The great Marquess; life and times of Archibald, 8th earl, and 1st (and only) marquess of Argyll (1607-1661) . ^.{ ^i> O 1 C ?i -^ to(n ARREST OF HAMILTON 155 uixiu wlioni he had just conferred a Dukedom.^ The him time after time that there wur no ground for fearingany duuLjer from Scotland, and had jjledged himself to that«..iunlrys remaining loyal to him.^ The informatiun gave the King of the critical stale of atVairs in Scot-land, and his repeated assertions that it was only hy prompt andvigorous action that a fresh invasion of England hy a Covenant-hij
The great Marquess; life and times of Archibald, 8th earl, and 1st (and only) marquess of Argyll (1607-1661) . ^.{ ^i> O 1 C ?i -^ to(n ARREST OF HAMILTON 155 uixiu wlioni he had just conferred a Dukedom.^ The him time after time that there wur no ground for fearingany duuLjer from Scotland, and had jjledged himself to that«..iunlrys remaining loyal to him.^ The informatiun gave the King of the critical stale of atVairs in Scot-land, and his repeated assertions that it was only hy prompt andvigorous action that a fresh invasion of England hy a Covenant-hij, arruy could be averted, were ignored, and he found himselftreated as a mere hot-headed dreamer. In these circumstances overtures were made to him by theCovenanting party, and no effort was spared in the attempt toentice liim to cast in his lot with them. They offered to payall his debts, which were considerable, and to give him the second})lace in the army which they proposed to raise, as Lieutenant-General to the Earl of Leven. Montrose, it is almost certain, hadno intention of accepting the tempting proposal, bu
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