
                   the
                   said
                   Baillie
                   had
                   acquainted
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   certainly
                   promised
                   Ten
                   Thousand
                   Pounds
                   ,
                   which
                   Sum
                   was
                   agreed
                   to
                   be
                   payed
                   into
                   the
                   Deponents
                   hands
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   be
                   remitted
                   into
                   Holland
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   providing
                   of
                   Arms
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Baillie
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   at
                   divers
                   times
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Sum
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   least
                   one
                   half
                   of
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   payed
                   such
                   a
                   day
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   a
                   day
                   ;
                   and
                   sometimes
                   asked
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   had
                   received
                   any
                   part
                   of
                   
                   the
                   said
                   Money
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   the
                   Deponent
                   replyed
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   the
                   Deponent
                   scarce
                   thought
                   any
                   would
                   be
                   payed
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   the
                   Deponent
                   also
                   saith
                   ,
                   that
                   having
                   had
                   some
                   little
                   conversation
                   with
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   ,
                   he
                   remembers
                   well
                   ,
                   that
                   both
                   of
                   them
                   did
                   sometimes
                   lament
                   the
                   delays
                   in
                   not
                   paying
                   in
                   the
                   Money
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   although
                   the
                   said
                   Ten
                   thousand
                   Pounds
                   were
                   pay'd
                   in
                   ,
                   they
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Cochran
                  
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Monro
                   ,
                   fear●d
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   too
                   little
                   ;
                   and
                   this
                   Deponent
                   further
                   sayeth
                   not
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   any
                   new
                   matter
                   .
                   But
                   the
                   Deponent
                   being
                   asked
                   ,
                   to
                   Explain
                   what
                   he
                   thought
                   was
                   meant
                   by
                   the
                   words
                   above-written
                   ,
                   viz.
                   to
                   capacitat
                   him
                   (
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Argile
                   )
                   to
                   begin
                   the
                   business
                   ,
                   he
                   ,
                   this
                   Deponent
                   sayeth
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   did
                   understand
                   by
                   the
                   Word
                   business
                   ,
                   an
                   Insurrection
                   in
                   
                     Scotland
                     .
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           Iurat
                           coram
                           .
                           Thomas
                           Shepard
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           L.
                           Ienkins
                        
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   THe
                   Information
                   of
                   
                     Zachary
                     Bourn
                  
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   Brewer
                   ,
                   taken
                   upon
                   Oath
                   ,
                   the
                   tenth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   1683.
                   before
                   the
                   Right
                   honourable
                   Mr.
                   Secretary
                   Ienkins
                   .
                
                 
                   THe
                   Informant
                   Deposeth
                   ,
                   and
                   sayeth
                   ,
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Baillie
                   set
                   up
                   one
                   Night
                   ,
                   if
                   not
                   two
                   ,
                   with
                   Mr.
                   Ferguson
                   ,
                   and
                   went
                   several
                   times
                   in
                   the
                   Evening
                   with
                   him
                   to
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Monmouth
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   chief
                   mannagers
                   of
                   the
                   Conspiracy
                   ;
                   That
                   Ferguson
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   the
                   said
                   Baillie
                   was
                   the
                   chief
                   man
                   for
                   the
                   Scots
                   ,
                   next
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Argile
                   ;
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Baillie
                   did
                   sit
                   up
                   the
                   greatest
                   part
                   of
                   one
                   night
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   Ferguson
                   ;
                   at
                   which
                   time
                   this
                   Deponent
                   believeth
                   they
                   were
                   busie
                   in
                   preparing
                   the
                   intended
                   Declaration
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   Deponent
                   has
                   the
                   more
                   reason
                   to
                   believe
                   ,
                   in
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   the
                   said
                   Ferguson
                   did
                   go
                   about
                   to
                   show
                   him
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   such
                   a
                   Paper
                   ,
                   wherein
                   the
                   said
                   Ferguson
                   was
                   hindered
                   by
                   the
                   coming
                   up
                   Stairs
                   of
                   some
                   person
                   ,
                   to
                   speak
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   Ferguson
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Ferguson
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   main
                   business
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Baillie
                   ,
                   in
                   meeting
                   the
                   saids
                   Conspirators
                   ,
                   was
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   get
                   from
                   them
                   the
                   Ten
                   thousand
                   Pounds
                   ,
                   promised
                   for
                   the
                   buying
                   of
                   Arms
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Insurrection
                   intended
                   in
                   Scotland
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Deponent
                   saw
                   Mr.
                   
                     William
                     Carstares
                  
                   come
                   often
                   to
                   the
                   Lodgings
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Ferguson
                   ;
                   but
                   that
                   the
                   said
                   Ferguson
                   never
                   told
                   the
                   Deponent
                   of
                   any
                   Discourse
                   held
                   by
                   him
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   Carstares
                   :
                   and
                   further
                   this
                   Deponent
                   saith
                   not
                   ▪
                   
                     sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           Zac.
                           Bourn
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Iurat
                           coram
                           .
                           L.
                           Ienkins
                        
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               HIs
               Majesties
               Advocate
               likewise
               produced
               several
               Warrands
               ,
               and
               Papers
               to
               prove
               ,
               that
               those
               Depositions
               are
               sign'd
               by
               Sir
               
                 Leolin
                 Ienkins
              
               .
            
             
               HIs
               Majesties
               Advocate
               also
               produced
               the
               Books
               of
               Adjournal
               ,
               bearing
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Veitch
              
               to
               be
               a
               Forefault
               Traitor
               ,
               and
               the
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               whereby
               the
               Forefaulture
               is
               Ratified
               ,
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                     
                       His
                       Majesties
                       Advocat's
                       Speech
                       to
                       the
                       Inquest
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         My
                         Lords
                         and
                         Gentlemen
                         ,
                      
                    
                     
                       YOu
                       have
                       now
                       a
                       Conspiracy
                       against
                       His
                       Majesties
                       Sacred
                       Person
                       ,
                       and
                       Royal
                       Government
                       ,
                       so
                       fully
                       discover'd
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       must
                       want
                       Reason
                       as
                       well
                       as
                       Loyalty
                       ,
                       who
                       do
                       not
                       believe
                       the
                       Discovery
                       ;
                       and
                       they
                       must
                       be
                       enemies
                       to
                       sincerity
                       ,
                       as
                       well
                       as
                       to
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       who
                       do
                       not
                       acknowledge
                       it
                       .
                       Beside
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Councils
                       of
                       all
                       the
                       three
                       Nations
                       ,
                       thought
                       the
                       proof
                       sufficient
                       ,
                       for
                       Indicting
                       a
                       General
                       Thanksgiving
                       through
                       all
                       these
                       Nations
                       ;
                       and
                       that
                       the
                       Judges
                       of
                       England
                       thought
                       the
                       same
                       strong
                       enough
                       to
                       infer
                       Forefaulture
                       of
                       Life
                       and
                       Estate
                       ,
                       against
                       some
                       of
                       all
                       Ranks
                       there
                       ;
                       you
                       have
                       a
                       Discovery
                       made
                       here
                       from
                       the
                       Late
                       E.
                       of
                       Argiles
                       own
                       Letters
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Confession
                       of
                       his
                       own
                       Emissaries
                       ,
                       the
                       two
                       surest
                       proofs
                       that
                       Law
                       ever
                       invented
                       ,
                       or
                       the
                       nature
                       of
                       Humane
                       Affairs
                       can
                       allow
                       ;
                       and
                       I
                       am
                       this
                       day
                       to
                       add
                       to
                       all
                       this
                       ,
                       a
                       new
                       S●rt
                       of
                       Proofs
                       in
                       the
                       Process
                       that
                       I
                       now
                       lead
                       against
                       this
                       Pannal
                       ,
                       from
                       the
                       Confessions
                       of
                       Noblemen
                       and
                       Gentlemen
                       ,
                       who
                       have
                       been
                       engaged
                       in
                       this
                       wicked
                       Conspiracy
                       ;
                       and
                       who
                       from
                       a
                       sense
                       of
                       their
                       Guilt
                       ,
                       are
                       content
                       freely
                       to
                       Depose
                       against
                       their
                       nearest
                       Relation
                       ,
                       and
                       their
                       most
                       intimate
                       Friend
                       ,
                       in
                       which
                       having
                       thus
                       cleared
                       to
                       you
                       ,
                       that
                       there
                       was
                       really
                       such
                       a
                       Conspiracy
                       ,
                       I
                       shall
                       ,
                       in
                       the
                       next
                       place
                       ,
                       proceed
                       to
                       prove
                       this
                       Pannals
                       Accession
                       to
                       it
                       .
                    
