Five letters from a gentleman in Scotland to his friend in London being a true account of what remarkable passages have happened since the Prince's landing, the manner of the taking of the Chancellor, and his lady in mans apparel, the burning of the Pope, demolishing of the popish chapels, &c. with the total overthrow of the Roman Catholicks : Edinburgh, Decemb. 3. 1688.
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             Five letters from a gentleman in Scotland to his friend in London being a true account of what remarkable passages have happened since the Prince's landing, the manner of the taking of the Chancellor, and his lady in mans apparel, the burning of the Pope, demolishing of the popish chapels, &c. with the total overthrow of the Roman Catholicks : Edinburgh, Decemb. 3. 1688.
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           FIVE
           LETTERS
           From
           a
           GENTLEMAN
           in
           SCOTLAND
           TO
           His
           Friend
           in
           London
           ;
           Being
           a
           True
           Account
           Of
           what
           Remarkable
           Passages
           have
           happened
           since
           the
           Prince's
           Landing
           ;
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Chancellor
           ,
           and
           his
           Lady
           in
           Mans
           Apparel
           ,
           the
           burning
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           Demolishing
           of
           the
           Popish
           Chapels
           ,
           &c.
           with
           the
           total
           overthrow
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 
                   Decemb.
                   3.
                   1688.
                   
                
              
            
             
               THE
               Students
               of
               the
               University
               here
               ,
               designed
               ,
               some
               time
               ago
               ,
               to
               burn
               the
               Pope's
               Effigies
               ;
               but
               that
               was
               not
               more
               zealously
               desired
               to
               be
               prevented
               by
               some
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               done
               by
               others
               ;
               notwithstanding
               all
               the
               imaginable
               care
               taken
               to
               prevent
               it
               ,
               yet
               it
               was
               done
               about
               Ten
               Days
               ago
               ,
               after
               day-light
               gone
               ,
               at
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               blown
               up
               with
               art
               ,
               that
               seems
               to
               have
               been
               beyond
               their
               invention
               ,
               above
               Four
               Stories
               high
               .
               Two
               days
               thereafter
               they
               went
               to
               the
               Parliament-House
               ,
               at
               mid-day
               ,
               passing
               by
               the
               Guards
               ,
               crying
               ,
               
                 No
                 Pope
                 ,
                 No
                 Papist
              
               ;
               and
               being
               got
               into
               the
               Parliament-House
               ,
               (
               after
               they
               had
               required
               the
               Guards
               to
               be
               present
               at
               the
               Sentence
               )
               and
               having
               got
               upon
               the
               Bench
               ,
               they
               Arraigned
               his
               Holiness
               before
               his
               Judges
               ,
               and
               gave
               the
               Jury
               their
               Commission
               ,
               who
               brought
               him
               in
               Guilty
               ;
               whereupon
               ,
               he
               was
               sentenced
               to
               be
               burnt
               publickly
               at
               the
               Cross
               the
               Twenty
               Fifth
               of
               this
               instant
               ;
               and
               withal
               declared
               and
               protested
               for
               a
               
                 Free
                 Parliament
              
               .
            
             
               On
               Sunday
               last
               ,
               advertisement
               was
               giving
               by
               a
               Papist
               ,
               to
               a
               Gentlewoman
               to
               remove
               her self
               out
               of
               this
               City
               ,
               and
               to
               carry
               out
               her
               Husbands
               papers
               forthwith
               ,
               because
               that
               Night
               there
               should
               be
               here
               a
               hot
               wakening
               ,
               such
               as
               had
               not
               been
               heretofore
               ,
               and
               advised
               her
               to
               give
               the
               same
               advice
               to
               any
               of
               her
               friends
               she
               pleased
               .
            
