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<P>A DECLARATION OF THE Marque&s;&s;e of Argyle, WITH The re&s;t of the Lords, and others of the E&s;tates of the Kingdom of Scotland, CONCERNING The Kings Maie&s;ty, And the Treaty; and their De&s;ires to the <HI>Parliament of England.</HI> Al&s;o their Propo&s;itions to Lievtenant-Generall <HI>Cromwell,</HI> and the Army in England. With a di&s;covery of the late De&s;igne put in practice by &s;ome Engli&s;h and Scots again&s;t both Kingdoms, and their further Advice thereupon.</P>
<P>Printed at <HI>Edenburgh</HI> by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> and re-printed at <HI>London</HI> for <HI>R. A.</HI> 16. <HI>Octob.</HI> 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>A Declaration of the Marque&s;&s;e of <HI>Argyle,</HI> with the re&s;t of the Lords, and others of the E&s;tates of the Kingdom of SCOTLAND.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Lords and others of the Commit|tee of E&s;tates of Scotland, according to the great tru&s;t repo&s;ed in them, whereof they are to make account to God and His Maje&s;tie, the next in|&s;uing Parliament, taking into their deepe&s;t and mo&s;t &s;erious con&s;idera|tion the be&s;t wayes of pre&s;erving the peace of this Kingdome, that all His Maje&s;ties good and dutifull Subjects may enjoy their Religion, Liberties and Lawes, which God in a &s;ingular and wonderfull pro|vidence hath vouch&s;afed them, and of the peace be|twixt the two Kingdomes &s;o unanimou&s;ly and happi|ly e&s;tabli&s;hed in the late Treaty of Peace, and in the Parliaments of both Kingdoms, have faithfully (by all good means) indeavoured to &s;ettle His Maje&s;ties Kingdomes, which through the unnaturall cruelty of many di&s;-affected and revolted per&s;ons, were from a peaceable condition turned into a Stage-of unexam|pled
<PB N="2" REF="3"> and unexpre&s;&s;able mi&s;eries to be looked upon as an horrid and dangerous example by this Kingdome; and by their earne&s;t &s;upplications to His Maje&s;tie, and their Declarations to the Parliament of England, but e&s;pecially by their earne&s;t de&s;ires for e&s;tabli&s;hing u|nity of Religion, and uniformity of Kirk-Govern|ment, and by the humble offer of their mediation to remove the unhappie differences, and quench the fire of a wa&s;ting warre begun betwixt His Maje&s;tie and his people, wherein His Maje&s;ties Per&s;on was expo&s;ed to &s;o great danger, and &s;o many thou&s;ands of his Sub|jects have already peri&s;hed: But finding to their great griefe the &s;ucce&s;&s;e no way an&s;werable to their endea|vours and expectations, and the trouble of the neigh|bour Kingdomes, and the dangers of this Kingdome daily ri&s;ing to a greater height then they by their care, coun&s;ell, and diligence, were able to remead or obirate, they re&s;olve for this and other cau&s;es which exerci&s;e and heavily pre&s;&s;e the Kingdome at this time, to call a Convention of E&s;tates, as the onely meanes which might by common Coun&s;ell, con&s;ent, and re&s;oluti|on take the be&s;t cour&s;e for repre&s;enting yet more &s;en|&s;ibly the&s;e manifold evills and dangers, and for over-coming by greater wi&s;dome the difficulties which were above their power.</P>
<P>And for acquitting them&s;elves in their tru&s;t, and for the &s;afety of the Kingdomes, they doe make the &s;ame publikely knowne to all His Maje&s;ties good Subjects, that being fore-warned of their danger, they may be upon their guards, and prepared again&s;t Forraign inva&s;ion, and Inte&s;tine plots and in&s;urrecti|ons, and e&s;pecially that the Noblemen, Commi&s;&s;io|ners
