That unhappy people, disgusted with the king on account of those violent declarations against them and their religion which had been extorted by the Scots, applied to the king of Spain, to the duke of Lorraine; and found assistance nowhere.
Clanricarde, unable to resist the prevailing power, made submissions to the parliament, and retired into England, where he soon after died.

He was a steady Catholic, but a man much respected by all parties.
The successes which attended Monk in Scotland were no less decisive.
That able general laid siege to Stirling Castle, and though it was well provided for defence, it was soon surrendered to him.

He there became master of all the records of the kingdom; and he sent them to England.
The earl of Leven, the earl of Crawford, Lord Ogilvy, and other noblemen, having met near Perth, in order to concert measures for raising a new army, were suddenly set upon by Colonel Alured, and most of them taken prisoners.

Sir Philip Musgrave, with some Scots, being engaged at Dumfries in a like enterprise, met with a like fate.

Dundee was a town well fortified, supplied with a good garrison under Lumisden, and full of all the rich furniture, the plate and money of the kingdom, which had been sent thither as to a place of safety.