                     
                       It
                       cannot
                       be
                       imagined
                       ,
                       that
                       we
                       would
                       willingly
                       involve
                       our
                       Countrey
                       men
                       in
                       it
                       ,
                       without
                       a
                       Conviction
                       stronger
                       then
                       our
                       kindness
                       to
                       Scotland
                       ;
                       nor
                       did
                       His
                       Majesties
                       Servants
                       accuse
                       this
                       Pannal
                       ,
                       without
                       the
                       opinion
                       of
                       the
                       ablest
                       Lawyers
                       of
                       the
                       Kingdom
                       ,
                       who
                       did
                       ,
                       with
                       them
                       concur
                       ,
                       to
                       think
                       that
                       there
                       was
                       not
                       the
                       least
                       occasion
                       of
                       doubting
                       left
                       ,
                       to
                       the
                       most
                       indifferent
                       Inqueist
                       of
                       his
                       guilt
                       ,
                       after
                       they
                       had
                       seriously
                       ,
                       and
                       with
                       reflection
                       ,
                       read
                       over
                       ,
                       and
                       pondered
                       the
                       probation
                       now
                       laid
                       before
                       you
                       .
                    
                     
                       The
                       Person
                       accused
                       of
                       accession
                       to
                       this
                       Cryme
                       is
                       the
                       Ring-leader
                       of
                       all
                       those
                       ,
                       who
                       in
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       concurr'd
                       with
                       the
                       English
                       Conspirators
                       ,
                       as
                       you
                       may
                       see
                       by
                       the
                       Testimonies
                       of
                       all
                       who
                       have
                       Deposed
                       ;
                       and
                       it
                       was
                       indeed
                       fit
                       and
                       just
                       to
                       begin
                       with
                       the
                       most
                       guilty
                       ,
                       so
                       that
                       if
                       he
                       be
                       not
                       convicted
                       ,
                       there
                       should
                       no
                       man
                       be
                       punished
                       for
                       this
                       Conspiracie
                       ;
                       all
                       the
                       noise
                       we
                       have
                       heard
                       of
                       it
                       ,
                       is
                       but
                       a
                       Cheat
                       ,
                       the
                       Kings
                       Judges
                       have
                       been
                       Murderers
                       ,
                       all
                       the
                       Witnesses
                       have
                       been
                       Knaves
                       ,
                       and
                       such
                       as
                       dyed
                       for
                       it
                       have
                       been
                       Martyrs
                       .
                    
                     
                       The
                       Accession
                       charged
                       on
                       the
                       Pannal
                       ,
                       is
                       not
                       an
                       accidental
                       escape
                       ,
                       nor
                       is
                       it
                       proved
                       by
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       who
                       can
                       be
                       suspected
                       of
                       unkindnes
                       to
                       his
                       Person
                       ,
                       or
                       his
                       Cause
                       ,
                       for
                       it
                       is
                       a
                       long
                       tract
                       of
                       a
                       continued
                       design
                       ,
                       gone
                       about
                       with
                       the
                       greatest
                       deliberation
                       and
                       concern
                       imaginable
                       ,
                       and
                       proved
                       by
                       his
                       nearest
                       Relations
                       ,
                       and
                       persons
                       so
                       deeply
                       engadged
                       in
                       that
                       Cause
                       ,
                       (
                       for
                       which
                       he
                       Suffers
                       ,
                       )
                       that
                       they
                       were
                       content
                       with
                       him
                       to
                       venture
                       their
                       Lives
                       and
                       Fortunes
                       in
                       that
                       quarrel
                       .
                       He
                       is
                       not
                       accused
                       of
                       a
                       Crime
                       that
                       can
                       amount
                       only
                       to
                       a
                       single
                       Murder
                       ,
                       though
                       that
                       be
                       a
                       dreadful
                       Cryme
                       ,
                       but
                       a
                       Rebellion
                       ,
                       which
                       was
                       to
                       draw
                       upon
                       us
                       a
                       Civil
                       War
                       ,
                       that
                       Murder
                       of
                       Murders
                       ,
                       in
                       which
                       hundreths
                       of
                       thousands
                       were
                       to
                       fall
                       ;
                       and
                       to
                       Crown
                       all
                       ,
                       he
                       was
                       to
                       〈◊〉
                       ▪
                       and
                       to
                       be
                       the
                       〈…〉
                       a
                       Rebellion
                       ,
                       in
                       which
                       one
                       of
                       the
                       
                       first
                       steps
                       was
                       to
                       kill
                       His
                       Sacred
                       Majestie
                       ,
                       and
                       his
                       Royal
                       Brother
                       ;
                       and
                       one
                       of
                       the
                       chief
                       Witnesses
                       which
                       I
                       have
                       led
                       against
                       him
                       ,
                       is
                       Bourn
                       ,
                       which
                       Bourn
                       confessed
                       that
                       he
                       was
                       to
                       kill
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       and
                       who
                       confesses
                       the
                       Pannal
                       sat
                       up
                       several
                       nights
                       with
                       Ferguson
                       ,
                       the
                       other
                       contriver
                       of
                       the
                       Kings
                       Murder
                       ,
                       and
                       so
                       familiar
                       was
                       he
                       with
                       him
                       ,
                       that
                       Bourn
                       depons
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       said
                       Pannal
                       had
                       been
                       with
                       Ferguson
                       ,
                       at
                       the
                       drawing
                       of
                       the
                       manifesto
                       ,
                       whereby
                       he
                       was
                       not
                       only
                       to
                       be
                       an
                       Actor
                       ,
                       but
                       to
                       be
                       the
                       Justifier
                       of
                       that
                       horrid
                       Villanie
                       :
                       and
                       therefore
                       Bourns
                       depons
                       ,
                       that
                       Ferguson
                       ,
                       (
                       the
                       best
                       Judge
                       in
                       that
                       case
                       )
                       looked
                       upon
                       him
                       as
                       the
                       chief
                       man
                       ,
                       next
                       to
                       Argyle
                       ;
                       But
                       because
                       no
                       man
                       is
                       presumed
                       to
                       go
                       to
                       such
                       a
                       hight
                       ,
                       without
                       previous
                       inclination
                       and
                       motives
                       ,
                       I
                       shall
                       to
                       convince
                       you
                       ,
                       that
                       this
                       Gentleman
                       was
                       very
                       capable
                       of
                       all
                       that
                       was
                       lybelled
                       against
                       him
                       ,
                       remember
                       you
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       is
                       Nephew
                       ,
                       and
                       Son
                       in
                       Law
                       to
                       the
                       late
                       Waristoun
                       ,
                       bred
                       up
                       in
                       his
                       Family
                       and
                       under
                       his
                       Tutory
                       ;
                       about
                       the
                       time
                       of
                       this
                       Plot
                       it
                       was
                       undenyably
                       known
                       ,
                       and
                       is
                       now
                       sufficiently
                       proved
                       ,
                       by
                       two
                       present
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       and
                       Commissar
                       Monro
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       thought
                       himself
                       desperat
                       ,
                       knowing
                       himself
                       to
                       be
                       guilty
                       of
                       Treason
                       by
                       Blackwoods
                       Case
                       ;
                       and
                       as
                       it
                       's
                       presumable
                       ,
                       that
                       a
                       man
                       that
                       's
                       guilty
                       of
                       one
                       point
                       of
                       Treason
                       ,
                       will
                       commit
                       another
                       ;
                       so
                       when
                       a
                       man
                       is
                       desperat
                       as
                       to
                       his
                       Life
                       and
                       Fortune
                       ,
                       he
                       is
                       capable
                       of
                       any
                       thing
                       ;
                       he
                       was
                       likewise
                       animated
                       to
                       commit
                       this
                       Cryme
                       ,
                       by
                       the
                       intelligence
                       he
                       had
                       that
                       there
                       was
                       a
                       Plot
                       in
                       England
                       ,
                       carryed
                       on
                       by
                       men
                       of
                       so
                       great
                       Parts
                       ,
                       Fortune
                       and
                       Influence
                       ,
                       and
                       by
                       the
                       too
                       probable
                       hopes
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       would
                       get
                       all
                       the
                       Western
                       Shires
                       to
                       joyn
                       with
                       them
                       here
                       ,
                       because
                       of
                       the
                       common
                       guilt
                       ,
                       in
                       which
                       they
                       had
                       engadged
                       themselves
                       ,
                       by
                       their
                       late
                       extravagances
                       ,
                       they
                       made
                       an
                       account
                       of
                       an
                       assistance
                       of
                       twenty
                       thousand
                       men
                       ;
                       and
                       by
                       Philiphaughs
                       Deposition
                       ,
                       that
                       these
                       Gentlemen
                       expected
                       the
                       concurse
                       of
                       the
                       Southern-Shires
                       ;
                       and
                       thus
                       ,
                       I
                       am
                       to
                       prove
                       to
                       you
                       a
                       Cryme
                       ,
                       which
                       is
                       in
                       it self
                       ,
                       so
                       probable
                       and
                       liklie
                       ,
                       that
                       it
                       should
                       need
                       little
                       probation
                       ,
                       tho
                       I
                       have
                       adduced
                       for
                       your
                       conviction
                       sufficient
                       evidences
                       ,
                       albeit
                       the
                       Cryme
                       were
                       in
                       it self
                       very
                       unliklie
                       .
                    
