England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
Lauderdale and Middleton.
Ibid., pp. 107-113. | |
The earl of Lauderdale at his first coming to the king stuck firm for Presbytery. He told me the king spoke to him to let that go, for it was not a religion for gentlemen. He being really a Presbyterian, but at the same time resolving to get into the king's confidence, studied to convince the king. ... to keep up Presbytery still in Scotland. | |
In the end of the year () the earl of Middleton came down [to Scotland] in great magnificence; his way of living was the most splendid the nation had ever seen, but it was likewise the most scandalous, for vices of all sorts were the open practices of those about him. | |