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H 15  A IE S T I ES
Declaration to all His S ubjeags of
‘ HisKingdomeofSc o1'1.ANo, L
  1 V P 0 N a 
Occla/ion‘ of alT~rintet{ Taper,
  L ENTITVLEQ  
The Declaration of the Kingdome of
    S c o 1' L A N D , concerning the prején/1 e
Expedition into E N to L A N n. &c.

  é  “E    T is now,wc fdp‘pofe,knownto the

‘ a — ‘="_'=.. Chtifitian Wot1d,and will be known
1 torafter Ages, with what Princely
- Grace, and Fatherly indulgence We

 
         

   

    _ -a , have dcmeancjd} Out {die to that
‘\T /  -‘ Our Native Kingdomc of Scotland,
 ‘ 1  v   line: Our firlt comming to that

    A ; aCrowne‘;1_-low without ipfifting on
thofeA&ions and. Circumfianccs which mightthavge di.

    

vetted Out. altnclinationand‘Affection ° from them, We  

complvecmish shat‘flondcrfulmrecdomsaed Mani-
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ty with Our Subjeéts the re , that thertegwias nothinga,wir&..

) in<thei.rown ‘hearts defirei, toi7si'a;rd.§:. ta,i“con1_pleatthapp§,
neffe within that Kingdome,vfvhICh We did not eftate  

t.her_n in; And that noaccidents or abfenceeot Ours might
lefl"enand abate the continuance thereof, We granted
them ifuch unufuallf Immunities, and Pri~vi.ledges, that
We had reafon to cxpe&,as Wehaid made them Objeasf
of {tech exceiie of Bounty and Afl'e&_io.n from Vs, lo they
wouldlmalte themfelves eatam-plestofeminent gratitude
and duty tails; and that whenifpfivert Our Safety" Ho-
nour 8: Interefi, ’( which they are iodnueh obliged to de.

fend, by their duty of ‘allegiance, byethe Lawes of that
Kingdome, by their many land otten reiterated Oathes Be
promiies, and%...par.ticulaTrly’;,, their Natiqnall. Covenant )
flrould  i:ianger‘",,TtIh'a7t’ theygrwould as one Man ,

obliged by the Lawes ofG.od an_d.M.an; apply them»
{elves to Our fuccourand-i defence. And therefore We
cannot 'belie.v.e *( however the fubrt,ilfy‘a;nd,i inidtrflry or
fome fetditiotis. Perfons, coini"c_ious: 0; {o tmtcrh difloyalty

to Vs,”that they cannot ‘forgive rtl1"etnIel*ve<s , endeavours

to poyfonthe hearts and affeétions of that Our People

t.owards Us , , by falfe and malicious misinformations)
that that Our Native Kingdome, will fuffer. itfelife robe

'fot’ra‘nfp“drted from its naturallifluty and Allegiance", as

esiIhuiiftjma1<‘e it odious to the preient; and infamous to ails;

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f ted?”/fer; W .t.h0'fe 'I7l-1.3i‘';‘.I_t!i§ii ( '05 Which We” have-‘ T6 oft
“:Qco'm'p1afii;ned;‘ and which_ girideed "._W:§I'.C the Jfeedeiplvotsof V
i thinsidsfi?.<irarlcrRsb:l1ion‘£ th‘1atehiath3taovV fpread. if {site 0.-
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‘fotmhe Our Kin”gHo?me»of S6'0t.11?74’O£*" all phar.tim=1;g_gg.fii;f
...()u r Conditiomthacthheyfmightnor,hthro'u’g§w1s;¢;éfi‘@m
of the name of two Houfes of ‘Par'Iiiament  .wh6hn§rfi§,?c
l'iCS Ofl:€I'Cd '50 US  bfidonfi) .  j a'pt‘-to  ,_
-i~nter_pret our fififexvings; of th_e_%w'l1iAchhh"Onr;Prij2yeQ6u n-
cell of Our Native % Khihngdo,m..l€';.‘. being;-:folem‘nljt‘*éomré*.
ned,was fo fenfible,that.thcyf; dire‘é’c6d thé Lerd":Lon>dvn
Our Chancellor (whom they {cut their": ifito.:hrm;5»;u:r
Kingdomefm their names, to .d-efire thci; H=ouh{cshh&o.f:{?-art.
liarnent here , jta leave no fiairehamigo5dhme4r2:‘rz32i17d3uhéd
to induce V: tahremm‘e~ to them, ei/]2-coin!/yh in Itha%t«;'n7de3~
are of our Royall _Perfan, and of. our Princclyg Gmtts. T
nefle, aged to te/hf} their ‘tender a,71dhighrcfbg£Z’;of-...0“ar
Pmffé-J2 , hy fupprefling all ttimultuam ‘,fl:.’l‘y:¢’5",' 
might endanger or ofenzz’ V5; 4724/ that ,_.mhat§_ 154}? ‘a‘1'f’d
for the Peace and fiwrity of theKing/Jame, mighfv he
dune in f:4ch~_"4 fhireand re[beé?~z've way, 44-mightflca-at /
my occafim to any to alleadgej, yhat theyhmcre: lc[2:.te*na
dew and careful! of 0'ur- Primfe/y greamefic '§1fi4*§Mdfié£
fly, then of their own Lihertjes. This being; p.e’rfb‘i~;-
med, would afibrd jztfi ground: to the Czmnrefl ofSc0t- h
' ‘land, :9 hecome earn:/2‘ and humhle fzaitors h9tqhI/.35htli;zt I
We? avozsld he - plea[E’d_ to hretume ta 0-ar h%Parlia}2ne2it‘, ‘
without which, Um: Cozmcellhwoulzl have - fmal-1:’ hope‘:-0 ‘ H
perfwade V: to retmhe. Whichcounfell of th€il‘$5i{‘ it i;,_:td_
;been_fol1owed,had prevented all thefe CalarI?1.i-t=i:es' which
have fincc befalien this unhappy: Kingdoms; hbutinfleaii
therwf, Our Townes and;Nj~a%y‘y.% wen: takhcn+frojm<:EV§i.,
and .a dcfpcrate Armyj_rai.fed to dcfir,0yJ Vs, WhiCh;-W€
V hhgad  reaion tocxpcéi ,  wou1d»rather:havc .infla:r;‘e:d,ath£
  laeafts gof . Om’ good §§1!biC<5iS:_ Off ..lh3,tti ¥Ki£9gd;0hm€h3.%M-it'll
hAngerham3 hI.t2c1ign=-rion %agAainfi.hth¢m%s*h¢9uniwthem it!
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“a Leaiigiieiiand Covenant of difobcd ience and unduti-full»

 againfl; Vs, who have omitted nothing on Ou- art

fivhichvican become a Gracious Kingtow ards His Peop ,

or 5aloiv-ing Fathcrtowardsflis Children.   %  

'  ;Sh“ortly_~ tiftertur  Battell with the Rebells, We , \
were informed that-the {editions Per-l'ons,who had raifed ' r 5
;md.continued this B.ebellion-,i had the impudence by A 
fome publiclt Declaration, not only to jufiify their Trca»

fan to Our Subje.& of Swtlarzd, but to invite and require   -
the "‘Afli{"tan;cet-of that «Our Native Kingdome, to their

bringing inian Army into this; and thereupon ( that no- 
thing might ‘be wanting on Our part ) in the Moneth of t
gbemnber, We difpatched an“ .Exprefie to the Lords of 1‘ l
our Privy Councell .of..that.Kingdome, t~hatthey might {1
%notbcfur~prized with any falfetlnte-1ligenee,‘to the weak-

51']?-ngfthc-«it duty ;& in‘clinat-ion to Ourfervicer, and by Our ‘ i
Letter (the which We againe publiih Withgthisflur De-t   I
claration) VV e took notice of that Overture made to ‘"
them by t,ho‘{e who fiyled tthemle-lves,the two Houl es of
Parliament, ,_a~n.:d acquainted them at large whatand how 
fewthofe ill perms were, fo fatre frotrrbeing therwo l
jHoul‘es, thatqthcy were not the tenth part of the one, or 
the fifth apart of rheeither, thofe few defpetate {editions
~1’_.erf,onsi,having with t~hC -afiiflance olthat Rebe‘llious‘Ci-  

,ty of London, driven the .-reft from that Councell, beeaufe ‘
_;hve-y.wo.urld not concur-re.wit_.-la them'icn~their traiterous

rDefigt1es,- W-lth alglthefe particulars of their lnfoleney &

Rebellion, and Our fu4fl’erings,tha-t they could notrhut be ,
fatisfied of the truth of both, which then werefo fatisfa- I
fiery , that the fame was imtnediatiy ordained to be

Printed and publilhed, And therefore We cannot be.