                     
                       The
                       Crymes
                       which
                       I
                       hope
                       I
                       have
                       proved
                       ,
                       are
                       ,
                       That
                       Ierviswood
                       the
                       Pannal
                       transacted
                       for
                       Money
                       to
                       the
                       late
                       Earl
                       of
                       Argyl
                       ,
                       a
                       declared
                       Traitor
                       .
                       2.
                       
                       That
                       he
                       designed
                       to
                       raise
                       a
                       Rebellion
                       .
                       3.
                       
                       That
                       he
                       intercommuned
                       with
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Argyl
                       and
                       Mr.
                       Veitch
                       declared
                       Traitors
                       .
                       4.
                       
                       That
                       he
                       was
                       present
                       ,
                       whe●●
                       it
                       ●as
                       treated
                       ▪
                       either
                       that
                       Argyle
                       should
                       have
                       Money
                       from
                       the
                       English
                       ▪
                       and
                       assistance
                       from
                       Scotland
                       ,
                       or
                       that
                       a
                       Rebellion
                       should
                       be
                       raised
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       he
                       did
                       not
                       reveal
                       the
                       famine
                       ;
                       and
                       all
                       these
                       being
                       sound
                       relevant
                       separati●n
                       ▪
                       it
                       is
                       sufficient
                       for
                       me
                       to
                       have
                       proved
                       any
                       one
                       of
                       them
                       .
                       And
                       if
                       a
                       Gentleman
                       was
                       lately
                       found
                       guilty
                       of
                       High-Treason
                       ,
                       by
                       the
                       opinion
                       of
                       all
                       the
                       Lords
                       o●
                       Session
                       ,
                       for
                       not
                       revealing
                       ,
                       that
                       Sir
                       
                         Iohn
                         Cochra●
                      
                       sought
                       fifty
                       pound
                       Sterling
                       from
                       him
                       ,
                       though
                       he
                       refused
                       the
                       same
                       ,
                       and
                       tho
                       he
                       believed
                       ,
                       it
                       was
                       sought
                       for
                       a
                       charitable
                       subsistance
                       to
                       preserve
                       him
                       from
                       starving
                       ;
                       what
                       deserves
                       this
                       Pannal
                       ,
                       who
                       sought
                       thirty
                       thousand
                       pound
                       Sterling
                       ,
                       to
                       buy
                       him
                       Arms
                       ,
                       to
                       invade
                       his
                       Native
                       Countrey
                       ?
                    
                     
                       That
                       Ierviswood
                       was
                       designing
                       to
                       carry
                       on
                       a
                       Rebellion
                       ,
                       or
                       at
                       least
                       was
                       accessory
                       ,
                       or
                       (
                       as
                       our
                       Law
                       terms
                       it
                       )
                       was
                       
                         Art
                         and
                         Part
                      
                       thereof
                       ,
                       is
                       clearly
                       prov'd
                       ;
                       but
                       that
                       in
                       this
                       occult
                       and
                       hidden
                       Crime
                       ,
                       which
                       uses
                       not
                       to
                       be
                       prov'd
                       by
                       clear
                       witnesses
                       ;
                       I
                       may
                       lead
                       you
                       thorow
                       all
                       the
                       steps
                       of
                       the
                       Probation
                       ,
                       which
                       like
                       the
                       links
                       of
                       a
                       Chain
                       ,
                       hang
                       upon
                       one
                       another
                       .
                       You
                       will
                       be
                       pleased
                       to
                       consider
                       ,
                       that
                       1.
                       
                       It
                       is
                       proved
                       that
                       he
                       desired
                       a
                       blind
                       Commission
                       to
                       go
                       to
                       England
                       ,
                       not
                       to
                       manage
                       the
                       affairs
                       of
                       the
                       Carolina
                       Company
                       ,
                       as
                       he
                       confess'd
                       ,
                       
                         but
                         to
                         push
                         the
                         People
                         of
                      
                       England
                       
                         to
                         do
                         something
                         for
                         themselves
                         ,
                         because
                         they
                         did
                         only
                         talk
                         and
                         not
                         do
                      
                       ;
                       and
                       what
                       he
                       would
                       have
                       them
                       to
                       do
                       ,
                       appears
                       too
                       clearly
                       ,
                       because
                       he
                       tells
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       it
                       was
                       
                       probable
                       ,
                       
                         that
                         if
                         the
                         King
                         were
                         briskly
                         put
                         to
                         it
                         by
                         the
                         Parliament
                         of
                      
                       England
                       ,
                       
                         he
                         would
                         consent
                         to
                         exclude
                         the
                         Duke
                         from
                         the
                         Succession
                      
                       :
                       here
                       is
                       not
                       only
                       a
                       Treasonable
                       Design
                       ,
                       (
                       though
                       a
                       design
                       be
                       sufficient
                       in
                       Treason
                       )
                       but
                       here
                       are
                       express
                       acts
                       of
                       Treason
                       proved
                       ,
                       viz.
                       The
                       treating
                       with
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       upon
                       this
                       design
                       ,
                       the
                       settling
                       a
                       Correspondence
                       with
                       him
                       for
                       the
                       prosecution
                       of
                       it
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       writing
                       Letters
                       from
                       London
                       to
                       him
                       concerning
                       it
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       sending
                       down
                       Mr.
                       Martin
                       to
                       compleat
                       it
                       by
                       a
                       general
                       ●●sing
                       ;
                       As
                       he
                       design'd
                       to
                       push
                       on
                       the
                       English
                       ,
                       so
                       he
                       prosecutes
                       closely
                       〈◊〉
                       Design
                       upon
                       all
                       occasions
                       .
                       On
                       the
                       Road
                       he
                       complains
                       cunningly
                       and
                       bitterly
                       ,
                       that
                       our
                       Lives
                       ,
                       Laws
                       and
                       Liberties
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Protestant
                       Religon
                       were
                       in
                       danger
                       ,
                       the
                       stile
                       and
                       method
                       of
                       all
                       such
                       as
                       design
                       to
                       Rebel
                       ;
                       after
                       he
                       arrives
                       at
                       London
                       ,
                       he
                       engages
                       the
                       Conspirators
                       there
                       to
                       assist
                       the
                       late
                       Earl
                       of
                       Argile
                       ,
                       a
                       declar'd
                       Traitor
                       ,
                       with
                       Money
                       to
                       buy
                       Arms
                       ;
                       this
                       was
                       indeed
                       to
                       push
                       the
                       English
                       to
                       do
                       the
                       most
                       dangerous
                       things
                       by
                       the
                       most
                       dangerous
                       man
                       ,
                       and
                       in
                       the
                       most
                       dangerous
                       methods
                       .
                       He
                       enters
                       also
                       in
                       a
                       strict
                       Correspondence
                       with
                       Ferguson
                       the
                       Contriver
                       ,
                       with
                       Shepard
                       the
                       Thesaurer
                       ,
                       and
                       Carstares
                       the
                       Chaplain
                       of
                       the
                       Conspiracy
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Alexander
                         Monro
                      
                       another
                       present
                       Witness
                       ,
                       proves
                       that
                       he
                       argued
                       with
                       him
                       ,
                       that
                       it
                       was
                       necessary
                       to
                       give
                       Argile
                       Money
                       expressly
                       for
                       carrying
                       on
                       the
                       Rebellion
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       they
                       did
                       meet
                       at
                       Ierviswoods
                       Chamber
                       where
                       this
                       was
                       spoke
                       of
                       ,
                       and
                       from
                       which
                       Mr.
                       
