Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
{against} me and my servants, your Lordship knawis that I haif alreddy
referr{it to your Lordship} and your frendis being Campbellis that part
and bydis thairat as {yit and will sta}nd as sik deliverans as your Lordship
and the said freindis will pronunce {nocht doutand hot} the samyn will
be to my honour and weill be resoun of my gret (scayth sustenit be thir}
procedingis. As to thair lyvis gif the appointment t{akis place I am
conten}tit to be saiff bot I wald wit quhow mony MacGregoris {desyris
and thair na}mis to be put in bill and thai to be remit be your Lordship
a{nd me and swa mony a}s beis nocht contenit in bill that MacGregor be
enime to tha{me als weill as I.And} as to the rowmis and stedingis that
thai haid at the beginning of the cummer 1} sail do my deligence that
thai may bruke the samyn and {nocht onlie the rowmis} quhilk thai haid
before bot als all uther rowmis that thai {may purches for gif thai} be
your Lordshipis servantis and myne I am glayd tha{t thai be weill stakit of
tha}ir awin. As to the assurans I am contentit that yo{ur Lordship gif
thame ane assuran}ce quhill Candilmes1 or langar gif your Lordship plesis
{and in the meyne tyme qu}how sone your Lordship and the ffeindis
decernis the appointment may be endit and the} assurans hes nay thing
ado. Your Lordship knawis qu{hat scayth I haif gottin under a}ssurans
thairfor gif your Lordship giffis thame ony in {my name send me your
Lordshipis} writing that I be scaythles in the meyne tyme an{d send me
thair namis in bill} that beis assurit and I sail God willing keip the {samyn.
As to Duncane Laid}us Oy your Lordship sail haiff him quhowsone ye
send {me the assurans or ellis I s}all haid hym in ffe ward with my self
quhill {I speik with your Lordship and als} sail contenew the boy that
your Lordship writis for al{beit he is an Atholl man.2 And} quhair your
Lordship writis that gif I be contentit w{ith the hedis that} your Lordship
sail gar me lauch my tyme about at {nychtbouris. I assur your Lordship
that} is the thing that movis me mair to accept MacGregor {in fawouris
nor ony geir} that euer he may gif me. For gif he use him weill in th{at
cace he is abill to be r}ewardit.Atour your Lordship sail wit that Duncane
MacGregor {at Roro and the man of G}lenleydnocht hes tane ane
thousand pund wort of geir fra{e my seruantis laitlie} thairfor I wald your
lordship advertesit me gif MacGregor will {haif thame assurit or nocht}.
I am informit that your lordship and bretherine ar to pas with f{orce to
the Lawland for} avansing of the glorie of God and the common welth.
T{hairfor I pray your Lordship} to be circumspect and handill the mater
Candlemas, 2 Feb.
Grey Colin was agreeing point by point with the proposals of 28 Aug. 1565 (47),
though he was anxious to add extra guarantees about damage from raids because he
had been caught out before: MacGregor,‘MacGregors’, 354,396.