Scotiæ indiculum, or, The present state of Scotland together with divers reflections upon the antient state thereof / by A.M. philopatris.

Of Prince Rupert.

Next to the Issue of the Prince Elector Palatine, is Prince Rupert, Born at Prague the 17th of Decem∣ber 1619. not long before that very unfortunate Battel there fought, whereby not only all Bohemia was lost, but the Palatine Family, was for almost thirty years dispossest of all their possessions in Germany.

At Thirteen years of Age he marcht with the then Prince of Orange, to the Siege of Rhineberg; afterwards in England was created Knight of the Garter.

At the Age of Eighteen he Com∣manded a Regiment of Horse in the German Wars, and in the Battel of Ʋlotta 1638. being taken by the Imperialists under the Command

of Count Hatzfield; he continued a Prisoner above three years.

In 1642. returning into England, made General of the Horse to the King's Fights, and Defeats Collonel Sands near Worcester: Routed the Rebels Horse at Edge-Hill; took Cirencester; raised the Siege of Newark; recovered Lichfield, and Bristol; raised the long Siege before Latham-house; fought the Battel at Marston-Moor; was created Earl of Holderness, and Duke of Cumber∣land, after the extinction of the Male-line of the Cliffords 1643.

Finally, The King's Forces at Land, being totally defeated, he transported himself into France, and was afterwards made Admiral of such Ships of War, as submitted to King Charles the Second, to whom after several disasters at Sea, and

wonderful preservations, he return∣ed to Paris 1652. where, and in Germany, sometimes at the Empe∣rour's Court, and sometimes at Heydelberg, he passed his time in Princely Studies and Exercises, till the Restauration of His Majesty now Reigning; after which, re∣turning into England, was made a Privy Councillor in 1662. and in 1666. being joyned Admiral with the Duke of Albemarl, first attackt the whole Dutch Fleet, with his Squadron, in such a bold resolute way, that he put the enemy soon to flight.

He enjoyes a Pension from His Majesty of 4000 l. per annum.

After Prince Rupert the next Heirs to the Crown of Scotland, are three French Ladies. Daughters of Prince Edward deceased, who was a

younger Son of the Queen of Bo∣hemia, whose Widdow the Princess Dowager, Mother to the said three Ladies, is Sister to the Late Queen of Poland, Daughter and Coheir to the last Duke of Nevers in France, amongst which three Daughters, there is a Revenue of about 12000 l. sterling a year.

There was two Daughters of Frederick Prince Palatine of the Rhine, who being unmarried, are deceased.

The last is the Princess Sophia, youngest Daughter to the Queen of Bohemia, Born at the Hague 1630. and in 1659. wedded to John Duke of Lunenberg, and free Prince of Germany, Heir to the Dutchy of Brunswick, by whom she hath Sons and Daughters; she is said to be one of the most accomplisht Ladies in Europe.

Having this particular Account of all the nearest in Blood to the Crown of Scotland, being the Issue of King James the Sixth, and King Charles the First, it will not be amiss to relate these that are descended of the Daughter of King James the Second (since whom, till the Queen of Bohemia, no collateral branch sprung from the Royal Family of whom any Issue remains.)

James, Lord Hamilton, was mar∣ried to the Daughter of King James the Second, and had Issue; first James created Earl of Arran, whose Son was the Duke of Chastelherault, from whom, by Two Sons, are de∣scended the Families of Hamilton and Abercorn, and by Two Daugh∣ters the Families of Huntley and Lau∣derdale: And by an Act of Parlia∣ment, signed by all the Three Estates (the Original whereof is yet

extant) in the Reign of Queen Mary. The Duke of Chastelheraults Family is declared next the Queen and her Issue, the Rightful Heir of the Crown.

The Sister of King James the Third bare likewise to the Lord Hamilton a Daughter, married to the Earl of Lennox, from whom descended the Family of Lennox: There is no ot∣ther branch of the Royal Family, since it was in the Line of the Ste∣warts, except the Earl of Cassils his Family, whose Ancestor the Lord Kennedy married King James the firsts Sister; from which Marriage that Family is descended. And so much of the Royal Family.