                         Robert
                         Martin
                      
                       was
                       sent
                       to
                       their
                       Friends
                       in
                       Scotland
                       to
                       know
                       what
                       they
                       would
                       do
                       ;
                       and
                       though
                       the
                       silly
                       caution
                       was
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       sent
                       him
                       to
                       prevent
                       their
                       rising
                       ,
                       yet
                       a
                       man
                       must
                       renounce
                       common
                       sense
                       ,
                       not
                       to
                       see
                       that
                       the
                       design
                       was
                       to
                       incite
                       them
                       to
                       Rebellion
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       prevent
                       only
                       their
                       doing
                       any
                       thing
                       in
                       this
                       rebellious
                       design
                       ,
                       by
                       which
                       they
                       might
                       lose
                       themselves
                       in
                       a
                       too
                       early
                       and
                       abortive
                       Insurrection
                       here
                       ,
                       till
                       things
                       were
                       ready
                       in
                       England
                       .
                       For
                       ,
                       1.
                       
                       This
                       Commission
                       was
                       given
                       him
                       in
                       a
                       place
                       ,
                       and
                       by
                       a
                       Company
                       who
                       had
                       been
                       themselves
                       treating
                       immediatly
                       before
                       of
                       sending
                       Money
                       to
                       the
                       late
                       E.
                       of
                       Argile
                       to
                       buy
                       Arms
                       ,
                       and
                       certainly
                       those
                       Arms
                       were
                       to
                       be
                       bought
                       for
                       Men
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       for
                       a
                       Magazine
                       .
                       2.
                       
                       They
                       were
                       treating
                       how
                       many
                       Men
                       could
                       be
                       raised
                       in
                       Scotland
                       .
                       3.
                       
                       Carstares
                       Deposition
                       bears
                       ,
                       that
                       Martin
                       was
                       sent
                       to
                       hinder
                       rash
                       Resolutions
                       ,
                       till
                       they
                       saw
                       how
                       Matters
                       went
                       in
                       England
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       return
                       to
                       their
                       Embassy
                       bore
                       ,
                       that
                       it
                       would
                       not
                       be
                       an
                       easie
                       matter
                       to
                       get
                       the
                       Gentry
                       of
                       Scotland
                       to
                       concur
                       ;
                       but
                       afterwards
                       better
                       hopes
                       of
                       their
                       rising
                       was
                       given
                       ,
                       which
                       could
                       not
                       have
                       been
                       ,
                       if
                       the
                       true
                       Commission
                       had
                       not
                       been
                       to
                       raise
                       Scotland
                       .
                       4.
                       
                       That
                       Sir
                       
                         Iohn
                         Cochran
                      
                       made
                       a
                       Speech
                       to
                       that
                       purpose
                       ,
                       is
                       expressly
                       prov'd
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       Ierviswood
                       spoke
                       to
                       the
                       same
                       purpose
                       ,
                       is
                       prov'd
                       by
                       a
                       necessary
                       consequence
                       ;
                       for
                       since
                       it
                       's
                       prov'd
                       that
                       he
                       spoke
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       he
                       did
                       not
                       speak
                       against
                       it
                       ,
                       it
                       must
                       necessarily
                       follow
                       that
                       he
                       spoke
                       for
                       it
                       ,
                       though
                       the
                       Witness
                       is
                       so
                       cautious
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       cannot
                       condescend
                       upon
                       the
                       words
                       now
                       after
                       so
                       long
                       a
                       time
                       ;
                       and
                       it
                       is
                       against
                       Sense
                       to
                       think
                       ,
                       that
                       Ierviswood
                       who
                       in
                       privat
                       press'd
                       the
                       same
                       so
                       much
                       upon
                       Commissar
                       Monro
                       ,
                       and
                       who
                       was
                       the
                       Deacon-Conveener
                       here
                       ,
                       and
                       who
                       ,
                       as
                       Mr.
                       Martin
                       their
                       Envoy
                       declared
                       ,
                       was
                       the
                       person
                       who
                       was
                       to
                       be
                       sent
                       for
                       the
                       Arms
                       ,
                       should
                       not
                       himself
                       have
                       been
                       the
                       most
                       forward
                       man
                       in
                       that
                       Design
                       ,
                       but
                       above
                       all
                       
                         exitus
                         acta
                         probat
                      
                       ,
                       this
                       Commissioner
                       ,
                       (
                       who
                       being
                       a
                       meer
                       Servant
                       ,
                       durst
                       not
                       have
                       proposed
                       any
                       thing
                       from
                       himself
                       ,
                       being
                       a
                       mean
                       Person
                       ,
                       and
                       being
                       one
                       ,
                       who
                       ,
                       as
                       the
                       Earl
                       of
                       Tarras
                       deposes
                       ,
                       would
                       say
                       nothing
                       ,
                       but
                       what
                       was
                       in
                       his
                       Paper
                       :
                       )
                       does
                       expresly
                       declare
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       came
                       from
                       Ierviswood
                       and
                       others
                       ;
                       and
                       in
                       the
                       meeting
                       with
                       him
                       ,
                       a
                       Rebellion
                       is
                       actually
                       formed
                       ,
                       and
                       it
                       is
                       resolved
                       ,
                       they
                       should
                       seize
                       the
                       King's
                       Officers
                       of
                       State
                       ,
                       Garisons
                       ,
                       and
                       Forces
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       they
                       should
                       joyn
                       with
                       the
                       late
                       E.
                       of
                       Argyle
                       ,
                       and
                       put
                       their
                       own
                       Forces
                       in
                       a
                       condition
                       to
                       joyn
                       with
                       these
                       Forces
                       that
                       were
                       to
                       come
                       from
                       England
                       ,
                       and
                       they
                       gave
                       a
                       Sign
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       Word
                       ,
                       which
                       uses
                       only
                       to
                       
                       be
                       done
                       in
                       actual
                       War
                       ;
                       So
                       here
                       is
                       Treason
                       clearly
                       prov'd
                       ,
                       by
                       two
                       present
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       from
                       the
                       first
                       Design
                       to
                       it's
                       last
                       perfection
                       .
                    