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flirezitenese  prefent Expedition into} this Gut K‘iugd?om¢z
Qf £223 [emf , e in the bchajfe oflhofc WhO,by thneknowngs
Lawes of this Land,areguiJ;gof Rebellion} and Treafan,:
can proceed from the confentof that Ont Natiivefieléin» ’;'f
d0m€,.,§g)L1t is contrived by rho{e,wlmf,havxng jfronithe 
gi-nniné concurred and ccopemeée With‘ the Frommcers:
of the Rebellion here, defire to come in now, and be {ha-1'
I7€1‘S i nthe Ha: veff and f poy1e,though acéompanied with
ghe confufion and defolatiemfzzf both Natioens. - I -
That Declarzzdon tens Us , V T/iat Dar K'i»gdme:’af
Seotland , lmué émz ready by all good meme: framltbe
écgimaingto queue/9 291).: .mm4-tsralifinz,-L and tbzt :9 Mat
gmpafc ,‘ application 54:1: 56:» -mxdeto V: by Oar; C9311;-j
m’! were , w/rial: pro vignig i'ntflefz'mIl ,= Gommifiimers
were fem [ram thence to V: to make oferoftbeh‘ cfltedlé
ation and Natiofiafl Intcrctfiion ,~ wl-icév aftier iangeattma.-’
dame aw am-erly rcflrzfedayd‘ rejeéiedéy F“:«. ‘We-arena;
apt to‘ fufpeclthe Duty and Afieajon ofchat Our Nae»
rive Kingdome ,l- (which:We.haeée7foe%high1y merited)
but We are con fident, there are many fcditi‘ousf~ Pcrfons
within that Kingdoxmwho have been {'0 farrefgom ufing
memes to quench this-unnatural! S-re,; t:hat‘th‘ey allwayes
powred in Oyle , and ad_mi.n-ificred fuppl-ies Fo1‘;the‘i1j;fla-;
eming it, andthat ifthc Kindlers of it here hadaL otfi-pm
the beginning received affurance of Ayd and a afiance
from t‘hence,i.t had either never been kindled in this ‘Kings
dome, or been foonextinguiflicd. Itistrue, that about:
Fcéruary or M4r‘céelafl:,the Eaerlcof-Lannvdénand-M’ rm.
dcrfim (Pcrfons very unlike to promote Peace)~weith two
more, attended Vs aisf Commei-ffionees from that 
dome, and noiferednin the name of that Our Kin dome Id’
:m:rgo£e’_as Mediat»o#rs:3, coee9mpofe»;nl1§vgnhappyn diffe.
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ti1‘ci1ccsher'ef,~ declaring,:That they conceived themfelves‘ _ ‘A
intitled' to fach apowet of Mediation by the late §“;.<‘5t Of
Pacification; the which when We had carefully pertsffid
.\_Nil;l_Ithc agdvicezof OurPtivyCounce1l, and found that
-ti-t1gav.e; lth€méq.0t‘" the leail 'Eitle:ot-Capacity to that put.
ppf.e,and*finding as fwellby theitowne Exp-<re{lion_s,?as by .
.:l‘11Cfl1‘ (.:omm~n<£Il:ot1andIl:1ftru«£t1tt)3n;, that thefi dgd goon ‘
  ema t-er. tat eupont em to e‘ mpxores an r xtra- A
totsof thC,%l,l._‘rcl.l, and to pet'I‘wadeVs to Ccmfent to
the alteration o£the:.Lawes of the Kingdom,and to yeeld
to themoft.~unr.eafonable Propofitions whichhad been
madeto Vs,ando,to which neither Gut owne Con fc ience, 1
onthe publique -Interefi of the Kingdome would fuffet l
‘V.j3.,to Ctonfeent. Werefufed to admit them in thatcapa- ~
city well temetnbring the great Caut.ion,whic~h had been
-nfed’ by themfelves in thepreamble to the ‘A63: o-fPacifi-
cation ,,'l.cfa£_l that Qut  ative Kingdom.mzg./atjéegmo to ac‘-
kfibw/¢’d'g€ My degmdency upmeoar Palr1zfamem‘eofEn.eg- 9“.
land__ or, make them 1:4. es‘ to-Mam and :79 ' ‘La es, 3
gray tiiizggetbzt wig/.21 imfvigrt t/ac fmaflejfprejeazgict :_r1;e:’;
L_z'éertie;, and therefore conceivi‘ngOur good Suhjeéts
‘9fthis.Kiogdome wouldbee uale-l. tende a d f fhle,
  fllduld admi:-to t=hCm:a'5 lfiledlgrs, Intlergolefgiand
Vmpites for the alteration of the long and happily eflao ‘
bliflled Government of-this Kingdome. What pafleti
  i12€l§W€€DlV3 agd t§ofe~Commiflione;«s , the fame being  
9% emne. y e ate at Ou Counicell-Board whe ethe
Wa's_«t:either Ptelate or Peipift, though that .(I)ecl:atatiott:
=1§“r;r€fl;lmCsl_tko imgautte 0uthReftc)>l1’t;lt]i<:in to fuck Ailvice )
e _a.ve1 ew,i-- e. erewit u i e to the ‘W0! d , in
Wf1l'<_Ih,t;hC.o rjuft Reafons willgppeare, why We were not
;l’!*¥“”8e‘l2S9f¥9:s3llawiamensit! éSW€”t’: which was
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abiolutely and folely in Our Power to grant or rcfufe;
The Commilfioncrs being returned from oxford‘
without fuccelTe,(as that Declaration faies) that iS,With-
out having perfwaded Vs to doe that», which We could
not,or ought not to doe, it was thought lit by tho{e,who
would not fufl-‘er themielves to be at "Peace, whillt their
Neighbours are in Warre, fince VVe had reiufedto call
a Parliament,which by the Law We might refufe, (and
forca1iing'whereof,there was no neceifary caufes'repre-
fented to Vs) to call a Convention ofthe E{iates,which
they have notthe leaft lawfull powerto doe, that is, of
‘themfelves without and againli Our C'on‘fent’.- upon the

tmatter, to fummon aParliamcnt5 And to that purpofe

iiiiied out Warrants in Our Name throughout the King-
dom, to fummon fuch a Covention, which is no fooner
met, then a Refolution was made,and a Covenant taken
by force of Armes,without refperft of Perfons to make an
alteration of the Lawes and Government of this King-
dome, without cateor tefpeét or their Nationall Cove;
nant, which obliges them to defend Our Perfon and.Ho-
nour,not only in prefervation of Religion, but-in all cafes
which may concerne Our Honour and Greatneffe , and
notto attempt any thing that‘m"ay tend to the diminuti-
on ofG~ut' Greatneffe, and contrary to the Act of Pacifi-
cation fo folemnely made between thetwo Kingdomes,
by which it is provided, Thatthe KingdomrofSro.tl4mg.’
{hall not denounce or makeewarre againfl the Kingdom
of Englami or Irrlaml,withont confent-ofthe Parliament
of Scatlanagthe fame beinggundertaken for the Kingdtomc
of England, and in cafe any of the Subjeéis of eitherof
the Kingdoms,fhall rife in Armcs,or make Warreragainfi:
any °§h9;rof the Iiinedomégf and $%;?1»ie¢’¢§ §'h_€r§9-f? With;

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outeonfemofthe Patliatnentofthat Kjngdome, where»-
of theyiare Subjedts, or upon which they doe clepend,

that they {hall be held and reputed as Traitorsatotheeei

States ofwhich they are Subjeétet And both the King...

domes in the cafes aforelaid-,ate bound to cooeutre in the =

tepretfing of thofe, that {hall happen to ati1°ein«A~rtmt:s,ot*
make Warre without the jconfent oftheit ow ne ePatlia.

ment. Whofoever then hath any {enfe of Piety 6: Reli-4

gion, of the account he mutt one day make for Perjury
and Oath-brealtirng, vvhofoevet v.al‘ues the Peace 81 Vnr-»
ty between the two Nations, and defires to preferve the

t Treaty of Pacification inviolable ,fot the happineffe and

needs fuppofe to be ll} danger in this ‘ljingdome, where
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fecurity of both Kingdomes, mutt look upon the Au-
thors of this Defigne,of an Expedition into England, as-

the moi’: defperate Incendiaties,which they are bound to

bring to eondigne puniflimentg-. and whofoever {hall fuf-
fer themfelves to be mifliedby. them into any Aoftion of:
undutiilullneife and difloyalty,..are not guilty of le {Te then
the breach of their; NationallyCovenant,eand as much as

i in them liy.es—,ha‘ve diifolved the Peace fo delibetatelyand:

ifolemnely, made between the two Kingd omes.