             
               Your
               friend
               Mr.
               M.
               being
               acquainted
               with
               this
               ,
               he
               revealed
               the
               same
               to
               several
               of
               our
               Magistrates
               ,
               (
               which
               ,
               as
               is
               alledged
               ,
               was
               not
               regarded
               ,
               )
               he
               went
               thereafter
               and
               acquainted
               the
               Guard
               of
               our
               Trained-bands
               therewith
               ;
               whereupon
               ,
               Captain
               
                 Patrick
                 Johnstone
                 ,
              
               (
               Hilton's
               Brother
               )
               caused
               to
               beat
               the
               Drums
               ,
               and
               the
               noise
               having
               gone
               abroad
               ,
               and
               several
               persons
               having
               ordered
               their
               Arms
               ,
               and
               people
               flocking
               together
               to
               consider
               what
               was
               fit
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               the
               Magistrates
               ,
               with
               the
               Council
               ,
               convened
               for
               the
               same
               purpose
               .
               A
               great
               many
               Boys
               met
               also
               ,
               and
               went
               through
               the
               whole
               Town
               ,
               crying
               aloud
               ,
               
                 No
                 Pope
                 .
                 No
              
               
               
                 Papist
                 ,
                 No
                 Popish
                 Chancellor
                 ,
                 No
              
               Melfort
               ,
               
                 No
                 Father
              
               Petres
               .
               But
               the
               Gates
               were
               shut
               ,
               the
               Magistrates
               went
               along
               the
               streets
               for
               the
               keeping
               of
               the
               peace
               ;
               and
               nothing
               more
               was
               done
               that
               night
               ,
               except
               the
               breaking
               of
               three
               or
               four
               Glass-windows
               of
               Papists
               Houses
               ,
               and
               that
               some
               of
               the
               Boys
               got
               up
               to
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               Proclaimed
               a
               Free-Parliament
               ,
               and
               offered
               Two
               Thousand
               Pounds
               for
               
               Melfort's
               Head
               ;
               so
               that
               Night
               past
               over
               ,
               when
               all
               people
               here
               were
               in
               fear
               of
               some
               ill
               designs
               ,
               and
               the
               rather
               ,
               because
               of
               their
               certain
               knowledge
               that
               there
               were
               lying
               in
               the
               Suburbs
               a
               great
               many
               Hundreds
               of
               
                 Highland
                 men
              
               ,
               (
               or
               rather
               Thousands
               )
               and
               that
               all
               that
               day
               the
               Abbey
               Gates
               were
               exactly
               kept
               by
               Souldiers
               ,
               Commanded
               by
               Captain
               Wallace
               ,
               a
               Papist
               ,
               and
               none
               admitted
               to
               enter
               except
               Papists
               or
               Highland-men
               .
            
             
               On
               Monday
               ,
               about
               mid-day
               ,
               the
               Chancellor
               parted
               thence
               ,
               and
               went
               towards
               the
               Highlands
               ,
               by
               advice
               of
               several
               of
               the
               Privy
               Council
               and
               his
               friends
               ,
               and
               took
               a
               good
               Guard
               with
               him
               .
               At
               Night
               the
               Students
               went
               (
               without
               Arms
               )
               to
               the
               Abbey
               ,
               to
               condemn
               the
               Pope
               ,
               and
               to
               Proclaim
               a
               
                 Free
                 Parliament
              
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               to
               burn
               what
               was
               contained
               in
               the
               Chapel
               ,
               but
               without
               asking
               questions
               ,
               were
               repulsed
               by
               a
               shower
               of
               Ball
               whereby
               several
               were
               wounded
               ,
               and
               some
               since
               dead
               of
               their
               wounds
               ,
               which
               coming
               to
               the
               Privy
               Councils
               knowledge
               (
               which
               was
               then
               fitting
               )
               they
               called
               the
               Town
               Council
               ,
               (
               then
               also
               met
               )
               and
               Captain
               Grahame
               ;
               desired
               them
               to
               see
               to
               the
               preservance
               of
               the
               peace
               ,
               and
               sent
               Six
               Heralds
               with
               an
               order
               to
               Captain
               Wallace
               ,
               and
               his
               men
               ,
               to
               lay
               down
               their
               Arms
               ,
               render
               themselves
               Prisoners
               ,
               and
               deliver
               their
               Guards
               to
               the
               Magistrates
               ,
               but
               they
               were
               answer'd
               by
               Ball
               ,
               which
               being
               reported
               to
               the
               Privy
               Council
               ,
               they
               forthwith
               ordered
               Captain
               Grahame
               ,
               and
               his
               Company
               ,
               Trained-bands
               and
               Militia
               ,
               to
               fall
               upon
               them
               ,
               which
               they
               did
               ;
               Wallace
               and
               his
               men
               fled
               ,
               several
               of
               them
               were
               taken
               ,
               and
               some
               wounded
               ,
               as
               were
               some
               of
               Captain
               
