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THE BOYLES OF KELBURN 143
so is all the shyre. The Sheriffe Depuit heis adver-
tissed all the parodies in the shyre to give an trew
accompt of the rebellis and ther goods as you appoynt
in your letter. My Lord Livetenant gave orders to
Tanyie and sum others to gett the accompt of the
rebellis and ther goods in Kintyre. I thingk hie
will cleir Kintyre, and you neid not goe ther first but
be pleased to cum heir, and I chall causse the rest to
meitt heir. As for Lorin (Lorn) ther is but few
rebellis ther. Ouhen my Lord Livetenant went from
this place the robers was in great pairties, so that
with much adoe I got them out of Couell, and then
they fell upon the Tutor Enderliter's lands. I sent
ane partie to gard that, that did much good. Manie
of the rebellis is dallie cummin in, but cannot get
cautionaris. Sir, quhen you cum heir with the
Cuncellis instructiones I hope in ane short tyme you
will gett notisse off all theis that robed the cuntrie,
for ther was never ane partie of the Hillanders, but
ther was alwayse some shyres men with them."
Again, a poor man named Robert Mackenzie, who
had been totally ruined by the rebels, craved reparation
or restitution ; James Montgomerie of Bourtree Hill
hoped that Kelburn would take care that such of his
tenants in Kintyre as were not involved in the rebellion
be not destroyed by robberies, as he hears is most
frequent ; Duncan M'Gowne complains of being harried
by the rebels, and treated not much better by the
King's army ; David Campbell, writing from Isla}',
concerning the bond that he had been forced to give to
the late Argyll (who had been beheaded in the month
of June previous), asked Kelburn to return it to him,
and congratulated himself on its having fallen into the
hands of so good a friend ; and William Fultoun in
Campbeltown submitted a " compt of losses sustenit be
him in September, be John Boyle of Kelburne his
souldiers, and John M'Naughten, Sheriff -Depute, and
his." The minister of Kilfvnan, Mr. Robert Stewart,