A LETTER From the Parliament of Scotland, To the Honourable William Lenthall Esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons.  
SIR,  
THe Estates of the Parliament of this Kingdom having received a Letter dated the 23 of May, signed by you as Speaker of the Parliament, and written in the name of the commonwealth of England; which Titles, in regard of the Solemn League and Covenant, and Treaties, and the many Declarations of the Parliaments of both Kingdoms, are such as they may not acknowledge.  
As for the matter therein contained; those many things of just resentment, wherein satisfaction is demanded from this Kingdom, are only mentioned in the general, and therefore cannot so well receive a particular answer: But if by these general expressions, the late unlawful Engagement against England be understood, They desire that their protestation against the same in Parliament, and the opposition made thereunto by them afterward in Arms (which they never laid down until the garrisons of Berwick and Carlisle were restored unto the Kingdom of England) may be remembered, together with the Letter of the House of Commons to the general Assembly of this Kirk, of the third of August 1648: And that Lieutenant General Cromwell, authorized from both Houses of Parliament, did upon the 5 of October last, represent to the Committee of Estates of this Kingdom, the wrongs and injuries committed against the Kingdom of England in that Engagement; and thereupon did demand that they would give assurance in the name of the Kingdom of Scotland, not to admit or suffer any who have been active in, or consenting to that Engagement, to be employed in any public place or Trust whatsoever; which was not only granted, and afterward confirmed in Parliament, but all Acts for prosecution thereof have been repealed, and all proceeding relating thereunto publicly disclaimed. And if any other wrongs shall be make known unto us, we shall be ready to return such an Answer as may give just satisfaction.  
If the Bonds of Religion, Loyalty to the King, and mutual amity and friendship betwixt the Kingdoms be impartially considered, according to the Solemn League and Covenant, and the professions and Declarations of both Kingdoms, The Estates of Parliament think that they have just cause to complain of the late proceedings in England in reference to Religion, the taking away of the King's life, and the changing the fundamental Government of that Kingdom; against which this Kirk and Kingdom and their Commissioners, have protested and given Testimony, whereunto they do still adhere.  
And since it is apparent there hath been of late in England a backsliding and departure from the grounds and principles wherein the two Kingdoms were engaged, the Parliament of this Kingdom doth propound, that the late proceedings there against Covenant and Treaties may be disclaimed and disavowed, as the prosecution of the late unlawful Engagement against England hath been disclaimed and disavowed here; and that such as have departed from these principles, and their former professions, may return to the same: Upon which grounds they are content to ●uthorize Commissioners on behalf of this Kingdom, to treat with Commissioners from both Houses of the Parliament of England, sitting in freedom, concerning all matters of just complaint which either Nation may have against the other, and for redress and reparation thereof, and to do every thing that may further conduce for continuing the happy peace and union betwixt the Kingdoms, which can never be settled upon so sure a foundation as the former Treaties, and the solemn League and Covenant: From which, as no alteration or revolution of Affairs can absolve either Kingdom; so, we trust in God, that no success, whether good or bad, shall be able to divert us; but as it hath been our care in time past, it shall be still our real endeavour for the future to keep ourselves free of all compliance with, or inclining to the Popish, Prelatical and Malignant party upon the one hand; or to those that are enemies to the fundamental Government by King and Parliament, and countenance and maintain error, heresy, and Schism upon the other. I have no other thing in command from the Parliament of this Kingdom, but to take notice that there is no Answer returned to their Letter of the 5 March last. And so rests  
For the Honourable Will. Lenthal Esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons. Edinburgh, 26 Junii 1649.  Your humble Servant, LOUDOUN Cancellarius, Praeses Parliamenti. 
FINIS.