l. i. p. 131.

[84] The Rev. Robert Patten, from whose animated narrative many other
writers have implicitly copied, was a man of indifferent character, who
accompanied Mr. Forster, in the insurrection in Northumberland, as his
chaplain. He afterwards turned king's evidence, and appeared against
those whom he had served. For this act of treachery his pension was
raised (as I find by the Caledonian Mercury for 1722) from 50_l._ to
80_l._ a-year. He dedicates his History of the Rebellion to Generals
Carpenter and Wills.

[85] Patten, p. 151.

[86] Mar Papers.

[87] Reay, p. 191.

[88] Reay, p. 191.

[89] It seems to have been the custom of that period to write in the
third person when in memoirs and statements. Lord Lovat's manifesto is
in the same style.

[90] Patten, p. 257.

[91] A copy from the original, for which I am indebted to Mr. Gibson
Craig, is given for the confirmation of Lord Mar's assertion:--

"James the Eighth, by the grace of God King of Scotland, England,
France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., to our right trusty
and well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor, John Earl of Mar, &c. We
reposing especial trust & confidence in your loyalty, courage,
experience, and good conduct, doe by these * * constitute and
appoint you to be our General and Commander in Cheif of all our
forces, both by sea and land, in our antient kingdom of Scotland.
Whereupon you are to take upon you the said command of General and
Commander in Cheif, and the better to support you in the said
authority, our will and pleasure is, that you act in consert with
and by our * * * * We doe likeways hereby empower you to grant
commissions in our name to all officers, both by sea and land, to
place and displace the same as you shall think fitt and necessary
for our service, to assemble our said forces, raise the militia,
issue out orders for all suspected persons, and seizing of all forts
and castles, and putting garrisons into them, and to take up in any
part of our dominions, what money, horses, arms, and ammunition and
provisions you shall think necessary for arming, mounting, and
subsisting the said forces under your command, and to give recepts
for the same, which we hereby promise to pay. By this our
Commission, we likeways here empower you to make warr upon our
enemies, and upon all such as shall adhere to the present government
an