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FIRST EARL OF SEAFIELD
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expected of him, so ye need to be the mor circumspect
in garding your selfe against his evell. I am verie sorie
the victuall sent south with the chamberland came to
so litle effect. I pray you take course with the rest of
it. I intreat you gett monie from my Lord Boind, and
putt my doughters outt of murning, for poore things
I will not discourage them. Any letters ye wreat to your
Lady, if they come to my hands, I shall transmitt them to
hir; for I intend frequentlie to send to see hou she does.
I pray you present my service to my Lord Boind and to
his son and his Lady, and lett me knoue when they are
expected north. I thinke verie long to hear from you.
So wishing the Lord to bliss you in all your just under¬
takings, I shall add no more butt that I am Your loving
father, Ffindlater.
I reffer severall things to the bearer.
Rumours of a descent on England and Scotland by the Prince
of Orange reached the north before the expedition finally sailed
on the 1st of November 1688. On the 5th of October Sir George
Gordon of Edinglassie and Carnousie, conjunct Sheriff-Principal
of Banffshire, writing to the Earl of Findlater gives him an account
of a false but prevalent report, that William had landed on the
coast of Yorkshire ; and recounts other news of the day regarding
the situation in England, and the measures taken in Scotland
to cope with the threatened invasion.
My Lord,—I receaved your Lops this morning, and
you may bee sure wherin I can I will serve you. I had
advertisment from my Lord Aberdein this morning, which
maks mee delay taking journey while Wednsdays morning.
For news I have account that the Dutch are landed at
Brilington Bay and are on ther march for York. Ther
number is said to bee fourtie five thousand fighting men—
Prince Orange generall, cald genrall of the Protestant
League, and Marishall Shomberg livetenant generall.
The Lord Dartsmouth was ordered by the King to put
the fleet to sea and to feght them, tho ther number wer
double ; but he told the King that he neither found oficier
souldier or sea man willing to doe ther dutie. Nether
FIRST EARL OF SEAFIELD
43
expected of him, so ye need to be the mor circumspect
in garding your selfe against his evell. I am verie sorie
the victuall sent south with the chamberland came to
so litle effect. I pray you take course with the rest of
it. I intreat you gett monie from my Lord Boind, and
putt my doughters outt of murning, for poore things
I will not discourage them. Any letters ye wreat to your
Lady, if they come to my hands, I shall transmitt them to
hir; for I intend frequentlie to send to see hou she does.
I pray you present my service to my Lord Boind and to
his son and his Lady, and lett me knoue when they are
expected north. I thinke verie long to hear from you.
So wishing the Lord to bliss you in all your just under¬
takings, I shall add no more butt that I am Your loving
father, Ffindlater.
I reffer severall things to the bearer.
Rumours of a descent on England and Scotland by the Prince
of Orange reached the north before the expedition finally sailed
on the 1st of November 1688. On the 5th of October Sir George
Gordon of Edinglassie and Carnousie, conjunct Sheriff-Principal
of Banffshire, writing to the Earl of Findlater gives him an account
of a false but prevalent report, that William had landed on the
coast of Yorkshire ; and recounts other news of the day regarding
the situation in England, and the measures taken in Scotland
to cope with the threatened invasion.
My Lord,—I receaved your Lops this morning, and
you may bee sure wherin I can I will serve you. I had
advertisment from my Lord Aberdein this morning, which
maks mee delay taking journey while Wednsdays morning.
For news I have account that the Dutch are landed at
Brilington Bay and are on ther march for York. Ther
number is said to bee fourtie five thousand fighting men—
Prince Orange generall, cald genrall of the Protestant
League, and Marishall Shomberg livetenant generall.
The Lord Dartsmouth was ordered by the King to put
the fleet to sea and to feght them, tho ther number wer
double ; but he told the King that he neither found oficier
souldier or sea man willing to doe ther dutie. Nether
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