Navil Payn's letter, and some other letters that concern the subject of his letter with short notes on them for the clearer informaton of the members of Parliament, in order to Navil Payn's trial.

Navil Payn's Letter, AND SOME OTHER LETTERS That Concern the Subject of his LETTER, With ſhort Notes on them for the clearer Information of the Members of Parliament.

In order to Navil Payn's Trial.

ADVERTISEMENT.

A fuller Account is intended of what paſt in the Committee and Parliament upon the ſubject of Dangers, by Invaſions from Abroad, or Inſurrections at Home, with ſuch Additions as will give further Light to that Matter, particularly to ſome Paſſages of Payn's Letter that have occaſioned ſo much Noiſe.

THe following Letters are mark'd by the Alphabet for Diſtinctions ſake. The Letter A had encloſed in it the Letters B and C. The Secretary produced in Parliament the Original Letter C, but not the Originals of A and B, having left them at London, but now he has got them. The Letter A with the other two in it were taken at, or going from London to France by the way of Holland; it was directed to Monſieur Vincent Nerieux Marchante in Roterdam, with theſe words under, Mrs. van den Anchore. It is known that this is an ordinary Direction for ſuch ſort of Letters from London to Paris, which ſeem to be the uſual Conveyance for Scots Letters too: As appears by the Duke of Gordon and Doctor Cockburn's Papers now in the Advocat's Hands.

I Have had none from you ſince the 5th, of this Inſtant, You'r Its plain enough that this Letter was written from London. ſtile, ſo that my Payn. Friend grows very impatient, but I have ſent your laſt with that of Melfort's Letter to Payn was delivered by Mr. James Smith Son to Mrs. Smith. David's, and by this time I ſuppoſe he is ſatisfied; for I am informed all mine came ſafe to Him. But I have ſent you his to let you ſee what he ſays in his Fanatick Humour, for I know he is troubled he has no Anſwers, for his Friends here that write to him conſtantly by me, and I am aſſured they take it very ill, and think him or me in fault that ſent them. Therefore I earneſtly beg of you to Solicit David to ſay ſomething for they are good Friends of your The late King. Brothers and not to be Slighted My old Who ſhe is, is no Miſtery. Counteſs alſo writ you her ſelf, but I never heard whether you received it, and every week I have her duty to your Brother and Queen. Sister and Service to you, and always ſays ſhe lives no longer than ſhe hears your good Family is in Health, and I am indeed very much concerned leaſt I hear you are ill ſince your laſt in which you aſſure of the pain in your head which grieves me to the Heart, For I prefer it before my own Therefore Gods Sake let me have the ſatisfaction of hearing from you as often as you can: I have not failed a poſt ſince my Friend went and all double. I have very little news but This Paragraph and the encloſed Letters ſhow the time in which this Letter was written tho' it be not dated. one thing I cannot ommit to tell you, that one Pain a Mad Jacobite, is removed to the Caſtle of Stirling, and that the Lord Seaforth is to by tryed for his life, and many more ſuch as theſe are likely to have their due reward, As to our Parliament Sea-more made a ſpeech, and told them of the Houſe that the French was making great preparation, which muſt be provided againſt both with a Fleet and Money; but this is thought was only to preſſe for raiſing Money, ſo that I think to Comfort you, we have no Becauſe the Fleet only, and not Money alone could hinder a Deſcent in Scotland. fears of that. Dear Aunt I have ſent you That is the Letter C which is from the Nephew Mr. Payn, whoſe Letter is to his Aunt too. one of Nephews, and beg you to do what you can for one in his Circumſtances for I cannot chuſe but love him. I am told that Mrs It appears elſewhere who Mrs. Mowet is, and that it is a man and no mean man. Mowet cannot be long out of the That is in Priſon, ſee the beginning of the Letter C. Doctors hands ſo very ill ſhe is. But more of this from my That is one under the Name of Gray the Writer of the Letter B. and of the Letters D. and E. apparently an Engliſh man. Friend that I hope will be here ere this come to your hands if his health will permit, ſo that if you write, your's will meet him in Town, if it pleaſe God to whom I reſign all my Friends and Affairs: I was to ſee for Anſwer of Mr. Iſke for whom I left the Letter of mony buſineſs to get Anſwer, but could not light of him, but he had your Letter, but I will by the next Poſt, Pardon this long Scroll, and give me leave to continue my humble Thanks and be Honoured with the title of Madam your moſt Grateful, Humble, Servant, That is Mary Brown, as will appear by the Cover to the Letters D. and E.

