"demnity and pardon to all the highlanders "who had been in arms, upon their coming in "and taking the oath of allegiance betwixt "that and the 1st of January thereafter: And " in compliance with the proclamation, the de"ceased Glenco goes about the end of Decem "ber 1691, to Colonel Hill, governor of Fort "William at Inverlochie, and desired the Colonel "to minister to him the oath of allegiance, that "he might have the King's indemnity. But "Colonel Hill in his deposition, marked with "the letter B, doth farther depone, that he "hastened him away all he could, and gave "him a letter to Ardkinlas to receive him as a "lost sheep; and the Colonel produces Ard"kinlas's answer to that letter, dated the 9th "of January, 1691, hearing, that he had endea"voured to receive the great lost sheep Glenco, "and that Glenco had undertaken to bring in "all his friends and followers, as the privy "council should order: and Ardkinlas further

writes, that he was sending to Edinburgh, "that Glenco, though he had mistaken in "coming to Colonel Hill to take the oath of "allegiance, might yet be welcome, and that "thereafter the Colonel should take care that "Glenco's friends and followers may not suffer, "till the King and council's pleasure be known,

66 as the said letter marked on the back with "the letter B. bears. And Glenco's two sons "above named do depone in the same manner, "that their father went about the end of De"cember to Colonel Hill, to take the oath of "allegiance; but finding his mistake, and

getting the Colonel's letter to Ardkinlas, he "hasted to Inverary as soon as he could for the "bad way and weather, and did not so much as go to his own house in his way to Inverary,

though he past within half a mile of it, as "both their depositions at the letter B, bears. "And John Macdonald, the eldest son, depones "farther at the same mark, that his father was "taken in his way by Captain Drummond at “Barkaldin, and detained twenty-four hours.

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ning of January, 1692, with a letter from "Colonel Hill to the effect above mentioned, "and was three days there before Ardkinlas "could get thither, because of bad weather; " and that Glenco said to him, that he had not

come sooner, because he was hindered by the "storm. And Ardkinlas farther depones, that "when he declined to give the oath of alle

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might be admitted to take it, and promised "to bring in all his people within a short time "to to do the like; and if any of them refused, they should be imprisoned or sent to Flanders. "Upon which Ardkinlas says, he did adminis"ter to him the oath of allegiance upon the 6th "of January, 1692, and sent a certificate thereof "to Edinburgh, with Colonel Hill's letter to "Colin Campbel, sheriff clerk of Argyle, who "was then at Edinburgh; and further wrote 66 to the said Colin that he should write back to "him, whether Glenco's taking of the oath was "allowed by the council or not, as Ardkinlas's

deposition at the letter B testifies. And the " said Colin, sheriff clerk, depones, that the "foresaid letters, and the certificate relating to "Glenco, with some other certificates relating ❝ to some other persons all upon one paper, were sent in to him to Edinburgh by Ardkinlas; which paper being produced upon oath "by Sir Gilbert Elliot, clerk of the secret coun"cil, but rolled and scored as to Glenco's part, "and his taking the oath of allegiance, yet the "commissioners found that it was not so delete

or dashed, but that it may be read that Glenco "did take the oath of allegiance at Inverary,

"the 6th day of January, 1692.

And the said "Colin Campbel depones, that it came to his "hand fairly written, and not dashed; and that "with this certificate he had the said letter from "Ardkinlas (with Colonel Hill's above men❝tioned letter to Ardkinlas inclosed) bearing, "how earnest Glenco was to take the oath of "allegiance, and that he had taken it upon the "6th of January, but that Ardkinlas was doubt"ful if that the council would receive it: and "the sheriff clerk did produce before the com"missioners the foresaid letter by colonel Hill "to Ardkinlas, dated at Fort William the 31st "day of December, 1691, and bearing, that "Glenco had been with him, but sliped some "days out of ignorance; yet that it was good "to bring in a lost sheep at any time, and "would be an advantage to render the King's

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government easy. And with the said sheriff "clerk, the Lord Aberuchil, Mr. John Camp"bel, writer to the signet, and Sir Gilbert El"liot, clerk to the council, do all declare, That "Glenco's taking the oath of allegiance, with "Ardkinlas's foresaid certificate, as to his part "of it, did come to Edinburgh, and was seen "by them fairly written, and not scored or "dashed; but that Sir Gilbert and the other "clerk of the council refused to take it in, be

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Campbel, and Mr. John Campbel, went, as

they depone, to the Lord Aberuchil, then a "privy counsellor, and desired him to take the "advice of privy counsellors about it; and ac"cordingly they affirm that Aberuchil said he "had spoke to several privy counsellors, and partly to the Lord Stairs, and that it was their

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opinion that the foresaid certificate could not "be received without a warrant from the King, "and that it would neither be safe to Ardkin

las, nor profitable to Glenco, to give in the "certificate to the clerk of the council; and "this the Lord Aberuchil confirms by his depo"sition, but doth not name therein the lord " Stair. And Colin Campbel, the sheriff clerk, "does farther depone, that with the knowledge "of the Lord Aberuchil, Mr. John Campbel, "and Mr. David Moncrief, clerk to the coun❝cil, he did by himself, or his servant, score or "delete the foresaid certificate, as now it stands "scored, as to Glenco's taking the oath of al

legiance, and that he gave it in so scored or "obliterate to the said Mr. David Moncrief, "clerk of the council, who took it in as it is "now produced. But it doth not appear by "all these depositions, that the matter was