               Grahame's
               men
               .
               The
               Rabble
               were
               so
               incensed
               upon
               the
               firing
               ,
               and
               supposition
               that
               it
               was
               Boys
               were
               killed
               ,
               that
               they
               burnt
               all
               that
               was
               contained
               in
               the
               Chapels
               ,
               the
               Jesuits
               Colledge
               ,
               the
               Popish
               Printing-house
               ,
               the
               Abbey
               Church
               ,
               the
               Chancellors
               Lodgings
               ,
               and
               generally
               ,
               all
               that
               was
               contained
               in
               the
               Houses
               of
               Papists
               ,
               in
               the
               Town
               and
               Cannon-gate
               ,
               excepting
               what
               was
               taken
               away
               by
               some
               people
               who
               designed
               plunder
               .
            
             
               They
               had
               fires
               in
               the
               Abbey-Court
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Cross
               ,
               all
               the
               Night
               ,
               and
               spared
               nothing
               they
               got
               in
               Papists
               Houses
               .
               Some
               few
               Houses
               were
               spared
               at
               the
               intercession
               of
               some
               Protestants
               their
               friends
               ,
               and
               after
               true
               enquiry
               ,
               I
               heard
               the
               loss
               is
               called
               greater
               than
               it
               is
               .
               None
               of
               the
               Papists
               themselves
               were
               killed
               or
               wounded
               .
               They
               met
               with
               few
               of
               them
               ;
               those
               they
               got
               they
               carried
               into
               the
               Guard.
               
            
             
               In
               some
               of
               the
               Popish
               Houses
               they
               found
               Arms
               and
               Barrels
               of
               Powder
               ,
               which
               provoked
               to
               a
               more
               narrow
               search
               .
               All
               this
               time
               the
               Castle
               never
               fired
               one
               Gun
               ,
               which
               is
               more
               attributed
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               Gordon
               ,
               than
               to
               any
               other
               inferior
               Officer
               .
               I
               am
               told
               the
               Council
               sent
               and
               discharged
               an
               Execution
               from
               the
               Castle
               .
               Some
               of
               the
               Boys
               are
               dead
               of
               their
               wounds
               .
               Traquair
               (
               a
               Popish
               Lord
               )
               and
               several
               others
               went
               to
               ,
               and
               continue
               in
               the
               Castle
               for
               their
               security
               .
               The
               Council
               ordered
               the
               searching
               for
               Ammunition
               and
               Arms
               in
               some
               Popish
               Houses
               in
               the
               Country
               ,
               and
               this
               day
               committed
               a
               Warrant
               for
               the
               restoring
               of
               what
               was
               plundred
               out
               of
               the
               Papists
               Houses
               .
            
             
               I
               had
               forgot
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               on
               Monday
               last
               the
               Privy
               Council
               disbanded
               Six
               Hundred
               Men
               ,
               taken
               on
               the
               Friday
               before
               ,
               and
               commanded
               all
               the
               Highlanders
               forthwith
               to
               depart
               upon
               pain
               of
               death
               ,
               and
               yesterday
               ordered
               all
               Gentlemen
               to
               depart
               out
               of
               the
               Town
               ,
               excepting
               such
               as
               should
               give
               account
               of
               their
               business
               to
               some
               of
               the
               Privy
               Council
               .
               I
               am
               credibly
               informed
               ,
               that
               this
               day
               in
               the
               Privy
               Council
               ,
               was
               voted
               an
               Address
               to
               be
               made
               to
               his
               Majesty
               for
               a
               
                 Free
                 Parliament
              
               ;
               there
               are
               several
               Noblemen
               and
               Gentlemen
               gone
               from
               hence
               into
               England
               ,
               and
               more
               to
               follow
               ,
               but
               it
               s
               suspected
               they
               are
               going
               to
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 
                   Decemb.
                   20.
                   
                
              
            
             
               WHen
               the
               Chancellor
               went
               away
               privately
               from
               the
               Abbey
               for
               
                 Castle
                 Drummond
              
               ,
               he
               gave
               strict
               command
               to
               Captain
               Wallace
               to
               preserve
               the
               Chapel
               ,
               &c.
               