Mary B.

There is found among Mrs. Smiths Papers, a Letter dated the 4th. February, the Direction of it is torn, but ſo much remains—Son to the—Robert Jameſon in Edinburgh. It is written by the ſame Hand with the Letter A. and Signed M. B, in ſtead of Mary B. It is plain that this M B. is at London, and manages the Correſpondence betwixt Aunt at Paris and Nephew Payn here, with the aſſiſtance of Mrs: Smith. The Letter is thus; the Blanks are Words that cannot be read.

Loving Mother, Feb: 4.

I have this day by a Honeſt faſt Friend ſent you 50 Drames of the beſt Balm of Gilead that I could get, you will certainly have it, do not you Trouble your ſelf for a day I have taken care you ſhould have no Trouble, for God ſake ſay what you can to my Sick Friend for me, for I am ſo oppreſſed that I cannot write to her, but Pray let her ſend me a Note under her hand at the Receipt of her preſent, and then I ſhall have as much more when is ſatisfied, but the Note muſt be made to me for I had Orders, this is deſired, and Pray let her thank Mr. Friend which ſaid little of it to me, but my Aunt aſſured me he did ſo much in it to my Aunts Brother and David that they could Refuſe no longer, for he was very plain with them, and I find is ſo in all their Affairs, which I think is Juſt. I ſaw one that came from my Aunts Brother this Week, but I hear nothing of my poor Brother which Diſtracts me, but they are all well and in good Heart but no more, but to his Buſineſs I hear ſad News of Sick No doubt the late Archbiſhop of Glaſgow, who being then Priſoner in the Caſtle of Edinburgh, had leave from the King to retire to Holland, Friend that the Doctors ſays ſhe muſt change the Air, I wonder you ſay nothing of it ſince Lady L. tells all Pray let me know the _____ let not Mr. L. know I tell you

Pray let me hear from you by which you will Oblige your Grateful Daughter and Obliged Friend for ever whilſt

M. B.

The back of this Letter being Torn, there appears only—Son to the—Robert Jameſon in Edinburgh.

The Secretary was obliged at London to reſtore the Originals of the Letters D. and E. of which he produced the Copies in Parliament, but when he had them they appeared to him to be written by the ſame Hand with the Letter B. (of which he has the Original) And therefore by one under the Name of Gray, for ſo the Letter D is ſigned, it is evident by the Letters themſelves that this Gray is an Engliſh Man, and the Concerter and Manager of the whole Buſineſs, it ſeems he was lurking in the North of England when he wrot the Letters B, D, E. for they are dated the 4th. and 25th. of December, that is on Sundays, which is the day after the Poſt day at Edinburgh, which is Saturday It is evident by the Letter B that he was going into Scotland; and by the Letters D and E that he actually went to Scotland. It is otherwiſe known that an Engliſh Man of ſuch a Character came to Edinburgh about the time here ſpoke of, and that he keeped no mean Company there.

December 4: B

I Had yours this morning with That is, it ſeems one to himſelf. one to Mr. Gray, I am ſtrangly Amazed I have none from your It is plain the Letter has been written to Mary Brown Aunt, I cannot find the meaning on't and never man had more need of Comfort than my ſelf at this time, I have Letters from your That is, Mrs. Smith Mary Brown's loving Mother. Mother and Macgill my Lord Melforts Page confeſſes that he brought Letters from his Maſter to a Noblemen under the Name of Balfour, Mrs. Ford ownes that ſhe received the Letters from him, and delivered them to Mrs. Smith who abſconds. It ſeems too otherwiſe clear enough who Balfour is, and that he and Mrs. Mowet are one. Balfour which would ſtrike That is the News mentioned in the Letter A and the putting in of the new Agents mentioned in the Letter C. to wit, the Advocate and Juſtice Clerk, which was done in the end of Mr. Johnſtouns Month, a Week or two before the date of this Letter. Terrour into any man, but I'm reſolv'd what will Befate, To enter into that Curſed That is Scotland which ſhews he was then in the North of England. Countrey and put my luck to the laſt Tryal. I do not know what can be the meaning of thoſe I wiſh ſo well to teaze me at ſuch a diſtance, it ſhall not break the Reſpect I have for thoſe, I'm obliged to. Your Friends favouring me at this diſtance, and ſo little Merit of mine, all Obligations being on that ſide, makes me the unhappieſt man in the World, I only wiſh it were in my power, my Life ſhould not be too dear a Sacrifice. You may aſſure your ſelf I am ever your ſervant, and you tell me you have not ſeen my Wife nor heard from her Brother, 'tis no matter I care not how few you ſee of my Acquaintance, and pray tell all I am ſtill in That is in London. Town. Be ſure you write to your and my That is their commen Aunt at Paris. Complaint that ſhe may be ſenſible how I reſent not hearing from her, and that I do not altogether deſerve ill uſage after the Charges I have undergone and the Hazards I have riſqu'd for their ſakes, once more I am for ever yours.

