The Action of my Life, which now
stares me most in the Face, is, my
having accepted a Company of
Foot from the late Princess Anne,
who, I know, had no more Right
to the Crown than her Predeces-
sor, yethe Prince of Orange, whom
I ever consider’dconsidered as an Usurper.

I was in Switzerland in the year
1734. where I received a Letter
from my Father, acquainting me
of his having procur’dprocured me a Remis-
sion, &and desiring me to return Home.
Not thinking my selfmyself at Liberty to comply 59 (59)
comply with my Father's Desire with-
out the King’s Approbation, I wrote
to Rome to know his Majesty's Plea-
sure, &and was directed by Him to re-
turn Home; &and at the same Time I
received a Letter of Credit upon
his Banker at Paris, who furnished
me with Money to defray the Ex-
pence of my Journey; &and put me
in proper Repair.

I think my selfmyself bound upon this
Occasion, to contradict a Report, qchwhich
has been industriously spread, and
which I never heard of till I was
a Prisoner; “That Orders were giv-
en to the Prince’s Army to give no
[“]Quarters at the Battle of Culloden.”
With my Eye upon the Block (which
will soon bring me before the High-
est of all Tribunals) I do declare,
that it is without any Manner
of Foundation; both because it is
impossible, it could have escap’descaped
the Knowledge of me, who was
CapnCaptain of the Prince’s Life-guards,
or of Lord Kilmarnock, who was
Colonel of his own Regiment.
But still much more so, because
it is entirely inconsistent with the
mild &and generous Nature of that brave 60 (60)
brave Prince, whose Patience, Forti-
tude, Intrepidity &and Humanity, I
must declare upon this solemn
Occasion, are Qualities, in which
he excellsexcels all Men I ever knew,
&and which it ever was his great-
est Desire to employ for the Re-
lief &and Preservation of his Fa-
ther's Subjects. I believe rather,
that this Report was spread to
palliate &and excuse the Murders
they themselves committed in
cold Blood, after the Battle
of Culloden.

I think it my Duty to return my
sincere Acknowledgments to Ma-
jor White &and Mr Fowler, for their
human &and complaisant Behaviour
to me, during my Confinement.
I wish, I could pay the same Com-
pliment to GovernourGovernor William-
son, who used me with yethe great-
est Inhumanity &and Cruelty; but hav-
ing taken the Sacrament this Day,
I forgive him, as I do all my
Enemies.

I die in the Religion of the
Church of England , which I look
upon as the same with the Epi-scopal61(61)
scopal Church of Scotland, in which
I was brought up.