How vigilant and carefull thefe men are like to-be for
@111‘ fafety,Honout and Greatne{fe,(termes to often uled
by them,and by which they fo groflely impofe ‘upon Our
Peoplc,) ‘is by thistitne evident to_t_j1etWo'rld.. If to all

fault Our Perfon with Rebellious Atmes, to take away ti -

Gut Forts, and/Navy from Vs, to denyfls Our Nega.

tive Voice, be for Our fafety, Honour, and Greatneffe, 

thefe Men have realon to proceed in their intended Ex-
peditiomand aflift thoie who have doneall this. But their

great (matrell, they fay, is for Religion, which they will T‘

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if it ‘ihallbe fuppreffed, their’s;in fscotlmaiislike to"be
alfaulted, of which the Cefl‘ati'on‘with the Rebells in
Ireland, gives themifome occafion of feare. We Had
little (efotnewhattthere is) inthis Declaration .o’f'Our fa-
vouring Papiils, 4‘that'~*l‘cétndaieltl'i:is fogrouéndle-fl'e,'fo with-

«-outco1our,tha'tOur Subjeéis of Scotl4m’(even the worfta ,

can hardly be mifled byit. They well know how rea-
dily We contented to all Lawes propofed by them, for
the fecu ring of Relgion in S'cotl4nai’,a‘ntd how religioufl y

‘We have oblervedthole ‘Lawes. 'Tl_$?t’h€ Prelacy they r
  tare‘ troubled with,_that is,the G otveinm¢entoFthc'Church

of England eltablilhed by Law , which ’tisno more in
‘Our Power to alter,‘ if We were inclined to it; then to
tefizore or fet"up Epifcopacy jintthe Church of Scotland,
‘the fame being only to be done liby- Lawes regttlarly and

i orderly digefle d, neither éan anytmn imagine, that the
Religion of Scotland is more in danger by prefersjing the l

Dil‘cipl«ine folong fetled’, fithaippily enjoyed in Erzglgtnd,
rthenthe Peaceand Liberty of that Kingdome is in dan.
get by the Lawes and Civill cuftomees of this , which to

much differfrom thofe ofithe other. If in »t~ruth"thCrC be i 1

any feare of we eligion inl’t_h€’lf§i§ tr;re;_‘n;; We Have often, and  
doe againe , from O-uir Sioulci pror-‘eerie to a-lithe World,
that no Perfon alive ,‘ lofwhat gualityloever ‘, ever ‘took l
the defence" and advaireement of theytrue Reformed Pro-
eeflant Religion {note to heart‘ ‘theme We have; land {hall

5 alwayees does and as lweialiivdyes t:on‘ctirré:’din"anyiPro_-

pofition , made to VS:c*o’héerning it 5 by Ouffloules of
Parliament ,t‘f during the timleithat’ thofe Councells were

preferv ed witlfinianyoi boundsof ifobiriety iqfldf duty ; foe
‘when it {hall pleafe ‘iG'odfo1farre'to reiiore Peace to‘ this

  ‘1!li§¥?!l2l§ shat ‘there may b¢.fuc,h;=! Convéfl-3

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tionin Parliametnt, as isfuirablee to the. Dignity and Frees‘.
dom thereof, there tflrall be no Overture made to V5 for

  

the Advaneemema and Propztgation of the true reformed A
Protefiant Re1;g§o:n,, £9  birth  §VVet.wi1irm_r with great.
joy and glgcmefle:r;t§ntI;rt§>L1£¢atQ1;tr_eb.efi;,and,utmGfl 

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Concerningth eeCeiTat1on rn ~Iz;*el4rmf1,~ mavhcroufliy in;

flamed in tI1is:~Deel_a.ratiot1,rasadetigne upon tRe1igiton,%,e

Vve need fay.tt1to:m'c);‘€:the,r}-We ghaye tdr§ne:etit1 3.»:=di..1"C0l1iIf¢
publiflted of that Argu*me:at=, ;by which-and the fe-verafl
tCefl.imo_nies pufqiiflaed from;-that Ktingdome, it is evident
to all the World ,» A in: what. conditioin our» ahifaires Rood
'there,,tafrm! by whole dzefvattlte t';3e,y; werefbrought intro fut-ch

a._con‘dition, and h_<>w-nec_e[fatery this. Qleiffgttjontwas, even 5

mac being. of that" King_dom.e:;’ :~Wt«hen t«hat»Rebellion

firfi_b_rake out, We were in A Our,Kingdome of Swtlamz’,-, e

Awtl}ie;R3§at1tbearte.V.s witne;ff_e,t.h49W folicitous We were to
§;"r:e,;§§‘€,.i‘¥¥;tI1e growth. the.reof1_bothtbty preparing iReme;-
‘age; ifi‘that,_qnd‘rprogofitng 3 Remedies 19 this;   Kin gdorneg
which it theyg.ehad.been east feafo_nab_ly applyed, would
"ha3(epf£yeg;ed nweh _oft:ha_t bi0od.and defolation which

 rhep9r;‘ipnAof,thag gmiferabie Kingdome; ,
  VWFEQE.p‘P]l§q§?n%Qg£§e15!hj?&5Qfig s.catlwdhadot t0ureaf—

i_fe‘éiioti,rand,tcareeofithatOur ‘PeopIe,, .a'pp€tars» by the ex;

}1;réfi"I‘<in'iri‘_the A:&t_ of: Coimcell at .Edifl5wrg/2, the 2 2d 

of t1'9tice»from ;.\Z§_,; ofsQ,tg»_1: intention to got:
tn Re4rfQut mto, Iogelrmd agztigflg §_th¢_;R~ebel1s, thenetw-hich;

  c%etQuIdr;—,be519;.grreater demqnefh¥a‘tio-t; 

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,».  ‘ tiigionsfodifferent then was the undtet{tianding,D‘uty,:ana
Language of thoie who are fince reconciled by this
‘new Covenant. A ' t A L  gj
Having now [aid allithié to fatisfyci fitchf of fh‘at0”ui-
tNativ‘e Kingdome; whoby the skill, malice,“antdtI4nhl1{.

{try of their feducers, have been mified to la mifunde-E. A

{landing of V5 and Our good caufe, and having ufcd ‘Our
utmofi endeavours,and being fiillready to’ig‘ive‘tanyi?o’.
thet tefiimony and fecurity can be devifed, tto‘tOu:r_c~gb}od
Subjects of both Kingdtzms, that as. we have'been‘ com.
pelled for the defence of Our Perfon, Our Childten,iain‘d
Our Crowne, for theReligion, Lewes,‘ and_Lib»em¢5t9if
this~.Kingdome, for the maintenance of the Ptivi1Iedg'es

andiibeing of Parliaments,.( whiiehc.Wei {hall aliwaiés, 11013  

in high value andeftimatiogn ,>.tfo We(hall'u{e .ai1dim.p1Qy

thofe Armes to no other end then the fecutity of all

thofe, and £hal1t1evet..fu'ffer Out felfe to be tempted
by‘ any n fuccefle or ?Vic’ceory t which God * fhall«’bleH3:
Vs with,to infringe the Lawes of this, otviolate ‘the:

Lawes of Our other A Kingdome; We being.ready' to -
acl<nowledge,that the Ayde and .fupplies,We have re- ~

ceived for the paffing through the great diflicnlties: and
"flteigh'tsrVV€ were reduced to,’ i. have :beencptin’cipa'l'ly
ftomthofeperfons whole Zeale &t:AfFeé’cion to the Re‘-
ligion and Lawes eflabliihed, . are too eminent to zffuffef

‘thexnfelvesetohe ma-de Inftrutnen_ts:.of~Tytanny an.;d::Iu". c
jnfliaetiwe 7th-l1fl,1D§th€bfihaifflofe():lJ*(D:Wfl;H.Opbl1d;and A

the pulilique‘§4t1'fiice of, E that,.Oeu t.~nati.ve’ K ih,gdotrnc; :D‘é~

elm to al1:t‘h€VV.O.l‘ld.',fh&t the tcnilingtheEonvientciohuf 
?Efliat€S5yW:i_tht011tQUd"Wa1il‘aflti01fQatlikflifiii Was: waigthom .
.. ::1n§1t1COld.L1r«Q£'tLfiW‘:0f;~Right,afld con wary; to; _C_hE;C.0l‘_ifl:i:- - 
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and that all Proclamations, Summons, and Warrantsto
thatpurpofe, and aliAs’Jts, Edxéis , and Refolutions

thereby or thereupon are,and were aétually Null,voide,
and of none elfeét;  and that Our good Subjeas of that
Kingdome are in nodegree bound or obliged thereby;
3partieulariy,that thetwo Proclamations publifhed in Our
Name,and given under Our Signet at Edinéurgb, ( as is

gpretended) the one the I5"-‘day of Axagzt/E laii, for the  

raifingagreatfumme of Mony, for the maintenanceof
an Armygthe 0'thcr§'thci:I°8ht of the fame Moneth, to re.
.-finite all 0 ur Subjeéts within rh at 0 ur Kingdome, from
 rxteenyearsto fixty, to be ready with Armes and all
:Warl-ike provifion, at riorty eight‘ houres warning, to
March, asthey {hall be diretfted, are both againft 0 ur ex.
:rpre1Teconfenr, and without any lawfull Authority,and
containetin them, matters of Treaion and Rebellion;
and therefore‘ We require all ur loving Subjeéts or that
«Our Native Kingdom, upontheir Allegiance, and as
they would avoid the haynous Crimes of.'I‘reaIon and
Rebellionr, thatthey yeeld no jobedience, or give no
.;_eotunteuance»ro the faid Proclamations , or any other of
the fame nature, publiihed without Ourconfent. And;if'
rafterall this, the powerof theft: mifcshievous Perforts
(whom theCon[cicnce.,of their guilt hurries onto de-
.fpair<)provessl;fo.great,as.to vpcrf wade Our subjeéis of that

a ,gKingdom,undiflurbed ,,and unprovoked, asthemfelves
s {confefl‘e,wan:onlly;-sto throw away that: biefledcalme and l

[Peace, which they now doc, and may,ii they pleafe,al-
:nvaiesenjoy,andto;invade this Kingdoms already inf:-
ifled with-1‘raiterotus_and Rebelliousi Armesg they mufl:
-not wonder ifwelleave no means unattempted , to {up-
.prtfl’=anapt!nilh fuck 9sli99s ineratitttslt and Tsreagoné

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ince no Subeft ofthat Out V * O» , . .
tl1iSQua\rrell)engage himfel'feIj;l11ih‘ltIélgagfigftltidlm
a hater of his Brethren: , againfi Chtilliah and comrilng
Charity,ahateroihimielfeandihisPofierity Wing. E”
Law and light of his owne Confciencc a hafet of the
King and His Kingdome, againfl Loyalty and mm I Q
duty, and a hater of God,again{t‘ all Religion and pfm on
And We doubtnot but the Spirits of all true Eh algiél:
men ,will rife with that Anger and indignation at thig I

heatd OfIDlOl€Ilc€,Wl1€r€[l'i€I€l5 nothino pretended gm
:1 Refolutionto give and impofe new Laareslupon the us
that they will be united asone man,to oppole the Pritgz
and Tyranny ofthis Invafion. And that they. will ealile
conclude, that neither Confcienceot Btothetly,afFeé7tio%
engages them from their own Peace and quiet; in this tmil
godly errand, but a hope and refolution to mam 55,3;

quefi by the he! of th ' ° 'lld'if '   - 
bite their molt fguitfullfahhlnéoleafhnfintglgggs, afrli‘ é
fame kindneffe will carry them. outvvhich ,btingsi then:  

in, cannot be imagined by any fobenundetllanding  In 3

word, if the finnes of both Nations have prepamda.

