Scotland and the Commonwealth Author:Charles Harding Firth 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: was to come in, under paine of rebellion and to be proceeded against as enimies. The Marq. of Argile is then expected with 4000 foot, which its thought he will h... more »ardly get togeather, having not above 300. The Marq. Huntly threatens to plunder and fire Aberdeene, which they are afraid that he will doe unlesse wee send some forces to secure them. In regard none of the Scotch forces that were defeated about Worcester are come into these partes, they will not beleeve that their army is routed, for they are confident their King hath a great army. They say that when Hamilton was routed in Lancashire, they had notice by severall parties that got away. Nay, wee heare that on Friday last, at Glascoe and Dunbarton, they made bonfires and shot of guns, for some good successe of their forces in England.1 Two companies of Col. Sylers regiment and the 2 Scarborow companies were sent to Abrobrothwick, a port towne 12 miles from Dundee, where they are fortifieing there an auncient Abbey, which will make a considerable strength when fortified. Col. Overton went thither to give orders for making of workes there. Capt. Kirkby, of Col. Grosvenour's regiment, who hath a troope of horse, is appointed Governour. 21 find the officers of the garrison, and others whoe were present at the taking it, much troubled that there should be 1 A similar account is given in Mercurius Scoticus for Sept. 1J, 1653 :— Wednesday [Sept. 17]. From Boghall, thus: ' In my last I gave an Accompt of the stop of the new Levies in the West. Since that, the L. Johnston hath wrote two Letters to them, affirming that the squandering of the Scottish Army in England was false ; for their King was Crowned in London, and had given a Defeat to our Army. There hath been great rejoycing, with shooting of their Cannon, and maki...« less