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THE LOYALL DISSUASIVE
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be thought wanting to contribut my mite, I reckon myself
oblidged, first, in duetie to God (who requires it at my hand)
ftixt to my lauful Soveraigne (who must be a looser by that
bargain), and to you my Cheef, (as a faithfull kinsman) to lay
before you plainly, and as briefly as the subject matter may
permitt—f'irst what it is you are to pairt with; Secondly, the
dismall and Ignominious effects of such a foull and shamefull
parture ; 3tio to whom and for what you are to pairt with such
Irrevocable advantages. 4to I shall vindicate the Justice of
your title—with the honour and Loyalty of your family—
against their Idle Cavills and exceptions, in several Instances,
which prove to a demonstration that the Mackintoshes never
were your friends; and (profess what they will) designe to
build upon your Ruines. 540 I shall take notice of the im¬
mediate consequences of your solemn Decreet and sentence;
what effect it had with your own Relations at home, and what
with your friends and neighbours abroad; and in the last
place close with some few instructions and directions, which
rightly observed may help to secure you against their
attempts; and serve as so many Antidotes against the Infec¬
tion of their poyson. And (for method’s sake and the better
understanding and retaining of this Discourse) I shall divyde
it, into different sections as I go along.
[The Loyall Dissuasive']
Sect. I
What you are to pairt with by any Transaction with the
MTntoshes, except on equal Termes.
First then I may not forbear to tell you that you are to
pairt with all that is justlie valuable to you this side of
heaven or happiness—That is, your honour, and your Birth¬
right, the Chieftainrie of the Clanchattan, for nothing else will
please that pairty.
A Right that is as naturale to you as the blood that runs
in your veins. 2do A Right that (in the beginning of King
Charles the Second his reigne) was declared yours by the
wisedome of the nation; not by start or stealth, but after a