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try, the Gentlemen and Burgeƒƒes ƒent to the Council new offers of Duty; the Militia was ordered to be rais'd and modell'd to a fourth part ; and the forty Days pay which the Countrey is obliged to of the whole, would have payed this fourth part ƒix Months; the Caƒtle of Edinburgh, Sterling, &c. furniƒhed, the Gentry modelled into Troops with Arms,and Orders ƒent to the Chiefs of the High- land Clans, to have their Men in readineƒs, which with the ƒtanding Forces, would have made a conƒider- Army. On the firƒt notice of the Invaƒion, Captain Mackay, Nephew to the Major General, was taken up upon Suƒpicion of having laid down his Imployment in Holland to be the better able to ƒerve the Prince of O- range in what he intended, which was reaƒonabe to believe by a Letter found upon him, Written by himƒelf to his Uncle, wherein he expreƒt great affection to the Service of the Prince of Orange, and deƒires his Uncle to let him know, that tho' he had quitted his Service, yet he hoped in the Condition he was now | ( 19 )
now in, he could be more uƒeful, which he was willing to do with the hazard of his Life, and that he wan- ted only to know how he might put his Intention in Execution ; he was Examined by a Secret Committee ƒeveral Times, but gave his Oath frankly, he knew nothing of any Deƒign, nor meant nothing by theƒe Expreƒƒions, but a Compliment to the Prince who had concerned himƒelf in getting him a rich Marriage; but after the Prince of Orange's coming over, he bragged of knowing all the Deƒign, and valued himƒelf for Swearing frankly rather then diƒ- cover. There was likewiƒe taken, one Blackadder a Doctor of Phyƒick, who was ƒent over by the baniƒhed Lords and Gentlemen in Holland, to en- courage their Friends, and give them an Account of the Inclinations and Affections of the People to the Prince of Orange's Intereƒt ; the only Traf- fick could be made out againƒt him, for he likewiƒe could diƒcloƒe nothing, but rather Perjure himƒelf, of what he knew was betwixt L__ M____, Son of the M___ of A___e, and C 2 one |