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MEETING OF THE ESTAEES OE
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REMONSTRANCE
CONCERNING THE

ERESENT TROUBLES FROM THE
MEETING OF THE ESTAEES 05,
the Ki’ngdome of SCOTLAND.
Apriﬂ 1 6 ,' unto the Parliament
of ENGLAND.

HEN we look unto the Records of the a es
. aft, to ﬁnd out the greatel’t blqﬁng: that d.
ath beﬁowed on this I L E, wherin we live,
- 1.: w‘e cantwt but acknowledge , that neXt to the
2; iffy: ’ Cbrzflian Haiti: , the Union of the two King.
domes,under one Head,doth by many degrees exceed all Other
that fall in the reckoning. Man prat'iz’ﬁ: and policies were let ‘
‘afoot by our Princes ofold,to ha en this work: but all in vain
‘did the plats of men ﬁrive to erode or prevent the caramel! of
God, who had refervcd for us and our father: that ﬁngular bappi.
‘m:,to fee that Union begun neither by a breach offaitbmor by
blond; but as the gift ofGod , to fall in our hands by the ordi-
nary gate which the Princes right [as open unto all, and the
generall and common interelt of bath Nations did heartily re-
ceive and im‘btace. With what fucceﬂ’e this Union hath be-
' gun and continued to this day , the peace and plan!) we have
A enjoyed all this time, can witneﬂ'e In part, whites all the reﬁof
Europe almoﬁ, round about us, hath been a Field of blood and
deﬂation. What apprehenﬁon the enemies of our Religion
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' lie the neighbohr States'did look upon us;"and.remie6ﬁr hep: '

pine_s,thc Hiﬂ'ory ofthefe times can beare recordT :1 butfor the
' prefent , in regard of what hath alTed thefe "many yeares by-n;__
gone, and what we prefently fee and fear, “we may-”truly con-»
telTeto our Own'guilt and great dilhonouinthat neither: Scotlandi
norEng/md unto thistlay hath right auntie-(ﬂame; made ufe of:
this rarebltﬂing ofﬁeavenior increa mg their refpef—t” abroad,or*'
{ecu-ring their own {afety at home; neither have the reformed
Churches found that camﬁira and relief which they did expeék
a from us in the day of their dzﬂrejﬂgbut ontheconttary we have;
been made, even againﬁ our mills, a brown reed, a TOC/{e of oﬁ‘encc.”
and a ﬂiipwrack unto all that have fought unto us- for lhelter'

' fromxthe ﬂorme, andtoourfelves theone’Nation againlt the: ‘

other,a nod bf'cor‘reélion an‘d iealouﬁe ,7. int-he‘han‘ds of "a few
wicked and ungodly men, menof fep'aration, who divide the-
King from his p‘eople,and the people from their Kingﬂgand‘who-

raife up brethren againlt brethren, that they in the end might: . ‘
prey and make havoc-k of all. Amongﬁ many that have been

authors of thefe evils under which the two Kingdoms have for
along time groaned , and belike mull either now or never be:-

disburthened, nonedeferve {o j-uﬁly to be challenged inthe. ‘

fir-ft place as fome amongft you who call themfelves Church;
men , but have left their Ration to become ignorant and un-
happy. Statefmen,’who havetmade the Church and-the. Tenet;

' therof, aninﬂrument of bondage to the Subjeéta, 0E tiling} to i"
themfelves,and of an] uﬁ ufurpation to the Prince,whomj we had :

reafon to feare long agoe,hyiyour example, and whom we ﬁnd

named as the chief inﬂrument and objeéi; oE your juﬁ feares —'

of thechange of Religion and government of Eﬁate in the
Ringdome of England, inlthat grave and folemn Remonﬁrance
that was-.made nor many yeares agoe. ‘, by the, hoﬂfc Of Camd-
monsto: theKings Majeﬁy , it that had ﬂopped: them'any
"way , your pulpits and pamphlets can b-eare ‘wrtneﬂ'e fax.
them and the ref‘t of their crue‘ﬁnce that time , yea how.
: conﬁant they are to thefe wretched ends, their attempts upon;

, us , and-that deep plot of obt-ruding‘ the feeds of all Pepi-Q1» ’
wifupérﬂitich and. tyranny , upon our Kirk , in the Bookes of *

:, Common-Prayer},- and Canons, willbeaﬂrong evidence for
; them how much they have defervecl Of 8 a to make that
.; Kirk which had .departed far-theft from h r to be ﬁrPt in the

it return , and exemplar-unto others and hOW much more they -

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' Kiti'gtlbﬁ’iEE‘gr’iff they 'oﬁ‘erl'or .a {sen-ﬂee. in za’BIoEdie Warrégthﬁ
Religion andtzLiberties of bath the Nation's ,‘ to ‘appeaferhet

furYOffh“ We?m difappointment, and prevent the l‘h‘ame 0B
their defe’r-ved fa II. . , ' > . A . . I

' Certainly the po‘ﬁeritywill hardly beleevc(as “:3 who have:
feen it cannot-but wonder.) how it. hath Come to'paffe, that the»
Subjeéts MSe'Otland; ‘(iwheferUnion with Exglaﬁda this day" is;
MOWﬁ to. be 'o'fagrea‘ter ‘forceg. for her aﬂumnce at home T. andx
ﬁrength abroad; the-n allthe alliances pniéitjw, felicity, conqutﬁr.

‘ {our Fri-noes have made from the beginning ) ﬂiould have {on

on‘g'ﬁetitioned their native .Princereﬁding. amongﬁ you-to dot
them ﬁiﬂice, .wheroﬁ he is debtor to his people, 'andztoheare
their: 'yuﬁ complaimsagainﬁ theiqﬁtrpatimofa.fewT "men-9 7th
Were- undermining the .profef-Ted Religion and Pagwteinti‘ient

. of the State, a'ndato. {offer themtoljwe- actordm‘gto their

Laws , ‘and yet could never be heardnor anfwered inthe point
of their juﬁ deﬁtes, fat-re leffe will they guelie what hath been
the ground of that merit and ti‘uﬁoﬁonettomineering .Prelat in
the affeétion of the Prince_.,; thatit ihoulfd'be mere for’itible t6
dirﬂ'Wadﬁ :then a‘llt‘he ﬁlpplicationtandtin’terceﬁom offaa’ncime
andfaitbfulla Nation,who among alltthe Kingdomes ofEuropa
have longeﬁ continued and ma'inzaiu'ed in one Line the honour
of the Royall Crown, together with the prefervation of their
own Liberties, {hould have .power'to move. Truly for out
{elves when we call to mind. what courage and conﬁ‘ancie God
hath given unto us ﬁnee the beginning ‘ofthofe trozib/ergto Rand.
for the maintenance of our Religion and Liberties , that we
have not fuﬂ’ered our {elves to be drawn headlong untothe feta.

hitude ofﬂiult: and bodies, from which therehad been no‘hope .

of Liberty for us ’or'o'ur pofterity,.- and whichin regard o£ our

_ Conjunction with you undertone King», hadtbeen azvioletit prei- '

fudice, and of dangemtis Confequence for your Liberties When-
they come to be quell-toned in theirown time and: plaegand on
the'other part when we remember what ﬂrange and. violent

wayes were taken: by ouradverfaries- to keep from the English
Nation thek’nowledge of our alfa1res,and:what unjuit anid falie ' \
afperﬁons were lard: upon all our aaiomrand intentionﬁ, ‘ to prov \

woke you to be aétors of that revengethat was determinedax.

