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R K , B AND A By A M AcEWEN . M L T HO S G T H R E. O H T SME T A U I By IP AN A ON . D V D L VI GST B M T . KS CL CHL . A I I N O N . By BAN A A AN T HE DEMI GRE R S R ER ACA C GO I ES. By AGNE G AING ST E RT WA . O H ST F W RRIST N LL M MOR SO J N ON O A O . By WI IA I N . T h e des ign s a n d orn a men ts O f Mr s volume by . Jo eph a n d th e printin g is from th e p re s s o f M i i i E i r h r is L . o r on G bb m ted , d nbu g W1 M T H E MEMO RY W I LLIAM SY M E M A C KI E N UN Q (J A M M E MI N I SSE PI GE BI T P R E F A C E IT is a matter of surprise to me that the life and work of one who took such an influential part as Warristo n In the public affairs Of so importan t a period in our history have remained so lon g without separate treatment . The present volume is an attempt to fill this gap in our national biography . If I have allowed the historical part of my subject to overbalance the biographical, the reason ’ is that Warristo n s character is almost entirely shown and the interest Of his life almost exclusively found in his public acts . I need not enumerate my sources— they are all well known to students of the period of which I have written . The most recent of these is the Fr agmen t of Me D ia ry ' ' o ir A rc/zzbald ofim fon Lord Wa m sto n M a 21 5! f S j , , y zm e 2 th 1 6 1 8 6 j 5 , 39, printed in 9 by the Scottish History t Society, and edited with In roduction and notes by George F S. A . Morison Paul, M . A . , . Scot This publication has thrown Open an incom parable source of information c regarding the brief but critical period which it overs . I desire to ackn owledge my indebtedness to the Editor for so interesting a historical relic from the pen of War riston , as well as for much valuable biographical material 8 PRE FACE supplied in his Introduction . I may c ar to another sour e, which C lyle in his a nd Spear/m commends to anyone ’ W r M emo als a n d l etters a risto n viz . ri , , Hailes , vol . that I have given all in that volume that is relevant to c my subje t . C O N T E N T S C HA P. PA GE PREFACE I NT RODU CT OR Y FAM I LY ST OC K ’ T H E LET T ING O UT O F WAT ERS : LAUD S SERVI CE BOOK FI RST ST AGE O F T H E ST RUGGLE : SUPPLI CAT I O NS AND PROT EST AT I ON S : T H E T ABLES V T H E N T O L O E T . A I NA C V NAN V I T H E L S O A SSEM L : WAR R IST ON ELECT E . G A G W B Y D CLER K ’ V F RST SH O S WA R : D S LA W II . I BI P UN ’ VII I F RST SHO S WA R CO T U E : T H E P C F C . I BI P , N IN D A I I A T I ON O F B ERW IC K ’ B ET WEEN F I RST AND SECO ND BI SHO PS WA R S ’ T H E SECO ND BI SHO PS WA R ’ T HE KING S V I SI T O F RECO N C I LIAT I O N T O SCOT LAND T H E SOLEMN LEAG U E AND CO VENANT T H E WEST M IN ST ER A SSEMB LY T H E A NGLo -SCOT T I SH A LL IANCE IN T HE FI RST CIVI L WA R T H E ENGAGEMEN T ’ CROMW ELL S I NVASI ON O F SCOT LAND T HE R ESOLU T I ON ERS AND PROT EST ERS : WA R R I S ’ R L T o N s A DH ESI O N T o C O MWEL . ’ ! V I T H E REST OR T O : WA R R I ST O N S DEAT H I I . A I N 9 W o a ll th e o ha s h a T he h m w rld e rd . ’ e a s s s in 16 an d Cov n nter prote t , 37 e a s o f th e a i s f p rh p , Coven nt t el ; canny, an d a s e P s ia z a f o f o f a u t re re byter n e lot ; ull fire, he vy an d : in fac a n a c a ac —O f gloom t, very ot ble h r ter ; ~ our Scotch frie n ds might do well to give u s fa rther elucida JO H N ST O N O F W A R R I ST O N C H A P T E R I I N T R ODUCT OR Y WE L may justly claim for Sir Archibald Johnston , ord Warristo n f , a place in the front rank O those Scottish o f patriots who, by their resistance to the absolutism r L Cha les , saved the liberties of their own nation and largely helped to secure those of the whole kingdom .