               The
               Rabble
               having
               gathered
               ,
               and
               procured
               Links
               ,
               without
               any
               Fire-Arms
               ,
               about
               Six
               at
               Night
               went
               to
               the
               Abbey
               ,
               and
               were
               denied
               access
               ;
               whereupon
               ,
               some
               pressing
               forward
               ,
               Wallace
               commanded
               his
               Souldiers
               to
               Fire
               ;
               which
               they
               did
               ,
               and
               killed
               and
               wounded
               about
               Twenty
               ,
               whereof
               one
               half
               died
               shortly
               after
               .
               The
               Rabble
               retired
               to
               the
               City
               with
               a
               great
               noise
               ,
               towards
               the
               Entry
               to
               the
               Court
               of
               the
               Parliament-House
               ,
               where
               some
               of
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Privy-Council
               were
               sitting
               .
               There
               some
               West-Country
               Gentlemen
               encouraged
               them
               to
               prosecute
               a
               Revenge
               ,
               and
               got
               the
               Provost
               of
               the
               City
               to
               go
               to
               the
               House
               of
               Lords
               ;
               and
               told
               them
               ,
               if
               they
               would
               not
               give
               a
               Warrant
               to
               Assault
               Wallace
               ,
               and
               force
               him
               from
               the
               Abbey
               ,
               they
               would
               do
               it
               without
               it
               .
               The
               Lords
               being
               alarm'd
               with
               the
               slaughter
               ,
               and
               a
               report
               that
               several
               Gentlemens
               Sons
               were
               killed
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               their
               own
               ;
               they
               ordered
               a
               Herald
               at
               Arms
               ,
               with
               sound
               of
               Trumpet
               ,
               to
               command
               Wallace
               in
               the
               Kings
               Name
               to
               give
               up
               his
               Guard
               at
               the
               Abbey
               to
               the
               City
               :
               And
               the
               Company
               under
               the
               Cities
               Pay
               marched
               first
               ,
               commanded
               by
               Captain
               Grahame
               ;
               and
               after
               them
               all
               the
               Train'd-bands
               and
               Militia
               ,
               to
               force
               him
               in
               case
               of
               refusal
               ;
               several
               Gentlemen
               accompanying
               Grahame
               ,
               and
               the
               Magistrates
               attending
               ,
               Wallace
               refused
               the
               Herald
               ,
               and
               fired
               upon
               Grahame
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               behind
               ;
               wounded
               some
               Gentlemen
               and
               a
               few
               Souldiers
               :
               But
               Grahame
               Marched
               quickly
               down
               a
               Lane
               on
               the
               South-side
               of
               the
               Porch
               of
               the
               Abbey-Court
               ,
               where
               Wallace
               was
               Posted
               ,
               and
               by
               a
               back
               way
               entered
               the
               Court
               ,
               came
               upon
               
               Wallace's
               Reer
               ,
               and
               the
               Town
               Companies
               Fronting
               him
               ;
               after
               the
               first
               Fire
               he
               and
               all
               his
               Men
               fled
               ;
               only
               a
               few
               of
               them
               were
               taken
               ,
               the
               most
               part
               escaping
               under
               the
               darkness
               of
               the
               Night
               .
               The
               City
               being
               thus
               Master
               of
               the
               Abbey
               the
               Rabble
               immediately
               ,
               without
               opposition
               ,
               went
               first
               to
               the
               Chapel
               ,
               forced
               the
               Doors
               ,
               broke
               all
               to
               pieces
               ,
               and
               carried
               several
               parcels
               in
               Triumph
               up
               to
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               burnt
               them
               there
               .
            
             
               The
               next
               day
               strong
               Guards
               were
               set
               through
               the
               whole
               City
               and
               Suburbs
               ,
               in
               convenient
               places
               ,
               to
               repress
               any
               farther
               Tumult
               ;
               and
               so
               all
               was
               quiet
               ,
               and
               continues
               so
               .
            
             
               This
               Morning
               there
               was
               coming
               into
               Leith
               a
               Boat
               from
               Burnt-Island
               ,
               with
               Eighty
               Men
               a-board
               ,
               being
               a
               part
               of
               Two
               or
               Three
               Hundred
               which
               had
               been
               sent
               for
               by
               the
               Duke
               of
               Gordon
               from
               the
               North
               ,
               to
               inforce
               the
               Castle
               ;
               the
               rest
               were
               to
               follow
               .
               But
               the
               Bailiff
               of
               Leith
               having
               notice
               beforehand
               of
               their
               coming
               ,
               sent
               on
               Board
               and
               discharged
               their
               coming
               into
               the
               Harbor
               ,
               and
               desired
               to
               speak
               with
               their
               Commander
               ;
               who
               came
               ashore
               ,
               and
               owned
               the
               design
               ;
               being
               believed
               to
               be
               all
               Papists
               :
               He
               was
               seized
               ,
               and
               the
               Men
               commanded
               back
               to
               the
               other
               shoar
               ,
               under
               the
               highest
               pains
               .
            
