THE
Kings
Majesties
LETTER
TO
His
Parliament
of
SCOTLAND
,
Met
at
Edinburgh
,
28
of
July
,
1670.
CHARLES
R.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
THE
manifold
Experience
We
have
of
your
Loyalty
and
dutiful
Affection
to
Our
Person
and
Service
,
especially
in
your
late
Session
,
invites
Us
on
all
occasions
to
signify
to
you
,
how
sensible
We
are
thereof
.
It
is
Our
constant
study
to
do
it
by
Acts
of
Our
Royal
Care
of
the
Concerns
of
that
Our
ancient
Kingdom
,
the
Peace
and
Welfare
whereof
are
very
dear
to
Us
.
At
present
,
We
know
not
how
to
express
both
better
,
then
by
acquainting
you
with
the
clear
confidence
We
have
,
of
the
constant
continuance
of
your
ready
concurrence
in
every
thing
We
do
design
for
the
Publick
Good
,
whereof
you
gave
Us
,
in
your
last
Letter
of
the
twenty
third
of
December
,
renewed
Assurances
.
In
pursuance
therefore
of
the
Proposal
We
made
to
you
,
at
your
first
Meeting
,
of
a
nearer
Conjunction
of
these
Our
two
Kingdoms
of
Scotland
and
England
,
by
as
strict
an
Union
as
possible
can
be
attained
,
We
have
commanded
Our
Commissioner
to
minde
you
of
effectuating
all
those
Particulars
you
so
readily
offered
,
in
order
to
a
Treaty
for
accomplishing
the
desired
Union
,
wherein
We
and
Our
Houses
of
Parliament
here
,
not
only
have
freely
concurred
,
but
have
done
every
thing
else
that
is
thereto
requisite
,
in
behalf
of
this
Our
Kingdom
of
England
.
It
remains
therefore
,
that
you
perform
,
as
they
have
,
what
is
further
to
be
done
by
you
;
And
you
may
be
confident
,
nothing
will
be
Wanting
on
Our
part
,
that
by
Gods
blessing
may
render
the
Treaty
effectual
.
You
will
find
Our
Commissioner
,
to
whom
you
shall
give
entire
Trust
,
sufficiently
instructed
by
Us
in
all
other
matters
,
that
either
We
could
think
on
,
or
you
can
desire
,
for
maintaining
the
setled
Government
of
Church
and
State
in
its
Lustre
and
Security
,
by
making
such
Laws
as
may
be
found
yet
further
necessary
for
the
preservation
of
Peace
and
Union
in
that
Our
Kingdom
.
For
effectuating
whereof
,
We
know
your
Zeal
to
Our
Service
will
lead
you
to
do
all
that
is
requisite
on
your
Part
,
as
Our
Affection
to
you
and
all
Our
good
Subjects
there
,
carries
Us
to
intend
nothing
with
greater
Fervour
,
then
what
We
judge
conducible
to
your
common
Welfare
,
wherein
We
account
Our
own
inseparably
concerned
.
And
so
We
bid
you
heartily
farewel
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Whitehall
,
the
seventh
day
of
July
,
one
thousand
six
hundred
and
seventy
,
and
of
Our
Reign
the
twenty
two
year
.
C.
R.
His
Majesties
COMMISSIONERS
SPEECH
TO
THE
PARLIAMENT
Of
SCOTLAND
,
Met
at
Edinburgh
,
July
,
28.
1670.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
HIs
Majesty
hath
been
Graciously
pleased
,
by
His
Letter
which
you
have
now
heard
,
so
fully
to
renew
the
expressions
of
His
constant
and
continued
care
of
this
His
ancient
Kingdom
,
His
confidence
of
this
Parliament
,
and
His
sense
of
the
Zeal
to
His
Service
,
which
you
manifested
in
your
last
Session
,
that
there
is
little
left
for
me
to
say
at
this
time
.
I
need
not
repeat
the
assurances
of
His
Majesties
constant
and
unalterable
Zeal
,
for
maintaining
and
defending
the
true
Reformed
Protestant
Religion
in
this
His
Kingdom
;
And
that
with
no
less
Zeal
and
Constancy
,
He
will
maintain
the
ancient
Government
by
Archbishops
and
Bishops
,
now
happily
restored
and
established
here
:
For
,
in
all
the
exercises
of
His
Royal
Authority
,
he
doth
daily
give
full
and
undenyable
testimonies
thereof
.
