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           Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
           Darien Scots' Colony, 1698-1700.
           Scotland -- Commercial policy.
        
      
    
     
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           SCOTLAND's
           Grievances
           ,
           Relating
           to
           DARIEN
           .
           &c.
           Humbly
           offered
           to
           the
           Consideration
           OF
           THE
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             Vos
             quibus
             potior
             est
             turpis
             cum
             securitate
             servitus
             ,
             quam
             honesta
             cum
             periculo
             libertas
             ,
             istam
             ,
             quam
             magni
             estimatis
             ,
             fortunam
             ,
             amplectamini
             ,
             Ego
             in
             Patria
             ,
             saepe
             defensa
             liber
             &
             libens
             moriar
             :
             nec
             me
             prius
             ejus
             caritas
             quam
             vita
             relinquet
             .
          
           Vallas
           ad
           Brussium
           .
           Buchan
           .
           
             Hist.
             lib.
          
           8
           :
           Which
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           those
           that
           don't
           understand
           Latin
           ,
           is
           English'd
           thus
           .
        
         
           You
           who
           had
           rather
           like
           Cowards
           submit
           your
           Necks
           to
           a
           Yoke
           of
           Ignominious
           Slavery
           ,
           than
           expose
           your selves
           to
           any
           Danger
           in
           asserting
           the
           Public
           Liberty
           ;
           Hugg
           that
           Fortune
           which
           you
           value
           so
           highly
           :
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           shall
           cheerfully
           Sacrifice
           my
           Life
           to
           die
           a
           Free-man
           in
           my
           Native
           Country
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           so
           often
           Defended
           ▪
           Nor
           will
           I
           cease
           to
           Love
           it
           ,
           till
           I
           cease
           to
           Live
           :
           Wallace
           to
           Bruce
           ,
           when
           he
           join'd
           with
           the
           English
           against
           his
           Country
           .
        
         
           Printed
           ,
           1700.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           OUr
           Nation
           being
           so
           Unhappy
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           Write
           or
           Act
           against
           it
           are
           Rewarded
           and
           Carested
           ;
           whereas
           those
           that
           Write
           or
           Act
           for
           it
           ,
           must
           do
           it
           at
           their
           Perril
           ▪
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           that
           many
           Faults
           should
           escape
           the
           Press
           in
           those
           few
           Sheets
           ,
           when
           all
           must
           be
           done
           in
           Hurry
           and
           Fear
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Readers
           are
           not
           only
           desired
           to
           Pardon
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           Amend
           the
           following
           Errata
           ,
           before
           they
           peruse
           the
           Book
           ,
           because
           they
           marr
           the
           Sense
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Page
              
               
                 Line
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 9
              
               
                 36
              
               
                 read
                 the
                 Claim
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 12
              
               
                 18
              
               
                 Councellors
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 16
              
               
                 36
              
               
                 for
                 
                   too
                   late
                
              
               
                 read
                 truly
              
            
             
               
                 20
              
               
                 24
              
               
                 for
                 Wrought
              
               
                 wrote
              
            
             
               
                 21
              
               
                 37
              
               
                 prove
              
               
                 pave
              
            
             
               
                 —
              
               
                 44
              
               
                 care
                 taken
              
               
                 taken
                 care
              
            
             
               
                 24
              
               
                 28
              
               
                 unequal
              
               
                 equal
              
            
             
               
                 25
              
               
                 2
              
               
                 for
                 made
                 by
              
               
                 by
              
            
             
               
                 —
              
               
                 14
              
               
                 pact
              
               
                 pack'd
              
            
             
               
                 26
              
               
                 26
              
               
                 for
                 question
              
               
                 mention
              
            
             
               
                 27
              
               
                 43
              
               
                 read
                 the
                 Government
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 28
              
               
                 24
              
               
                 read
                 that
                 Nation
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 32
              
               
                 9
              
               
                 read
                 the
                 Parliament
              
               
                  
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           PART
           .
           I.
           
        
         
           SINCE
           our
           Nation
           bethought
           themselves
           of
           advancing
           their
           Trade
           ,
           by
           the
           Act
           for
           establishing
           a
           Company
           Trading
           to
           Africa
           and
           the
           Indies
           ,
           a
           greater
           Invasion
           hath
           been
           made
           upon
           our
           Sovereignty
           and
           Freedom
           ,
           than
           hath
           happened
           at
           any
           time
           since
           we
           were
           ingloriously
           betray'd
           by
           Baliol.
           
