AN
ACCOUNT
Of
the
Taking
THE
EARL
OF
ARGYLE
;
On
Thursday
the
Seventeenth
Instant
.
Communicated
in
a
Letter
from
a
Person
of
Honour
in
the
Country
,
go
his
Friend
in
Dublin
.
Carrickfergus
,
June
22.
1685.
SIR
,
I
Gave
you
in
my
last
an
account
of
the
taking
Dunstasnage
Castle
(
with
the
store
of
Arms
and
Ammunition
)
from
Argyle
;
since
which
ill
success
,
his
Souldiers
daily
desert
him
;
and
being
closely
pursued
by
the
Marquess
of
Athol
,
I
have
now
this
account
to
give
(
which
we
have
both
so
long
wish'd
for
)
of
his
self
being
taken
,
flying
away
in
disguise
(
by
a
couple
of
mean
Fellows
near
Grinock
)
all
alone
,
with
a
Pack
at
his
back
;
the
manner
of
it
was
thus
:
After
he
saw
his
danger
,
and
how
he
was
surrounded
by
Sea
and
Land
,
takes
to
his
Disguise
in
the
Night
,
leaving
what
Force
he
had
to
shift
as
well
as
they
could
〈…〉
Upon
his
march
towards
an
Arm
of
the
Sea
he
was
discovered
,
by
offering
Five
Pounds
for
a
Boat
to
ferry
over
to
some
place
where
he
thought
he
might
be
secure
,
if
he
could
but
obtain
the
other
side
.
The
Five
Pounds
discovering
his
design
,
he
was
stopt
;
but
before
he
was
securred
,
fired
both
his
Pistols
,
and
what
other
Fire
Arms
he
had
.
In
the
bustle
he
received
a
Wound
,
which
is
thought
to
be
mortal
.
After
he
was
taken
,
being
asked
who
he
was
,
confessed
himself
to
be
The
Unfortunate
Argyle
.
Sir
John
Cockran
,
they
say
,
managed
his
part
to
better
success
,
who
opposed
the
Kings
Forces
valiently
till
Night
:
and
when
he
heard
of
Argile's
being
taken
,
he
thought
the
Night
the
fittest
time
for
him
to
shif
for
himself
.
Whether
he
be
secured
or
no
,
is
uncertain
;
though
I
am
informed
,
he
was
carried
to
Glasgow
with
Argyle
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Prisoners
.
FINIS
.