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DECLARATION 
 
 OFTHE 
 
 COMMITTEE 
 
 ESTATES' 
 
 Of the Parliament of 
 
 S COTLJNT>, 
 In Vindication of their proceedings from the 
 afperfions of a fcandalous Pamphlet, publi- 
 shed by that excommunicate Traytor, 
 fAMES qXARAMK. 
 
 Unkrthe title of a Declaration, oj 'James <JMarqkes$ftAontt6&,&e; 
 Printed in the year ■, 16^9. 
 
 'together with 
 
 A DECLARATION 
 
 K^ndWarning unto aU the Members of this 
 
 KIRK and KINGDOM 
 
 In anfrver to a paper intituled and reputed the Declaration of -J 
 fAMES GRAB A ME, V* 
 
 */.*** Commission of the Generall Affembly of the Kirk of Scctlmd. 
 
 EDINBURGH, Printed by Evan Tyler, primer to the Kings raoft 
 Excellent Majefty, i6jo. 
 
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 EDINBURGH, i^ % fanuary,\6^o, 
 
 THE Qommitttee of Eft ate s Ordains 
 their ^Declaration in Vindication of their 
 proceedings from the ajperjions of ajcandalous 
 Tam^hlet, puhlijhed by that excommunicate 
 Trajtor, lames Grahame, under the title of 
 aDeclaration o/Iames tSAfarques o/'Mon- 
 trofle, &c. To he printed, With the'Vecla^ 
 ration of the Commijson of theQeneraUAjfem- 
 lly in an/wer to the (aid fcandalous ^Pamphlet > 
 Andalfo to be publijhed. 
 
 Tbo: Henderfon. 
 
 W* 
 
ED IN BURG #, January 24. 1550. 
 
 *A Declaration of the Committee of Eft ate s of the Parliament of 
 Scotland, In vindication of their proceedings from theafper- 
 fions o{ afcandalous Pamphlet^ publifhed by that excom^unt- 
 cate Traytor, lames Grahame, under the title of a Declaration 
 of lames ^Marques of Montioffe 5 efa< Printed 1649. 
 
 ^^ Tffif feem ftrange to fuch as know the ftate of af- 
 fairs in this Kingdom that wc ftiould think it worth 
 the while to anfwer the (landers and groundles re- 
 proaches of that viperous brood of Sathan, lames 
 Grahame , whom the Eftates of Parliament have 
 long fince declared traytor, the Church hath delive- 
 red into the hands of the devill, and the Nation doth 
 generally detefl: and abhor. Since we know there hath been and will be 
 in all ages a wicked rabble of godlefs men, who make it their work to fol- 
 low the righteous caufe with afperfions and calumnies, and it is an endlefs 
 labour to anfwer every voyce that fpeaks againft the truth,- and feeing 
 alfo at length the innocencit of our caufe, The integrity of omr hearts, 
 and the candor of our actions will prevail over the malicious tongues of 
 our adverfaries, Yet becaufe our filence may be fubjecl to mifconftrucl:i- 
 on, and fome of the weaker fort may be inveagled by the bold affertions 
 and railing accufations of this impudent Braggard, prefenting himfelfe to 
 the view of the world,, clothed with his Majefties authority as Lievte- 
 nant Governour and Captain Gtnsrall of this Kingdom : We (hall 
 fhortly anfwer what is faid againft us, take offthe maske which he hath 
 put on, and expofe him to publick view in his own apparell. 
 
 This excommunicate Traytor in the firft place, chargeth his own Na- 
 tion with hatching a Rebellion in this Kingdom,then with the promoting 
 the like in England, and laftly with the fale and murther of their native 
 King, and robbing his Son of all right; horred crimes indeed, if true: 
 
 A % But 
 
But how can we be accounted the hatchers or designers, or in the ieaft 
 fort the difturbers of the peace? Were we not living quietly and peacea- 
 bly when that newLiturgie, purpofely compiled to introduce a change 
 of Religion, and compliance with popery, was violently prefled upon.us ? 
 And when this and other Innovations in the matter of Religion were 
 condemned by theGenerall Arlembly holden at GtafgoW^ intheyearc 
 1 6% 8. Were we not invaded with Armies both by Sea and Land ? Did 
 we offer to ftir, untill Religion andjuftice, the main pillars of Govern- 
 ment, were fhaken and neer to be overturned ? And ftiall the ftanding 
 upon our own defence for prefervation of our Religion and liberties be 
 reckoned Rebelfion ? Did we defire any other thing of his Majefty when 
 we were in Armes, But that all matters Ecclefiaftrcall ftiould be determi- 
 ned by the Aflemblies of the Church, and matters Civill by the Parlia- 
 ment? And fo foon as his Majefty did afsent thereunto,did we not forth- 
 with lay down Armes within the fpace of 4?. hours, and return to our 
 own homes,leaving all forts and Caftles to his Ma jetties difpofall. 
 
 After all differences about Religion were fetled in a new Generall Af- 
 fembly of the Kirk with confent and approbation of his Majefties €om- 
 mifsionerintheyear, 1639. and after he had in his Majefties name fub- 
 fcribed the Covenant, he did unexpectedly prorogue the Parliament 
 without confent of the Eftates of Parliament , contrary to the 
 Laws ©f the Kingdom, and to the agreement and pacification at Berwicfy; 
 and CommifTIoners, fent to his Majefty to give account of the pro- 
 ceedings of the Assembly and Parliament, and reprefent their humble de- 
 fires, were, upon the fuggeftion of wicked Counfellers about his Majefty, 
 put under reftraint, and one of them made clofe prifoner, contrary to the 
 Law of Nations, and his Majefties Royall warrant ; A garifon of Engliili 
 was put in the Caftle of Edinburgh ^hich^MQ other violence and out- 
 rage,killed divers women and children; our fliips and goods were taken, 
 and the owners ftripc naked, and more barbaroofly ufed then with Turks 
 and Inftdells. A new Army was levied againft us in England in the year, 
 1640. and a Commitfi on granted to theEarle of Northumberland to 
 fubdueand deftroy us, and generally great preparations were made both 
 at home and abroad, without ever Signifying the caufe or any quarrell a- 
 gainft usj whereupon wee were again neceflitated to take up Armes for 
 our own defence, and with our fupplications in the one hand,and fwords 
 ifi the other, to make way through our enemies forces to prefent our juft 
 grievances to his Majefty : when we were advanced the length oiNew 
 
C*ftlt,vjt were commanded by his Majefty to halt there, and to make 
 known our defires by Commifiioners, to which we readily obeyed, and 
 through the Lords blefsing a happy agreement was again made betwixt 
 his Maiefty and us, and betwixt the two Kingdoms, all Proclamations, 
 Books and Libells againft us were recalled, fupprefled and forbidden, and 
 attheclofe of the Treaty our loyalty was made known at the time of 
 thankfgiving for the peace in ail the PariLh Churches of his Majefties do- 
 minions, and the authors and fomenters of thefe troubles were with his 
 Majefties con fent referred to the triall and cenfure of the refpeclive Par- 
 liaments in both Kingdoms, of which numbcrjame s Grabam^then Earl 
 of Montrofie was found to be one, and therefore imprifoned in the Caftle 
 of Edinburgh: His late Majefty himfelfe then being Iudge,we are jufti- 
 . ficd, and lames Grahame condemned; for his Majefty having come in 
 perfon to this Kingdom, parted a contented King from a contented peo- 
 ple, leaving him to be arraigned before the Commifsion appointed by his 
 Ma/efty and the Eftates of Parliament for the triall of Incendiaries. 
 
