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the soldery them selues or by there coaueiueance. I haue giuen order
that all the people that has the litle dale houses about may provide them
selues, and that there houses be pulled doun, and other methods must
be taken then euer has been for lookeing after this house, els it will go
to rewin or be stiil on unnecessare charge on the King, as at meeting I
shall more fully speak of to you. The lodgings that my son by your
lordships assistance got the Earl Linlithgow put by from getting them,
is now procured by Lundy, the treasurer deput, and as my son writs
there is a letter to come to me about them ; but with dificulty he has
gote aded to itt, iff I be otherways provided. So you may sie what
trouble I still meet with to gett lodgings keeped for my self in this
house, and it is such a vexation to me, that I must indevor to be at an
end off itt some way or other. Iff ^our lordship -find an absolut necessity
for haueing these tuo roumes you once intended to part with to me, I
will upon hearing from you rather presently part with them then hereafter
; for I lind they are rekoned upon as belonging to me, and so its
thought I may the better part with those my Lady Peterbrough had to
the treasurer deput. I am told the seat in the church that Roxbrough
posseses was the seat the King sat in in 1633, and that the pulpit then
stood nearer the east end of the church, and that Roxbrough got onely
possesion of itt when he was privie seall. This your Lordship wold
cause try, that the King lose not his right to itt.
1 October. Last night I write this length. This day I haue receiued
a letter from the Duke telling me its thought fitt I come up to gett the
Garter, and that the sooner the better. Albeit a winter jurney is very
inconvenient for me, yet I am resolued to aduentur on itt, and thinks
within a fortnight to return here so far on my jurney. I shall be in
Hamilton on Wednesday or Thursday next, wher I am to enter on a
litle course of phisike to prepare me for my jurney, finding some pains
of the seatike now sturring on me ; which, and some urgent affairs I
have to dispatch so presses me for time, that it will be great dificulty to
me to come the length of Sanquhaire, to waite on you befor I go ; and
I wold very gladly see you. So iff your conveniency can allow you to
meet any where betuixt Sanquhaire and Hamilton, where wee can be a
night together nixt weeke, upon your aduertisement I shall punctually
keep time and place, and I hope you will pardon this friedom.
This bearer, William Cunningham, late proveist of Aire, has been
shoueing me how much that place is wronged by the present proveist
in the election of magistrats for this nixt year; and as he represents itt
there is great incroachments used on that touns frie liberty of election ;
and since he and others are willing to do every thing the law requires,
and cary as becomes good subjects, bypast miscariages shuld be forgote,
and every body received that will do what is fitt for the King and
Dukes seruice, as he proffeses he will very sincerly do ; and also desires
to be beholden to you for to see that toun gett right done them; and
therfor desires you wold call both parties and see iff you can reconcile
differences ; and iff you can not, that you will befriend the toun when
they make their aplication to the counsell, as himself will more fully
inform you of the justice of their demands ; and I am confident they
will serue you more faithfully, and I am sure are more able then the
others. I shall say no more but that I fear this long letter will weary
you, and that I am very sincerly yours ; so, adieu.
My wife remembers her humble seruice to you and both of us to my
sister. I trouble you with no neues knoweing you haue better accounts
then 1 can giue you.
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