                     
                       Nor
                       can
                       it
                       be
                       objected
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       are
                       not
                       concurring
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       but
                       
                         testes
                         singulares
                      
                       upon
                       separat
                       Acts
                       ,
                       for
                       in
                       reiterable
                       Crimes
                       ,
                       Witnesses
                       deposing
                       upon
                       different
                       Acts
                       ;
                       do
                       prove
                       if
                       the
                       deeds
                       tend
                       to
                       the
                       same
                       end
                       ;
                       as
                       for
                       instance
                       ,
                       if
                       one
                       Witnes
                       should
                       depose
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       saw
                       a
                       Traitor
                       sit
                       in
                       a
                       Council
                       of
                       War
                       ,
                       in
                       one
                       place
                       ,
                       and
                       in
                       another
                       place
                       ,
                       they
                       saw
                       him
                       in
                       Arms
                       ,
                       or
                       that
                       one
                       saw
                       him
                       assist
                       at
                       a
                       Proclamation
                       in
                       one
                       place
                       ,
                       and
                       saw
                       him
                       in
                       Arms
                       in
                       another
                       ;
                       or
                       that
                       one
                       saw
                       him
                       writ
                       a
                       Treasonable
                       Paper
                       ,
                       and
                       another
                       saw
                       him
                       use
                       it
                       ;
                       These
                       Witnesses
                       are
                       still
                       considered
                       as
                       contestes
                       ,
                       or
                       concurring
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       and
                       ten
                       or
                       twelve
                       Inqueists
                       have
                       so
                       found
                       ,
                       and
                       upon
                       their
                       Verdict
                       ,
                       Rebells
                       have
                       been
                       lately
                       hang'd
                       .
                       The
                       learn'd
                       Judges
                       of
                       England
                       being
                       all
                       met
                       together
                       did
                       expresly
                       find
                       ,
                       that
                       one
                       Witnes
                       proving
                       ,
                       that
                       A.
                       B.
                       said
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       was
                       going
                       to
                       buy
                       a
                       Knife
                       to
                       kill
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       and
                       another
                       deposing
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       saw
                       him
                       buy
                       a
                       Knife
                       ,
                       without
                       telling
                       for
                       what
                       ,
                       that
                       these
                       two
                       Witnesses
                       were
                       contestes
                       ,
                       and
                       prov'd
                       sufficiently
                       the
                       Cryme
                       of
                       Treason
                       ,
                       yet
                       there
                       the
                       one
                       Witnes
                       ,
                       prov'd
                       only
                       a
                       remote
                       Design
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       other
                       an
                       Act
                       ,
                       which
                       was
                       indifferent
                       of
                       it's
                       own
                       nature
                       ,
                       and
                       became
                       only
                       Treasonable
                       by
                       the
                       Connexion
                       ;
                       But
                       no
                       Witnesses
                       ever
                       Deposed
                       upon
                       things
                       so
                       coherent
                       ,
                       and
                       so
                       connected
                       together
                       ,
                       as
                       these
                       do
                       ,
                       for
                       they
                       depose
                       still
                       upon
                       the
                       same
                       person
                       ,
                       carrying
                       on
                       the
                       same
                       Design
                       of
                       a
                       Rebellion
                       ;
                       as
                       to
                       which
                       ,
                       in
                       one
                       place
                       ,
                       he
                       is
                       exciting
                       his
                       own
                       Nephew
                       ,
                       and
                       telling
                       him
                       his
                       Resolutions
                       ,
                       and
                       settling
                       a
                       Correspondence
                       with
                       him
                       ,
                       at
                       another
                       time
                       ,
                       he
                       presses
                       Commissar
                       Monro
                       to
                       the
                       same
                       Rebellion
                       .
                       At
                       a
                       third
                       ,
                       He
                       holds
                       a
                       meeting
                       at
                       his
                       own
                       Chamber
                       ,
                       and
                       speaks
                       concerning
                       it
                       ,
                       and
                       from
                       that
                       meeting
                       ,
                       he
                       sends
                       a
                       Trusty
                       ,
                       who
                       formes
                       the
                       Rebellion
                       .
                       Besides
                       all
                       this
                       ,
                       tho
                       two
                       Witnesses
                       be
                       sufficient
                       ,
                       I
                       have
                       adduced
                       Mr.
                       
                         William
                         Carstares
                      
                       Chief
                       Conspirator
                       ,
                       and
                       who
                       choos'd
                       rather
                       to
                       suffer
                       violent
                       Torture
                       ,
                       than
                       to
                       disclose
                       it
                       ,
                       he
                       likewise
                       Deposes
                       upon
                       all
                       these
                       steps
                       ,
                       and
                       connects
                       them
                       together
                       ,
                       and
                       this
                       his
                       Deposition
                       is
                       twice
                       reiterated
                       ,
                       upon
                       Oath
                       ,
                       after
                       much
                       premeditation
                       .
                       And
                       I
                       likewise
                       adduce
                       two
                       Depositions
                       taken
                       upon
                       Oath
                       ,
                       by
                       Sir
                       
                         Leolin
                         Ienkins
                      
                       ,
                       who
                       was
                       impower'd
                       by
                       the
                       Law
                       of
                       England
                       ,
                       and
                       at
                       the
                       command
                       of
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Council
                       of
                       England
                       ,
                       upon
                       a
                       Letter
                       from
                       His
                       Majesties
                       Officers
                       of
                       State
                       here
                       ,
                       In
                       which
                       Deposition
                       ,
                       Shepard
                       ,
                       one
                       of
                       the
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       deposes
                       ,
                       that
                       Baillie
                       came
                       frequently
                       to
                       him
                       ,
                       and
                       desired
                       him
                       to
                       advance
                       the
                       Money
                       ,
                       
                         and
                         lamented
                         the
                         delays
                      
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       there
                       was
                       so
                       little
                       to
                       be
                       advanced
                       ;
                       and
                       who
                       should
                       be
                       better
                       believed
                       then
                       one
                       who
                       was
                       his
                       own
                       Trustie
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       Person
                       who
                       was
                       able
                       to
                       advance
                       so
                       great
                       a
                       Sum
                       ;
                       Bourn
                       ,
                       another
                       of
                       the
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       Deposes
                       ,
                       that
                       Ferguson
                       told
                       him
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       Pannal
                       spoke
                       frequently
                       to
                       him
                       concerning
                       the
                       same
                       Money
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       he
                       sat
                       up
                       several
                       nights
                       with
                       Ferguson
                       upon
                       the
                       said
                       Conspiracy
                       ;
                       and
                       who
                       should
                       be
                       better
                       believed
                       then
                       Fergusons
                       confident
                       ,
                       and
                       one
                       who
                       was
                       so
                       far
                       trusted
                       in
                       the
                       whole
                       affair
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       was
                       to
                       take
                       away
                       that
                       Sacred
                       Life
                       ,
                       which
                       Heaven
                       has
                       preserv'd
                       by
                       so
                       many
                       Miracles
                       .
                    
                     
                       Against
                       these
                       three
                       Depositions
                       ,
                       you
                       have
                       heard
                       it
                       objected
                       ,
                       that
                       
                         non
                         testimonia
                         sed
                         testes
                         probant
                      
                       ,
                       especially
                       by
                       our
                       Law
                       ,
                       in
                       which
                       ,
                       by
                       an
                       express
                       Act
                       of
                       Parliament
                       ,
                       no
                       Probation
                       is
                       to
                       be
                       led
                       ,
                       but
                       in
                       presence
                       of
                       the
                       Assise
                       and
                       Pannal
                       .
                       To
                       which
                       it
                       is
                       answered
                       ,
                       that
                       these
                       Depositions
                       are
                       not
                       meer
                       Testimonies
                       ;
                       for
                       I
                       call
                       a
                       Testimony
                       ,
                       a
                       voluntar
                       Declaration
                       ,
                       emitted
                       without
                       an
                       Oath
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       Judge
                       ;
                       but
                       these
                       Depositions
                       are
                       taken
                       under
                       the
                       awe
                       of
                       an
                       Oath
                       ,
                       and
                       by
                       the
                       direction
                       of
                       a
                       Judge
                       .
                       2.
                       