gainl’t us by. the infolent adviee qf-fuch , who now govern hi‘s;
Alla-3611165 COUDCCI’S: and fettle their own ill: acquired grantee..-

by the oppreﬁion Of his ‘obedien't Subjeé’ts in their Religion andwlh

knit: iu bOEh Kingdommwe cannot. but~blc¥q=God'who armed 1m
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ﬁlth-3&3 invinﬁble patience and refolution'to e hew for our-part:
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tithe utterinoﬂ otourpotver any. National! breach i For ye
may remember when contrary to our expeé’tation his Maieﬂy
by all the evil councell of thofe .men a did march towards us '
with an Armie,we negleaed all courfes which might advance
our bummeﬁﬁtﬁrather then {tart from any jot of our obedience.
or give any feeming diﬁafte to our deare Brethren oi Eng-land.
and rather adventured the ruin: of our own Countrey , then
indangered theirs : Yea further ,when we did with horrour and
amazement heare thoi'e unexampled Proclamations given out
againl’t a whole Nation, who were never tainted with the leaﬂ-
7 though: ofdzjo'bedience to their Prince his juﬁ command: , accor-o
ding to the rule ofthcir Lawes, Netwithl’tanding of this great:
’ frovdcdtiqn: there was norhing to be heard amonglt us but vows
'orhis Majelties prtypert'gy, and hearty d‘eﬁres from all to {pend
their [aloud for the increal'e of his q/Zate , and‘ fervice of his
Crown, and who abhorred then to be reduced to that extremi. .
t}, as to arme themfelves for their own defence and priﬁrmn'on.
It will fcarcely. be belechd by Strangers , by what means two
Nations fo near together , and f0 ﬁraitly tyed in all the bonds
of goodwiﬂ and mutuall aﬂoat}, where there was f0 little caufe of ’
el‘pouﬁng thefe quarrells , wherin none of the Nations were
concerned or wronged by the other in their own proper rig/m.
ﬂiould be brought to fuch a pofture , and near in dangerous a
rupture, that would no: been eaﬁly (to lay no more) ieced up
again in our dayes, but it was the worke of God, an it {hould
bewondetfull in our eyes , who in the carriage'of all this real:
buﬁnes,~hath made every ﬂoppe and let, alien in by the a ver-
fary,a Rep of advancement,to the furthering of his Caufe,as is
well known and acknowledged by allwhom God hath honoured
.to be the leal‘tinﬁrumentsin this work , who alfo made this a
.ﬁngular meant: to tcﬁiﬁe our lipid/tie , and. the ﬁncerit} of our
beam, Where we prefented our humble and iufi deﬁres unto,
his Maieity,and for the honour of the caufe which we maintain,
and the tender regard to the credit of our own Prince( although
then armed againl’t his own people)a~nd for the brotherly refpeﬁ
unto the Nobility, and Others ofour neighbour Nation , in-g
aendin nothing,webeletve, but to follow the King,although
really atisfying the ambition and bloud-tbirﬂing room it of a mi-_
{erable Prelat. We laboured in the “treats? to give 31 fatisfaéti-V
. on our part that could be required of molt loyaﬂ Subieéts,’
ﬁdfenﬁbleof our Kings honour (ourenemies being judges)
even to our own apparent dil‘advantage, for we delivcrcld all
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placesi‘nto' his Maieii‘ies hands , which were dented; in rem?
rriony of our obedience , and although they might have been in ~
our hands, pledges ofaﬁ'urance for performance of-thele Arti-
cles that wereagreed to be granted in the following Aliernbly
and Parliament; and now contrary to our expectation arc tum- .
ed for Engines OI terrour . and F etters oi ﬂavezy to iruﬁrate us ,
frOm obtayntng the beneﬁt of that capitulatz’an. Notwithﬁand- .
ing of all breach of pramtﬁ we cannor but profeﬂ'e according -
to our reader relpeé’t to our Prince, wherein we are inwardly t
grieyed for the difhonour that is done to his Majelly byathe .
bad mitruments that are about him, that neither we were then
over-reachcdanordo we yet repent upon our’part for that great -.
trail; and conﬁdence we repofed. upon his Majell‘ , for we did.
then remember that we were dealing with our rince ,‘ with.
whom as we Should no: ﬁrive for appurtenaces , When the:
maine was granted, {0 we might rel’t aﬁ'ured, that if he could
not be brought in his own mind to judge aright how farre he
had been milled againﬁ us his own people,who= had given fuch ,.
an ample teﬂimony of our trull , and ofthe intereﬁ we fhould .
have in his faVonr above all Other , but ﬁill continue to purﬁie.
any advantages to our preiudices : wedid not Otherwife think
but when ever he had a minde to breake, he‘could never want
ill grounded pretence, to alled-ge againR, us ; and it was ﬁttelt
for us rather to hazard the difadvanta e, and commit the fuc-
celTe to" God what ever prejudice we ould fuﬁer; for if the.
word ofaKing which fhould be the Oracle of truth to his.
caple,and the faith ofprmzfé: and commas under hand and feale’
which is the ground- work oftrul’t in all humane fociety a and '
is facred and inviolable among'ﬁ lnﬁdels and Turks , may not;
inﬁly challenge for us the perlormance of the Articles. of the.
Treaty upon his Maieﬁies part , then ma we truly think that

' nathing we could have framed or delire then ,. would have

been for our fafety of any avail unto us, as norhing had done us
good or fucceeded according to our minde in all thefe things.
we have condefcended unto ( whcrnnto we were not oblidged
by any duty or refpea whatlbever , orherwife then that we
might notbedeﬁ'auded of the full: and reall performance 05‘
the Articles of agreement) but on the contrary it dorh evidently

' appeare’ by all that hath pail, that there hathbeen no deﬁre nor

meaning of pace in the hearts and minds of our adverfaries

ﬂ ,unto this day,- for all the bulineﬂe of the capitulaim hath been _

8315611 by ghgfIn as a cloak to cover their more cunning and craft
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Mgnesammg therebyaoimaken us in tithe bi theitiiz‘i'ckeﬂa ‘
politic, who aheyxconld heathenovcrcome‘by openforce : ‘
making-us a ' ow to dilTOIVe allgForces'on either Ede th'lt they
. mightlaythe Foundation of a more dureable- w'avrregby letting .

dtrong Garrifonsfon the Bord ,7 3. receiving the ﬁtting holds of -
the [Qingdomc £0 bakeepedga 5:: that mndition they ;. werein‘ .-
beforeitheleztquﬁlethegana .andipreﬁently preparing them for '_

neﬂSioﬁviuleﬁce ED-ttlle;€hié£pa§ts ofthe Kingdoriae-t' Calling 1

, ferth by his. Majeﬁies Jam: 3 great number of our chief men
. under weak pretences of buﬁneﬂ'e( when all the matters of the
treaty had been-endcdwith afeﬂw ot'tha't number)unto liarwick,I ’
and "when . fame: oithemacame , .- kee-ping. markers. in; the , --
clouds hutill the,” reﬁtwere Come, and Fending- thembackagaig ,
.- li-keﬁales to bring inftheir‘fellowsﬁnd when this did-hat hold,

‘ laying then plots deep and a farre- off to entrap Tome of onr
Pt-inCipall men, as God hath wonderfully difcovered ﬁnce, and ‘—
will more and more to the confuﬁon of thefe who have been
au’thorsand abetters to xvfuc‘h bafe aﬂ'aﬁnatst _ And which hath -
been the; rﬁaﬁenpi’cce of their fubtill deVice t quering the
Allembly. to g0e on anddetermine all matters of the Kirk that
had been in queﬁion.. The Comniilﬁonerwin the Kings name
confenting to all the A€ts that p'affed , promiﬁng alfo to ratiﬁe »
them all in the Parliament thatwas prefently to follon R19:-

, ring herebylthat What they‘gavewith the onehandathcy would ,
rake away-witht'he other?~ :for this feemingﬂoffetling m'attergirl
the Aﬂemb‘ly» and withholding the tivill .{ﬁnétion ofthe Par-
iiamem for their being and exiltance in the Com mom-wealth,
as itwould make them really of no effeét , [o it did gain a co- ‘
ibur‘andpretext to‘thatdeﬁgne they did molt intend: that the
1%!“ (“Fillilicowj Walk 1:15 hey: [W @176: 9:6 string, {hould not be for
ﬂattered? ~R¢llgmngwhieh were all. etledan the Aﬂcmblyg as;r
' $é~y=did allédgc , ‘ bullion other civill differences in the Com-...
mom-wealth 5 and truly in all appearance the matters of the,
Kill; were lbtlﬁd in that AlTembly-c, with the confent of th:

Emmi manner, but than wile men began to :doubtiof the ﬁt’FEf;
{ago-t tliciwntk 5; iw‘nsnttihey‘foanﬁl hum by, his a-ftcrzdtclarax 1-;

. 1 mad 6&me Maine ‘23- poﬁeneto: ”efcape. and make
Way’,-forh1$aftcrd€njall of Whﬂﬁhadjbﬁﬁﬂ concluded; And in;
‘ihefe warms the Parliament did begin ,and hath continued no: ‘
to fettle the alfains of the Kirk’as was promifed , and 'was ceif-g
. tainlytexpeﬁed by us :_ ,‘but towing in a precedentpl [ervjmdﬂa
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To it hath been‘brolten'off and adjourned,by this'Majellie's‘ own
authority , without confent ofthe Eﬁates , which is direétly

