End, they had Permiffion given them to join their Army, whereby they might have the better Opportunity; but Providence disappointed that Plot. (Which was in the Year 1644. after his famous Victory of Tippermure.)

'He was defeated indeed with his fmall Forces by Straughan, but not taken Prifoner by him. For after the Defeat he threw himself upon Lord Afton, formerly a Friend and Follower of his But that Lord, either out of Fear or Co.. • vetoufness, would not protect him, but fent him with a strong Guard to David Lefley; who alfo took Poffeffion of the Reft of the Prifoners. Bishop Burnet fays (x), That he was betrayed by Mackland, of Affin, and was carried through the Streets with all the Infamy that brutal Men could contrive.His Behaviour under all that (0) barbarous Ufage was Great and Firm to the laft, looking on all that was done to him with a noble Scorn, as the Fury of his Enemies was black and univerfally detefted. This Cruelty raifed a Horror in all fober People, against those who could infult over fuch a Man in Misfortunes. The Triumphs that the Preachers made upon this Occafion rendred them odious, and made Lord Montrofe to be more pitied and lamented, than otherwife he could have been. And (p) that he might not enjoy any Eafe (after the iniquitous Sentence was paffed upon him) their Minifters came prefently to infult over ‹ him, with all the Reproaches imaginable; pronounced his Damnation, and affured him,

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(n) Bishop Burnet's Hift. of his own Time, Vol. 1.p. 52. M. Heath (Chroni cle, p. 262.) gives an Account of their barbarous Ufage of him.

(0) See a falfe Account of him, Appendix, No. 13. compared with Appendix, No. 14.

(P) Lord Clarendon's Hiftory of the Rebellion, Vol. 3. p. 274. Echard, Vol. 2. p. 684. History of King Charles 20, By a Perfon of Quality, P. 45.

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That the Judgment he was the next Day to "fuffer, was but an eafy Prologue to that which he was to undergo afterwards." After many fuch Barbarities they offered to intercede for him to the Kirk, upon his Repentance, and to pray with him; but he too well understood the Form of their Common Prayer, in those • Cafes, to be only the moft virulent and info⚫lent Imprecations upon the Perfons of those they pray'd againft. ("Lord vouchfafe yet to touch the obdurate Heart of this proud incorrigible Sinner, this wicked, perjured, traiterous and "profane Perfon, who refufes to hearken to the "Voice of thy Kirk." And the like charitable

Expreffions.) And therefore he defired them "to fpare their Pains, and to leave him to his "own Devotions." He told them, "That they "were a miserable, deluded, and deluding Peo"ple; and would fhortly bring that poor Na❝tion under the most infupportable Servitude "ever People had fubmitted to." He told them, "He was prouder to have his Head fet upon

the Place it was appointed to be, than he could "have been to have his Picture hang in the

King's Bed-Chamber: That he was fo far "from being troubled that his four Limbs "were to be hanged in four Cities of the "Kingdom; that he heartily wifhed, that he "had Flesh enough to be fent to every City in "Christendom, as a Teftimony of the Caufe for

which he fuffered." After he had performed his Devotions, and finished all he meant to fay, , and was (9) expecting to expire, they had yet E 2

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(9) Lord Clarendon, Vol. 3. p. 274. Echard, ibid. p. 685. Thefe Rebels ufed all Loyalists in an inhuman Manner. Bishop Guthry informs us (Memoirs, p. 204.) That Archibald, Lord Napier (a Nobleman for ⚫ true Worth and Loyalty, inferior to none in the Land) having in the Year 1645. died in his Majefty's Service at Francaftle in Atbol, the Committee ❝ refolved to raise his Bones, and pass a Forefaulture thereupon, and for that End Letters were ordained to be executed at the Pier of Leith, against Ar

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one Scene more to act of their Tyranny. The Hangman, brought the Book that had been publifhed of his truly heroick Actions, whilft he had commanded in that Kingdom, which Book was tied in a fmall Cord and put about his Neck. The Marquis fmiled at this new Inftance of their Malice, and thanked them for • it, and said, “He was pleased that it should be there; and was prouder of wearing it than he had ever been of the Garter." And fo renewing fome devout Ejaculations, he patiently endured the laft Act of the Executioner.

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(r) Thus died the gallant Marquis of Montrofe, after he had given as great a Teftimony of Loyalty and Courage as a Subject can do. He was a Gentleman of a very ancient (s) Extraction, many of whofe Ancestors had exercifed the higheft Charges under the King in that Kingdom, and had been allied to the Crown itfelf. He was of very (t) good Parts, ⚫ which

chibald, Lord Napier, his Son, then in Exile, for his Loyalty, to appear upon fixty Days Warning to see the fame done; and when his Friends were ftartled at it, and made Enquiry what was meant by it, they found, that it was only to draw Money from the new Lord Napier, for the Ufe ⚫ of fome Sycophants that expected it, and fo they advanced 500 Marks for that End, and thereupon the intended Forefaulture was discharged. (r) Lord Clarendon, ib. p. 275.

(s) He was defcended (fays Bishop Wifeheart, Pref. to Hiftory of the King's Affairs under the Marquis of Montrofe) from the famous Graham, who was Son-in-Law to Fergus the Second King of Scots, and was the first that (with the Affiftance of his Father-in-Law) caft down the Trench which Severus had made, and fet out for the utmoft Limit of the Roman Empire. Whence fome Remains of that Trench are called Gremefdike. He flourished in the Time of the Emperors Arcadius and Honorius, about the Year of our Lord CCCC. From whom defcended in a direct Line, that valiant Graham, who with the Help of Dunbarre, fo feasonably rescued his Country from the Danes, who were then Mafters of England; and had frequently, but with little Success, invaded Scotland with mighty Armies, &c.

