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any thing recalled according to his uill ; and if he adventure to
come up, I shal endeavour to hav him sent doun as he came." . . .
Postscript:— " The citations heior the Parliament falling, and
thes forfaultures depending, it is uorthe the whyle to concider hou
to make up the defects uith all speid."
London, 10 February : 1685.
272. " The face of things continous so smooth that it looks
lyke a miracle to imagine that ther should hav hein so great fears
for a thing so litle dreedful in it self. I assur your Grace that
ther is the fairest hopes that euer any King of Ingland had. I
pray God, it be so uith you in Scotland." The King desired to
know Queensberry's opinion of a Scottish Parliament. " It is a
mater of great concer [n] ment, and has tuo edges, for ther is
hazard in delay, as uell as in j)recipitatione." "I hav done Coll.
Douglass justice to Claverhous expenses by shouing his letter to
the King, tho' he has but litle time for any thing." Drummond
wishes for Queensberry's thoughts of a Parliament, of his
(Queensberry's) being Commissioner, " for nou I hop all scruples
are remoued, and I shal not feal to serve you as your Grace
shal apoint. . , . Cans reprint the King's speech in the'
Councell."
London, 14 February : 1684-5.
278. All were preparing to go down to the country either
t.o elect honest men, or to be elected themselves. Some of the
" rogues " would again stand to be elected " ; but I hope they shal
not, for the honest party are mor in heart then I ever sau them.
The King is the darling of the City, and all hear ; especially for
tuo things, the shouing less favor to France, and the sending of
a certaine lady, (who uas in Scotland,) beyond sea, uith out so
much as seing hir." Since the late King dyed, it maks so
wonderfull ane alteration upon the thoughts of the men, that
ther is nothing to be heard but blissings of him, and admirations
of his goodness and prudence, nor are ther any uho uill oune to
hav ever bein against him." Longs to hear good news from
Scotland. "This day I dyned at the Archbishop of Canterbery's
hous, and ther uas the Bishops of St. Asaph and Ely. Ue talked
of the S [c] otish affair at leinth, and concluded that it uer absulately
fitt to persue uith all vigor your resolutions of ordering
Wniversitys, and converting that of Edinburgh to mor wsefull
learning for that place, removing from it all students of
Humanity and Philosophy ; and that it uer uell to hav the
service in all the University s and Bishop's houses to begin to
mould the people to endure it. As for the propositione of the
Chapell Koyall, it seims yet unseasonable " Queensberry's
conduct in other things was admired. A boy had been brought
to them that day, who had gone to Holland with one
Ogilvie, and thereafter was disbanded, and uho, having
come through some of the French garrisons, said he saw
there many of the Scotsmen, uho had been disbanded in
Holland and Flanders, taken on by the Earl of Argyle