‘ againi’t the Laws and praét—ifes of this Kingdome, and contrary

to the Atticles of agreement : And although our predeceﬂo’urs

” took anorher courfe , yet we came onely with fupplican’om and

prayer: , and to lhc‘w our invincible obedience unto his Mai‘eﬂy’,
fem up our Commimoners to London, who were rejeéted, and
never feen nor heard , and yet hoping with this unexam'pled
patience to overcome the malice of our adverfaries, we lend up
again our Com mimone rs with propoﬁtiom that were fojuﬁ , as
that they contained nOthing but what was before granted unto
us , under his Majeflies hand and feal , nor couldreceiv-e any
‘tlenyall from a pious and juﬂ Prince, as being all comprehended
in this. And which had been the fumme and fubjeét of all out

_ ﬂopplicatiom, prote/Zdtiomﬁnﬁrmtztiom, declarations, from the be;-

gmning , namely , that the Fundamentall Laws ofthe King‘-
dome, which had been violated, and the Religion which was ,
manifeﬁly infringed, might in a free AH‘embly and Parliament
be again conﬁrmed,and the unworthy authors legally queﬁio-
ned, and which had been more expreﬂ y fet down in the Arti...
cles of poeificotz'on , that as there according to the tenor of the
Articles of agreement , all matters civill were to be judged by
Parliaments,and all Eccleﬁal’ticall matters by the aﬂ‘emblies of
the Kirk : And that as the ’Ailembly romifed by hisMajel’ty
had been granted and had concluded, the differences of the
Kirk,fo his Maj Rfy would no: delay or deny the concluﬁon of
the Parliament, or ratifying the aéts of this Ailembly , and
fettling Otherdifferencesof the Com mon.wealth,as was fully
agreed in that Treatie at the Kings Camp, yet thefe propofition:
and delires being fo neceﬂ'arie and vitall unto this Kingdom‘e
”could ﬁnd no acceile unto the cares of the gracious King , by
reafon of the powerfull diverﬁon of the Archbilhop of Canon—
bar), and Deputie ofIre/and, who (ﬂrengthened with the high
and mighty F aetion of Pa if‘ts neare his Majelty) onely ﬁde in
all matters of [pin’maﬂ an temporal! affairs , and makes the ne-
cel‘ﬁty of their fervice to his Majeﬂy appear in being the only
ﬁt inﬂmmentr ( under thepretexc of oindicoting his Mai/ewes
honour ) to 'oppreﬂ'e borh the juft liberties of his free Subjeéts,
and the true reformed Religion in all his Kingdomes. In
which deviliﬂi deﬁgne , we have great caufe to fay they are far
advanced, if the granting of a free Aﬂ'embly and Parliam’eutto
_us at this time 5' which hath be? the ground of all our julltrdeg-
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ﬁres from the beginning“, and the concluﬁon of the‘Treatie‘
this laf’t yeare , as the onely mean to cure all the evills of Kirk
and State,and fettle the peace and Welfare of borh Kingd-omes,
' Prove in the end, asitappeareth this day, like the Co uncel 0?
Iran: to the Chriﬁian Kirknvhich was appointed for reformirg,
the abufe therof , yet through the ambition and covetoufnelle
of Kirk-men,and the miferzrble tiealouﬁes of the Princes of the
time,wh9 minded more their. private end and intereﬁ: then the
caufe oj Clmﬁ and his Kirk , was found in cﬁeﬁ the aétl‘ve en-
fine and inltrum'cntto eltablifh and fettle. the“ tyranny of the
ﬁope and his‘Cl-ergie : wheifore'the greater and more livel
are our apprehenhons of danger at this time 9 that all the e
erooked and croﬂ'e plors, interchecking one anorher, in deny-.-
- ing a Parliament to us , where it was tornifed upon the honour
ofa King, and» for the ﬂzfet} of two uch Nations, in granting
it unto you, where it was not expected, for the reafons that all
wife men cannor but remember, and in forcing one upon Ire»
iaml, where noneis deﬁred : Giving out Commifﬁons to de-
ﬁroy us before, we can apprehend any Other or new guiltineﬂ'e,
but that we have been conflant fitters for the concluﬁon ofthe
Parliament, and the fulﬁlling of the Articles of the treaty,
miﬁngour Parliament contrar to the Laws, and the expreﬂe
Articles of the agreement; infhrcing Garifons upon us , that
they might force us to .a necelfary denyall of fuch unreafonable
demands, and to a neceﬂ‘ity to rovide for our felvest that all,
ghﬂ‘q‘we know,are done and evii‘ed to pick a 'quarrel, and to,
be the ground of a falfe and wyrc draw-n Remonl’trance againiij
,us , and now by theparticular mitigation of thefe men we nag
med before , a mighty army is preparing ,. ‘and an utter ruins:
threatned- to our Religion, and Countrey. -Lelt in regard of
thefe premiﬁ’es, our ﬁlence info neceﬂ'ary atimc ﬂiould argue
a negleét ofour duty to God- and our King, the 123ny and 12mm;
of our Conntrey , the peace and weéfare of both the Nations,
.what f0 nearly trenches to the preiudice and hazard of all thefe,
,cannot’be longerforborne :- Therfore we profeﬂe before the
‘chnﬂéan world, and. to our dear brethrenof England, efpecially’
the repreﬁnrariveBod of the Kingdome, now happilv. conveyé;
tied-in both- the Ho - es of Parliament, whom it m‘oi’t concerns.
that'we cannot otherwife iudge and eﬁeem ,. but that all there
Councels that have been. given of late by thefe intemperar
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‘eolo'ueof'advancing' his Majeflies Prerog alive? , doe nearest
Royall power, and bring the Kingdomes unto conluﬁon, bat

thatlthéy trulyare lit-ll lianitnered m Spam andinthe Conclave: '
,V’and'purmto “1011104 of their cunning Artifans among you; ,3

Who have ever been'a viperous brOod , which with tooth and-
-nail'e,have allayed to tenethe bowels of theimwn mether, year
Who never fooner learned to obey the Roman Church as their:
mOther , but alloon they acknowledged the Catholick King
fortheirFather, and their own King for an t’tfurper , 'il‘they.
think him to be an Heretick : So that We are peeraded that:
neither theinvincible-Armado o f the aging cngtmor the Guna
powder ploc , nor any other Royall Navie from thence , like
unto that which came the Other yeare upon your coalt , ( the.

which ye had the more reafon to ﬁtfpeét that it came {0 un.;

looked for and at {o unfeal‘onable a time). needs to be attempted
any more for the wine of thislle, but onely- that they be care-
. full (as we doubt not they are) that the ﬁre of this Clvll warre.
which hath been lb long l'moalting may be once kindled , and
. that they be ready under- hand to adde fewell to. the ﬂame 5.
\ wherin they willnot be wanting, efpecially where every thing
' - is lb“ near that can furnilh matter ., and all is farre off that cant
help to extinguifh the fame,when it isronce begun,yea,azvhich’

is worfe for us all, when it is apparent, that it cannoc b‘e fetled .-

without great hazard even of them that may feem to over-
eome in the end : And although that we may juﬂly fufpeét that
this calling of you together at this time by their fuggeﬁion,’
who have railed this ﬁre of civil dil'cord in this famous Illa
without your conlent or advice , be rather to perfwade you to“
bring qyie then water to quench the ﬂame, {‘0 that in the heat
~ ' of thefe broyles you may be induced to contribute. to the over-
throw. of your bell-friend: , while~ they'avenge'themfelves of
their enemies : Nocwithﬂanding ofthis, we hope that it will
l- not be difplealant uhto allgood men in thefe honourable All
t, j . fem’blies of both houfes , that we with great'ioy of heart and
’ freedome ofﬂn‘n’t profefl'e and declare, as we do this day, that
é » all our alltgatiom and ‘mutual’l alluranc'es, of love and brother!)

