An ACCOUNT of the Election of the CONVENTION of SCOTLAND, with the Scotch Reasons why the said Convention should Proclaim Their MAJESTY'S of England, WILLIAM and MARY, KING and QUEEN of Scotland.  
SIR,  
YOurs of the 28th passed I received, and as your Account of the Affairs and Transactions of England is by several Hands (to our general satisfaction) here confirmed, so I must be bold to tell you, you are very much deceived and abused in your Intelligence concerning this Kingdom: For whereas in one Clause of your Letter you insinuate your fears of a Rupture, or a Disagreement at the meeting of our Grand Convention (which will certainly be the 14th. of this Instant. I assure you there is so little reason for your Doubts, that the general Belief of this Kingdom is, that they will in nothing differ from the proceedings of your Convention, as to the settlement of the CROWN, but in the time for having so good an Example and Precedent at hand, is thought there will be but little delay in their Resolves; Besides, the Country have in the Choice of their Resentatives, been so free and unprejudiced, that I dare affirm there never was a more just or lestal Assembly than this will prove; many of them do here publicly already applaud and approve the Wisdom and Choice of England; an Instance of which is this Paper therewith sent you (written as is supposed by one of the Members) whereby you may guests at their Inclinations, though I cannot say we are wholly without Wicked, Disaffected, Restless, and Turbulent Spirits in some parts, who would willingly Embroil us, if possible; but we doubt not but a happy Agreement of this Healing Convention, in a General Declaring for their present Majesties of England, will confound all their Devices.  
Tho' it may be reasonably expected that allitrue Scotsmen may by this time be fully Sensible of what may be most conducing for the Settling this Ancient Kingdom, yet considering that the time for meeting of the Great Convention draws near, and the Affair anent which they are to meet, is of so great Importance, I shall presume to give this brief Advice,  
And in the first place, I humbly conceive that we cannot pitch upon more feasible means for the attaining a settled and lasting Peace, than that which our Elder Sister England has already fixed upon, viz. That the late King James the Second, having endeavoured to Subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the Original Contract between King and People; And by Advice of Jesuits and other Wicked Persons, having Violated the Fundamental Laws; And having withdrawn himself out of his Kingdoms, has Abdicated the Government, and that the THRONE is thereby Vacant; For which Misgovernment He has forfeited the Trust of the Regal Inheritance of the Executive Power both in Himself and in his Heirs Lineal and collateral; so that the same is devolved back to the People, who have also the Legislative Authority; & consequently may of Right give & dispose thereof by their Representatives for their future Peace, Benefit, Security, and Government, according to their good Will and Pleasure. And forasmuch as it is absolutely necessary that the Government be speedily Settled on sure and lasting Foundations, and consequently that such Person or Persons be immediately placed in the Throne, in whom the Nation has most Reason to repose an entire Confidence, and therefore have Proclaimed the Prince and Princess of Orange, King and Queen of England, France, and Ireland etc. And this will easily appear if we Consider, 

1. What great dangers the said Neble Prince has exposed himself to in rescuing us from Popery and Slavery, which otherwise would undoubtedly have overflown our Land: And therefore who can we imagine will be so careful to Preserve all things in their right Channel, as he that was at such pains to reduce them thereto.  
2. By this means we shall secure to ourselves the best of Princes, such too, as the whole World that we wat of, does not afford their Equals.  
3. We shall in like manner deliver ourselves from that Race of POPISH SUCCESSORS that would otherwise certainly be Obtruded upon us, should King James be called home, to the no less prejudice of the Royal Blood, than the Destruction of our KIRK and STATE. For should he be sent for again, we could not Evite the Pretended Prince of Wales' Succeeding him; and if he should die, the same Tricks would be used for the Imposing another upon us, and what an ill Comb we should bring to our own Heads by swae doing, we may easily imagine; And we are not foolishly to expect to be delivered from such a Grievous Bondage as that would be, by extraordinary Miracles, especially if we slight such singular Mercies as GOD has now put into our Hands for the preventing our falling thereinto.  
4. We may easily foresee the grievous Inconveniencies that will follow upon the not taking the same Measures that England has taken; for than we can expect no less than to have our Land a seat of War, & to be filled with Rapine & Bloodshed; Let not the old Proverb that we frequently use, to wit, That Scots Folks are aye wise behind hand, now be verified of us. If we are not wilfully Blind, we have a fresh Instance before us of the Mischiefs that shall befall us (if we suffer ourselves ito be Imposed upon by Papists and other Disaffected' Persons among us) in the Neighbouring Kingdom of Ireland, which is already so plundered, that in Seven Years it will not recover its Prestine state, and who knows what it may yet Suffer; Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum.  
5. By this means both the Succession will be preserved, and the Liberties of the People sufficiently vindicated: For the Princess of Orange is the next Legitimate Successor to the Crown, and her Father having Deserted his Dominions, tle Rights of Succeeding devolves upon her, and in Swae far as she cannot pretend a Right to Succeed during her jathers' Life, She comes now to the Crown by Election, which does mightily Confirm the Liberties of the People that a some Case they have a Power to Elect a Governor, and this frees us from the Fears of having a Popish Successor imposed upon us.    
These Things considered, I hope our good Patriots, who are to meet in the ensuing Convention, will follow the Pattern which the English Convention hath Cast them, especially seeing, besides the infinite Advantages which will redound to us in this Ancient Kingdom: The whole Protestant Interest abroad, will be very much Supported thereby, which has Suffered so much in many Places for several Years, and the King and Queen We are to make Choice of, have always made it their Work to Defend that Interest to the utmost of their Power, and We shall enjoy a Happiness that for several Years we have been wholly Strangers to.  
In the next place seeing the said Illustrious Prince, has given you a Liberty to redress the manifold Grievances, under which not long ago, you groaned as under an Egyptian Bondage: I hope you will take such Methods for freeing yourselves therefrom, that not only the present Age, but even After Generations will have a grareful Remembrance of your Names, and so doing, you shall wipe off that Odium that hath been cast upon our Nation, by the Cruel and Barbarous Acts that have been made by some-Self-seeking Court Parasites that have crept into our Parliaments some years Ago. I shall say no more, but, Verbum Sapienti sat.   

LONDON: Printed for John Fleming. 1689.