"He told me, the king spoke to him to let that Presbytery go, for it was not a religion for gentlemen."

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“I am weary of travelling and am resolved to go abroad no more. But when I am dead and gone I know not what my brother will do: I am much afraid that when he comes to wear the crown he will be obliged to travel again.”

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