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<P>A COLLECTION OF PAPERS RELATING TO The Calling and Holding the Convention of ESTATES OF ENGLAND, At <HI>Westminster</HI> upon the <HI>22d.</HI> of <HI>January</HI> 1688/9.</P>
<P>AND THE MEETING of ESTATES OF SCOTLAND At <HI>Edinburgh</HI> the 14 of <HI>March</HI> 1689.</P>
<P>AND TO THE Procedures in the Conveyances of the CROWNS OF GREAT BRITAIN.</P>
<P>To Which is prefixed an INDEX of the &s;aid PAPERS.</P>
<P>EDINBURGH, Printed <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> MDCLXXXIX.</P>
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<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>A COLLECTION OF THE PAPERS RELATING TO ENGLAND.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="declaration">
<HEAD>The <HI>DECLARATION</HI> of the <HI>LORDS</HI> Spiritual and Temporal in and about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> A&s;&s;embled at <HI>Guildhall 11 De|cember 1688.</HI></HEAD>
<P>WE doubt not but the World believes that, in this Great and Dangerous Conjuncture, We are heartily and zea|lou&s;ly concerned for the Prote&s;tant Religion, the Laws of the Land, and the Liberties and Properties of the Subject. And We did rea&s;onably hope, that the King having I&s;&s;ued His Proclamation, and Writs for a Free Parliament, We might have re&s;ted Secure under the Expectation of that Meeting: But His Ma|je&s;ty having withdrawn Him&s;elf, and as We apprehend, in order to His De|parture out of this Kingdom, by the Pernicious Coun&s;els of Per&s;ons ill
<PB N="2" REF="3"> Affected to Our Nation and Religion; We cannot, without being wanting to Our Duty, be &s;ilent under tho&s;e Calamities, wherein the Popi&s;h Coun|&s;els which &s;o long prevailed, have mi&s;erably involved the&s;e Realms. We do therefore Unanimou&s;ly re&s;olve to apply Our Selves to his Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> who with &s;o great Kindne&s;s to the&s;e Kingdoms, &s;o va&s;t Expence, and &s;o much hazard to his own Per&s;on, hath Undertaken, by endeavouring to procure a Free Parliament, to re&s;cue Us, with as little Effu&s;ion, as po&s;&s;ible, of Chri&s;tian Blood from the imminent Dangers of Popery and Slavery.</P>
<P>And We do hereby Declare, That We will, with our utmo&s;t Endeavours, a&s;&s;i&s;t his Highne&s;s in the obtaining &s;uch a Parliament with all &s;peed, wherein Our Laws, Our Liberties and Properties may be Secured, the Church of <HI>England</HI> in particular, with a due Liberty to Prote&s;tant Di&s;&s;enters, and in general the Prote&s;tant Religion and Intere&s;t over the whole World may be Supported and Encouraged, to the Glory of God, the Happine&s;s of the E&s;tabli&s;hed Government in the&s;e Kingdoms, and the Advantage of all Princes and States in Chri&s;tendom, that may be herein concerned.</P>
<P>In the mean time, We will Endeavour to pre&s;erve, as much as in Us lies, the Peace and Security of the&s;e great and populous Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the parts Adjacent, by taking Care to Di&s;arm all Papi&s;ts, and Secure all Je&s;uits and Romi&s;h Prie&s;ts; who are in and about the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And if there be any thing more to be performed by Us, for promoting his Highne&s;s's Generous Intentions for the publick Good, We &s;hall be ready to do it as occa&s;ion &s;hall Require.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>W. Cant.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tho. Ebor.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pembroke.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Dor &s;et.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mulgrave.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thanet.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Carli&s;le.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Craven.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ailesbury</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Burlington.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Su&s;&s;ex.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Berkeley,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Roche&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Newport.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Weymouth.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>P Winche&s;ter</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>W. A&s;aph.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fran. Ely.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tho. Roffen.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tho. Petriburg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>P. Wharton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>North</HI> &amp; <HI>Gray.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chandos.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Montague.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>T. Jermyn.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Vaughan Carbery</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Culpeper.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Crewe.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>O&s;ul&s;ton.</HI></ITEM>
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<DIV2 TYPE="document">
<P>WHereas His Maje&s;ty hath privately this Morning withdrawn Him|&s;elf, We the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, who&s;e Names are Sub&s;cribed, being a&s;&s;embled at <HI>Guildhall</HI> in <HI>London,</HI> having agreed upon, and Signed a Declaration, Intituled, <HI>The Declaration of the Lords Spiri|tual and Temporal, in and about the Cities of</HI> London <HI>and</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter,
<PB N="3" REF="3"> <HI>a&s;&s;embled at</HI> Guildhall, 11 Dec. 1688. Do de&s;ire the Right Honourable the Earl of <HI>Pembroke,</HI> the Right Honourable the Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Weymouth,</HI> the Reverend Father in God the Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Ely</HI> and the Right Honour|able the Lord <HI>Culpeper,</HI> forthwith to attend his Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> with the &s;aid Declaration, and at the &s;ame time acquaint his High|ne&s;s with what We have farther done at the Meeting. Dated at <HI>Guildhall</HI> the 11th of <HI>December</HI> 1688.</P>
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<P><HI>WE the Peers of this Realm, being a&s;&s;embled with &s;ome of the Lords of the Privy Council, Do hereby</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">To <HI>Edward Jones</HI> Printer at the <HI>Savoy.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Order and Require You forthwith to print and publi&s;h the Declaration herewith &s;ent unto You. At the Council-Cham|ber in</HI> Whitehal, <HI>the</HI> 12th <HI>of</HI> December 1688.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>Tho. Ebor.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Halifax.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Kent.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Angle&s;ey.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Carli&s;le.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ailesbury.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Su&s;&s;ex.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Berkeley.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Nottingham.</ITEM>
<ITEM>P. Winche&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Petriburg</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Roffen.</ITEM>
<ITEM>North <HI>and</HI> Grey.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Chandos.</ITEM>
<ITEM>T. Jermyn.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Crewe.</ITEM>
<ITEM>O&s;ul&s;ton.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The <HI>LORDS</HI> Spiritual and Temporal A&s;&s;embled at the Hou&s;e of Lords, <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter</HI> December 25. 1688.</HEAD>
<P>WE the Lords Spiritual and Temporal A&s;&s;embled in this Conjuncture, Do De&s;ire Your Highne&s;s to take upon You the Admini&s;tration of publick Affairs, both Civil and Military, and the Di&s;po&s;al of the pub|lick Revenue, for the pre&s;ervation of our Religion, Rights, Laws, Liberties and Properties, and of the Peace of the Nation; And that Your Highne&s;s will take into Your particular Care, the pre&s;ent condition of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and endeavour by the mo&s;t &s;peedy and effectual means, to prevent the Dangers threatning that Kingdom: All which we make our Reque&s;ts to Your High|ne&s;s to undertake, and exerci&s;e, till the Meeting of the intended Conven|tion, the Two and twentieth of <HI>January</HI> next; in which we doubt not &s;uch proper Methods will be taken, as will conduce to the E&s;tabli&s;hment of the&s;e things upon &s;uch &s;ure and Legal Foundations, that they may not be in Dan|ger of being again &s;ubverted</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dated at the Hou&s;e of Lords,</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter, <DATE>December <HI>the five and twentieth,</HI> 1688.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<PB N="4" REF="4">
