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( 34 ) St. Andrews, for the ſame Purpoſe, but with no better Succeſs *

Douglas her Letter to him. " Madam, St. Andrews, Dec. 16. 1666. " I was ſurpriſed with the Letter by which your " Ladyſhip has been pleaſed to honour me, and that " the more, that your Ladyſhip's interpoſing in Behalf " of Mr. Hew Mackaile is attended with an Impoſſi- "bility, on my Part, to gratify your Ladyſhips De- " ſire. Neither the Archbiſhop of Glaſgow, nor I, "can meddle with the Execution of the King's Ju- " ſtice; it belongs to thoſe intruſted with it. Before “ that young Man was remitted by the Council to " the Juſtice, I told ſome, related to him, that I " would be ready to interpoſe for Mitigation, he giv- "ing Cauſe; now the Opportunity is loſt, and, tho' “ my Brother were in his Caſe, I am precluded, by " the Council's Order, to meddle. Your Ladyſhip, I " hope, will not look upon me as deſirous of any " Man's Blood, or to diſoblige a Perſon of your e- "minent Quality. I ſhall ſend your Letter to the " Archbiſhop of Glaſgow: And ſhall deſire your La- “ dyſhip to believe, that, by any good Office, which " is fit for me, I will be ready to teſtify the Honour " I bear for your Ladyſhip's Worth, by the Endea- " yours of, Madam, " Your moſt humble and obedient Servant, " ST. ANDREWS."
 * The Archbiſhop's Anſwer to the Lady Marquis of

N. B. It is obſervable, that the Biſhop was in the Town Council Houſe upon the 4th December, and he is dating his Letter at St. Andrews upon the 16th of ſame Month. Very poſſible, his Deſign of leaving E- dinburgh was to prevent Sollicitation, as it was known he had much to ſay with the Council.

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