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out murther. Then they stopt my mouth, and dang out several of my
teeth, and I bled ; and abused my face most pitifully with their hard rude
hands, till there was no skin left on my face all below my eyes ; for I was
always putting out the cloaths as fast as they put in, being on the floor at
the time, and I defended myself with my hands, and beat with my heels
upon the loft, in hopes the people below would hear me. And then a
near cousin of my Lord Lovatfs lookt in at the door, and gave directions
to cover my head, and tye down my hands with a cloath ; they had
wrestled so long with me, that it was all that I could breathe, and then
they carried me down stairs as if they had a corps. I heard many voices
about me; being blindfolded, I could not discover whom they were.
They had a chair at the stair foot, which they put me in ; and there was
a man in the chair who took me on his knee, and I made all the struggle
I could ; but he held me fast in his arms, and hindered me to put my
hands to my mouth, which I attempted to do, being tied down. The
chair carried me off very fast, and took me without the ports ; and when
they opened the chair, and taken the cloth off my head to let me get air,
I perceived, it being clear moon light, that I was a little way from the
Multer's Hill,* and that the man on whose knee I sat was one Alexander
Foster of Carssbonny, who had there six or seven horses and men with
him, who said all these were his servants, though I knew some of them
to be my Lord Lovatfs. The names they gave them was Peter Fraser,
whom I believed to be my Lord's page. He came along with me and the
chair, but did not ride with me. I believe it was he that set me on the
horse behind Mr. Forster, if I well remember, and they tied me fast with
a cloth to Mr. Forster ; and there was three of my Lord Lovatfs servants
who rode along, one of them was called Alexander Fraser, and the other
James Fraser, and his groom, whose name I know not. These were the
names they gave them, but whether they were their proper names I
know not. Another that rode along was Andrew Leishman, a tenant
• Where St. James's Square's now.
out murther. Then they stopt my mouth, and dang out several of my
teeth, and I bled ; and abused my face most pitifully with their hard rude
hands, till there was no skin left on my face all below my eyes ; for I was
always putting out the cloaths as fast as they put in, being on the floor at
the time, and I defended myself with my hands, and beat with my heels
upon the loft, in hopes the people below would hear me. And then a
near cousin of my Lord Lovatfs lookt in at the door, and gave directions
to cover my head, and tye down my hands with a cloath ; they had
wrestled so long with me, that it was all that I could breathe, and then
they carried me down stairs as if they had a corps. I heard many voices
about me; being blindfolded, I could not discover whom they were.
They had a chair at the stair foot, which they put me in ; and there was
a man in the chair who took me on his knee, and I made all the struggle
I could ; but he held me fast in his arms, and hindered me to put my
hands to my mouth, which I attempted to do, being tied down. The
chair carried me off very fast, and took me without the ports ; and when
they opened the chair, and taken the cloth off my head to let me get air,
I perceived, it being clear moon light, that I was a little way from the
Multer's Hill,* and that the man on whose knee I sat was one Alexander
Foster of Carssbonny, who had there six or seven horses and men with
him, who said all these were his servants, though I knew some of them
to be my Lord Lovatfs. The names they gave them was Peter Fraser,
whom I believed to be my Lord's page. He came along with me and the
chair, but did not ride with me. I believe it was he that set me on the
horse behind Mr. Forster, if I well remember, and they tied me fast with
a cloth to Mr. Forster ; and there was three of my Lord Lovatfs servants
who rode along, one of them was called Alexander Fraser, and the other
James Fraser, and his groom, whose name I know not. These were the
names they gave them, but whether they were their proper names I
know not. Another that rode along was Andrew Leishman, a tenant
• Where St. James's Square's now.
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| Description | By Father Richard Augustin Hay, Prior of St. Pieremont, including memoirs of his own times. Edited by James Maidment. Edinburgh : T. G. Stevenson, 1835. Contents: Introductory notice by the editor; including a list of the mss. of Father Hay now in the Library of the Faculty of advocates.--Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweeddale.--Father Hay's memoirs of his own times.--Appendix: 1. Carta Adæ comitissæ. 2. Ane epitome or abridgement of what past at the L(ord) B<almerino> his arraignment criminall before the justice. 3. Ceremonial of burning the pope, 30th November 1689. 4. Account of John Chiesly of Dalry. 5. An account of the misfortunes of Mrs. Erskine of Grange, commonly known as Lady Grange. 6. elegy on the lamented death of Lord John Hay, marquis of Tweddel. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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