<P>WE the Lords Spiritual and Temporal A&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> in this Extraordinary Conjuncture, Do humbly De&s;ire Your High|ne&s;s to cau&s;e Letters to be written, &s;ub&s;cribed by Your &s;elf, to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, being PROTESTANTS, and to the &s;everal Counties, Univer&s;ities, Cities, Boroughs, and Cinque ports of <HI>England, Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Twede;</HI> the Letters for the Counties to be directed to the Coroners of the re&s;pective Counties; or any of them, and in Default of the Coroners the Clerk of the Peace of the re&s;pective Counties; and the Letters for the Univer&s;ities to be directed to the re|&s;pective Vice-Chancellors; and the Letters to the &s;everal Cities, Bo|roughs, and Cinque-ports, to be directed to the chief Magi&s;trate of each re&s;pective City, Borough and Cinque-port, containing directions for the choo&s;ing in all &s;uch Counties, Cities, Univer&s;ities, Boroughs and Cinque|ports, within ten Days after the receipt of the &s;aid re&s;pective Letters, &s;uch a number of per&s;ons to repre&s;ent them as are of right to be &s;ent to Parlia|ment; of which Elections, and the times and places thereof, the re&s;pective Officers &s;hall give notice within the &s;pace of five Days at lea&s;t. Notice of the intended Elections for the Counties to be publi&s;hed in the Churches im|mediately after the time of <HI>Divine-Service,</HI> and in all Market-Towns with|in the re&s;pective Counties; and notice of the intended Elections for the Cities, Univer&s;ities, Boroughs, and Cinque-ports, to be publi&s;hed within the &s;aid re&s;pective places. The &s;aid Letters and the Execution thereof to be returned by &s;uch an Officer and Officers, who &s;hall excute the &s;ame, to the Clerk of the Crown in the Court of <HI>Chancery,</HI> &s;o as the per&s;ons &s;o to be cho&s;en may meet and &s;it at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> on the two and twentieth Day of <HI>January</HI> next.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dated at the Hou&s;e of Lords,</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter, <DATE>December <HI>the</HI> 25th. 1688,</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>Both which were Signed by all the Lords Spiritual and Temporal then A&s;&s;embled, and pre&s;ented to His Highne&s;s the <HI>Prince of ORANGE</HI> the &s;ame day at St. <HI>James</HI>'s.</P>
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<HEAD>His Highne&s;s the Prince of ORANGE'S An&s;wer to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, at St. <HI>James</HI>'s <HI>December</HI> 28. 1688.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>MY LORDS,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I <HI>Have con&s;idered of Your Advice, and as far as I am able, I will endea|vour to &s;ecure the Peace of the Nation, until the Meeting of the Con|vention
<PB N="5" REF="4"> in</HI> January <HI>next, for the Election whereof I will forthwith i&s;&s;ue out Letters according to your De&s;ire; I will al&s;o take care to apply the publick Revenue to the mo&s;t proper &V;&s;es, that the pre&s;ent Affairs require; and likewi&s;e endeavour to put</HI> Ireland <HI>into &s;uch a Condition as that the</HI> PROTE|STANT RELIGION, <HI>and the</HI> Engli&s;h <HI>Intere&s;t may be Maintained in that Kingdom: And I farther a&s;&s;ure you, That as I came hither for the pre&s;er|vation of the</HI> PROTESTANT RELIGION, <HI>and the Laws and Liberties of the&s;e Kingdoms, &s;o I &s;hall always be ready to Expo&s;e my&s;elf to any Ha|zard for the Defence of the &s;ame.</HI></P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die <HI>Martis,</HI> 12 Februarii, 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>The Declaration of the <HI>Lords</HI> Spiritual and Temporal, and <HI>Commons</HI> A&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> Pre&s;ented to the <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Queen</HI> by the Right Honourable the Marque&s;s of <HI>Hallifax</HI> Speaker to the <HI>Hou&s;e of Lords.</HI> With <HI>His Maje&s;ty</HI>'s mo&s;t Gracious An&s;wer thereunto.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas the late King <HI>James</HI> the Second, by the A&s;&s;i&s;tance of divers Evil Coun&s;ellors, Judges, and Mini&s;ters Employ'd by Him, did endeavour to Subvert and Extirpate the Prote&s;tant Religion, and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom;</P>
<P>By A&s;&s;uming and Exerci&s;ing a Power of Di&s;pen&s;ing with, and Su&s;pend|ing of Laws, and the Execution of Laws, without Con&s;ent of Parliament</P>
<P>By Committing and Pro&s;ecuting divers worthy Prelates, for humbly Pe|titioning to be Excu&s;ed from concurring to the &s;aid a&s;&s;umed Power.</P>
<P>By i&s;&s;uing, and cau&s;ing to be Executed, a Commi&s;&s;ion under the Great Seal for erecting a Court called. <HI>The Court of Commi&s;&s;ioners for Eccle&s;ia&s;ti|cal Cau&s;es.</HI></P>
<P>By Levying Money for and to the U&s;e of the Crown, by pretence of Pre|rogative, for other time, and in other manner, than the &s;ame was granted by Parliament.</P>
<P>By rai&s;ing and keeping a &s;tanding Army within this Kingdom in time of Peace, without Con&s;ent of Parliament; and Quartering Souldiers contrary to Law.</P>
<P>By cau&s;ing &s;everal Good Subjects, being Prote&s;tants, to be Di&s;armed at the &s;ame time, when Papi&s;ts were both Armed and Imployed contrary to Law.</P>
<P>By violating the Freedom of Election of Members to &s;erve in Parliament.</P>
<PB N="6" REF="5">
<P>By pro&s;ecutions in the Court of <HI>Kings-Bench</HI> for Matters and Cau&s;es cognizable only in <HI>Parliament;</HI> and by divers other Arbitrary and Illegal Cour&s;es.</P>
<P>And whereas of late years Partial, Corrupt, and Unqualified Per&s;ons, have been returned and &s;erved on Juries in Trials, and particularly divers Jurors in Trials for High Trea&s;on, which were not Freeholders.</P>
<P>And Exce&s;&s;ive Bail hath been required of per&s;ons committed in Criminal Ca&s;es, to elude the benefit of the Laws made for Liberty of the Subjects.</P>
<P>And Exce&s;&s;ive Fines have been impo&s;ed.</P>
<P>And Illegal and Cruel Puni&s;hments inflicted.</P>
<P>And &s;everal Grants and Promi&s;es made of Fines and Forfeitures before any Conviction or Judgment again&s;t the per&s;ons upon whom the &s;ame were to be levied.</P>
<P>All which are utterly and directly contrary to the known Laws and Sta|tutes, and Freedom of this Realm.</P>
<P>And whereas the &s;aid late King <HI>James</HI> the Second, having Abdicated the the Government, and the Throne being thereby vacant,</P>
<P>His Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> (whom it hath plea&s;ed Almighty God to make the Glorious In&s;trument of Delivering this Kingdom from Popery and Arbitrary Power) did (by the Advice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and divers principal per&s;ons of the Commons) cau&s;e Letters to be written to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, being Prote|&s;tants, and other Letters to the &s;everal Counties, Cities, Univer&s;ities, Bur|roughs, and Cinque ports, for the chu&s;ing &s;uch per&s;ons to repre&s;ent them, as were of Right to be &s;ent to Parliament, to Meet and Sit at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> upon the 22d. day of <HI>January</HI> in this year 1688 9 in order to &s;uch an E&s;ta|bli&s;hment, as that their Religion, Laws and Liberties, might not again be in danger of being Subverted: Upon which Letters Elections having been accordingly made;</P>
<P>And thereupon the &s;aid Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, pur&s;uant to their re&s;pective Letters and Elections, being now A&s;&s;embled in a Full and Free Repre&s;entative of this Nation, taking into their mo&s;t &s;erious Con&s;ideration the be&s;t Means for attaining the Ends afore&s;aid, do in the fir&s;t place (as their Ance&s;tors in like Ca&s;e have u&s;ually done) for the Vindica|ting and A&s;&s;erting their Antient Rights and Liberties, Declare,</P>
<P>That the pretended power of Su&s;pending Laws, or the Execution of Laws, by Regal Authority, without Con&s;ent of Parliament, is Illegal.</P>
<PB N="7" REF="5">
<P>That the pretended Power of Di&s;pen&s;ing with Laws, or the Execution of Laws, by Regal Authority, as it hath been a&s;&s;umed and exerci&s;ed of late, is Illegal.</P>
<P>That the Commi&s;&s;ion for erecting the late <HI>Court of Commi&s;&s;ioners for Ec|cle&s;ia&s;tical Cau&s;es,</HI> and all other Commi&s;&s;ions and Courts of the like nature, are Illegal and Pernicious.</P>
<P>That levying Money for or to the U&s;e of the Crown, by pretence of Prerogative, without Grant of Parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the &s;ame is or &s;hall be granted, is Illegal.</P>
<P>That it is the Right of the Subjects to Petition the King, and all Com|mitments and Pro&s;ecutions for &s;uch Petitioning are Illegal.</P>
<P>That the rai&s;ing or keeping a &s;tanding Army within the Kingdom in time of Peace, unle&s;s it be with Con&s;ent of Parliament, is again&s;t Law.</P>
<P>That the Subjects which are Prote&s;tants may have Arms for their De|fence &s;uitable to their Condition, and as allowed by Law.</P>
<P>That Election of Members of Parliament ought to be free.</P>
<P>That the Freedom of Speech, and Debates or Proceedings in Parlia|ment, ought not to be impeached or que&s;tioned in any Court or place out of Parliament.</P>
<P>That Exce&s;&s;ive Bail ought not to be required, nor Exce&s;&s;ive Fines impo|&s;ed, nor cruel and unu&s;ual Puni&s;hments inflicted.</P>
<P>That Jurors ought to be duly empannell'd and return'd, and Jurors which pa&s;s upon Men in Trials for High-Trea&s;on ought to be Freeholders.</P>
<P>That all Grants and Promi&s;es of Fines and Forfeitures of particular per|&s;ons before Conviction, are Illegal and Void.</P>
<P>And that for redre&s;s of all Grievances, and for the amending, &s;trengthen|ing and pre&s;erving of the Laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.</P>
<P>And they do claim, demand, and in&s;i&s;t upon all and &s;ingular the Premi|&s;es, as their undoubted Rights and Liberties; and that no Declarations, Judgments, Doings, or Proceedings, to the prejudice of the people in any of the &s;aid premi&s;es, ought in any wi&s;e to be drawn hereafter into Con|&s;equence or Example.</P>
<P>To which Demand of their Rights they are particularly encouraged by the Declaration of His Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Orange.</HI> as being the only means for obtaining a full redre&s;s and remedy therein.</P>
<P>Having therefore an intire Confidence, that His &s;aid Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> will perfect the Deliverance &s;o far advanced by Him, and will
<PB N="8" REF="6"> &s;till pre&s;erve them from the violation of their Right, which they have here a&s;&s;erted, and from all other Attempts upon their Religion, Rights, and Liberties;</P>
<P>The &s;aid Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons a&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> do re&s;olve.</P>
