House of Argyll and the collateral branches of the clan Campbell, from the year 420 to the present time

230 THE CLAN CAMPBELL.
Protestant Keligion, and to my Loyalty; and this I under-
stand as a part of my oath."
Behold a horrihle treason, wonderfully couched in these
soft words, and which brought this noble person to the block
(for, by a sentence upon this crime, and not for the invasion,
anno 1685, was he executed), and in it, an instance of an
arbitrary power, that could venture boldly to trample upon
the lives and fortunes of men, in order to remove those out
of the way, that might oppose their designs of introducing
Popery and slavery.
The Countess of Argile,* deceased, Debitor to John
Fergusson.
June 14, To 6 ounce and a half tea,
1690. To 2 botles hungarie water,
To 2 indian fiowred gravatts, -
£23 14 9
The above account 1 acknowledge to be justly due, and
shall pay it to Mr. Ferguson, on Ms order, at my return.
E. Argyll.-J*
The 5th of May, 1696.
£10
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Letter of the Marquis of Argyle, 1640, and Papers relative
to his son, Archibald, 9th Earl of Argyle, &c.
The Marquis of Argyle to W. T. Campbell.
Most Affectionat Friend, — As neuir ony pure natioun
hes done and venturit more for your religioun and liberties,
with greatt encouraigements for assurance of succes from
God's dealing with ws, then this kingdome, so it is not now
to be doubtit that ony gentilman of honor will be wantin to
croun his endeauours, by puting to his hand in the conclusioun
of it, quhidder by a fair treatise, (quhilk is to be wishit,) or
* Mary Stuart, daughter of James the third Earl of Murray, and widow of
Archibald 9th Earl of Argyle.
t This was Lady Elizabeth Talmash, eldest daughter of Elizabeth Countess
of Dysart (afterwards Duchess of Lauderdale), by her first husband, Sir Lionel
Talmash. The entry in the account of 6 ounce and a half of tea, is perhaps
one of the earliest notices of its use in Scotland. Tea is said to have been
introduced in 1666 from Holland, and to have been sold at .£3 per pound, at
which price it continued till the year 1707. Tt will be remembered that the
pounds charged in the above account are Scots, not sterling.