THE DISSOLUTION Of The PARLIAMENT IN SCOTLAND Novemb. 19 1641.  
After a sweet Sympathy, and agreement betwixt the KING and his Subjects, in the settling of all Affairs, as well Ecclesiastical as Civil, in that Kirke and Kingdom.  
With an Act of Parliament ordaining the whole subjects and Liege's of that Kingdom to obey, maintain, and defend the conclusions, Acts and Constitutions of this last Session of Parliament, and to subscribe the band appointed for that effect.  
Wherein is declared the illegal practices of john, Earl of Traquair, by breaking up their former Parliament, Anno, 1639, ere any thing was accomplished.  
Together with a true Copy of the Band, as it was subscribed by the Noblemen, Barons, Burgesses, and others of this last Parliament, in Justification thereof.  
London, Printed for John Wright. 1641.   

THE DISSOLUTION OF THE LAST PARLIAMENT  
Novemb. 19 1641.  
In the Parliament holden at Edinburgh, the eleventh day of jun. 1640 years the Estates of Parliament Presently convened, by his Majesty's special authority, Considering that whereas, after many petitions and supplycations given in and presently to his Majesty, and the Lords of his secret council, by divers of the Nobility, Barons, and Burgesses of this Kingdom, for granting a free General Assembly, and Parliament, for reforming of many great abuses, and novations, tending to the overthrow of the true reformed Religion, and undoing of this Kirk. and Kingdom devised and brought in by the late pretended Bishops, who by their subtle practices, during his Majesty's absence, their many years, had iugrost in their persons all the Ecclesiastic, and civil power of this his Majesty's ancient and native Kingdom, it was granted by his Majesty, out of his Royal justice, and accorded by the Articles of pacification, madeat his Majesty's Camp in the month of Jun. 1639 years, last passed, that a free general assembly, and Parliament, should be indicted by his Majesty, and that all matters Ecclesiastical should be determined by the assemblies of the Kirke: and matters civil, by Parliaments, and other inferior judicatories, established by Law, and that according thereunto, his Majesty did indict an Assembly to be held at Edinburgh, the twelfth of August, and a Parliament for ratifying the Conclusions of the same Assembly, and setting down such other thing, as might conduce to the peace and good of the Kingdom, To be holden at Edinburgh the twenty fixed of August last bypast: in the which assembly, the matters concerning the purity of the true reformed Religion, and peace of this Kirke, after great debaite, delays, and protracting of time, made by john, Earl of Traquair his Majesty's Commissioner, being at length concluded upon the _____ day of August, 1639 years, The Parliament sitting down immediately thereafter, upon the penult day of the said month of August the ratifications of the Conclusions of the same assembly and many other matters of great importance, conducing necessarily to the settling of the peace, of this Kingdom, being proponed in Parliament, were like ways shifted and delayed, and the closing of the Parliament, protracted from time to time, unto the _____ day of November, last by past: at the which time, the said John Earl of Traquaire did take upon him without the consent of the Estates, to prorogat the foresaid Parliament to the second day of june instant, not only contrary to the Articles of pacification, but also to the prejudice of the Liberties of the Parliament, for preservation whereof, the said Estates were forced to make a declaration in Parliament against the same: And that albeit since the said _____ day of November, unto this time, the said Estates have used all possible means to give his Majesty full satisfaction both by their peaceable carriage at home, and by sending their Commissioners, to acquaint his Majesty with all their just desires, and the reasons thereof, yet they have not only received no answer, but upon the contrary have been condemned as Rebellious, without hearing: and our Commissioners, sent for clearing thereof, all restrained in private houses for a long time, and john Lord Lowdoun, being one of them, committed to the Tower, where he is still detained prisoner.  