<P>That <HI>William</HI> and <HI>Mary</HI> Prince and Prince&s;s of <HI>Orange</HI> be, and be de|clared, King and Queen of <HI>England, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Do|minions thereunto belonging, to hold the Crown and Royal Dignity of the &s;aid Kingdoms and Dominions, to Them the &s;aid Prince and Prince&s;s, du|ring their Lives, and the Life of the Surviver of them; And that the &s;ole and full Exerci&s;e of the Regal Power be only in, and executed by, the &s;aid Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> in the Names of the &s;aid Prince and Prince&s;s during their joint Lives; and after their Decea&s;es, the &s;aid Crown and Royal Dignity of the &s;aid Kingdoms and Dominions to be to the Heirs of the Body of the &s;aid Prince&s;s; and for default of &s;uch I&s;&s;ue, to the Prince&s;s <HI>Ann</HI> of <HI>Denmark,</HI> and the Heirs of Her Body; and for default of &s;uch I&s;&s;ue, to Heirs of the Body of the &s;aid Prince of <HI>Orange.</HI></P>
<P>And the &s;aid Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, do pray the &s;aid Prince and Prince&s;s of <HI>Orange</HI> to accept the &s;ame accordingly.</P>
<P>And that the Oaths hereafter mentioned be taken by all per&s;ons of whom the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy might be required by Law, in&s;tead of them; and that the &s;aid Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy be Ab|rogated.</P>
<Q><P>I <HI>A. B.</HI> do &s;incerely promi&s;e and &s;wear, That I will be faithful, and bear true Allegiance to Their Maje&s;ties King <HI>WILLIAM</HI> and Queen <HI>MARY.</HI></P>
<P>So help me God.</P></Q>
<Q><P>I <HI>A. B.</HI> do &s;wear, That I do from my heart Abhor, Detest, and Ab|jure, as Impious and Heretical, this Damnable Doctrine and Po&s;ition,<HI>That Princes Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope, or any Autho|rity of the See of <HI>Rome,</HI> may be Depo&s;ed or Murthered by their Subjects, or any other what&s;oever.</HI> And I do declare, That no Foreign Prince, Per&s;on, Prelate, State, or Potentate, hath, or ought to have any Juri&s;|diction, Power, Supremacy, Pre-eminence, or Authority Eccle&s;ia&s;tical or Spiritual, within this Realm.</P>
<P>So help me God.</P></Q>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Jo. Brown,</HI> Cleric' Parl.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<PB N="9" REF="6">
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Veneris 15 <HI>Feb.</HI> 1688.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties Gracious ANSWER to the DECLARATION of Both HOUSES.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords and Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THis is certainly the greate&s;t proof of the Tru&s;t you have in Us, that can be given, which is the thing that maketh Us value it the more; and We thankfully Accept what you have Offered. And as I had no o|ther Intention in coming hither, than to pre&s;erve your Religion, Laws and Liberties; &s;o you may be &s;ure, That I &s;hall endeavour to &s;upport them, and &s;hall be willing to concur in any thing that &s;hall be for the good of the Kingdom, and to do all that is in My power to Advance the Welfare and Glory of the Nation.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="document">
<HEAD>The Names of the <HI>LORDS Spiritual</HI> and <HI>Temporal,</HI> who De&s;erted, (not Prote&s;ted) again&s;t the Vote in the <HI>Hou&s;e of PEERS,</HI> the &s;ixth In&s;tant again&s;t the <HI>Word Abdicated,</HI> and the Throne <HI>Vacant,</HI> in the &s;ame Method as they Entred their Names in the <HI>Journal-Book.</HI></HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>Somer&s;et.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Exeter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Clarendon.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of</HI> Winche&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A. Bp. of</HI> York.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of</HI> Lincoln.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Aylsbury.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of</HI> Norwich.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of</HI> Chiche&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of</HI> Bath <HI>and</HI> Wells.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of St.</HI> Davids.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of</HI> Peterborough.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of Glouce&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Nottingham.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Litchfield.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Roche&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Fever&s;ham.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Berckley.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of</HI> Landaff.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dartmouth.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Griffin.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bp. of</HI> Bri&s;tol.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Pembrook.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ormond.</ITEM>
<PB N="10" REF="7">
<ITEM>Beauford.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Brook.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Germayne.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Scar&s;dale.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Maynard.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Northumberland,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Arundel.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Chandois.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Leigh.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Delaware.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Grafton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Abingdon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Craven.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="account">
<HEAD>An <HI>ACCOUNT</HI> of the Proclaiming the <HI>KING</HI> and <HI>QUEEN</HI></HEAD>
<P>YE&s;terday Morning the Hou&s;e of Lords and Commons met, and went in a Body with their Speakers and Maces to the <HI>Banqueting-Hou&s;e,</HI> where the Yeomen of the Guard made a Lane on both &s;ides, through which the Lords and Commons pa&s;t towards the <HI>Throne;</HI> and the Prince and Prince&s;s met them &s;ome part of the way; where, after the Lords and Commons had paid their Re&s;pects, the Clerk of the Hou&s;e of Lords, read the Vote of both Hou&s;es. That King <HI>James</HI> the Second Abdicated the Go|vernment, by endeavouring to Subvert the Con&s;titution of the Kingdom, and breaking the Original Contract between <HI>King</HI> and <HI>People,</HI> &amp;c. And by the Advice of <HI>Je&s;uits,</HI> and other Wicked per&s;ons, had Violated the <HI>Funda|mental Laws;</HI> And having withdrawn him&s;elf out of the Kingdom, had Forfeited the Government, and the <HI>Throne</HI> was thereby Vacant, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> They proceeded al&s;o to read the Preliminary Heads of tho&s;e Grievances, with the Oaths (in&s;tead of tho&s;e of Allegiance and Supremacy) which being ended, the Prince &s;ignified his Acceptance of the Crown, pur&s;uant to tho&s;e Grievances to be Redre&s;&s;ed, and was plea&s;ed to add, That as he came hither to pre&s;erve them from the Violation of their Rights, and maintain|ing the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> &s;o he would per&s;evere in it as long as he Liv'd, and Redre&s;s all other Illegal practi&s;es as &s;hould come before him; and he would choo&s;e rather to take their Advice than his own, being re&s;olved to con&s;ult with them frequently; upon which there was a great &s;hout for Joy
<PB N="11" REF="7"> in the <HI>Banqueting-Hou&s;e,</HI> which was followed by another in and about <HI>White Hall,</HI> and forthwith the Heralds proclaimed the Prince and Prin|ce&s;s KING and QUEEN of <HI>England, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and Territories thereunto belonging before <HI>White Hall</HI> Gate, and then pro|ceeded to performe the &s;ame at <HI>Temple-Bar,</HI> the <HI>Royal-Exchange,</HI> &amp;c. Which was perform'd with a greater A&s;&s;embly of Nobility, Gentry, and Citizens, than ever appear'd at the proclaiming of any <HI>King</HI> or <HI>Queen</HI> be|fore.</P>
<CLOSER>And &s;o God &s;ave King <HI>WILLIAM</HI> and Queen <HI>MARY,</HI> and Ble&s;s them with long Life and happy Raign.</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="form of oath">
<HEAD>The Form of the Intended CORONATION OATH Agreed upon by the COMMITTEE.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>A Bi&s;h</SPEAKER>
<P>WILL <HI>You &s;olemnly promi&s;e and Swear to Govern the Peo|ple of this Kingdom of</HI> England, <HI>and the Dominions there|to belonging, according to the Statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the Laws and Cu&s;tomes of the &s;ame?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King</SPEAKER>
<P>I &s;olemnly promi&s;e &s;o to do.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>A. Bi&s;h.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Will You to Your Power cau&s;e Law and Ju&s;tice in Mercy to be Executed in all Your Judgements?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King</SPEAKER>
<P>I will.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>A. Bi&s;h.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Will You to the utmo&s;t of Your Power Maintain the Laws of God, the true profe&s;&s;ion of the Go&s;pel, and the Prote&s;tant Reformed Reli|gion
<PB N="12" REF="8"> E&s;tabli&s;hed by Law? And will You pre&s;erve unto the Bi&s;hops and Clergy of this Realm, and to the Churches committed to their Charge, all &s;uch Rights and Priviledges as by Law do, or &s;hall appertain unto them, or any of them?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King</SPEAKER>
<P>All this I will promi&s;e to do.</P>
</SP>
<STAGE>After this the King laying His Hand upon the Holy-Go&s;pel, &s;hall &s;ay,</STAGE>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<P>All things which I have here before Promi&s;ed, I will perform and keep.</P>
<P>So help me God.</P>
</SP>
<STAGE>Then the King &s;hall Ki&s;s the Book.</STAGE>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="collection of papers">
<PB N="13" REF="8">
<HEAD>A COLLECTION OF THE PAPERS RELATING TO SCOTLAND.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="warrant">