        
         
           'T
           were
           needless
           to
           offer
           Instances
           to
           prove
           this
           ,
           had
           we
           not
           to
           do
           with
           a
           Sett
           of
           Men
           who
           having
           basely
           betray'd
           us
           ,
           would
           willingly
           bereave
           us
           of
           our
           Senses
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           neither
           perceive
           nor
           resent
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           being
           notorious
           ,
           we
           shall
           only
           mention
           them
           here
           with
           some
           short
           Reflections
           ,
           and
           take
           them
           in
           order
           of
           time
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           The
           Addresses
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           in
           England
           against
           our
           Act
           above-mentioned
           ,
           was
           such
           an
           Invasion
           ,
           as
           to
           which
           it
           may
           be
           a
           proper
           Enquiry
           for
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           Whether
           those
           Addresses
           were
           not
           Contriv'd
           and
           Promoted
           by
           some
           about
           the
           K.
           as
           the
           last
           Address
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           was
           ;
           and
           whether
           any
           Native
           of
           Scotland
           was
           concern'd
           in
           Contriving
           or
           Promoting
           the
           same
           ?
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           it
           will
           appear
           .
           That
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           has
           as
           much
           Right
           to
           signifie
           to
           the
           King
           by
           Address
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Addresses
           were
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           an
           Intrenchment
           upon
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           as
           the
           English
           Parliament
           had
           to
           present
           the
           said
           Address
           to
           him
           against
           our
           Act.
           
        
         
           They
           that
           Advis'd
           the
           King's
           Answer
           to
           the
           said
           Address
           ,
           are
           guilty
           of
           such
           an
           Invasion
           ,
           as
           to
           which
           it
           would
           seem
           that
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           have
           as
           much
           Right
           to
           Resolve
           ,
           That
           whoever
           Advis'd
           His
           Majesty
           to
           the
           said
           Answer
           ,
           had
           done
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lay
           to
           create
           a
           misunderstanding
           betwixt
           him
           and
           his
           People
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           as
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           had
           to
           Resolve
           so
           upon
           His
           Majesty's
           Answer
           to
           their
           Resolves
           about
           the
           Irish
           Forfeitures
           .
        
         
           The
           Memorial
           given
           in
           to
           the
           Senate
           of
           
             Hamburgh
             ,
             April
          
           7th
           ,
           1697.
           against
           our
           Company
           's
           making
           any
           Convention
           or
           Treaty
           with
           that
           City
           for
           Promoting
           our
           Commerce
           ,
           was
           such
           an
           Invasion
           .
           This
           may
           certainly
           be
           a
           just
           Cause
           of
           Enquiry
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           Whether
           the
           said
           Memorial
           was
           not
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           Law
           
           of
           Nations
           ,
           since
           the
           King
           of
           England
           has
           no
           Right
           to
           take
           Cognizance
           of
           what
           is
           done
           by
           the
           Subjects
           of
           Scotland
           out
           of
           the
           Dominions
           of
           England
           .
           If
           the
           Faction
           say
           he
           did
           it
           as
           King
           of
           Scots
           ,
           let
           them
           produce
           their
           Authority
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           they
           have
           Cause
           to
           enquire
           ,
           whether
           the
           Assertion
           in
           that
           Memorial
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Commissioners
             of
             our
             Company
             were
             no
             ways
             Authorized
             by
             His
             Majesty
          
           to
           make
           the
           said
           Treaties
           was
           not
           false
           ?
           And
           whether
           the
           said
           Memorial
           was
           not
           an
           actual
           Dispensing
           with
           ,
           and
           acting
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           Establishing
           our
           Company
           ,
           which
           Empowers
           them
           
             to
             Treat
             for
             ,
             and
             to
             procure
             Exemptions
             and
             other
             Grants
             as
             may
             be
             convenient
             for
             Supporting
             ,
             Promoting
             and
             Enlarging
             their
             Trade
             and
             Navigation
             from
             any
             Foreign
             Potentate
             or
             Prince
             whatsoever
             ,
             in
             Amity
             with
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
        
         
           It
           would
           also
           seem
           to
           be
           a
           proper
           Enquiry
           for
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           Whether
           all
           the
           Dammages
           the
           Company
           has
           sustained
           by
           the
           said
           Memorial
           ,
           and
           other
           Opposition
           made
           them
           by
           the
           Court
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           made
           good
           out
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           those
           who
           gave
           His
           Majesty
           those
           Advises
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           order
           thereunto
           His
           Majesty
           be
           Address'd
           to
           know
           who
           they
           were
           ,
           or
           else
           that
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           make
           good
           the
           said
           Dammages
           some
           other
           way
           ;
           for
           effecting
           of
           which
           he
           stands
           obliged
           by
           the
           said
           Act
           ,
           to
           interpose
           his
           Authority
           upon
           the
           Publick
           Charge
           .
        
