New Spalding Club > Records of Invercauld MDXLVII - MDCCCXXVIII [1547- 1828]

APPENDIX. 479
thereby, for every one that shall thus be Maletreated, ten shall declare
for him, the Lord shall confound the Devices of his Adversaries, who
make the People groan under the heav}- Load of Taxes, imposed upon
them. Nevertheless they shall submit the Neck to the Yoke of their
Tax-masters till their Credit is ruin'd both at Home and Abroad, then
shall the)- clearly see that there is no Redemption for them but by
breaking their Chains, to assert the Liberty and Property, peculiar to this
Nation, tho' the Seat of Bribery and Corruption for some Time past.
" However the P shall be an Exile till his Adversaries are full
ripe for Destruction. Then shall the Lord work Miracles in his Favour
to turn the Hearts of Princes, and Potentates towards him ; _\-ea Nations
that were before against him, shall F'ight his Battles, that he ma)- inherit
the Crown, which was impiously wrested out of the Hands of his
Ancestors. Then shall he rule, and govern the People in Equity and
Truth, according to the wise Maxims he shall lay down for himself
during his Exile. As he shall know how to carry himself, and the
difference between the Prince and the Fugitive, his Ear shall be open to
the Complaints of the Beggar, as well as of the Rich, and their Case shall
be examined and decided impartiall)- ; he shall never discover the
Nakedness of the Land, by impoverishing it to enrich another Nation,
but in Possession of his Birthright, and under no Apprehension of being
turned out, he will always study and promote the Interest and Welfare
of his People, who, from a feeling of their past Sufferings, and a Sense of
the Blessings they shall enjoy under his auspicious Reign, will be wholly
devoted to his Service.
" He shall have a numerous Issue who shall succeed and Copy after
him in his Wisdom and prudence, and shall inherit the Crown of B
to the end of the World. Nevertheless, thou O Simon, shall not see him
Restored, for in a few Days, you shall be apprehended in this Island by
a Sea Monster, who will deliver you to the Hands of your Persecutors,
and they, regardless of your Age and Justness of your Cause, will
sentence you to die, and your hoary Head shall be severed from }-our
feeble Body, but the Lord shall give j'ou Fortitude and Resolution to
behave manfully and decently at the Hour of Death, so that young and
old shall applaud your glorious Exit, and immortalize your name, while
this Island — is called B ; having said thus he paused a while, upon
which I took the Liberty to ask him what should become of such as
opposed the P in his late Glorious tho' unsuccessful Enterprise in
which they promised to assist him.
"To this he answered, that through the immense Goodness of the
P , many Delinquents should not only be pardoned, but also received
into Favour, though some are destined for Destruction, here and hereafter ;
among the latter is the ignominious L[air]d of McL[eo]d, who contrarj'
to his Oaths and Protestation to his lawful Prince, turned out his most