Series 5 > Campbell Letters 1559-1583

CLAN CAMPBELL LETTERS
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sex scoir of kye and foiur scoir kye fra me and fra the thenettis ofArdchaittill.
And is to that Clan MacOldonychis bairnis bayth sonis and thair wyffis
and other puire menis vyffis at was hereit1 followe the Clangregor and the
herscip in the mene tyme. And thai gatt all that awin guidis and key and
so no guidis restit wn cumm hame hot myn rest of myn thair come hame
agane fywe kye and thre styrks.2 And so rest wn cum hame of my guidis
iiixx and fyve. And quhairat your Mastership biddis me haiff your
Mastership biddis me haife [sic] your Mastershipis place weile furneist is
to that will God it sail nocht want na furneising efter my power. And
quhairat your Mastership biddis me latt no mair of men within your your
[sic] Mastershipis place hot my fameliar servandis albeid your Mastership
bad me at our departing lat in with me swm other. Is to that be God I
thocht nevir to lat in none otheris without I sawe ane scherpe command
fra your Mastership mair nor I gatt at our departing. Nocht ellis bot comittis
your Mastership to the protectioun of God. From Glenorquhaie this last
Sundair I be your Mastershipis serwitour at all power.
144 Argyll to Glenorchy GDI 12/39/9/26
21 August 1570, Dunoon
To our traist cousing Colene Campbell of Glenurquhaye
Trest cousing eftir herthe commendatiounis.We ressavit lettiris fra the
Secretare tending in effect toward our tryst and conventioun to be had
for ansuer geving to my Lord Levingstoun3 and thinkis the place of meting
to be mair convenient ewiss your place of Balloch nor in Dunkell. Seing
the uther Lordis ar conveint togither and as yit nocht skaltit and yit Dunkell
is over neir the Lawland quhilk we have ponderit in the self to be reasonable
for our awne ga...4 And becaus this mater is chargeable to yow as we writt
... yit we dubt nocht bot ye will prefer our honour to ye ... and we sail
considder the samen for my Lord Duik we Flemyng and Kilwynnyng5
will campe with yow in Balloch. And ... Huntlie Athole Levingstoun and
Secretar wilbe in Weme... and Garthuilie.6 And we to meitt ewiss the
1 Harried or plundered.
2 Young bullocks.
3 For the proposed meeting of the queen’s party and William, 6th Lord Livingstone’s
instructions: 134.
4 Ellipses represent damage to MS.
5 Grey Colin’s camping guests at Balloch were to be James Hamilton, duke of
Chatelherault*; Argyll himself; John, 5th Lord Fleming and Gavin Hamilton,
commendator of Kilwinning.
6 James Menzies ofWeem* and Wilham Stewart of Grandtully* were to have as camping
guests George Gordon, 5th earl of Huntly;Atholl*; William, 6th Lord Livingstone
and Maitland*.