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morning, they enquired what he meant by the Monzies? He said, O sirs, ye'll have a dreadful day by the ⟨French⟩ Monzies, and a set of wicked men in these lands who will take part with them; the west of Scotland will ⟨pay⟩ dear for it; they will run thicker in the water of Air ⟨and⟩ Clyde than ever the Highland men did. I lay in ⟨that⟩ chamber about three years ago, and the said John ⟨Richman⟩ and his wife told me, that these were his words. ⟨At⟩ other times, to the same purpose, saying, O the Monzies, the Monzies, will be thro the breadth and ⟨length⟩ of the south and west of Scotland! O I think I see them at our fire-sides, slaying man, wife and children: the remnant will get a breathing: but they will ⟨be⟩ driven to the wilderness again, and their sharpest ⟨showers⟩ will be last.
To the same purpose spoke the two following ministers. viz. Mr. Thomas Lundie, a godly minister in ⟨the⟩ north of Rotray; his sister a lady in that country, who died in the year 1683, gave the following account, That t e said Mr. Lundie, after some sickness, & seeming recovery again, which comforted them; but one morning, staying longer than ordinary in his chamber, ⟨the⟩ foresaid lady knocking at his chamber door, who opening it, found him more than ordinary weighted; she ⟨asked⟩ him the reason, seeing he was now better: whereupon, smiling, he said, Within a few hours I will be taken from you; but, alas! for the day that I see coming ⟨upon⟩ Scotland: the Lord has letten me see the Frenchies marching with their armies thro the breadth and ⟨length⟩ of the land, marching to their bridle reins in the blood of all ranks, and that for a Broken, burnt & ⟨buried⟩ covenant; but neither ye nor I will live to see ⟨it⟩. As also one Mr. Douglass, a godly minister in Galloway, a little before his death, seeming as slumbering ⟨in⟩ his bed, his wife and other friends standing by, when he awak'd, he seemed more than ordinary weighted, and groaned heavily, saying, sad days for Scotland. His wife asked him, What will be the instruments? He said, the swords of foreign enemies, they will be heavy and sharp, but not long; but they will ⟨not⟩ be yet, but not long to them: but, O glorious ⟨days⟩ on the back of them, to poor wasted Scotland!
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