Letter or part of letter. The report of the committee about Colonel Horton [?]; am doing all I can in it, but need your help for my lord Ballenderi [?]; I am not sure that the Queen will be adrest for Braking [?] him or whether it will bb Don by the general action[?].

[See Scotts Peerage Bellenden v2 p 72-3: John Drummond, 2nd Lord Bellenden, born circa 1656, imprisoned in 1689, ultimately acquiesced in the change of dynasty. Married 10 April 1683 Mary Moore, widow of William, 3rd Earl of Dalhousie (d. 1682). Died March 1707.]