This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ...training. In the manuscript minutes of the General Assembly, the following characteristic entry appears: --i Burnet labours to establish Hamilton in the lofty position, of having at this time sated Montrose, at the request of the King; and also, in that of a much injured man, thus returning good for evil. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ...training. In the manuscript minutes of the General Assembly, the following characteristic entry appears: --i Burnet labours to establish Hamilton in the lofty position, of having at this time sated Montrose, at the request of the King; and also, in that of a much injured man, thus returning good for evil. The Bishop asserts, that as the King could command no tessel, Hamilton's influence with Middleton, and with the Committee of Estates, was essential to procure for Montrose both the conditions of safety, and the means of fulfilling them. The short answer to him is this. 1. That Hamilton was a man maliciously or unjustly injured by Montrose, is an assertion against conclusive evidence. Montrose was but one of many witnesses, in the high Court of Inquiry which compelled the Kiny's unwilling conrietioa; and although long and deeply attached to Hamilton, and haviug no tie whatever to Montrose, Charles sent his favourite to prison upon that evidence, and neecr rercrsed the sentence. 2. There is not a vestige of evidence, other than Burnet's own hearsay gossip, that Montrose was at all beholden to Hamilton, for his escape from Scotland. 3. The letters in our text are contradictory of the assertion. 4. It is not improbable that the King desired Hamilton to use his influence with the Covenanters that the stipulations with Middleton should be observed. But, whatever pretence Hamilton may have made, or there be made for him, of his having successfully done so, the fact remains, that Montrose was not saied in that manner. If Hamilton really was in conjunction at all with the Committee of Estates in that matter, of which there is no evidence, then what must be said is, that Montrose, notwithstanding the guarantee of his Majesty's letters, and Middleton's..
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