C. December 3. 1692

I Am forced in ill for want of better Paper Payn Writs to the ſame Aunt. deareſt Aunt to let you know that I am obliged to Change That is change his open priſon of Blackneſs for cloſe Priſon in Stirling Caſtle. The King had ordered this on the 14 of November. The Councils Order is on the 29. and was given out on the 1ſt of December, two dayes before the date of this Letter, he was actually ſent to Stirling on the 6th. my bad Lodging for worſe, being relapſed into my old He had been cloſs Priſoner before in Edinb. Caſtle. Diſtemper again, my Phiſicians being reſolved not to let any Breathing viſit me till it pleaſe God to reſtore me to my perfect Health, they alledging that my keeping too much Company doth great Miſchief. All my Conſolation in this miſerable condition is that Mrs. This Name is in ſeveral other Letters. Friend is juſt come into the Neighbourhoood, and tho I fear I ſhall not be ſo happy to ſee her, yet my Deareſt Cozen I doubt not will do it ſpeedily; For ſo it is contrived to be by my dear and diligent Friends Negotiation, who is the very Life and Vigour of all your The late King. Brother's Affairs here and the prop of his Family Runing, going and ſpending her ſelf to the laſt penny in his Service. And but for hers in the firſt place, and Mrs Mowats in the ſecond, your poor He himſelf, for he writs to his Aunt. Nephew might have periſht long ere this for mere Its known they neglected to ſend him money. want, to no great Credit no more than Advantage of your Brother, for tho he may have many more able, he has not a faithfuller Servant in the World. Oh His Fanatick Humour in Letter A. God how can he be ſo deſpiſed amongſt his Relations when their Enemies conſider him ſo much, and all their honeſt Acquaintance that knew him have ſome eſteem at leaſt for him. This is all I will and leſs I cannot ſay for all the ſtrange Regardleſs uſage he has met withall from Its known that in the late Reign Melfort was his Enemy David, and let it ſtand as it doth ſince Mrs. Mowat This word is thus ſpell'd in other Papers of Payns Hand-writing lately ſeiſed in his Chamber Wrights me word ſhe and Mrs. Mowet and Melfort begin to be reconciled, and ſo Payn hopes to be reconciled with Melfort too. Its plain Mowet is a man, and a man of Note. him begin to underſtand one another better, and are like to be perfect Friends, which for your Brother's ſake I hope will continue real on that ſide, as I am ſure it is on this. She and Mowet and Little-John here are Balfour, and Little-John in Letters D. E. and their reconciliation there as here is the foundation of all. Its known who among the diſaffected party were reconciled this laſt Winter. Litlejohn has had a meeting too, where all things have been ſo explained between them that I hope will produce a laſting Concurrence in diligence for your Brothers Service, to which ſole end all my Endeavours therein have tended, and now I aſſure you See in Letter E. I thank God &c. all things here are in perfect order for bringing on the That is the Invaſion, ſee trade Letter E. Tryal, as ſpeedily as your Brother pleaſes, and the ſooner the better I am ſure, for his The King. The Commiſſions for the new Advocate and Juſtice Clerk were Signed on the 28 of November, that is 6 dayes before the date of this Letter. Adverſary is very diligent in ſearching out new Agents, that are like to be more able and faithful to him than thoſe he has hitherto imployed, and I aſſure you ſucceeds extreamly in his deſign, and has in a manner united all the Presbyterians. Its known that by the Changes made in the Spring before they were ſomewhat cooled in their zeal which this new change revived again. Mechanicks, by this means to be intirely his, ſo the cauſe may grow worſe, but cannot mend by delay of the Tryal. And as It ſeems he is anſwering Letters. for Compoſitions