<HEAD>Warrand of Conveening the Nobility and Gentry of <HI>Scotland</HI> at <HI>London</HI> for the Time.</HEAD>
<P>THe&s;e are to Require you <HI>William Spence,</HI> to Adverti&s;e the Lords and Gentlemen of the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> who&s;e Names are con|tain'd in a Li&s;t given to you That We de&s;ire Them to meet Us at St. <HI>James</HI>'s, upon <HI>Monday</HI> the &s;eventh In&s;tant <HI>January</HI> by Three of the Clock in the Afternoon. Given at St. <HI>James</HI>'s the <HI>5th.</HI> day of <HI>Janu|ary,</HI> 1688 9.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Sic Sub&s;cribitur<LB> W. H. PRINCE of ORANGE.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="account">
<PB N="14" REF="9">
<HEAD>His Highne&s;s the Pince of ORANGE His SPEECH to the SCOTS Lords and Gentlemen: With their ADDRESS, and His Higne&s;s ANSWER.</HEAD>
<HEAD>With a true Account of what pa&s;t at their Meeting in the Council Chamber, at <HI>Whitehall, Jan. 7th.</HI> 1688 9.</HEAD>
<P><HI>His Highne&s;s the</HI> PRINCE <HI>of</HI> Orange <HI>having cau&s;ed Adverti&s;e &s;uch of the</HI> Scots <HI>Lords and Gentlemen, as were in Town, met them in a Room at</HI> St. James's <HI>upon</HI> Monday <HI>the</HI> Seventh <HI>of</HI> January <HI>at three of the Clock in the Afternoon, and bad this Speech to them.</HI></P>
<Q><TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="speech">
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords and Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><Q>THE only Rea&s;on that induced me to undergo &s;o great an Undertak|ing, was, That I &s;aw the <HI>Laws</HI> and <HI>Liberties</HI> of the&s;e Kingdoms overturned, and the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion</HI> in Eminent Danger; and &s;eeing you are here &s;o many Noblemen and Gentlemen, I have called you to|gether, that I may have your Advice, what is to be done for <HI>Securing</HI> the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> and <HI>Restoring</HI> your <HI>Laws</HI> and <HI>Liberties,</HI> according to my Declaration.</Q></P>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT></Q>
<P>As &s;oon as His Highne&s;s had retired, the Lords and Gentlemen went to the Council Chamber at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> and having cho&s;en the Duke of <HI>Ha|milton</HI> their Pre&s;ident, they fell a Con&s;ulting, what Advice was fit to be given to His Highne&s;s in this Conjuncture; and after &s;ome Hours rea&s;oning, they agreed upon the Materials of it, and appointed the Clerks, with &s;uch as were to a&s;&s;i&s;t them, to draw up in Writing, what the Meeting thought expedient, to Advi&s;e His Highne&s;s, and to bring it in to the Meeting, the next day in the Afternoon.</P>
<P><HI>Tue&s;day</HI> the Eighth In&s;tant, the Writing was pre&s;ented in the Meeting. and &s;ome time being &s;pent in Rea&s;oning about the fitte&s;t way of Conveening a General Meeting of the E&s;tates of <HI>Scotland:</HI> At la&s;t the Meeting came to Agree in their Opinion, and appointed the Advice to be Writ clean over, according to the Amendments. But as they were about to part, for that Dyet the Earl of <HI>Arran</HI> Delivered him&s;elf as follows.</P>
<Q><PB N="15" REF="9">
<TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="speech">
<OPENER><SALUTE>My LORDS,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have all the Honnour and Deference for the <HI>Prince of Orange</HI> imagi|nable I think him a Brave Prince, and that we owe him great Obligati|ons, in Contributing &s;o much for our Delivery from <HI>Popery.</HI> But while I pav tho&s;e Prai&s;es, I cannot Violate my Duty to my Ma&s;ter. I mu&s;t di&s;tin|gui&s;h between his <HI>Popery</HI> and his <HI>Per&s;on.</HI> I di&s;like the one, but have &s;worn and do owe Alledgeance to the other; which makes it impo&s;&s;ible for me to &s;ign away that which I cannot forbear believing is the KING my Ma&s;ter's Right. For his pre&s;ent ab&s;ence from us, by being in <HI>France,</HI> can no more affect my Duty, than his longer ab&s;ence from Us in <HI>SCOTLAND</HI> has done all this while.</P>
<P>My Lords,</P>
<P>The Prince in his Paper de&s;ires Our Advice, Mine is, That We &s;hould move his Maje&s;ty to Return and Call a free Parliament, for the &s;ecuring our Religion and property, according to the known Laws of that Kingdom; Which in my humble Opinion, will at la&s;t be &s;ound the be&s;t way to Heal all our Breaches,</P>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT></Q>
<P><HI>This Propo&s;al &s;eemed to di&s;&s;atisfy the whole meeting, and the Duke of</HI> Hamilton <HI>their Pre&s;ident, Father to the Earl, but they pre&s;ently parted.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> the ninth of <HI>January,</HI> They met at three of the Clock in the &s;ame Room, and Sir <HI>Patrick Hume</HI> took notice of the Propo&s;al made by the Earl of <HI>Arran,</HI> and de&s;ired to know if there was any there that would &s;econd it: But none appearing to doe it he &s;aid, That what the Earl had propo&s;ed, was evidently oppo&s;it and inimicous to His <HI>Highne&s;s</HI> the Prince of <HI>Orange's</HI> Undertaking, his Declaration, and the Good Intentions of Pre&s;erving the <HI>Prote&s;tant</HI> Religion, and of Re&s;toring their Laws and Liberties expre&s;t in it. And further, de&s;ired that the Meeting &s;hould declare this to be their Opinion of it. The Lord <HI>Cardro&s;s</HI> &s;econded Sir <HI>Patricks</HI> Motion; It was an&s;wered by the Duke of <HI>Hamilton</HI> Pre&s;ident of the Meeting, That their bu&s;ine&s;s was to prepare an advice to be offered to the Prince; and the advice being now ready to go to the Vote, there was no need that the Meeting &s;hould give their Sen&s;e of the Earls Propo&s;al, which neither before nor after Sir <HI>Patricks</HI>
<PB N="16" REF="10"> Motion, any had pretended to own or &s;econd; &s;o that it was fallen, and out of doors; and that the Vote of the Meeting, upon the Advice brought in by their Order, would &s;ufficiently declare their Opinion: Thus being &s;econded by the Earl of <HI>Sutherland</HI> and the Lord <HI>Cardro&s;s,</HI> Sir <HI>Patrick</HI> did acquie&s;ce and the Meeting Voted unanimou&s;ly the Addre&s;s following.</P>
<Q><TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="address">
<OPENER><SALUTE>To His Highne&s;s the PRINCE of ORANGE.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>WE the Lords and Gentlemen of the Kingdom of Scotland A&s;&s;embled at your Highne&s;s's de&s;ire in this Extraordinary Conjunction, do give your Highne&s;s our humble and hearty thanks for your Pious and Gene|rous undertaking, for pre&s;erving of the Prote&s;tant Religion, and Re&s;toring the Laws and Liberties of the&s;e Kingdoms.</P>
<P>In Order to the Attaining of the&s;e Ends, our humble advice and de&s;ire is, That your Highne&s;s take upon you the Admini&s;tration of all Affairs, both Civil and Military; the Di&s;po&s;al of the publick Revenues and Fortre&s;|&s;es of the Kingdom of Scotland, and the doeing every thing that is nece&s;&s;ary for the Pre&s;evation of the Peace of the Kingdom, until a General meeting of the States of the Nation, which we humbly de&s;ire your Highne&s;s to call, to be holden at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> the fourteenth day of <HI>March</HI> next. by your Letters or Proclamation to be publi&s;hed at the Market Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and other Head-Buroughs of the &s;everal &s;hires and Stewartries as &s;ufficient intimation to all concerned, according to the Cu&s;tom of the Kingdom: And that the publi|cation of the&s;e your Letters or Proclamation, be by the Sheriff or Stewart Clerks, for the Free-holders, who have the value of Lands, holden accor|ding to Law, for making Elections; And by the Town-Clerks of the &s;everal Buroughs, for the Meeting of the whole Burge&s;&s;es of the re&s;pective Royal-Buroughs, to make their Elections, at lea&s;t Fifteen Days before the Meet|ing of the E&s;tates at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and the re&s;pective Clerks to make Intima|tion thereof, at lea&s;t Ten Dayes before the Meetings for Elections: and that the whole Electors and Members of the &s;aid Meeting at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> qua|lified as above expre&s;t, be <HI>Prote&s;tants,</HI> without any other Exception, or Limitation what&s;oever; to Deliberate and Re&s;olve what is to be done for Securing the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> and Re&s;toring the Laws and Liberties
<PB N="17" REF="10"> of the Kingdom, according to Your Highne&s;s's Declaration. Dated at the Council-Chamber in <HI>Whitehall</HI> the tenth day of <HI>Jan.</HI> 1689.</P>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT></Q>
<P>This Addre&s;s being Sub&s;cribed by Thirty Lords, and about Four&s;core Gentlemen, was pre&s;ented in their pre&s;ence at St. <HI>James</HI> by the Duke of <HI>Hamilton</HI> their Pre&s;ident, to His Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> who Thanked them for the Tru&s;t they repo&s;ed in him, and de&s;ired a Time to con&s;ider upon &s;o weighty an Affair.</P>
<P>Upon the Fourteenth of <HI>January,</HI> His Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> met again with the <HI>Scots</HI> Lords and Gentlemen, at St. <HI>James</HI>'s; and &s;pake to them as follows.</P>
<Q><TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="speech">
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords and Gentlemen.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IN pur&s;uance of Your Advice. I will, until the Meeting of the E&s;tates in <HI>March</HI> next, give &s;uch Orders concerning the Affairs of <HI>Scotland</HI> as are nece&s;&s;ary for the calling the &s;aid Meeting, for the pre&s;erving of the Peace; the Applying the publick Revenue to the mo&s;t pre&s;&s;ing U&s;es, and and putting the Fortre&s;&s;es in the Hands of Per&s;ons, in whom the Nation can have a Ju&s;t Confidence: And I do farther a&s;&s;ure you, That you will always find Me ready to concur with You in every Thing that may be found nece&s;&s;ary for Securing the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> and Re&s;toring the <HI>Laws</HI> and <HI>Liberties</HI> of the <HI>Nation.</HI></P>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT></Q>
