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WITH ARCHBISHOP SHARP
291
oft Man kind and off this Kingdom, and if we wer sur that
which is propost might not (tho wel intended) yet doe hurt, it
had ben ventured on long or now, and for that caus we first
adveised with my lord. If his answer be quik it will be done
in tyme, for we consider not whither ther be adjurnment in
England or not.1 For, however, that ought, we think, to be
notified hier, and we can not imagen that dewtie (?) can doe
hurt; however it is all we can say or doe, and off* this in this
way I can say no mor hot that the Counsell is the sorce of
publik autorotie, and what that owns may chang the opinions
off* many. I told you of the mater off* Cardros, and by this
my lord hes acompt off* the declaratory off* the set [said] parties,
by which ye will see what a soure man that lord is, and that he
is the heid of that disturbance off* the publik peace.2 Yr G.
knows the King wrot a letter mentioning his pleasur as to the
former rayout,3 mentioning that Lord ; and when the Comittee
reports that shall not be forgot, and all the steps off it. God
send uss good news, which is the earnest prayer off, May it
please yr Grace, Yr most fathfull humble servant.
[Addressed] For The Artch Bishop off St Andrews His
Grace.
XXXIV
CHARLES MAITLAND, LORD HATTON, TO SHARP
Haltoun, 1 May [1677 ?]
May it please yr Grace,—This wick I gave you the trouble
off a letter. Since that I have spok with sume that certainly
informs me that feild conventikils begine to be frequent in
feiff, sume in the Steuartrie, bot a great on[e] was Sunday was
1 The English House of Commons was prorogued (on account of the disputes
between the two Houses), on June 9.
2 The matter came for trial before the Council on August 5. See Lord
Cardross’s petition in Wodrow (vol. ii. pp. 289-290). He was sentenced to be
imprisoned during his Majesty’s pleasure, and fined £1000 sterling.
3 The substance of the king’s letter as regards the holding of conventicles at
Cardross in 1674 will be found in Wodrow (vol. ii. p. 248).
WITH ARCHBISHOP SHARP
291
oft Man kind and off this Kingdom, and if we wer sur that
which is propost might not (tho wel intended) yet doe hurt, it
had ben ventured on long or now, and for that caus we first
adveised with my lord. If his answer be quik it will be done
in tyme, for we consider not whither ther be adjurnment in
England or not.1 For, however, that ought, we think, to be
notified hier, and we can not imagen that dewtie (?) can doe
hurt; however it is all we can say or doe, and off* this in this
way I can say no mor hot that the Counsell is the sorce of
publik autorotie, and what that owns may chang the opinions
off* many. I told you of the mater off* Cardros, and by this
my lord hes acompt off* the declaratory off* the set [said] parties,
by which ye will see what a soure man that lord is, and that he
is the heid of that disturbance off* the publik peace.2 Yr G.
knows the King wrot a letter mentioning his pleasur as to the
former rayout,3 mentioning that Lord ; and when the Comittee
reports that shall not be forgot, and all the steps off it. God
send uss good news, which is the earnest prayer off, May it
please yr Grace, Yr most fathfull humble servant.
[Addressed] For The Artch Bishop off St Andrews His
Grace.
XXXIV
CHARLES MAITLAND, LORD HATTON, TO SHARP
Haltoun, 1 May [1677 ?]
May it please yr Grace,—This wick I gave you the trouble
off a letter. Since that I have spok with sume that certainly
informs me that feild conventikils begine to be frequent in
feiff, sume in the Steuartrie, bot a great on[e] was Sunday was
1 The English House of Commons was prorogued (on account of the disputes
between the two Houses), on June 9.
2 The matter came for trial before the Council on August 5. See Lord
Cardross’s petition in Wodrow (vol. ii. pp. 289-290). He was sentenced to be
imprisoned during his Majesty’s pleasure, and fined £1000 sterling.
3 The substance of the king’s letter as regards the holding of conventicles at
Cardross in 1674 will be found in Wodrow (vol. ii. p. 248).
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| Description | Contents:The library of James VI. In the hand of Peter Young, his tutor, 1573-1583 / G.F. Warner -- Documents illustrating Catholic policy in the reign of James VI., 1596-1598 / Thomas Graves Law -- Twenty-four letters of Sir Thomas Hope, ... 1627-1646 / Robert Paul -- Civil war papers, 1643-1650 / H.F. Morland Simpson -- Thirty-four letters written to James Sharp, ... 1660-1677 / John Dowden -- The diary of George Turnbull, minister of Alloa and Tyninghame, 1657-1704 / Robert Paul -- The Masterton papers, 1660-1719 / V.A. Noël Paton -- Accompt of expenses in Edinburgh by Alexander Rose of Kilravock, 1715 / A.H. Millar -- Papers about the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 / Henry Paton -- General index -- Index to the library of James VI. |
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