and Bargains with particulars, it is of little or no importance, ſince mens ſeveral Intereſts and deſigns are ſo different, that they are impoſſible to be Reconciled before the Reſtauration. cauſe be ended and he walk the Exchange again. In the mean time care muſt be had that his The known Cant for a Declaration. Letters of Attorney be fairly and fully drawn, as my thinks is caſie to be done, and I would have ſent a Draught as I told you in my laſt, but that I cannot with all my Diligence procure a Copy of the laſt to make a true Judgement why it is ſo univerſally cryed out upon by thoſe of the Creditors have ſeen it. But now I muſt to T • cloſs Priſon, and ſo have no more an opportunity to Tamper. Bed and mind no more Buſineſs perhaps while I live, but yet cannot Die an Honeſt man if I do not with all the Earneſtneſs of my The Word ſole for Soul is written ſo too in the Papers that were ſeiſed in his Chamber. Sole recommend to your The late King, Queen and Melfort. Brother, The late King, Queen and Melfort. Sister, The late King, Queen and Melfort. and David, the diligent No do Mrs. Smith who has all along taken care of him, and is an active ſtirring Woman. Gentlewoman I mentioned before, as the moſt uſeful perſon beyond all Compariſon of any body they have here. The four perſons mentioned may well be ſuppoſed to be two Noblemen with the late Archbiſhop of Glaſgow, & a Lord the known Friend and Correſpondent of the Nurſe, that is of the Counteſs of Errol, now Governeſs to the pretended Prince of Wales at Paris. This Mrs. Mowat Litlejohn the Sick Miniſter, and Nurſes Friend, nay all our Relations here; not only continually allow, but by dayly Proofs will teſtify. This makes me Beg that ſince there is the That is, Sir J • mes Rochied Town Clerk of Edinburgh▪ who dyed about a week before the date of this Letter. Clerk of the Town ſhe Mrs. Smith lives in Edinburgh. lives in newly Dead, the place may be procured for her Mr. Patrick Smith Advocate who abſconded. Husband or Mr James Smith her Son. Son It appears not to whom the late K. James was to write, but the Magiſtracy only can put in the Clerk. The ſtanding Magiſtracy was then under Proceſs, and in a few dayes after thrown out: The Letter then was to come to thoſe who could influence the new intended Magiſtracy. a Line from your Brother doth it, and I am very ſure it is impoſſible for him to imploy his Pen more The Town Clerks place is one of the moſt Beneficial places in the Kingdom, and is during Life. deſervedly the Motion I aſſure you comes not in the leaſt from her, ſhe being the moſt Diſintereſt Creature breathing, but was of her own accord propoſed by Mrs. Mowat, who alſo ſaid ſhe would Wright to ſecure the Favour for fear of ſome bodies It is evident the late Kings Friends here were in Factions amongſt themſelves about the diſpoſing of the Clerks place, and that Payn finding his Party not ſtrong enough to carry it for his Friend, would have Aſſiſtance from France; and would 〈◊〉 it Ai • ly, leaſt ſome other pretenders ſhould worſt him there alſo. interpoſing between your Brother & David to prevent ſo juſt a Requeſt in her behalf as this is For Gods ſake propoſe it earneſtly in Mrs. Mowets and my name, to your Brother and David, and Intereſt too therein your That is the late Queen, ſee incomparable L • dy in Letter E. Excellent Siſter, and if ever I was ſo happy to do or endeauour any thing was Its known that in the late Reign the Queen reckoned herſelf obliged to Payn, and protected him acceptable to her, may her Memory thereof plead for me in this Requeſt. Dear Aunt lay all nice or Timerous reſerves by, and preſs it home as an Honeſt matter, and the moſt earneſt deſire of your Dutiful Nephew. Adiew my ſervice to L. David and L. Nurſe, joyn her in the matter I beſeech you for her Friends ſake and mine Melfort and the Counteſs of Errol.

