Excerpt from The History of the Ancient, Noble, and Illustrious Family of Gordon, From the Year 1576, to the Year 1689, Vol. 2 of 2: Together With an Exact History of the Most Remarkable Transactions in Scotland, From That Year 1576, to the Martyrdom of King Charles I. 1649, Containing the Space of 73 Year The Earl of Mortar, Regent, having made Peace, as {aid is, by his fimulate Moderation, gave Hopes of happy Times under his Regency; but he foon dif appointed thefe Hopes. He becomes mol't luftful, and exceedingly avaritious', gaping after, and fnatch ing away other Mens Goods and Efiates, w'rei'ting the Laws to the Prejudice of Others, under the' fpe-s cious Pretence of Juflice, but in Reality.-to fill his own Cofl'ers and when he had impoverilhed the People, he next applies the publick T reafures to his private Ufes, by which in a (hort'time he became fo hateful to all, that, by Confent of the States of. The Kingdom, the King himfelf takes the Government upon him, altho' but Twelve Years old 5 and Twelve of the Nobility are appointed to be his Cou-nfellors, ' Three for every Three Months, among whom Mortar: was one. This was done GBP72770 1578. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.