At
the
opening
of
the
first
Session
of
this
Parliament
,
I
told
you
in
His
Majesties
Name
,
that
He
would
not
endure
those
numerous
and
unlawful
Conventicles
that
tend
to
Sedition
and
Schism
,
which
had
been
too
frequent
in
some
Shires
of
this
Kingdom
;
and
the
King
did
then
require
you
,
and
all
in
Authority
under
Him
,
vigorously
to
suppress
such
Meetings
,
and
to
bring
the
most
Guilty
to
condign
punishment
.
In
prosecution
of
which
,
the
Lords
of
the
Privy
Council
have
done
their
Duty
carefully
,
though
not
with
that
success
which
they
desired
:
For
,
His
Majesty
hath
been
informed
,
that
this
Summer
,
divers
seditious
and
numerous
Conventicles
have
been
kept
,
even
in
the
open
fields
,
which
look
liker
endeavours
to
rendezvous
for
Rebellion
,
then
any
pretence
of
Religious
Worship
;
and
that
in
high
contempt
of
His
Majesties
Authority
,
and
of
this
Parliament
,
which
they
well
knew
was
so
soon
to
assemble
.
Yea
,
such
hath
been
the
insolent
barbarity
of
that
incorrigible
sort
of
Non-conformists
,
that
in
some
places
,
the
Houses
of
Orthodox
and
Peaceable
Ministers
have
been
rob'd
,
their
Persons
and
Families
wounded
,
and
they
threatned
to
be
murdered
,
if
they
stay
at
their
Churches
.
Therefore
,
His
Majesty
doth
most
seriously
recommend
it
to
your
special
care
,
by
good
Laws
and
vigorous
prosecution
of
them
,
to
curb
,
punish
and
prevent
those
seditious
Conventicles
;
to
cure
the
with-drawing
of
Protestants
from
their
Paroch-Churches
and
the
Ordinances
there
,
which
is
the
occasion
of
those
Conventicles
,
and
cannot
be
pretended
for
Conscience
,
but
must
be
esteemed
only
out
of
design
,
to
perpetuate
Faction
and
Schism
(
seeing
the
form
of
Worship
here
is
the
same
which
hath
been
since
the
Reformation
)
As
also
,
to
punish
exemplarly
those
barbarous
Roberies
and
Assassinates
,
committed
against
honest
and
peaceable
Ministers
;
and
generally
to
provide
what
you
shall
think
necessary
for
continuing
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
.
The
work
will
be
easy
,
and
I
doubt
not
your
care
in
it
.
The
Kingdom
generally
is
Loyal
,
Peaceable
and
Dutiful
;
it
is
but
a
small
part
of
it
which
is
tainted
with
such
Principles
and
Practices
;
and
I
am
fully
instructed
to
give
the
Kings
Royal
Assent
to
these
,
or
any
other
good
Laws
you
shall
think
necessary
in
this
Session
.
But
,
your
first
work
is
,
to
perfect
what
remains
to
be
done
toward
the
Treaty
of
the
Union
.
The
King
did
seriously
recommend
it
to
you
at
your
first
meeting
,
and
you
did
dutifully
declare
your
hearty
concurrence
;
and
in
Order
thereto
,
your
willingness
that
Commissioners
be
appointed
for
this
Kingdom
,
to
treat
with
such
as
should
be
imployed
for
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
upon
the
Grounds
and
Conditions
of
the
Union
,
reserving
alwayes
to
the
Parliament
,
the
allowing
and
dis-allowing
the
same
,
as
they
shall
judge
fit
.
You
did
also
freely
and
heartily
offer
to
His
Majesty
,
the
nomination
of
the
persons
to
Treat
for
this
Kingdom
,
with
the
appointing
the
Number
,
Quorum
,
Time
and
Place
of
their
meeting
:
Since
that
time
,
the
two
Houses
of
Parliament
in
England
have
as
heartily
concurred
,
and
as
freely
left
the
Persons
,
Quorum
,
Time
and
Place
to
His
Majesty
;
And
farther
,
His
Majesty
,
by
and
with
their
Advice
and
Consent
,
hath
past
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
Authorising
the
Commissioners
for
the
Realm
of
England
to
Treat
.
The
Act
it self
is
in
Print
:
most
of
you
,
I
think
,
have
seen
it
;
and
I
am
confident
,
you
will
cheerfully
pass
such
another
Act
,
which
shall
be
prepared
at
the
Articles
against
your
next
meeting
:
And
I
assure
my self
,
His
Majesty
will
,
out
of
His
Fatherly
care
of
both
His
Kingdoms
,
name
such
Persons
as
shall
be
fit
for
going
about
so
good
a
Work
.
FINIS
.