' ’ all dutie: toward God and Man , Princelan'd People ,’ that we
' ‘ cannotlbut’ have the fame ﬁitnd: and ﬁrst}? either invthe deft-nae
clear C0 mm on fafet] ag'ainllfbrraigne f‘be: , or in the maintenance

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kinlneﬂe are {0 nearly twil’ted and- ioyned together with you in -'

at ourfeverall rngt: againl’l inward and homebred underminers"

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'onely ﬁrme rule of ourown ﬁfe!) and préy’erwriml’ Andthe'rS—
fore ﬁnce in regard of the ﬂmationof this whole llle , and the
Union underone Head, we are all, as it were, one houfe, ific‘
fall 'we {hall be all buried in the ruines,w_e are all imbarqued in:
one (hip, it it peril'h or ﬁght uponthe rocks of diviﬁon, hardly»:
can yvc efcape : Suffer us to reioyeewith you in the midﬁt of:
this ﬁorm , for-this ﬁrll funnelhine of comfort and good hope
that we fee you who are the true Pilots, brought to the helm :.1
And give us leaveto conjure you for the interelt we have in.
the tommon adventure of thefe rich goods, our peace; our 11' ber-
ties,» our Religion, which are all in. one hold, that ye abandom
nor the {hip of the Ceniitiomwealth in this tempeﬁ, although,
it did belong to you to have been called when the feafon was,
more calme , and yet let it be the true ground of your comforé
and encouragement, that when the skie'was clear, you have-fore.»
warned our great Mailer , of the clouds that were gathering”
and although the winds. were inviﬁble then to molt ,r yet to
many ofyour h-oufeofCorﬁmons,and Others alfo of all ranks ::
they that did blow then to gather thefe clouds together, were‘
well known,” and from what wait they came, and many hum-v
ble deﬁres and earneﬂ’fuites have been made by you to hisgras-
cious Majeﬁ , that he would not abandon his own and the
Kingdomesfgfeq, unto the pleafure of men in ZTVO age full 0%
dangerous and fearcﬁdl ﬂrait: , inthe- condué’t of w - ich , they-
had n0thing but their own amlin’on and privatgain , for com»
pall'e and (aid. And who have thruﬁ both Prince andpeoplesr
out of thefafe. harbour of the quiet calme unto this prefene:

Rormewvherin they are to make proﬁt of bath our lbipwrack,

if in this [trait it were not allowed to the mane-ft aﬂ‘enger to '
give warning of the imminent danger, we norwit Funding of ‘1
our lace andrinterelt in. your welfare might hold our peace:
but met: we'have been’in the ﬁrﬁ” watch, and have indured the
full andxgreateﬁ torment of this ﬂame , while you. have been at
tell ; for your alT urance that we cannOt abandonzyou,‘ orl‘eave
you alone one your turne , when on are fo near to give tryall
or your coura erand skill,.you may perceive by what hath. af-
fed,that horA embly nor Parliamentmo rotten-Cable, and ipa.
ping Anchor 05: Articles and agreement, whereunto We‘hads
faltened- our hope: , can be any. roadzand harbour ofjafety unto
us , [0 long as borhour-enemies ﬁt at theHelme and govern:
all comes that are tobe followed amonglt. you. Therfore
before we come to advilje what arcin: our judgement thEmoft
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ﬁtting means fortremoving of the evils of'ns both {give-us ‘

leave to tou‘chin paﬂing whatwe apprehend have been the;

cont at cm caufesto bring you bydegreesfrom that- height of '

Mpﬂmﬂ}, wherin fomtime ye were glorious in the ﬁghtof

Fmrpe , tothis gulf of mifery and abalement wherein ye hayé
fallen, and drawn us by example and intranet: , that in this lad .
Rfvrefntmem , as in a darke (bade, the‘glorinus 113/)! of your
appearing da may be more comfortable. and refmbmg \unto us i

bOth , whit is the hearty wilh andzaﬁitred hope of youridear

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Brethren in Scotland, becaufcof the lenﬁbl-e feeling of that '

.reat mercy of God upon them-{elves , who have been farther

1n the tranfgrefﬁon,and at a lower ebbe in mind and fpirit, then” ‘

ye can well imagine before their troubles began 5 therfoxe,

becaufe our evils are not ofyellerday,and could n0t have over- 1

ﬂowd the face of this like on a fudden,let us {earth up unto the

wellhead and period oftime ,where and when they began Exit,

to fpring and arife, when we left to fear Others by rea-fonofonr

Union, then began we to have need to look for evill from Our =

{elves : the fubtile enemies of this lﬂe knowing that what was .

no: to be attempted by: open force , was to be undertaken and .'

purlued by cunning and fecret praﬁifes, took the advantage of

the humours ofmeti,following commonly the nature and the;

conditions of the times; did make the fur ets and eafe of page

more dangerous to the life of the Pilate , then the {traits and '

hazards ol mm had been before,difpoﬁng the Subjeéts toe‘afe

andllavery , an inuring the Prince t0 followtheir appetite and
the rules of uncontrouled power: then began the pnblicke -

\ wayes ofbonour and reputation to be unfrequcnted: then-the ufe

0! Parliament: which is the Ray and ﬁrength of your Kingdom-
to be fnfpeﬁed . and f0 thefe eyes and cares of the Prince and

People , the great Councel of theLand did make way peeec '

and peeee to the dark: pall‘ages of the corner. of a Cabinet ,
“there ﬂatteric, malice, envy and partialin’eamongfi few hands,
dtfguifes with falfe appearances wizthont‘controule all that"

comes in their handling, and makes the people miferableﬂni '

the Princcinfortunat, ﬁnce they have gorten foeting , Park.
ament: have been called‘notto eafe‘*-rhe:gri~evances of the‘

Sublet}, but to fupplyt-heneceﬂities elf/the Prince}- and £05 ‘-

whereasthey lh'ould have helped culture; they have inc’reax

, fed the difeafes of. the E 31‘ A '-'r E': and becaufeth’er‘e' c'a‘nv

beno-eﬂill humour in the Body that can tnaﬂer your ‘skill,

£549! rleafc. £0 apply-Ming (remedies, and whom-e
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beenfqtmerigh in main: , , therfore: you arermale to = difagree- ,
although your:- [elves aboutjthe method of the cure ,. and when
ouvbeaiHPto incline to an agreement _ outconjitltatiom are brag-i
an off? and f0 by-thefe meanes the gem mom. wealth langui-s.

(hethwithoue hope of,relicf,the Princes miﬂakesgindythe Peo-

ple‘sgniqf antibmtbem doe equaliiy_.increnfe}, and every breach,
0&3 ,Rarliam’ezgt. begets. a‘ pew grievance: andm al'a'dieto the poo-2'
pkzafb mil-chime :moredangerous' and deadlygthat the IgAuthors;

. Of this (kabtifesﬂjcwhenyou ulIe not youncoutage and c‘onﬁan’cief
tQ; maintain that pointer and place" which your Predeceﬁ‘ots}
have put inilydur hands; and‘wherofthe poﬂerity willrcall youg

to aptomptyasé right of email: and their proper inheritance:
which pnnootthet weakened in yoiur hazids without. yourieterw
113%pr and theitiendleffe loﬂ'e) begin to defpife-yon, and‘
takegcwmge to undermine ami‘blowzup the fbundation'ofyouf:

' once well ittled Eli-ate 1 bringing you in contemgt with the:

' PCZQPIS3 {for the guard of- vy’hofe liberties you have; 10 I'ong com

tinged , and-intimated with the Prime ,‘ for whofe honouriand’

faﬁy, ittmth a1 wayes been,that;none about him 'ihonld be’ more
powerfulljndt the‘“Laws,a,nd nearenhim inplace and affeﬁio‘ny
thenyon Wlwfe Counceiisicould'not be corrupted by ends;
theft: "are they who brinding you once to mind your ownc“
things ,‘ and to becareleﬂe or" the Publick , have reached the.

