Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" CORRECTIONS. Page 21. line 21. for ' monastery' read ' College' „ 25. line 23. /or ' n' ~- read ' iu' „ 27. not More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" CORRECTIONS. Page 21. line 21. for ' monastery' read ' College' „ 25. line 23. /or ' n' ~- read ' iu' „ 27. not More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" TABLE OF CONTENTS. Tee Officebeareks of the Club,, vi Portrait of General Patrick Gordon The Editor's Preface, , More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" The Spalding Club M.DCCC.LIX. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT. THE EARL OF ABERDEEN, K.G., K.T. THE DUKE O More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" PREFACE. xi of Lord Byron in a rhyming letter to his London bookseller, written from Venice in the summer of 1818. ' More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" xil PREFACE. Ellesmere, and it was published in the avowed hope that it might ' induce one of the Scotch clubs, or t More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" xiv PREFACE. himself sharing the privileges of nobility,'^ can lament the weariness of a court life,^^ tell of the l More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" PREFACE. xvii sixpence a-day ;^^ and that the northern nobles, from the Duke of Gordon downwards, dined daily in tav More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" PREFACE. XIX in the Roman Catholic faith) he could claim kindred with the noble house of Deskford and Findlate More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" PREFACE. xxi grave, his grandson was a landless man, and another race of Gordons dwelt in Auchleuchries.'"' Patric More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" xxii PREFACE. James, the second son of General Patrick Gordon, was at the Jesuit College at Memel in 1686, when his More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" PEEFACE. xxiil The first nuptials of the second daughter of Patrick Iwanowitsch were graced by the presence of the C More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" xxviii CONTENTS. The Swedish levies. Gordon engages to serve as a trooper in the company of his countryman, Rittmas More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" XXX CONTENTS. A.D. 1663— aetat. 28. His courtship and nuptials 54 The Earl of Carlisle lands at Archangel on an More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" CONTENTS. xxxi Gordon dresses himself after * the new fashion,' and makes his farewell visits 88 Prince Rupert. The More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" CONTENTS. xxxlii Dinner at Lord Perth's. Earls of Erroll, Airly, and Dunfermline. Dukes of Hamil- ton and Quecnsberr More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" CONTENTS. XXXV Letter to the Earl of Melfort 171 Memorial of Gordon's services in Bussia from 1661 to 1690 172 A. More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" XXXVl CONTENTS. The Czar returns to Moscow. His thanks to Gordon. Farther punishment of the Strelitzes ^^^ More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" DIARY OF GENERAL PATRICK GORDON I AM not ignorant that it is thought as hard a taske for any man to writt the story o More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 4 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1640-46 in Easter Achluichries, within the parisli of Crochdan and the shirefdome of Abe More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1648-51] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 5 A.D. 1G48. Wee were sent again to the school of Crowdan ; our schoolmaster Mr. More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" (^ DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1651 ■wards nl<::lit, notwithstanding it was calme and misty, wee weighed anchor, and, More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1651-53] DIARY OF TATRICK GORDON. 7 the citty, whltlicr wee arrived at iioone, and lodg-cd in a Scotsman's house in More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 8 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1653 Latlne in the Colledge, only had enquired and written downe some words necessary fo More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1653] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 9 body should see me in such a plight. However, keeping" on my way, I beg;an to recol More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 10 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1653 conceit that this fellow had brought me out of the way, and intended to lead me in More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 12 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1653 to tell me, that it would be nyne or ten monetlis ere I should fynd an occa- sion More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 14 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1653-5-t continent. Below, towards the river, and all along the side of the hill, towar More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 16 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1654 Posna or Posen, of all the cittles in Polland, is the most pleasant, being very we More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1655] DIAEY OF PATRICK GORDON. 17 who was, according to the custome of the Polonian nobility, f^oing- to visit forei More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 18 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1655 to me Gordon. He told me he was a ruitmaster, a very pretty discreet man. In the t More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1655] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 19 last night's engagement, I found myself in such a labirinth of perplexed thoughts, More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 20 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1655 men with a gallant traine of artillery. It was a most delighttull and brave show, More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1656] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 23 while, be neglected no opportunity of gaining experience in his profession, never f More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1657] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 25 A.D. 1657. He was less fortunate on the next occasion. Some Polish peasants, in t More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 28 DIARY OF PATRICK G JRDON. [1658 A.D. 1658. [The next passage of the Diary, bearing date in January or February 1 More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1659] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 29 some other officers, had quietly beheld the whole affair, rode up to him with a coc More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1659 One of Gordon's first duties, in his second campaign with the Poles, was with a party More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1660] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 31 take ship for Scotjand. Ou his way back to the camp, he waited on the commandant of More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 34 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1661 hired it ; the lodging or house belonging to that family not being built since its More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1661] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 35 pressing earuestnes, and haveing rejected or refused the conditions offered me in More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 36 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1661 I should have had by my officers, who must have fm'nished so many horse- men accor More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1661] DIARY OF PATEICK GOKDON. 37 sionibus quaecunque sub tempus servitiorum illius contra plurimos regni istius lio More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 38 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDOl^. [1661 such service againe ; with which the ambassadour was very much moved, Steelhand a More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1661] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 39 small stock I had ; as for the 1000 reichs dollers promised me, I might pos- sibly More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 40 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1661 two letters by a trusty ffriend, one dated three dayes befor the tyme I had promis More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1661] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 43 Wee rose early, and, towards eveniug, came to Kokenliausen, a towne and castle sit More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 44 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1661 show, being environed with a stone wall, with many towers. Here are many churches More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1661] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 45 been one of the three greatest market cittyes of Europe, giveth name to a large du More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 46 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1661 come into the field, wee found the Boyar there before us, who ordered us to take u More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1661] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 47 good earnest to consider how I might ridd myself of this countrey, so farr short o More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 50 DIAEY OF PATKICK GORDON. [1661 pretending themselves affronted, began to convoy the writer with the Strelt- sees More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1661-2] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 63 The Boyar, Ella Danielovitz Miloslawsky, mustered six hundred soul- diers of our More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1662-3] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 55 accept of him as a suitor. The answer was a blush, which satisfied Gordon that he More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1665-6] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 57 it was not fitt that lie should make any advantage for himself, seing in his mas More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 60 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1666 that it was doubted here whither any intercourse or correspondence should be herea More
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699" 1666] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 61 Majestie was pleased to give order to my satisfaction. Then he asked me, why I too More