History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

APPENDIX. XXV
he desired Sir John No. IX. '
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for his letter oi his Majestie, by whose Relation.
advice he was diverse moneths governed, and advised
to go up to Court himself to give his Ma"^ thanks for
his favour. Which having done, and having gotten Sir
John's recommendatory letter to his friend Mr. Max-
well, he was by Mr. Maxwell brought in such credit
with the Duke of Buckingham, that in a few years he
attained to great honour and chief places, when they
altered or when they vacked, was made a Lord Chief
Justice, President of the Council, and one of the Lords
of Session and Exchequer. At his return, Sir Thomas
Hope, seeing him so far in favour with his Majestie,
offered him his service, telling him that he behoov'd to
be ruled only by his Council, and quyt any farder
communicating of affairs with Sir John. Whereupon
in the Council house they had some cross words, and
within some few days thereafter he desired the Earl of
Buckcleugh at supper to tell Sir John that he should
break his neck. The Earl refused the message, but
sent him privately word by Mr. Lawrence Scot, the
first day that he was admitted a Lord of Session, to
beware of the Earle, who he found to be his small
freind, who not long thereafter, by his credit with the
King, obtained warrand upon sinistrous information, as
how being made Lord of the Session that he should be
removed from his place of Secret Councel. The same
day he receaved his message from Buckleugh, he called
to mind that at his being in England he had caused
coppie a paper which was given him by the Earle of
Seaforth, containing a brief information concerning the
Earldome of Straitherne, sent to the Earle of Tullibar-
dine by James Murray, shewing that the King had
wronged himself in granting that style to any subject,
which paper he made the ground work of his subsequent
accusation.