 In the next place, this libeller chargeth us with foliciting apartiein 
 England to begin where we had broke off, hindring them when they were 
 willing to reft fatisiied with his Majefties extraordinary Concefsions 3 and 
 afterward for afsifting them with a ftrong Army againft our natave 
 King. 
 
 What can be aliedged with leffe probability and more malice then this, 
 to fay, we ftudied to widen the breach, when it is well known our loyalty 
 and love to peace made us to fend Commifsioners exprefly to endeavour 
 a reconciliation* AH that know any thing of the beginning of that dif- 
 ference betwixt his Majefty and his fubjeds of England, may eafily per- 
 ceive that we had not the leaft hand in contriving it : The matters then 
 in queftion betwixt his Majefty and his two Houfes of Parliament were 
 about their own Priviledges and the Rebellion in Ireland, of the rife and 
 progrefs whereof we fuppofe even lames Grahame himfelfe will ac- 
 quit us. 
 
 Touching the afsiftance given by this Kingdom to the Houfes of Par- 
 liament about the year 1643. it was not given unrequired, or without 
 caufe, nor upon uncertain or unl a wfull conditions as he would inform,- 
 But this Kingdom having ufed their beft endeavours by way of mediati- 
 on and interceftion with hisMajefty for an agreement with his Houfes of 
 Parliament of England,wxhoxxx. fucceflfejand his Majefty having made an 
 agreement with the Rebeils m Ireland, whom formerly hee had declared 
 
 A 3 Traytors, 
 
Traytors, for their bloody maffacre of many thouland Proteftants, And 
 having alio intruded divers Poptfh Commanders in his Majefties Armies 
 in England, whereby the PopifTh, Prelaticall and Malignant partie in all 
 appearance were likely to prevail over all that were well affected to the 
 reformed Religion, We granted affiftance unto them upon the earneft in- 
 vitation of both Houfes of parliament, and a folemn league and Covenant 
 betwixt the Kingdoms for Reformation and defence of Religion, the ho- 
 nour and happinefle of the King, and the peace and fafety of the three 
 Kingdoms, which vyas firft approven & folemnSy fworn inEngland by the 
 two Houfes of Parliament and Affembly of D.vines,and afterward by the 
 Commotion of theGenerall Affembly of this Kirk, and Convention of 
 Eftates, as the moil powerfull mean, by the. blefHng of God , for fetliug 
 and preferving the true Proteltant Religion with perfect peace in his Ma- 
 jefties Dominions,and for eftablifhing his Ma/efties throne to all ages and 
 generations. 
 
 Thefe are the grounds whereupon we engaged to give afliftance to the 
 Kingdom of England^ as may be clearly feen in the Covenant, Treaty and 
 Declarations of the Kingdoms, which grounds are confcientious and 
 juft in themfelves, And where any have fwarved from thefe principles by 
 declining either to Malignancie on the one hand, or to Sectarif me on the 
 other : We are confident that none can with juftice charge the corrupti- 
 ons and failings of men upon the rule according to which they ought to 
 have walked, nor can they impute their faults to us who have carefully 
 ftudied and endeavoured to purfue thofe ends as we are able to demon- 
 ftrate from all our proceedings. 
 
 His laft and main forgeries againft us, are, that h's late Majefty being 
 redacted to think on extream courfes, did engage us by a Treaty, and ha- 
 ving got all manner of afTurance from us, did caft himfelfe in the hands of 
 our Army which was fent into l&gUnd for afliftance of the two 
 Houfes of Parliament againft the Popim, Prelaticall and Malignant party; 
 And that we, contrary to all faith, paction and duty, fold our Soveraign, 
 and afterwards complotted his deftruction, and now begin upon the 
 fame fcore with the Son, declaring him King with provifoes, and rob- 
 ing him of all right while we would feeme to give fome unto him ? andare 
 more pernitioufly hatching the deftruction of his prefent Majtft-e then e- 
 ver we did his facred fathers. 
 
 What a ftrange contexture of multiplied lies doth this malitious man 
 heap together ? In all this , there is not one word true, fave one that 
 
 his 
 
his Majeftie was redacted to think on extream courfes, and that makes 
 againft him ; for Sir Thomas Fairfax , having defeated the Kings for- 
 ces in the fields , fuddenfy refolves to block up Oxford, where the King 
 was in perfon, thinking that the {norteft way to put an end to their trou- 
 bles, wherewith his Majefty being furprifed, privatly efcapes with two 
 or three from Oxford, uncertaine whither to goe, Riil he came toward 
 London as far ^Harrow on the hi/, which is about ten miles from ir- and 
 b.ing privatly advercifed, that he could not be in London with faftie , hec 
 directed his courfe toward the /ea, and that likewife failing, he came in- 
 to the Scottijh Army without acquainting thofe that had the trull: and 
 charge of the Army. Where was there either time or place for a treaty 
 here, and what were thefe aiTurances whicn were given? His late Maje- 
 ffee was often told while he was at TS^ewcaftle , that he came to them 
 without any invitation , ailurance or engagement on their parts; and no 
 doubt if there had been any the leaft afturance given, it had been long 
 fince made known to the world : But it was fo farre on the contraryf as 
 doth appeare by the letter of the Committee of the Parliament of Scot" 
 land refiding with their Army in EngUnd, to thz Committee of both 
 Houfes of Parliament , written upon the 5. or May 1646. being the 
 fame very day that his Ma jetty came into their quarters; That they were 
 filled With ama&ment at his comming : In which letter they do farther 
 proferTey That they cannot-thinkjhat his Mayfly could have been fo un- 
 advifedin his refolution to have cafl himftlf upon that Army without a 
 re all intention to give full fatisfatlion to both ICingdomes in all their 
 juft andreafonable "Demands, and whatfoever Jhould be his difpofition or 
 refolution ^that the Parliament of England , might be affured that they 
 Jh on Id never entertain any thought ,nor correfpond with any purpofe* 
 nor countenance any endeavouresjhat may, in anycircumftance,encroac6 
 upon the Solmne League and Covenant ', or weaken the miion and &onfi* 
 dence betwixt the two Nations.Thzy did likewife declare the fame to his 
 Majefty,and earneftly intreat that he would give [pee Ally J 'at is faction to 
 his Parliaments of bothKingdomes&nd clearly reprefented unto him^that 
 if he (hould not grant their juft defires,they Would be conflrained to take 
 fuch a courfe as by the mutual advi[e & refolution of both Kingdoms, 
 they might be faved fr om a breach & the dangerous conjequences there- 
 ef The Lord General! the Earle or Lev en, and the officers and fouldiers 
 of the Army, did alfo joyne in a Declaration to make known their con- 
 flam refolution to adhere to the whole heaves antiz/ir ticks oft heir CV- 
 
