Note 16 — Chapter VIII · THE CAMPAIGN IN THE HIGHLANDS (TIPPERMUIR—ABERDEEN—INVERLOCHY)
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An explanation of this strange story has been given in the Introduction to A Legend of Montrose. The welcome accorded to Stewart by Argyll, and the terms in which his pardon was recorded by the Covenanters, certainly lend some colour to the original belief that Kilpont was slain for refusing to join in a plot to murder Montrose. See Montrose and the Covenanters, ii. 323-25.