Iudgement from Heaven, that theyare to be drowned

and confounded in each others blo d h ' 2
everwe {hall havein the calamiql), (,3:JVd:!t1'cl) tot/zr;:,°3tl?1°i  

beare Us witneffe, that W e have-not been wanting
in Our dut_y"to prevent all the following *  '
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HIS Iv1AIES'EIES

Meffage to the Lords "oEHls,

lPriv.y-Councell ofScotl;ma’, t
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(    lCgh§TrufigI(a:ntlRIigill1tWelhjeloved
 to ensan oun e ors,an _Rioh: T L ;
  "fruity and Welbeloved Countlel. L l
    lors, We greet youwell. We have
. , _ _,  gztely feen a Paper prefented to Vs
 o  —"—.—? '7" the Earle of L 77? , as a Decla-
   ” ra}r,ionof the Lorgsjahd Commons
’ " ' alfembled in the Parliament oflin .
l.4_7}d,0fthC7o of Naveméer, to Our Subjefis clout
Kingdom of Scotland; which,after many high taxes of
t V5 and Our Government, very eatneftly invites, and in
a manner challenges AfliPcance, fromthat Our native
Kingdom,oflMen§and Armes for making :1 warreagainfl;
Vs,ma.l<ingaclaime to thatAffif{ance, by virtue of the “
late Adi: of Pacification,to the which (out of Our defire   ‘
to make atperpetuallunionbetween=Ourtwo Kingdoms A . 3
for the ha’ppinefTe of both,and:by it the more firmelytc; L :
.. eflablifl/1(5ur own greatnefle and jufl power» We cheer.
fully eonfented.    
As Wear: atOu_rfoule alfliéted, that it hath been in 
the Power of any faélzious , ambitious, and malltious 3
:!3€r_§9n$. tfoefgrere so Alpolfcfle the hearts of many of 0 ul-
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V . thattheyapply themfelves in fogrolfeamannerto Our     :1

falfe,and'fed.itious Pafquills, andLibells_ publiquely al-e
.‘ want of model’: y and Duty, be Depofed. Howeaifteriall
and a Generall- appointed to leadythat Army againft V5,.

 

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Subjefls of £z2gl4nd,as to raife this miferable Diliemper
and Diflraéiion in this Kingdom, againflall Our reall
Aétions 8: Endeavours to the contrary»,fo We are glad, ,
that this rage and fury hath Io farre tranfported them; i ’ A‘

Sub jeé’ts"of Soo:l4:zd,whol'e. experience of Our Religion,
Iuflice, and Love of Our People, will not fuffer them to
beleevethofe horrid Scandalls laid upon Vs; and their
Affeaion‘, Loyalty, andlealoufie of Our Honour, will
difdain to bemade Inftruments to opprefle their Native
Soveraigne,by aflifling an odious Rebellion. - '-
We have from time to time acquainted Our Subjeéts
of that Kingdome with the Accidents and Circumflances
which have difquieted this : how (after. all the Aéts of
Iufl:ice,Grace,and Favour performed on Our part,which
were, or could be delireds» to make a people comtpleatly ,
haPPY 1) We were driven by the force and violencegof
rude, and tumultuous Aflemblies, from Our City of -
Landon , and Our two Houfes of Paxliatment. , How at-
tempts have been made to impofe Lawes upon Our Sub-
jeéts without Our Confent, contrary to the «Foundation;
and Con!-Eitution of this Kingdomex How O;urForts, r i ‘
Goods, and Navy were feized and taken from (“'95 by
force, and imployed againft Vs: Our Revenue and ordi-
nary fubfiftance wre [ted from V5.5. How We have been
purfued with l‘c.andalous,8c reproachfull language, bold, »

lowed againlt Vs; and been told that We might ,v.v.ithout .
this (before any Force railed by‘Vs) an Army was railed, _

whg

)--use’

rvith aa99n1mi@‘19r3§° 1§iII,€Slay,s §E3§»§E@§_°Y allifush

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who fhould be faithhtll to V5. Thatwhen We had been
by thefe meanes compelled with the afliflance of Our
good Subjects, to raife‘ an Army for Our neceffary De.
fence, We fent diverle gracious Meffages, earneftly defi-

, ring that the Calamities and M-iferies of ad Civill Warte

might be prevented by a Treaty,and fo We mightknow
the grounds of this mifunderfllandi  
abfolutely relufedto betreated With: and howat laft the
Army (raifed,as was pretended, for the defence of Our
Perfon) was brought intothe Eieldiagainfi Vs, g-ave Vs
Battell-, and. ( though it pleafed God to give Vs the Via-
éltory) deflroyed many of Our good Subieéts, with as
imminent danger to Ourowne Perfon 8: Our Children,
as the skill and malice of»-defpetate Rebells could con-
trive: of all wig,-ilaand the other indignities which have
been ofl_°er'd Vs, edoubt not the Duty and Afi°e6’tion of
Our Scam’ Subjeéis will have fo jut’: a refentment, that
they will expreffe tothe: World the fenfe they , ,
ur fufferi-ngs. . - And Out good Subj,et€:l:s of S cotlami are
not, We hope,» fo great Strangers to the Affaires "' 1’ this
3l§ingdome,_to beleeve that this Misfortuneand   iflra-4
t9tionZis.»begot and brought upon Vs by Our two I-loufes
of-Pz<'2rlia,ment_.- (though in truth no unwarrantable Aéti-
on againit the Law can be juflified even by that Autho-G
rity. ), They;well=k«now how the Members of both Hot:-%
Ies have been driven thence, info much that of above five
hundred Me mbers of-the Houfe of Corn mons,there are
not now there above eighty, and of aboveone hundred
of the HoulepH3ereres,not above fifteen o r fixteen. All

_ which are fo awed by themultitude of Anztbaptifts, 
Brownifis, andothet Perfons, ~del pt rateand decayed. in to
¥h2§t.‘E9r§e9Ss»twzgltabotitsiteciryofitvdon. ttharin

s!«uth

ng. How We were -

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truth their Confultations have not the freedom and Pris-
vilcdge which belong to Parliaments‘.
Concerning any Commillions granted by Vs to Pa-
pifts to raife Forces, We mutt refer Our good Subjeéts

c to aDeclaration lately {ct forth by Vs upon the occafi-
1 on of that Scandall,which We fend together with this:

and for Our own true and zealous Alfeaion to the Pro-
tellant Religion, (the Advancement whereof Oursoul

delires) We can give no other Inltances, then Ourcon.
ltant pra6ticc,on which malice it felfe can lay no blemilh;
and thofe many Proteltations We have made in the light

a of Almighty God, to whom We know We lhallbe
deerly accomptable, if We faile in the fobfervation.