         
           Since
           in
           the
           Close
           of
           the
           said
           Memorial
           ,
           His
           Majesty's
           Ministers
           threaten
           the
           Hamburghers
           with
           the
           Consequences
           of
           a
           breach
           of
           Friendship
           and
           good
           Correspondence
           with
           England
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           not
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           proceedings
           of
           our
           Commissioners
           in
           that
           City
           .
           This
           together
           with
           the
           before-mentioned
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           gives
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           a
           more
           just
           ground
           to
           Address
           His
           Majesty
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           those
           Intrenchments
           made
           by
           an
           English
           Faction
           (
           for
           we
           don't
           charge
           it
           upon
           the
           whole
           Nation
           )
           upon
           the
           Sovereignty
           and
           Freedom
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           than
           the
           English
           Parliament
           had
           to
           Address
           His
           Majesty
           against
           our
           Act.
           
        
         
           It
           may
           also
           deserve
           the
           Enquiry
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           Why
           the
           King
           of
           
           England's
           Ministers
           should
           dare
           to
           have
           call'd
           themselves
           Ministers
           to
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           in
           that
           Memorial
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           direct
           opposition
           to
           a
           Scots
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           and
           Letters
           Patents
           Granted
           by
           the
           King
           of
           Scotland
           :
           Since
           our
           Country
           is
           included
           in
           the
           Denomination
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           and
           that
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           King
           of
           Scots
           ,
           neither
           did
           nor
           could
           give
           them
           any
           Authority
           to
           present
           that
           Memorial
           ,
           This
           deserves
           their
           Enquiry
           so
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           means
           our
           own
           Authority
           and
           Name
           may
           always
           be
           made
           use
           of
           against
           our selves
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           if
           care
           be
           not
           taken
           to
           prevent
           it
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           it
           may
           in
           future
           Ages
           be
           made
           use
           of
           as
           an
           Argument
           by
           the
           English
           Histor●●ns
           ,
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           Scots
           were
           Subject
           to
           England
           ,
           as
           their
           
           former
           Historians
           ignorantly
           made
           use
           of
           it
           as
           an
           Argument
           to
           prove
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           their
           Kings
           were
           said
           to
           have
           Commanded
           over
           all
           Britain
           ,
           by
           which
           no
           more
           was
           meant
           but
           that
           part
           of
           it
           which
           was
           Subject
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           and
           secur'd
           against
           the
           Incursions
           of
           the
           Scots
           by
           
           Adrian's
           or
           
           Severus's
           Walls
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Company
           's
           Address
           of
           Iune
           28th
           1697.
           
           Complaining
           of
           that
           Memorial
           ,
           and
           asserting
           like
           true
           Scotsmen
           their
           own
           Right
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Nation
           against
           the
           Invasions
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           should
           have
           no
           Answer
           from
           the
           King
           till
           the
           2d
           day
           of
           August
           after
           ,
           deserves
           also
           the
           Enquiry
           of
           our
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           much
           more
           that
           His
           Majesty's
           Promise
           according
           to
           the
           said
           Answer
           was
           never
           fulfilled
           ;
           nor
           a
           Declaration
           to
           Indemnifie
           the
           Hamburgers
           against
           the
           said
           Memorial
           Granted
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Company
           was
           so
           much
           injured
           ,
           and
           the
           Independency
           of
           our
           Nation
           openly
           violated
           .
        
         
           Yet
           it
           's
           still
           more
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           and
           deserves
           our
           Parliaments
           most
           serious
           Enquiry
           ,
           Why
           after
           so
           many
           repeated
           Addresses
           from
           the
           Company
           ,
           and
           one
           from
           the
           Parliament
           it self
           Iuly
           22d
           1698.
           our
           Nation
           should
           be
           so
           much
           contemned
           and
           injured
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           Parliament
           which
           had
           been
           so
           kind
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           so
           much
           trampled
           upon
           and
           undervalued
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Memorial
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           recalled
           ,
           that
           Mr
           Stevenson
           ,
           the
           Company
           's
           Agent
           acquaints
           them
           in
           his
           Letter
           of
           the
           4th
           of
           
             October
             ,
             That
             the
             English
             there
             did
             constantly
             say
             ,
             the
             Company
             would
             never
             be
             Redress'd
          
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           of
           the
           18th
           of
           October
           following
           ,
           
             That
             he
             understood
             by
             Mr.
          
