To the Right Honourable, the Lords of His majesty's Privy council of the kingdom of Scotland: The humble Petition of many Noblemen, Barons, Burgesses, and Ministers thereof, presented at Edenbrough the last of May, 1642.  
Most humbly showeth,  
THat Whereas they upon the report and sight of great Convocations, suddenly endeavoured and unepexctedly brought in to this Great counsel day, for the most part by those who have been esteemed by the country, and challenged by the Parliament, as Incendiaries, Plotters and Enemies to the Peace of their Kingdoms; Have occasionally convened at Edinbrough: and having heard of Letters from His Majesty, and Declarations from the Parliament of England, anent the present Distractions of that Kingdom, They have reason, from by-gone experience and present presumptions, To fear the Intentions and endeavours of those evil affected persons and their Adherents, left by their Convocations and solicitations they take occasion of these differences, to raise jealousy and Division betwixt their kingdoms.  
And considering the common Interest of all the subjects of this kingdom, to preserve the late peace so happily concluded betwixt their Nations, by the Providence of God, His majesty's goodness and wisdom, and the Mediation of the Parliament of England, and so solemnly established by the late Treaty, Oath of Parliament, public Faith, and great Seals of their Kingdoms; as in all other points, so especially in those Articles (whereunto, the rest are called but Prefaces) for settling and entertaining a solid Peace betwixt their Nations in time coming, left upon any pretence they should be dashed one against another: Wherein it is declared, The duty of the Estates, yea, of every Subject, to convene and suppress any evil-affected persons who would raise Arms against the Subjects of the other kingdom, without Consent of Parliament, as traitors to the Estate, much more to petition against it. And wherein there is appointed a Commission of the Estates, for the conservation of this Peace in the Interim betwixt Parliaments: All which the Petitioners (amongst the rest of the good Subjects of this kingdom) did hazard their Lives and Estates to obtain. And did demand in the Treaty, upon their dangerous Experience of the council of England their meddling in the Affairs betwixt His Majesty and this kingdom, to the engaging of the Nations in war, which is so oft condemned by the Estates of this kingdom, in their Remonstrances, pressing that common Rule of Equity, TO DO AS WE WOULD BE DONE UNTO, which now is, and may be retorted on this Kingdom.  
Likewise desiring earnestly, That your Lordships, in these public Resolutions, of so great Consequence to their Dominions, may carry along with you the Hearts and Consciences of the Body of this kingdom; And prevent that the Breach grow not wider by false confidences, grounded upon sudden undertakings of any persons: As also their natural Affection and Duty to their gracious sovereign, according to their manifold Obligations, and brotherly Affection to the Kingdom of England, forcing them to pray to God, and to desire all men, according to their Stations, to use all lawful Means, to breed and entertain a good understanding betwixt His Majesty and His Parliament, The surest Foundation of greatness to His Majesty, and happiness to their Kingdoms.  
Likewise taking to heart the dangerous Consequences to His Majesty, and to His Dominions, if your lordship's answer, by tendering the offer of your Service to His Majesty, against the demands, or upon the differences betwixt His Majesty and the Parliament of England, or any other manner of way import (which God forbid) any engaging of yourselves, or of their Nations in War, or any thing that may tend thereunto.  
Therefore, In their own Names, and in Name of the rest of the Nobility, Gentry, Burgesses, and Ministers, whose hearts do, and hands would go along with this Petition, for preservation of Peace betwixt their kingdoms; They do in all humility and earnestness, petition your Lordships, in the deep of your wisdoms, seriously to ponder the Consequences of your answer to His Majesty and the Parliament of England at this time; so that thereby, neither the Confidence betwixt His majesty and His good subjects here, nor amongst themselves, nor betwixt the kingdoms (these Unions standing ever to his majesty's greatness, and those Divisions to His prejudice) may be any ways weakened, or their Peace endangered; Unto that end as your Lordships would leave no lawful means, according to your Interest, unassayed, for begetting a good understanding betwixt His Majesty and His Parliament, being His Greatest, and most impartial council, representing the Body, whereof His majesty is the Head; and for removing these distractions (the continuance whereof, will ever trouble the Peace of this kingdom) according to your lordship's last answer; So also, seeing His Majesty requires not that your Lordships should (neither can your Lordships) judge of the Laws and Proceedings of another independent Kingdom.  
And the Parliament of England offers to give all Satisfaction concerning any Message or Papers sent to your Lordships annent their Proceedings, That your Lordships would be pleased carefully to shun all offers of real or verbal engagements, either directly, or by way of Inference, without consent of Parliament, conformed to the Treaty, which either may give any just occasion of offence to their Gracious sovereign, or of jealousy to their Brethren of England, or of discourse unto any, as if your Lordships did not observe that former Rule of Equity, pressed by them during their troubles, TO DO UNTO OTHERS. AS THEY WOULD BE DONE UNTO THEMSELVES, But did fall in the same faults which your Lordships, and the rest of the Estates of this Kingdom had condemned in the council of England.  
And for this effect, they cannot but remember your Lordships, That according to an Article of the Treaty, there was appointed a Commission (as independent as any other) of so many of every Estate, representing the whole kingdom, to prevent all occasion of Division betwixt their kingdoms, in the Interim betwixt Parliaments. All which they humbly represent unto your lordship's wise considerations, and expects from your Lordships so gracious an answer as may satisfy their present fears, and secure them from those dangers in this Interim betwixt Parliaments, and thereby prevent all necessity of Petitions of this kind.   

June 7. London, Printed for Joseph Hunscots'. 1642.