Memoirs of the lives and characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood, and of Lady Grisell Baillie

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creditores ; also if his Lady and chil-
dren ar like to get any favour ; like-
wise what your freinds ar doeing for
your intrest ; I would thinke the Chan-
cillar and Secretar yo r kinsmen should
endeavour something for you, and I
am sure my freinds will not be able to
act by themselves, but in a generall
caise I hope all will speed alike. I
hear these estates ar anexed to the
crowne, and chamerlanes appointed ;
but I hope you will informe me of all,
if you favour me with a line. As to
your sister's children you wrote of, my
advice is, and I know their constitution
pretty well, that they be as cheerfully
educated as is any way possible ; for they
ar all apt to suffer by melancholy, and
that not cofte, as the proverb is, espe-
cially the eldest lad and the eldest girle ;
but by this speciality I free not the rest,
therfor speciall care would be taken to
keepe them hearty and mirry, laughing,