                       Shepard
                       was
                       confronted
                       with
                       the
                       Pannal
                       himself
                       ,
                       and
                       he
                       had
                       nothing
                       to
                       say
                       against
                       him
                       ;
                       whereas
                       the
                       great
                       thing
                       that
                       can
                       be
                       objected
                       against
                       Testimonies
                       (
                       and
                       by
                       our
                       Statute
                       especially
                       )
                       is
                       that
                       if
                       the
                       Party
                       who
                       emits
                       the
                       Testimony
                       had
                       
                       been
                       confronted
                       with
                       the
                       Pannal
                       ;
                       the
                       impression
                       of
                       seeing
                       a
                       person
                       that
                       was
                       to
                       die
                       ,
                       by
                       his
                       Deposition
                       ,
                       would
                       have
                       made
                       him
                       afraid
                       to
                       Depose
                       laxly
                       ;
                       and
                       the
                       Pannal
                       likewise
                       might
                       ,
                       by
                       proposing
                       Interrogators
                       and
                       Questions
                       ,
                       have
                       cleared
                       himself
                       ,
                       and
                       satisfi'd
                       the
                       Judges
                       in
                       many
                       things
                       Depos'd
                       against
                       him
                       :
                       But
                       so
                       it
                       is
                       that
                       Mr.
                       Shepard
                       having
                       been
                       confronted
                       with
                       the
                       Pannal
                       ,
                       before
                       the
                       King
                       Himself
                       ,
                       who
                       is
                       as
                       ●ar
                       above
                       other
                       Judges
                       ,
                       in
                       His
                       Reason
                       and
                       Justice
                       ,
                       as
                       He
                       is
                       in
                       His
                       Power
                       and
                       Authority
                       ;
                       He
                       Deposes
                       that
                       the
                       Pannal
                       was
                       the
                       chief
                       Mannager
                       of
                       this
                       Conspiracy
                       ,
                       next
                       to
                       Argile
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       he
                       was
                       so
                       passionate
                       to
                       have
                       this
                       Money
                       to
                       buy
                       Arms
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       lamented
                       the
                       delays
                       ;
                       and
                       can
                       it
                       be
                       imagined
                       that
                       Mr.
                       Shepard
                       whom
                       he
                       trusted
                       with
                       his
                       Life
                       and
                       his
                       Fortune
                       ,
                       and
                       whom
                       all
                       their
                       Party
                       trusted
                       with
                       their
                       Cash
                       ,
                       would
                       have
                       Depos'd
                       any
                       thing
                       against
                       him
                       that
                       was
                       not
                       true
                       ,
                       especially
                       when
                       he
                       knew
                       that
                       what
                       he
                       was
                       to
                       Depose
                       ,
                       was
                       to
                       take
                       away
                       his
                       Life
                       and
                       his
                       Fortune
                       ;
                       or
                       that
                       if
                       the
                       Pannal
                       had
                       been
                       innocent
                       ,
                       he
                       would
                       not
                       when
                       he
                       was
                       confronted
                       with
                       Mr.
                       Shepard
                       ,
                       before
                       the
                       King
                       Himself
                       ,
                       have
                       roar'd
                       against
                       Mr.
                       Shepard
                       ,
                       if
                       he
                       had
                       not
                       been
                       conscious
                       to
                       his
                       own
                       Guilt
                       .
                       There
                       is
                       a
                       surprise
                       in
                       innocence
                       ,
                       which
                       makes
                       the
                       innocent
                       exclaim
                       ,
                       and
                       it
                       inspires
                       men
                       with
                       a
                       courage
                       ,
                       which
                       enables
                       them
                       to
                       confound
                       those
                       who
                       Depose
                       falsly
                       against
                       them
                       ;
                       and
                       in
                       what
                       occasion
                       could
                       either
                       of
                       these
                       have
                       appear'd
                       ,
                       more
                       than
                       in
                       this
                       ,
                       wherein
                       this
                       Gentleman
                       was
                       charg'd
                       to
                       have
                       Conspir'd
                       with
                       the
                       greatest
                       of
                       Rascals
                       ,
                       against
                       the
                       best
                       of
                       Princes
                       ;
                       and
                       that
                       too
                       in
                       presence
                       of
                       the
                       Prince
                       himself
                       ,
                       against
                       whom
                       he
                       had
                       Conspir'd
                       ;
                       but
                       Guilt
                       stupifies
                       indeed
                       ,
                       and
                       it
                       did
                       never
                       more
                       than
                       in
                       this
                       Gentlemans
                       Case
                       ,
                       whose
                       silence
                       was
                       a
                       more
                       convincing
                       Witness
                       than
                       Mr.
                       Shepard
                       could
                       be
                       .
                       Mr.
                       Carstares
                       likewise
                       knew
                       when
                       he
                       was
                       to
                       Depone
                       ,
                       that
                       his
                       Deposition
                       was
                       to
                       be
                       used
                       against
                       Ierviswood
                       ,
                       and
                       he
                       stood
                       more
                       in
                       awe
                       of
                       his
                       love
                       to
                       his
                       Friend
                       ,
                       than
                       of
                       the
                       fear
                       of
                       the
                       Torture
                       ,
                       and
                       hazarded
                       rather
                       to
                       die
                       for
                       Ierviswood
                       ,
                       than
                       that
                       Ierviswood
                       should
                       die
                       by
                       him
                       :
                       How
                       can
                       it
                       then
                       be
                       imagin'd
                       ,
                       that
                       if
                       this
                       man
                       had
                       seen
                       Ierviswood
                       in
                       his
                       Tryal
                       ,
                       it
                       would
                       have
                       altered
                       his
                       Deposition
                       ;
                       or
                       that
                       this
                       kindness
                       ,
                       which
                       we
                       all
                       admir'd
                       in
                       him
                       would
                       have
                       suffer'd
                       him
                       to
                       forget
                       any
                       thing
                       in
                       his
                       Deposition
                       ,
                       which
                       might
                       have
                       been
                       advantageous
                       in
                       the
                       least
                       to
                       his
                       Friend
                       :
                       And
                       they
                       understand
                       ill
                       this
                       hight
                       of
                       Friendship
                       ,
                       who
                       think
                       that
                       it
                       would
                       not
                       have
                       been
                       more
                       nice
                       and
                       careful
                       ,
                       than
                       any
                       Advocate
                       could
                       have
                       been
                       :
                       and
                       if
                       Carstares
                       had
                       forgot
                       at
                       one
                       time
                       ,
                       would
                       he
                       not
                       have
                       supplyed
                       it
                       at
                       another
                       ;
                       but
                       especially
                       at
                       this
                       last
                       time
                       ,
                       when
                       he
                       knew
                       his
                       Friend
                       was
                       already
                       brought
                       upon
                       his
                       Tryal
                       :
                       and
                       that
                       this
                       renew'd
                       Testimony
                       was
                       yet
                       a
                       further
                       confirmation
                       of
                       what
                       was
                       said
                       against
                       him
                       ;
                       and
                       albeit
                       the
                       Kings
                       Servants
                       were
                       forced
                       to
                       engage
                       ,
                       that
                       Carstares
                       himself
                       should
                       not
                       be
                       made
                       use
                       of
                       as
                       a
                       Witness
                       against
                       Ierviswood
                       ;
                       yet
                       I
                       think
                       this
                       kind
                       scrupulosity
                       in
                       Carstares
                       for
                       Ierviswood
                       ,
                       should
                       convince
                       you
                       more
                       than
                       twenty
                       suspect
                       ,
                       nay
                       than
                       even
                       indifferent
                       Witnesses
                       ;
                       nor
                       can
                       it
                       be
                       imagined
                       ,
                       that
                       the
                       one
                       of
                       these
                       Witnesses
                       ;
                       would
                       not
                       have
                       been
                       as
                       much
                       afraid
                       of
                       God
                       ,
                       and
                       his
                       Oath
                       at
                       London
                       ,
                       as
                       at
                       Edinburgh
                       ;
                       and
                       the
                       other
                       in
                       the
                       Council
                       Chamber
                       in
                       the
                       Forenoon
                       ,
                       as
                       in
                       the
                       Justice-Court
                       in
                       the
                       Afternoon
                       .
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                       The
                       Statute
                       founded
                       on
                       ,
                       does
                       not
                       discharge
                       the
                       producing
                       of
                       Testimonies
                       otherways
                       than
                       after
                       the
                       Jury
                       is
                       inclos'd
                       ;
                       for
                       then
                       indeed
                       they
                       might
                       be
                       dangerous
                       ,
                       because
                       the
                       party
                       could
                       not
                       object
                       against
                       them
                       :
                       But
                       since
                       the
                       Statute
                       only
                       discharges
                       to
                       produce
                       Writ
                       ,
                       or
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       after
                       the
                       Jury
                       is
                       inclos'd
                       ;
                       it
                       seems
                       clearly
                       to
                       insinuat
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       ought
                       to
                       prove
                       when
                       they
                       are
                       produc'd
                       in
                       presence
                       of
                       the
                       Party
                       himself
                       ,
                       as
                       now
                       they
                       are
                       .
                       And
                       though
                       the
                       Civil
                       Law
                       did
                       not
                       allow
                       their
                       Judges
                       to
                       believe
                       Testimonies
                       ,
                       because
                       they
                       were
                       confin'd
                       to
                       observe
                       strict
                       Law
                       ;
                       yet
                       it
                       does
                       not
                       from
                       that
                       follow
                       ,
                       that
                       our
                       Juries
                       ,
                       whom
                       the
                       Law
                       allows
                       to
                       be
                       a
                       Law
                       to
                       themselves
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       be
                       confin'd
                       by
                       no
                       Rule
                       ,
                       but
                       their
                       Conscience
                       ,
                       may
                       not
                       trust
                       intirely
                       to
                       the
                       Depositions
                       of
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       though
                       not
                       taken
                       before
                       
