1667] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 103 to me, desireing me to let him have him

Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"

1667] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 103

to me, desireing me to let him have him, and he would give me either
money or another for him. I answered that the horse indeed was not to
be sold, yet, seeing he had a fancy for him, he was at his service, and that
I would take it for a great favour, if he would be pleased to accept of him ;
and sent him along to his Excellency with one of my servants. But he
would not accept of him, and gave me many thanks for the offer.

I, being invited by Mr. Clay hills to his brandy house, went Avith Captaine
Gordon, Mr. Ayloffe, and Finlay Downy, and were merry. I bouo-ht mv
bay horse from Mr. Clayhills, and gave for him, with sadle, sherbrake, and
hulsters, my sable furr, and twelve reichs dollers. He gave me also Camb-
dens Brittannia.

I hired horses and waggons to Plesko, haveing ]\Ir. Isaack and Mr. May 9.
Deeve still in my company.

I did writt to Mr. Gellentin, Doctor Davidson, to Sir William Davidson, May lo.
to Captain KauflPmans and to Steelhand, glveing off Captaui Kauffmans
bed to the skipper Wulffe. Writt to Mosko to my wyfe, mother Mr.
Bryan, and Doctor CoUius.

Being invited to Mr. Herman Becker, I went, and with Mr. Van May u.
Sweden and his family, and diverse, were magnificently entertained. The
same day, haveing taken my leave of my ffriends who convoyed me out of
towne, I went from Riga, and came to Plesko the seventeenth, where the May n.
Woywod, upon pretence that the pest was in England, but, in reality, that
I would not let him have my black horse, which he fancyed, detained me
till the twenty fourth ; when, receiving my podwods, our company being May 24
augmented with Mr. Henry Munter, and a poor fellow, our pristaw, I
tooke my jorney, and the twenty seventh, came to Novogrod, and the May 27
second of June, to Torizok, the third, to Twere, the fourth, to Klb, and june->*
the fifth, to Axinina, where I had orders to stay, untill I should give notice
to the ambassy office, and get licence to come to Mosko. I dispatched my
pristave mimediately away with the letters from the governour of Plesko,
wherein was my testimony or skaska that there was no pestilence more in
England nor in any place through which I had passed.

About eight aclock in the morning, my father in law, with Mr. Bryan, June 6
came, and brought an order, that I should go to the Sloboda, and stay ('^*'""''
there till further orders. I came to the Sloboda, and was, with a great joy,
welcomed by my wyfe and ffriends.