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LOYAL ADDRESS TO THE KING
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on his way to dalkeith, where the dutchess of Balcleugh his
mother was, she having come from England some time befor.
My wife recovered pretty well, and provs a nurse her self.
This weeke also our secretarys, Carmichall1 and seafield,2
passed by in there way to London, and carryed with them a
very Loyall address to the King against the prince of Wales,
etc. our king also recalled his ambassador from france, as did
the states of holland theres, and discharged the french ambas¬
sador from there rexive dominions.
Odor. 5.—My brother in law, mr. Glass, minr att abarlady,
preacht for me on John 3, 36.
Twesday 1th.—I was at a visitation in spot, which was first
journey abroad, but my gowt not wholly gone.
\9,th.—I preacht in the fornoon on Tit. 2, 14; and in the
aftarnoon mr. Thomas wilky, minr in the canongate of Edenr,
on 2 Thess. 4, 15, 16, 17. my gowt now wholly away; praise
to god.
Wedensday, 15th.—I went to the biel to take farwell of my
Lord Bellhaven and his two sons,3 who were to travell to
travell [sic].
Odor. IGth.—I went to visit Sr George Sutty of Balgon on
of my heritors, next day to north Berwick to visit the lord
psident of the session.4
IQth.—I lectured on acts 2, preacht on Tit. 2, 14.
Moonday, 20£A.—I tooke journey for Kelso to the synod of
Merse and Teviotdale, with whom I was to correspond from
the synod of Lothian and Tweddal; that night I lodged att
Crooksfield5 with hector Turnbull, next day I gott to Kelso, in
1 See note, p. 359. 2 See note, p. 390.
3 John, afterwards third Lord Belhaven, and James Hamilton, afterwards an
advocate, and Solicitor of the Boards of Customs and Excise.
4 Hugh Dairy mple, third son of James, first Viscount Stair; admitted advocate
in 1677 ; Dean of Faculty of Advocates in 1695 5 created a Baronet in 1698,
and was elevated to the bench and the Lord Presidency of the Court of Session
the same year. Died 1st February 1737, in his eighty-fifth year.—Brunton and
Haig’s Senators of the College offustice, p. 465.
5 In the parish of Bunkle, Berwickshire. A Hector Turnbull, son of George
Turnbull in Paxton, in the same county, appears in the List of Fugitives issued
in 1684.—Wodrow’s History, vol. iv. p. 26.
6 John Dysart, M.A., graduated at Glasgow in 1680; ordained to a Presby-
1701
Mr. Dysart in
Coldingham 6
was chosen
moderator to
this synod.