The Argyle Papers - ed. by J. Maidment Author:James Maidment General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1834 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: ANECDOTES OF THE MARQUIS OF ARGYLE, AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS, BY THE REVEREND ROBERT WODROW. ANECDOTES OF THE MARQUIS OF ARGYLE. AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS, BY THE REVEREND ROBERT WODROW. AY 9, 1701. -- This day Mr. Alexander Gordon, who was minister of Inverary, and the only living member of the Assembly 1G51, told me, that the Marquise of Argyle was very piouse; he rose at 5, and was still in privat till 8. That besides family worship and privat prayer, morning and evening, he still prayed with his lady, morning and evening, his gentleman and her gentlewoman being present. That he never went abroad, though but one night, but he took his write-book, standisli, and the English New Bible, and Newman's Concordance, with him. That Mr. David Dickson was 2 years with all his family at Inverary, where the Marquise of Argyle keeped him. He preached the forenoon, Mr. Gordon the afternoon, and Mr. P. Simson on Thursday. That the Marquise still wrote the sermon. Nov. 11. -- That after King Charles' Coronation, when he was in Stirling, the Marquise waited long for ane opportunity to deal freely with the King anent his going contrary to the Covenant, and favouring of Malig- nants, and other sins ; and Sabbath night after supper, he went in with him to his closet, and ther used a great deal of freedom with him; and the King was seemingly sensible ; and they came that length as to prayand mourn together till 2 or 3 in the morning, and when at time he came home to his lady, she was surprised, and told him she never knew him so untimeouse; he said he had never such a sweet night in the world, and told ...« less