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The most important passages in Sharp's letters will be found in Burton's history, vii. pp. 129-146. "Memoirs of Captain John Creichton," pp. 57-9. The torture of the thumbkin is said to have been introduced into Scotland by Lord Perth, who had seen it practised in Russia.
The following Sunday was June 1st, on which day Claverhouse was indeed engaged with a conventicle; but in a fashion very different from any he had anticipated. This very much bears out Burnet's complaint against the Episcopal clergy in Scotland, which has been so strenuously denied by Creichton. "The clergy used to speak of that time as the poets do of the golden age.
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