For that fcandalous imputation of Our Intention of
bringing in Forraigne Forces, as the fame is railed with-_
outthe leaft colour or lhadow of reafon, and folemnly
difavowed by Vs in many ofout Declarations;fo there
cannot be a clearer Argument to Our Subjects of Staff-_~;

lam’ that We have no fuch thought , then that We have  

hitherto loreborne to require the Afliflance ofthat Our

i native Kingclome, from whofe Obedience, Dut_y,and

Afi'er.‘1ion We (hould confidentlypexpefl: it, if We
thought Our own Strength here tooweake to preferve
Usgandof whole Courage, and Loyalty We {hall look

  to malecu_fe,before We {hall think of any Eorraigne Aide

to fuccourvs. And We know _n'o*ireafof1ableQr«-under-
flanding man can fuppole ‘Ourgood S’ub‘jeéts of mrmd

u are obliged, ortenablied byithe late A6} of Parliamentin

bothKingdomes,to ‘obey theelnpvitationitwhich is made
to them by-this pretended 9€Clpa‘rfatiOflf;"g'v,hfétf1'if is {o .e.vr-

e slctttlvpreiiésé {Qt by that Matt iTl3a§§§it!1§i_1Sinedom«‘;
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i of England fl1a1lno’t make warre againll the Kingdom of

Scotland, without confent of the Parliament of England,
To the Kingdom of S60!/dIm'fl1all not make Warre againft

.¢hcKingdome of England, withouttheconfentof the

Parliament of Scotland: and when they have alwaies de-o
elated themfelves fo carefullof Our Honour, Safety,ancl
gun Rights, whichnow undergoe fo great violati-on-
ThisWe have thought fit to fay upon occafion of this
late Declaration, and doe commend it to you the Lords
of Our Privy Councellof Our Kingdom of Scotland, to
be communicated and publiflaed to all Our loving Sub-«
j"_eé’c’sj ‘there; and if the grave Counfell and Advice, which
you derived hither by your Aét of the 22. of Aprill lafl,

  had been followed here, inatender care of Our Royall

Perfon,and ofOurPrincely Gre-atneffe and Authority,
then would not this face of Confufion haveappeared,
which now threatens this Kingdome. And therefore We

require you to ufe your utmoft endeavours toinforme

Our Subjects of that Our Kingdom,of the truth ofOur

Condition, and that you fuffer not the Scandalls and im-  
putations laid upon Vs ,, by the malice and Treafon of  

fome men, to make any impreflion in the c minds of Our
People, tothe leflening or corrupting their Afl’e&ion_
and Loyalty toE"7s5 but thatyou affurethem the hard»-

nefle We now undergoe, and the Armes We have been \
compelled to take:up,are for the defence of Our Perfon,‘ _
and Safety of Our Life , for the maintenance of the true“

Proteftant Religion, for the prefervation of e the Lawes,

  Liberties,a‘nd Confiitution of this Kingdom, andlor

the jufl Privgiledgescdf Pyarliatnent: and We look no Ion.‘

eerie: sés,1él;¢.it§n‘e  Beaten. “.133 We endeavour the’,
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dcfencc]and Advancement of all thcfe E  find we doubg
nota dutifull Concum:n”cc in Qur Subjcas of Scotland,
in the care ofOur Honour and jufi Rights, willdraw
downeableflingupon‘thatblationltoo. A ‘T    A

Gtfwnét our owmrtat O x F or’: D, tbefixt/J lay. af ‘
December, x_6 4 2,. .   “‘“ ' ’

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Jnent, in fuch away as may ferve mofi for the
‘;Your Majefiies Honour, and Peace of Your Kingdoms; And ace
ecording to our duty, have made our firil addrelle to Your Majefly.

(EM

The féverall Papers yprelented to His
M Aj E s tr Y by the Scotch Committee

atO x r OR I) i’nFe6ruary lafi,
wrrra

a His Maj n s r 5 s fevers/Z Arzfver: tbtmmtor

 

Y      Ince We, yourllaiefliestmoiihumbleand
 " P, h’  I.oyallSubjeG;/egarecomeintothis King-
    {."‘ dcsmeuponafafe Conduflfrom YourMa-
_% jcfiy,and Your Houfes of Parliament, in

A. __  name of the Commiffioners, for confer-
  — rvingrofthe Peac"ebétweenthetwoKing-
   e doms,toofl”erourbe& endeavours for re-
; 6  is  moving the unhappy differences betwixt
  " Y J  Your Majefiy and Your I-loufes of Parlia-
good of Religion,

 

It is our humbledelire, That Your Majeiiy in Your Royall good-

sncfle and inclination to Peace, may be pleaied fo farre to approve
rput Intentions, and accept of our mediation, that we may
‘lowed by Your Majefly, to gee to the lion!’ es of Parliament for
«their approbation thereof; that thereafter we may in all humility y
propane to Your M3lCfiYs and them, the particular dclires and co: « '

be al-

vertures committed unto u-s,=and eonducing to fo good ends?

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164.3.

14. Trjurgflvg
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l have like

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His» M Ai to  r I n 3 Anfven".

  E B have confide~red of your propofigga.
’   on, and the Commiflion by which you
’ :,~-2,; ateauthotized to come hither from the
  Commiflioners, for conlerving of the
 Peace between both Kingdoms; Wee
wife duely anti carefully examined and weigh.
ed the Asft of Pacification between our two Kingdoms,
and upon which you feem to ground your Comtmiflion,
and to hold your lelve.,s.gWarranted,and Obligecl to con-
tribute yourutmofi Eiidéayours for unity of Religion,
andVniformity of Church Government within all Our
Dominions,and for removall of the differences between
Vs and Our two Houfes'_of Parliament.There is no-
thing concluded in that Treaty» by that Aft, which We
fhallnot with all leletnhity and conftancy alwaies ob-
ierve, and hope it will berth: care of all Our loving Sub-

 
  
     

jeéts of both Nations , pretifely to doe (0 too , tllatthet

Peace may be perpetually kept between them. Neither

is there any means We would not ufe to remove thefe-.un.t~

happydifferences between Our two I-Io-ufes-wolf Parlia.

mentanti Vs, as We have done to prevent them. «But *4

We dose not yetunderfiand that you, or the Comtniflio-»

it nets for conferving oi‘ the-: Peace betweenboth King-V
F ; domsare Warranted and erobligedgby thatA63; tointer- i
pfof'ein tl1€f€.&fl:ali'€S and difi’e-rencestin J Our Kingdorne;
of England; And therefore VVe cannot ina bufineflfiée‘

which fo much concernes the Honour and intereft ofthe

Nation,:admi.t youunder that Capa:city,or con{ent,that ’

you goe fo qualified to Our two Houfes of Parliament

for fuch amediation, untill you fl1allmake.itiappeare‘t,o j

 

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Vs,upon what branch ofthat A61: this warrant and oblia A
gation of yours,and of them that fent you, is founded.

T’

A   Tlae Rtply oft6e_St:o,tcgI1Cgimmirtee.

l e 8 Your tmaicfiies Chriftian and Royall inclination to V i '

APcace, many times before. and now againe manifelled in, w
your Maiefliec conftant profefiion , to ufe all meancs for

removingthe unhappy differences betwixt your Maielty, 3: your i
tlwo Houfes of Par1iament,did before our comming hither,rnake
us. hopeful] of good flacceflc in our Employment, afo did we con-
ceive from your Ma lefties fafe Conduét granted unto us,, that at p
out c_omming,our Com million for that end,would have been un- J
queftionable, and ourhumble endeavours and mediation, accep-
tabletoyour Maiefiy.   y ‘ ‘ a e «r . r 3

e The grounds upon which it may appeare, that the Commifll ,
oners for conferving the Peace , did find themfelves warranted i. I
and obliged ‘to interpofe in there affaires and differences, are at ' y
length expreft in their Letter to your Majelly, andinrtheir De. 
claration to the Hon fes ofParliament; whereupon the fafe Con-
duét were granted; which were no other,but the duty they owe n a i
to God Almighty, by their Nationall Oath, to your Maieliy their
Soveraign Lord , by their Allegiance», and greateft Nariveeintereit «  j
in the fafety of your Royall Perfon and Greatneife, to the ‘King'-

dom of.Englam2’, by their publique Faith and Fraternity, and to . *‘
their owne native Country, your Maieflies Kingdom ofscotlaad, , *
by nature, and by the trult repofed in them by yourMaiei¥,y and -
your Parliament;unto which they could not be an1’werable,if they  

{hould not ufe their beit endeavours, ‘for removing thole difl7c-

rences, between your Maiell y andyour Houfes of ‘Parliament; as

reflexing upon that «Kingdome >’ and evidently tending to
the difiurbanee of the Common ‘Peace of y the two King. a 
domes; knowing alfuredly, that -it the'Parliament had been ‘
fitting . theylwould have taken this, as a matter of
retcatefl nccrifity aaé Qonssramsrt» §=f°r9a!!~9_t!3sr !.hines;»hro.   y
a t - . . ‘ a   r cm i