I • 's plain that the Letter C, is written by Mr. Payn by the Declarations of thoſe that know his hand writing of which ſome have ſeen him writ, and by comparing it with other Letters and Papers written and ſigned by his own hand, nor does he deny it in private to his Friends.

To ſhow that Payn is capable of the Foly of writing ſuch a Letter it can be proved by the Perſons Oath to whom he ſpoke and who told it at the time, that on the 5th. of December, which was two days after the date of his Letter he ſaid to one whoſe Office as well as his Alledgiance obliged him to a Diſcovery that an Invaſion was deſigned. That the late King James had his Officers ready both in England and Scotland, and that the Invaſion would be certainly ſome time in the Spring, and poſſibly ſooner than was apprehended.

To ſhow too that Payn was in uſe to borrow ſuch Names as Aunt Mowet, Couſen or Brother &c. There follows the beginning of a Letter of his written by his own hand and in all appearance to Madam Smith for the Letter was found amongſt her Papers, its dated the 26th. of Febrwary Laſt.

Dear Madam.

I Had nothing to add, ſo only writ one Letter per Carrier laſt Week, and in the encloſed to my Neice you will perceive my thoughts of Mrs. Mowets Father ſhould they not be your or hers, however ſend them forward for they are eaſilier amended by her Letters to my Aunt then the ommiſſion would be to my The late King. Couſen whom it impors to know matter of Fact truely in ſo conſiderable a ſuit as his is. And for my own part I hardly believe that generous L. L. makes ſo right a gueſſe, at the deſigns of that man as his Daughter doth; I wiſh I may be deceived, &c. what is more is private buſineſs.

The Letters D. & E. that follow were taken and came to the Secretaries hand in the ſame manner with the former Letters A. B. C. They were under a Cover dated the 30th of December and writen at London directed to Monſiur Vincent Nerieux as the other Cover, but under to Mr. Robert's. The Covert is ſigned Mary Brown and writen by the ſame Hand with the former Cover; There is nothing more material in the Cover, I have not heard from you, ſays ſhe, theſe two Mails but this came to my hand to night &c.—to night the 30th of December that is on a Fryday the day on which the Poſt Arrives from Scotland and goes for Holland.

The encloſed Letter D. is directed for Mrs. Little, and dated the 25th of December the day after the Poſt day at Edinburgh as has been obſerved, and writen by the ſame Hand with that of Letter B.

D. December 25th.

I Had a It ſeems Mrs. Little is my Lady Melfort, and that ſhe writ the whole Letter, to which this is an Anſwer, but that David her Husband dictated the half of it. Letter half from you and half from David as I take it tho written with your own hand. I ſent Dowglas ſeems to be Payn, ſee the beginning of the Letter A. Dowglas his from David and am much obliged for my own. I have perfectly cured the diſeaſe between Balfour and little John, and ſhall work on till I find the bottom of my The late King, the ſame with Brother in Payn's Letter, to Aunt, and with Couſin in his other Letter to Madam Smith. Couzins Affairs. I fancy I ſhall meet with things as I would wiſh, but I wonder I hear not ofter from you, Mr. A Earl well known. Courtney writ to Mr. Tate. ſo did my patient and her ſon. I'm Surprized there ſhould be no Return, 'twill diſcourage the like practice and I can aſſure you Courtney is troubled at it and with Reaſon, for he is both conſiderable and has He has been ſometime in Priſon. ſuffered much, ſo pray conſider this for the example is of importance, as for myſelf I am overwhelmed with grief for the loſs of poor Mrs Probably an Earl who died much about the time of this Letter. Gypps to whoſe family I owe ſo much. I have writ ſeveral to David and one to Mr. Tate ſince I came here. I The reaſon of the Complaints here and elſewhere that Anſwers came not, ſeems to be Megill, Melforts Page his ſlowneſs, who was long on his way from Paris, with a • r • at numbers of Letters. Beg where I make any demand in mine I may have either a Condeſcending or a refuſeing anſwer pray let me know how my undertakings are reliſht, and how I ſtand with my Couzen, my ſervice to Balby I am yours Gray.

I wiſh you a Merry Chriſtmaſs.

The Letter E. encloſed in the Letter D. was directed for Mr. Ford, and of the ſame date and Hand writing. The Secretary declared that he had ſeen Letters ſigned David Foord Writen by my Lord Melforts own hand.

