yea, that destructive Interest is made his own by Inheritance,
and (as you may see in [Foreign]) was bequeath
ed unto him as a speciall Legacie by his father and all his
Actions ever since, do plainly declare, that he is resolved never
to forsake it.
Behold him, as he was at the isle of Iresey, before the
Scots Treaty at Breda; In which Island, upon the same day
that he agreed unto that Treaty, and had signified his mind
by an expresse sent away into Scotland; even in the very same
Place and day, he sent away another dispatch to Montrose,
giving him an Account of all Passages, and pressing him vigorously
to go on with the Invasion of Scotland. Yea, and
that you may see how much he hated the Presbyterian Interest,
you may do well to remember, how he pretended
farr higher than ever his Father did in expressions of hatred;
For, he continued utterly averse from treating or joyning
with the scots and Presbiterian Party, as long as he had any
hopes in Ireland; chusing rather to make an open Peace with
those Barbarous Rebels (whither he had sent his Goods, and
intended himself to follow) rather than want executioners
of his vengeance, against all the Godly of both Parties
(whom he equally detested) in England and Scotland.
Consider farther, that as he never closed with the Scots,
till his Irish hopes were blown over; so being brought into
Scotland by pure necessity, he would do nothing there but
what the same necessity forced him to; as appears by his refusing
to subscribe to the Declaration of Kirk and state, till
my Lord London told him plainly in a Letter, they would abandon
and give him over, except he subscribed. Hereupon
he was constrained to acknowledge and condole the sins of
his Family, &c. and personate all that mockery of Repentance
which followed after; and yet no sooner was this visor
taken up, but immediatly after the Kirk had lost the Game
at Dunbar, he laid it aside again, and began to play his owne.
He rejoyced at their defeat; presently after, endeavored to
give them the slip, and run to the Cavalier Party; wherein
being prevented of his designe by force, his next Refuge