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master_n	earl_n	lord_n	sir_n	19,607	5	7.5629	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69365	His Majesties declaration, concerning his proceedings with his subjects of Scotland, since the pacification in the camp neere Berwick	Windebank, Francis, Sir, 1582-1646.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1640 (1640)	STC 9260; ESTC S101025	22,729	66

these disorders Whereupon Wee commanded Our said Commissioner the Earle of Traquair to make relation to the Boord of all their exorbitant demands of which some accompt had been formerly given them by the Lord Marquesse Hamiltoun Upon this Our command the Earle of Traquair made a large and exact representation to the Boord of the most considerable matters proposed and agitated in Parliament and of the insolencie of their demands and the Petitioners themselves sent from Scotland have since their comming to Us insisted upon all and every particular of Our said Commissioners relation and in a most bold way offered to justifie them all by which they have more then justified the report of the said Earle of Traquair Whereupon We were further pleased to acquaint the Lords that they had lately sent Us a Petition which carried some shew of submission and humility but was indeed nothing lesse wherein they desired that some might be allowed to come from them to Us to represent their affaires which to make Our Subjects of Scotland the more inexcusable Wee todl the Lords Wee had granted though Wee had little cause to hope for any good from those that had so much forgotten their duty and allegeance to Us. When the Lords had heard the relation of Our Commissioner Wee thought fit upon the whole matter to put this question to them Whether considering the insolencie and height of these demands even concerning civill obedience it were not fit to reduce them to their dutie by force rather then to give way to these demands so prejudiciall to Us in honour and safety To this Wee commanded every one of Our Councell to give his answer and to declare his opinion by vote which was accordingly done and they unanimously voted in the affirmative whereupon soone after We resolved to call a Parliament After this Our Subjects in Scotland according to the answer We gave them upon their Petition having sent up hither foure Deputies viz. the Earle of Dumfermlin the Lord Lowdon Sir William Douglas and Master Berkeley We were pleased to admit them to Our presence and to receive Petitions from them which were after by Our direction subscribed by them in one of which they in the name of the Assembly convened at Edinburgh gave Us thankes for that Wee had made knowne to them that all matters Ecclesiasticall should be determined in free nationall Assemblies and matters Civill in Parliaments and desired Our ratification of the Constitutions of the Assembly in Parliament And in the other they desired to bee heard before Us and some of Our Councell of both Kingdomes and that the report made by the Earle of Traquair to Our Councell here in England might be delivered them in writing under his hand which was a most insolent demand Immediately after this Wee thought fit to appoint a speciall Committee of some of Our Councell to heare them and accordingly gave order to the Earle of Traquair to assigne them a day to come to that Committee They refused to come alledging that they had order and instructions to treat with none but Our Selfe Whereupon Wee appointed them to attend Us at the Committee though it were the day of Our appointed remove to Hampton Court at which time they did attend Us accordingly There the Lord Lowdon made a long speech the effect whereof was a Protestation of the independencie of the Parliament of Scotland and that it is subject to no other Judicatory a profession of their loyaltie and affection to Us and a justification of their proceedings in the Assembly and Parliament as agreeable to the Articles of Pacification and to the Lawes and Practices of that Kingdome and thereupon a desire that We would ratifie and confirme those their proceedings and to that purpose command that the Parliament might proceed freely for the determining of all the Articles delivered in to them and the establishing of Religion and Peace in the Kingdome undertaking that whatsoever objections or informations should be made against their proceedings in Parliament if they might receive them in writing they would make answer to them This discourse ended Wee demanded what power and commission they had to give Us satisfaction and to oblige those from whom they came seeing if they had none Wee should heare them upon great disadvantage they expecting satisfaction from Us who have power to give it but they none to render the like to Us. They answered that which they should propose being agreeable to Law they were confident would give Us satisfaction We asked who should be Judge of that They answered the Lawes would be so cleere that there should be no need of a Judge and though We insisted much hereupon they would give Us no other satisfaction they avowing they had powers and would bring them to Us they were ordered to doe so at the next meeting and so for that time were dismissed After Our returne from Hampton Court they attended Us at the Committee againe where they produced Instructions signed by some Scottish Lords and others persons of no great eminencie which Instructions having been read were judged by Us all the Committee concurring in the same opinion to be no commission nor that they had any power or authority by them to give Us satisfaction or to oblige those from whom they said they came to any thing that Wee should yeeld to or desire Wherefore We demanding whether they had any other powers they said they had a paper formerly subscribed by some of the Lords in Parliament by which the Earle of Dumfermlin and Lord Lowdon onely were authorised to come and present their justification to Us and they could for the present have no other the Parliament now not sitting Whereupon Wee advising seriously with the Committee what were best to bee done in this weighty businesse and considering that if they should bee dismissed without further hearing they would take occasion to clamour Although Wee held Our Selfe bound neither in Honour nor Justice to heare them any further they having offered no foundation for an accommodation nor having power to doe it yet to the end that no colour of sinister construction might be left and that Wee might justifie Our Selfe to God and the World that Wee have omitted nothing on Our part that might tend to peace and to the settling of a better intelligence between Us and them Wee did resolve that Wee would continue to heare them and make Our objections to such particulars as had been proposed in Parliament and against which Wee had just ground of exception that so it might appeare whether they could give Us that satisfaction which they promised and presumed This Wee having declared to them not one of them made shew of the least sense of this Our grace and goodnesse so expressed to them which the Lord Marquesse Hammiltoun observing tooke occasion of himselfe to say that though hee were not of their companie yet being a Scottishman hee held himselfe obliged to acknowledge with all humility this Our