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to commit the like now. And indeed his character agreed with
the action he committed; for, besides that he was one of the most
profligate wretches alive, he was more to be reckoned a bully than
a man of courage : and though it is not to be denied that he was
a good officer, and had behaved well enough in some public ac-
tions, it was certainly and publicly known, that, as he was of a
haughty, quarrelsome, and blustering temper, he had been often
kicked and cuffed by this same Colonel Hamilton, Lord William
Hay, and other officers of the array, without his daring to resent
the same.
" I have been more particular in the account of this dismal
story, that it may thence appear, there's too much ground to
believe the Whigs are a set of men who stand at nothing to ac-
complish their own ends," &c.
Loudoun. — Hugh earl of Loudoun was, of all the persons con-
cerned in the government, without doubt, amongst the best. He
had nothing in his nature that was cruel or revengeful ; was afi"a-
ble, courteous, and just 'twixt man and man ; and though he
pursued his own maxims and designs, yet it was in a moderate
gentlemanly way. Being descended of a family enemies to mon-
archy, and educated after that way, and his fortune in bad cir-
cumstances, he easily dropt into the court measures, was soon
taken notice of, and first made an extraordinary lord of the
session, in which post he behaved to all men's satisfaction, study-
ing to understand the laws and constitution of the kingdom, and
determine accordingly. He was endowed with good natural
parts, and had much improven them in his younger years by
reading ; and though he did not much affect to show them in
public, yet there were few exceeded him in contriving and carry-
ing on a design, having a clear judgment and ready apprehension.
Lord Ross. — William, twelfth Lord Ross, succeeded his father
in 1682. He entered zealously into tho Revolution, 1689 ; was
a privy-counsellor to King William and Queen Anne ; high com-
missioner to the church of Scotland, 1704 ; one of the lords of the
treasury, and a commissioner for the Union, of which treaty he
was a staunch promoter.
Lady Lauderdale. — This was the Lady Margaret Cunningham,