Marquis Douglas is now a great knave,
as well as beast, as is Glencairn, Morton, and Eglinton.
And even Cassilis is gone astray, misled by Gibby.[88]
Panmure keeps right and at home. So does Strathmore,
Southesk, and Kinnaird. Old Airlie is at Edinburgh under
caution. So is Balcarres and Dunmore. Stormont is declared
fugitive for not appearing. All these will break out, and
many more, when the King lands, or any from him. Most of the
gentry on this side the Forth, and many on the other, will
do so too. But they suffer mightily in the meantime, and
will be forced to submit if there be not relief sent very
soon. The Duke of Gordon, they say, wanted nothing for
holding out but hopes of relief. Earl of Dunfermline stays
constantly with me, and so does Dunkeld, Pitcur, and many
other gentlemen, who really deserve well, for they suffer
great hardships. When the troops land, there must be blank
commissions sent for horse and foot for them, and others
that will join. There must be a Commission of Justiciary, to
judge all but landed men. For there should be examples made
of some who cannot be judged by a council of war. They take
our people, and hang them up, by their new sheriffs, when
they find them straggling.
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