A RELATION Of the Kings Entertainment into Scotland, on saturday the 14 of August 1641.  
As also the Copy of a Speech which the Speaker for Scotland spake to his majesty.  
And how the Efigies of my Lord Traquire was carved in wood, and beheaded after he was condemned of high Treason, to his disgrace and shane, although he saved his life by flight.  
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Printed 1641.   

THE SPEAKERS SPEECH Which was spake before the KING at Edenburg, 1641.  
WIpe away those tears from your eyes( countrymen) which you have  shed for the departute of your King, for he is as welcome to his native Scots, as ever was the Sun to the frozen earth.  
He was no sooner entred into the confines of his own country, but his Subjects, that they might in the best way show their love to their King, make the skies to echo with showers of rejoicing, they made Bonfires and threw up their blew Caps in the air, to their joy, and as the King was entering into edinburgh, my Lord Speaker spake unto him as followeth.  
My most honoured Liege, to salute your Highnesse onely with a welcome, is nothing, for you may perceive your most obedient subjects, which are of the vulgar, thronging together to perform that duty, tis your presence which hath given to my frozen lips utterance & as near as I can, I will neither think, nor speak, but what shall be to your Highnesse glory, and my own credit, for it is the greatest credit among us, your liege people to do nothing but what shall please you;  
Wi●h that the Commons in Scotland made known by their echoing shou●s, and throwing up theit Bonnets, how near he had unfolded the secrets of their hearts.  
Then the noise being ceased, he thus proceeded, I persuade myself( my Lord and King) that we are much ill spoken of, because that we are now in arms, I hope your Majesty shall find, it will prove to the good of you and us, for we shall, & will make such pa●ties known, when you shal please to grace us in our Parliament, that shall fully take away al suspicion of our ills, which are supposed to be meant towards you, we have and will prove true subjects to your Grace, for it were a sin unpardonable to do otherwise, wee having so loving and magnificent a Prince: Pardon my faltering and unable speechees, I beseech you, for it is my ambition to express our plain down right dealings, in a plain and easy way.  
I know you cannot choose but think that we have shewed our selvs resolute, because we have presumed so far as to take arms, but I hope you will also suppose, that we are as loyal as the best. God knows our thoughts, as we hope he will reward us accordingly, if bad, we desire his just judgement, if good, I entreat your Majesty to take notice of it.  
After these words, there was a kind of confused noise, heard among the souldiers, but an unlooked for instant there was such a complete valley of shot, which did as it were thunder forth their meaning. Upon that occasion my Lord Speaker continueth his speeeh.  
Thus may you see( my most honoured Liege) how your people do strive by al means possible, to show their duties, and their loves, their loving duties; they have been as sparing as possible might be, to do any thing that should be prejudici●ll to your Majesty, or your subjects in England, but what must needs be done. I persuade myself, that if your Majesty should but command the greatest thing of them to accomplish, they would as willingly strive to perform it, and with as much good will, as ever Pleiadts did any thing for his friend Orestes, nay my expression is below your Majesties worth, they would do it as willing to their powers, as the good Christian for his souls hea●th, would do any thing to please his Maker. I beseech your Majesty, than you would be pleased not to harbour an ill conceit of us, or ours, for we shall, and will be true to the crown, as long as life endures.  
I heard lately from England, that it credibly reported that we came into fields with banners displayed onely for poverty sake, because we would enrich ourselves by the English, our own consciences are clear, and reason will make it manifest.  
If we had came only for wealth, then had we sought to rob, and spoil, and feloniously to take away what wee could from the inhabitants adjoining, which we never did therefore it is clear, wee never came for such intent, as to enrich ourselves. Another thing is we came onely to reveal the names of those which had with might and main, sought to overthrow three kingdoms at once, and more we will reveal; when it shall please your Majesty to set with us in our Parliament, & therefore it was not for Lucre we undertook this task. Ju●ge favourably therefore of our inte●ts, which are as clear as the noontide of the Day, let not the clouds of direspects overshade your serene countenace from us; for your frown is able to kill us, and your smile able to call us back again to life. If you had denied your presence among us at this time, we had wandered in darkness, like those people which are forsaken by the Sun.  
But now my Liege here is one thing more, if you desire that our army shall be disbanded, your word is a command, if not they will endure the could of Winter, and think themselves happy to endure for your sake. Now our King began to answer to his last demand.  
In the first place I give you all thanks for all your kindness shewed unto me, and wear these troublesone times over, I should not be backward in recompensing of your good wils, but I hope you will except the will for the dead; and I will for a time remain, and conclude that a King is your debtor.  
For your vigilancy in all things I might particularly thank you for, and shall for ever( whilst it shall please God to detain me here in this pilgrimage) rest beholding to you, and a willing debtor. But now as for the maintenance of this army I hold it very unfit, for it is seldom seen but after war comes famine, which are two of the greatest plagues which can happen to a kingdom.  
At these words the Souldiers, each man threw away their weapons, and threw their blew Bonnets into the air, with great acclamations of joy; with that our King spoke unto them as followeth.  
I thank you all, for al your love and good will, which I perceive in all your actions to flow abundantly from you, I protest that this your loving kindness doth enlighten my heart, for this was always my bosom axiom, that that King was not worthy of a crown, who would willingly give his Subjects any distaste; me thinks I see already how the Sun of our happiness begins to show his face, through the thick clouds of distraction. Let all those things which have happened be butted in the rotten sepulchre of oblivion, for my own part, I cannot harbour any hatred in my heart, my thoughts are clear.  
But now after these words there was a kind of Ceremony to be performed, the manner of which was this.  
If any man be accused of high Treason, and flieth for it, and after be convicted, it is a law among them that his effigies shall be cut in wood, and brought upon the Scaffold with as much disgrace as if the party offending were there in his own person. Now there was a Lord among them, which was found faulty, and accused of high Treason, for which he fled into France thinking to escape the disgrace, as well as the death which he had deserved, but he was much deceived in the trusty Scots, from though he fled for death, yet they sent his shane after him: on the very same day on which our King came to his palace at edinburgh( which was friday night last) was his effigies brought upon the Scaffold, and there they cut of its Wooden head.  
Thus country men, may you see how willing these Scots are to please, and not to offend, you may red in their works which they are lately gon about, what their intentions are I persuade myself, that they are true Christians, true subjects, and what not; let us therefore join with them in their good acclamations, with which the skies do now ring God save our King, God save our King.  
After all these things were performed, our King gave them all most hearty thanks, promising them to think of all their courtesies hereafter: and then he was conducted to his palace, where he was received with great joy and gladness, and I doubt not but he will have kind entertainment: in the mean time this shall be my voice.  
God preserve and save the KING.  
FINIS.