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<P>The Humble De&s;ires OF THE Commi&s;sioners in Scotland, To the KINGS Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;tie.</P>
<P>With their hearty reque&s;ts to unite the King and Parliament.</P>
<P>As al&s;o, The NAMES of the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners.</P>
<P>WITH An Order of the Hou&s;e of Commons, te&s;tifying their loving acceptance, and thankfulne&s;&s;e for their brotherly care of the Pub|lique welfare.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>William Guy.</HI> 1642. July 5.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="petition of Scottish commissioners">
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<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>To the KINGS Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;tie. The Humble De&s;ires OF THE Commi&s;sioners in Scotland.</HEAD>
<P>WEe Your Maje&s;ties humble and faith|full Subjects, Con&s;idering that the mutuall relation betwixt Your Maje|&s;ties Kingdome of <HI>SCOTLAND</HI> and <HI>ENG|LAND,</HI> is &s;uch, as they mu&s;t &s;tand or fall toge|ther, and the di&s;turbances of the one, mu&s;t needs di&s;|quiet and di&s;temper the Peace of the other, as hath beene often acknowledged by them both: And
<PB N="2" REF="3"> e&s;pecially in the late Treatie which is ratified in Par|liament, and confirmed by the publicke Faith of the E&s;tates of Your Maje&s;ties Ancient and Native King|dome of <HI>Scotland,</HI> So that they are bound to main|taine the Peace and Liberties of one another, be|ing highly concerned therein, as the a&s;&s;ured meanes of the &s;afety and pre&s;ervation of your own: And finding our &s;elves warranted and obliged by all meanes to labour to keepe a right under&s;tanding be|tweene Your Maje&s;tie and Your People, to c<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n|firme that Brotherly affection begun betwixt the t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o Nations, to advance their Unitie by all &s;uch wayes as may tend to the glory of God, and the peace of the Church and &s;tate of both Kingdomes. And like|wi&s;e to proffer our &s;ervice for removing all Jealou&s;ies and mi&s;takings which may ari&s;e betwixt Your Ma|je&s;tie and this Kingdome, and our be&s;t indea|vours for the better e&s;tabli&s;hment of the Affaires and quiet of the &s;ame: That both Your Maje&s;ties Kingdomes of <HI>Scotland</HI> and <HI>England</HI> may be United in the enjoying of the Liberties and Peace under Your Maje&s;ties Scepter, which is the mo&s;t a&s;&s;ured foundation of Your Maje&s;ties Honour and Great|ne&s;&s;e, and of the &s;ecurity of Your Royal<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Per<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">n, Crowne, and Dignitie: We have take<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the bold|ne&s;&s;e to &s;hew Your Maje&s;tie, that We are <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ear|tily &s;orry and greiv'd to behold the&s;e Di&s;tractions, which encrea&s;e dayly betwixt. Your Maje&s;tie and Your People, And which we conceive are enter|tain'd by the wicked Plots and Practi&s;es of Papi&s;ts, Prelates, and their adherents, who&s;e aime in all the&s;e Troubles, hath been not onely to prevent all
<PB N="3" REF="3"> further Reformation, but al&s;o to &s;ubvert the purity and truth of Religion within all Your Maje&s;ties King|domes; For which end, their con&s;tant endeavours have beene to &s;tirre up devi&s;ion between Your Ma|je&s;tie and Your People; by the que&s;tioning the Au|thority of Parliaments, and the lawfull Liberties of the Subjects, and really weakning Your Maje&s;ties Power and Authority Royall, upon pretence of defending the &s;ame. Whereof, by Gods providence, being di&s;appointed in Your Maje&s;ties Kingdome of <HI>Scotland,</HI> they have now converted their mi&s;chievous coun&s;els, con&s;piracies, and attempts to produce the&s;e di&s;tempers in Your Maje&s;ties Kingdomes of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI> And rherefore according to our duty to Your Maje&s;ty, to te&s;tifie our brotherly affection to the&s;e Kingdomes, and to quit our &s;elves of the tru&s;t impo&s;ed on us; We do make offer of our humble endeavours for compo&s;ing the&s;e differences. And to that purpo&s;e do be&s;eeeh Your Maje&s;ty in the&s;e extremities, to have recour&s;e to the &s;ound and faith|full advice of the Honourable Hou&s;es of Parliament. And to repo&s;e thereupon, as the onely a&s;&s;ured and happy means to e&s;tabli&s;h the pro&s;perity and quiet of this Kingdome. And in the depth of Your Royall Wi&s;edome to con&s;ider and prevent the&s;e apprehen&s;i|ons of fear, which may po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e the hearts of Your Maje&s;ties Subjects in Your other Kingdomes, if they &s;hall conceive the authority of Parliaments, and the Rights and Liberties of the Subject to be here called in que&s;tion: And we are confident, if Your Maje&s;ty &s;hall be gratiou&s;ly plea&s;ed to take in good part, and give ear to the&s;e our faithfull and humble de&s;ires,
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<PB N="4" REF="5"> that the &s;ucce&s;s of Your Maje&s;ties affaires, how&s;oever now perplexed, &s;hall be happy to Your Maje&s;ty, and joyfull to all Your People: over whom that Your Maje&s;ty may long and pro&s;perou&s;ly raigne, is the con&s;tant and fervent prayer of us,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Maje&s;ties faithfull Subjects and Servants;
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<ITEM>Earle <HI>Lothian.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Earle <HI>Linde&s;ay.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lord <HI>Balmerino.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Thomas Morton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Thomas Hope.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Archibald John&s;ton</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Burge&s;&s;es.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Iohn Smith.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;ter <HI>Robert Barklay.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;ter <HI>Patrick Bell.</HI></ITEM>
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</LIST></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="order of the House of Commons">
<PB N="5" REF="5">
<P>THe Hou&s;e of Commons having con&s;idered, both that Paper given in to them from the Scotti&s;h Commi&s;&s;ioners upon Saturday la&s;t, as likewi&s;e their advice lately given to His Maje&s;ty, by occa&s;ion of the&s;e pre&s;ent troubles, which at the entreaty of the &s;aid Hou&s;e, they have communicated to them, and finding therein a large te&s;timony of fidelity to the King, of af|fection to the State, and of wi&s;edome for the honour, &s;ecurity, and peace of His Maje&s;ty, and both Kingdoms, doth hereby declare that they have herein done that which is not onely very acceptable to this Hou&s;e, but likewi&s;e that which is of great advantage to both Nati|ons. And therefore have ordered, That Sir <HI>Philip Stapleton,</HI> M. <HI>Hampden,</HI> M. <HI>Fynes,</HI> M. <HI>Pym,</HI> M. <HI>Arthur Goodwin,</HI> M. <HI>Long,</HI> Sir <HI>Henry Vane</HI> Junior, or any three of them, &s;hall return them very hearty and affection|ate thanks in the name of this Hou&s;e. And this Hou&s;e doth further de&s;ire them, That according to their af|fections already expre&s;&s;ed, they will continue their care and endeavours to remove the pre&s;ent di&s;tractions among&s;t us, as al&s;o to pre&s;erve and confirm the Union between the two Nations &s;o happily begun.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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