Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
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be wisdom for the {winning and tynsall} of the hale wait standis this
viage.1 And gif I war of a{bilitie as 1} haiffbene it suld nocht haif bene
counsall that your Lordship suld {haif haid in} tyme of say wechtie materis
bot rather my awin persone and all that wald assist me quhilk your Lordship
sail haif God willing schorthe sua I war out of cummer. I am feirfull for
my Lord ofAthole invasioun, quhowsone he cummis and gif he puttis at
me I man transport my gudis [sic] Glenurquhay. And gif your Lordship
levis MacGregor at hame I pray your Lordship causs him and the rest of
your lychtmen2 {to} be reddy in cace I send thame word to cumm in my
suport and lat MacGregor {be} assurit that I sail not brek ane word of my
promeiss to him. The rest {committ}is unto your Lordshipis wisdom and
answeir and your [sic], Youris at Ballocht, {the} penult day of August
1565.3
49 ArgyU to Glenorchy GDI 12/39/4/20
1 September 1565, Dunoon
To our traist cousing Colin Campbell of Glenurchay
Traist cousing efter hardie commendatiouns.We haif resavit your writing
and hes considerit the contends thairof at lenthe.And is weray glaid with
all our hart that ye ar sa weill willing to agre with Makgregor for the
speciall heddis that ye haif writin in your bill particularle is the same
weray heddis quhairupoun we and Makgregor hes condescendit. As to
the assurans we culd nocht send the same becaus Makgregor hes nocht
spokin hidderto with his men and knawis nocht as yeit quhome for he
will assuir bot within sex dayis ye salbe advertist of thame that Makgregor
will assuir for.4 And as to the rest that will nocht be includit within the
said assurans Makgregor sail be thair enemie and perschewe thame in lyk
maner as ye will do. Prayand yow in the mein tyme that nowthir the
taking of horss or ky or mearis betuix yow and thame that dependit
upoun Makgregor in tymis bygane be ane occasioun to hinder ane guid
purposs and agreans. For Makgregor him self is present heir with ws and
his freindis may do by his will quhat thay pleis bot quhow schone
Makgregor him self speikis with thame (quhilk wilbe with all diligens) all
thingis wilbe stayit. Meirour we purposs God willing to be in the hicht of
Grey Colin warned the earl of Argyll to be very careful of hazarding all the hopes of
the rebel lords on one expedition in the Chase-about Raid.
In the event of an invasion of his territory by the earl ofAtholl and the queen’s forces,
Grey Colin wanted to be able to call upon Argyll’s light cavalry and MacGregor’s
men: Introduction, 51-2.
The last two lines were added in another hand and with different ink.
Grey Cohn had been most insistent, 30 Aug. 1565 (48), that specific names should be
provided for those to be included within the assurance and the agreement.