B. FOR HIS MAJESTIES SERVICE TO CAPTAIN ROBERT CAMPBELL OF GLENLYON
(_idem_, p. 72).
_1692, Feb. 12._
SIR,--You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the M'Donalds of
Glenco, and to put all to the sword under 70. You are to have a special
care that the old fox and his sones do not escape your hands. You are to
secure all the avenues, that no man escape. This you are to put in
execution at fyve of the clock precisely. And by that time, or very
shortly after it, I will strive to be at yow with a stronger party. If I
do not come to yow at fyve, you are not to tarry for me, but to fall on.
This by the King's special commands, for the good and safety of the
country, that these miscreants be cutt off root and branch. So that this
be put in execution without feed[6] or favour, as you may expect to be
dealt with as one not true to King nor country, nor a man fit to carry
commission in the King's service. Expecting ye will not fail in the
fulfilling hereof, as yow love yourself, I subscryve this with my hand
at Ballacholis,[7] 12 febrry, 1692