E, December. 25th.

I Had yours for James Balfouer and Gray the writer as hath been ſaid, ſeems to be in the North of England, and and therefore upon the recept of Melforts Letter for Balfour was oblidged to ſend an expreſſe to Balfour who lives in Scotland. ſent it expreſs to him when the return is made you ſhall have it with all imaginable care I have I thank God perfectly Cemented the difference between Balfour Pain Mowet and litle John. and little John having both their engagements ſolemnly made mutually and with a joint Payn laſting Concurrence. Concurance to Pain your Brothers ſervice. ſerve my Couſen, to the laſt laſt drop of their Blood. Penny of their Stock, and their Opinions and Demands under their hands which I thought the ſureſt way of dealing: I Pain, all things 〈◊〉 are in perfect & order. thank God your Eſtate in theſe parts is in very good condition and the Of men of intereſt or Courage, Generality of all that have ſtock or dare any way venture are reſolv'd to joyn you ſo that An invaſion, Pain trial. Trade is in a fair way of ſucceeding here. I have now at this time a Meſſinger with James Balfour, after whoſe return I ſhall make little ſtay in theſe parts, you ſhall know by me what you may rely on where the The Cant is trade mony and paymaſters is men and Officers, Money ſhall be raiſed, and who the chief Paymasters, which is all I can do.

I wonder you do not make Returns to Courtney my patient and Her Son, ſince they are conſiderable enough to deſerve it, for Gods ſake give no cauſe of diſguſt, but let the Labourers be encouraged, ſince a bare acknowledgment of their Service will do it.

A Correſpondence betwixt London and the North. Correſpondence is deſired from hence with Briſtole, and 'tis left to my management to ſettle, 'tis of too great importance for me to take upon me. Therefore I humbly deſire your advice and my Coſens orders whom I ſhall truſt with it at that place and to whoſe hands it ſhall be committed.

I was Its plain he had been in Scotland. received by James Balfouer and little John with all the demonſtrations of Friendſhip poſſible placing an intire truſt in me as to the managements of my Coſens Affairs, and by all their adherents, thy expreſs a very great ſenſe of your paſt ſervices, and ability to ſerve my Cuſen in the future, But you This as well as his ſtile ſhows he is no Scotch men know the humours of that country people better then I.

Let me hear from you if you pleaſe how I ſhall proceed at my return to Briſtol, I dare not appear here for their Creditors; for thoſe that arreſted my Father ly ſtill in wait for me. My humble duty to my Coſen and his incomparable Lady, and let them know I ſhall never fail to ſerve them with my life and Fortune. Sir, I am very much your ſervant, and ſenſible of the favours you have done me.

Adiew.

The Secretary Declared in Parliament that he was obliged at London to reſtore the Originals of the Letters D. and E. but that he was ready to atteſt upon Oath that the Copies produced were true Copies of the Letters ſhowen to him as Originals, and which he indeed believed to be Originals. And for a confirmation of the Truth both of the Originals and Copies of the Letters D. E he offered to have the following matter of Fact verifyed upon Oath by the perſons concerned who had indeed been Examined by the Committy.

The matter of Fact is this, upon Information given at Edinburgh in December laſt that on Captain Maire who has lived for the moſt part in England was going thither upon ſome unaccountable Deſigne, four Officers were privatly ordered to catch him and ſearch him for Letters which they accordingly did, on the 26th of December ſeiſing on him not far from the Borders: They found on him only one Letter which they read, and finding nothing in it but as they imagined about Trade, they neither keeped him nor it. But its plain that this was the Anſwer which Gray's expreſs was to bring from Balfour, and conſequently the Anſwer to my Lord Melfort's Letter which Gray had received and ſent to Balfour, and which Anſwer Gray ſayes ſhould be ſent to Melfort with all imagineable care: For the Letter which the Officers read was ſigned Balfour, and directed to Gray, as they owned at their Return to Edinburgh before they or any other could know the import of their Error, and which they now owned again to the Committee. The Time too quadrats, Gray ſays on the 25th of December that he had ſent an Expreſs to Balfour, which poſſibly he had ſent the day before or ſooner, or only the ſame day; but at which time ſoever he ſent the Expreſs its no Matter, he ſayes expreſly in his Letter of the 25th. I have now at this time a Meſſenger with James Balfour; ſo the Anſwer might well be found with a Bearer on the 26th. which is confirmed too by the Character of Maire, who has now fled for it.