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their moi’: ferious eonfideration. A fpeciail Obligation and war4
rant ofthia dcfire and duty of our mediatioh, "doth alfo arife from
the Anfwenwhich your Maic[iy,and your Houfes of Parliament,
did give unto the E«ight-dctmandt in the Treaty of Paeification,
ecncerning. unity of Religion, which was not»«only‘.iErqpon,ed_. ans;
principal] mean: for confcrving of Peace ;bctw,ixt L. 
domes, and hath been a ground 30 the Cdmmiflionets for5cbnfer-
wing of the Peace.to infill in the fame defirea to your Maiefiyas a
principaelimeane of Peace ; 'butirafi1{o of divers Petitions to you:
Maiefly from the general}; Aflembly , and7rt'-he iCommifIio:net_s
thereof, androf your Maieiiiesmafwers tothem; ofDeclarations
from them tothe two-Houfesf of Pa.£1iarment&s' sand , from thetwo
Houfes of Parliament to them; ;.anc_iofdiver,s_ rlaetters; to your Ma-
ieliy 8ciDec1arationa to_ the‘ Houfesof Parliament,”?rom_ the Lords
of privy Councell for unity of Religon (and, uniformity,oFKytke
Govemmenms profniiing; pedce, "ro fperi_cy;and ‘a‘_'ll“fort§ of bile!-
ling: to both Kingdoimes» Vpzgn t “cf: and the like groundfsg‘ did
the Comrniffioners for conferv-ing the Peace, feconded with the
approbation ofthe Lotds*ofCounceli,t and with the jo nt defire:
of the §ornm»iflionct8 ofthe g_‘eneta1l Mfembly, find» cmfeivec
ticrjarganted andéoblligcd to ufeall gocgdp;1e,ain,¢8;.«‘ and to; contribute
their utrnofi: endeavours for,tha>t_unity offieligion ,   and i¢i_nifor-
mity of Kirke govennmen! in allryour Maififlies Dominions, and
For removing the diflcreneeehetwixt youhmaiefly, 8: your Hon.
fee ofPariia?u"2ent, 7 and for ih,efc~fo‘ii1u'c’h «eyiiiflied for ends ; o"-hg‘\fe
fen: us; to! theirrowner n_I':I;mbér,”youirhiaiéfiicsiimofi‘ hutribie and
faithfull-;Sub.i;¢§{s 4,‘? who would cfieem*’it:‘our‘ gieatefi:ha~pj)ineiTe
on Bat :11 to have;,t‘§1G:119l!0Dr;:to be Inflrumcntsin 123 good awor-k‘.
And now d0¢t;=;ga1n¢-in é“1lh_umi1ity atndtfaithfu1ncs.accordin: 1°
05f”t€3~5¢5i!i*I1if1ie§n’f§  9%: 9“??=¥Vi’C.€ and b¢(*r¢Pd¢%Y9*9£!“!9.r9F=
Wiicflyéind d¢1'*ri¢‘f°  Péffifiltficd bi. &'9ut3M?i9@W9 80¢ mbc‘

»urre1-«=- in~'-*¥!¢e¢=nf!-9°n**!iitt¢<‘*iti=°,t“*r 1     

Houfc-is orparizsmgxagman we may w'iti1otitil"o:ng“;e;rq*de1aey’:,gequit

1- ‘ I  g - ,
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/e,_  Ehaivemade np;profefli’ofi‘, fir ufed-no expref-’
4  fiof1sr_of Our’ It‘1;,t§éj!i‘t'io’t1s”Vt(3_ iPe;iiCeA,,e ‘ :w‘hic_'h]Out
jg   rA&iOb§ hav.eiI6r‘;‘i‘ahde fhall alwayes make

   .8001di=G0d‘afid rtih¢.Wi0r1drWi1.li b¢a:‘Vs wit«-  
he ff_e,,_Wc haw: Simittecl mi» poflibk meanres, . Our’ under.. I
Lftiandihp,-g. couldrkfuggefl F0 VS, ; to; temovethofei unhappy’
Differencw. But how Our fa.ferCotrdri6I‘~, which isonly;
aefafe Admiflion of? youimzo éhisi Kingdyomie, {hould icon-I
fefrrer‘ ah 174C=apa'city“ru‘p<_)ne- you’, qr quajifieyoq in :3 Cond ,1. \
tidnft_he Law hath"n'ot given‘y§oii,rWe gamer underfiand,
iQi3fi"fif?9€Uih§.fd fliall 5)’ W m:¢3L"‘5L '9:i¢13‘Cd:i§ fh°“8h
 carjxnbjt ‘adrnitithe Authbrityiargd Obligation ', you
pretend "why your Commiflion. r  - ‘  

_,. .

4  is We fhallto Our—utmofiiPower, imaintain and De.  
feud ache Lawes of rh"a‘t Our Native Kingdqrneg, inrhat
*Kipf7gdome, <£o;We have been, atid__fl1fljallbeimroflpunéiu.
ea‘! l‘ycarc_fu1I~ tier :9 doc, or (to Our Power) ‘IO fuffer any
thingjto ,be_done4in».tl,)is, which may reflex upon that Our
Kingdpm_e§,;.f prfggr/idzto the dvifIurbfi.fl§,¢ Of the‘ Common
P,eacejp£ . rOur«:wo =Kingdomes~,i [ ;and«fo,m1yr have any

  giémndiofeinviting any efueéhimcdiation toCVs; but we

conceive, there?is?more ground for thOf€,}‘Wh0 fear; you,

as Confervators of the Articles of'fre_'a%ty,Vt%oith_irik them-3  

i"é_l\~‘ze§ {u1fiifc‘i"e;‘t;1it_l_y*_ge’ti rhprizedr to take ‘nqjiceiefiarnd ‘ggfcnt  
.5f.0hUie“W°iH9“f‘5»‘?fP3fli3mcflfa   invi- J

‘titig Ont Subjéfls of that Nation to aflifi againtt Vs, as 

being a defire direfily contrary to the Articles of the  
Treaty’, and which doth really and evidently tend to the A V

.So”mm0n .difit3§ba9€s °f!h§ P¢8°€b¢‘W¢¢° the two

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Kingdomes, ‘ }aind< to‘ within the ptopctboundsof their
Commiflion and"Ttufi.   -=*    ' i '   i
We have againe deiiberateiy confidcred ofeethe_A'n-
{wet of the E ight Demand in the Treaty of Pacification,
W t 4 concerning unity ofReIigion,and unifbrmity ot"ChurCh
Go,vernment,and cannot'find in that Anfwer the least ob;

ediation, theAn[‘wer of Vstand Our two Hoqfes of
Parliament here, to that defirci béitgg this , T/mt We “did
appro-are but efiion; ofoitrg Sue jam 4)’ Scotland; in
Meir dqfirc ofbaivinga Canfirmity of-C//arch Gawmmmt'

teadytaken: into Conlideraztiongv the Reformation of
Church Government, fa they would ‘ proceed therein in
due time‘; as {hould belt‘ conducetiothe glorfyof Gad,  
and Peace of the.Church, an-d ofboth-Kingdomesgie but   )‘

~ by any wogds in that Anf wet; or ih‘the»whoie««AétofPa- T
cification. And the A15} of Patliamem of Our Kin‘gdo'm   ’

ofstotland, ; which awzhorizeth the Commiflioners for "4 L
conferving of the ‘Articles ofthe Treaty , (which is the ‘
i flyle: of £116: Commifii-oners» from» whomfiyou‘ are fear,
and who -have all their Authority ikbytvertue o‘ft‘h%tt Aét)
~ gives them power only, betwixt the fittitigoiethe Paedia-
ments to convene ;=among{t.themfeil;ves,t t'3r- with ftiehas

g and ’ I

 

 up.»   L
add ikeyepjng we faid; Articles Q5 .1?€,aC¢; »:

aeoticludcdinthe

marmy allanerly, and not othemiift. idcclaringthat l 

mg ipq,_y§ve:,_ of ;his Commiffion A fl1all,be.irel’er.ained :0 the

Agticle I.o.fi;i?ea,ce,:co!e1cl{1d€:d in ChC.f,2IidTT¢3tYa' {(5 that?

R .

thofife, Gommiff_1o'ners have no‘: tlarelléafi Titlfi Or Al1iIh0-

rityi tfoi interpofe in mattersi o;f‘+ Difififfhffi Withi.fl‘lh€‘

Kingdaome, of England, but Onlyi w.h€rf€ thfi P°3C€ 35 AF 

ticlesneaoncluded between the twov Kingdpmesare ‘viola.
tale; ‘aAlnd.il:eneicher of thoie Afits:9fPal lxamem. give the

leaf}C0§i5lIr.0I?fl.E¥th0rity.E0‘thoféeC0i1fimilfi‘0flCfS* ( as ~i

apparen_t.ly,they-«d.e.CT1li)t) to undertake a Mediation in—the'
unanappy diiferencesiof this ICingdame,1you.wiil find rig-
otherjliiilg to itlbye you_tNatiot1a‘ll,O;fa.th.:,l by Natmc’; 330
byyijgug pyblique Faith and Frate‘rnity,then any other of
Ourgood Subjeéls oafth-atO»ur-Native Kingdvm Of 560!‘

[4};a’; oi indeed’ of either of Our other Kingdomes, may?
  challlenge ¢tolt1h;emfelves: and whether that can be aca- A

qlfifediation, between Vs and both Our Houfes

‘0f§P;'2-rlfiament , ( wheniundere p‘retence:o£;their Coma’
% againfi Vs, and endeavours!
have been ufed to defiroy V5 and Our Children) A your
felves will.eafi;ly jud.ge-.~:::Neit-he.r hath [any eConfem been

mands, Pirmes are taken up

given by U510 itin Qur, Anfwers many L£:tt€‘tS from
xheCommim_oners ofthat Our Kingdome of scozzmg
(.wheat._Iclefir\es Qgiizitianations. haveebeen in. their Letters to
V,.§,or ;i=I],thC?i;’ Declaifations :o..b.o:h ;Ho‘ufes of Parlia-

me;n,t,__ is qogamalnstiall) ; ywhiehis ackn-0~w'iédged in their’ '
Letter tag-Our Secretary of Scotland, in which, they fay} 1 .
they cann—0til perceivea clear“ «Appvrobati~o«n.f‘r@m Vs of

th'e_.ir; fending andmediation. ; ;NEith€3.‘ lean We by_ any

Ip_eaAtie§? ad mic, _'-t',h,a.‘t. th.e;.Com‘miflionefs of Scfiatlakzd», foe;
§99£¢rv1ns the 4?-;§tis1¢s0fiTr§al=y,; e or tbs 1-ords 05 Om“

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Councellof that xingdome, or -the comgnimuners 
the ge nerall A'fl'cmbl¥yt th-ere,i3T,¢iil“..anliidtgree warranted .

ortobliged to intermeddle‘in‘the Religion, V and C;%hu'f¢]1
Government of this  ,Kingdo_rn 5 which is {O 'i,nt€rmixed—
with theCivill Gover-nmeant,‘ that the lame eatmotbe

underftood by them.  