_ Princes, that allthe right: and libertié: of the S‘ubjeét, and the.

nmintenanceof them , are doales ofgriace ., and gift: oE.-..meere
fervour proceeding-from the Princemiid not thetrue birth: right
of the Subject}; which they may truly challenge .-)‘ which are to
be continued or changedas ther Princes {hall think ﬁt : whO'
have teached Princes to me that maxime in :a _ free Kingdome !
towrong ends : Parliament: are in their power tobegimconti-

. nyemnd break them off, as they ﬁnd the fruitof them gooct or
b2d,£o ate theytohawe their being,or nut 'to-zbe atall,thus the}! u
heme done whatis. in them tar-make the Royaﬂ among, which '
ﬂama‘ldﬂ’ne liked, Sun beame H‘iiningifoz' the “com fort and light
of,otheiis.,turn to a Comet and blazing Rama matter ofwonder —
andgdmirationfor the time ,-.aiid.a pmgnoﬁi'ek ofv‘vgorfe things
to follow, ; Trulythepterogatiue oi the Pvince, which hath ‘
been kee pectin yeaera'tionw, . WiﬁSt’lfCCl’ét muouehadiamohgﬂ ‘.

the wifeItBi-‘incestmd the héﬂitiioiesi whichiis that Which the x '

Lawsmve given him above all “private me’n, : for the common '

{gfety ofus-al-l, and cannot be tried to another end , but for our

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luﬁteﬁiy theoi't, and commOn-handlin g thero‘f,.ti'o,_ the: niahiifeﬁ
prejudice of the Subjeétsrighnand the reall weakeningof the

true Royall power , had it not ialne in fome of? your'_Clergies
hand, who to the Raine of the Kirk and the bane of the Com;

mon-‘wealthr have fubjeéted‘all men,- and‘all Laws, stofther 2p?
petite of the Prince, of whom they have the abl‘olttte‘ruley
that founder that goodly vilorrtof his Royall power,they may“
actom'plilh at laft that great’deﬁgneof thechangeof the Rev:

- ligion and governmentfof the Eﬂate which they have (0 long

lime-£13333 whereof thegcagnmt fail: in this happ'yiconiunétures
where all things provm‘iifes' them good fucceffe. r A. ‘Pi‘inm ens;

raged againﬁ his oWn native peeple,’by. their procurementmho'i.

Will nor be per-{waded thatthey are good Subj-eﬂsto'him,be.

caufe they are avowed enemies to them , who have been the '

dellroyers of their Religion, and the troublers ofthe peace of

the Kirk, to who-tn it is neceﬂ'aty that he forget that he is their '

{aturall Prince, while he remembers that he is adVanced to be
t e Monarch of the whole lie, and with whom ofne-cemty he-
is obliged to continue in this quarrel, that under'the pretext of.
their rebellion, he may have leifui'e to arme, and make the one.
Kingdome a fecurge to‘the Other , while in the end they b’oth’~
become flaoet, which if they 1'efufe, he cannot efc‘hew offered
to bring in {hangers ., and tile fuch other poWer. "as ‘God hath
put in his hands (by the doétrine of thefe goovdfdivines‘} to the;
eﬂabliﬂiing of thebgundlefi‘e government wherat they tadmg,
f0 by the joynt helpedf thePapift , who area Wang F 3am

‘gamongfLyou oflate,and of others, whom they. call good Sub...

jeé’ts , and are the greatelt number, who while theyar‘e‘goingt
on many COLH‘fC to helpe them-{elves , cannmgthink they: are»
accomptable to God or Man for any wrong they are doing, {Oi
Others , thefe alfo concuring who are of great number and of
no {mall ﬁrcein any ﬂare, who are content to wear fetter: them-
{elves , {0 they may be ofgold , and they havethe making of
them ,or helpe therunto for Others,all thefe meeting together. ,
they canno: miﬂe toeifeétuat their deﬁgnes,an.d‘“thefe are the -
who look at this time toundoe us, and hope aﬂuredly m wot;
youto their ends. And for this effeé‘t, as it appearés , are ye
called together after {0 many, breaches and breaking ‘up of
PWIWWW’ in Englmda Whﬁl‘eby his Maieﬂy had been deprived.

‘of the faithfull councels and {me aide-s of his p'e0ple' hereto-~

fore, and the p-reﬂ‘ures and grievances ofzthe Subjeas daily.
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men (who looked upon the train ofafl’aire's"; and‘tﬁarked what

undue courfes had been taken of late , that there ﬂtould be no
neediof their meeting , and how‘the’ number and height of
offenders is increaled, for whofe falety‘it is‘not thargParh‘amenI:

. come in plaeeand requeﬁagain) 'may-juﬁly marvel! ‘toi‘ee this

day , and in all likely. hood conjecture that either this‘ Parka-1

Men: will prove the liappiellfthat ever was in this Iﬂe for the ,

good and peace of the K'ingdomes, or elfe (which God forbid )f
will become the ﬁatall engine and axle'trec in our enemies.
hand, for theoverthrow or Kirk and State; turnin our doubts:
unto dcyjbairemnd‘ourﬁare: into a cert ainty of eanfu mic; When;
u re the more need have all good men who love the truth of.
Religionnhe Immonr of the King, the ﬁfe!) of the Kingdomes.

info necellhry and perillousa time robe inﬁant with God. by

Falling and Prayer, draws the beginning of your meeting to-

‘ gether is the fubjeé’t of all mens ﬂare: and hopes, good or bad,

lo the clofe may bei'nfi-uit and memory, the joy of the prefenc
age , and the bleﬂing of poiterity , whereof there is. no ﬁnal!
ground of hope at this time,- For if that fpirit of wyllome,courage,
and true {ea/c forth: good of Religion , and ﬁfetj of King and
Kingdo mes do but begin as in former time to appeare in your
Councels , who knoweth what recompence God is preparing
for your often difappointments in that kind : the which we
are moved I he rather to beleeve and expe&,that the powerful!
hand of God hath forcibl-y‘led them who haste been the authors
of your evils, and aé‘tours in the mifchief intended againl’t us ;
againl’t their will to call for your aﬂiﬂance to opprezfe us : and.
finely «we-think that what Art can invent, and malice can doe,
will not be wanting ( even amongﬁ fome of your number) to
move the ref: to conﬁderaright of all the advantages of the
time , and reconceal‘the differences that are amongll them.
{elves and labour to feek the cafe of your own burthens when

on may have them at an eafie rate with fmall expenfe and
wines, to increafe ours, and many fpecious pretences will be
offered, to hide the bad intentions ofa few, and the ill confe~

uences of their privat delignes againll the publick quiet of
the Kingdomes, but certainly a thick cloud of prejudices and
miﬁ‘eprefentations of all our buﬁneil'es molt afl‘uredly be- caller!
before youreyes, and great mull that darkneffe be , before fo
unﬁnfo advifed a Judicatorie of all the choice win in that King.
dome condefcend to that reﬁlution which in «effect carrieth

with it. in furthering the o rerthrow of our Religion and Li- t

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.th‘ttiﬁ; and in the burial] them? to beginanddigge'a Tomb
.for your own to follow, and tomake the end of thisP-arlz‘amem:
.a mean‘that there ﬂiould neverbe need of any hereafter. But:
_.vve‘expe.€t (Right Honourable) better things of you, and inc-h
, , .‘as belong properly to the happineﬁeo‘f this time, for thE'glory
" ' . , ~of.G.021 in the advancement ofhistmtla , for the honour of the
" King in puniihing ofthe wicked , for thewelfare o£the King-
.domes, that in our Union they may he crulhed , who in our

 

. diviﬁon have builyed their hopes , and made this warre with
y; . «your Brethren , the Trojan horie to bring in all thefe calami-
f‘Li , pties, which aCit/ill warre will undoubtedly inl-‘orce upon this _

j 1: ’ , ll’e , and we are. certainly perfwaded that the-ﬁngular avg/dome
e, j andjzglice of your Honourable Corn‘tm'hich can have no other

end in all their Counlell, but the fervice of his Majeﬁy', and

the fafety ofh‘is Kingdomes (which cannot be feparated in any

- £0nﬁderation 'whatfoever ) will judge orhe-rwife of the Rate of

.euraffairs , and aﬁ‘oord us {better m-eafure then we have found

_as yetat the hands of thefe men, who as they havebeen the -

' Authors ofour evil, and of that corruption that was creeping .
in,in~Kirk and State , [0 have boch you and'we ﬁilferedmuch
more by them, and have greater reafon to complain ofthe in-
convenience and mifchiet oi the remedie that they have ap...
' glyed ﬁnce ,thenpf the difeai'e it {elfe : ln vain doefthey think
‘ to cover theirvvicked dehgnes’ with the bare preteXt oi their
yam/e and aﬂeé‘tion to his Majeﬁiesgreatnes and dignity, feeing
it tends to the mine and 'del-‘trué’tion of his faithful! Subjeéts,

whole ridge: is his treajizre, whofe quiet is his glory, whole heart: ‘
and aﬁeﬁiom are his ﬁrong gariﬁzm that CannOt be overcome,and
‘ whofe prgﬂverity is the bapptnes of his Crown,attd' miferable and
wretched are the effects of that power, Which produceth no-

thing but weaknes to the Prince ,4 and calamitj'to his Subjeé’cs, ’
and in vain do we expeﬁ that God will - b'leﬂ‘e in our age what
he hath curfed in all ages before. Let us 100k Unto the Re.