To all this it is added that it can be made appear by other proofs than thoſe here mentioned that there was a Deſigne in the North this Winter. That one was ſent from the Late King to mannage and carry on that Deſign. That his Instructions were conſulted and concerted by thoſe about the Late King and the French Miniſtry: That my Lord Melfoort was the Original Procurer of theſe Inſtructions. That the nature of the Deſign and the Character of the perſon employed were of a Peece that is equally bad, that the perſon employed did actually come to the North. That he is an Engliſh man, That he returned to London in the Spring, and in all probability will be found where 〈◊〉 the Reconciler Gray is to be found.

ADDITIONS for Clearing ſome Particulars in the Preceeding LETTERS.

AN Original Letter from Mr. Payne to Mrs Smith Directed thus. May 19. 1692. For the ever, by me Honoured, Dear Mrs. Elizabeth Smith. And Sealed with his own Seal, and carrying a Token of Payns own Hair incloſed.

F Dear Madam, 19 May. 1692.

I Write this my laſt Letter perhaps with a Paper with my own flying Seal to it, keep them together as a Memorandum from

Your Humble Servant Hen: Payne. Dear Madam, 29 May. 1692.

AFflict not your ſelf for me, I am in the Providence of GOD be where I will: Keep the laſt and this Note of mine tho I dye before I ſee you, for I muſt confeſs I never knew ſo Faſt and True a Friend as your ſelf to my Maſter and to me for his ſake: And ſhould L. L. Mrs. Mowet, and all the reſt of our Friends forget it, which I am almoſt perſwaded they can never do; yet my dear Maſter and Mrs. will upon ſight of you by my Aunt, who will be eaſily found out, and this Note, eſteem and reward you and yours for your Charity; I know they will in ſpight of Envy: And ſhould my Nephew forget all the Charity and Good you have ſhewed to me, and not take more pains for you than himſelf, I ſhall wiſh all Friendſhip from GOD and Man may fail him in his greateſt diſtreſs. My Service to Bailie Chancelour. I am ſure on extream occaſions he will ſupply me with ſome Guinies, for he ſaid in a Note of his, he had told Doctor McGie ſo My Love, Duty and Service too to you, your Good-ſiſter, Brother, my Little Wife, James, Archibald, Mrs. Ann and Mrs. Lilias; as alſo, to your Goodman unknown, or any other I have forgot, is all I have time to ſay, perhaps, in theſe my laſt Lines: Tho I do not diſpair neither to prove my ſelf as true a Friend as ever was born before I dye, being obliged to be ſo, if living; and if dead, GOD witneſs againſt their Falſhood that pretend to be my Friends now that are not, ſo when I am no more Henry Payne to you and yours. My Service to Lady Lockhart whom I ſo eſteem that it troubles me have not Anſwered her laſt Letter, with a thouſand Thanks for the Favours of it, Beg her to believe one of my greateſt Afflictions is to loſe the opportunity of her Favours, but my Prayers and good Wiſhes ſhall forever attend her and hers. Oh GOD! Thoughts oppreſs me, and I could with a great dale of Joy and Goodwill remember many more, but have not time; yet the honeſt Captain Mair, Patton, Mrs. Hamiltoun and Family; Mathew of the ſame Name muſt not be but Saluted as great Obligers of me: As to C. Mairs, tell him I hope he will revenge my Quarrel upon ſome of the Blades, and be as great a Man by that and other his Virtues, as he deſires and truely merits. Tell Lord Balcaskie I wonder he forgot where he had placed ſo many Obligations, but I wiſh both him and his well. To Mr. Robert Blackwood my Service, and a thouſand Thanks tho that is not the payment he ſhall have if I live, but he as all others muſt truſt me at this time. The Alarm comes ſtronger and ſtronger; ſo good Madam forgive my haſt, and preſent my faithful Service to the Governours Lady and Daughter, thanking them for all Charities, I beg they would take in to their cuſtody all my things that are not their's, or other peoples, and to keep the Table, Stands, Gla • s and Cabbinet, as a Memorandum of Gratitude for all their Charities; more I need not ſay their: Spare no Money or Charges to let me hear from you as often as may be, for that will be my only Comfort. My Service to Madam Mowet and to the Excellent L. L. tell them I am no more troubled at this than another would be at loſing a Bodle, except it be becauſe I cannot frequently know how they and other Friends do. To all the Suſterers for me I beg my Service and true Friendſhip may be preſented: For had they not been my Friends they had never been ſuſpected for the Trick has been put upon me; and being ſo, no Miſ-hap ſhall ever make me be Ungrateful for the Kindneſs deſign'd to theirs and