                       themselves
                       ,
                       when
                       they
                       know
                       that
                       the
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       by
                       whom
                       ,
                       and
                       the
                       Judges
                       ,
                       before
                       whom
                       these
                       Depositions
                       were
                       emited
                       ,
                       are
                       persons
                       beyond
                       all
                       suspition
                       ,
                       as
                       in
                       our
                       case
                       .
                       But
                       yet
                       for
                       all
                       this
                       ,
                       I
                       produce
                       these
                       Testimonies
                       ,
                       as
                       Adminicles
                       here
                       only
                       to
                       connect
                       the
                       Depositions
                       of
                       the
                       present
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       to
                       be
                       equivalent
                       to
                       Witnesses
                       in
                       this
                       legal
                       Process
                       ;
                       albeit
                       ,
                       as
                       to
                       the
                       conviction
                       of
                       mankind
                       ,
                       they
                       are
                       stronger
                       than
                       any
                       ordinary
                       Witnesses
                       .
                    
                     
                       When
                       you
                       ,
                       my
                       Lords
                       and
                       Gentlemen
                       ,
                       remember
                       that
                       it
                       is
                       not
                       the
                       revenge
                       of
                       a
                       privat
                       party
                       ,
                       that
                       accuses
                       in
                       this
                       case
                       ;
                       and
                       that
                       even
                       in
                       privat
                       Crimes
                       ,
                       such
                       as
                       Forgery
                       ,
                       or
                       the
                       murder
                       of
                       Children
                       ,
                       &c.
                       many
                       Juries
                       here
                       have
                       proceeded
                       upon
                       meer
                       presumptions
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       even
                       Solomon
                       himself
                       ,
                       founded
                       his
                       illustrious
                       Decision
                       ,
                       approv'd
                       by
                       God
                       Almighty
                       ,
                       upon
                       the
                       presum'd
                       assertion
                       of
                       a
                       mother
                       ;
                       I
                       hope
                       ye
                       will
                       think
                       two
                       Friends
                       Deposing
                       ,
                       as
                       present
                       Witnesses
                       ,
                       adminiculated
                       and
                       connected
                       by
                       the
                       Depositions
                       of
                       others
                       ,
                       though
                       absent
                       ;
                       should
                       beget
                       in
                       you
                       an
                       intire
                       belief
                       ,
                       especially
                       against
                       a
                       Pannal
                       ,
                       who
                       has
                       been
                       always
                       known
                       to
                       incline
                       this
                       way
                       ,
                       and
                       who
                       ,
                       though
                       he
                       was
                       desired
                       in
                       the
                       Tolbooth
                       to
                       vindicate
                       himself
                       from
                       those
                       Crimes
                       ,
                       would
                       not
                       say
                       any
                       thing
                       in
                       his
                       own
                       defence
                       ,
                       and
                       though
                       he
                       offers
                       to
                       clear
                       himself
                       of
                       his
                       accession
                       to
                       the
                       Kings
                       murder
                       ,
                       yet
                       sayes
                       nothing
                       to
                       clear
                       himself
                       from
                       the
                       Conspiracy
                       entered
                       into
                       with
                       the
                       late
                       Earl
                       of
                       Argile
                       ,
                       for
                       invading
                       his
                       Native
                       Countrey
                       ,
                       which
                       is
                       all
                       that
                       I
                       here
                       Charge
                       upon
                       him
                       ,
                       and
                       which
                       he
                       inclines
                       to
                       Justifie
                       ,
                       as
                       a
                       necessary
                       mean
                       for
                       redressing
                       Grievances
                       ;
                       I
                       must
                       therefore
                       remember
                       you
                       ,
                       that
                       an
                       Inquest
                       of
                       very
                       worthy
                       Gentlemen
                       did
                       find
                       Rathillet
                       guilty
                       ,
                       tho
                       there
                       was
                       but
                       one
                       Witness
                       led
                       against
                       him
                       ,
                       because
                       when
                       he
                       was
                       put
                       to
                       it
                       ,
                       he
                       did
                       not
                       deny
                       his
                       accession
                       :
                       And
                       two
                       Rogues
                       were
                       found
                       guilty
                       in
                       the
                       late
                       Circuit
                       at
                       Glascow
                       ,
                       for
                       having
                       murdered
                       a
                       Gentleman
                       of
                       the
                       Guard
                       ,
                       though
                       no
                       man
                       saw
                       them
                       kill
                       him
                       ;
                       but
                       the
                       murderers
                       having
                       been
                       pursued
                       ,
                       they
                       run
                       to
                       the
                       place
                       out
                       of
                       which
                       the
                       Pannals
                       then
                       accused
                       were
                       taken
                       ,
                       none
                       having
                       seen
                       the
                       face
                       of
                       the
                       Runaweys
                       ;
                       and
                       the
                       Pannals
                       being
                       accus'd
                       :
                       and
                       press'd
                       to
                       deny
                       the
                       accession
                       ,
                       shun'd
                       to
                       disown
                       the
                       Guilt
                       ,
                       but
                       desired
                       it
                       might
                       be
                       proved
                       against
                       them
                       .
                       This
                       may
                       convince
                       you
                       that
                       there
                       are
                       Proofs
                       which
                       are
                       stronger
                       then
                       Witnesses
                       ;
                       and
                       I
                       am
                       sure
                       that
                       there
                       were
                       never
                       more
                       proving
                       Witnesses
                       then
                       in
                       this
                       case
                       ,
                       nor
                       were
                       the
                       Depositions
                       of
                       Witnesses
                       ever
                       more
                       strongly
                       adminiculated
                       .
                       Remember
                       the
                       danger
                       likewise
                       of
                       emboldening
                       Conspiracies
                       against
                       the
                       Kings
                       Sacred
                       Life
                       ,
                       and
                       of
                       encouraging
                       a
                       Civil
                       War
                       ,
                       wherein
                       your selves
                       and
                       your
                       Posterity
                       may
                       bleed
                       ,
                       by
                       making
                       the
                       least
                       difficulty
                       to
                       find
                       a
                       man
                       Guilty
                       by
                       the
                       strongest
                       Proofs
                       that
                       ever
                       were
                       adduced
                       in
                       so
                       latent
                       a
                       Crime
                       as
                       a
                       Conspiracy
                       is
                       .
                       And
                       I
                       do
                       justly
                       conclude
                       ,
                       that
                       whoever
                       denys
                       that
                       a
                       Conspiracy
                       can
                       be
                       thus
                       prov'd
                       ,
                       does
                       let
                       all
                       the
                       World
                       see
                       that
                       he
                       inclines
                       that
                       Conspiracies
                       should
                       be
                       encouraged
                       and
                       allow'd
                       .
                       Our
                       Age
                       is
                       so
                       far
                       from
                       needing
                       such
                       Encouragements
                       ,
                       that
                       on
                       the
                       other
                       hand
                       in
                       this
                       ,
                       as
                       in
                       all
                       other
                       Crimes
                       ,
                       because
                       the
                       Guilt
                       grows
                       frequent
                       and
                       dangerous
                       ,
                       the
                       Probation
                       should
                       therefore
                       be
                       made
                       the
                       more
                       easie
                       ,
                       tho
                       in
                       this
                       Case
                       the
                       King
                       needs
                       as
                       little
                       desire
                       your
                       Favour
                       ,
                       as
                       fear
                       your
                       Justice
                       .
                       And
                       I
                       have
                       insisted
                       so
                       much
                       upon
                       this
                       Probation
                       ,
                       rather
                       to
                       convince
                       the
                       World
                       of
                       the
                       Conspiracy
                       ,
                       than
                       you
                       that
                       this
                       Conspirator
                       is
                       Guilty
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               THereafter
               the
               Lords
               Ordained
               the
               Assize
               to
               inclose
               ,
               and
               return
               their
               Verdict
               to
               morrow
               by
               Nine
               a
               Clock
               in
               the
               morning
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   December
                   24.
                   1684.
                   
