1639.—April 2.
9. Letter from the King to Hamilton.[170]
Hamilton,
I received yours but this morning, to which before I answer, I must tell you News: First, that Jacob Ashly has possessed Berwick with 1000 Foot and 60 Horse, and Carlisle is likewise possessed by My Lord Clifford with 300 men; Secondly, I have commanded Traquair to keep his Chamber, until he give me an account how he left Dalkeith, without striking one stroke, and before any Cannon was brought before it, having left the Ammunition (not destroyed) to their reverence, and likewise the Regalia: of this more by the next. Now for Answer, I have given the Proclamation to be written over by the Clerk-Register, with the General Oath, both which you shall have with all speed: for your Military Oath, I like it extreme well, as likewise your opinion for detaining the Patents of Honours until the Country be settled; for your Brother, certainly if you had forgotten him I should not, but have remembered my old Engagement; and for Dalliel, indeed he deserves well; yet methinks a Viscounty may serve at this time, that I may have something more to give upon further occasion: and so I rest
Your assured constant Friend,
Charles R.
York, 2 Apr. 1639.
1639.—April 3.
10. Letter from the King to Hamilton.[171]
Hamilton,
According to my promise yesterday I have sent you back the Proclamation and Oath, but with very few Additions. As touching Traquair I can say little more than I did, because I have not yet seen his Defence; only if I had not taken this rude notice of his base Action, I am sure I should have disheartened a number of honester men than ever he was, or will be. This morning I have News of the safe Landing of the 500 Irish, which are by this time in Carlisle, there to attend untill further Directions. I have no more at this time to say, but to know if Col. Gun be not one that you have entertained, for it is said that he is going back again to Germany. One thing I had almost forgot; they say for certain that Aberdeen holds out still, and is not likely to yield in haste; if it be so, you know what to do. And so I rest