Memoranda relating to the family of Forbes of Waterton

28 THE FAMILY OF
request you to be sparing in speaking of Udnie and Mr Alexander Forbes,
only you may shew your dissatisfaction, and that you will not stand to our
determination, yet do it in a wyse and sober way, if so be we can get the
rest of the friends to mend quhat you think is amiss. Bot, however, the
lady has promised that any losse that will be by the want of this halfe year's
duty, she will make it up to you herselffe before you be hard witht your oncle ;
yet kepe this quiet to yourselffe, for ther will be bot about ten chadder of
victual due to you for this halfe year, and you were to pay out of it two
hundred and fortie pounds, and I doubt if you would have gotten so much
money out of that victual to have paid your halfe year's annuall at Whit-
sonday, and all your losse behind will not be bot about fyve hundred
pounds behind, bot we sail essay to see if the friends will mend their fault
yet, seeing you take it so ill ; and this is all that the lady and I can speak to
you at present. So, till new occasion, we rest,
Yours, as our seueral relations requires,
Al. Skene.
Jeane Ramsey.
For the Rt. Honble.,
The Laird of Watertoun.
Letter [1650].
Sir,
I expect ye have receivit my wallis with some other weeires
from the laird of Kermucks. I am heartly sorrie, saifing God's pleasir, since
our brother is taken away, bot we must rewrence the Lord's will. I writ to you,
that ye wold be pleased to goe about my bussiness, both anent my decreet of
special declaratur, against my brother the Laird of Tolquhoun, and Alexander
Brodie, anent the teinds, and let none of my wreites, I intreate you, be a-
missinge. There is also ane letter wreittin to Dyiss, within quhich letter
there is ane bond off Mr Robert Farquharis, also ye have ane gift of idiotiy
of ane thing concerninge John Forbes. All thir thingis I wolde intreate
you to gae about actiuelie, and purchasse me decreitis als soone as ye can,
and in special against Tolquhoun anent my teindes. Let me heir from you