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WILLIAM EARL OF GLENCARNE, 1662.
My Lord Chancellor and ovr other freends are as yow left them, verie franck
and honest, and will be most readie to doe evrie thing that becommeth good
and dewtiefvll svbjects, not only in serveing the King in ther owne stations,
bvt in telling ther jvdgments frielie concerning the misdemeanors of others.
I did expect little better receptione at first then yow writt of, bvt I am
hopfvll things will be better vnderstood yet. It is thoght absolvtlie necessar
that yow stay yet till more of the bvsiness be knowen, for I perceave when
none of ws are ther wee are still att a losse. A short time will doe it,
therfor pardon me in keeping yow from a contentment (I know) yow long
mvch for. I have been keept in this towne abovt the settleing of the
magistrats for the ensveing year, and to morrow morning I goe west. I long
to hear from yow, and am, my Lord, yovr most affectionat hvmble servant,
MlDDLETON.
For my Lord Tarbitt.
6. William Eael of Glencaene, Lord Chancellor, to Lord Taebat.
Edinbnrgh, 23 November [1662].
My Loed, — I could not let this noble bearer goe without giuing you some
troixble fearing the cuntrie life's sueitnes may aither haue prevaild to make
you too much in love with it, or the hard renconters yee haue mett with in
your first appea[ra]nces in the world may persuade you in too greate a
despondencie. At my returne hither I was surfeitted with the solemne and
extraordinarie kindness our great ones receved at their first arryvall, which
greue to that height that the Chancellar of England was comanded to medle
no more in Scottish affairs, and all meittings of the Scotts Councell thair
prohibited. This was eneugh to presage all future events ; bot I was a litle
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