The manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of ... - Electric Scotland

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fore with him, for the Duke uas ingadged ; if right, then, I uas
content to reserve Duke Hamilton's right, as accorded in the law.
But he uas made beleiv that it uas a mater of 10 or 12,000
pounds sterling, and so could not be brought to q.uite his hold.
He followed me to Court, and spock to the Duke before me, which
occationed the Duke to speak to me, so I told the Duke if it uas
right Duke Hamilton had, I uas content to reserve it. If my Lord
Arrane uas persuaded it uas so mighty a thing, I uas contented
that the Duke Hamilton should get it, paying me 4,000 pounds
sterling, which is the price of 200 pounds sterling per annum at
twenty years purchas. This the Duke found so reasonable, that
he said he had found me aluays most easie, and that I should never
fair the wors for it, but to end this storie befor I go further. Earl
Arrane says he uill not quite hold till he ureat to his father in it.
So if your lordship could persuad Duke Hamilton to be less
pressing in that mater, it uold stop no longer. But, houever, I
am resolved to manage it the best I can, and I think I shal be
able to leav the bon in his foot. But, if he uold pretend to any
other thing amongst his father's feuars that are guilty, and be
assisting to ther convictione, I told him I thought it uold be fairer,
then to enter upon my plea that uas not medling with him, nor incroaching
upon him. Ue continou very good frends, and are as
calm as ever you kneu. Ther that mater stands.
The Duke caried me to the King, uho receaved me most
graciously, and told me severall stories of the plott in Ingland, and
hou he had got a Scots catechism" for them to ask questions by,
that is such questions as ue ask at the Councell of Scotland, and
told me hou they ansuer them, &c.
This morning the Duke called for me, and begun to tell me
many stories relateing to Ingland, and desired to knou at me the
state of the Thesaury in Scotland. I shoued him the state, and
it being the same uith uhat he formerly got, I shoued him the
truejustCharge and Discharge since your lordship's intromissione,
and how much the balance uas. But I uas prepaired for him, for
I kneu hou affairs uer circumstantiate hear, and therfor had
prepared a peaper, of which I shal send a copie by the nixt, by
uhich I shoued uhat summes of mony the King had to ballance
that 2,000 pounds that the Theasury uas superexpended
in, with which he uas most extraordinarely satisfied, and
desired me to lett nobody see that. I told him that uas
uhat I uas most humbly to begg of him. He said some time
this night he uold carie me to the King to shou it him. Your
lordship may be sure I hav shoued our management to the
hight, and ther uas no less then reason for it, for I had learned
by my Lord Morray that the Chanslour had leav to come up,
and that leav uas sent to your lordship.
However, after I had told the Duke uhate had bein done mor
then in former times, I made bold to tell him I uas surprised to
hear that the Chanslour had leav to come up. He told me he
had desired leav to meit the King at Newmarket severall months
ago, but that he had given it very unuillingly, and told him it