<P>The Earl of <HI>Crawford</HI> de&s;ired of His Highne&s;s, That him&s;elf, the Earl of <HI>Louthian,</HI> and others, come to Town &s;ince the Addre&s;s was pre&s;ented, might have an opportunity to Sub&s;cribe it; which was accordingly done: His Highne&s;s retired, and all &s;hewed great Satisfaction with His An&s;wer.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="declaration">
<PB N="18" REF="11">
<HEAD>A DECLARATION By His Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Orange;</HI> for the keeping of the Peace, <HI>&amp;c,</HI> in the Kingdom of SCOTLAND.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>WILLIAM HENRY, By <HI>the Grace of</HI> GOD, <HI>Prince of</HI> Orange. <HI>&amp;c.</HI></SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>WHEREAS the Lords and Gentlemen of the Kingdom of <HI>Scot|land</HI> met at <HI>Whitehall</HI> at Our De&s;ire, to advi&s;e Us what was to be done for Securing the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> and Re&s;toring the Laws and Liberties of that Kingdom, Have de&s;ired us to call a Meeting of the E&s;tates in <HI>March</HI> next, and in the mean while to take upon us the Admini&s;tration of publick Affairs, both Civil and Military, the di&s;po&s;al of the publick Revenue and Fortre&s;&s;es, and the doing every thing that is nece&s;&s;ary for the pre&s;erv|ing of the Peace.</P>
<P>We being de&s;irous to Omit nothing that may tend to the publick Good and Happine&s;s of that Kingdome, Have (in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Advice) I&s;&s;ued forth Our Orders for the Calling of the &s;aid Meeting of the E&s;tates; And to the end that in the mean time the publick peace, and the Fortre&s;&s;es may be Secured, and the Revenue Collected, we do hereby will and Require all Per&s;ons being Prote&s;tants that are at pre&s;ent in the Po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Offices of Sheriffs, Ju&s;tices of the Peace, Magi&s;trats of Burghs, Baillies of Regalities, Stewards of Sewartries, Governours or Lieu|tenants of Fortre&s;&s;es, keepers of Pri&s;ons or Pri&s;oners, or in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any inferior Offices and Places of the like nature; and likewayes all Per|&s;ons being Prote&s;tants that are in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any office or Imployment, in Collecting, Receiving, Managing or ordering of the publick revenue, to take upon them, and to continue in the Exerci&s;e of the &s;aids Offices and plac|es Re&s;pectively, Doing and Ordering every thing, which the Tru&s;t repo&s;ed
<PB N="19" REF="11"> in them, according to the Nature of the &s;aids Offices, requires to be done, and ordered in the u&s;ual Manner, Form and Method; and we do in a parti|cular manner Authorize, Impower and Require, &s;uch of them to whom the Care of pre&s;erving the Peace and Quiet of the Nation belongs; To u&s;e all dili|gence for Supre&s;&s;ing all Routs, Tumults, Di&s;orders, Violences, and &s;uch other Unwarrantable Practices as are contrary to it: And we do hereby expre&s;ly prohibit and di&s;charge all Di&s;turbance and Violence upon the account of Religion, or the Exerci&s;e thereof, or any &s;uch like pretence, and that no Inter|ruption be made, or if any hath been made, that it Cea&s;e, in the Free and peaceable Exerci&s;e of Religion, whether it be in the Churches, or in the pub|lick and private meetings, of tho&s;e of a different Per&s;wa&s;ion. Requiring, Likeas we do hereby Require all Prote&s;tants, as they love the Good of their Countrey, and Religion, and are willing in their &s;everal Stations, and Ca|pacities to concurre with Us, in our Endeavours to bring Matters to a Hap|py and De&s;ireable Settlement, that they will live peaceably together, and without Di&s;quieting or Mole&s;ting one another; Enjoy their &s;everal Opinions and Forms of Wor&s;hip, whether according to Law or otherwayes, with the &s;ame Freedom, and in the &s;ame manner, in which they did Enjoy them in the Month of <HI>October</HI> la&s;t, till &s;uch time, as by Regular and Legal Methods a due Temper may be fallen on, for Compo&s;ing and Settling tho&s;e Differen|ces: And to the End; that the Peace may be the more effectually Secured; We Require all Men, or Numbers of Men in Arms, by vertue of any order or Authority, and under any Title and De&s;ignation what&s;oever, whether they be &s;tanding Forces, or Militia Forces, Modelled into Regular Troups, and kept on Foot, as &s;tanding Forces, to Separat, Di&s;mi&s;s, and Disband them&s;elves; Likeas we do hereby Disband them, and appoint them to Retire to their re&s;pective Dwellings, with full a&s;&s;urance to them, that care &s;hall be taken in due time for their having their Pay, if any &s;hall be found due to them. And we do farther prohibite and Di&s;charge, all per&s;ons in time com|ing to take Arms, or to continue in Arms upon any pretence what&s;oever, without a commi&s;&s;ion, or an Expre&s;s order from Us. Excepting from what is above Written, Likeas, We do hereby Except the Gari&s;ons of the For|tre&s;&s;es, and the Company of Foot entertained by the Town of <HI>Edin|burgh,</HI> for the Guard of the &s;aid Town, whom we do appoint to con|tinue in the Exerci&s;e of their duty (they being Prote&s;tants) in the &s;aids Gari&s;ons and Town. And whereas, &s;everal <HI>Roman Catholicks</HI> have been, and are &s;till in the po&s;&s;en&s;&s;ion of the Places and Offices above|mentioned:
<PB N="20" REF="12"> We do hereby Require them to leave the &s;aid Offices and Places; and to retire to their &s;everal Dwelling-hou&s;es, where we forbid and Di&s;charge all Per&s;ons to Di&s;quiet, Di&s;turb, or Mole&s;t them any manner of way: And We appoint the next immediat Prote&s;tant Officers in the Fortre&s;&s;es, where Governours, Deputy-Governours, or other Officers are <HI>Roman Catholicks,</HI> to take upon them the Cu&s;tody of the &s;aids Fortre&s;&s;es, and in the &s;ame manner that the Prote&s;tants concerned in the Collecting and Managing of the Reve|nue, and the Keeping of the Peace, do Supply by their Diligence, the Va|cancies that are, or may happen to be in places of the like nature; This Our Declaration to be of force, and to take effect till the &s;aid Meeting of the E&s;tates in <HI>March</HI> next; and to be without prejudice to any other Orders we may think fit to give to any Per&s;on, or Per&s;ons, for the ends above-mention|ed, And we do farther order this our Declaration to be Printed and Pub|li&s;hed at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and Printed Copies of the &s;ame to be given, or &s;ent to the Shirreffs, and Stewart-Clerks of the &s;everal Shires and Stewartries, whom we do hereby Require to publi&s;h the &s;ame upon the fir&s;t Mercat-day after the receipt thereof, at the Cro&s;&s;es of the Head Burghs of their re&s;pective Shires and Sewartries, in the due and u&s;ual manner.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at St.</HI> Jame'<HI>s</HI> <DATE><HI>the Sixth day of</HI> February, <HI>in the Year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred eighty eight and nine.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><HI>W. H.</HI> Prince of <HI>Orange.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="letters">
<HEAD>COPY of the LETTERS by the Prince of ORANGE to the three E&s;tates of <HI>Scotland,</HI> for Sitting in the Meeting of E&s;tates at <HI>Edinburgh 14 March</HI> 1689.</HEAD>
<DIV3 TYPE="letter">
<HEAD>LETTER <HI>to the</HI> BISHOPS <HI>and</HI> LORDS.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Locus Sigilli</NOTE></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>MY LORD,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>WHEREAS the Lords and Gentlemen of the Kingdom of <HI>Scot|land,</HI> met at <HI>Whitehall</HI> at Our De&s;ire, to Advi&s;e what is to be done for Securing the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> and Re&s;toring the Laws and Li|berties
<PB N="21" REF="12"> of that Kingdom according to Our Declarations, have for the attain|ing of the&s;e Ends De&s;ired Us to call a Meeting of the E&s;tates to be holden at <HI>Edinburg</HI> in <HI>March</HI> next. and to make &s;ufficient Intimation of the &s;ame by Our Letters to all Per&s;ons who of Right ought to be at the &s;aid Meeting, We being De&s;irous to do every Thing that may Tend to the Publick Good and Happine&s;s of that Kingdom; In pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Advice, Do by this Our Letter, De&s;ire your Lord&s;hip to Meet and Sit in the &s;aid Meeting of the E&s;tates at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> the <HI>14th</HI> Day of <HI>March</HI> next.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at St. <HI>James'</HI> s <DATE>the Fifth of February in the Year of Our Lord 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>To the Lord <GAP DESC="blank"></TRAILER>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Sic Sub&s;cribitur W. H. PRINCE of ORANGE.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="letter">
<HEAD>LETTER <HI>to the</HI> SHIRES.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Locus Sigilli</NOTE></HEAD>
<P>WHEREAS the Lords and Gentlemen of the Kingdom of <HI>Scot|land,</HI> met at <HI>White-Hall,</HI> at Our De&s;ire, to Advi&s;e Us what is to be done, for Securing the Prote&s;tant Religion, and Re&s;toring the Laws and Liberties of that Kingdom, according to Our Declarations, have de|&s;ired Us, for the attaining of the&s;e Ends, to call a Meeting of the E&s;tates, to be holden at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> in <HI>March</HI> next.</P>
<P>We being de&s;irous to do every thing that may tend to the Publick Good and Happine&s;s of that Kingdom, have re&s;olved to call the &s;aid Meeting a|gain&s;t the fourteenth day of the &s;aid Month of <HI>March:</HI> And do therefore, in Pur&s;uance, and according to the Tenor of the &s;aid Advice, require you, upon the receipt of this Our Letter, to give publick Intimation of the &s;ame, upon the fir&s;t Mercat Day, at the Cro&s;s of the Head Burrough, of the Shire of in the due and u&s;ual manner; and to appoint a day to be at lea&s;t eight Days after the &s;aid Intimation, for the Meeting of the Freeholders, at the Head Burrough of the &s;aid Shire, to choo&s;e their Com|mi&s;&s;ioners for the Meeting of the E&s;tates at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> the &s;aid fourteenth day of <HI>March,</HI> and to leave a Copy hereof; and of your Intimation, con|taining
