lay at Dunce muir, (_anno_
1639) each captain had his colours flying at his tent door, whereon was
this inscription in letters of gold, CHRIST'S CROWN AND COVENANT.
Stevenson's History, Vol. II. p. 729.

[20] Here it neither can nor need be expected, that, in such a number of
lives they could be all found alike precise in point of public
testimony; yet I would fain expect, that what is here recorded of them
might be somewhat equivalent to whatever blemishes they otherwise had,
seeing their different sentiments are also recorded: Otherwise I presume
it were hard to please all parties. For Mr Wodrow has been charged by
some (and that not without some reason) that, in favours of some of his
indulged _quondam_ brethren, in the last volume of his history, he has
not only smothered some matters of fact relative to the more honest part
of our sufferers, but even given the most faithful part of their
contendings the epithets of unwarrantable heats, heights, flights,
extravagancies, extremities, _etc._ [in his history, vol. II. p. 133,
298, 584.] Again, he and Mr Currie (in his essay on separation, p. 160,
and 211) have blamed the publishers of the cloud of witnesses (but on
very slender grounds) for corrupting, perverting and omitting some
testimonies of our late sufferers, whom they say, came "not to the same
length of principles with themselves, or those they had pickt out for
that purpose." To avoid both rocks, all possible care has been here
taken, and yet it must needs meet with its fate also, according to the
various capacities, tempers and dispositions of the readers (and why not
censure if blame-worthy?): Yet it is hoped that the honesty, labour and
diligence used therein, will counterpoise all other reflections or
exceptions.

[21] See collection of acts of parliament (said to be Andrew
Stevenson's) preface to part II.

[22] Mr Rutherford, in a letter to the Earl of Cassils. See his letters,
part I. epist. 23.

[23] Fuller in the preface to his lives in the holy state.

[24] It is not at all pretended that all and every part of their works,
is here inserted, but only those most commonly in print or those come to
the knowledge of the publishers.

[25] Vid. Bede's ecclesiastical history, lib. i. ch. 13. Buch. history,
book v.

[26] Book iii. cap. 8.

[27] Hind let loose, period II. page 11, prior edition.

[28] The queen and Darnly became so irreconcileable, that as he never
rested until he had caused the Ita