Series 1 > Loyall dissuasive

THE LOYALL DISSUASIVE
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extraordinary occasions) must in course be directed to him as
Chief; He’ll have the raising of your kindred; the constant
honour of their actions, with the reward and merite of their
services.
Tertio. By such a mean truckling, you ’ll lessen yourself to
that degree, that none of your neighbours, of any power or
quality, will think you worthy of their friendship, or enter into
any Confederacy or allyance with you; whereby you ’ll be left
to the sole protection of your new Patrones; who, without your
assistance, were never able to protect themselves. And when
they have once disarmed you of the service and support of your
Relations at home, and other friends abroad (which must un-
avoidablie follow upon your yielding up your right) mind that
I tell you on’t, They are the likeliest of any to be the first to
fall foull of you themselves; and never leave of their Tyranny
and oppression till they have purged Badenoch of you, or
bring you and your family so low that it may not be in your
power ever to contend with them.
Quarto. If ever the Highland Clanns are unking’d of their
severale superiours (as I am sure most of them will, and you
amongst the first of them) instead of your being then the
Kings vassal and superiour to all your Clann and kindred,
MTntosh (as Chiefe) will certainly be superiour of all, and have
you and your family at his mercy, to use you as he pleases.
The cheif reason why some of that family (to whom this is
become no secret) are so earnest to have the agreement finished
before their comes a change.
Quinto. Instead of the just account already given by some
noted authors,1 of the Independency and antiquitie of your
name and family, They ’ll reckon themselves obliged in their
next Edition to make your Agreement and surrender known
to the world; whereby your family will be totally sunk in that
of another and such of your Relations as have advysed you to
bring it to that pass, and not protested against it, rendered a
just reproach to all succeeding ages.
The former were your Advantages, which by the law of
1 There may be a reference to Nisbet as well as Collier, and to the unknown
Book of Paroch mentioned below.