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THE HONOURABLE ALEXANDER MELVILLE, 1687. 53
Davidsone's chist, who was Cromartie's clerk, who I doubt not but had seine
more off Cromartie's papers, but Hugh Baillie sayes he has no more. . . .
God be with your Lordship. I am, your Lordship's most humble, and
most affectionat servant, Hugh Dallas.
Iff my health serve me, I will (God will[ing]) see yow this summer, but iff
not I cannot help it. Yet I will do all I can at home for your Lordship ; and
send me information, and answer my letters from time to time. My brother
had terrible cross vexation and stay wp in that Aird, among that averse
hetroclite folk. What that may produce I know not; but I am sure your
Lordship will hardly have logick to persuad him to goe there againe.
For the Vicecount Tarbat, Lord Register — These.
39. The Honourable Alexander Melville, afterwards Lord Eaith,
to George, Viscount of Tarbat.
Monimaill, September 14, 1687.
My Lord, — I hear from my aunt, my Lady Wemyss, that her mother has
both writt to yow and expects yow over to confirm her in her opinion of
keeping the church, and expects yow will condemne my aunt for hearing
Presbeterians, which I hope yow will not be rash in doeing, for reasons I
shall acquaint your Lordship at meeting, but shift any such discourse with
this, that persons ought not to be prest in matters of conscience. If yow
doe otherwise, it will be a disobligation to my aunt ; therefore I thought
my self obliedged to advertise yow, for many of the present ministers have
taken advantage of my ladies being failed to give a bad character of both
her daughters, so that she is scarce in speaking terms with my mother, and my
aunt has a very unconfortable life with her. I pray yow let me know when
yow come over, that I may come and hawck with yow, and learn yow the way