The Castles of Edemburgh, and Dunbertane have in mean time been fortified and provided with all sort of Ammunition, in great abundance, and Garrisons of Soldiers, (not being natives of this Kingdom) put therein; the Garrison in the Castle of Edinburgh, daily killing divers of the inhabitants of this City, and spoiling their houses with Muskets and great Ordinance, all ships belonging to this Kingdom arrested in England, and Ireland, and many of them coming from other places, laid wait for, and taken by the way, their owners and passengers spoilt of their goods, and apparel, laid in the irons, and barbarously abused: A Commission granted to the General of the English forces by sea and land, to kill, destroy, and subdue this whole nation, a Printed Declaration put forth, denouncing war against it, persuading, exhorting, and provoking the other two Kingdoms to grant subsidies, and take Arms against the inhabitants of this Kingdom as traitors and rebels: And the Parliament of Ireland hath proceeded so fare as to declare them to be such: All which they have hitherto endured patiently, and thereby given an evident demonstration to the world of the loyalty of their affections to their Sovereign, which no extremity shall ever make them to forget: And now being pressed by the present exigence of the Estate of this Kingdom, and bound by the necessity of that natural duty they ought to themselves and their posterity, to provide for the safety of the Commonwealth, and their own, and timously to prevent the utter ruin of this Nation, which can no longet subsist under so great a burden, that time appointed being come, to the which the Parliament was prorogat, and no advertisement come from his Majesty to them anent any course to be taken, for redeeming of the great disorders, they being the great Council of the Kingdom could not be altogether so forgetful of themselves, and decident to their Country, as to suffer this Parliament which they had so often petitioned from his Majesty, which was conditioned and accorded by the said Articles of Pacification, and inflicted by his Majesty's Authority, to be deserted and expired without any conclusion to the good of the Commonwealth in so great extremity: But rather thought themselves bound in conscience and duty to proceed to the determination of such matters as are necessary for the establishing of the peace of this Kirk and Kingdom, as being the express and special ends of all their Supplications, and agreeable to the said's Articles of Pacification, without tri●ching any ways on Sovereignty, or derogating in any sort from his Majesty's Royal Authority, but on the contrary, only looking first upon the constitutions of the general Assembly, p●st in presence of his Majesty's Commissioner, and the  consequences thereof, and then providing remedies for the present evils of the Kingdom, by removing the cause, and establishing  conclusions for preventing the like hereafter: In doing whereof as they have proceeded uprightly in the way of Justice, and with due reverence, and regard to his Majesty's Authority, and thereby have hopped the calumnious mouths of their adversaries, so they rest assured, that his Majesty after due examination of their proceed, finding the same agreeable to the fundamental laws and custom's of this his ancient and native Kingdom, and no ways repugnant to monarchial government, will out of his Royal Justice and goodness give his full consent thereunto; And thereby totally removing and extinguishing all ground and occasion of controversy against his faithful and loyal Subjects, restore this Kingdom to a perfect and  peace, which they pray the Lord put in his Majesty's Royal Heart, that he may long and prosperously reign over them And on the other part, considering from by gone experience how malicious and diligent their adversaries will be to calumniat these their proceed, and by their suggestions to the King's Majesty, and to the Liege's, to kindle and entertain factions and divisions there anent, and how  it is for the safety and peace of this Kirk and Kingdom, that the Members of both do unanimously with heart and hand testify by their subscription their resolution, and Obligation to acknowledge this Parliament so often desired by their petitions and supplications, and convened by his Majesty's solemn indiction, according to the Articles of Pacification, to be a free, lawful, and necessary Parliament, and to obey, observe, and maintain the same for themselves constantly and faithfully, and to the uttermost of their power, to join and concur, in their several stations and callings, with others to advance, further, and assist the execution, obedience, and observing of the Acts and constitutions of this present Parliament, as the most fit and necessary remedies of the bygone and present evils and distractions of this Kirk and Kingdom, and for preservation of the Religion, laws and liberties thereof, and of his Majesty's Authority, and that in the first Parliament which shall be holden hereafter within this Kingdom, and at all other occasions, against any opposition whatsoever, except in so fare as shall hereafter be thought fit and expedient by the common advice and consent of the Estates: They have ordained and ordains the Band under-written, to be subscribed by all the Members of Parliament present and absent, and by Noblemen, Barons, Burgesses, and all other Subjects and inhabitants of the Kingdom, in their Shires, and burgh's, as they shall be directed by the Commissioners of Parliament left at Edinburgh, and to be reported to the Clerk, betwixt and the first day of September nixt, with certification, that such as refuse or post-pone, and delay to subscribe to same, shall be holden as Enemies and Opposites to the common Cause, consisting in the maintenance of the true reformed Religion, and of the laws, and liberties of this Kingdom, and his Majesty's Authority.  
We Noblemen, Barons, Burgesses, and others, under-subscribers, considering how necessary it is to establish our Union in the preservation, and maintenance of the Religion, Laws, and Liberties of this Kingdom, and of his Majesty's Authority, and to prevent all factions, contentions, and divisions, which may arise in prejudice thereof, from malicious suggestions and misinformations of our adversaries, do all, and every one of us with our heart and hand testify and declare our Resolution and Obligation, (for the reasons and causes at length expressed in the Act of Parliament immediately preceding) to acknowledge the aforesaid Parliament to have been and to be a free and lawful Parliament, Likewise we bind and oblish us, and every one of us upon our honours and credit, and as we desire to be, and to be holden true lovers of our Country, and of the Religion, laws, and liberties thereof effauldly and faithfully to the uttermost of our power, to join and concur with our persons and estates every one of us according to our several stations & callings, in the maintenance of the freedom and lawfulness of the aforesaid Parliament, and in the advancement, furtherance, and assistan●● of the execution, obedience, and observation of the Acts and constitutions thereof, as the most fit and necessary remedies of the by gone and present evils and distractions of this Kirk and Kingdom, and for the preservation of Religion, laws, and liberties thereof, and of his Majesty's Authority, and that in the first Parliament, which shall be holden hereafter within this Kingdom, and at all other occasions, and against any opposition whatsoever, except in so far as shall be hereafter thought fit and expedient, by the common advice and consent of the Estates: In witness whereof we have signed and subscribed these presents with our hands, At, etc.   
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