             
               The
               Lords
               of
               the
               Treasury
               have
               called
               in
               all
               Commissions
               given
               to
               Papists
               ,
               for
               Collecting
               His
               Majesty's
               Revenue
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 
                   Decemb.
                   22.
                   
                
              
            
             
               THE
               Chancellor
               ,
               thinking
               as
               Affairs
               stood
               ,
               he
               was
               not
               secure
               at
               home
               ,
               resolved
               for
               France
               ;
               and
               with
               all
               the
               privacy
               imaginable
               ,
               he
               in
               Womans
               and
               his
               Lady
               in
               Mans
               Clothes
               ,
               got
               a-board
               a
               Vessel
               bound
               from
               this
               Firth
               the
               20th
               .
               instant
               ,
               being
               Thursday
               ;
               which
               set
               Sail
               ,
               the
               Wind
               being
               fair
               :
               But
               a
               certain
               person
               on
               Horseback
               ,
               Riding
               by
               Kircaldie
               ,
               where
               the
               Seamen
               use
               to
               walk
               ,
               called
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               told
               them
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               good
               Prize
               in
               that
               Ship
               under
               Sail
               ,
               namely
               ,
               the
               Chancellor
               of
               Scotland
               .
               Whereupon
               ,
               about
               Thirty
               Six
               common
               Seamen
               ,
               Commanded
               by
               one
               Wilson
               ,
               that
               had
               been
               a
               Bucaneer
               
               in
               America
               ,
               which
               had
               Guns
               or
               Muskets
               ,
               mann'd
               a
               light
               Boat
               ;
               and
               with
               out
               any
               Provisions
               ,
               save
               a
               little
               Brandy
               ,
               or
               any
               Order
               from
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               set
               Sail
               immediately
               ,
               and
               came
               up
               with
               the
               Ship
               that
               Night
               ,
               Boarded
               her
               ,
               inquired
               for
               the
               Chancellor
               ,
               whom
               they
               denied
               to
               be
               a-board
               ;
               but
               after
               search
               ,
               found
               him
               and
               his
               Lady
               cloathed
               as
               aforesaid
               ;
               brought
               the
               Ship
               back
               ,
               and
               carried
               the
               Prisoners
               ,
               with
               Mr.
               Nicolson
               ,
               (
               a
               Priest
               ,
               late
               Regent
               in
               the
               College
               of
               Glasgow
               )
               ashore
               to
               Kircaldie
               Talbooth
               (
               or
               Prison
               .
               )
               The
               Chancellor
               wrote
               Letters
               yesterday
               to
               several
               of
               the
               Privy
               Council
               ,
               complaning
               of
               the
               injury
               done
               him
               .
               The
               Council
               have
               ordered
               him
               to
               be
               carried
               by
               the
               Earl
               of
               Marr
               ,
               and
               a
               Company
               of
               the
               Militia
               ,
               to
               Stirling
               Castle
               .
            
             
               The
               Duke
               of
               Gordon
               has
               been
               desired
               by
               the
               Council
               to
               lay
               down
               his
               Charge
               of
               Governour
               of
               the
               Castle
               ;
               but
               he
               still
               declines
               it
               ;
               alledging
               ,
               that
               seeing
               he
               has
               his
               Commission
               immediately
               from
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               accountable
               to
               none
               else
               ,
               he
               cannot
               in
               honour
               lay
               it
               down
               till
               he
               has
               His
               Majesty's
               command
               for
               it
               ;
               and
               says
               ,
               he
               had
               sent
               a
               Gentleman
               expresly
               to
               know
               His
               Majesty's
               pleasure
               upon
               that
               point
               fourteen
               days
               ago
               ,
               and
               expects
               his
               return
               every
               day
               :
               And
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               has
               assured
               the
               Council
               by
               Letters
               ,
               and
               this
               day
               the
               Provost
               and
               Magistrates
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               whom
               he
               sent
               for
               to
               speak
               with
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               upon
               his
               Word
               of
               Honour
               be
               a
               good
               Neighbour
               ,
               and
               not
               do
               them
               or
               the
               City
               any
               prejudice
               .
            
