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296 THE GROM ARTIE CORRESPONDENCE.
My Lord, a man without doors can say litle to purpose of the publick trans-
actions, and I never was, nor will I now beginn to be, ane intruder, that beeing
odious to the Generall Assembly, and against both claime of right and act of
parliament. Yet I may say over ane old prayer of mine : God send a solid
Vnion in, and of, Brittaine ! — for I am sorly afraid, and firmly perswaded that
such will, only will, secure Brittaine, and deliver old Scotland from its many
complaints. If England will give us free trade with them and theirs, and take
of the act of navigation, at least, if they extend it to ships of Scots-built, in so
farr I should be pleased, for I hate a ruptur or division with England more
then I doe other greevances on us. But I will not hope thes two untill
England give me sure grounds to hope so. As to factions, animosities,
emulations, the itch of place and pension, dissimulation, false calumnies,
small and great pox, feavers and consumptions, both in nobility and the other
two states, I cast my account, and patienza ! The D[uke] of Q[ueensberry]
hath a great loss in pretty Lady Mary. There is nothing of publick or
peoples humor to be decernd, untill the decisions of our estates-mens de-
bates open our eyes, and lowse our tounges ; for at present all are at gaze in
sullen silence. It is talkt heer, that the Lord Boss is to buy from Mr.
Francis Stuart his taylie to Bellingowns estate, so that the Lord Boss is to
be restored to be Earl of Boss. If so, your Lordships goodems kinn may sell
their estates in that earldome, and many besides them, who have been as faith-
full, and as able to doe it service as ever ane Earl of Boss was ; and it will be
as great a cause of Highland disturbance as ever was affoorded in Scotland,
and may be of as long duration. And for eviting of which obvious evils there
is ane peremptor act of parliament be King James the 3d, statuting that none
but the Kings second sonne shall ever be Earl of Bosse, — what made King
Charles 2d recall a patent given by him on that cause. This I thought not
to inform your Lordship of, both because of your station and your relation to
My Lord, a man without doors can say litle to purpose of the publick trans-
actions, and I never was, nor will I now beginn to be, ane intruder, that beeing
odious to the Generall Assembly, and against both claime of right and act of
parliament. Yet I may say over ane old prayer of mine : God send a solid
Vnion in, and of, Brittaine ! — for I am sorly afraid, and firmly perswaded that
such will, only will, secure Brittaine, and deliver old Scotland from its many
complaints. If England will give us free trade with them and theirs, and take
of the act of navigation, at least, if they extend it to ships of Scots-built, in so
farr I should be pleased, for I hate a ruptur or division with England more
then I doe other greevances on us. But I will not hope thes two untill
England give me sure grounds to hope so. As to factions, animosities,
emulations, the itch of place and pension, dissimulation, false calumnies,
small and great pox, feavers and consumptions, both in nobility and the other
two states, I cast my account, and patienza ! The D[uke] of Q[ueensberry]
hath a great loss in pretty Lady Mary. There is nothing of publick or
peoples humor to be decernd, untill the decisions of our estates-mens de-
bates open our eyes, and lowse our tounges ; for at present all are at gaze in
sullen silence. It is talkt heer, that the Lord Boss is to buy from Mr.
Francis Stuart his taylie to Bellingowns estate, so that the Lord Boss is to
be restored to be Earl of Boss. If so, your Lordships goodems kinn may sell
their estates in that earldome, and many besides them, who have been as faith-
full, and as able to doe it service as ever ane Earl of Boss was ; and it will be
as great a cause of Highland disturbance as ever was affoorded in Scotland,
and may be of as long duration. And for eviting of which obvious evils there
is ane peremptor act of parliament be King James the 3d, statuting that none
but the Kings second sonne shall ever be Earl of Bosse, — what made King
Charles 2d recall a patent given by him on that cause. This I thought not
to inform your Lordship of, both because of your station and your relation to
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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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