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days’ march ; upon which a consultation was held, and the English 
gentlemen earnestly pressed marching southwards, and it was 
accordingly resolved to cross the mountains, and march for 
England. This resolution, however, might have been attended 
with fatal consequences, for the Highlanders could not be 
persuaded to cross the borders, which obliged them to alter 
their resolution. From Jedburgh they marched to Hawick, 
then a small town which belonged to the Duke of Buccleuch, 
at whose house Lord Derwentwater and his brother took up their 
quarters. 
Mr. Radcliffe finding that all the English officers were resolved 
to march into England, and that their reasons were too weak to 
balance those given by the Highlanders for their march into Scot- 
land, at this juncture sided with the Scots, and declared it as 
his opinion, that they should better serve the cause by joining the 
Highlanders in their proposed march to the west of Scotland, than 
by continuing their route to England, where it was uncertain what 
assistance they should have from their friends, many of whom, 
though he knew they were hearty in the cause, were yet fearful of 
appearing in it, till they saw some possibility of its succeeding ; 
and others, who were gentlemen of fortune, though they were 
hearty well-wishers of the cause, yet having too much to risk, did 
not care publicly to embark in it till they had some rational grounds 
to hope for success. Therefore he thought their best way 
would be to strike a bold stroke in Scotland, and endeavour to 
make a complete conquest of that kingdom ; they should then be 
able to raise and send powerful armies into England, and be ready 
to succour them with supplies; moreover it would always be a 
place of retreat if any disaster should befall their army, whereas, in 
England, if they should happen to meet with a rebuff, they would 
be entirely ruined, having no resource, nor any means of retrieving 
a misfortune of this kind. This seemed to be wholesome advice ; 
but the leaders were so infatuated, that they would not listen to 
anything that contradicted the resolution of going back to 
England. 
When Mr. Radcliffe perceived that whatever he could say 
would be to no purpose, he begged of them to give him only one 