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 venant, and tha t his Ma je flies prejence had not begotten any alteration 
 in their minds in the hafi meafure to eft range them from the re ayes of 
 the Covenant. And further, it is a thing very improbable,that the Com- 
 mittee redding with the Army, would enter into a treaty with his Ma/e- 
 ftie, for which they could never be able to give an acompt to the Parlia- 
 ment of Scotland, it being altogether without the bounds of their Com- 
 mifsion and inftruc1:ions,and an expreffe Article of the treatie betwixt the 
 Kingdoms, That no cejjation nor any pacification, or agreement for peace 
 Vvhatfoevcr,fhall be made by either Kingdome, or the Armies of either 
 Kingdome, Without the mutuall advice and confent of both Kino-domes* 
 But that which removes it beyond all controverfie, is, his Majefties owne 
 profeflion in his letters to both Houfes of Parliament and to the Com- 
 mittee of Eftates of the Parliament oi Scotland,^ the 18.& ip. of May, 
 wherein he Declares,*/*^ he came to theScotttfh Armie With a full and 
 abfolute intention to give all jujl fatisfatlion to the joy nt de fires of both 
 Kingdome s % and with no thought ^either to continue this unnaturally ar 
 any longer ^ or to make a divifion betwixt the lOngdomes y but to comply 
 With his Parliaments andthofe intruftedby them i« every thino for the 
 fetling of truth &peace*\that hehad received fome papers from their Com- 
 mifsi oners ,& that he would ft udy totally to apply him f elf to the advices 
 and Counfclls of his Parliament, That he had given order for recalling 
 all Commijs ions iffued forth by his authority againft his fubjetls and 
 for dif banding all his forces, and ordered a proclamation together With 
 his letter to be publijhedto all his fubje£is,that it might appear e it Was 
 his voluntary andcordiallrefolution andreall intention to joynewith 
 his Parliaments in fetling religion in purity (after the advice of the 
 T)ivines of bothKingdomes ajj Umb led at Weftminfter) and his fubjetls of 
 both Kingdomes in Freedom and /afety. Upon thefe termes the Scot- 
 tish Armie did receive hiirj,and would have cheerefully adventured their 
 lives and all that wasdeareft unto them for prefervatfon of his perfon, 
 honour and happinelfe againft all oppofitioa whatfoever: But how far his 
 Majefty was from following the advife of his Parliaments of both King- 
 domes, was too too manifeft , when he refufed to grant the proportions 
 of both, prefen ted unto him at TSfewcaftl ,in theMoneth of f^ly ,by their 
 U L ' CommiiTioners, or to give a fatisfaclory anfwer to any one of them • 
 l e t0 °y t Notwithftanding,many of the chiefe of the nobility of th.sK ngdom, and 
 'efiy a t his privie Counfell did beg his affent upon their knees,and, with teares in 
 ttrffe. their eyes,reprefent the fad confequences of his refufail. 
 
 Whilft thefe things were doing, the Se&arian partie (who never li- 
 ked 
 
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 liked any agreement for peace which might carry along with it the Pref- 
 byteian in te reft) fearing that the King fhould at length be induced to give 
 fatisfaftion ro the joynt defires of both Kingdomes in the proportions of 
 peace, by all meanes ftudied and endeavoured the removeall of the Scot- 
 tifli Armie out of England, for which end they were very bufie by their 
 emifsaries & agents toongft the members of Parliament & in the City & 
 Committee. In the Houfe of Commons their partie was not great, but 
 moft of the members being very defirous to be eafed ofthe great bur- 
 thens continued upon the Kingdom e now after the War was at an end, 
 and not perceiving the deiign of the Sectaries, did upon the 1 9. c£Maj s 
 (within a fortnight after the King came to the Scottish Armie,7 joyne in 
 a vote to declare that the Kingdome of England had no further ufe of 
 the continuing of the Scottifb Army in t hat Kingdom,and that upon ad- 
 juftmg of their accompts, they fhail be fatisfied what fliall be due unto 
 them according to theTreaty: Hereupon all fupplies for entertainment of 
 that army were withdrawn, though earneftly follicited by the Commif- 
 fioners of this Kingdom,and for want thereof the Armie was necefiitated 
 to take free quarter from the Country people; alfo fecret directions were 
 given to the Parliaments forces, who lay neer to the Scottifh Army, to 
 itraiten their quarters , which was done accordingly: whereupon they 
 were neceilitated to quarter in the four moft northern Counties , and a 
 fmall part of Yorkfhire, (the moft barren parts of that Kingdom) which 
 made the burthen of thofe places grow infuppor table : thence arofe cla- 
 mours and complaints of intolerable oppreiTion,and thefe were reprefen- 
 ted in a multiplying glaflTe,with large additions and aggravations to the 
 Houfes of Parliament , fo as it was made common difcoorfe, that the 
 Scots came in for their afliftance, but were like to ftay for their ruine^ 
 and if they continued any longer in the Kingdome, the northern parts 
 would be utterly wafted,and many families per>jCh,further by the induf- 
 trie of the Sectaries libells & railing pamphlets were publifhed,and infor- 
 mations ffjreadagainft theScots as Covenant-breakers, apoftats from the 
 caiife,afid complyers with the malignant partie, the better to prepare the 
 minds of the people for removing our Armie by forcejf it would not wil- 
 lingly;but theKingdom of Scot land being defirous to apply themfelves to 
 fuch faire and juft waves as tended to an amicable parting,and to the pre- 
 vention of mifunderftandings between the Kingdomes 3 did in thebegining 
 of Anguft 9 give power to their CommiiHoners at London to fettle all 
 differences concerning the pay of thzSmtifb Armie; And the Houfes of 
 Parliament having offered to pay prefently 2 0000 o.L before the removal! 
 ofour Armie out of that Kingdome, and other two hundred thoufand 
 
(8; 
 
 pounds thereafter, the Commifsioners of this Kingdome, did 
 upon the 2 of September , Declare themfelves fatisfied therewith, 
 andpaffed from their former claim, extending to very near ten hundred 
 thoufand pounds, thatit might appeare to all the world that the 
 love of money was neither the caufe of their commmg into, or abode in 
 that Kingdom. There remained no material! difference betwixt the Na- 
 tions fave only concerning the difpofall of the Kings perfon, his Maje- 
 ftie having refufed to grant the proportions of peace. Upon the 1 8. of 
 September^ Houfe of Commons did vote, that the perfon of the King 
 {hall be difpofed ofas both Houfes of the Parliament of England 0\i\\ 
 think fit, wherein the houfe of Lords gave their concurrance upon the 24, 
 and a grand Committee of. Lords and Commons were appointed to 
 conferre,confultand debate with the Commiilioners of this Kingdome 
 concerning the difpofall of the perfon of the King; But before the Hou- 
 fes would give their confent to begin this Conference, they declared,that 
 whatfoever confutation or debate (hall be with the Commi flioners of 
 Scotland, concerning the difpofall of the perfon of the King, ftiall not be 
 underftood to be any capitulation or treaty between theKingdomes in re- 
 lation to the retarding oFthe march of the Scotijh Army and forces out 
 of England, to which our Commiflioners were neceilitated to agree, or 
 otherwife to have no conference at all : In the conference there were 
 many & large debates for feverall dayes,the Houfes of Parliament claim - 
 ing the fole right and power in the difpofall of the perfon of the King in 
 England, and our Commiflioners averting that both Kingdomes had an 
 intereftinthe difpofall of his perfon, whither he were in England, or 
 Scotland, being the King of both, but at length the conference broke 
 off without any agreement. Then the Houfes did again begin to preffe 
 theremovall of the Scottifb Armie out of England, and moftof Sir Tho- 
 mas Fairfaxes Armie marched northward; Complaints were renewed 
 from the North concerning their heavie preflures, and it was fuggefted 
 by the Sectaries to diverfe members of the Houfe of Commons, that the 
 Scots were refolved to efpoufe the malignant quarrell, and intended no 
 leffe then the conqueft of England , which was too readily beleeved by 
 many,even of thofe who were promoters of Presbiteriall government, fo 
 much the rather that fatisfaftion being offered in the moneth of Augufi 
 by the Houfes touching the pay of the Armie, and the totallfummea- 
 preed unto by the Kingdome of Scotland on the 2. of September, their 
 Armie notwithstanding did ftill continue in the Kingdom o?England,for 
 thefpace of five monetk, from the beginning of September, xini\\\ 
 Tebruarj. 
 
