ABSTRACT
As great puplicke mercys should neuer bee forgott noe more should puplicke Sins & punishments[,] the one to excite our praise & the other our repentance[.] And noe day in our Age deserues more to bee remembred with humility[,] greefe and detestation then this, on wch was
1 An exception is MS. 6497. 2 According to Halkett’s account, Sir Robery Moray died in June 1673, although the
ODNB says he died 4 July 1673. Halkett claims to have known his wife Sophia Lindsay, who died after only three years of marriage (see below, 114).
