Lairds of Glenlyon

THE LAIRDS OF GLENLYON. 65
The Glencoe bard himself does not go farther, as if con-
scious that had he not violated his plighted word, and
murdered men under trust, Campbell bad received such pro
vocation from the M'Donalds as justified the most unlimited
revenge on his part.
The Scottish Parliament met in 1695, when King
William found it expedient to yield to public indignation,
and a commission to examine into the affair was granted
upon the 29th of April. A few days after, Captain Campbell
received orders to join his regiment in Flanders. Bread-
albane obtained the necessary funds — 400 merks — for his
outfit, from Mr. Alexander Comrie, minister of Inchadin.
The other officers engaged in the massacre were already in
Flanders. Campbell's evidence appears to have been
peculiarly dreaded by the Earl, and had he been examined
perhaps history would not be now so hard on the character
of Dalrymple, and at any rate the intrigues of Breadalbane,
if revealed, would have astonished William himself, and
shown him that even he could be outwitted. From the
anxiety of the Commissioners to screen William, their
labours ended in smoke, and the M'Donalds and the country
had not the revenge they wanted. The recommendation of
the Parliament to order home Campbell of Glenlyon, Cap-
tain Drummond, Lieutenant Lindsay(a relation of Glenlyon's
wife), Ensign Lundy, and Sergeant Barber, the chief actors,
in order to their being prosecuted according to law, was
never carried into effect. Campbell probably was never
made aware of the result of the Commission. He died at
Bruges in West Flanders, on the 2nd day of August, 1696. I
subjoin an extract from the paymaster's accounts in which
his funeral expenses are given.