<PB N="3" REF="3"> of Shires and Burroughs, perceiving greater and more apparent nece&s;&s;ity of the Convention then they could have wi&s;hed or expected, meet in &s;uch celerity, and with &s;uch publike affection and di&s;po&s;ition of heart, as the pre&s;ent condition of affaires doth require and call for at their hands, and as be&s;eemeth the Lo|vers of their Religion, King and Countrey, which are in &s;o great danger, from Papi&s;ts, Athei&s;ts, and o|ther degenerated Countrey-men, who are no le&s;&s;e in|raged again&s;t this Kingdome even &s;ince the late Re|formation of this Kirk, then were their Predece&s;&s;ors at the fir&s;t Reformation of Religion, when their nego|tating was &s;o re&s;tle&s;&s;e, and their attempts &s;o many and malicious again&s;t the worke of God in this Land; nor is it without ob&s;ervation, that while His Maje&s;tie and the Parliament of England were about a Treaty, they con&s;pire, plot, and practi&s;e again&s;t the Religi|on, Rights, and Liberties e&s;tabli&s;hed, and a|gain&s;t the lives of His Maje&s;ties good Subjects, whereby they doe really manife&s;t to the world what the Kings Maje&s;tie again&s;t his Declarations, and his Subjects again&s;t their confidence grounded thereupon, may look for from their malice and power, if they &s;hall prevaile in the end.</P>
<P>Therefore as we cannot but acknowledge the un&s;peakable goodne&s;&s;e of God for our pre&s;ent deliverance, &s;o &s;hall we not be want|ing to make mention of the due honour and worth of tho&s;e Worthies, that were the in|&s;truments thereof, and give unto us their bro|therly
<PB N="4" REF="4"> a&s;si&s;tance at this time, when many of this Kingdome out of feare to pre&s;erve them|&s;elves, their wives and children from de&s;tru|ction of the &s;word and fire, were fled, the E|nemy roaring and tryumphing, po&s;&s;e&s;sing them&s;elves of the hou&s;es, Lands and E&s;tates of many Noblemen, Gentlemen and others of the be&s;t affected in both Kingdomes, to whom nothing was left but families without maintenance, honour without meanes, to &s;upport it, and were under all the grievances of warr.</P>
<P>Neither can any man of con&s;cience or ho|ne&s;ty, but remember the Treaty and Decla|rations of both Kingdomes, which are the &s;tronge&s;t bonds between man and man, and Nation and Nation, before the world: no man hath true zeale to Religion that will &s;hrink for &s;uch adver&s;ity and oppo&s;ition as hath been ordinary in the like work, and hath been obvious unto us &s;ince our fir&s;t un|dertaking; but hath been alwaies over-come by the a&s;si&s;tance of God: how great was the advantage the common Enemy thought they had attained, when they followed the
<PB N="5" REF="4"> old maxime, DIVIDE &amp; IMPERA; and thereby concluded, that the greate&s;t favour either Nation could expect, was to be the la&s;t that &s;hould be devoured.</P>
<P>As for His Maje&s;ty, we earne&s;tly intreat the Lord, that he may be furni&s;hed with wi&s;|dome and councell from above, that he be not involved in new &s;nares, to the indange|ring of him&s;elfe and the&s;e Kingdomes; but that his heart may incline to &s;uch re&s;olutions as will contribute for &s;etling of Religion and Righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e: And we hope that the Par|liament of England, the A&s;&s;embly of Divines and all &s;uch in that Land as unfeignedly fear God, will not be di&s;couraged nor &s;werve in the day of temptation, but that all of them in their &s;tations, and according to their &s;everall places and callings, may be furni&s;hed with light and &s;trength for doing of their duty with faithfullne&s;&s;e and zeal.</P>
<P>And it is the firm re&s;olution of our &s;elves, and the re&s;t of the Godly party in this King|dome, (by Gods grace) never to for&s;ake their Brethren of England; but again&s;t all oppo&s;ition with courage and con&s;tancy, to
<PB N="6" REF="5"> live and die with them; and as long as there is one drop in our veines, we re&s;olve never to relinqui&s;h this work, but to put our confi|dence in the ju&s;tne&s;&s;e of the cau&s;e, and in the invincible Power of God, tru&s;ting he will deliver us and all his people.</P>
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<P><HI>Ordered that this Declaration be pub|li&s;hed at the Market Cro&s;&s;e at Edenburgh, and other Burghs of this Kingdome, for the information of all His</HI> Maje&s;ties <HI>good Subjects within the &s;ame.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>A. P. Cler.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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