‘ cords of former-ages, and we lhallever ﬁnd, that there is not|
any thing that deth [0 much move the wrath of God , as to Pee

- his wor .tip and Churches profaned, and to fall into the hands
' of thefe who have fold the-mfelves to the world, and arcade;
vouted to the Temporall .fervice of the Prince : where ever it:

" hath been praéiifcd, it is a certain demoni’tration of the altera-
tion and change of an Eltate, and of their miferies and difgrace

‘ who‘abnl'e it licentiou'ﬁy, their affaires alwayes declinin even
onto their end._ We need not pat youin mind of the limes
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and hor eontells of your MP: Princes , and of greateﬁ {pitifzi \
with your Archbifhops‘at ho me , to keep down that Papacre.

. . they claymed to themfelves amongit you , and to fuller them.

to be Kings beﬁde them , which could not be granted but at:
their difcretion :. they that lookt to the dangers ‘of this time...
and who they are that be the Authors of this mifchief inten——
ded , may eaﬁlyperceive , thatif all the Subjeé’ts of the twm
Kingdomesco’tﬂd be moved to undergoe that burthenrtheBi-
{hop of Camaivuv and his followers would-.- put upon us , and;
could be pefwaded in Confcience ,2. that we were bound to
obey thefe fpirituall Fathers in all their commands, we ﬂmulds
foon fee they would alledge fome Other ground for their all
piring greatneﬂ'e ,, then the {tale of his Majeﬁies ferviee and,
honour,and the Princes that are to follow would ﬁnd, that all.
their paines was {Qt themfelves, and to eﬂabhﬂi their own ty- --
ranny over Prince and-Peoples. Or,are there any {0 ignOrant.
and wilfully blindto think, that all that fpight and malice they.
- carry to the Covenant of Scotland,is,becaufe that it. hath weak-~
ned the Kings power , and made his Maieﬁie appeare {o in the :
ﬁght of his enemies 5 I {this weretrue, then wouldithe POpe,
and the King ofSpaine give many millions that the like were in:
' England and Ireland. : they neeant dilTemble,we know where:
it pricks them , they fee the handtof God in it againPt their unn
fluff ufurpationandworldly omp,‘ andrthey feare, that as the ,
have found it awall'of br em the-Subjeéts ol'Srorland agai N ,.
x the fury of their malice ,when they could have no ”roteétion,
neither in their Laws ,, norintheir Prince , in. w iofe faving,
favourzthey may claim fpeciall intereR, fo it may prove by ex-a .
ample-dangerous toithem elfwhere ,, and at once put an end tor.
all thefe plats and deﬁgnes‘they have to overthrow. the refers
. med Religion, :i And. this 1191116 caufe they charge. it and us.
with many crimes ,, to plantthe hatred-of us' and that caufe in‘
the hearts of Others , which-is already in gra‘ven in theirs , but
we are aEured-ithe equitie, j-uﬁice, and wifdome of your Court
~ will be farre from thinking this a fuiﬁcient ground of quarrel!
betwixr the two Nations , becaufe. we demand to».enjoy the
beneﬁt of out Laws, and theexercife of our Religion, if this)
be acaui'e that any of your Nation lhould come to all'aile us:
or any partnof: the power of th-at'K-ingdome ﬂiould be imploy-
ed to that ule , you Would not have taken it'in ill part or think
we have done. you wrong ,' if the like courfe had been taken
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Mannie and you in your Parliaments for the rights of the
Subieft : But as Wethave alwayes wilhed yOugood l'uccelie
unto your £arliaments, {0 can we not think that thepaines we
have taken to maintain our own rights, can be grievances unto ,
you, or of evill-example to weaken your ellate, oramove you to
deﬁroy us. Princes when they are milled by evill counlells
anay eaﬁly begin warre at their pleafure, but linee the Subjects
bIOOd maeﬁdetermine the controverﬁe, it were necelTary that ,
they who have fo great a part ofthe hazard, lhould alfo know . '
their quarrel. And lincecivill wane and homebred diViﬁon’
as inward difeafes are more hard to cure then thefe that are
“Without , we are tyed in all refpeéts to {cek to aprevenmhem
before thy come. And wheras by all that hath palfed, we may,
perceive that thel}: who are chief ae'tOrs in thefe troubles, feel:
by allzmeans to have us engaged, the more lhould our care be
to prelerve our {elves b theirdifappointment , and by a feafo-
nable remedy,provide or the fafety of our {elves and pol’terity.
The readie-ﬁ meane for the prefenn that can come in our con-
ﬁderation in this , that as when the treatie of the Unionswas ._
intended, butdid nor take effect, the two Parliaments did ﬁt,‘
and did appoint their Commimoners to treat thereanent (with
expreﬂe refervation of. their own LaWes andLiberties) and to
report their proceedings backagaine to them that fent them ,
fo now when the two Nations are ready to be plunged in a -
bloudy warre,to the overthrow of the Liberties ofborh. .Our
{oules deﬁres , that his Majel’cy would be pleal‘ed to appoint

. the like orany other meane whereby the ~Parliaments may ﬁt

freely,and without feare of force, and by their Commiﬂioners
appoint time and place, where by their {can ning the equity or
inquiry of our demands may be. fully weighed , that we may no
longer fuffer by falfe and artiﬁciall relations , but the be no-
turly known as they are , and their fraud and hypocri redifco-
avered ( if there be any ) for we {hunne no tryall 'which is no:
inconﬁﬂent with a free and independent Kingdome,and which.

. the Kingdom-e ofﬁng/and would chOOfe in the like cafe of the

quarreling oftheir- Laws and liberties, the King-being reﬁdenc
amongl’t us : for which end if his Majeflies force: may be dif.

‘ . charged,and his further Levies ﬁifpendedme'will molt gladly

disband,and leave off any that we are preparing for our own ne-
tejﬂlv andjuﬁ defence, which orherwile we cannot due Without
our own apparent ruine,neithe_r can theParliament ﬁt with any,
{we} in snhsr-Eingdomc , If grey fee a Sword drawn over.
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their heads, and this we Row. the Parliament ofEngI‘amI—in théﬁi
wifdome will think very reafona-ble', and the leait "that can be:
granted , and wrlljoyne'withius in, thispeta‘tion for their ovm
~ clearingbefore‘Giod and the world , that they have not taken

in hand to fubduc us by arrncs, before they have convincedus
and made known. to al true Chriflians ands honeﬂ: inen , for:

- what caufe, and upon how great reafon. ' ' ‘
If this. be delayed. us, as what may we not expcﬁ in this.»

‘ kind, but that the conduétof this afﬁne will. be anfwetable ta-

- - the ﬁrl’t undertaking ; And. asthis Blot hath. been fet on foot

forthe bellsﬁt OfﬁlﬂngCrsJo it will be continued torhe weako
ning of bOththe ngdomes, the overthrow ef. our Religion ,.
and CiViUJibﬁl‘tieS r F0 the uttermoﬁ of their power. So we;
( that the clofe of. thisdﬂ'gourfc may bring in a mo“ view alt
that hath been. touehed- before) cannot but begin with this,
that it is ﬁul’t with Gad to make us feel the fad. eﬁeas of civilL
difcord, who have nor mane theright ufe of our long enjoyedé.
8460 a and that WC. fuﬂier inthe danger andhazard of the cure,
Who hayefo, longby our tollerance and permiﬂ‘ion. lirengthne¢
that ill humour, which is now ready to mailer the. lifebothof-
Kirk and: State; You are. calledtogeth-er who are the great.
Phyﬁtians ,ofthat'State , itis net unﬁtting for the grefent oc-
eaﬁon to wit 0H m minde of anoldtale that belongeth unto
your A“ 7* P ”Hm?! Phyﬁcian‘in Greece,made t his anfwer to
906 who 05ch dihls ﬁnger to dreﬂe, by whofe face, lookan‘dé
breath, he knew he had an I mpoﬂume imhis Lungs, mjfriendi
(faith'he) it” notﬁt time ‘9 buﬁe )Wr ﬁtfé abouajour make: The;
aime was nOt lion ‘ﬁnce when the greateﬂ que ion was,‘ whe-
therthe Bill of unnage and Poundage , or. the Bill: of the;
Subjeé’ts right {houlid be ﬁrll moved in yourf-Ioufea [hating est
are farre changed, the. cafe much alter-zed, before you judge ofany,
matters now,or condemn 0th erstyou. cannor: but look whether:
yourfelves be fr 561,3“ what 1’ ight 'Ouhave :, Eorif the main.-
tenance ofour Religion, and the. iberties of theKin dome...

