A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . sell him again I may have 4 pound ster-ling of winning. ... I thought him so good a bargain that I got the moniefrom Robert Murey to pay him. If he will not goe in a coach, as I doe notquestion, I can get four pound sterlyng more for him when I It is only fair, however, to allow that the cruel pro-ceedings of the Government against the Covenanters maywell have been distasteful to Douglas, as one whose tenantrycomprised the very flower of the westland Whigs, and havedeterre
A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . sell him again I may have 4 pound ster-ling of winning. ... I thought him so good a bargain that I got the moniefrom Robert Murey to pay him. If he will not goe in a coach, as I doe notquestion, I can get four pound sterlyng more for him when I It is only fair, however, to allow that the cruel pro-ceedings of the Government against the Covenanters maywell have been distasteful to Douglas, as one whose tenantrycomprised the very flower of the westland Whigs, and havedeterred him from taking an active part in the royalistcause. After the Revolution he appeared more frequentlyin public affairs, and signed the declaration of the Conven-tion of Estates against James vil. and II. and the invitation Fraser, iv. 279. - Ibid., iv. 282. DEATH OF MARCHIONESS BARBARA 223 to William of Orange in 1689. For this, and subsequentservices on the committee appointed to manage the busi-ness of government, pending the coronation of William andMary, he received material reward in the shape of the. Fig. 50.—Signature of James, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (16S7). estates forfeited by Claverhouse,^ and the office of Here-ditary Constable of Dundee castle and town. The Marchioness of Douglas died in August 1690,apparently in circumstances as sorely straitened as thoseof the husband from whom she had separated, for in 1681she had written to Lawrie, his chamberlain, I intrett yowwill send me as much black morallay tabie as will be apiticott and thrie ells of holland aboutt fortie shillen [Scots,
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