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calf: She replied, I could not tell him that which I knew not, and as little did he At the ſame time, he ſaw ſome of the people turning weary; he ſaid, "Ye are not taking notice; ſome of you are thinking upon one thing and ſome upon another" The Lady Hundelſop ſitting near him, but knew her not, he turning to her, and ſaid "And ye are thinking on greeting Jock at the fire-ſide." This was a ſon of her's, called John, that she had left very weak of a decay at the fire-ſide upon a couch. She told ſeveral afterwards, that the very time there was a drow of anxiety overwhelmed her about him

9. In the year 1682, he went to Ireland: Peter Aird who lived in the pariſh of Galſtoun, who was taken with me, and impriſoned together, told me, that he followed him ſome good piece of the way to detain him, until he got his child baptiſed: He ſaid, "I reſolve to come back ſhortly, and I hope the Lord will preſerve your child." Which accordingly he did: And after baptiſm he ſaid to Peter, "If the man of the pariſh (Mr. James Veitch, one of the actually indulged) had baptiſed your child, you would have got your horned beaſts kept and now you will loſe them." Which came to paſs in a few days after. The enemy came and took away his cattle every hoof, but he fled with his horſes.

10 In the ſame year 1682, he married John Kirkland and Janet Lindſay, both my very dear acquaintances, who told me, that when they were ſtanding before him, he ſighed deeply, and ſaid, "Firſt one huſband killed, and then another, and muſt have a third! if it muſt be ſo let her ſay Good is the will of the Lord!" Which did come to paſs: Her huſband, Thomas Weir, in Cumberhead, was deadly wounded at Drumclog, by Claverhouſe, the firſt day of June. 1679, being the Sabbath and died the 5th day: And Enſign John Kirkland was killed in Flanders. Kerſland, Fullerton and he were all buried in one grave: And ſince, William Spence, Baillie in Coulter, who alſo was my intimate acquaintance married her. They are both now in their graves.