<PB N="22" REF="13"> the &s;aid day for Elections, affixed on the &s;aid Cro&s;s: The Free|holders being Prote&s;tants, and having the value of Lands, required by the Law, for making Elections; And the Commi&s;&s;ioners being Prote|te&s;tants, without any other Exception or Limitation And We do far|ther Require you to take care, I hat the Letters herewith &s;ent to you, be delivered to the Bi&s;hops and Lords, to whom they are directed within the &s;aid Shire: Or, in their Ab&s;ence, to be left at their Dwelling Hou&s;es, be|fore Witne&s;&s;es, and an Atte&s;t to be returned thereupon to the Convention:</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at St. <HI>James's</HI> <DATE>the fifth day of Feb in the year of our Lord, 1689.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Sic Sub&s;cribitur W. H. PRINCE of ORANGE.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>To the Sheriff-Clerk of the Shire of <GAP DESC="blank"></TRAILER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="letter">
<HEAD>LETTER <HI>to the</HI> BURROUGHS.</HEAD>
<NOTE PLACE="marg">Locus Sigilli</NOTE>
<P>WHEREAS the Lords and Gentlemen of the Kingdom of <HI>Scot|land,</HI> me at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> at Our de&s;ire, to Advi&s;e Us what is to be done, for Securing the Prote&s;tant Religion, and Re&s;toring the Laws and Liberties of that Kingdom, according to Our Declarations, have de&s;ired Us, for the attaining the&s;e Ends, to call a Meeting of the E&s;tates, to be holden at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> in <HI>March</HI> next.</P>
<P>WEE being De&s;irous to do every Thing that may Tend to the publick Good and Happine&s;s of that Kingdom, have Re&s;olved to call the &s;aid Meet|ing again&s;t the Fourteenth Day of the &s;aid Month of <HI>March</HI> next; and do therefore in pur&s;uance, and according to the Tenor of the &s;aid Advice, Re|quire you upon the Receipt of this Our Letter, to make publick Intimation of the &s;ome on the fir&s;t Mercat Day at the Cro&s;s of the Royal Burrough of <GAP DESC="blank"> in the u&s;ual manner, and to appoint a Day, to be at lea&s;t Five Days after the &s;aid Intimation for the whole Burge&s;&s;es to meet and chu&s;e their Commi&s;&s;ioners for the &s;aid Meeting of the E&s;tates at <HI>Edinburgh</HI> the &s;aid Fourteenth Day of <HI>March,</HI> a Copy of this Our Letter and of your Intimation, containing the Day of Election to be left affixt on the &s;aid Cro&s;s. The Burge&s;les and Commi&s;&s;ioners being Prote&s;tants, without any
<PB N="23" REF="13"> other Exception or Limitation. And that you Report your Diligence here|in to the Convention.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at St. <HI>James'</HI>s <DATE>the fifth day of <HI>Feb.</HI> in the Year of Our Lord 1689.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Sic Sub&s;cribitur W. H. PRINCE of ORANGE.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>To the Town Clerk of the Town of <GAP DESC="blank"></TRAILER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="proclamation">
<HEAD><HI>A</HI> PROCLAMATION, <HI>Declaring</HI> WILLIAM <HI>and</HI> MARY KING <HI>and</HI> QUEEN <HI>of</HI> England, <HI>to be</HI> KING <HI>and</HI> QUEEN <HI>of</HI> Scotland Edinburgh, April <HI>11th.</HI> 1689.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas the E&s;tates of the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> by their Act of the date of the&s;e Pre&s;ents, have Re&s;olved, that <HI>William</HI> and <HI>Mary,</HI> King and Queen of <HI>England, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Be, and be Declared King and Queen of <HI>Scotland.</HI> to hold the Crown and Royal Dignity of the &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> to them the &s;aid King and Queen during their Lives, and the longe&s;t Liver of them, and that the Sole and Full Exerci&s;e of the Regal Power, be only in, and Exerci&s;ed by, the &s;aid King, in the Names of the &s;aid King and Queen, during their joint Lives. As al&s;o, the E&s;tates having re&s;olved, and enacted an In&s;trument of Government, or claim of Right, to be pre&s;ented with the offer of the Crown, to the &s;aid King and Queen. They do Statute and Ordain, That <HI>William</HI> and <HI>Mary</HI> King and Queen of <HI>England, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland;</HI> be accordingly forthwith proclaim|ed King and Queen of <HI>Scotland,</HI> at the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> by the Lyon King at Arms, or his Deputs, his Brethren Heraulds, Macers and Pur&s;evants, and at the Head-Burghs of all the Shires, Stewartries, Baillia|ries, and Regalities within the Kingdom, by Me&s;&s;engers at Arms.</P>
<CLOSER>Extract|ed forth of the Records of the Meeting of the E&s;tates, by me
<SIGNED>JA. DALRYMPLE, <HI>Cls.</HI></SIGNED><LB> GOD Save KING WILLIAM and QUEEN MARY.</CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="declaration">
<PB N="24" REF="14">
<HEAD>The <HI>DECLARATION</HI> of the <HI>E&s;tates</HI> of the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> Containing the Claim of Right, and the Offer of the <HI>CROWN</HI> to their <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> King <HI>WILLIAM</HI> and Queen <HI>MARY.</HI> Together with the <HI>Grievances</HI> Repre&s;ented by the <HI>E&s;tates,</HI> and Their <HI>MAJESTIES</HI> Oath at Their Acceptance of the <HI>CROWN.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the Eleventh day of <HI>April.</HI> 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>WHereas King <HI>James</HI> the Seventh, being a profe&s;t <HI>Papi&s;t,</HI> did A&s;|&s;ume the Regal Power, and Acted as King, without ever taking the Oath Required by Law, whereby the King, at His Acce&s;s to the Govern|ment, is oblidged to Swear, to maintain the Prote&s;tant Religion, and to Rule the People According to the Laudable Laws; and did by the Advice of Wicked and Evil Coun&s;ellers, Invade the Foundamental Con&s;titution of this Kingdom, and Altered it from a Legal Limited Monarchy, to an Arbitrary De&s;potick Power; And in a Publick Proclamation, a&s;&s;erted an Ab&s;olute Power, to ca&s;s, annul and di&s;&s;able all the Laws, Particularly Arrainging the Laws, e&s;tabli&s;hing the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> and did Exerce that Power, to the Subver&s;ion of the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> and to the Violation of the Laws and Liberties of the Kingdom.</P>
<P>By Erecting Publick Schools, and Societies of the <HI>Je&s;uits;</HI> and not only allowing <HI>Ma&s;s</HI> to be publickly &s;aid, but al&s;o inverting <HI>Protestant</HI> Chap|pels and Churches to publick <HI>Ma&s;s-Hou&s;es,</HI> contrary to the Expre&s;s Laws again&s;t Saying and hearing of <HI>Ma&s;s.</HI></P>
<P>By allowing <HI>Popi&s;h-Books</HI> to be Printed, and di&s;per&s;ed by a Gift to a <HI>Popi&s;h</HI> Printer; De&s;igning him Printer to his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, Colledge and Chappel, contrary to the Laws.</P>
<P>By taking the Children of Noblemen and Gentlemen, &s;ending and keep|ing them abroad, to be bred <HI>Papi&s;ts,</HI> making great Fonds and Dotations to <HI>Popi&s;h</HI> Schools and Colledges abroad; be&s;towing Pen&s;ions upon <HI>Prie&s;ts,</HI> and Perverting <HI>Prote&s;tants</HI> from their Religion, by offers of Places, Preferments and Pen&s;ions.</P>
<P>By di&s;-arming <HI>Protestants,</HI> while at the &s;ame time he Imployed <HI>Papi&s;ts</HI> in the Places of greate&s;t Tru&s;t, Civil and Military; Such as Chancellor, Se|cretaries, Privy Coun&s;ellers, and Lords of Se&s;&s;ion, Thru&s;ting out Prote&s;tants,
<PB N="25" REF="14"> to make Room for <HI>Papi&s;ts,</HI> and entru&s;ted the Forts and Magazins of the Kingdom in their Hands.</P>
<P>By Impo&s;ing Oaths contrary to Law.</P>
<P>By giving Gifts and Grants for Exacting Money, without Con&s;ent of <HI>Parliament,</HI> or Convention of <HI>E&s;tates.</HI></P>
<P>By Levying or keeping on Foot a &s;tanding Army in time of Peace with|out Con&s;ent of Parliament, which Army did exact Locality, free and dry Quarters.</P>
<P>By Imploying the Officers of the Army, as Judges through the Kingdom, and Impo&s;ing them where there were Heretable Offices and Juri&s;dictions, by whom many of the Leidges were put to Death &s;ummarly, without Legal Tryal, Jury or Record.</P>
<P>By Impo&s;ing Exorbitant Fines, to the Value of the Parties E&s;tates, Ex|acting Extravagant Baile; and di&s;po&s;ing Fines and Forefeitures before any Proce&s;s or Conviction.</P>
<P>By Impri&s;oning per&s;ons without expre&s;&s;ing the Rea&s;on, and delaying to put them to Tryal.</P>
<P>By cau&s;ing Pur&s;ue and Forefeit &s;everal Per&s;ons upon &s;tretches of old and ob&s;olete Laws, upon frivolous and weake Pretences, upon Lame and De|fective Probations; as particularly the late Earle of <HI>Argyl,</HI> to the Scandal and Reproach of the Ju&s;tice of the Nation.</P>
<P>By Subverting the Right of the Royal Burghs, the third E&s;tate of <HI>Parlia|ment,</HI> Impo&s;ing upon them not only Magi&s;trats, but al&s;o the whole Town-Council, and Clerks, contrary to their Liberties, and Expre&s;s Charters without the Pretence either of Sentence, Surrender, or Con&s;ent; So that the Commi&s;&s;ioners to <HI>Parliaments</HI> being cho&s;en by the Magi&s;trats and Council, the King might in effect as well nominat that intire E&s;tate of <HI>Par|liament,</HI> and many of the &s;aids Magi&s;trats put in by him, were avowed <HI>Pa|pi&s;ts,</HI> and the burghs were forced to pay Mony for the Letters, Impo&s;ing the&s;e Illegal Magi&s;trats and Councils upon them.</P>
<P>By &s;ending Letters to the Chief Court of Ju&s;tice, not only ordaining the Judges to &s;top and de&s;i&s;t <HI>&s;ine die</HI> to determine Cau&s;es; but al&s;o ordaining and Commanding them how to proceed, in Ca&s;es depending before them, con|trary to the Expre&s;s Laws; and by changing the Nature of the Judges Gifts <HI>advitam aut culpam,</HI> and giving them Commi&s;&s;ions <HI>ad beneplacitum,</HI> to di&s;po&s;e them to compliance with Arbitrary Cour&s;es, and turning them out of their Officis when they did not Comply.</P>
