"Signed Theodore Luders."
N.B.—The record of this in Russian is titled Recueil des Chartes de l'Etat et Traités publiés aux frais du Chancelier de l'Empire Comte Roumianzow. Volume iv., page 143. Moscou, 1828.
The following is transcribed from the original MS. in the General Register House, Edinburgh, under date 1685:—
- The order of the March of the troops
- att Generall Dalyell his funerall
- The officers are all to have Black scarffs and the troops are
- to march with there armes in the posture appointed
- for these occasiones and the trumpettes drums and
- collors are to be ordered as is useuall in the like caises.
- The march is to begin from the Abbay church in this maner
- Major Wedersburnes troop of dragoons
- Earle of Drumlangrig's troop of horses
- The one halfe of the regiment of ffoot guards
- six peece of Cannon guarded by the
- Company of Matrosses
- the other halfe of the regiment of ffoote guards
- The Magistrates of Edinburgh
- my Lord Chancellor (if his Lordship pleases)
- wt the Nobility and Gentry
- The horse of Wair led by two ffoot men
- a gentleman with the Generalls Baton
- The hearse adorned as shall be thought fitt
- with the corpes
- His Majesties Life guard
- dureing the procession there are guns to be fyred
- from the Castle from tyme to tyme
- att the first convenient place beyond
- the West port the troopes are to sett and
- give thre salvies in order as they march
- the castle in the meantyme fyreing a whole round
- Thereafter the horse and dragoons are to martch forwards to the
- buriall place in the same order they martched through the town
- and after the corps are past
- the ffoot and Cannon are to return
A large thin folio volume lettered outside: "Papers connected with the Royal Scots Dragoons, 1696 to 1704-6." The first writing in the book (it is really a guard book for insertions) is—
The following old papers and letters were given to me by Sir William Wallace, Bart., and with his permission I now present them to the Royal Scots Greys.—Geo. Cleghorn, Weens, Roxburghshire. Late a Captain in the regiment. April, 1870.
The two following letters from General Dalyell do not relate to the Greys, but are charming specimens of written language. It may be well to remember that the great Duke of Marlborough was almost devoid of education.
General Dalyell to the Earl of Lauderdale.
My Lord, ...