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 The Kings Majeftie, having ftayed for a long time in the Scmtijl Ar- 
 mie, though at firffc when he came unto them in the moneth oiMay 9 he 
 feemed inclinable to give farisfaclion to his Parliaments of both King- 
 domes, (particularly m the matter of ReJigion } havingin his letter of the 
 1 8- of J^j from the Scots Leagure at SouihWeit y heartily recommen- 
 ded it to his two Houfes of Parliament to take the advice or the Divines 
 of both Kingdoms aflembkd at wcfimi^fier^ for fpeedy finishing that 
 pious and neceflary work ; And in his letter to Scotland of the i<?« of 
 May y profefTed it to be his voluntary and cordiali refoJuticn to joyne 
 with his Parliaments in feeling Reiigon) yet divers of the Pre la tkalnad 
 Malignant partie, having fecretly got accefle to hk Majefty when he was 
 at 2jjrr-caftle 9 hee became altogether averfe from giving fatisfaelion, 
 and perceiving the ftedfaft refolution of the Scottifh Army to adhere to 
 the iolemn League and Covenantor reformation and defence of Religi- 
 on,!^ propofed (in his Anfwer to the Proportions) to the two Houfes 
 of the Parliament of England, that he might come to London, or any of 
 his houfes thereabouts with freedom, honour and fafety, that he might 
 further treat upon thefe Projpofitions of peace prefented unto him ; And 
 upon the 20. of December, he renewes his defire for comming to Lon- 
 don, or any of his houfes thereabouts for a further treaty upon the Pro- 
 pofitions : This letter coming to their hands upon the 25. of ' December ^ 
 upon the 3 1. they refolve,That Holmby houfe in the Countie of North- 
 hampton be the place which the Houfes think fit for the King to come 
 unto, there to remain with fuch attendants about him as both Houfes of 
 Parliament fhall appoint, with refpecl had to the fafety and prefervation 
 of his Perfon in the prefervation and defence of the true Religion and li- 
 berties of the Kingdoms according to the Covenant, And when the King 
 (hall be at Holmby as aforefaid , and the Scots forces gone out of the 
 Kingdom of England, the two Houfes of Parliament declare, that then 
 they will be ready,according to their former Declarations for preferving 
 the particular rights of the Kingdom of England, to joyne with the 
 Kingdom of Scotland in employing their beft endeavonrs to procure his 
 Majefties affent to the proportions agreed on by bothKingdoms and pre- 
 fented to his Majeftie at NewcaftU. 
 
 This vote both Houfes fent inclofed to his Majeftie, and alfo to the 
 CommiiTioners of this Kingdome refiding with his Majeftie ztNewcaftle, 
 who forthwith tranfmitted the fame to the Parliament then fitting in 
 Scotland^ who taking into their moil: ferious consideration the vote oi 
 of both Houfes, andtheneceffitieofthe fpeedy return of their Army 
 from Engimd % KhQxi$\t it their duty once more to make their application 
 
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to his Majeftie, before they took any refolution in relation to the difpo- 
 falLofhisMaje&es perfon, and accordmgly s they feot Commiffioners to 
 his Majefty again, with ail earneftneffe and humility to deftre his alfent to 
 the proportions as that which was the only way to procure peace, and 
 the molt effectual! mean to eftabliHi and continue Monarchical Govern- 
 ment in his Majefties perfon and pofterity, and that his Majeftie might be 
 induced to give his aflfent thereunto, to remember his Majefty, what- 
 were his promifes when he came into the ScouiliArmy,for following the 
 advice of his Parliaments, and to reprefent the many advantages of his 
 granting the proportions, and particularly to give affurance in the name 
 of the Parliamentjthat this Kingdom "would moft willingly facrifice their 
 lives and fortunes to eftabliffi his Majefty on his throne,if he ftiould grant 
 the proportions concerning Religion and the Covenant, and give a fa- 
 ' tisfadlory anfwer to the reft of the proportions ; And upon the other 
 part, in cafe his Majefty ftiould refufe or delay, then to reprefent that 
 they found it not lawfull for them to afilft hisMajcfty for recovering the 
 porfetTIon of his Government, his Majefty not granting the propositions 
 concerning Religion and the Covenant, and giving a farjsfaclory anfwer 
 to the reft of the proportions. That they found his Majefties coming to 
 Scotland^ dangerous to the caufe, to his Maj'eftie, to this Kingdom, and 
 to the union betwixt the Kingdoms, and that both Kingdoms would be 
 neceiiuated to takeajoynt courfe for difpofall of his perfon unt» 11 he 
 fhouid give a fatisfactory Anfwer to the proportions of bothKingdorns: 
 Thefe earneft defaes and offers being made to his Majeftie, and the dan- 
 gers faithfullie reprefented , and his Majeftie hearkning to the wicked 
 counfels of thefe who never fought his honour and happineffe, but their 
 owne particular intereft,and refuting to follow the faithfull advice of his 
 Parliament; upon the i6, oZjannary, 1647. tne Eftates of Parliament 
 pafled a declaration , wherein,havmg considered his Majefties promifes 
 when he came into the Scottijb Armie, to follow the advice of his Par- 
 liaments , his refufall to grant the proportions of both Kingdomes not- 
 withstanding the frequent addreflfesofthis Kingdome for that purpofe, 
 his Majefties. defire to be in Lonhn or fome of his houfes neare to his 
 Houfes of Parliament,and the dedre of the two houfes that he may come 
 toHolAenby houfe,promifing the fafty& prefervation of his royall perfon 
 in the prefervation and defence of the true Religion and liberties of the 
 Kingdomes according to the Covenant ; they did declare their concur- 
 rence for hisMajefties going toHoldenby houfe or fome other of his hou- 
 fes in or about Loftdon 9 therc to remaine untill he give fatisraclion to both 
 Kingdomes in the propofitions of peace, and that in the interim there 
 
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(hall be no harm, prejudice, injur m or violence done to his Royal! perfonj 
 that there {hall bee no change of Government other then had been for 
 the 3. years preceding , and that his pofteritie ihouid noway es be pre- 
 judged in their lawfuii fucceillon to the Crown and government of thefe 
 Kingdomes. 
 
 Together with this declaration,they fent fome defires to the Parliament 
 of England , that when his Majefty lhould be at H&lmby i Committees 
 from both Kingdomes fhouid attend his Majeftie,and employ their belt 
 endeavours to procure his Majefties. aflent to the Proportions of both 
 Kingdomes prefented to his Majeftie at Neftcaftle , Andincafethe 
 King ihouid not give his aflent thereunto, that the happie union betwixt 
 the Kingdomes might he continued according to the Covenant and Trea- 
 ties, That according to the late Treaty betwixt the Kingdomes, no cef- 
 iation nor any paeificar on or agreement for peace whatfoever, ihouid 
 be made by either Kingdome , or the Armies of either Kingdome, with- 
 out the mutuall advice and confent of both : And that none ihouid be 
 debarred from having accefle to his Majeftie who have warrant from the 
 Parliament of Scotland, or their Committees thereunto authorized 
 whereunto the Houfes of Parliament did agree,and his Majeftie attended 
 by a Committee of both Kingdomes,did repaire to Holmby houfe in the 
 flioneth of February. 
 
 The Houfes of Parliament who were unanimous concerning the remo- 
 val of thzScottiJb Army out or EngLwd&vA the Kings coming toHoim- 
 by houfe,began now to differ according to the different ends w ch they had 
 therein prepofed unto themfelvesjfor the whole Houfe of Peers, very few 
 excepted, and the far greateft part of the Houfe of Commons were refol- 
 ved if once the Scettifb Arrnie were removed out of England, to fend a 
 confiderable number of their owne forces over unto Ireland, to profe - 
 cute the war there, (the Lord Ormond i having declared his willingnefs 
 to leave the fword,and all the places under his command to the houfe of 
 Parliament) and to keep up in E»gla»d. y on\y fo many forces as was ne- 
 ceflarie to preferve the Kingdome from dlfturbance, and thefe under the 
 command of fuch officers as had taken the Covenant and were A\ell af- 
 fected to the worke of Reformation: And their Armie being thus mode- 
 led,tb.ento proceed to the fetlingofa peace with his Majefty uponhis 
 grant of the proportions for religion, and fuch fatis faction in matteris ci- 
 vil! as {hould be found neceflary for the faftie and fecunty of both Kng- 
 doms. All whicfr,thefe that did beft underftand the affairs of Englan 
 were moft oppofit to theSeelaries,did think theHoufes of Parliament w^re 
 better able to bring to pafle wkhout,then with the afliftance of the $W? 
 