be a ground of a. quarrell. betwixt too Nations that are 0 nearsa;

‘ly joyned, and-if it be, judged forvin that Honourable Court,we-.
cannot fee how youcan condemn. us and acquit your-- {elves ,-
‘ For it wasy’our glory ttr be the faithfull. guardians of ' the Sub:-
i-eé’cs right a It cannOt but blemiﬂi your reputation to be found;
now the overthrowerg of your Brethrens liberties. If all ehie
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[our own diPcreﬂ'etl eﬂate , and that by wronging us- you c an
{wetter your condition. And althotigh we know the conduétef

your Councels had. ever more honourable and bench grounds;

yet let us take it ’as it may bepropou’ncled to on :1 can the be-r
neﬁt that is offered to you: countervail your kioﬂ‘e -‘ We: needl’
not bring it nearer , t .e example is but of yeﬁerdygandeannof
be out or your ﬁght. All the Provinces and. Princes of France,
envyed the good: el’tate‘ofthe Prorel’tants , the priviledges of

' their Chambers , and the beneﬁt of the Edié’ts they enjoyed,
' every One did outrunne another to contribute “to their wine,-

and to endeer themfelxies by fo doing , to the‘fe that had the
managingof all thefe affaires ,- with what fucceéle,.they know
this day,and all that loo-ks upon themJeeth what defence they.
have left themfelvesiagainﬂ: the: regiments of the guards. w e

' writ nOt this as doubting your wifdume and circumfpeétion in.

a buﬁ-nelfe of this nature , that f0 neare concerns your felvesa
but ﬁnce the malice of our adverfaries hath prevailedfo farret
upon our gracious King, that he forgets-the aﬁzﬁion of his, pes-

ie, whiles he gives way unto their e‘ndleﬂ~ e malice, who leeks
{)yall meanes to cut afunder that knoc of our obedience, when
by we are tyethn Conference of our duty to his Majeﬁyao the

L obfervance of the Laws 2. and which is the litre Foundation of

his Majef’ties reamellé, and the Union. ofthe Kingdomesnncﬁ
which hath h lden fail—againﬂ all the violence of time in ft)»
many ages pail: , and. againﬁ the force of all adverlaries what-
{never to the Royall Crown, the which the more. we labour to
pfeferVe,xand fence,'the more they feek to undoe,-anet to put in:
511:: place therof'a. e-haine ofviolence and ﬁerce. ' ‘

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ilerenmow‘conveenedin bo‘thhoufes oﬂ’mlz'amem, that accor-
d‘ingto your place and Ration, you-Will heare from our (elves.

3the true reprefe.ntation of our prefﬁng grievances,’ and becaufe
alinke of'that chain-cannot but approachyon alfo ,. if it take
hold onus: we intreat you to divert in time our gracious King-
from tuningheacllongunto theft: violent courfes ,. which Can-
nOt-but- produce in the end-lamentable effeéts both for Prince
and People. Andﬁnce we have full caufe of fears», that what,-
hath beenibegunwuhout your confent‘, willalifo be. followed:
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upon their difpatch, to difcharge all his Ordinance againﬁ' thee
"I'OWn r 'Andto ring (as he waspleafed to (peak) an uncouth. ‘

‘ ge'aleoﬁ bel‘ls'in their eares , and ( we maytruly adde) by thein'.

own precipitation, and too‘great haﬁeto {peed themfelves (0'
the Ports for efcaprng the common danger ‘ z. The multitude:

, not without their'own‘ grounds , conceived that the a'rreﬁingt

of them might be a:- defencetothemfelves ,. or' admit a' delay”
of the Govern'oursrfurie‘. But. no foonet wette they arreﬁed by:
the Pe0ple , but they wererefcned by order from the Magi-

. ﬁrate, and courteoully ufedb fuch of the Nobilitic and Gen-‘

trie as were vinlthe Town; ‘ince thantim-e no violence hat-ht
been done againPt them ,but they have ofth'eitown atcordsand:
for their own fafetie ﬂayed in' the Town, wit hfuch libertie as»
they think meet to-ufe to repainto the Streets, Kirk, Gardens 3.,
or whither. they will. Andin what equity can a partigular tu--
m—ult of fome few Commons in one City, reﬂex upon the pet--

Ionsof-the Comm-winners fen: from the whole. Parliamentoﬁ
the whole Nations. - ' ‘ a ' \ -

' But at the writing-“hereof- weate advertil‘ed; that-the matten"
drawetha greatet‘deep ,. andthat the Lord .Lozédounis com~_
mittedto the Towre , not upon the {hallowr preteXt of fafety;

‘ to any arreltedhere, but uponhis own guiltines ,., his hand anda

@bfcription being? foundfat aLetter direétedto the. French}
King fromacetta'in Earles and Lords o£ Stotland,'. for imploring)
his amﬂaneeto their courfes :. This by our adverfaries and.
fuchas haddecreedour deﬁruélion before,- is already exagge-
rat andraifed to a monmaine, not onely to fall upon the Lord
Lowdounandmherswhofe.hands are found intity... but that all?
former-friend‘s and. all indifferent p’erfons may ﬂum ble at our"
.Caufe r as hereby evidenced to be nothing leﬂ'e forfooth them
Religion :.. But the HonourableHoufes ofParliameint” who
are acquainted-'withxthe deﬁgnes and-maliceof. our enemies,
and—towhom our rnnocencie in times paf’t cannot altogether
be unknown, at: moregr‘aveand wife then upon the. hearing;
or feeingroffuch‘al‘retter, toprecipitatein judgementagaingt;
insandounNation before we.lbe..heardt ' For. their fatisfaéti-
on; and for vindicatingour felves ',.,. we are. oonﬂrained againft: ,
but hearts inthis our Remonllr‘ance, to rememben and repre-
{cm the words of that unexempled- Proclamation given .at;
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ofour barbdmus enemies. The words are thus. ".' , ‘.

.» W? are forced to have recourﬁ' to a more sharp and gulch way tq
«were their 0512mm} and reheﬂion h} thé’ﬁvord ofjuﬁt'ce: And therfore
in that cafe? we do reclaims adj itch as :hallrejea' thtt our free andgra;
tzatapardmmtdf 'oetnot return before the ﬂu‘d etght days,” that oteilh
andduttftrll obedience , to befrom thenceforth open Kylie}: and Traitouri
to m,our Crown and dignity , and declare all their land: 4nd pojﬁﬂiom,
good: and geir to he forfeited to at, and our Crown , and that we shad .
dtﬁmﬁ. of their land 3 lpgﬂﬂiar’mgood: and geir totem we! ddérhingSuh-u .
j e615, Nohlemen,Gentlemen,and other: who :hal adhere to (45,665 obey our . 1‘
juﬁ commandt. And to this purpoje we dzfcharge ad 0413415 and mum '
to any rehelnfrom makt'ng payment to them of an} of their rent:,dutiet,
or caﬂtal-tiet, and'reqm'refthem to keep the fame in their hand:, theme
ha’fe whereof shah he kept for our ufe , the other halfe for themfelve: :
pro mzﬁng alfo to the termant: of‘ the [aid rebel: , who the]! leave their
Ada/ten, and aﬂiﬂ w to the maintenance ofottr authority, good tearmt
hf pare: in the eﬁatet they prﬂhfje, with the dt'mtmitt'm of the third -
at (call, if not more, of the duties the) pay, at we :hallﬁnd. them to ale..- ’
[erve Ly their good ﬁrwice and read}. ohedienbe to us: And to the haf-
ﬁl: ofﬁtchfuperioztr: as arerehelt, that they thall'hecome our immediat ,
termant: and vaﬂhlemnd hold their land: and, poj?e mm of m, and that
for paymentof the third part lejfe duty then as contained in their pre-' ””3

