papers and drops of bJood. (meaning our martyrs testimonies and blood) and who but you, and your bits ⟨of⟩ papers and drops of blood! but when that day comes there will a bike of indulged, lukewarm, ⟨ministers⟩ come out of Holland, England and Ireland, together with a bike of them at home, and some young ⟨things⟩ that know nothing, and they will all hyve together in ⟨a⟩ general assembly; and the red hands with blood, ⟨and⟩ the black hands of defection, will be taken by the hand and the hand given them by our ministers; and ye ⟨will⟩ not ken who has been the persecutor, complyer, or sufferer; and your bits of paper and drops of blood ⟨will⟩ be shut to the door, and never a word more of them, ⟨and⟩ ye and the like of you will get their back-side. He ⟨gave⟩ him another sore clap upon the shoulder, saying, ⟨Keep⟩ mind of this, James Wilson, for as the Lord lives, ⟨it⟩ will surely come to pass. James Wilson told me ⟨this⟩ shortly thereafter, and renewed it again the first general assembly, when he and I, and many others, saw ⟨the⟩ accomplishment of this in every particular to our ⟨great⟩ grief.
37. In the beginning of May 1685, he came to ⟨the⟩ house of John Brown and Marion Weir, whom he married before he went to Ireland, where he stayed ⟨all⟩ night; and in the morning, when he took farewell he came out at the door, saying to himself, Poor woman, a fearful morning, twice over. A dark ⟨misty⟩ morning. The next morning, between five and ⟨six⟩ hours, the said John Brown, having performed the worship of God in his family, was going with a spade in ⟨his⟩ hand to make ready some peat groud; the mist being very dark, he knew not until cruel & bloody Claverhouse compassed him with three troops of horses, ⟨brought⟩ him to his house, end there examined him; who tho was a man of stammering speech, yet answered him distinctly and solidly; which made Claverhouse to examine these whom he had taken to be his guides thro ⟨the⟩ muirs, if ever they heard him preach? They answered, No, no, he was never a preacher. He said, If he has never preached, meikle has he prayed in his time: he said to John, Go to your prayers, for you shall immediately die. When he was praying Claverhouse interrupted him three times; one time that he stopt him, ⟨he⟩ was pleading that the Lord would spare a remnant, ⟨and⟩ not make a full end in the day of his anger. Claverhouse said, I give you time to pray, and ye're begun ⟨to⟩preach
