[118] Z. Boyd's Last Battle, p. 185.
[119] His place.
[120] Possibly, Mr. Abraham Henderson; a staunch defender of Presbytery, who, in 1605, persisted, along with eight of his brethren, in convening at Aberdeen, in face of prohibition, in order to maintain a protest in behalf of the Church's inherent right to meet in General Assembly. (See Forbes' "Apolog. Narration," p. 136.)
[121] Noon, or a little before it, was then the usual hour for dinner.
[122] In regard to whom I pray for the mercy Paul sought for the house of Onesiphorus (2 Tim. i. 6).
[123] μόνας.
[124] The village and church of Carsphairn stood not far from Kenmure Castle, and very near Earlston and Knockgray. The road from Dalmellington is bare, with steep, rocky hills on either side of the glen. The "Ken" may be meant by "that water" in the next sentence.
[125] A burden above a load, or a load above a burden, is a phrase for a very heavy weight.
[126] Mr. George Gillespie; see Letter cxliv.
[127] Barcaple is in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in the parish of Tongueland.