Hjhkim^ in regard of the many j'ealoufies both the Parliament and peo- 
 ple had of the continuing of the Scottifl? Armie in England t iht considera- 
 tion whereof was one of the main reafons that moved this Kingdome 
 to withdraw their Armie out oi England y and to agree to his Majefties 
 ^oing to Holm by , there being no ground to hope that the ftay of 
 their Armie could be longer ufefull m that Kingdo me,vvhen both friends 
 and foes were defirours of their removalb 
 
 Immediatly after their returne to this Kingdome,and his Majefties goe- 
 ing to Holmby, both houfes parted an Ordinance for fupprefling herefies 
 and fchifimesand unwarrantable preaching,and appointed the 10. of May 
 for a day of humiliation becaufe of the growth of herefies and fchifmes, 
 and ordained that no footfhould be kept up except in Garifons, and oi> 
 ly five thoufand four hundred Horfe in the field under the command of 
 Sir Thomas Fairfax; no other officer to be above the degree of a Colo- 
 nel!; no member of either houfe to have any charge in field or Garifoo, 
 that all who fhould beimployed lliould take the Covenant, and conform 
 to the government of the Church then eftablifhed, and none who had 
 been in arms againft the Parliament (liould have any charge,nor any pro- 
 phage curfer, fwearer, drunkerd, or other perfonwho was Scandalous in 
 life and converfation, and that eight thoufand four hundred foot,and two 
 thoufand four hundred horfe out of the reft of the Army, (hould goe to 
 Ireland; Two hundered thoufand pounds were advanced by the City at 
 the def ire of the houfes to be fent to the Armie, and fuch forces as were 
 neither t o be kept up in the fervice of England , nor would ingage for 
 Ireland , were appointed to be disbanded on the 2. of June, 
 
 The modelling and disbanding of the Armie being thus farre advan- 
 ced, his Majeftie upon the 12- of May, fent an anfwer to the proporti- 
 ons of peace, wherein he did further condifcend towards the granting of 
 the defires of his Parliaments then he had done formerly , upon receipt 
 whereof the houfe of Peers voted that theKing fhould come from Holm- 
 by } r\Qerer London ,to his houfe at Oat lands ,and defired herein the concur- 
 rance of the houfe ofCommons. 
 
 This is a true relation of what pafled from the time of his Majefties 
 coming to the Scottijb Armie in the moneth of May y 1646. to the 
 end of May^ 1 547 . And now here we fhall make a ftand, and defire all 
 fuch as have not yeelded up their reafon and judgment to paflion and 
 prejudice, toe nfider if in a/1 thefe Tranfaclions any thing of djfloyaltie 
 toward our King on the one hand,nor unfaithfulnes in the matter of our 
 Covenant toward , the Kingdome of England upon the othcr,canbe 
 laid to our charge. Our chiefe ftudie and endeavour hath been to render 
 
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unto God the things that are Gods,to C*f ar the things that are Ca/ar/^ 
 and to our neighbours the things that are theirs. Wee hope it is made 
 cleare and evident to all that will judge impartially, That there was no 
 treaty betwixt this Kingdome , theirCommittees or Armies with the 
 King before his coming to our Armie,- nor after his coming, but with 
 advife and confent of both houfes of Parliament, And that it is a maliti- 
 ous wicked device and manifeft untruth, that we fould our Kings wee 
 abhorre the very thought of it as fincerely as wee doe abbominate the 
 treacherous actions of that perfidious Traytor James Grahame , who,as 
 a child of the Devil! , hates to fpeak truth. Let the world judge what 
 ground there is for this reproach which wicked men would cart upon us, 
 That wee were hired with money by England to agree, that the K ing 
 fliould come to Holmbie,when the Armie got only two hundred thou- 
 fand pound of the Arrears due unto them for a very laborious fervice,and 
 as a part of the great expenfes they had been at by their expedition into 
 England for the ends of theCovenant. When alfo this agreement for pay- 
 ment of their arreares was made five moneths before the King with con- 
 confent of both Kingdomes, went from Newcaftle to Holmbie, yea at 
 that time , neither the Kingdome of England , nor Scotland had 
 refolved any thing touching the difpofall of the Kings perfon, whither he 
 fliould come to / ondon ,or to fome of his houfes neare it,or ftay at 2{jw- 
 caflhy or goe to Scotland, all the debates about the right and intereft to 
 difpofe of the King, were fubfequent to the agreement concerning the to- 
 tall fumme due to the Scotttth Armie, and if there had been any transac- 
 tion publkk or privat betwixt the Kingdomes in Jugttfi, i <5 4€. when 
 they agreed concerning the fummes due to the Scottifb A r mie, would the 
 Kingdome of England have borne the burthen of intertaining the Scotijh 
 Armie, (being above 20000. Horfe and Foot) five moneths thereafter to 
 their great charge and expenfe. What needed all thefe long debeats about 
 the King in the painted chamber betwixt the houfes and the Commtfsio- 
 ners of this Kingdome in the moneths of Otto be?, which were alfo pub- 
 lulled in print, and what needed thefe frequent addre/Tcs of the Parlia- 
 ment of Scotland^ to his Maj'efty in the moneth of November, December 
 and January, if all was agreed on betwixt the Kingdomes in the moneth 
 otnAuguft , And how inconfliftent is any fuch agreement with the offer 
 oftheKingdome oiScotlanh^t^ few dayes before his removal! fromAYft? 
 cattle moft willingly to facrifice their lives and fortunes for eftablifliing 
 his Majeftie upon his throne if even then he would be pleafed to give 
 a fatisfadory anfwer to the proportions. Certainly malice it felf may here 
 ftoppe its mouth, and forbear to lay any thing to our charge in this parti- 
 cular 
 
