This poser is an excerpt taken from High Court Book of Adjournal, 1667 (Crown copyright, National Records of Scotland, JC2/12, page 139) and is a precognition or witness statement.
Note the inconsistent rendering of the witness's surname and the elaborate, cascading ligarured letters th (for example at the end of line two - with the rebells).
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Questions: who commanded the rebel forces and what was taken to the General? Bonus point if you can identify the specific rebellion.
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