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check_n and_o a_o forerunner_n of_o the_o sad_a event_n which_o follow_v however_o nothing_o terrify_v with_o these_o unhappy_a presage_n he_o arrive_v himself_o at_o the_o isle_n of_o orkney_n have_v with_o he_o several_a scotch_a gentleman_n resolve_v to_o partake_v of_o his_o fortune_n here_o he_o continue_v a_o considerable_a time_n to_o raise_v such_o force_n and_o recruit_n as_o the_o place_n will_v afford_v which_o be_v poor_a raw_a untrained_a fellow_n make_v up_o the_o show_n of_o a_o army_n but_o whole_o ignorant_a of_o war_n with_o these_o he_o embark_v and_o land_n at_o cathanes_n the_o far_a point_n to_o the_o northwest_o of_o scotland_n expect_v the_o come_n of_o two_o thousand_o man_n raise_v in_o the_o earl_n of_o seaforth_n territory_n his_o arrival_n and_o that_o with_o foreigner_n immediate_o strike_v a_o terror_n into_o the_o whole_a country_n as_o far_o as_o edenburth_n where_o the_o parliament_n then_o sit_v forthwith_o order_n lieutenant_n general_n david_n 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