Compell’d, by hard necessity to bear,
In Gallia’s bands, a mercenary spear!
But heav’n in pity to his honest heart,
Resolv’d to snatch him from so poor a part
The mighty mandate unto death was given,
And good Lochiel is now a Whig in heaven.
[833] Letter from Lochiel under the signature of “Dan,” Feb. 22d, 1745, in Stuart Papers.
[834] Home, p. 43.
[835] As an inducement to favour his restoration, the Chevalier de St. George promised to ennoble a considerable number of his friends. Patents of nobility were accordingly made out and signed in favour of all the Jacobite chiefs and other leading supporters of the cause. See letter from the Chevalier to the prince, 7th Nov., 1747, in Stuart Papers.
[836] Home, p. 46.—Kirkconnel MS.—Tour in the Highlands. Lond., 1819.