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house belonging to Marquis of Twedale Marquess of Tweedale then Secretary secretary of State state and who had sign’d signed the Order order for apprehending the P. with apremium a premium of 30 000£ 30000l.; yet did not his
Army army, tho tho’ flush’d with Victory victory, commit committ any abuse, as nether neither was done in the
least degree at Ld Lord Stairs Stairs’s house of New-liston Newliston in their way to Edn. Edinburgh, tho’ the Glenco’ Glenco men were of our Number number and could not
have forgot the masacre massacre of their Clan in former days and by whose Orders &c. clan soon after the Revolution and by whose order.
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break in Lockhart)
The nixt next day we marched back
to Edinr. Edinburgh and took up our old Camp camp
at Dudingston & the villages adjacent. during During
the P.’s stay in Edn. Edinburgh
waiting for more recruits a further reinforsement
from the Highlands and the providing of other necessarys
for our March march into
England., Clanronald’s
Clanronalds Regiment regiment was ordered down
to Newhaven, avillage a
village west of from Leith upon the Sea
sea side, to cut of the communication &
prevent any correspondence
correspondenee
betwixt the Governmt’s 2 Governments
two ships of war (viz. vizt.
the Fox, &
and Happy Janet Jenet)
& and the Castle of Edn. Edinburgh,
which last was likewise to be now
blockaded; upon which, the Guns guns
from the Castle annoyed day and night the inhabitants
day and night till the inhabitants by adeputation a
deputation was sent from them to the P. earnestly begg’d
begging he could
would
consider their distress’d Condition
distressed condition; upon which when he was graciously
pleased to take off the blockhade blockade.
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During our stay at Edn.
Edinburgh we were joined by Ld Lord Pitsligo
& and a good body of Horse horse from the Mearns &ca,
mostly Gentlemen fm Mearns
& aberdeensh.& by Ld
as also by Lord Ogilvy & his Regiment regiment
of foot from the
Mearns Mearns &c braes
Braes
of Angus, And and
Glenbucket with the Gordons & and Glenlivet men. Also the D. The Duke of Athole
Athol
also came up to us with a fresh body
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Comments
Lockhart departs slightly from text in three places but keeps
to the meaning
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