_Copy Printed Letter from Earl Marshall to Lord John Drummond, dated
Paris, 1st Nov._--MY LORD,--As I am now obliged to attend the Duke
of York to England, with a body of French Troops, I desire that you
will be so good as to see if possible, or send word to the people that
depend on me or have any regard for me in Aberdeenshire, or the Mearns,
that are not with the Prince, that I expect they will immediately rise
in arms, and make the best figure they can in this affair, which cannot
now fail to succeed, and that they will take from you, my Cousin German
directions, as to the manner they are to behave on this occasion.
I am sorry that just now it is not in my power to head them myself; but
as soon as this affair will be over, I intend to go down to my native
country and they may depend of my being always ready to do them what
service will ly in my power.