Andiforthefe Reafons,and thofe formerly given
by Vs,VVe" mull inlifl: upon Our former Atlfwet
to y%our»Propofitiot:._._i   ’ . 

The Scotch Committee.   t
. ’ F Your Ma)'e[lies\ Native; Kingdom: of Scatland could in
I eonfcience of their duty to God,of Loyalty to Your Majefiy,
. of providing for their own fziety , and of Charity. to theils
Brethren of England, have fitten llill as Idle beholders of the pres
fentcombuftion and calamities, it might ‘have been. accounted It

ptefumptionor officioufneffe to cffer to interpofe and meddle in,
_ matters wherein they were not fp ectally. concCrned,r._butthat-2

manifold and undeclinahle necelIity,did conllrain the Commifli.

toners , for confetving the Peace betwixt thetwo Kingdoms: ~

( who by reafon of the truPc repofed in them by Your Ma feitynnd:
the late Parliament , and of the univerfall expeflation of ' that.

Kingdom, were in duty molt concerned to bellirre themfelves int 7

matters of that kind ). to offer in all humility. and love, their belt

fervice and endeavours, to Your Maje(ly¢,.and the two 1-Ioufes of "
Parliament, for a definable and blefled Pacification  for this pur--
pole, tandefor no other, Publique at Private proiecft or defigne 0E”

their o‘win,di.§_they‘ crave a fafe conduft ( the C0n§tituti0n.. of at‘.-
faires and t_h_e'time fo requiring) for fuch of theirown number as
they {houlddelire to {end to ¥our Majelly, and the Houfesof

Parliament, whiiéh Your Ma 1' efiy was gratioufly pleafecl to grant, a
without either oppofing of that , or intrmattng any other end~of* =

tlheirereipairinginto E ngland; which they. conceived Y-our~Maie-=

[ty..wouldehavedone,if their Mediation ( whiehimporterh no.
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other auth.otity;, but that they are warranted and ‘obliged to mafia

o’fi'er ofthisl their humble duty and fervice) would not have
been acceptablc,~yet_ doe they not pretend Your Majeflics fafe

Conduéltto be an invitement of this Mediation, but only a War- 1

am ofadmicring, and a ground of accepting of them, who accor-
d ing to their Cominifiion from Your Majefl y andothe Parliamen t,
had applied rhemfelves to fo pious and neceiiary a do ry.. p

We doe earncltly befecch God, by N Whom Kings reigne, to

bleiie Your Majefiiy, in Your Royall and fathcrl y Care of the con- i

ferving of the Peace of Your Dominions, both in thcmfelves,and
of each of them with another. But as no humane prudence or {0-
licitude is able at fometime to prevent the commotion of K ing-
doms; fo isit unpofiible, where Kingdoms be to neerly Ioyncd
betwixtthemfelves-, and fo itraitly united under one , head, to ex.
tinguifh the _fymparhy.andT€nf¢ of thé, troubles Of, thcir Head and
fellow Subie&s,or {'0' to (top the deluge ofthe troublcse ofthe one.
that it aiffifl not the other‘w_ith the danger of the like, to the di-

fiurbance ofthecommon Peace ofboth; Toheflpommtifiionersp for
conferving the Peace according to theirldutyfor the_peprf;0t.tm4ing
whereof they are to anfwerto Your Maiefi andthe; Parliament
of that Ki‘ngdom'e,did confidér of YourMa1cfipi_ 3 {overall Letters
and? Declarationsrtoethem, exprefling Your oconfidtencie in Your
Maicfiies Subiefls there; and did fofar re take noticepofttthe Invi-
tation ofthe two I-ioufes of Parliament For aflifiance, that after
long and mature deliberation they refolued, vtzithout_i,anp_y other
‘determination or undertaking,‘ i to fend up {onto of their own
number to receive in prefence‘ particular, and full information of
therdifferences betwixt Your Maiefly” andithem ,. to offer in all
humility to‘Your Maiefiy , and in all’ love to them their earnefl
deiires, and belt endeavoureto prevent‘ the elfufion of more blood

by am happy accommodation ;and if the idiflerences were greater ‘

thcnrby them couldbe rem ved_,to make true. relation of the Rate
oi matters, and faithful} acc unt of their dilngenceto a Your Maia;
{iy,and the Parliament of that Kgngdome, who in their greater

Wifdome and Authority, were to confider and refolve whatis‘
- fit to-be done, in the time oifo great difliculties and dangers, for

Y r Maieflies honour, their own fafetygand the Common» Peace
of b th Kingdoms, Which‘ courfe and‘ method, if they had not
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followed, ‘they could not havcibécfl anfwctable ncitber”toG0d
not to your Maielly and the Parliament, nor to the‘Chriflian
world, which might iullly wonder, and be aftonifhed, that they

a who lately had’ the {en {en of troubles flmouldfit it-ill in eaf‘e;eaanld<fe-'-
entity in thetime of the danger of Religiomyourr ;Maiefl-ies-Per-§
fon,and their owne peace, and of the dillrcfle oftheit ‘Bret-hrc'n.;‘  ‘

When our Maiellyt, in your RoyalHNifdom‘C,fhall in the 8“!
Article oflhe TI_'Caty,_ be pleafed to Comparethe de-tn‘andotun'i_-yd
formityt of Kirke Government , 4: at T principle me4xe- of tall trail

grazmded and dxméle P a:ce,%With the Anfwer acknowledging tézér ‘

defireltoite 4 tq/Ewan)" of the afefiion ofjam‘ Zlldie’/t"_z'6".t+;S'-Iiéieflr of
Scotlnna’, and promifing, t/mt the Parliament, woxzldin 6'l#eti#1e',-
proceedto the Reformation of C/mrcb §a vernmlent, 4:/banld 
condxzce to theglagy of God, and ' Peace of ti); birch, and of £0!/ii
Ifingdamés ; e And withall {hall be pleated-to confider, , that the
two Houfes of Parliament , have fince declared tothe generallo
Affembly of the Kirke of Scotland, to the Commiflioncrs for
conferving the Peace , and to the Lords of tfecret CounCcll,i

Tim: t/ac] were about the _Rej%rm4tion flaj mm:/.7 dqflred and t

intended for faegoad Md: ,  at lall both Houl."esiof*-'Pa-rlia-

‘men: , who-Inuit havethe knowledge ofthe Izawesi and policy

of this Kingdome, have pail their Bill forabolifhing of
the "order of Bilhops, as a principall meane of the defired

_ uniformity in KirkGovernment. It will by thistprogrcffe, evi-‘

dent] y app'eare,l that not only the Commillioners of the generall
Alfembly,‘ have fufficient ground of their late fupplication. ~ but
the Commiflioners ’ for conierving this Article of t'l|e=TrCQty‘,~
havereafon from the Aft. of Pacification, and the A&.of Parlia-
tne.m;f0f ‘hf-if mfdiatirmabout this point,fo noceflary for a firme
and letled Rt;-acc‘._ and at this time when both I-Ionics have  
their Bi-ll-.? ‘N01’ are we out olhopc, but your Maielttyfrdm year'-

 Princelyointclination to Peace, andefrom your»wo:?zted‘lufl-ice and

goodnetTe,nev'er to berepented of,w ill in en‘d.laga.in(l—: all difficul-'-‘
ties give way to thisdcfire, which maybe ‘ameane,' not only of
pgaitce, 3  ofjmany other bleflings tpyourMaielly'anélst«al1;_yot1t«
Dyominions, foal all the ;RCfOTID"CdiK’1'EkE3§_3fla"!hé'WhélE Ghrtrtiatr
worldfififie at leng-;tb«.cxptcIl.: in thee tdetrtandlwhich was‘thetoe’c§§

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 .tAs{t11e Commiflionerc for conferving of the Articles of the ‘

Trcaty,and confequently for conferving the Peace, in {o farre as

it may be conferved by conferving of the_fe Artic‘les.and by pre-
irentingtandtremoving all occafions , Whtchmay tend to the di-
flqrbance thereof, havepower by the aébbetwixt the fitting of
Parliaments.to meet amongfl the.mIelv.es,or with {uch as {hall be
chofen by your Maiefty and the Parliament of England , and to

1 endeavour by all "lawful! meanes for preferving the Article: of
Peace concluded in, the Treaty Allanerly , fl) is. itmanifelélz and

ufldC~fll3blC,’thIt while rhefe Co mmiffioners are not named, they ‘

may meet with your Majefly and the Houfes of Parliarrient now
[itting,; who have the power originally’ in your felves: and “as
they are to conferve fuch Articles of the T teary as were perfect-

ly concluded atthat time, {o are. they no leffe obliged to eonierve
every other Article of the Treaty, in fo far-re asit was concluded,
and in all rcafon and equity to procure by all good meanes, that
the Articles: which were agreed ‘upon in the generall,and left dc.
pendant and ptomifed in the particulars to be determined indue
t_imC.might be perfected and finally concluded, that all ofthejm
atlaft might equally become the ob)°e'& of the care of the con-
fervers of the peace, who could not anfwer for their fid eliry, . if
by their ceafing or negligence ,l they did fufl'er Articles of this
kind, which were more to be efieemed then tome ofthoie which

were full y concluded (they beinglb important for the) Common
Peace ) to periih or expire. 3 : r —   » l —