                
                 
                   THe
                   said
                   day
                   ,
                   The
                   Persons
                   who
                   past
                   upon
                   the
                   Assie
                   of
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Baillie
                  
                   of
                   Ierviswood
                   ,
                   return'd
                   their
                   Verdict
                   in
                   presence
                   of
                   the
                   saids
                   Lords
                   ;
                   whereof
                   the
                   Tenor
                   follows
                   .
                   The
                   Assize
                   ,
                   all
                   in
                   one
                   Voice
                   ,
                   finds
                   the
                   Crimes
                   of
                   Art
                   and
                   Part
                   in
                   the
                   Conspiracy
                   ,
                   and
                   Plot
                   Libelled
                   ;
                   and
                   of
                   
                   concealing
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   revealing
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   clearly
                   proven
                   against
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Baillie
                  
                   the
                   Pannal
                   ,
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   the
                   Depositions
                   of
                   Witnesses
                   and
                   Adminicles
                   adduced
                   .
                   
                     Sic
                     subscribitur
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Strathmore
                     Chancellor
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   AFter
                   opening
                   and
                   reading
                   of
                   the
                   which
                   verdict
                   of
                   Assyze
                   ,
                   The
                   Lords
                   ,
                   Justice
                   General
                   ,
                   Justice
                   Clerk
                   ,
                   and
                   Commissioners
                   of
                   Justiciary
                   ▪
                   therefore
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   mouth
                   of
                   
                     Iames
                     Iohnstoun
                  
                   Dempster
                   of
                   Court
                   ,
                   Decerned
                   and
                   Adjudged
                   the
                   said
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Baillie
                  
                   of
                   Ierviswood
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   to
                   the
                   Mercat
                   Cross
                   of
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   this
                   twentie
                   fourth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   instant
                   ,
                   betwixt
                   two
                   and
                   four
                   a
                   clock
                   in
                   the
                   afternoon
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   to
                   be
                   hanged
                   on
                   a
                   Gibbet
                   till
                   he
                   be
                   dead
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Head
                   to
                   be
                   cut
                   off
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Body
                   to
                   be
                   Quartered
                   in
                   four
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   head
                   to
                   be
                   affixt
                   on
                   the
                   Nether-bow
                   of
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   of
                   his
                   Quarters
                   to
                   be
                   affixt
                   on
                   the
                   Tolbooth
                   of
                   Iedburgh
                   ,
                   another
                   on
                   the
                   Tolbooth
                   of
                   Lanerk
                   ,
                   a
                   third
                   on
                   the
                   Tolbooth
                   of
                   Air
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   fourth
                   on
                   the
                   Tolbooth
                   of
                   Glasgow
                   ;
                   And
                   ordains
                   his
                   Name
                   ,
                   Fame
                   ,
                   Memory
                   ,
                   and
                   Honours
                   to
                   be
                   extinct
                   ,
                   his
                   Blood
                   to
                   be
                   Tainted
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Arms
                   to
                   be
                   riven
                   forth
                   ,
                   and
                   delate
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Books
                   of
                   Arms
                   ,
                   so
                   that
                   his
                   Posterity
                   may
                   never
                   have
                   Place
                   ,
                   nor
                   be
                   able
                   hereafter
                   to
                   bruik
                   ,
                   or
                   joyse
                   any
                   Honours
                   ,
                   Offices
                   ,
                   Titles
                   or
                   Dignities
                   ,
                   within
                   this
                   Realm
                   in
                   time
                   coming
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   have
                   Forfaulted
                   ,
                   Ammitted
                   and
                   Tint
                   all
                   and
                   sundry
                   his
                   Lands
                   ,
                   Heritages
                   ,
                   Tacks
                   ,
                   Steadings
                   ,
                   Rooms
                   ,
                   Possessions
                   ,
                   Goods
                   and
                   Gear
                   whatsoever
                   ,
                   pertaining
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   to
                   Our
                   Soveraign
                   Lords
                   use
                   ,
                   to
                   remain
                   perpetually
                   with
                   His
                   Highness
                   ,
                   in
                   Property
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   pronunced
                   for
                   Doom
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Sic
                       subscribitur
                    
                     .
                     
                       
                         LINLITHGOW
                         .
                      
                       
                         James
                         Foulis
                         ,
                      
                       
                         
                           I.
                           Lockhart
                        
                         ,
                      
                       
                         
                           David
                           Balfour
                        
                         ,
                      
                       
                         
                           Roger
                           Hog
                        
                         ,
                      
                       
                         
                           Al.
                           Seton
                        
                         ,
                      
                       
                         
                           P.
                           Lyon.
                        
                         
                      
                    
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Extracted
                     forth
                     of
                     the
                     Books
                     of
                     Adjournal
                     ,
                     by
                     me
                     Mr.
                     
                       Thomas
                       Gordon
                    
                     ,
                     Clerk
                     to
                     the
                     Iustice
                     Court
                     ,
                     
                       sic
                       subscribitur
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       THO.
                       GORDON
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               In
               pursuance
               of
               which
               Sentence
               ,
               His
               Majesties
               Heraulds
               ,
               and
               Pursevants
               ,
               with
               their
               Coats
               display'd
               (
               after
               sound
               of
               Trumpets
               ,
               )
               Did
               publickly
               ,
               in
               face
               of
               the
               Court
               (
               conform
               to
               the
               custom
               ,
               in
               the
               Sentences
               of
               Treason
               )
               in
               His
               Majesties
               Name
               and
               Authority
               ,
               Cancel
               ,
               Tear
               and
               Destroy
               the
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Baillie
              
               his
               Arms
               ,
               threw
               them
               in
               his
               Face
               ,
               trampl'd
               them
               under
               foot
               ;
               And
               ordain'd
               his
               Arms
               to
               be
               expunged
               out
               of
               the
               Books
               of
               Herauldry
               ,
               his
               Posterity
               to
               be
               ignoble
               ,
               and
               never
               to
               injoy
               Honour
               and
               Dignity
               in
               time
               coming
               :
               And
               thereafter
               went
               to
               the
               Mercat-Cross
               of
               Edinburgh
               ,
               and
               solemnly
               Tore
               and
               Cancelled
               the
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Robert
                 Baillie
              
               his
               Arms
               ,
               and
               affixed
               the
               famine
               on
               the
               said
               Mercat-Cross
               Reversed
               ,
               with
               this
               Inscription
               ;
               
                 The
                 Arms
                 of
                 Mr.
              
               Robert
               Baillie
               
                 late
                 of
              
               Jerviswood
               Traitor
               .
            
             
               FINIS
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A50890-e160
           
             *
             Nota
             ,
             
               That
               this
               week
               His
            
             Majesty
             
               was
               expected
               from
            
             New-mercat
             ,
             
               but
               came
            
             8.
             
               dayes
               sooner
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               fire
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Monmouth
             .
          
           
             *
             Carstares
             .
          
           
             †
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             *
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             †
             England
             .
          
           
             *
             Dissenting
             Lords
             .
          
           
             †
             Carstares
             .
          
           
             *
             Dissenting
             Lords
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A50890-e28570
           
             Nota
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Earl
               of
            
             Tarras
             
               depon'd
               nothing
               against
            
             Jerviswood
             
               but
               what
               the
               other
               two
               Witnesses
               depon'd
               against
               himself
               before
               the
               Tryal
               ,
               and
               upon
               which
               thereafter
               they
               being
               renew'd
               ,
               the
               Earl
               was
               forfaulted
               ;
               so
               that
               there
               could
               be
               no
               ground
               of
               suspicion
               from
               his
               Circumstances
               .