<PB N="26" REF="15">
<P>By granting Per&s;onal Protections for Civil Debts, contrary to Law.</P>
<P>All which are utterly and directly contrary to the known Laws, Statutes and Freedoms of this Realm.</P>
<P>Therefore the E&s;tates of the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> Find and Declare, that King <HI>James</HI> the Seventh being a Profe&s;t <HI>Papi&s;t,</HI> did a&s;&s;ume the Regal Power, and Acted as King, without ever taking the Oath required by Law, and hath by the Advice of Evil and Wicked Coun&s;ellers, Invaded the Fun|damental Con&s;titution of the Kingdom, and altered it from a Legal Limi|ted Monarchy, to an Arbitrary De&s;potick Power, and hath Exerci&s;ed the &s;ame, to the Subver&s;ion of the <HI>Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> and the Violation of the Laws and Liberties of the Kingdom, Inverting all the ends of Govern|ment, whereby he hath Forefeited the Right to the Crown, and the Throne is become Vacant.</P>
<P>And whereas His Royal Highne&s;s, <HI>William</HI> then Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> now King of <HI>England;</HI> whom it hath plea&s;ed Almighty GOD to make the Glorious In&s;trument of delivering the&s;e Kingdoms from <HI>Popery,</HI> and Arbi|trary Power, Did, by the Advice of Several Lords and Gentlemen of this Nation, at <HI>London</HI> for the time, call the E&s;tates of this Kingdom to meet the Fourteenth of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t, In Order to &s;uch an E&s;tabli&s;hment, as that their Religion, Laws and Liberties might not be again in Danger of being Subverted; And the &s;aids E&s;tates being now A&s;&s;embled, in a Full and Free Repre&s;entative of this Nation, Taking to their mo&s;t &s;erious Con&s;ideration, the be&s;t Means for attaining the Ends afore&s;aid, Do, in the fir&s;t place, as their Ance&s;tors in the like Ca&s;es have u&s;ually done, for the Vindicating and A&s;&s;erting their Antient Rights, and Liberties, Declare.</P>
<P>That by the Law of this Kingdom, no <HI>Papi&s;t</HI> can be King or Queen of this Realm, nor bear any Office what&s;oever therein; nor can any <HI>Prote|&s;tant Succe&s;&s;or</HI> exerci&s;e the Regal Power, until He or She Swear the Coro|nation Oath.</P>
<P>That all Proclamations a&s;lerting an Ab&s;olute Power, to Ca&s;s, Annull, and Di&s;able Laws, the Erecting Schools and Colledges for <HI>Je&s;uits,</HI> the In|verting <HI>Prote&s;tant</HI> Chappels and Churches to publick <HI>Ma&s;s-Hou&s;es,</HI> and the allowing <HI>Ma&s;s</HI> to be &s;aid, are contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the Allowing Popi&s;h Books to be Printed and Di&s;per&s;ed, is con|trary to Law.</P>
<PB N="27" REF="15">
<P>That the taking the Children of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others, &s;ending and keeping them abroad to be bred Papi&s;ts, the making Fonds and Dotations ro Popi&s;h Schools and Colledges, the be&s;towing Pen&s;ions on Prie&s;ts, and the perverting Prote&s;tants from their Religion, by offers of Places, Preferments, and Pen&s;ions, are contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the Di&s;arming of <HI>Prote&s;tants,</HI> and Imploying of <HI>Papi&s;ts</HI> in the places of greate&s;t Tru&s;t, both Civil and Military, the thru&s;ting out of <HI>Pro|te&s;tants,</HI> to make room for <HI>Papists,</HI> and the intru&s;ting <HI>Papi&s;ts</HI> with the Forts and Magazines of the Kingdom, are contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the Impo&s;ing Oaths without Authority of Parliament, is contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the giving Gifts or Grants for rai&s;ing of Money, without the con|&s;ent of Parliament, or Convention of E&s;tates is contrary to Law</P>
<P>That the Imploying the Officers of the Army as Judges through the Kingdom, or Impo&s;ing them where there were Heretable Offices and Ju|ri&s;dictions, and the putting the Leidges to death &s;ummarly, and without Legal Tryal, Jury, or Record, are contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the Impo&s;ing of extraordinary Fines, the exacting of exorbitant Baile, and the di&s;po&s;ing of Fines, and Forfeitures before Sentence, are contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the Impri&s;oning per&s;ons, without expre&s;&s;ing the Rea&s;on thereof, and delaying to put them to Tryal, is contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the cau&s;ing Pur&s;ue and Forfeit per&s;ons, upon &s;tretches of old and ob&s;olete Laws, upon frivolous and weak pretences, upon lame and defective Probation, as particularly the late Earl of <HI>Argile,</HI> are contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the Nominating and Impo&s;ing the Magi&s;trates, Councils, and Clerks, upon Burghs, contrary to their Liberties, and expre&s;s Charters, is contrary to Law</P>
<P>That the &s;ending Letters to the Courts of Ju&s;tice, Ordaining the Judges to &s;top or de&s;i&s;t from Determining Cau&s;es, or Ordaining them how to pro|ceed in Cau&s;es depending before them, and the changing the nature of the Judges Gifts <HI>ad vitam aut culpam,</HI> into Commi&s;&s;ions <HI>dur ante beneplacito,</HI> are contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the granting Per&s;onal Protections for Civil Debts, is contrary to Law.</P>
<PB N="28" REF="16">
<P>That the forcing the Leidges to Depone again&s;t them&s;elves in Capital Crimes, however the puni&s;hment be re&s;tricted, is contrary to Law</P>
<P>That the u&s;ing Torture without Evidence, or in ordinary Crimes, is con|trary to Law.</P>
<P>That the &s;ending of an Army in an Ho&s;tile manner, upon any part of the Kingdom, in a peaceable time, and exacting of Locality, and any man|ner of free Quarters, is contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the Charging of the Leidges with Law-borrows at the King's in|&s;tance, and the Impo&s;ing of Bonds without the Authority of Parliament, and the Su&s;pending Advocats from their Imployment for not Compearing when &s;uch Bonds were offered, were contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the putting of Gari&s;ons in private Mens Hou&s;es in time of eace, without their con&s;ent, or the Authority of Parliament, is contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That the Opinions of the Lords of Se&s;&s;ion in the two Ca&s;es following, were contrary to Law, <HI>viz. 1&s;t.</HI> That the concealing the demand of a Supply for a Forefeited Per&s;on although not given, is Trea&s;on. <HI>2d.</HI> That Per&s;ons refu&s;ing to di&s;cover what are their private Thoughts and Judg|ments, in relation to points of Trea&s;on, or other mens Actions, are guilty of Trea&s;on.</P>
<P>That the Fining Husbands for their Wives withdrawing from the Church, was contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That Prelacy and the Superiority of any Office in the Church, above Presbyters, is and hath been a great and in&s;upportable Grievance and Trouble to this Nation, and contrary to the Inclinations of the Generality of the People, ever &s;ince the Reformation (they having Reformed from Popery by Presbyters) and therefore ought to be Aboli&s;hed.</P>
<P>That it is the Right and Priviledge of the Subjects, to prote&s;t for Remeed of Law to the King and Parliament, again&s;t Sentences pronounced by the Lords of Se&s;&s;ion, providing the &s;ame do not &s;top Execution of the&s;e Sentences.</P>
<P>That it is the Right of the Subjects to Petition the King, and that all Im|pri&s;onments and Pro&s;ecutions for &s;uch Petitioning, are contrary to Law.</P>
<P>That for Redre&s;s of all Grievances, and for the Amending, Strengthning, and Pre&s;erving of the Laws, Parliaments ought to be frequently called, and allowed to &s;it, and the freedom of Speech and Debate &s;ecured to the Members.</P>
<PB N="29" REF="16">
<P>And they do Claim, Demand, and In&s;i&s;t upon all and &s;undry the Pre|mi&s;&s;es, as their undoubted Rights and Liberties, and that no Declarations Doings, or Proceedings, to the prejudice of the people, in any of the &s;aids Premi&s;&s;es, ought in any wi&s;e to be drawn hereafter, in Con&s;equence or Example, but that all Fore&s;eiturs, Fines, lo&s;s of Offices, Impri&s;onments, Bani&s;hments, Pur&s;uits, Per&s;ecutions, Tortures, and rigorous Executions be con&s;idered, and the Parties Le&s;ed be Redre&s;&s;ed,</P>
<P>To which Demand of their Rights, and Redre&s;&s;ing of their Grievances, they are particularly encouraged by his Maje&s;ty, the King of <HI>England</HI> His Declaration for the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> of the day of <HI>October</HI> la&s;t, as being the only means for obtaining a full Redre&s;s and Remedy therein.</P>
<P>Having therefore an entire Confidence, that His &s;aid Maje&s;ty, the King of <HI>England,</HI> will perfect the Deliverance &s;o far advanced by Him, and will &s;till pre&s;erve them from the Violation of their Rights, which they have here A&s;&s;erted, and from all other Attempts upon their Religion, Laws and Li|berties.</P>
<P>The &s;aid E&s;tates of the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> Do Re&s;olve <HI>WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>MARY,</HI> King and Queen of <HI>England, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Be, and be Declared King and Queen of <HI>Scotland,</HI> to hold the Crown and Royal Dignity of the &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> to Them the &s;aid King and Queen, during their Lives, and the longe&s;t Liver of them, and that the Sole and Full Exerci&s;e of the Regal Power, be only in, and Exerci&s;ed by Him the &s;aid King, in the Names of the &s;aid King and Qeen, during their Joynt Lives, and after their Decea&s;e, the &s;aid Crown and Royal Dignity of the &s;aid Kingdom, to be to the Heirs of the Body of the &s;aid Queen, which failing, to the Prince&s;s <HI>Ann</HI> of <HI>Denmark,</HI> and the Heirs of her Body, which al&s;o failing to the Heirs of the Body of the &s;aid <HI>WILLIAM</HI> King of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>And they do Pray the &s;aid King and Queen of <HI>England</HI> to accept the &s;ame accordingly.</P>
