He was mortified and irritated by the tidings.
He held warm and menacing language, and punished some of his mutinous servants, in the hope that the rest would take warning.

Several persons were dismissed from the Council board.

Several were deprived of pensions, which formed an important part of their income.

Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh was the most distinguished victim.

He had long held the office of Lord Advocate, and had taken such a part in the persecution of the Covenanters that to this day he holds, in the estimation of the austere and godly peasantry of Scotland, a place not far removed from the unenviable eminence occupied by Claverhouse.