() The Marquis of Montrose wrote the following Lines upon the Royal Martyr, with the Point of his Sword.

Pref. to Bishop Wifeheart's Hiftory of the King's Affairs in Scotland under Montrofe, &c. 1649. Guthry's Memoirs, p. 255. Medulla Hift. Anglican. P. 346. 4th Edit.

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which were improved by a good Education.' He had always a great Emulation, or rather Contempt of the Marquis of Argyle, (as he was too apt to condemn those he did not love) who wanted nothing but (u) Honefty and (x) Courage to be a very extraordinary Man, having all other good Talents in a very great Degree. Montrofe was, in his Nature, fearlefs of Danger, and never declined any Enterprize for the Difficulty of going through with it, but • exceedingly affected thofe which feemed defperate to other Men, and did believe somewhat to be in himself above other Men, which made him live more eafily towards those who are,

Great, Good, and Juft, could I but rate,
My Grief, and thy too ruretched Fate,
Ide weep the World to fuch a strain,

As it fhould deluge once again.

But fince thy loud tongued Blood demands Supplies,
More from Briareus Hands than Argus Eyes,
I'll fing thy Obfequies with Trumpets Sounds,
And write thy Epitaph in Blood and Wounds.

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(a) Bishop Wifebeart obferves (Hift. &c. of Montrofe, p. 59.) Argyle defired a Ceffation (with Montrofe) and propofed that Engagements < might be given on both Sides for a Conference and Treaty, yet at the fame time he did not only tempt the Soldiers to forfake Montrofe, by promifing a Shame to fay even them Indemnity and Rewards to boot, but (which

of an Enemy) fet a great Price upon Montrofe's Head, to be paid unto any Affaffin or Murderer, that fhould bring it in. Of which, when Montrofe was well affured (who well knew the Difpofition of the Man to be ⚫ more bent to overreach and betray, than fight with his Enemy) he thought "nothing concerned him more, than with all fpeed to bring off thofe fmall Forces he had as far as he could, both from Argyle's Horfe and Knavery.' See a farther Account of the Earl of Argyle's Treachery, and his barbarous Ufage of his own Sifters. Appendix to the firit Part of the Hiftory of Independency, p. 6, &c.

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(x) Argyle fled from Montrofe, at Inverary, to a Boat (1644.) and left 136.) At Inhis Friends to fhift for themfeives. (Guthry's Memoirs, nerlochy, where Argyle betook himself to his Boat again. (Guthry, p a 140. Wifebeart's Hift. of Montrofe, &c. p. 68.) At the Battle of Killyth he fled, and never looked over his Shoulder, until after 20 Miles riding, he reached the South Queen's-Ferry, where he poffeffed himself of his Boat again. (Gutbry, p. 154. Wifeheart, &c. p. 117.) From Monroe's Army, taking his Way by Stirling-Bridge, he never looked behind him, until (after 18 Miles riding) he reached the North Queen's-Ferry, and there poffeffed himfelf of a Boat again (now the fourth Time) (Guthry, p. 241.) and Bishop Wifebeart obferves (Hiftory of Montrofe, &c. p. 95.) That the Earl of Argyle was the first in that Age that introduced that cruel and dreadful Precedent of < destroying Houfes and Corn; being better at Fire, than Sword, when they came into empty Fields, and Houses unmanned,

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or were willing to be inferior to him, (towards whom he exercised wonderful Civility and Generofity) than with his Superiors or Equals : He was naturally jealous, and fufpected thofe, who did not concur with him in the Way, not to mean fo well as he.

He was not without Vanity, but his Virtues were much fuperior; and he well deferved to have his Memory preferved and celebrated amongst the moft illuftrious Perfons of the Age in which he lived.'

And tho' this great Man was fo barbarously and inhumanly used by thofe rebellious Scots, yet fome of the Loyalifts of that Nation paid the proper Regard due to him in the honourable Interment of his fcatter'd Limbs, after the Restoration.

(y) Edinburgh, March 9. 1661.

The Arm of the immortal Marquis of Montrofe, which the Citizens of Aberdeen, upon his Majefty's firft Arrival to Scotland, had taken ⚫ down and decently interr'd, being with very great Solemnity raised, and put in a Box cover'd ⚫ with crimson Velvet embroidered, was carried by Henry Graham, Son to the Baron of Morphee, bare-headed; it was conducted by the • Members of the University, the Lord Provost,

Bailiffs, and Town Council, and 500 of the • Trained-Bands thro' the City. After it had • been carried three times in Triumph about the < Cross, with the Acclamations of the People, and several Volleys of Shot, it was delivered to the Magiftrates, who convey'd it to the Town

(y) Mercurius Publicus (published by Authority, Numb. 11. p. 161. penes me) Cromwell was more humane, for Sir Edward Walker says, (Journal of Affairs in Scotland, 1650. Hiftorical Difcourfes, p. 187.) He hears, that Cromwell when he had blocked up the Caftle of Edingburgh, released the Prifoners there, he caufed the Head of the Marquis of Montrofe to ⚫ be taken down and buried.

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