"And for those his faithful services, We the Great Lord and Czarian Majesty were pleased to order the said Leutenant General to be a General, he being worthy of that honour through his Merit: and he accordingly served our Czarian Majesty as General, and he stood against our Enemies and fought them courageously. In consequence of which, we our Czarian Majesty granted him a stipend according to his Dignity for his Table and for his pay. And now he the General has petitioned our Czarian Majesty that we would please to give him Leave to return in to his own country. Therefore we the Great Sovereign and Czarian Majesty were pleased to order that the said Noble General, who is worthy of all Honor, Thomas, the son of Thomas Dalyel should have leave to go in to his own country. And, by this patent of our Czarian Majesty, we do testify of him That he is a man of Virtue and Honor, and in the Military operations of great experience. And in case he should be willing again to serve our Czarian Majesty he is to let us know of it before hand; and he shall come in to the Russian Dominions of our Czarian Majesty with our safe passports. And in Testimony of his services, We ordered to give him this Patent of our Czarian Majesty, under our Great Seal of State. "Given at our Court in the Mitropolis City of Moscow in the year from the Creation of the World 7173 Jany 6th. (+A.D.+ 1665.) [_N.B._--The inscription on the seal contains all the titles, as in the first paragraph of the Patent.] "The foregoing Translation being entirely and truly conformed with the original Patent in Russian Dialect and Character, it is certified by the underwritten Counsellor of the Embassy and Chargé D'Affaires of His Imperial Majesty of all Russia in London "the 30th day of March 1762. "_Signed_    +Theodore Luders+." _N.B._--The record of this in Russian is titled _Recueil des Chartes de l'Etat et Traités publiés aux frais du Chancelier de l'Empire Comte Roumianzow_. Volume iv., page 143. Moscou, 1828. The following is transcribed from the original MS. in the General Register House, Edinburgh, under date 1685:-- The order of the March of the troops att Generall Dalyell his funerall The officers are all to have Black scarffs and the troops are to march with there armes in the posture appointed for these occasiones and the trumpettes drums and collors are to be ordered as is useuall in the like caises.