             
               Two
               days
               a-go
               his
               Captain
               put
               an
               Oath
               to
               the
               Souldiers
               ,
               whereby
               they
               bound
               themselves
               to
               be
               faithful
               to
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               their
               Superior
               Officers
               ,
               and
               to
               defend
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ;
               which
               being
               refused
               by
               Twenty
               or
               Thirty
               ,
               whereof
               Five
               were
               Papists
               ,
               they
               were
               turned
               out
               .
            
             
               There
               was
               a
               Pink
               Arrived
               at
               Leith
               on
               Thursday
               ,
               sent
               by
               his
               Majesty
               .
               The
               Searchers
               feized
               Two
               Boxes
               in
               it
               directed
               to
               the
               Chancellor
               ,
               &c.
               and
               being
               brought
               to
               the
               Council
               ,
               there
               were
               found
               in
               them
               several
               Precepts
               upon
               the
               Treasury
               ,
               for
               payment
               of
               certain
               Sums
               to
               Papists
               ,
               and
               some
               Commissions
               ;
               in
               particular
               ,
               a
               Commission
               to
               one
               
                 Peter
                 Winste
              
               ,
               (
               a
               Papist
               )
               to
               be
               Major
               of
               the
               Gates
               of
               the
               Castle
               ,
               and
               have
               power
               of
               all
               the
               Keys
               ,
               without
               being
               accountable
               to
               the
               Lieutenant
               (
               who
               is
               a
               Protestant
               ;
               )
               but
               only
               to
               the
               Duke
               ,
               and
               his
               Deputy
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               Papist
               too
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 
                   Decemb.
                   25.
                   
                
              
            
             
               THis
               day
               the
               Students
               burnt
               the
               Pope
               solemnly
               at
               the
               Cross
               before
               Thousands
               of
               Spectators
               ;
               our
               Privy
               Councellors
               and
               Magistrates
               were
               Spectators
               ,
               and
               no
               inconveniences
               followed
               .
               The
               Students
               were
               divided
               according
               to
               their
               Classes
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               their
               years
               of
               standing
               )
               each
               Class
               with
               its
               Captain
               .
               They
               advanced
               orderly
               with
               Swords
               in
               their
               hands
               and
               Hoitboys
               before
               them
               ;
               the
               College
               Mass
               was
               carried
               before
               them
               by
               the
               under
               Janitor
               in
               his
               Gown
               ,
               and
               bare
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               many
               reports
               here
               of
               the
               Landing
               of
               Irish-men
               ,
               but
               false
               ;
               the
               whole
               Country
               is
               in
               Arms
               ,
               and
               Apprehends
               the
               Papists
               ,
               and
               at
               Drumfreise
               they
               have
               taken
               and
               imprisoned
               the
               Provost
               ,
               with
               some
               other
               Papists
               and
               Priests
               ,
               and
               guard
               their
               Town
               with
               Six
               Companies
               a-Night
               ,
               and
               have
               planted
               Cannon
               (
               taken
               from
               their
               Ships
               )
               at
               the
               Cross
               and
               Ports
               ,
               and
               recovered
               their
               Ammunition
               which
               was
               sent
               to
               Carlavorock
               Castle
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Edinburgh
                 ,
                 
                   Decemb.
                   27.
                   
                
              
            
             
               OUR
               Council
               has
               sent
               an
               Address
               to
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               at
               least
               it
               may
               go
               hence
               on
               Saturday
               next
               .
               At
               Glalgow
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               was
               Proclaimed
               the
               
                 Protestant
                 Protector
              
               .
               The
               whole
               Country
               is
               up
               for
               the
               Prince
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               under
               pretence
               for
               the
               safety
               against
               Papists
               ;
               but
               there
               is
               no
               fear
               of
               them
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               in
               Nithisdale
               and
               Galloway
               ;
               and
               I
               think
               neither
               there
               :
               However
               ,
               there
               were
               some
               long
               Knives
               ,
               or
               Bagonets
               of
               a
               strange
               shape
               ,
               taken
               at
               Kirkubright
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
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           Year
           1689.