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before Argyle was broken and taken, h he was near Wigtown in Galloway; a number of men were gathered together in arms to go  his Assistance; they pressed him to preach; but he positively refused, saying, he would only pray with them;  he continued long, and spent some part of that time in praying for Ireland, pleading, that the Lord would spare a remnant, and not make a full end in the day of his anger, and would put it into the hearts of his own, to flee over to  bloody land, where they would find safety for a time:  prayer they got some meat, and he gave every one of  old parishioners, who were there, a piece out of his  hand, calling them his bairns; then he advised all to go  further; but, said he, for you that are my bairns, I di charge you to go your foot length, for before you can  that length he will be broke: and though it were not  God will honour neither him nor Monmouth to be instruments of a good turn to his church, they have dipt  hands so far in the persecution. And that same day Argyle was taken, Mr George Barclay was preaching  persuading men in that country to go to Argyle’s. After sermon, he said to Mr George, now isi nis in [sic] the enemy's hand and gone; though he was many  distant. I had this account from some of these his who were present; and the last from Mr George Barclay.

After this he was to preach at night, at Bgaro in Carrick; the mistress of the house was too open to a Woman, who went and told the enemy, and came  to the house that she might not be suspected; Mr  being in the fields, came in haste to the door, and called  mistress, and said, ye have played a bonny sport to  by being so loose tongued; the enemy is informed that  was to drop a word this night in this house, and the  who has done it, is in the house just now; you will  it; to-morrow morning the enemy will be here:  I will stay no longer in this place. To-morrow both foot and horse were about the house.