religious people of our town, huge burdens did fall. On some 10, on
some 20, on others 30 soldiers and more, did quarter, who, beside
meat and drink, wine, and good cheer, and whatever they called for,
did exact cruelly their daily pay, and much more. In ten days, they
cost a few honest but mean people, 40,000 lb., besides plundering of
those whom necessity forced to flee from their houses." Letters and
Journals, vol. ii. p. 294.--_Ed._]

337 ["Stirling, 27 Sept, 1650: The comittee of Estaits considering the
necessarey devine lying upone them in prosecutione of the acte of
parliament and according to the frequent and serious remonstrances
of the commissione of the churche for purging of the kings familey
of all profaine, scandalous, malignant, and disaffected persons, and
that it be constituted of such as are pious, and well affected to
the cause and covenant qwho have not opposed the same by ther
counsells and actions. And lykewayes considering the grate offence
hes beine taken that the persons after nominated have not removed
from courte nor departed out of the kingdome respectively, and
having taken also into consideratione the report of the sub
comittee, appoynted to think on the purging of the kings familey
doth heirby therfor ordaine and command, The French Marques of
Villaneuffe, The Earle of Cleveland, Lord Wentworthe his son,
Viscount Grandeson, Lord Volmett, Lord Withringtone, Robert Long,
Secretarey, Sr Edward Walker, Garter, Mr. Progers, Groome of His
Maties Bed chamber, Master Lane, Master Marche, Colonell Darcey, Mr.
Antoney Jacksone, Major Jacksone, Colonell Loes, Master Oder, Under
Secretary Lord St. Paule, Sr Philipe Musgrave, Sr Faithful Fortskew,
Sr Timothey Featherstons, L Coll Meutis, Collonell Carbraithe, to
depart the courte within 24 houres, and to remove out of the
kingdome within 20 dayes after intunatione, and Doctor Fraser and Sr
George Melveill to withdraw from the court within 24 houres." (Sir
James Balfour's Annales of Scotland, vol. iv. pp. 109, 110). Sir
Edward Walker, whose name is included in the above list, says,
"Money being ordered for my transportation, which I never got I was
connived at for about three months, and therein had the opportunity
to collect and write my observations of the