His Majesties gracious letter to the meeting of the Estates of his ancient kingdom of Scotland William R. William III, King of England, 1650-1702. 1689 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A66135 Wing W2334 ESTC R20554 12444778 ocm 12444778 62193 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A66135) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 62193) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 951:2) His Majesties gracious letter to the meeting of the Estates of his ancient kingdom of Scotland William R. William III, King of England, 1650-1702. Scotland. Convention of Estates. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson ..., Edinburgh : 1689. Announces intent to form Scottish Parliament. At end of text: "Given at our court, at Hampton-Court, the seventeenth day of May, one thousand six hundred and eighty nine, and of our reign the first year". Broadside. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Broadsides -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- 17th century 2008-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2008-10 SPi Global Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-12 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-12 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion His Majesties Gracious LETTER To the Meeting of the Estates of His Ancient KINGDOM of SCOTLAND . WILLIAM R. My Lords and Gentlemen , THE Commissioners sent by you have presented your Letter to Us , with your Petition , or Claim of Right , the Grievances , and your Address for turning you into a Parliament , which were all Read in Our Presence ; after which the Queen and We did take and Sign the Oath tendered to Us by your said Commissioners , which ( by GOD'S assistance ) We will Religiously observe . At our first Engaging in this undertaking , We had particular Consideration and Regard for Scotland , and therefore We Emitted a Declaration for that , as well as this Kingdom , which We intend to make good and effectual to you , and you shall always find Us ready to Protect you , and Assist you in making such Laws as may secure your Religion , Liberties , and Properties , and prevent or redress what ever may be justly grievous to you . We shall never believe , that the true Interest of the People and the Crown can be opposite ; and shall always account that Our greatest Prerogative , to Enact such Laws as may promote Truth , Peace , and Wealth in Our Kingdoms . At your Desire , We have Resolved to turn you ( who are the full Representatives of the Nation ) into a Parliament ; But , because the Instructions to Our Commissioner , and other things Necessary , cannot be expected before the Twenty one Instant , to which you are Adjourned ; Therefore , We do Authorize you to Adjourn your Selves to the Fifth day of June Next , against which time you are to Require all your Members to be Present ; That then you may Proceed with Unity , and Alacritie , to Dispatch what Affairs do most Conduce to the Right Settlement of that Nation . And as We do assure you , on Our Part , that We will not put the Advantages the Crown may have , in the Ballance , with the True Interest of the Kingdom : So We do expect on yours , that ( all Animosities , and Private Interests being laid aside ) you will Cheerfully Concur with Us , in settling the welfare of the Kingdom , by such Laws as may procure your own Happiness , and establish the Publick Good. And so We bid you Heartily Farewell . Given at Our Court , at Hampton-Court , the seventeenth day of May , one thousand six hundred and eighty nine , and of Our Reign the first Year , By His Majesties Command , MELVILL . EDINBVRGH , Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson , By Order of the Convention of Estates , Anno DOM. 1689.