           Cresset
           
             the
             English
             Envoy
             to
             the
             Court
             of
          
           Lunenburgh
           ,
           
             that
             if
             the
             Memorial
             were
             yet
             to
             be
             given
             in
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             been
             done
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             said
          
           Cresset
           
             had
             Private
             Orders
             to
             act
             quite
             contrary
             to
             our
             Company
             's
             Expectations
             .
          
           This
           was
           such
           a
           black
           piece
           of
           Treachery
           ,
           and
           shews
           so
           much
           Contempt
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           and
           such
           Rancour
           and
           Malice
           against
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           see
           how
           the
           Parliament
           can
           in
           Honour
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Honesty
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           which
           they
           represent
           ,
           omit
           Addressing
           His
           Majesty
           to
           discover
           the
           Authors
           of
           such
           pernicious
           Councils
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           proceeded
           against
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           to
           make
           a
           Resolve
           ,
           That
           the
           Authors
           and
           Abettors
           of
           such
           Councils
           ,
           if
           Scotsmen
           ,
           are
           Traytors
           ;
           and
           if
           Foreigners
           ,
           are
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Company
           has
           a
           Right
           of
           Reprisal
           against
           them
           and
           their
           Supporters
           when
           discovered
           .
           This
           may
           perhaps
           seem
           too
           severe
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           shall
           make
           no
           other
           Apology
           ;
           but
           if
           what
           followed
           upon
           the
           Company
           's
           representing
           this
           Information
           to
           the
           Lord
           Seafield
           be
           duly
           considered
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           our
           Nation
           has
           no
           reason
           to
           be
           much
           softer
           in
           the
           Matter
           ,
           for
           by
           that
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           Mr.
           
           Stevenson's
           Information
           was
           but
           too
           too
           true
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           same
           wicked
           Counsellors
           who
           had
           advised
           that
           Opposition
           ,
           still
           o●tain'd
           the
           Ascendant
           :
           What
           else
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Lord
           
             S
             —
             s
          
           
           trifling
           Answer
           upon
           the
           receipt
           of
           the
           Company
           's
           Letter
           with
           Mr.
           
           Stevenson's
           inclos'd
           ;
           could
           any
           Man
           think
           that
           a
           sufficient
           Answer
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           
             as
             yet
             expect
             an
             opportunity
             of
             representing
             the
             Matter
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             so
             very
             much
             employ'd
             in
             the
             Affairs
             of
             his
             English
             Parliament
             :
          
           Had
           his
           Lordship
           forgot
           that
           he
           himself
           ,
           as
           President
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           had
           Sign'd
           their
           Address
           to
           his
           Majesty
           to
           have
           this
           very
           Grievance
           removed
           ,
           and
           did
           his
           Lordship
           think
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           so
           very
           contemprible
           ;
           that
           an
           Affair
           of
           theirs
           might
           not
           find
           room
           amongst
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ?
           Did
           his
           Lordship
           never
           know
           his
           Majesty
           go
           a
           Hunting
           all
           that
           Season
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           he
           have
           prevailed
           with
           him
           to
           have
           allowed
           a
           Hunting
           day
           or
           two
           ,
           to
           consider
           of
           an
           Affair
           wherein
           the
           Parliament
           of
           the
           Scotland
           was
           so
           much
           concerned
           ?
           What
           pity
           't
           is
           his
           Lordship
           should
           not
           give
           our
           Parliament
           an
           Account
           whether
           this
           Answer
           was
           made
           by
           himself
           ,
           or
           put
           in
           his
           Mouth
           by
           somebody
           else
           to
           paum
           a
           new
           delay
           upon
           our
           Company
           .
        
