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under lii.- command he regulated and disciplined, and himself led 

 them to battle ; and In- did and performed everything faithfully aa be- 

 coming a noble commander; and for his trusty services we were pleased to 

 order the said Lieutenant-General to be a General, and now, having pe- 

 titioned us to give him leave to return to his own country, we. the CMMI 

 Sovereign and Czurian Majesty, were pleased to order that the said noble 

 General, who is worthy of all honour, Thoma*, the son of Thomas Dalyell, 

 -hould have leave to go into his own country ; and by this patent of our 

 dorian Majesty we do testify of him, that he is a man of virtue and 

 honour, and of great experience in military a flairs ; and in case he should 

 be willing again to serve our Czarian Majesty, he is to let us know of it 

 before hand, and he shall come into the dominions of our Czarian Majesty 

 with our safe passports, &c. Given at our Court, in the Metropolitan City 

 if MtKcn'w. in the year from the creation of the world 7773, January 6. 



General Dalyell aoccordingly returned to Scotland, where he was im- 

 mediately appointed Comraander-in-Chief of the Forces, and a Privy 

 Counsellor in 1666 ; and was afterwards elected Member of Parliament for 

 the county of Linlithgow. He quelled an insurrection in the west, and 

 defeated the rebels at Pentland Hills. On a stone at Kullion Green, 

 the scene of the action between General Dalyell and the Covenanter*, 

 is this inscription, " Here, and near to this place lyes the Reverend Mi- 

 John Crooksbanks, and Mr Andrew M'Cormook, Ministers of the Gospel, 

 and about fifty other true Covenanted Presbyterians, who were killed iu 

 this place in their own innocent self-defence, and defence of the covenant- 

 ed work of reformation, by Thomas Dalzel of Hinns, upon the 28th of No- 

 vember 166G. Rev. 12, 11. Erected September 28, 1738."- 



41 A cloud of witnesses lyes here. 



Who for Christ'* interest* did apjirar 

 For to restore true liberty, 

 Orerturncd then by tyranny. 

 And by proud prelate* who did rago. 

 Against the Lord's own beritcgr ; 

 They sacrificed were for the law*, 

 Of Cbrirt their king, hi* noble came; 

 There hero's fought with great renown, 

 By (ailing, got the martyrs' crown." 



