ated; and whatever was sublime, elegant, or noble
touched his great soul. Nor was he insensible to the pleasures either
of society or of love. Something, however, of the vast and unbounded
characterized his actions and deportment; and it was merely by an heroic
effort of duty, that he brought his mind, impatient of superiority, and
even of equality, to pay such unlimited submission to the will of his
sovereign.

The vengeance of the Covenanters was not satisfied with Montrose's
execution. Urrey, whose inconstancy now led him to take part with the
king, suffered about the same time: Spotiswood of Daersie, a youth of
eighteen, Sir Francis Hay of Dalgetie, and Colonel Sibbald, all of
them of birth and character, underwent a like fate. These were taken
prisoners with Montrose. The marquis of Huntley, about a year before,
had also fallen a victim to the severity of the Covenanters.

The past scene displays in a full light the barbarity of this
theological faction: the sequel will sufficiently display their
absurdity.

The king, in consequence of his agreement with the commissioners of
Scotland, set sail for that country; and being escorted by seven Dutch
ships of war, who were sent to guard the herring fishery, he arrived in
the Frith of Cromarty. Before he was permitted to land, he was required
to sign the covenant; and many sermons and lectures were made him,
exhorting him to persevere in that holy confederacy.[*] Hamilton,
Lauderdale, Dumfermling, and other noblemen of that party whom they
called engagers, were immediately separated from him, and obliged to
retire to their houses, where they lived in a private manner, without
trust or authority. None of his English friends, who had served his
father, were allowed to remain in the kingdom. The king himself found
that he was considered as a mere pageant of state, and that the few
remains of royalty which he possessed, served only to draw on him the
greater indignities. One of the quarters of Montrose, his faithful
servant, who had borne his commission, had been sent to Aberdeen,
and was still allowed to hang over the gates when he passed by that
place.[**]

* Sir Edward Walker's Historical Discourses, p. 159.

** Sir Edward Walker's Historical Discourses, p, 160.

The general assembly, and afterwards the committee of estates and the
army, who were entirely governed by the assembly, set forth a public
declaration, in which they protested, "that they did not