         
           The
           Contempt
           put
           upon
           our
           Nation
           in
           this
           Affair
           is
           further
           demonstrable
           ,
           from
           that
           continual
           Series
           of
           trifling
           with
           the
           Company
           ,
           and
           their
           having
           no
           other
           answer
           to
           those
           important
           Letters
           of
           theirs
           abovementioned
           (
           tho
           they
           wrote
           another
           to
           Seafield
           to
           put
           him
           in
           mind
           of
           them
           ,
           da●ed
           Ianuary
           13
           th
           )
           till
           the
           7
           th
           of
           February
           following
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           sends
           to
           them
           ,
           
             that
             he
             was
             commanded
             by
             His
             Majesty
             to
             let
             them
             know
             that
             there
             being
             Accounts
             that
             the
             Ships
             belonging
             to
             the
             Company
             were
             arriv'd
             upon
             the
             Coast
             of
             America
             ,
             and
             the
             particular
             Design
             not
             being
             communicated
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             he
             therefore
             delays
             giving
             answer
             ,
             till
             he
             receive
             certain
             Information
             of
             their
             Settlement
             .
          
        
         
           Whoever
           advis'd
           His
           Majesty
           to
           deal
           thus
           by
           our
           Company
           took
           as
           little
           care
           of
           his
           Honour
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           of
           our
           Welfare
           :
           Such
           evasive
           and
           disingenuous
           Answers
           in
           a
           private
           Person
           would
           have
           been
           call'd
           by
           very
           hard
           Names
           :
           What
           Consistency
           is
           there
           betwixt
           this
           Answer
           and
           the
           Promise
           ,
           made
           by
           the
           two
           Secretaries
           ,
           the
           2
           d
           Day
           of
           August
           ,
           1697
           ?
           
             That
             he
             would
             order
             his
             Ministers
             at
          
           Hamburgh
           and
           Lunenburgh
           
             not
             to
             make
             use
             of
             his
             Name
             and
             Authority
             for
             obstructing
             our
             Company
             in
             the
             prosecution
             of
             their
             Trade
             with
             the
             Inhabitants
             '
             of
             that
             City
             .
          
           This
           Promise
           was
           absolute
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           stands
           now
           charg'd
           by
           Mr.
           Crescet
           ,
           with
           giving
           private
           Instructions
           contrary
           to
           this
           ,
           and
           other
           publick
           Promises
           ;
           yet
           tho
           His
           Majesty's
           Honour
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           Scotland
           be
           so
           much
           concern'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Scandal
           should
           be
           wip'd
           off
           by
           a
           speedy
           and
           punctual
           performance
           of
           his
           Promise
           ,
           here
           's
           a
           new
           delay
           put
           upon
           the
           Company
           ,
           and
           a
           Promise
           which
           was
           absolute
           before
           ,
           now
           made
           conditional
           a
           Year
           and
           an
           half
           after
           ,
           and
           before
           they
           are
           to
           expect
           an
           answer
           whether
           it
           shall
           be
           fulfil'd
           or
           not
           :
           His
           Majesty
           requires
           certain
           Information
           of
           the
           Collonie's
           Settlement
           ,
           as
           if
           those
           pernicious
           Counsellours
           ,
           
           who
           advis'd
           to
           this
           Conduct
           could
           think
           this
           sufficient
           to
           absolve
           His
           Majesty
           from
           a
           Promise
           he
           had
           made
           so
           long
           before
           ,
           to
           take
           off
           the
           stop
           he
           had
           put
           to
           their
           Subscriptions
           at
           Hamburgh
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           the
           pernicious
           Counsellours
           design'd
           this
           only
           as
           an
           amusement
           and
           delay
           without
           any
           design
           that
           our
           Grievances
           should
           be
           redress'd
           ,
           will
           appear
           by
           the
           Sequel
           :
           For
           after
           the
           Company
           had
           acquainted
           His
           Majesty
           with
           the
           Settlement
           of
           their
           Colony
           in
           the
           Terms
           of
           his
           own
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           very
           Loyal
           and
           Pertinent
           Address
           was
           also
           presented
           to
           His
           Majesty
           from
           the
           Colony
           it self
           ;
           yet
           this
           Interdict
           laid
           upon
           our
           Subscriptions
           at
           Hamburgh
           was
           never
           taken
           off
           to
           this
           Day
           ,
           tho
           the
           Company
           did
           again
           press
           it
           in
           their
           Letter
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ;
           with
           an
           Account
           of
           their
           Colony's
           Settlement
           :
           nor
           had
           they
           ever
           any
           Redress
           for
           Capt.
           Long
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Rupert
             Prizes
          
           ,
           traducing
           their
           Colony
           as
           a
           Company
           of
           Rogues
           ,
           Vagabonds
           ,
           and
           broken
           Officers
           ,
           without
           any
           Commission
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           His
           Majesty
           would
           not
           own
           them
           ;
           all
           which
           makes
           it
           evident
           that
           there
           was
           nothing
           of
           Sincerity
           in
           the
           Conduct
           of
           those
           who
           were
           His
           Majesty's
           Counsellours
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Affairs
           of
           our
           Company
           .
        
