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<NAME>Celeste Ng</NAME>
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<P>A
LETTER
Sent from the Marque&s;s of
ARGYLE
TO THE
KING of SCOTS;</P>
<P>Concerning the rai&s;ing of a new Army a|gain&s;t
the Engli&s;h; And his De&s;ires and
Propo&s;als touching the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, his Declaration to the People, and
his Summons to the Gentry in the North; with
the Ri&s;ing of the Highlanders and Red&s;hanks;
their falling upon the Parliaments forces,
and the event and &s;ucce&s;s
thereof.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e, the manner how they fortifie the
Hills and Mountains; and the &s;trange Engines
of War which they have planted.</P>
<P>Imprinted at <HI>London,</HI> for <HI>George Horton,</HI> 1652.</P>
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<HEAD>A
DECLARATION
Of the Marq. of
ARGYLE
Concerning the Parliament of England; and
his Re&s;olution and Summons to the
Gentry: With the Ri&s;ing of
the Highlanders.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe Marque&s;s of Argyle is returned to the
Highlands, being po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed with &s;undry jea|lou&s;ies
and feares touching the pre&s;ent Go|vernment
of the Commonwealth of England; for,
indeed, he hath declared, That he cannot give his
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a&s;&s;ent for the incorporating the Kingdom of Scot|land,
with the Commonwealth of England; but
holds him&s;elf bound in duty, while&s;t he hath any
power) to pre&s;erve the intere&s;t of the Kirk, and to
include a Toleration for the Di&s;cipline of that Na|tion,
as it was concluded, enacted, and agreed upon
by the General A&s;&s;embly of Divines; And upon
that account he was re&s;olved to &s;tand or fall: In
pur&s;uance whereof, he hath &s;ent a Summons to the
Lords and Gentry in tho&s;e parts (a Copy whereof,
I have &s;ent you here inclo&s;ed) for them immediatly
to make their per&s;onal appearance at Candre&s;s, to
con&s;ult and determine upon the weighty and emer|gent
affaires of that Nation; for the defence and pre|&s;ervation
of their Religion, Laws, and Liberties.</P>
<P>And accondingly on the fourth of this in&s;tant A|pril,
divers of the Gentry met at the afore&s;aid place,
where the Marque&s;s pre&s;ented&punc; 19 Propo&s;itions,
touching their fundamental Laws and Government,
the Presbyterian Pro<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;&s;ion, and the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="2 letters">iviledges of
the People; and after mature deliberatio<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> thereup|on
their con&s;ultation produced the&s;e Re&s;ults&punc; That
they found them to be con&s;onant to the Word of
God (yet the Voters Aliens to Religion) and ac|cording
to the &s;olemn League and Covenant, and
therefore thought them&s;elves bound in Con&s;cience,
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and Duty to adhere therunto, and to give their con|de&s;cen&s;ions
for promoting thereof.</P>
<P>Whereupon the Marque&s;s de&s;ired their &s;ub&s;cri|ptions,
and unanimou&s;ly they a&s;&s;ented thereunto;
&s;o that there is a new League and Confederacy a|gain&s;t
the Engli&s;h; by which means, an Highland
War is expected this Summer; in order whereunto,
about 1000 Red&s;hanks are levyed, bei<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">g armed
with Bows and Arrows, Long Skeines, Cro&s;s-bows,
Darts, and other &s;trange Engines of War, (yet no|thing
&s;o &s;ure, but that they are in&s;truments for their
own de&s;truction) and have made a &s;pacious Line
along the River neer Andre&s;s, with &s;everal Half-Moons,
Flankers, and Sconces; but want great Ca|non
exceedingly to plant: however, they are very
active and bu&s;ie in making of Lether-Guns of &s;eve|ral
&s;orts both great and &s;mall; and are rai&s;ing divers
Bulworks and Fortifications at &s;undry Pa&s;&s;es, Ri|vers,
and Foords, and are as bu&s;ie, as &s;o many Rats in
a Barley-mow.</P>
<P>They talk high, and &s;ay they will level us with
the Valleys, by &s;toning us from the Rocks; &amp; think
them&s;elves as &s;afe as &s;o many Thieves in a Mill, be|cau&s;e
of their Mountainous Fortifications, having
upon each Rock, where there is any po&s;&s;ibility to
attempt a pa<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="2 letters">age, placed great heapes of &s;tones and
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flints, to tumble down upon their heads, in ca&s;e they
&s;hould attempt to &s;torm.</P>
<P>The&s;e Highlanders have lately made an attempt
upon the Low-Lands, where they fell upon &s;ome of
our Out-quarters; but the Allarm being given, our
men very opportunely came in, and &s;oon expelled
them; killing twenty two, and took thirty four pri|&s;oners.</P>
<P>We could not embrace the pur&s;uit, by rea&s;on of
the advantagiou&s;ne&s;s of the grounds for the Enemy,
yet notwith&s;tanding upon the &s;ecuring of the pri|&s;oners,
we demanded what their principles were
they fought for; they an&s;wer'd. For God&punc; their dear
Lord Marque&s;s, and their gude King; but &s;eemed
to be very pa&s;&s;ionate; and truly I mu&s;t ingenuou&s;|ly
confe&s;s, they are a &s;tout (but Heatheni&s;h) Gene|ration.</P>
<P>For their Mini&s;ters are as cro&s;&s;e-grain'd as ever,
and throw &s;o many Fire-balls at the Government,
that (if po&s;&s;ible, and permitted) they will &s;et all a|gain
in flames; and great is their &s;pleen again&s;t tho&s;e
of their own Nation, that are &s;atisfied in acting by
Commi&s;&s;ion, under the Authority of England, or
appear any wayes inclinable to an Incorporation
with it.</P>
<P>So much, for their own Ends, are they enemies to
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the good of their domineering Hierarchy. If the
yoke of the Lords, Lairds, and Prie&s;ts be once taken
off, then they will be deprived of that wicked com|pliance,
which was wont to be maintained betwixt
them&s;elves, as cruel Taskma&s;ters, both in Spirituals
and Civils, for in&s;laving of the poor people.</P>
<P>But now (prai&s;ed be God) things work pretty
well; for, the Scales begin to fall off from mens eyes,
to a lothing of former Vanities, in&s;omuch that &s;eve|ral
Kirks about Aberdeen are faln off, and have de|&s;erted
that Presbytery, which gives a &s;trong Allarm
to the re&s;t of the Clergy. Its reported, That the
afore&s;aid Marque&s;&s;e of Argyle hath fent a Letter to
the pretended King Charles Stuart, for a &s;upply of
Arms and Ammunition, wherein he a&s;&s;ures him that
he will be both loyal a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">d faithful to the la&s;t minute,
and that he hath now a new Game to play, &amp;c. In|deed,
we may probably conjecture, That he hath
&s;ome notable De&s;ign in hand, by rea&s;on of his Con|federacy
and Combination with the adver&s;e Party;
a cleer demon&s;tration whereof, is apparently made
evident by the en&s;uing Summons.</P>
<Q>THe&s;e are &s;trictly to charge and require
all Lords and Gentlemen what&s;oe|ver,
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that they forthwith make their appear|ance
at Candre&s;s, there to con&s;ult and de|termine
upon &s;uch things as may tend to
the honour of Religion, the peace and wel|fare
of this Nation, the pre&s;ervation of our
Liberties and Freedoms, and the due ob&s;er|ving
of our ancient Laws and Cu&s;tomes, in
Kirk and State, again&s;t all tho&s;e who &s;hall
endeavor the extirpation thereof.</Q>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Dalkeith
<DATE>April 9. 1652.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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