Memoirs of his own life and times Author:James Turner Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MEMOIRS OF SIR JAMES TURNER; PART SECOND, WHEREIN ARE CONTAINED THE REMARKABLE PASSAGES OF HIS LIFE FROM HIS RELEASMENT OUT OF PRISON AT HULL, IN ... more »OCTOBER 1649, TILL NOVEMBER 1663. SIR JAMES TURNER'S MEMOIRS. When I arrivd at Hamburg out of Hull in November of the year 1649,I found a number of Scotch gentlemen who either had fervd the late King, or intended to ferve the prefent one, attending the orders and motions of the famous Marquefle of Montrofe ; who haveing trufted too much to Vlefeld the Great Steuart of Denmarks promifes of affiftance, found himfelfe difappointed by that faithles minifter of eftate, who afterwarde went faire to betray both his prince and countrey. This obliged the Marques to retire himfelfe to Gottenburg in the Suedish dominions, where he was underhand fupported, bot very inconsiderablie, by the great Queene Christina. If I had beene provided then with moneys, without which I could put myfelfe in no equippage, I had runne the hazard of goeing to Scotland with the reft who accompanied the Marquefle, fhortlie after, in that laft miffortunate and fatall expedition of his. Bot I could be mafter of no money till I came to Holland; and therfor by my letter offerd my fervice to my Lord Marques, which the Lord Napier was pleafd to fend under his couvert, and to which I had a very favorable returne, and invitation from the Marques to come to him, writ with his oune hand. I went by land to Holland, accompanied with Colonell Sibbald, who carried letters from Montrofe both to Scotland and Ireland. From Roterdame I wrote with him to my wife at Edinburgh, to furnifh him with a confiderable peece of money, (for he was not well ftored,) which fhe did ; and he had his heade chopd of not long after at the Crofle of Edinburgh ; fo I lofd both my frien...« less