 I fyYouraMajel‘ries.Priy/y Councell, or others ofpublique unit,’ a -
upon the obligation oftheir Nationall oath. ' their Allegiance to
Your Maiefiy, and their publiqu e‘ Faith, fhould offer tbemfclvcs
to interpofe in this Exigence, when Ya-arr Maiellies Perfon and
Dominionstarein fo great danger by Armies, we beleeve Your
Majeflsy woulcltake it as as pious, Loyal]; and Charitable Motion;
may not then theCommiflioners for conferving of the Peace,

a who befidea all the former bonds ,. tying them after a fpeciall

manner above all orhcrY_jour Majellies Subjects, are warranted

to by the Articles of the Treaty; and encouraged by -«Your Majefiics

fafei .C;ondu&.;i crav§‘ed.upon _;,their part for that i end, and igranred
by Your Maiefly to them .5 ; -as feniible of the diitrafiiongof this‘

Kingdom: 5°! no séshcr end: l°¢!°'Y§9flfi£lF!!! 9f?I5¢urMarefitic-

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gratious acceptance of their Mediation. The Ictterof the date

at Edinétarg/9, Nomméer 16. I 64 2- did defire both a more

clear Approbation from your Maieflya‘. anda fate Concluet. ‘But
they conceiving the obtaining of a iafe Conduft, which before
had been denyed, to be areall approbation of their _dCfil‘€$3d-id
not any more infill in feekinga fotmall Appr-obatiofllwhiclwpon

wife confiderations. tnightby your Maiefiy have been pail in

fiiCnCCo I _ ‘ ‘A a _ .
I f upon chef}: Reafons , which did give iittxsfarfiioneto,-the

Commiflioners of Peace , your Maiefly think it notfit to accept  

the offer of this our fervice in this ‘greatgbulinefle; and if ‘your
Maiefly conceive the Intermixture jof the Civilland Church
Government of this Kingdome, which the Houfea of‘Parlia-
ment,who know it,Iudge—not to be neceflary) to bc.a~-matter
that cannot be underftood by the Commiilionerg of Peace, the
Lords of Your Maiefiies Councell. or the Comtniflionersgofthc

~ General] aflembly; We humbly defire to know whether, accor.
‘ dingto our former propofition, Your Maiefly Will permitus to

got; to the Houfes of Parliament, for delivering the Declaration
of the Commiflioners for Peace, as a fpeciall point -of -our trult

_;:r:ominitted~unto‘Vs? We doe ~al~?f_o be-leech ( whic-h'is another

/poyntoloutr ttufi) that Your Maiell y will tbcpleaied according

to Your gratious promifeexprefl in the late Parliament, prciento '
  ly to indirfl a new Parliament to as (hot: :3’ day, as, upon warrant

from Your Maielly, thefubiecflémay be Lawfully warned there-
unto, for fueh necelfary cauics, ‘a-s”couc’crne the publique of_ that
Kingdome, and the common ‘Peace of the two Kingdoms . That
Your Maiefly having declared Your Royall plealure Tconeerning
theie our humble defires, we may withoutifatther dilpute or de.

\ lay returne to thofe that lent us, praying that fonae more fit effe.

Pcuallmeanis may be found ‘forfetling Your Maieliy and Your
Kmgclomesinfafety andPeace.   l n   ~ ‘

 

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His MAj.hST I i! s }m_i/iveri.t‘

T is acknowledgedby I-1islMaje{ly», that ifany
one of the Articles of the ‘Treaty had been bro-
 ken or violated, (as HiseMaje(ty doth not fo, much

as fee pretended) or any debate or difference had
i. ariienthe_reupon,y( about which there is now no
difpute ) the Commiflioners had: t‘i1€’n:'bt‘€n not only
Wattanted‘,butiobliged, tohave laboured’ -to prevent all

 

troubles & divifions which might arife ‘by inch 21 birear: h ,i

to the d—iPtutbance of the Common Peacr:,a.ndto remove
and compofe all fuch differences according to fuch putt»-

er as was granted to theme, but till His[Maje{iy be fatisfi-.'

ed,That authority is by fome Lawe given to the Commit-'

1'ionc9rs,,.foarcon{_ervingthe~Articles of the Trea~ty,tb re.‘
prefent HisiMajefii'es native Kingdom of Scottlzzmlgin this, ,
offer of Mediating fora defired and bi€fl‘€d P3C.lfiC.atl0I't. ' .

here, His Majefly cannot fee how the pious,dutifull,pro-e

vident,or Charitable concernementofthat K«ingdome;.
in the Calamities of this, or their lympathy.ancl~fen{e;of-*
thetroubles oftheit I-1ead.and fellow S~uh.jt:<?cs_, canines i
tereffethe Commiflioners any more,the-nrtanyrotherloi. =
his goodtsubjeéts of that Kingdom, toheftirre tllémc-»

felves in matters of that kind:; ‘ or why any fuch E idea.

tfourefliould be by any(much‘-leiffeiluniverfallyy) cxpefted '7
fromthcm: fofarre is He ‘fr"om'feeing that any un<ieCl’i.:..“

nable Neceffity confirained them to it. And lince the
exprelfe w‘ords,of the A61 of Pacification ittfelfefiare,

$124: tire genre? of the Commiflioiz flmll he re/Zrainedto tég-~
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‘Articles ofrme in the Treaty; and the very words ofthc
Commiflion it {elfe refiraine their endeavours to the
prefcrving and keepingof the Articles of Peace conclna
ded in the Treatyia‘llaneri_y, ( fo ti1atHis' Majefly cannot
but wonder whence they can pretend any   obligation or
A authority to intermedclle with ,' or pore-{Te concerning any
fuch Anticles as are not concluded,but {till left dependant,

‘5. how important foevet they; luppofe them to be even to
the common Peace)and giving them any liberty to cone-
vene tothat'efi°e& amongft themfelves,o'r with the Com-  
miflioners chofen‘ by His Majefly, with confent otthe  
ParliamentofEngl:md, and reflraining them in all their
proceedings, to the power granted to them in manner a-
forelaid , land no othetwife, (as cleerl y intending to re.
{train all power that might be pretended to any inferen-
ces,Analogies or confequencesthow manifetti foe ver they

' might appeare) andrequiring them to‘-contifl of the num.
_‘ berof twelve, and not giving. them Power ‘to deelegatea
\,' {mallet number,  Majefty cannot confent that at num-l
‘" bcr theLaw_ allowes not (that is three ) {hould add reffe
‘themfelvesito thofe the Law hath not appoy ntedthem,
  ( that is both I-Ioules)? not only :concernjin‘g that which  
the Law entrufled not to them,( as at Pacification here)
but even concerning that _from; which the ‘Law exp refly
reftraines them, that i§,fonel of the ;Articles o-fthe Treaty
no way concluded otoagreedton ( but 'e:_t1prefly’ referved ._
 bi’ \ the   Pitrliament: to ”bec confidered‘ in due “(that is
their own) time) concerning C hutch-’G‘ove»rnmen~t5The
intermixtu re of which withthe C i.v?ill Elia-te-, as» His Ma-F
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I - concernment, and not to beunderflood by the Eommif.

fiogers,who have not the knowledge of the Lawes and
Policy of this Kingdome;foI-Iis Majefly is confident

.( iaotwithflandingthe Declaration, and the ‘Bill abolilh.

ing the order of Bifhops ) that if they well knew-how gee
nerallyany thing ofthat kind was oppofed,whi—lefl: the
Houles continued full, and how much the Major part of
both Houfes were abfent, at the pafling of that Deicilara.
tion and Bill, (infomuch as His Maiefty iscredibly inr-
formed, there were not above five Lords prelent, when
the Billpaft ) and what violent and tumultuous aifem.
blies had occafioned fo greatand unufuall an abfence,
they would be confident, as Heris, that in a full and
peaceable convention of Parliamenh , both I-loufes will
appeare to be of the fame opinion with His Majefly in

  this particular , and to havein that the .{ame‘thoughtsot

the Law and Policy of this Kingdom;

His Majeitiescare, that thaed.el=uge ;of the troubles of 4 A
this Kingdom affeét notthat with  dangerofthelike, I "

is very vifible to all the World ; His ll/Iajj,ePcy out of His
great defire of continuing themin Peace and Tranq_uilli~
ty, not defiring any afiiftance from them ; ‘evenifor His
own prefervation; And whoever doth defire any Com.
motion... there to allifi , their Rebellious and Invafive

Af‘*=;°.m.e_s w.ill,_Heghopes,belookedqpon as thetroublers of   ,

t;herP€ace,rrand aslncendiaries labouring talay foundati.
ons ol~perpetuail'Hoflility between the Kingdoms; and
then ( tor ought His Majefiyr can fee) there willbe no
cauleto fnfpeét any Commotions there, and fuch dan-

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