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The true petition of the entire body of the kingdome of Scotland With an act of the secret Councell of Scotland upon the same petition. As also the copy of a letter sent up with this true and authenticke act of councell from a good friend. To the right honourable and truly noble the lords of his Majesties priviy councell for Scotland, shewing their obedience to his Majesty, and their hearty affection to his loyall & weldeserving Parliament.
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Scotland. Privy Council.
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1642
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Wing T2853A; Thomason 669.f.5[39]; ESTC R210678
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THE TRUE PETITION OF THE ENTIRE BODY OF THE KINGDOME OF SCOTLAND With an Act of the secret Councell of Scotland upon the same Petition As also the Copy of a Letter sent up with this true and Authenticke Act of Councell from a good Friend To the Right Honourable and truly Noble the Lords of his Majesties privy Councell for Scotland shewing their obedience to his Majesty and their hearty affection to his loyall weldeserving Parliament Apud Edenb ultimo Maii Anno Dom. millessimo sexcentissimo quadragessimo secundo THe whilck day in presence of the Lords of secret Councel compered personaly Thomas Earle of Haddington David L. Elcho Arthur Areskine of Scotis-craig Sir Iohn Wanshop of Nidrie Iohn Binny and Thomas Paterson Merchants Burgesses of Edenburgh James Lentron Burgesse of Saint Andrewes Mr. Andrew Ramsey Minister at Edenbourgh and Mr. John Montereiff Minister at Kingorne for themselves and in the name of the Noblemen Gentlemen Burgesses and Ministers occasionally meeting at Edenbourgh and gave in to the said Lords the supplication underwritten of the whilke the tenor followes To the Right Honourable the Lords of his Majesties privy Councell The humble Petition of many Noblemen Gentlemen Burgesses and Ministers occasionally meeting at Edenbourgh Humbly sheweth Wheras they upon the report fight of great Convocations suddenly endeavoured unexepctedly brought into this great Counsell day for the most part by these who have beene esteemed by the Country and challenged by the Parliament as Incendiares plotters and enemies to the peace of this Kingdome have occasionally conveened at Edenburgh And having heard of Letters from His Majesty and Declaration from the Parliament of England anent the present distractions of that Kingdome They have reason from bygan experience and present presumptions to feare the intentions and endeavours of these evill affected persons and their adherents lest by their convocations and sollicitations they take occasion of these differences to raise jealousies and divisions betwixt thir Kingdomes And considering the common interest of all the Subjects of the Kingdome to preserve the late peace so happily concluded betwixt these Nations by the providence of God his Majesties goodnesse and wisedome and the mediation of the Parliament of England and so solemnly established by the late treaty oath of Parliament publique faith and the great Seales of these Kingdomes As in all other points so especially in these Articles whereunto the rest are called but prefaces for setling and entertaining a solid peace betwixt thir Nations in time coming lest upon any pretence they should be dasht one against another Wherein it is declared the duty of the Estates yea of every subject for to conveene and suppresse any evill affected persons who would raise Armes against the Subjects of the ather Kingdome without consent of Parliament as traytors to the Estate much more to Petition against it and wherein there is appointed a Committee of the Estates for the conservation of the peace in the interim betwixt Parliaments All which the Petitioners amongst the rest of the good Subjects of this Kingdome did hazzard their lives and Estates to obtaine And did demand in the Treaty upon their dangerous experience of the Councel of England there medling in the affaires betwixt His Majesty and this Kingdom to the ingaging of the Nations in War which is so often condemned by the Estates of this Kingdome in their Remonstrances pressing that common rule of Equity To doe as you would be done unto which now is and may be retorted on this Kingdome Like as desiring earnestly that your Lordships in these publique resolutions of so great consequence to thir Dominions may carry along with you the hearts and consciences of the body of this Kingdome and prevent that the breache grow not wider by false confidences grounded upon suddaine undertakings of any persons as also their naturall affection and duty to their gracious Soveraign according to their manifold obligations and brotherly affection to the Kingdome of England forcing them to pray to God and to desire all men according to their stations to use all lawfull means to breed and intertaine a good understanding betwixt His Majesty and His Parliament the surest foundation of greatnesse to His Majesty and happinesse to thir Kingdomes Likewise taking to heart the dangerous consequences to His Majesty and to his Dominions if your Lordships answer by tendering the offer of your service to His Majesty against the demands or upon the differences betwixt His Majesty and His Parliament of England or any