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he wowd giwe him his owne letter to send uith it, but his
Majesty seemed not wilinge to be at the great charge of sending
it by a flyeinge pakit. I tould him it could not overtake your
Grace unles a flyeinge paket near sent : he ansswerd uhat uas the
matter, the thinge beinge done. I intended to uryt a particular
ansswer to bothe your last ; but this beinge to goe in the bye
bage in cace of your Grace's beinge com off ; I uill say
nothinge furder in it till I see your self, uhich I shall
long for, and I pray God send you a good and prosperous
jurnaiy. Pray send me a particular account of your jests, and
uhaer you will lye the night befor your cominge to London, for
then myself and some others resolve to meet you.
Postscript :—I houp and doubts not to keep all things intire till
you come.
[Moray again wrote to Queensberry on the 18th stating that
for a week past he had been "in a sharp feavor" and in bed.
He w'as mending, but not able to w^rite much.]
Whythall, August 22: 1685.
149. Last night Mr. Deans brought me the honor of yours of
the 16th, and tho' I am yit but weake after
my feaver, I am just
goinge to Windsor, whaer I shall make the best uss I can of all
you uryte to me. I uill, God wiling, certinly uaet on you uhaer
you are to be the night befor your cominge to Londone, and
therfor I shall not now giw you the troble of uryting particularly
; only the Kinge sent me word again, by Sir Andrew
Forrester, who I sent to him when I uas sike, that he uould
warand me all showld be kept intire till your cominge. I shall
be verry glade to see Sir Andrew Ramsay, uithe whom I haw ever
had intire frendship, and his sincear service to your Grace confirms
it absolutly. As to uhat relaets to your ow^ne and son's
privat conserns, I refer your Grace to E. Bredalbin's letter, uhich
will be as full as is fitt at a distance or yit can be sayd in that
matter. Nothing shall be left undone that may promove your
interest in publicte or privat matters by your freinds hear, to the
utmost of ther pithe.
My siknes hes faline ill out at this tyme, but I submit to the
will of God, altho' I am verry hopfull ther can be no great
prejudize by it, since Z giwes assurance to do nothinge till 3'ou
com. No questione many storys lies bine whisper 'd to him since
thes officers upcoming, and by the rest who near hear befor, but
I make littill question you will soone make sutch smoke vanishe.
E. Dunbartone taks ill missurs, yit not uors then ever I feard he
would ; but you uill see and understand this better when you
are hear.
Windsor, Thursday morning, [c. 1685.]
150. After you uent from this I spok uithe the King, of the
bussines conserning the Provest of Edinb., wharof you shall haue
account at metinge. The Chancellor and I therafter debaeted,
befor the Kinge, whither ther uas a necessety of nameing the