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by other means y that I knew that Argyle's
fon, the young horny was privately enter¬
tained at an aunt’s houfe, not very remote;
and I advifed, that Lorn fhould be forth¬
with taken into cuftody, and then a frefh
proclamation ifllied, that unlels Argyle,
within a fixed time, did furrender, and
anfwer to his accufation, that his fon fhould,
at the expiration of the fummons, be made
a public facrifice! This propofition he
greedily approved, and I thereby had the
good fortune to re-eftablifh myfelf in his
confidence. Lorn was immediately feized
upon, and according to my wifh, was
committed into my cuftody. The pious
father, in confequence, furrendered in a few
days thereafter. The King, after having
examined him himfelf, and endeavouring
in vain to pump out of him a full difcovery
of the fecret purpofes of his enemies, re¬
commended a fecond examination by me,
hoping, that through the power of that
friendfhip that had long fubfifted between
us, I might draw from him, in confidence,
a difcovery which the King could not efi'edt.
I undertook the talk; but guefiing that the
Kin^ would conceal himfelf, fo as to be
within hearing, I managed the conference
fo dextroufly, that while I gained upon
Macbeth's opinion of my fidelity to him, I
ftirred up the higheft indignation againlf
me
by other means y that I knew that Argyle's
fon, the young horny was privately enter¬
tained at an aunt’s houfe, not very remote;
and I advifed, that Lorn fhould be forth¬
with taken into cuftody, and then a frefh
proclamation ifllied, that unlels Argyle,
within a fixed time, did furrender, and
anfwer to his accufation, that his fon fhould,
at the expiration of the fummons, be made
a public facrifice! This propofition he
greedily approved, and I thereby had the
good fortune to re-eftablifh myfelf in his
confidence. Lorn was immediately feized
upon, and according to my wifh, was
committed into my cuftody. The pious
father, in confequence, furrendered in a few
days thereafter. The King, after having
examined him himfelf, and endeavouring
in vain to pump out of him a full difcovery
of the fecret purpofes of his enemies, re¬
commended a fecond examination by me,
hoping, that through the power of that
friendfhip that had long fubfifted between
us, I might draw from him, in confidence,
a difcovery which the King could not efi'edt.
I undertook the talk; but guefiing that the
Kin^ would conceal himfelf, fo as to be
within hearing, I managed the conference
fo dextroufly, that while I gained upon
Macbeth's opinion of my fidelity to him, I
ftirred up the higheft indignation againlf
me
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| Description | Or, memoirs, intrigues, and atchievements, of personages, who have been chosen by the most celebrated poets, as the fittest characters for theatrical representations. ... Vol. I. Containing the life, ... of Macbeth. By a gentleman, no professed author, but a lover of history, and of the theatre. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.81.182 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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