other manner of way import which God forbid any ingadging of your selves or their Nations in warre or any thing that may tend thereunto Therefore in their owne names and in the name of the rest of the Nobility Gentry Burgesses and Ministers whose hearts doe and hands would goe along with this petition for preservation of peace betwixt thir Kingdomes they doe in all humility and earnestnesse petition your Lordships in the depth of your wisedomes seriously to ponder the consequences of your answer to his Majesty and the Parliament of England at this time so as thereby neither the confidence betwixt his Majesty and his good Subjects here nor amongst themselves nor betwixt the Kingdomes these unious tending ever to his Majesties greatnesse and these divisions to his prejudice may be any wayes weakned or their peace indangered And to that end that as your Lordships would leave no lawfull meanes according to your vocation and interest unassayed for begetting a good understanding betwixt his Majesty and his Parliament being his greatest and most unpartiall Councell representing the Body whereof his Majesty is the Head and for removing these distractions the continuance whereof will ever trouble the peace of this Kingdome according to your Lordships last answer so also seeing his Majesty requires not that your Lordships should neither can your Lordships judge of the Lawes and proceedings of another independent Kingdome and the Parliament of England offers to give all satisfaction concerning any messages or papers sent to your Lordships anent their proceedings that your Lordships would be pleased carefully to shun all offers of verball or reall ingadgements either directly or by way of inference without consent of the Parliament conforme to the treaty which either may give any just occasion of offence to their gracious Soveraigne or of jealously to their brethren in England or of discourse unto any as if your Lordships did not observe that former rule of equity pressed by themselves during the time of your troubles To do to others as they will be done to themselves But did fall in the same fault which your Lordships and the rest of the Estates of this Kingdome had condemned in the Councell of England And for this effect they cannot but remember your Lordships that according to an Article of the Treatie there was appointed a Commission al 's independent as any other of so many of every Estate representing the whole Kingdome to prevent all occasion of division betwixt thir Kingdomes in the interim betwixt Parliaments All which they humbly represent to your Lordships wise considerations and expect from your Lordships so gracious an answer as may satisfy their present fears and secure them from these dangers in this interim betwixt Parliaments and thereby prevent all necessity of petitions of this kinde Whilke supplication being read heard and considerd by the said Lords and they finding the same to containe matters of publicke concernment and of that importance that requires mature deliberation Therefore they continue the answer of this Petition till the morne and ordains the whole Counsellers in Towne to be warned to attend the Councell the morne at twa houres afternoone The act of the secret Councell of Scotland upon the above written Petition Apud Edenbur primo Iunii anno Dom millessimo sexcentessimo quadragessimo secundo The Lords of secret Counsell having againe read the Petition above written declare that they will have consideration thereof and as they are most tender and sensible of whatsoever may concerne his Majesties Person Honour and Authority So will they have a speciall care not to do any thing contrary to the late treaty or which may infringe the union and peace or weaken the confidence betwixt thir twa Kingdomes so happily established in his Majesties presence with his Royall consent in both Parliaments and are confident that as from the said Lords the Petitioners neither have nor shall have any necessity So they will not trouble thomselves nor the Councell hereafter with supplications of this kinde Extractum de libris actorum secreti Consilii S.D.N. Regis per me Archibald Prymrois Cleriâ—um ejusdem sub meis signo sub scriptione manualibus Arch. Primr Cler. Con. A Copy of a Letter sent up with this true and authenticke Act of Councell from a very good friend Sir This Petition I now send was presented by the persons above writtten in name of a great many Noblemen Knights Burgesses and Ministers then assembled who having received this satisfactorie answer departed to their owne dwellings in a most peaceable manner Some dayes after the Lords of Counsell being met for domesticke affaires there was a Petition of another straine presented only by two Noblemen and two Gentlemen pretended to be in the name of the Nobility Gentry Ministers and Commons of the Kingdome of Scotland wherewith the Lords of his Majesties privy Councell were so highly offended that they would neither suffer it to be regestred in their books according to the custome nor would they returne any answer thereunto but ordered the same to be altogether suppressed and therefore is not worthy to be taken notice of because the Authors thereof can neither produce any answer given by the Councell nor any publicke Act to testifie the truth thereof London Printed for George Lindesay and are to be sold by Iohn Giles at Davids Inne in Holborne