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48 a bed, and for about a quarter of an hour ſlept as ſweetly and pleaſant as ever. Meanwhile an oſſicer of ſtate came in and inquired for him. His friends told him, that his Lordſhip as uſual was taking a nap after dinner, and deſired that he might not be diſturbed. When he ſaw the Earl in that poſture, he was ſo impreſſed, that he haſted from the caſtle to a relation's in the Caſtlehill, and throwing himſelf on a bed, dicovered great diſtreſs of mind; and, when aſked the cauſe of all his trouble, ſaid, I have been in at Argyle, and ſaw him ſleep as pleaſantly as ever a man did, and he is now within a hour of eternity; but as for me, &c.

His Lordſhip, when he came to the Scaffold, delivered a very judicious and pious diſcourſe to the ſpectators; after which, having taken leave of his friends, he at laſt kneeled down, and, embracing the maiden, ſaid, “This is the ſweeteſt maiden I ever kiſſed, it being the mean to finiſh my ſin and miſery, and my inlet to glory, for which I long." Then he prayed a little within himſelf, thrice uttering theſe words, "Lord Jeſus, receive me into thy glory;" and lifting up his hand, which was the ſigual, the executioner did his work.

Thus died the noble Earl of Argyle, a martyr not only to the proteſtant religion, but alſo bearing his laſt teſtimony againſt prelacy as well as popery. His too great compliances with the managers previous to the affairs of the teſt, lay heavy upon him to the laſt, but nothing grieved him ſo much as the unhappy vote he gave againſt Mr. Cargill.