Your Humble Servant

Follows the Beginning of another Original Letter from Mr. Payne to Mrs Smith, dated the 29th of December 1692.

G. Dear Madam,

I Wiſh with all my heart there were proper words in the World, or that I had them at leaſt to expreſs the Gratitude I owe to your Ladiſhip for the boundleſs Friendſhip you ſo conſtantly expreſs to me a poor miſerable Stranger ſo perſecuted that if God had not raiſed me ſuch a Charitable Friend as your ſelf, muſt have Languiſht in this unpreſedented Reſtraint without knowing how to cry for Help, and have been heard except by that God Himſelf who has Inſpired you with ſo much Charity as thus to be concerned for me. May it be His Bleſſed Will that I may live to ſhew, I would be ſufficiently Grateful if I cold: And in the mean time accept my worthleſs tho hearty thanks for all their Favours, and moſt particularly for giving Mr. James Smith theſe to frequent Trobles he can inform you fully of my preſent Condition. And by him I have ſent an order for paying the next or any other Money may be ſent for me to your Ladiſhip having alſo received by him from you Twenty Dollers.

Follows another Original Letter of Mr. Paynes, wherein three ſeveral times the word Write is Spelled Wright.

H. Honoured Madam,

I Have had two Biles broke out upon me on each wreſt one; and either they occaſioned a Feaver, or a Feaver occaſioned them; ſo that it was impoſſible for me to put Pen to Paper the laſt Week: But now I thank God I am much better, tho' it is very painful to me to Wright: I had your Good Cheece, and all you ſent per Carrier ſafe: And muſt deſire you to ſend me 5 Pounds in by him this time: I wiſh too you would be ſo kind to ſee the Governour from me; and thank him for all his Favours which indeed are many: He promiſed to ſpeak to Mr. Johnstone from me; and as he finds him, I ſhall Wright, or not Wright to him. For I have all my Life time avoided making Court to no purpoſe: Therefore beg you would by any Means get the Secretary inquired into, how he is Inſtructed concerning me: As alſo take Advice whether I ſhould apply to Parliament or no. I proteſt I can hardly hold my Pen to Thank you for all Favours; and to preſent my Service to all Friends, therefore pardon me that I abruptly am forced to ſay,

Dear Madam, Adieu. Letter from the Lady Largo 4 May. 1693

Payn's Letters is like to bring Trouble to ſeverals, the Poor Woman that took care of him is like to ſuffer ſeverely ſhe is forced to flee, I fear Coats Trouble will be unavoidable tho it's brav'd out as yet—

Another of hers 9th May 1693

Now to come to your own private Concerns, I believe your man Coats will be Impriſoned for his Bills, there's uncuſtomed Goods taken that will break him, and he cannot go out of the way ſince all the Partners would ſuffer; So he muſt appear every day on the Change, but God knows the diſquiet he ſuffers for tho they do not yet know the Goods to be his, yet being in their Hands it's certain they will know: And be the worſe, he will not write to his Factor, for all Letters are opned, and that may hazard the breaking of his Credit: But he begged that I might tell Mr. Best his Condition that ſo he might informe and Adviſe—

Letter from London taken upon the Lady Largo's Women dated 9th May 1693—

I Am informed the Duke of Gordon is an Enemy to David and ſpeaks meanly of our Relation which I am unwilling to believe—

The differences betwixt the Duke of Gordon and my Lord Melfort and how ill ſatisfyed he is with the Uſage he met with from the Late King is well known.

Payne in his Treatiſe in Anſwer to Kings Book written with his own Hand and Selfed in his Chamber, ſpeaking of Sir Philem-O—Neal ſayes a blacker and more Helliſh Sole never Animated a Human Body—