cuiar,Neither can this Kingdome be juftly accufed of dilloial ty or impru- 
 dence in giving content to his Majefties going to Holmbie or forne of his 
 Houfes aboutZW<?#,becaufe of that which hath followed /ince^for coun- 
 •fels and refolutions muft not be judged according to accidents and events. 
 Who could at that time have forefeen that an Armie raifed by the Parlia- 
 ment for their owne defence , and which in profeifion fo highly efteemed 
 and magnified the authoritie of Parliament, would not onely difobey their 
 orders, but alfo attempt fuch horrid things as they have fince adventured 
 upon? Surely when the Scottiijh Armie came out of England, it would 
 have feemed not only improbable but incredible. The Kingdome of Scot- 
 land did truft hisMajefties perfon to the honourableHoufes of theParlia- 
 ment of England, who were as deeply engaged by duty,oaths,€ovenants 
 and folemne profeflion for his Majefties prefervation as the Kingdome of 
 Scotland, and no qucftion, they would have preferved his Majefties per- 
 fon from all injury or violence whatever, had they not met with unex- 
 pected violence againft their owne perfons; for untill the Armie did by 
 the power of the f word,imprifon and feclude the farre greateft part of the 
 Members ofthehoufeof Commons,and makevoyd the power of the 
 houfe of Lords.they durft not attempt any thing againft his Majefties per- 
 fon. And what wonder,that we who were ftrangers,could not perceive the 
 depth of fuch defigns (if at that time there was any formed defigne of 
 that kind, which wee very much qucftion,) when the Houfes of Parlia- 
 ment did not forefee their owne ruine,and his Ma jeftie himfelfe in the 
 year 1647. when tne Proportions of both Kingdomes were prefented un- 
 to him againe at Hampton Cour^in the moneth of September ,h^ fuch 
 conbdence in the Armie, as he was by them induced to beleeve that their 
 propofalls did much more conduce to the fatisfaclion of all interefts and 
 might be a fitter foundation for a lading peace, then the Proportions of 
 both Kingdomes then tendered onto him; And in his anfwer of the 9. of 
 September , defired the two Houfes to take into their confideration the 
 Armies propofaI!s,as the beft way in his judgement,in order to peace yea 
 whenh!sMaieftieupo;rtheii.ofiV r ^^^r > i^4 7 .did retire from #mw- 
 ton court for the prefervation of his perfon,which was in danger as he ap- 
 apprehended,from the levelling partie of the Armie,and was at libertie to 
 1 ave gone whither he pieafed ; yet fo little did he fear any danger to his per- 
 fon from the cheife leaders of'the Armie,as he choofed the Jile of VVight 
 rather then any other place that he might ftill continue under the protec- 
 tion of the Armie, as he doth profefle in his letter of the 1?. o^Novem- 
 bcri6^j. to both houfes of Parliament. 
 
 As to the remainder oft hat which is faid againft us by that wretched 
 
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man, that we complotted his late Majefties deftr action, and haveDe-, 
 clared his Son King with provifoes, robbing him of a 11 right, and are 
 more pernitioufly hatching the deftru&ion of his prelent Majefty then 
 ever we did his royal Fathers. We fay no perion on earth has con- 
 contributed more toward his Majefties mine then fames Cjrahame him- 
 felfj And not only the fearcher of hearts and our owne confciences,hut all 
 our aclions and proceedings ivill witnefle for us, that wee are altogether 
 free of the guilt of his Majefties deftruclion : We never flattered his Ma- 
 jeftie in any evil! way, nor advifed his Majeftieto any. fuch courfesas 
 might beget differences betwixt him and his people; Our counfells 
 unto himalwayes tended to his Majefties giving fatisfaclion to the juft 
 defires of his Parliaments, which through the Lords bleiling might have 
 prevented the fad and deplorable condition Ihe royall family is now 
 brought unto by wicked inftruments, and we were ftill fo farre from com- 
 plottirig his Majefties deitrucTion , as wee ever freely emparted unto his 
 Maj eftie whatfoever prejudice cr danger wee feared to his perfon or pofte- 
 rity. The Eftates of Parliament of this Kingdome when they firft heard 
 of the proceedings of the Sectaries in England againft his Majefrie, and 
 that fome pamphlets had been publidied there,in{inuatingthe complyance 
 of fome in Scotland, with the wkked pra&ifes there,did make ftrid enqui- 
 rie at all the members of Parliament upon their folemn oath whether 
 themfelves had,or they knew of any others within this Kingdome that 
 had acceftion unto the proceedings of the English Arffiie in relation to the 
 King or the Houfes of Parliament, and could not find that there was any 
 within this Kingdom had any accelTion thereunto, which they forthwith 
 publi/ried inPrint & caufed to be made publik \xi8ngUndd&o by their Com 
 miffio tiers before his Majefties death. And further,the Commiilioners of 
 thisKingdom,upon the very firft motion of procedings againft theKing,did 
 by their paper of the 6.o$fan. 1649. reprefent how contrary it was to the 
 folemn League and Covenant and many folemn profeffions and Declarati- 
 ons of both Kingdomes , and that fuch a thing could not but continue and 
 incr^afe the great diftraclions of thefe Kingdomes,and involve us in many 
 difficulties, miferies and confufions: they alfo endeavoured to have acce/Ie 
 to his Majeftie,but could not, and when a Commillion was given to cer- 
 taine perfons for his Majefties tryall, they did declare that the Kingdome 
 of Scotland did abominate anddeteftfo horrid a de^gne againft his Ma- 
 jefties perfon, and in the name of this Kingdome dirTent from their procee- 
 dings^and the taking away of his Majefties life , and proteft that as the 
 Kingdome of Scotland was free from the fame, fo they might be free from 
 all the evilis, miferies, confufions and calamities that might follow therc- 
 
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upon to thefe diftra&ed Kingdomes, They did like wife imploy their beft 
 endeavours with the Loxd F air f a x,and others, for prefervation of his Ma- 
 jeftes perfon,though without the defired fuccefs.And in their paper of the 
 24. February. they did expoftulat with theCommons then fitting at We$- 
 minfier, for their breach of declarations, proteftati<?ns, oathes, Covenants 
 and folemne engagements/or taking away the Kings life by a violent death, 
 for their prohibiting to proclaime the Prince oi Wales King of thefe King- 
 domes, and for their voting away the Kingly orfice and the houfe of Lords, 
 and claiming to themfelves the authority of a Parliament. They alfo defi- 
 red that nothing might bee done which might wrong King Charles 
 thefecond in his fuccellion as righteous heyre to the Crowne of thefe 
 Kingdomes, that his juft right and title might be acknowledged, and upon 
 jut fatisfaclion given ^he might be received and admitted to the exercife of 
 his Government and protefted in the name of this Kingdome againftall 
 contrary proceedings, for which paper our CommirTIoners were put under 
 reftraint for feverall dayes, and afterward fent to the borders of this King- 
 dome garded with a troope of horfe , and a letter being written from the 
 prevailing partie in England, to the Parliament of this Kingdome,to know 
 if they would own the papers of their Commiflioners:they did by their an- 
 fwer owne and approve their whole proceedings. And no fooner did they 
 heare of his Majefties death, but the very next day the whole Parliament 
 did caufe proclaime his fonne the Prince in moft folemn manner King of 
 great Brittane, France, and Ireland , and with all pofrible expedition ac- 
 quainted his Majeftie therewith, and afterward difpatched away Commif- 
 fioners to Holland with their humble defires to his Ma jeftie for fetling 
 Religion in purity and h<s Kingdomes in peace, faithfully promifing and 
 obliging themfelves upon his Majefties grant of their defiresj, to doe all for 
 him that could be expecled of loyall fubjects to their gracious King, and 
 particularly to contribute their beft endeavours by all lawful and necerTary 
 means according to the Covenant and the duty of faithful fubjecl:s,that his 
 Majeftie may be reftored to the peaceable poflefTion of the Government of 
 his other Kingdomes, and notwithstanding his Majeftie was not pleafed 
 then, to grant our defires , but to difmifle our CommiiTioners without fa- 
 tisfaclion, promifing a further anfwer by an expreffe to be fent by his Ma- 
 jeftie to this Kingdome, and although that expreffe never yet came to us, 
 yet we have renewed our humble and earned defires to his Ma jetty by a- 
 nother addrefTe now prefeotly made to his Majeftie in the ijle of ferfep 
 And whereas it is fa id we have declared him King with provifoes,we defire 
 it may be confidered, that we have demanded nothing of his Majeftie but 
 that which wee are warranted to doe by the lawes of God and this King- 
 dome. 
 
