In  Edinburgh  Castle  two  companies,  Tymtallon  and  the  Basse
one  companie,  Douglas  Castle  halfe  a  foote  companie  and  30
horse,  halfe  a  foote  companie  in  Anderwick  and  Dunce,  and
20  horse  in  each  place. And  if  your  Highnes  please  to  put


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a  regiment  of  horse  into  Carlile  and  Barwick,  I  beleeve,  with
the  horse  at  Sterling,  Ayre,  and  Leith  Cittadells  wilbee  able
to  keepe  all  those  parts  in  quiet  betweene  Sterling,  Berwick,
and  Carlile;  and  if  your  Highnes  thinke  fit  to  place  these
forces  soe,  truely  I  thinke  the  rest  of  the  forces  will  [bee]
safer  about  Newcastle  and  those  northern  parts  than  in
Scotland,  for  all  the  danger  of  this  contry  is  a  suddaine
insurrection,  and  our  forces  lying  thus  will  lye  much  saffer,
and  they  can  doe  us  noe  hurt  but  by  a  suddaine  insurrection,
and  then  they  may  cut  of  some  of  our  forces  before  they
are  aware,  and  the  rest  of  the  forces  that  you  leave  in  Scot-
land will  lye  in  such  secure  places  as  they  cannot  cut  them
of,  and  lye[ing]  in  the  north  they  will  bee  as  ready  to  answer
any  bussines  in  England  or  Scotland  as  if  they  were  in  Scot-
land. And  keeping  up  stores  of  provisions  you  may  bee
ready  to  march  into  the  country  at  any  time  to  prosecute  a
warr  against  the  Scots,  or  to  draw  your  Highnes'*  forces  into
England  and  leave  Scotland  in  a  good  posture,  the  garrisons
being  provided  with  a  yeares  provisions,  or  those  that  have  least
eight  months. 