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His Majesties gracious letter to the Parliament of Scotland with the speeches of the Lord High Commissioner and the Lord High Chancellor : together with the Parliaments answer to His Majesties letter.
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England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II); James II, King of England, 1633-1701.; Scotland. Parliament.
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Wing J195; ESTC R30362
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HIS MAJESTIES GRACIOUS LETTER TO THE PARLIAMENT OF SCOTLAND With The Speeches of the Lord High Commissioner and the Lord High Chancellor together with the Parliaments Answer to His MAJESTIES Letter Published by Authority HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE IR Printed by Thomas Newcomb in the Savoy And Re-printed at Edinburgh by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno DOM. 1685. His MAJESTIES Gracious Letter to the Parliament of Scotland with the Speeches of the Lord High Commissioner and Lord High Chancellor Together with the Parliaments Answer to His MAJESTIES Letter JAMES R. My Lords and Gentlemen THe many Experiences We have had of the Loyalty and Exâ—mplary Forwardness of that our Ancient Kingdom by their Representatives in Parliament Assembled in the Reign of our dearest and most entirely beloved Brother of ever Blessed Memory made us desirous to call you at this Time in the beginning of Our Reign to give you an opportunity not only of shewing your Duty to Us in the same manner but likewise of being Exemplary to others in your Demonstrations of Affection to Our Person and compliance with Our desires as you have most eminently been in Times past to a degree never to be forgotten by Us nor We hope to be contradicted by your future Practices That which We are at this Time to propose unto you is what is as necessary for your Safety as Our Service and what has a tendency more to secure your own Priviledges and Properties than the Aggrandising our Power and Authority though in it consists the greatest Security of your Rights and Interests these never having been in danger except when the Royal Power was brought too low to protect them which now We are resolved to maintain in its greatest Lustre to the end we may be the more enabled to Defend and Protect your Religion as Established by Law and your Rights and Properties which was Our Design in calling this Parliament against Phanatical Contrivances Murderers and Assassins who having no fear of God more than Honour for Us have brought you into such difficulties as only the Blessing of God upon the steddy Resolutions and Actings of Our said dearest Royal Brother and those employed by Him in Prosecution of the good and wholsome Laws by you heretofore offered could have saved you from the most horrid Confusions and Inevitable Ruin Nothing has been left unattempted by those wild and inhumane Traitors for endeavouring to overturn your Peace And therefore We have good Reason to hope that nothing will be wanting in you to secure your selves and Us from their outrages and violence in time coming and to take care that such Conspirators meet with their just deservings so as others may thereby be deterred from Courses so little agreeable to Religion or their Duty and Allegiance to Us. These things We considered to be of so great importance to Our Royal as well as the Universal interest of that Our Kingdom that We were fully resolved in Person to have proposed the needful Remedies to you but things having so fallen out as render this impossible for us We have now thought fit to send our Right Trusty and Right entirely beloved Cousin and Counsellour William Duke of Queensberry to be Our Commissioner amongst you of whose Abilities and Qualifications We have Reason to be fully satisfied and of whose Faithfulness to Us and Zeal for Our Interest we have had Signal Proofs in the Times of Our greatest difficulties Him We have fully intrusted in all Things Relating to Our Service and your own Prosperity and Happiness and therefore you are to give him intire Trust and Credit as you now see We have done From whose Prudence and your most Dutiful Affection to Us We have full Confidence of your entire Compliance and Assistance in all those Matters wherein he is instructed as aforesaid VVe do therefore not only recommend unto you that such things be done as are necessary in this Juncture for your own Peace and the support of Our Royal Interest both at home and abroad but also that you do them so speedily as may Evidence to the World that you are still in the same manner addicted to the Royal Interest of which we had so much Experience when amongst you that we cannot doubt of your full and ample Expressing the same on this occasion by which the great concern We have in you Our Ancient and Kindly People may still increase and you may transmit your Loyal Actions as Examples of Duty to your Posterity In full Confidence whereof We do assure you of Our Royal Favour and Protection in all your concerns And so We bid you Heartily Farewell Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 28 th day of March 1685. and of Our Reign the first Year By His Majesties Command DRVMMOND The Speech of the Lord High Commissioner My Lords and Gentlemen HIs Majesty has been pleased so fully and obligingly by the Letter you have now heard to intimate his Royal pleasure to you as what I am to say seems in a manner superfluous so I need not take up much of your time nor shall I do more than touch a few things as briefly as is possible And in the first place my Lords This being the day of His Majesties Coronation in our Neighbouring Kingdom you see he is no sooner placed on the Throne of his Royal Ancestors than he inclines to have your advice in what may import the good of his Service and Subjects here By which you ought not only to be convinced of the great confidence His Majesty has in the Loyalty of this his Ancient Kingdom and their good Example to his other Dominions but also how fully he makes good his Royal Word and Declaration to follow in his Reign the Example of his late Majesty of ever glorious Memory under whose Protection and Government we enjoyed so long Peace and Quiet I say my Lords as by calling you so soon His Majesty expresses great confidence in you and seems still mindful of the Zeal and Affection of the last Parliament for the Rights and Prerogative of the Crown so in a due return it is not to be doubted but you will upon this occasion not only exceed what has been formerly done but also comply with all that can be proposed for establishing His Majesties Greatness and your own Security and by this convince the World how sensible you are of the great honour His Majesty has allowed you of being the first Parliament of his Dominions to do so I am in the next place to tell you that His Majesty is very mindful of the Duty and Loyalty of this Kingdom to his late Majesty and himself when he was here amongst us And the better to compose the minds of his faithful Subjects I am allowed to assure you of his Princely Resolutions to protect and maintain the Religion and Government of this Church as they are now Established by Law and that he will take the Persons and