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When Kingsburgh was removed from
Fort-Augustus, he was brought to Edin-
[b]urgh under a Guard of Kingston’s Light
[H]orse, who entredentered the City wtwith Sound of
Trumpet &and Beat of Kettle-Drums, a Cir-cumstance222(222)
cumstance very much noticed by every
Bodyeverybody, as a Form of Procession quite unu-
sual for the bringing a Prisoner into
a Metropolis. The Command halted a
considerable Time upon the Street of
EdrEdinburgh, till further Orders should be got,
when the Mob came flocking about ymthem
&and some of them said, “What can be the
“Matter with this honest-like, well-look-
“ing Man, that he is brought here a Pri-
“soner. ShewShow your Face, honest Man
“to the World; for, faith, you may be
“seen as well as the best of them all."
Then Kingsburgh was put into the same
Room of the Castle with Major Mac-
Donell, ^George Moir the Laird of Leckie, Mr Thomas
Ogilvie, &c.et cetera where he thought himself
very happy indeed; but that Happiness
did not last long. One Day, when I wa[s]
visiting Him &and his Fellow-prisoners,
one of them happened to be complain[-]
ing of the Hardships of their Situati-
on, saying, “Is not this a dull &and un[-]
“comfortable State to be pac^c.ing up and
“down this Room, waiting the Freak &and
“Humour of an Officer to let us out,
“when he thinks fit, to walk for an Hou[r]
“or so within the narrow Bounds of the
“Half-Moon”? — Kingsburgh gently
check’dchecked him for his complaining, &and said;
“Do not complain, Sir; for there are many
“Situations far worse than ours. Had you
“been only in my Condition at Fort-Au-
“gustus, you ^would have experienc’dexperienced a very great Odds 223 (223)
["]Odds. When I was taken out of the
["]Provo’s Guard, &and put into the Dungeon
["]with Irons upon me, I thought my
["]selfmyself happy; but when I was remov-
["]ed to a Room, &and the Irons taken
["]off me, though I was not allowed
["]to step over the Threshold, I thought
["]my selfmyself in a Kind of Paradise: And
["n]ow, that I am here, &and in exceeding
["]good Company (a Happiness I had not
["]before) I think my selfmmyself still more
["]&and more in a Paradise. I am really
["c]ontent. I am quite satisfied with
["]my Condition; if they will only al-
["]low me to stay with this good
["C]ompany. And what do you think,
["]Sir, of the Liberty of walking now
[["]&and] then upon the Half-moon, tho’though
["i]t were but for an Hour or two at
["a] Time? I do assure You, this is no
["]small Happiness in a State of Con-
["]finement. What would I have
["]given for such a Liberty at Fort-
["]Augustus?”— Kingsburgh was not
[a]llowed to make a long Abode with
[h]is agreeable Companions; for he
[w]as soon removed to a Room by him-
[s]elf under a strict &and close Confine-
[m]ent, not having the Liberty to step
[o]ver the Threshold of his Door, &and no
Person being allowed to come near
[h]im, but the Officer upon the Guard, the SerjeantSergeant 224 (224)
SerjeantSergeant, &and the Keeper that was ap-
pointed to attend him as a Servant[.]
When his Lady came to EdrEdinburgh, she was
not allowed Access to Him, but only
to stand upon the parade, &and see her
Husband looking down to her through
the Grate of a Window, the Officers
&and Sogers witnessing their enquiring
about one another’s Welfare. At last,
Kingsburgh fell so ill in his Health, that
a Physician &and Surgeon behoved to have
Access to him, but always in presence
of an Officer. Then his Lady, after
many &and earnest Solicitations, obtain’dobtained
the privilege of being with him through[-]
out the Day, but was obliged to leave
him upon the Approach of the Even-
ing. When he was recovering, he was
allowed to step out, only once or twice
a-week, with an Officer attending him
to take a Walk in the Garden, or any
other By-place, of the Castle; not be[-]
ing indulged the Pleasure of seeing
the other Prisoners, or of walking on
the same Spot with them; till some
short Time before his Releasement,
ytthat he was permitted now &and then to
be on the Half-moon with them.
All the Reason, that ever could be dis-
covered for this Severity &and Strictness
upon Kingsburgh, was this: When he
was in the same Room with Major
MacDonell, Leckie, &c.et ceterar many persons
came to pay their Respects to him, &and to 225 (225)
to hear his Story, which he very
plainly &and honestly gave; at the same
time never failing to give an exact
Account of the Prince’s Adventures
&and chearfulcheerful Conduct in the Course of
his Wanderings, as far as he had
got any Intelligence about them.
This reaching the Ears of those in
Power, it proved not a little disgus-
ting to them to hear such Things, as
served to form a great &and glorious
Character of the Prince; &and therefore
Kingsburgh behov’dbehoved to suffer for []
[n]arrating some stubborn, ill-manner’dmannered
Truths, &and to feel the Effects of being
a plain honest Man. — Truth, tho’though
[n]ever so glaring, when it runs cross
to the partial Notions &and Inclinations
[o]f poor frail Mortals, grates very
[h]ard, &and becomes a very uneasy and
[p]ainful Thing.

One Day, a Gentleman happening to
[v]isit the Lady-Prisoners upon the same
[s]tair, where Kingsburgh endured his
strict &and close Confinement, &and, spying
Kingsburgh’s Room-door to be open,
[h]e made a Stop. Upon this the Sentry,
knowing the Gentleman, whispered to
[h]im, that, as the Keeper was employed
[i]n bringing some Things to Kingsburgh,
[th]e Door would be open or some
[s]hort Time, &and that he would allow
[h]im to step in &and ask Kingsburgh a-
[b]out his Welfare, provided that he
[w]ould not sit down, but come out as quickly 226 (226)
quickly as possible. Accordingly the
Gentleman went in, and, embracing
Kingsburgh, regretedregretted this Change in
his Condition. Kingsburgh smiled, &and
said, “The Government little knows
“what Pleasure this Treatment gives
“me; for they are doing me much Ho-
“nour without designing it. They are
“at much Pains to make make me a
“considerable Person. Little did I e-
“ver think, that I was a Man of such
“Consequence, that a whole Govern-
“ment should be so much taken up
“about me. If I am so lucky as to
“keep my Health, this Change shall
“give me no Uneasiness."— Then
he desired the Gentleman to inform
his Companions in the other Room,
that he was in very good Health,
&and that he kept up his Heart in his
solitary State, &and to forbid them to be
any Way uneasy about his Condition.