Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok > Correspondence

169.5-96.] FAMILY AND DOMESTIC LETTERS. 345
they juclg they wold have fallen upon themselvs in the night season. . . . The
Lord bless, guide, and preserve yow long ! and so heartilie wishes and prayeth,
Dear sir, your oune humble servant and affectionat cusigne,
A. Stewart.
Ardg[owan,] 16th October (16)95.
For Sir John Maxwell.
Robert Pollok of that Ilk to [Sir John Maxwell of Pollok,]
9th March 1696.
348. Dear brother, I doubt not bot ere now yow have heard that yester night be-
tuixt six and seven a'clock at night my Lord Drummond, being alloued to
•-take the air in a garden close to his lodgeings, pretended he had taken a colick
and was obleidged to ease nature, and so stept about a pair or tuo distance to
the corner of the garden ; and Captain Moncreif of Eidie, qho was his guard,
nothing doubting of his Lordship's intention to make his escape, stode with
some fyve or six more gentlemen qho wear in the garden till he saw him turn
the corner, at quhich he presentlie stept up, qher he found ane open door at
quhich his Lordship escaped. Bot albeit he instantly rune doun the hill, with
the rest with him, could nather sea nor hear of him ; nor as yett have wea
gotte any acompt, though wea have searched this toun all over, having first
planted eentries round the same. . . . Dear brother,
Your affectionat brother and humble servant,
Stirling;, March the 9th, 1696.
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