Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
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that wos doun in Rannoch in to sum piece on yow.1 Bot I se thai haif
doun no thing for thai may nocht do one thing on yow onwiting of me
less thai send cateran to steill out of your bundis. For gif thai do udervayis
ye salbe soun advertist be me with all the puar and fortificatioun I may.
The rest refaris to your advertisiment and God kepe yow. Be youris with
all puar at command.
53 Glenorchy to William Stewart of Grandtully (draft)2
GDI 12/39/5/5
[No address]
30 October 1565, Killin
Honorabill Sir efter rycht harthe commendatiouns. I haif resavit your
writing and quhair ye writ that my Lord of Athole hes commandit yow
declar to me that gif the Erie of Ergle or ony uther perteining to me
persewis his Lordshipis cuntre or ony part thairof that fra this furth he
will wirk all the wrek he can or may on my hous and me only allegeand
that it wilbe my dracht that will bring scayth upoun his cuntre gif ony
cumis.As to that ye sail wit that my Lord in ane part desiris that thing of
me quhilk I haif great occasioun to desyre of hym. For I assure yow gif I
get scayth I can wyte3 nay levand man except my Lord. Albeit I may
nocht nor will say that I will seik revenge of my Lord as he dois of me.
Bot the eternall God quhay is the revenge of all wrangis will wirk according
to his plesour. And quhair my Lord supponis that I may stay the force of
gret men sik as my Lord of Ergle I pray God that it war in my power to
stay all ewill quhilk I haif done sa fer as I mycht hidderto as I tak God and
gud nybouris to witnes and hes obtenit small kindnes thairfore agane. Gif
my Lord beis avisit and consider quhat is his awin honour and dewite it is
nocht at me he suld begin to ...eve ...4 the offencis that utheris makis.And
gif I haif falit to ony man I will ansuer to the lawis of the realm for I am
responsabill. And gif my Lord ... allege that I haif offendit his Lordship in
ony sort I am hartHe contentit that he and uther freindis sycht the samyn
and gif the faill be with me I sail me ... it gif it lyis in my power my Lord
doand siclik to me. And albeit that God wald suffir my Lord to wrek my
hous quhom wrekis he bot his awin ... will never put say kynd ane man in
Clan Cameron were planning a revenge raid on Grey Colin because they had suffered
a raid in Rannoch, but Keppoch would keep Grey Colin informed about any Cameron
movements.This was probably the background to Cameron of Lochiel’s* letter, winter
1565 (78).
No address but see Grandtully s reply (54).
Ellipses represent damage to MS.