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the Prince’s Veshel
Vessel lay, and we
We called for the ships
boat & and being understood to be the persons
for whom the express was sent, we were immediately carryed on
board. Our , and our hearts were now
overjoyed to find our selves so near our long wished for Prince
P-ce. We found alarge a
large tent erected with poles on the ships deck, covered &
and well furnished with variety of wines and spirits. As we enter’d this pavilion we were most chearfully welcomed
welcom’d by the D. Duke of Athole, to whom some of us had been known in the year 1715.
While the Duke was talking with us Clanronald was amissing
a-missing and had, as we understood, been called
into the Prince’s P-ce’s Cabin cabin, nor
did we look for the Honour
honour of seeing the P.
His R.H. at least for that night. ; after
After being 3 hours with the P. Clanronald returned to us,
and in about half an ane hour
after there enter’d entered the tent atall a
tall youth of a most amost agreeable aspect in a plain
aplain black coat with a plain aplain shirt not very clean
and a Cambric cambrick stock fixed with aplain a
plain Silver silver buckle a fair afair
round wig out of the buckle, a plain aplain
hat hatt with a Canvas string around it with
having
haveing
one end
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Omitted in Lockhart : "being understood to be the persons
for whom the express was sent, we"
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