dom and the example of his predeceffors, and which is abfolutely necelTary 
 for the fecurity of Religion and the peace of thisKingdom.Our endeavour is 
 to walk in the plain ftraight way, neither falling oft to the Malignant partie 
 who would introduce an Arbytrary and unlimited government, and give 
 loofe reynes to Kings to do what they pleafe without the advice of the E- 
 ftates of Parliament, nor declining to the crooked paths of Sectaries, who 
 would undermine and fubvert the fundamental and long «ftabli£hed Go- 
 vernment of the Kingdom; whereof our former Declarations and the 
 late anfwer of the Parliament the 26* of Tune laft to a letter from the 
 prevailing party in England, dated at JVeftminfter 23. May f i64p. may 
 be a furBcient teftimony, As we have received thefe grounds and prin- 
 ciples concerning Religion and our civill Liberties from our progenitors, 
 warranted by the Word of God, and constitutions of this Kingdom, fo 
 we have maintained the fame without alteration thefe twelve years pa ft, 
 from the firft begining of thefe troubles, which wereraifed by our ad- 
 verfanes becaufe we would not giv^ way to thofe Innovations in Re- 
 ligion and the civill Government which they had defigned and projected. 
 And though many in both Kingdoms who have joyned in Covenant with 
 us, fall away, fome to the one fide and fome to the other, yet it is no 
 fmall encouragement for us to continue in our ftedfaftnefie, that we fee 
 very few of them, that once part from the way wherein they are engaged 
 by Covenant, that can fix their foot again untill by degrees, they wholly 
 backflide and fall away, either tu one extream or the other, and fo at 
 length involve themfelvesin wayes aud courfes, w^hich not onclytrue 
 Religion, but right reafon may juftly condemne aend abhorre. 
 
 Having thus cleared the Proceedings and tran factions of this Kingdome, 
 which all a long from the very firft beginning cry aloud againft this pal- 
 quiller as an impudent lyar in all that he faith againft us in hisDeclaration. 
 Wee fhall now fpeak a little concerning his wicked and difloyafl carriage 
 towards his King and Countrey, wherein his owne hand- writing, and the 
 records of Parliament will in the firft place bear witnes againft him. 
 
 In the begining of our troubles, the Lord having put it into the hearts 
 of his people of this land to renew their national! Covenant formerly ta- 
 ken by King lames , in the yeareijSo. That diifembling hypocrit 
 lames graham* , then Ea r le of Montr -oje^ did with tearcs in his eyes and 
 both his hands lifted up to heaven fwea re the words of that Covenant un- 
 to thelsfd in the poblickAifembly of his people;But being a man of a mean 
 and defperat fortune, and not meeting with that efteem and reward which 
 he in his vanity propofed to himfelfe , at the firft pacification he began 
 to hearken to the prornifes of the Court,and to ftudy a faction within^and 
 
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hold correspondence with the adverfe partie without the Kingdome,and 
 by faHe information, to divide his Majeftie from his people. His bate and 
 treacherous pracTtfes were divers times discovered, and himfeif made 
 alhimed,yet would he not give over until! at length he was made priio- 
 ner in the Caflle o^Edinburgh^^ afterward brought to his tryall before 
 the Committee for tryall of plotters and incendiaries appointed by his 
 Majeilie and the Eftates of Parliament, where he was found guikie of 
 perjurie and treachery, and had he then received his dn? punifhment ac- 
 cording to juft ice, he had not troubled the world since; but fuch was the 
 mercy and favour of his Majeilie and the Eftates of Parliamenr as he was 
 pardoned, and no further cenfure inflicled upon him, but that his Maje- 
 ftie declared and caufed it to bee inferred in the records of Parliament that 
 he fhould bee incapable of any office or place in the Court or Common- 
 wealth, and not have accede to his Ma jellies perfon ; Yet not long after 
 his enlargmentjcontrary to hisowne proaiife and the Articles of the large 
 Treaty betwixt his Majeilie and this Kingdome, he repaired to his M#- 
 jelliein England, and obtained a Com million for invading his native 
 Country, which fhortly thereaftcr'he did attempt upon the Tenth borders, 
 and was repulfed, but rather then fajl in his deilgnes,he choofed to joyne 
 himfelf with that barbarous crew of Popifh Itifli Rebel Is which invaded 
 this Kingdome upon the north, with whofe afliftance (and of fome un- 
 naturall Countrimen^ voyd of all religion and humanitie) taking advan- 
 tage of the quietnes and iecuritieofthis Kingdome when their armies 
 were abroad in England and Ireland^ he did cruelly deftroy with the 
 fword divers thouiands of his owne Countriemen,fpoyled many of their 
 goods, burned houfes and cornes, ravilhed women, murthered old and 
 young, killed minifters, compiyed with papiils, countinanced Idolaters, 
 and difpifed the Worlhip ofGod; lor which abominable Crymes,and his 
 rebellion and treafon 3 as he was excomunicated by the Church, io he was 
 declared traitor by the Eftates of Parliament,hiscoat of Armes torne,and 
 his Eftate forefaulted ; But for all this, he is not wearie of committing 
 wickednes, and therefore would returne into this Kingdome to over-ad: 
 all his former tranfgrefilons and abominations, But if he fhall come* we 
 trail in God it is that he maybe brought to a fhamefull death and curfed 
 end, and here receive from the hand of juftice hisdeferved punifhment, 
 where he hath murthred fo many ofthe Lords people, & Iulian like hath 
 made apoftafie from that caufe and Covenant to which he was fofo- 
 lemnly engaged by oath and fubfeription. 
 
 To gaine fupplies abroad and afliftance at home , this vain man 
 doth publiih this his Declaration under the name and title of Liev- 
 
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tenant Governour and Captaine generall for his Ma/eftie of the King- 
 dome of Scotland, Upon what bare pretences he did formerly obtain a 
 CommilTionfrornhislateMa^ftseto invade ths Kingdome, weefhali 
 not now defcant, but wee are very fure that there was fcaxe any acl his 
 Majeltycould have done that was more 'deitru&ive to his own intereft or 
 more difpltafing to this Kingdonuvt being exprefly contrary to the ties 
 and bands betwktK'ng and people; And here we may juftjy retort upon 
 lames Grahame , that he doth begin with the Son upon the fame icore 
 that he left with £he Father, for whether he hath really obtained fuch a 
 Com million from his Majeitie,or dot h oneiy afefc his name, Certainly 
 he is not capable of doing his Majeftie greater df-fervice then is held 
 forth in that declaration.TheKing recevcd ourCommikioners laHolland, 
 and the Parliaments Lettered treated with them,he denyed that he had 
 give 1 any Commifsion to lames Cjrahame, or any other to invade this 
 Kingdome,& promifed a farther anfwer to our defires by an exprefle from 
 himfelf which is never yet come unto us. The (train and (cope of the De- 
 claration makes the whole Nation the party whom his Majeftie gives 
 Gommifsion to invade and deftroy, for it condemnes all th^ proceedings 
 of the Kingdom e, even at the verie firft begining of theie troubles 3 as the 
 rebellion of an horrid an i infamous faction of rebells, at firft caufiefly 
 hatched againft his iate ivla-jeftie of glorious memorie, notwithftanding 
 they were approved by his Majefty in the yeare 1639. at tht treaty at 
 BerVvickj wherein lames Grahame himfelf was an acW and contented 
 It condemns all the Proceedings of this Kingdoms in the year 1640. not- 
 withftanding "his Majeftie is obliged in. the' large treaty ( which is ratifi- 
 ed in the Parliaments of both Kingdomes)for himfelf and his lucceilours 
 by his promifei* verbo "Principit, never to come in the contrary ther- 
 or'nor any thing therein contained ,but to hold the fame fir me mi iia-le 
 in all poynts,and that he ihall caafe it to be truelie observed by all his 
 Majefties Leidges according to the cenour and intent thereof for now and 
 ever,thefe are the verie words of the treaty. And now what can be i-. 
 magined to be a fecurity to the fubjecls of this Kingdome/if that which 
 their King is folemnly ingaged unto by promife for Jhimfelf and his 
 facceflbursjf'ff verbo "Trincips^ and confirmed in the Parliaments of both 
 Kingdpmes,duU not onlie be queft toned, but their defires therein agreed 
 unto by his Majeftie declared to be violent and moft unjuft. And all this 
 i-s not enough to quarrel! treaties and Eftablifhed laws s and to accufe the 
 whole nation,but they are by this declaration accompted more wicked 
 then any in England, or Ireland, this miferabie mifcreant is better plea- 
 fed with the Se&arks or the Irifh rebells then with his native G ^itn . 
 
