A
LETTER
From
the
Meeting
of
the
Estates
of
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
to
the
King
of
England
,
In
Answer
to
His
Majesties
Letter
,
Direct
to
them
.
May
it
please
Your
Majesty
,
AS
Religion
,
Liberty
and
Law
are
the
dearest
Concerns
of
mankind
,
so
the
deep
sense
of
the
extream
Hazards
these
were
exposed
to
,
must
produce
suitable
Returns
from
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
to
Your
Majesty
,
whom
in
all
Sincerity
and
Gratitude
,
we
acknowledge
to
be
under
God
,
our
great
and
seasonable
Deliverer
;
and
we
heartily
Congratulat
,
that
as
God
has
honoured
Your
Majesty
to
be
an
eminent
Instrument
for
the
preservation
of
His
Truth
,
so
he
hath
Rewarded
Your
Undertakings
with
Success
,
in
the
considerable
Progress
which
You
have
made
in
Delivering
us
,
and
in
preserving
to
us
the
Protestant
Religion
.
We
return
our
most
dutiful
Thanks
to
Your
Majesty
,
for
Your
accepting
the
Administration
of
publick
Affairs
,
and
Conveening
the
Estates
of
this
Kingdom
;
and
we
shall
with
all
convenient
Diligence
,
take
Your
gracious
Letter
into
our
ConsIderation
,
hoping
shortly
,
by
the
blessing
of
God
,
to
fall
upon
such
Resolutions
,
as
may
be
acceptable
to
Your
Majesty
,
secure
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
Establish
the
Government
,
Laws
and
Liberties
of
this
Kingdom
upon
solid
Foundations
,
most
agreeable
to
the
general
Good
and
Inclination
of
the
People
.
As
to
the
Proposal
of
the
Union
,
we
doubt
not
Your
Majesty
will
so
Dispose
that
Matter
,
that
there
may
be
an
equal
readiness
in
the
Kingdom
of
England
to
accomplish
it
,
as
one
of
the
best
means
for
securing
the
Happiness
of
these
Nations
,
and
setting
a
lasting
Peace
.
We
have
hitherto
,
and
still
shall
endeavour
to
avoid
Animosities
or
Prejudice
,
which
might
disturb
our
Councils
,
that
as
we
design
the
publick
Good
,
so
it
may
be
done
with
the
general
Concurrence
and
Approbation
of
the
Nation
:
In
the
mean
time
,
we
desire
the
continuance
of
Your
Majesties
Care
and
Protection
towards
us
in
all
our
Concerns
,
whereof
the
kind
Expressions
in
Your
gracious
Letter
,
have
given
us
full
assurance
,
Signed
in
Name
of
us
the
Estates
of
this
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
by
our
President
,
May
it
please
Your
Majesty
,
Your
Majesties
most
Humble
,
most
Faithful
and
Obedient
Servant
,
HAMILTON
P.
Edinburgh
,
March
23.
1689.