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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11675	A true representation of the proceedings of the kingdome of Scotland; since the late pacification: by the estates of the kingdome: against mistakings in the late declaration, 1640	Lothian, William Kerr, Earl of, 1605?-1675.; Church of Scotland. General Assembly.; Scotland. Parliament.	1640 (1640)	STC 21929; ESTC S116866	97,000	176

fatherly compassion of his subjects who esteem no earthly thing more grievous to them then that their loyaltie to his Majestie should be called in question and their proceedings traduced may be pleased to allow you that favour to cleare them in publick before his Counsellours of both Kingdomes from these unjust imputations without acknowledging them as a Judicatory which you must alwayes decline You shall be earnest with his Majestie for obtaining a short day to be assigned for the sitting downe of our Parliament not onely for remeiding these great evils formerly knowne but also the confusion wherein the Subjects are cast by the copper-money lately coyned going at so high a rate far above the intrinsick value which being called down and up by the Councell within the space of eight dayes is made so questionable that scarce will any receive it till order be taken therewith That for such desires and motions as were made in articles and which the Commissioner required might be communicat with the King before the Parliament should determine thereof his Majestie being now acquainted therewith by his Commissioner may return the signification of his Royall pleasure there-anent lest the proceedings of the Parliament by reason thereof be longer delayed You shall beseech his Majestie with all earnestnesse in our names to bee pleased to trust no mis-report of our desires and actions till first he be pleased to communicate to us the Informations he hath received against us that so we may either clear the same or take the readiest way to give his Majesty all lawful satisfaction which may prevent all mistakings in time comming Seeing by the articles of pacification his Majesty was pleased to appoint a Parliament for removing the distractions and setling a perfect peace in this Kirk and Kingdome you shall therefore demonstrate many of these acts and over-tures presented to the articles whereat exception was taken were so absolutely necessar for that end as neither the causes could bee removed nor remedies applyed without them You shall remonstrate to his Majesty how that contrary to the articles of pacification whereby all things should have bin put in the like cōdition they were in before the late troubles The Castle of Edinburgh which had no greater number then 24. or 30. men allowed for keeping thereof is now furnished with six or seven score souldiers who have victuals provyded and laid in for a 12. month potpieces garnets fire-works and all other hostile furniture not fit for defence but for harming the Towne of Edinburgh notwithstanding the present Captaine professed hee desired no greater number of men then 60. for performing all dueties in keeping that place And that the Castle of Dumbartan is furnished in like manner and manned with Englishmen contrary to our acts of Parliament To answere the objections which either are proponed or which wee conceive can be proponed against the acts and proceedings of the Parliament according to the particular answers you have for that effect You are earnestly and humbly to intreat that the Kings Majesty having heard his Commissioner and you to the full may be graciously pleased to appoint the Parliament without any longer delay to sit down and determine all the articles given in to the Lords and others of articles whether they were past or referred or not past and to ratifie the conclusions of the late Assembly and for setling all such other things as may conduce to the publick peace and good of this Kingdome according to the articles of pacification and his Majesties Commission under the Great Seale And if any new propositions or challenges which were not proponed before and which may deepely concerne our businesse and whereof you have not any ground or warrant to make answer in your Instructions and Informations and which may necessarily require advice and answer from us before your returne in that you shall write or send to the Commissioners appointed by the Parliament to remaine at Edinburgh as you finde convenient to crave farder advice and instruction there-anent Seeing upon the relation of our proceedings wee heare there is a Parliament appointed to be in England which wee have this long time earnestly wished for as the remedy of many evills both for his Majesties good and the peace of the Dominions wee are confident they shall consider the estate of our businesse albeit wee and our Lawes are independant and different from them as they are from us wee are able to cleare to all who shall inquire in our actions and demands that they are agreeable to the Lawes and Liberties of our Kingdome and the duety of loyall Subjects and that wee never had nor have any intention to wrong his Majesties Princely power or lawfull authoritie nor with-draw our selves from that civill and temporall obedience which is due from us to our dread Soveraigne but meerly to preserve our Religion and Liberties of our Kingdome without which Religion cannot long continue in safetie You are to deale earnestly with his Majesty and humbly to beg at his hands that you may be quickly dispatched back againe that you may bee at home in Scotland betwixt and the 25. day of March next to come Sic subscribitur Lothian Dalhousie Balmerino Napeir Dundas of that Ilk Wachtoun Thomas Myrtoune of Kambo William Rig Sir David Murrey Sir George Stirling of Keir John Smith for Edinburgh Thomas Bruce for Sterling James Glen for Linlithgow Another particular is mentioned in the Declaration pag. 46. The neglect of a Ceremony and complement witnessing in our Commissioners the sense of his Majesties Grace and goodnesse in hearing them who had no power to accomodat affaires which how it was wee know not but his Majestie knoweth well that the Scottish Nation glorieth more in kindnesse and realities then in expressions by word or gesture they might also have interpreted a thanksgiving at that time when they were so serious to have been a losse or interruption in businesse or have feared the aspersion of glossing faining flattering which hath been put upon us before And it may bee that their sense was the lesse because they conceived their instructions to be full As they were obliged to the example of the Lord Marquesse of Hammiltoun named here for this good office so are we all longing for the happy time when our hearts shall be so far affected with the sense of his Majesties grace and goodnesse that our Supplications may bee turned in thanksgiving to God and the King our troubles into a firme peace and all our clamours and complaints into acclamations of joy at which time there shall be no want of Ceremonie thansgiving or gratulation from the whole Nation The third is That the answers of our Commissioners were impertinent c. pag. 47. And that the Lords of the English Councell were of opinion that our Commissioners ought not to bee heard till they should acknowledge that the Supreame magistrate must have authoritie to call and dissolve Assemblies and to have a negatiue voice