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time he was in Ireland, the Governor required of all Presbyterian ministers that were in Ireland, that they should give it under their hand, that they had no accession to the late rebellion at Bothwel-bridge, in Scotland, and that they did not approve of it; which the most part did and sent Mr Thomas Gowans, a Scotsman, and one Mr Paton, from the north of Ireland to Dublin, to present it to the Lord Lieutenant the which when Mr Peden heard, he said, Mr Gowans and his brother Mr Paton are sent and gone the devil's errand, but God will arrest them by the gate. And accordingly, Mr Gowans, by the way, was struck with a sore sickness, and Mr Paton fell from his horse, and broke or crushed his leg: and both of them were detained beyond expectation. I had this account from some worthy Christians when in Ireland.
18. In the year 1682, he married John Brown in Kyle, at his own house in Priesthall, that singular Christian, upon Marion Weir. After marriage; he said to the bride, Marion, you have got a good man to be your husband, but you will not enjoy him long: prize his company and keep linen by you for his winding-sheet, ⟨for⟩ you will need it when you are not looking ⟨for⟩ it, and it will be a bloody one. This came sadly to pass in the beginning of May, 1685, as afterwards shall appear.
