pp84 - Manx Soc vol 9 'Monumenta de Insula Manniae - Vol 3' From Manx Soc vol IV,VII & IX G. NICOLSON TO MR. BOWES. AUG. l, 1595. STATE PAPER OFFICE, SCOTLAND * 37 ELIZ, IT may please yor' wor yesternight verie late I received yor wor packett of the 24 of the last wthher Matie lre to therle of Argile and yors to his L. mcclayne and others. All wchby the helpe of God shall diligentlie be disposed as you have directed, The parson I sent to Kirkowbray founde there a bote of Man to whom the lre is delivered and wch will warne that place of the Ilanders intencon but them of the bote told him that the Ilanders had ben alredy offering to land but retired and durst not enter on the land by reason the people there were redy for them. It semeth also that for this tyme they shalbe forced to retire. But in regard of such contrarie brutes I can write nothing wth certaintie, etc. *Vol.. 56, Art. 71. Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The Editor HTML Transcription © F.Coakley , 2004