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1714.] REVOLUTION RIOTS IN EDINBURGH, 1688. cxix
be gone, and that it would look better to do it voluntarily than to be com-
pelled, as certainly he would be. So he returned to the Marquis and the
other Lords that were with him, took leave of them, and retired into the
country.
But the discontented party, who were now headed among the citizens
by George Stirling, an apothecary, and one William Menzies, made
another handle of it, for the forces were no sooner disbanded than they
caused beat drums through the city, and when the inhabitants came running
to know what the matter was, they had their friends and emissaries
posted in all quarters of the city to tell them that all the townsmen that
were Protestants should immediately gather together for their own defence,
for they were certainly informed that a great number of Papists were in
the town and designed to burn it that night. This made such an alarm
through all the town that few stayed in their houses ; and when they had
once got thus together, and saw no appearance of anything, several were for
returning home again ; but the agents of the party, who were dispersed
amongst them, told them that it were a pity that so many honest men should
meet together without doing something worthy of themselves, and that they
could not do a more acceptable work to God than to pull down that idolatrous
chapel in the Abbey. It was no sooner proposed, than, as it ordinarily hap-
pens in mobs, who never reflect either upon the reasonableness of the pro-
posals made to them or on the shamefulness of their actings, they all cried
out, " Approves, approves," and marched straight down to the Abbey, accom-
panied with great numbers of boys, who are commonly fond of such occasions.
Captain John Wallace, who had been put in by the Council with a guard of
six score of men, in case of any attempt of this nature upon his Majesty's
palace, was no sooner informed of their design than he sent a sergeant to them
to desire them not to come near, otherwise he would be obliged to do his
be gone, and that it would look better to do it voluntarily than to be com-
pelled, as certainly he would be. So he returned to the Marquis and the
other Lords that were with him, took leave of them, and retired into the
country.
But the discontented party, who were now headed among the citizens
by George Stirling, an apothecary, and one William Menzies, made
another handle of it, for the forces were no sooner disbanded than they
caused beat drums through the city, and when the inhabitants came running
to know what the matter was, they had their friends and emissaries
posted in all quarters of the city to tell them that all the townsmen that
were Protestants should immediately gather together for their own defence,
for they were certainly informed that a great number of Papists were in
the town and designed to burn it that night. This made such an alarm
through all the town that few stayed in their houses ; and when they had
once got thus together, and saw no appearance of anything, several were for
returning home again ; but the agents of the party, who were dispersed
amongst them, told them that it were a pity that so many honest men should
meet together without doing something worthy of themselves, and that they
could not do a more acceptable work to God than to pull down that idolatrous
chapel in the Abbey. It was no sooner proposed, than, as it ordinarily hap-
pens in mobs, who never reflect either upon the reasonableness of the pro-
posals made to them or on the shamefulness of their actings, they all cried
out, " Approves, approves," and marched straight down to the Abbey, accom-
panied with great numbers of boys, who are commonly fond of such occasions.
Captain John Wallace, who had been put in by the Council with a guard of
six score of men, in case of any attempt of this nature upon his Majesty's
palace, was no sooner informed of their design than he sent a sergeant to them
to desire them not to come near, otherwise he would be obliged to do his
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| Description | Their kindred, country, and correspondence. By William Fraser. Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas and Archibald Constable, 1876. With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables. 2 volumes: I. History of the earls of Cromartie. Cromartie correspondence, 1662-1705.--II. Cromartie correspondence, 1706-1774. The Cromartie charters, 1257-1499. The Cromartie patents of honour, etc., 1685-1861. Narrative by John, lord Macleod ... Of the insurrection in Scotland in the years 1745-6 ... Narrative by John, lord Macleod of his campaign in the seven years' war in Germany, 1757.--The Grandvale and Cromartie branch. The Royston branch. Baronies and castles inherited and acquired by George, first earl of Cromartie, 1654-1714. History of the family of Mackenzie, by Sir George Mackenzie, first earl of Cromartie. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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