‘ ﬁnt Charterr‘, and they preﬂmtl} pay to their frtpe'rt'o‘um providing they
adhereto at, and aﬂtft‘ not their dtﬂryallﬁzperiourt, hut leavethem,aizi£
certcurre with tufer m zihtenance of our authority. And If theﬂtpert'ottr
he loyal! , and the vafj'al: and tennant: reﬂtje this our Grace , and to .
adhere to m , _ or to concurre with the faid firper‘t'our in our [er vice, we
deal are it shall be leaﬁtme for the [kid ﬁtperz'our to expel! the ﬂzid
ua/fal: arzd tennantr thutlrehelliom , forth of their lands-and prﬁﬂand.
tAhnd what .shall‘acceﬂe to us 17] the ferfeitttreof their/and: and pOﬂEﬁs - 3

" ﬁrm: ,- we freely djpone and totaﬂy reftgne it‘to the lojaﬂ ﬁtpert'ouri, .37
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.Promzﬁng to concarre and aﬂiﬁ hzm for effeﬂzc'att‘ng hereof. Andfur-

ther we diﬁharge all debtors who are addehted ﬁtmmet of money to an}
'03: the [aid rehel: , to Make payment to them of the fummes of money
I‘ddeh‘ted te the‘mwr anyvpart thereof .- ‘aﬂuring our good Suhjeﬂt, that
they shall have retribution out of the ﬁrm mange: 45 we aha]! ﬁﬁd
themte‘deferve: and f0 forth as fOHOWCIh. _ " _ 3: .
.. . Although before this time we had heard frgm our COW?“ ‘
7!“?an abroad, that'OE'her Stems, Princes and Natione did,
' wonder much that their ears being ﬁlled with '1 nformauons
againﬂ us ,: morbiughad-comc ﬁgmug to mgkg known ﬁn:
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ﬂaan'orircadi'emr (imitate and condition : yet iii-ll heping and
patiently waiting for a gracious anfwer to our many humble

ﬁipplicarz’wufm’e did abllaine, But our hopes being exdngilhed
by that unexpeéted Declaration , as we took our Swords in our .
hands at home for our iuil dtgﬁ'me , [0 we were thinking to fend
{ome Inﬁrmariom and Petition; abroad 5 efpecxally to the French
King, wherein, we truﬂ, no Word hath efcaped us, that can eio
{her procure the indignation of our owne King," or will be ;
found contrary to the duty and loyalty of good Subjeeks. And
that no lell'e could have been laid by any Nation , in f0 great
eXtreamity: yet this was but an imperfect metion, which di~

yed'in the bud amongi’t our {elves , and never did rife to that-

ripenelTe to be feen of Others. When we were [0 fore threat-
:ned , and when execution was comming upon us by a. terrible
armie‘, it muﬂ be laid to our charge as a fault inexpiable ., and
'our Commiﬂioners puniﬂied for it , that we dared Io much as
to intend to cry to Others to interceed for us , when our own
fupplicatiom could net be heard : Poore fouls, we mul’t be beao'
ten, and neither refiﬁ, nor complain: : It is theriore our earneft
.deﬁre that every eye that {eeth that innocent Letter, may with

. :the fame viewlook upon the Proclamation given out at that

time, and compare them together : And withall, we deﬁre to
be informed what we lhall doe in the like exigence now when
Armies are coming againﬁ us, if‘ it be not lawfull for us both
to eryto' God and to men to help us , and to interceed with our
King for us. That Letter was written before his 'Maieﬁie9
coming tothe Camp , and was not concealed b our Noble-
men s buE made known to {ome of prime ‘qua ‘ity there : Ifg "
there had been a purpofe in the hearts gf'ourcnemies, that the
Articles of daﬁcation lhould have been obferved, this Letter,-
although’ it ad been fen: and all ether quarrels of this kind,
had been by alaw of oblivion forbidden to-ap ea . It could
net have-been a ground of calling the fubcrihers to quarrel!
them after the pacx‘ﬁcazion , but the wicked Sycophant andde-
latour would have been found in the tranfgreﬂion,and made the
facriﬁce. And that there be no more doubt in the minde of
any good man , we have here , upon our ﬁnd: and honour , fct
down the very words of our inﬁrmim: fubfcribed at that time,

' and yet exrant, which were no: given, but were to be given to

the Carrienand unto the which the Letterit {elf doth referre :, _

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kept, for many hundreth of yeaeet, whereby both Natione, babe-fa?
.guentlytupon the'diﬁrejje of therone found the beneﬁt of thatlmutual!
amity, by ready ﬁtccour and elm/lance of the other, which hath ever been .~
crowned with fame/J} , and acknowledged by interchange of N ationaﬂ *

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- tended upon the hearing‘of'fo harlh a Proclamation, and be; '

‘ extant in the Record: doe te/lzﬁe.

- To shew-that our intention: arena wayet- again]? Monarchiall gs.)
vernment, but that we are molt loyally aypoﬁa toward our ﬁzcredSaa
weraigne , who/E perfon and authority we will maintain with our liven '3;
and fortune: :. But that all our deﬂre: reaches no fur/her then the Frost ' .'
ﬂowation of our IMigion, and Liberty of Church and Kingdome, glad} "e? f
blithed by the Law: and Conﬁitutiom, therof.

That the calumnie: cent-ed again/13:14 by our enemie: fbr their owté' . 1
end: make no impre/ﬁon, becauje they are moﬂ manifeﬁ untrutht,‘ ma. 4)
liciouﬂy forged to ﬁirre the envy and: drjcontentinent of neighbottt't . , J
Princes-o Eﬂatesand Nation: againﬁ m .f where“ our whole thoughts» ‘ ~

,: word: ,, aﬁiom and5 proceedings are moﬁ legal! and loyall, act the bearer; . . ,
I can particularlyinﬁruél-andzmalee cleare at length. ' a "
‘r That jeeing we have many time: fnpplicat. he} Maje/Zy , and have;
Cmt prevailed , therfore to intreat the King ofFl‘ance , to interceede

and meditate with our Saveraione ,( to lay down ht} Armies, intended.”
'~ andrai/‘edagainﬁ us, and to ﬁx er tho} his ancient and native Kingdom:
toenjoy her Religion, and Liberties, in peace and freedome under hti
Naj'eﬂiee authority, albeit we be not deﬁcient of God-e {tiff/lance when-
ﬁmr we shall be neceﬂitate to our own defence, which it algroven both-1
b the Law ofGod, Nature, and Nations. ‘

Opt enemies, who catch all retexts againﬁ “5 "a may have
”enough here wherewith to plea e themfelves. But whenthae
grave andégreat Councell {hall conﬁder that the Letter was
never feat, mdinmhing, from France or at home {Shall ever be?
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fore the paciﬁcation, wherein it ought to have. beenbutied, and?”

that it was accompanied with fuch I‘nItruétions , as none but:

malice it felfe can cenfure :-~ for no threatsfrom England , not ‘9
Preparations in View, can call us'upontefolutions.ofintert'ain-

mg. forraxgne confoederations, intfuch fort as may let up a par.

nition wall betwiXt the tWO- Kingdoms 3 Therfbre we truﬂ‘!

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7’ thinking upon out preparations for fafety anal defence, and for
l ‘ obtaining out often prefented humble and iuﬁ Cram-es, yet no-

? ' " thing but eXtreame neceﬂi-ty which hathno Lawﬁhgu enforce"
l us to go‘ beyond the bounds of petitian and dtfmcc , and when '
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7% ders and reproaches of out-enemies L that we are nOt feekmg
our felves and our ownends : but with the alﬁllance at all in
{ England, who tender their own bammcﬂﬁ and ours , to petition:
g, - his Majeﬁy the more powerfully, tor receiving-right in arma-

' demand" forfubmitting boch all d1i¥erences,and all thofe Wick-

l ed Counfellors, who have ﬂiaken the foundations of the Kirky
State, and the Kings Throne, unto the judgement and cenl‘urer
of a free Parliament ,, by which we hope the Golpellof Clmﬁ'
{hall be inlarged, boch the Kingdomest-ftee’d from danger, amt ,
our dread Soveraigue made more great and glorious ,, then any
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