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 the way by an old lying prophet; how moving and stumbling the manner of his death was  all Israel! And earnestly requested us to take heed to what ministers we heard, and  advice we followed. When he prayed, blessed the Lord that he was free of both  and rope: and that he was as clearly  to hold up the public blest standard of the  as ever: And said, The Lord rebuke,  repentance and forgiveness to these ministers that persuaded these prisoners to take that. For their perishing by sea was more moving and shocking to him, than if some of them had been slain in the field. He was thereafter taken, the 6th of April, by Major Johnston, in Edinburgh, and detained in the Bass where he died. As the of Christ lay near his heart through his, amongst the last words he said, The Lord  defend his own cause.

17. Shorty after that sad stroke at Bothwell, went to IrclandIreland [sic], but did not stay long at  time. In his travels through Galloway, he to a house, and looking in the goodman's, he said, They call you an honest man, but  you be so, you look not like it, you will not  keep that name, but will discover yourself  be what you are. And shortly after, he was made to flee for sheep-stealing. In that short