of Monmouth; had the misfortune to fboot the mayor of Lime after his landing; and on it returned again to Holland; and came over at the Revolution with the Prince of Orange. He is fo zealous an assertor of the liberties of the people, that he is too jealous of the growing power of all princes; in whom he thinks ambition fo natural, that he is not for trufting the beft of princes with the power which ill ones may make use of against the people: believes all princes were made by, and for the good of, the people; and thinks princes fhould have no power but that of doing good. This made him oppofe King Charles; invade King James; and oppose the giv ing so much power to King William, whom whom he never would ferve; nor does he ever come into the adminiAtration of this Queen: but ftands up a four pillar for the conftitution of the parliament of Scotland. He is a Gentleman fteady in his principles, of nice honour, with abundance of learning: brave as the fword he wears, and bold as a lion: a fure friend, and an irreconcileable enemy: would lofe his life readily to ferve his country; and would not do a bafe thing to fave it. His thoughts are large as to religion, and could never be brought within the bounds of any particular fett. Nor will be be under the diftinction of a Whig or Tory; faying, those names are used to cloak the knaves of both. His notions of government, however, are too fine Spun; and can hardly be lived up to by men fubject to the common frailties of nature; neither will be give allowance for extraordinary emergencies: witness the Duke of Shrewf bury, with whom he had always been very intimate; yet the Duke coming to be Secretary of State a fecond time, purely to fave his country, this Gentleman would never be in common charity with him afterwards. And my Lord Spencer, now Lord Sunderland, for voting for the army, was used by that man much after the fame manner. He hath wrote fome very good things; but they are not publish'd in his name: he hath a very good genius. A low, thin man, of a brown brown complexion; full of fire; with a ftern, four look; and fifty years old. II. LOCKHART'S Memoirs, p. 68. A NDREW FLETCHER of Saltoun, in the first part of his life, did improve himself to a great degree by reading and travelling: he was always a great admirer of both ancient and modern republicks; and therefore the more difpleafed at fome fteps which he thought wrong in King Charles the Second's reign; whereby he drew upon himself the enmity of the minifters of that government: to avoid the evil confequences of which, be he went abroad; during which time, his enemies malice ftill con tinuing, he was upon flight, frivo lous pretences, fummoned to appear before the privy-council; and their defigns to ruin him being too apparent, he was fo enraged, that he concurred, and came over with the Duke of Monmouth, when he invaded England; upon which he was forfeited. Thereafter he came over with the Prince of Orange; but that Prince was not many months in England, till he saw his defigns, and left him, and ever thereafter hated, and appeared as much against him as any in the kingdom. Being elected a parlia ment-man in the year 1703. he fhewed a fincere and honeft inclination towards the honour and in terest |