England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
Swinton and Argyll arrive at Edinburgh. Mercurius Publicus, No. 54, p. 846. Thursday, Jan. 3, 1661.
The marquis of Argyll is in Edinburgh Castle (in the self-same chamber where the renowned Montrose was formerly lodged). He was set on shore at Leith on Sunday was sevennight, where the people (for joy they saw him prisoner) shot off their great guns, and at Edinburgh the bailiffs of the place, with two town companies, saw his lordship march on foot to the Castle, after which the Laird Swinton walked bareheaded into the Tolbooth. | |