answer from the Chevalier whether he would have the insurrection to
be made immediately, which they apprehended they might not be able
to make at all if they were obliged to defer it much longer. This
gentleman was sent instantly back again, and was directed to let the
persons he came from know that the Chevalier was desirous to have
the rising of his friends in England and Scotland so adjusted that
they might mutually assist each other and distract the enemy; that
he had not received a final answer from his friends in England, but
that he was in daily expectation of it; that it was very much to be
wished that all attempts in Scotland could be suspended till such
time as the English were ready; but that if the Scots were so
pressed that they must either submit or rise immediately, he was of
opinion they should rise, and he would make the best of his way to
them.

What this forwardness in the Scots and this uncertainty and
backwardness in the English must produce, it was not hard to
foresee; and, therefore, that I might neglect nothing in my power to
prevent any false measures--as I was conscious to myself that I had
neglected nothing to promote true ones--I despatched a gentleman to
London, where I supposed the Earl of Mar to be, some days before the
message I have just spoken of was sent to Scotland. I desired him
to make my compliments to Lord Mar, and to tell him from me that I
understood it to be his sense, as well as the sense of all our
friends, that Scotland could do nothing effectually without the
concurrence of England, and that England would not stir without
assistance from abroad; that he might assure himself no such
assistance could be depended upon; and that I begged of him to make
the inference from these propositions. The gentleman went; but upon
his arrival at London he found that the Earl of Mar was already set