Series 1 > Loyall dissuasive

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THE LOYALL DISSUASIVE
long and litigious debate in the most solemne manner that
could be.
3to A Right that had been recognized, not only by strangers
and your own kinsmen, But by all the Kings that have pos¬
sessed the throne since.
4to A Right that setts you in the front of the first Gentle¬
men of the Kingdome; and puts it in your power (upon the
head of your Clann and family) to make as good a figure as
any of them in your Royale masters service.
5t0 A Right that may furnish you, or some of your posterity,
a favourable opportunity to raise your name and family, by
the merits of their services.
6t0 (and in fine) A Right that has been taken notice of by
some of the best Authors,1 that have written since (who much
to your honour, and the credite of the family have published
your quality and capacity in most of all the languages that are
spoken in Europe). This Sir, and no less than this, you are
like to pairt with, if you enter into any new Covenant with
the MTntoshes. But how dishonourable on your side may
the better appear, if you ’ll consider the Reverse of this with
the fatale consequences that must needs follow on any such
transaction, briefly hinted at in the next section.
Sect. II
Some of the wo file effects that must follow on that agreement.
For Primo, you thereby absolutlie degrade yourselfe, and
instead of being in the front of the first Gentlemen of the
nation, by a spontaneous Act of your own (that has no pre¬
cedent in any Record or history) you bring yourself to the
rear, and give a just title to all the young Chiefs in the High¬
lands to take you by a sleeve and bid you observe your
distance.2
Secundo. In stead of your being courted by Kings and
Princes for the service and following of your name and family
M'Intoshe will be applyed to. All the Royall Commissions (on
1 Jeremy Collier published his Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical,
and Poetical Dictionary in London, in 1701.
2 In Manuscript C. this is interpreted, ‘ Consider you a cadet. ’