ed so till that bright and shining light in the church was turned
out by Charles II. who was again restored, and the yoke of supremacy and
tyranny being by him wreathed about the neck of both church and state,
whereby matters grew still worse, till the year 1660, that upon some
insolencies committed in the south and west by Sir James Turner, some
people rose (under the command of Barscob and other gentlemen from
Galloway) for their own defence. Several parties from the shire of Ayr
joined them, commanded by colonel James Wallace from Achan's; captain
Arnot came with a party from Mauchlin; Lockhart of Wicketshaw with a
party from Carluke; major Lermont with a party from above Galston;
Neilson of Corsack with a party from Galloway; and captain Paton (who
now behoved to take the field again) commanded a party of horse from
Loudon, Fenwick and other places. And being assembled they went
eastward, renewed the covenants at Lanerk, and from thence went to
Bathgate, then to Collington, and so on till they came to Rullion, near
Pentland hills, where they were upon that fatal day November 28,
attacked by general Dalziel and the king's forces. At their first on-set
captain Arnot, with a party of horse, fought a party of Dalziel's men
with good success; and, after him, another party made the general's men
fly; but upon their last rencounter about sun-setting, Dalziel (being
repulsed so often) advanced the whole left wing of his army upon col.
Wallace's right, where he had scarce three weak horse to receive them,
and were obliged to give way[207]. Here captain Paton (who was all along
with captain Arnot in the first encounter) behaved with great courage
and gallantry. Dalziel, knowing him in the former wars, advanced upon
him himself, thinking to take him prisoner. Upon his approach, each
presented their pistols. Upon their first discharge, captain Paton
perceived the pistol-ball to hoop down upon Dalziel's boots, and knowing
what was the cause (he having proof), put his hand to his pocket for
some small pieces of silver he had there for the purpose, and put one of
them into his other pistol. But Dalziel, having his eye on him in the
mean while, jumped his horse behind that of his own man, who by that
means was slain. The colonel's men, being flanked in, on all hands, by
Dalziel's men, were broke and overpowered in all their ranks. So that
the captain and other two horsemen from Finwick were surrounded, five
men deep, by the general,