Series 1 > Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, with his observations on public affairs and other memoranda, 1665-1676

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JOURNAL OF JOHN LAUDER
horses in the rue St Jacques, neir the Grande Cerf. We was
not weill of our horses when we was oppressed wt a generation
of Hostlers, taverners, and others that lodges folk, some
intreating us to come wt him, some wt him, all promising us
good entertainement and accommodation. I went wt on
Mr. Houlle, a barber, who had bein in England, because he
was neir hand, and would stay but that night. Theyr was a
French Gentleman of Lions and a Spaniard, one of the Queens
Attendants: this was my company. That night they told
me of the death of Madame de Touraine, and of the execution
of Mr. del Camp, 2 dayes before my coming, a Maister of a
Academy, and that for false mony, for whilk he had bein
pardoned once before.
Nixt day, whilk was the 20 Aprill 1666, French accompt, I
came to Mr Kinlochs, wheir I am informed that the most part
of our countrymen are already goon for England, and that
Thirlestan, Gorenberry, and Sandilands (whom I saw and gave
on his desire my new testament) was to go the day after.
Their I was first acquaint wt Mr. Forbes1 (Cullodin) and
Archibald Hay (Bara’s brother). I changed my quarters that
same day and came to Kinlocbs.
Within a day or 2 I was acquaint wt our Scots Captains,
Captain Caddel, C. Rutherfurd wt a tree leg—his oune was
dong from him at the Seige of Graveling—and Captain Scot,
also on C. White.
I saw the fruit they call grenades2 at Paris. To look to
before its cut most like a citron : being cut at the top its all
ful of litle grains as like rezer3 berries in the coulor and big¬
ness, yea almost in the tast, as can be. It was a pretty sight
to sy how prettily the grains ware ranked wtin the skin.
Mr. Kinloch on night coming from a burial of a Hugonet
Medecin at Charenton saw a blind man of the Kings vingt (as
they call them, tho they be 15 score) play at the Maille4 to ad¬
miration, wheir upon Mr. Grahme took occasion to tel severall
very wonderful things he know of blind men : amongs others,
of one that could play weill to the gooffe, of another that, take
1 Probably Duncan Forbes, 1644-1704, M.P. for Nairn, succeeded his father
about 1688, father of President Forbes.
2 Pomegranates. 3 Rezer, rizzer, red currant. 4 See p. 20, note 2.