4 Jretch of the lifeiof lord Cardrofs. Sept. gy 
trymen, and obtained a command in the army of 
the states general of Hoiland ; from whence he came 
in the year 1688 with William prince of Orange, 
his son David Erskine attending him and comman- 
ding a company of foot. — . 
Lord Cardrofs raised a regiment of cavalry for 
the service: of the state, soon after his arrival in 
England, to the command of which he was appointed; 
and he acquitted himseif bravely and honourably 
under the command of general Mackay in Scotland, 
to perfect the good work of establifhing the throne 
of king William on the basis of rational law and 
parliamentary election. 
But lord Cardrofs’s health, which had been im- 
paired by his close imprisonment, and. the fatigues 
of his American plantation, sunk under the effects. of 
his military duties in Scotland, and he died at E- 
dinburgh in the year 1693, having only completed 
his forty-third year. 
The chief intent ‘of this’ slight notice concerning 
lord Cardrofs, is to suggest the reflection that ought 
to arise from the comparison of times that appear 
troublesome and hazardous, with those that have 
been truly dangerous and afflicting in former ages ; 
and to set forth the example of a virtuous man, 
who rather than disturb the tranquility of his 
country,’ and endanger that of his’ relations and 
friends, chose the hard alternative of seeking an 
asylum, on the other side of the Atlantic. 
There are times when it is impofsible for a wise 
man to operate with succefs in reclaiming his coun- 
trymen from inveterate prejudices ; and in such times 
