JOURNAL OF JOHN LAUDER

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singing and sometymes all, that the rowers protested that
they never carried 80 merry a company doune the Thames. On
the way we was tuise stoopt by men of war to know whither
their ware any seamen in it, that they might be sent to the
fleet: at which we alleadged Captain Blawprine 1 G. Moor
was much troubled, for he was exceeding skipper like.
To morrow tymously we tooke post about 6 a eloack, and
reach Dover about onè yet we got not passage til ij at
night. What a distressed brother 1 was upon the sea neids
not hear be told, since its not to be feared that 1'1 forget it,
yet I cannot but tell whow Mr. John Kincead and I had a
bucket betwixt us strove who should have the bucket
first, both being equally ready and whow at every vomit and
gasp he gave he cried Goda mercy as give he had bein to
expire immediately.

About 5 in the morning we landed on France the land
of graven images. Heir we divided into 3 companies Joseph
Marior wt one Mr. Colison went into Flanders Mr. Dick
Moor and Kinkead went to Deip and so to Roau. Mr.
Strachan, Hamilton, and I stayed in Calais til Monday,
10 of April, and joined wt the messenger for Paris one
Pierre, a sottish fellow, yet one that entertained us nobly
their went also wt him besides us on Mr. Lance Normand,
Newwarks gouernor and a son of my Lord Arreray or
BroU,8 a very sharp boy wt his governour Doctor Hall. In
our joumey we passed severall brave tounes as Bulloigne,
Monstrul, Abewill, Poix, Beauveaus, wheir is the most
inagnificent church I had ever then sien. We chanced to
lay a night at a pitty vilage called Birny, wheir my chamber
was contigue to a spatious pleasant wood that abounded wt
nightingales, small birds to look upon who wt the melodious-
nesse of their singing did put sleip qu «it from me. The great
number we meit of souldiers all the way begat in us great

1 Compare Blawflum (Jamieson), a deception. « Prine' may be prein, pin, a
thing of little value. Moor is playfully described as captain or skipper.
How.

J Roger Boyle, 1621-1679, first Baron of Broghill and Earl of Orrery, M.P.
for Edinburgh, 1656-58, member of Cromwell's House of Lords. lie was suc.
ceeded by his son Roger, i646.yo.