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Wfierem He declares nis apoitacy to be or lucft a Itafflp, as he can foonet 
 reconcile with #11 the world, then with the Caufe and Covenant which 
 he did once fweare to maintain and defend. If he may but fit and judge, 
 all thofe in the Kingdom, who have keeped the oath of God, and made 
 conference of their Covenant 5 (hail be found acceflory tothemurther 
 and ruine of the King, and all thofe who have perjured themfelves , and 
 made apoftafie from theCaufe&Coveoant,as he hath done,fhal be juftifi- 
 ed as the only rightous perfons ohheNation,as he is pleafed to ftylethem 
 in his Declaration. Neither is this the height of his iniblency & ambition, 
 but in the frontifpice of that pamphlet he is exalted to be Governour of 
 Scotland^ if it were aProvince orConqueredNation 3 q titlewhich ourAn- 
 ceftors would never endure in the perfon of any but i he King, & we truft 
 in God it fhall never take place in this nor any (bbiequent generation. Is 
 it not a fad & lamentable thing , that when his Majefly hath loft Poffeffi- 
 ch of the Kingdom of England j$ in little better condition for Ireland^ 
 only Scotland is defirous to imbrace him upon grant of their juft defires, 
 there fbnuld yet be fuch Couofeliors abaut his* Majefly, as would advife* 
 him no otherwayes to come to his Throne in Scotland but by Conqueft, 
 and before theConqueli be made,to declare the Governour s and to choofe 
 that Governour fucha ©ne as is more generally hated by many de- 
 grees thenany perfon. of the Nation ? what greater provocations can 
 be given then thefe, or what defigne worfe then this can be fet on foot to 
 make his Majefly and his poople irreconcilable? but we know that no 
 bounds can be fet to the wickednes of this malicious man who had rather 
 fee both King and Kingdome utterly ruined , then that his own defignes 
 fhouldfaile, and therefore we are very unwill.ng to think that thefe 
 things are done with his Majefties knowledg and approbation,but rather 
 that his Majefties name is abufed m that pretended Declaration, or if 
 there hath been any Commiffion granted unto him, that it hatf? been fur- 
 reptittoufty purchafed from his Majefly ; in which opinion wedefireto 
 reft, and fhall patiently wait for his Majefties Anfwerto our deiires now 
 again prefented to his Majefly in the Ifle oij-erfey. 
 
 Thefe things being duely weighed and confered by forrain Prinzes 
 and States, we trufl: that fince we have never done any injury or wrong 
 to them, but have rather been ready to perform all friendly duties in our 
 power as we have had occafion and opportunity, and feeing we only de- 
 f ire to enjoy our Religion and Liberties under his Majefly , according to 
 the word of God,and the Lawes and Confutations of this Kirk andKing- 
 dome, and arc mod willing, upon juft fatisfa&ion given to our deflres 
 pr efented to his Majefly , and publifccd. to the worjd in Print, not only 
 
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to receive his Majefty , and fubmit to his Government 5 but alfo to con- 
 tribute our bed endeavours by all lawfull and neceflary means according 
 to the Covenant, and the duty of faithfull Subjects, that his Majeily may 
 be reftored to the peaceable poffeflion of the government of his other 
 Kingdomesj they will be mindfull of that Common Rule of J ufticc 
 known by the light of nature , and confirmed by our Saviour Ghrift, 
 What foever ye Vtonld that men foould doe to you 9 doe fo to them. And 
 therefore as they would expect from us in the like cafe , we doe expe& 
 from them that they will neither contribute men nor monies s nor any o- 
 tber ayd or afliftance to a declared Traytor , who is neither feeking his 
 Maje'ties honour and happineffe, nor the good of his native country, but 
 meerly to fatisfie. his own lulls and ambitious ends, and dengnes. 
 
 Butinalpeciaiimannerwedoe expecl from all Proteftant Princes 
 and States, that they will remember what is faid to Iehofophat for affi- 
 iling Achab, Shouldfi thou help the ungodly y and love them that hate 
 the Lord , therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord, And 
 that as they defire to keep the Communion of Saints 9 they will forbeare 
 to give him cither countenance or afliftance, but look upon him as a per- 
 fon juftly excluded from civiil iociety for his Treafonable pra&ifes, and 
 excommunicated from the Church of Chrift , for his abominable tranf- 
 grefsions. 
 
 If he (hall come into this Kingdome,we are confident that all thofe in 
 whom the fenle of the fsare of God, duty to the King , and afFedions to 
 their native country, is not utterly decayed and extinguifhed, will hartily 
 and unanimoufly joy 1 to refill: and oppofe him,& to ufc their beft endea- 
 vours , that he may be brought to condigne ani exemplary punifhment. 
 
 But if there (hall be any found in the land fo foolifh , bafe , and trea- 
 cherous, as to hearken to the vain promifes,and empty profeflions of that 
 icandalous, wicked, and infamous Pamphietjpubiiilied under the name of 
 a Declaration of his Excellence James M^rqueffe of Monroffe ; Lieu- 
 tenant Governour , and Captain Generallfor his Majeftie of the King- 
 dom of Scotland, (which , in detefiation thereof, we have caufed burne 
 pubhckly at theOofse of Edinburgh, by the hand of the Common Hang- 
 man) and Ihall ayd or affift the faid Idmesgraham^'m his wicked defigns 
 againft Religion, King, and Kingdom. We doe hereby declare all fuch as 
 (hall joyn or concurre with him or his adherents in armes , to be guilty 
 of High Treafon, and to be poniflied and proceeded againft as the Parli- 
 ament or their Committees, (hall think fit; And doe further difcharge all 
 perfons of whatfoever quality or degree, to joyn with them in any Oath, 
 
 Band, 
 
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 Band, or Affociation whatfoever, or to aisift or fupply them and their ad- 
 herents, or any of them with Me a , Mony, Arrnes, Am munition , Viclu- 
 ail, Counfell, or Intelligence, or to keep aay fort of correfpondence pub- 
 lick or private with them , or any wayes to aid or countenance them or 
 any of them under thQ painofbeirig efte^med as Rebels , and proceeded 
 agalnft as the Parliament or their Committees flnil think' fit, and this we 
 declare to be inftead of ail Letters of intercommoning. And Power 
 and VVarrand is hereby given to all good fubje&s within the Kingdom, 
 to rife in Armes for oppofiog and (upprefsing all fuch as as ihall joyne in 
 Rebellion, as they (hall be called and required thereunto by the Lord 
 General! , Lieutenant General! , or any others having aathonty for that 
 effcdt And for the encouragement of ail fuch as (hail fufler in oppofing or 
 fupprefsing them. V Ve doe further declare, that not only she iofifes and 
 fufterinjs of fuch as (hail be active in the caufe again.fi them, lliail be ta- 
 ken in fpeciail conftderation , and repaired out of the Eftates of fuch as 
 fhall joyn in Rebellion, as aforefaidrbut their fervice fhall be rewarded, 
 according as they (hail be found to deferve; And we do ordain thde pre- 
 fents to be primed and publifhed at the Mercat Croffe o£EdMffrgb 7 znd 
 other ordinary places of publication needfull . 
 
 A. Ions to n . 
 Clericus %egijlri. 
 
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