<P>And that the Oath hereafter mentioned, be Taken by all Prote&s;tants of whom the Oath of Allegiance, and any other Oaths and Declarations might be required by Law, in &s;lead of them, and that the &s;aid Oath of Allegiance, and other Oaths and Declarations may be Abrogated.</P>
<Q><PB N="30" REF="17">
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<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="oath">
<HEAD>The OATH.</HEAD>
<P>I. A. B. <HI>Do &s;incerely Promi&s;e and Swear, That I will be Faithful, and bear True Allegiance to Their Majesties, King</HI> WILLIAM <HI>and Queen</HI> MARY.</P>
<CLOSER>So help me God.</CLOSER>
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<P>And the E&s;tates do Ordain, That this Declaration be Ingro&s;&s;ed in Parch|ment, and Recorded in the Regi&s;ter Books of Parliament.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="document">
<HEAD>Follows the Grievances Repre&s;ented by the E&s;tates of the Kingdom of <HI>SGOTLAND,</HI> to the <HI>KING</HI> s mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, to be Redre&s;&s;ed in <HI>PARLIAMENT.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THe E&s;tates of the Kingdome of <HI>Scotland,</HI> Do Repre&s;ent, that the Com|mittee of Parliament, Called the Articles, is a great Grievance to the Nation, and that there ought to be no Committees of Parliament, but &s;uch as are freely Cho&s;en by the E&s;tates, to prepare Motions and Overtures that are fir&s;t made in the Hou&s;e.</P>
<P>That the fir&s;t Act of Parliament 1669. Is incon&s;i&s;tent with the E&s;tabli&s;h|ment of the Church Government, now de&s;ired, and ought to be Abrogat|ed.</P>
<P>That Forefeitures in prejudice of Va&s;&s;als, Creditors and Heirs of Entail, are a great Grievance.</P>
<P>That the obliging the Liedges to Depone upon Crimes again&s;t Delin|quents, otherwayes than when they are Adduced in &s;pecial proce&s;&s;es, as Witne&s;&s;es, is a great Grievance.</P>
<P>That A&s;&s;izes of Error are a Grievance, and that Juries be con&s;idered by Parliament.</P>
<P>That the eighteenth Act of Parliament 1681. Declaring a Cumulative Ju|ri&s;diction, is a Grievance.</P>
<P>That the Commi&s;iariot Courts, as they are now Con&s;titute, are a Grie|vance.</P>
<PB N="31" REF="17">
<P>That the Twenty &s;eventh Act of Parliament 1663. Giving to the King Power to Impo&s;e Cu&s;tom at plea&s;ure, upon Forraign import and Trade, is a Grievance and prejudicial to the Trade of the Nation.</P>
<P>That the not taking an effectual Cour&s;e to repre&s;s the Depredations and Robberies by the Highland Clans, is a Grievance.</P>
<P>That the Bani&s;hment by the Council of the greate&s;t part of the Advocats from <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> without a proce&s;s, was a Grievance.</P>
<P>That the mo&s;t of the Laws Enacted in the Parliament <HI>Anno</HI> 1685. are Im|pious and Intollerable Grievances.</P>
<P>That the Marriage of a King or Queen of this Realm to a Papi&s;t, is Dan|gerous to the Prote&s;tant Religion, and ought to be provided again&s;t.</P>
<P>That the Levying, or keeping on Foot a &s;tanding Army in time of Peace, without con&s;ent of Parliament, is a Grievance.</P>
<P>That all Grievances relating to the Manner and Mea&s;ure of the Leidges, their Repre&s;entation in Parliament be Con&s;idered and Redre&s;&s;ed in the fir&s;t Parliament.</P>
<P>That the Grievances of the Burrows be con&s;idered and Redre&s;&s;ed in the fir&s;t Parliament.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="oath">
<HEAD>The <HI>OATH</HI> taken by the <HI>King</HI> and <HI>Queen</HI> at Their Acceptance of the <HI>Grown</HI> of <HI>Scotland.</HI></HEAD>
<P>WE WILLIAM and MARY, King and Queen of <HI>Scotland,</HI> Faith|fully Promi&s;e and Swear by this Our Solemn <HI>OAIH,</HI> in pre&s;ence of the Eternal <HI>GOD,</HI> That during the whole Cour&s;e of Our Life, We will Serve the &s;ame Eternal <HI>GOD,</HI> to the utmo&s;t of our Power, according as He has Required in his mo&s;t Holy Word, Revealed and Contained in the Old and New Te&s;taments; and according to the &s;ame Word, &s;hall Main|tain the True Religion of Chri&s;t Je&s;us, the Preaching of His Holy Word, and the due and right Mini&s;tration of the Sacraments, now Received and Preached within the Realm of <HI>Scotland;</HI> and &s;hall Aboli&s;h and Gain&s;tand all Fal&s;e Religion, contrary to the &s;ame; and &s;hall Rule the People com|mitted to Our Charge, according to the Will and Command of GOD, Re|vealed in His afore&s;aid Word, and according to the Love able Laws and
<PB N="32" REF="18"> Con&s;titutions, Received in this Realm, no ways Repugnant to the &s;aid Word of the Eternal GOD, and &s;hall procure to the uttermo&s;t of Our Power, to the Kirk of God, and whole Chri&s;tian People, true and perfect Peace, in all time coming, That We &s;hall pre&s;erve and keep Inviolated the Rights and Rents, with all ju&s;t priviledges of the Crown of <HI>Scotland;</HI> Nei|ther &s;hall We Transfer nor Alienat the &s;ame; That We &s;hall Forbid and Repre&s;s, in all E&s;tates and Degrees, Reif, Oppre&s;&s;ion, and all kind of Wrong; And We &s;hall command and procure, That Ju&s;tice and Equity in all Judgments, be keeped to all per&s;ons without Exception, as the Lord and Father of all Mercies &s;hall be merciful to Us: And We &s;hall be Careful to Root out all Hereticks and Enemies to the true Wor&s;hip of GOD, that &s;hall be Convict by the True Kirk of GOD, of the fore&s;aids Crimes, out of Our Lands and Empire of <HI>Scotland</HI> And We Faithfully Affirm the Things above written by Our Solemn Oath.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Signed by Us at <HI>Whitehall,</HI> <DATE>the Eleventh Day of <HI>May,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred four&s;core and nine years.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>WILLIAM R.</ITEM>
<ITEM>MARY R.</ITEM>
</LIST></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="document">
<OPENER><DATELINE>At <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the 21 of <HI>June</HI> 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>HIs Maje&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ioner, and the E&s;tates of Parliament, Do ordain the Declaration of the E&s;tates of this Kingdom, containing the claim of Right, and the offer of the Crown to their Maje&s;ties King <HI>William</HI> and Queen <HI>Mary;</HI> with the Grievances Repre&s;ented by the E&s;tates, and the Oath taken and Signed by the King and Queen, at their acceptance of the Crown, to be Printed.</P>
<CLOSER>Extracted out of the Records of Parliament, by
<SIGNED>AL. GIBSON <HI>Cls.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">INIS.</TRAILER>
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<PB REF="18">
<HEAD>THE INDEX. PAPERS Relating to ENGLAND.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>THe Declaration of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in and about the Cities of</HI> London <HI>and</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter <HI>A&s;&s;embled at</HI> Guild hall 11 December 1688. Page 1</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Lords Spiritual and Temporal A&s;&s;embled at the Hou&s;e of Lord's</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter December 25. 1688. <HI>Their de&s;ire to the Prince of</HI> Orange <HI>to take upon Him the Admini&s;tration of publick Affairs till the meeting of the Convention.</HI> p. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The &s;aids Lords their De&s;ire to his Highne&s;s to I&s;&s;ue out Writs for calling a Convention of Estates the</HI> 22 January 1689. p. 4</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>His Highne&s;s the Prince of</HI> Orange's <HI>An&s;wer to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal at</HI> St. James's December 28. 1688. Ibid.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Grievances of</HI> England, <HI>together with the offer of the</HI> CROWN <HI>to the Prince and Prince&s;s of</HI> Orange. <HI>With the Oath of Allegiance and Su|premacy.</HI> p. 5</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>His Maje&s;ties Gracious An&s;wer thereto.</HI> p. 9</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Names of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, who De&s;erted (not Protested) against the Word</HI> Abdicated <HI>and the Throne Vacant.</HI> Ibid.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>An Account of the Proclaiming the King and Queen.</HI> p. 10</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Coronation Oath.</HI> p. 11</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="table of contents">
<PB REF="19">
<HEAD>THE INDEX. PAPERS Relating to SCOTLAND:</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>W <HI>and for Conveening the Nobility and Gentry of</HI> Scotland, <HI>at</HI> London <HI>for the time.</HI> page 13.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Prince of</HI> Orange <HI>his Speech to the</HI> Scots <HI>Lords and Gentlemen, with their</HI> Addre&s;s <HI>and his Highne&s;s</HI> An&s;wer. <HI>With a true Account of what pa&s;t at their Meeting in the Council Chamber at</HI> Whitehall Jan. 7 1689. p. 14</ITEM>
<ITEM>A <HI>Declaration by his Highne&s;s the Prince of</HI> Orange <HI>for keeping of the Peace,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>In the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland. p. 18</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Copy of the Letters by the Prince of</HI> Orange <HI>to the three E&s;tates of</HI> Scot|land <HI>for Sitting in the Meeting of E&s;tates at</HI> Edinburgh 14 March 1689 p. 20</ITEM>
<ITEM>A <HI>Proclamation declaring</HI> William <HI>and</HI> Mary <HI>King and Queen of</HI> England <HI>to be King and Queen of</HI> Scotland. p. 23</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The Declaration of the Estates of the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland; <HI>containing the Clam of Right and the Offer of the</HI> CROWN <HI>to their Majesties King</HI> William <HI>and Queen</HI> Mary. <HI>Together with the Grievances repre&s;ented by the E&s;tates, and their Majesties Oath at their Acceptance of the</HI> CROWN. p. 24</ITEM>
</LIST>
<TRAILER>FINIS</TRAILER>
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