History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

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APPENDIX.
iSTo. XIII.
Letters from
or respecting
William
Earl of
monteith.
1630 to 1639.
From the Earl of Airth to James Livingstone
OF Beill, dated 17th September 1639.
[From the Original: obligingly communicated by
James Maidment, Esq.]
" To my honored an loving freind James Livhigstoun
of the Beill, one of his Ma'''= bedchamber
" These.
" Richt worthie and loving freind, the reasone that
I have beine so long in vretting to his Ma*'^ waes that
I resolved to be silent wntill I micht have sumthino-
of importance to vrett ; and altho I know his Ma*'^ is
advertised by many of the procedure of this assemblie,
zit he hath hade no shorter relatione then that quhich
I send heirwith, quherfor I intreate zow to delyver
this wther letter to his Ma"% and desyre ane answer ;
for I have sende this berar expressly for it, and his
Ma"" effaires doo requyre that the answer may be
returned with diligence. I have send zow heirin ane
litle scroll quhich centaineth the most materiall thino-s
quhich ar doone in this assemblie : it is only for zour
owin wse, and therfor efter zow have redd it, burne it ;
and I hope his Ma*'^ will doo so with my letter and
the paper within it. I have send zow that money lono-
er this, bot that Williame Gray hath beene this thrie
weekes in Angous and wilbe heir the morrow, and I
assure zow he shall imediatly send ane warrand to his
factor thair to pay zou, and I shall dispatch it uith
ane man of my owin ; for altho his Ma*'^ be owing me
far greatter soumes, zet I shall never for such ane
triffle as is owing me have such ane base thocht as