         
           This
           will
           still
           be
           further
           evident
           from
           the
           Proclamations
           publish'd
           against
           our
           Colony
           in
           
             Iamaica
             ,
             Barbadoes
          
           ,
           and
           
             New
             England
          
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           only
           treacherous
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           but
           such
           an
           Invasion
           upon
           the
           Sovereignty
           and
           Independency
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           as
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           pass'd
           over
           by
           our
           Parliament
           without
           a
           Protestation
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           strict
           enquiry
           after
           the
           Authors
           and
           Advisers
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           That
           they
           are
           full
           of
           Treachery
           and
           Malice
           against
           our
           Country
           ,
           is
           plain
           from
           their
           being
           emitted
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           Dates
           )
           before
           ever
           any
           Complaint
           was
           made
           against
           us
           by
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           before
           we
           were
           heard
           what
           we
           could
           say
           in
           our
           own
           defence
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           whilst
           our
           Lord
           President
           and
           Advocat
           were
           sent
           for
           from
           Scotland
           ,
           to
           hear
           what
           they
           could
           say
           in
           Justification
           of
           our
           Colony's
           Settlement
           .
           The
           Treachery
           is
           also
           plainly
           demonstrable
           ,
           because
           the
           said
           Proclamations
           were
           publish'd
           without
           consulting
           the
           Council
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           contrary
           to
           the
           solemn
           Promises
           ,
           made
           by
           the
           Commissioners
           and
           Presidents
           in
           our
           Parliaments
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ;
           wherein
           His
           Majesty
           promis'd
           to
           encourage
           and
           protect
           our
           Trade
           ,
           of
           which
           those
           Proclamations
           are
           utterly
           subversive
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           objected
           that
           His
           Majesty
           was
           obliged
           to
           publish
           those
           Proclamations
           out
           of
           regard
           to
           the
           English
           Nation
           and
           His
           Foreign
           Allies
           .
           We
           answer
           that
           his
           Majesty
           by
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           as
           King
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           govern
           us
           by
           our
           own
           Laws
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           any
           Consideration
           of
           Foreign
           Interests
           ;
           but
           admitting
           that
           he
           ought
           in
           this
           Case
           to
           have
           giv'n
           the
           preference
           to
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           and
           his
           Foreign
           Allies
           :
           It
           will
           by
           no
           means
           acquit
           the
           pernicious
           Counsellors
           
           of
           Treachery
           towards
           us
           ,
           since
           the
           least
           they
           could
           have
           advis'd
           in
           this
           case
           was
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           have
           had
           notice
           of
           such
           Proclamations
           before-hand
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           have
           been
           upon
           our
           Guard
           ,
           and
           have
           done
           what
           we
           could
           to
           have
           prevented
           our
           Colonies
           being
           frightened
           or
           starved
           from
           Darien
           ;
           the
           omitting
           of
           which
           alone
           ,
           had
           there
           been
           nothing
           of
           an
           actual
           concurrence
           to
           destroy
           us
           ,
           makes
           those
           Counsellors
           chargeable
           with
           the
           Blood
           of
           our
           Men
           ,
           the
           Loss
           of
           our
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           the
           Disappointment
           of
           the
           just
           Expectation
           we
           had
           from
           that
           Expedition
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           publishing
           of
           those
           Proclamations
           was
           an
           unsufferable
           Intrenchment
           upon
           the
           Sovereignty
           and
           Independency
           of
           our
           Nation
           is
           undeniable
           ,
           since
           thereby
           the
           King
           of
           England
           takes
           upon
           himself
           to
           condemn
           the
           Subjects
           of
           Scotland
           as
           Invaders
           of
           the
           Dominions
           of
           Spain
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           forbids
           his
           English
           Subjects
           to
           have
           any
           Correspondence
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           supply
           them
           with
           any
           Necessaries
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           must
           be
           interpreted
           an
           Act
           of
           Hostility
           ,
           when
           done
           by
           one
           Nation
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           being
           done
           by
           the
           King
           of
           England
           is
           an
           Invasion
           upon
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           is
           evident
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           no
           right
           neither
           as
           a
           Liege-Sovereign
           ,
           nor
           Conqueror
           to
           judge
           of
           our
           Actions
           .
           If
           he
           did
           it
           as
           King
           of
           Scots
           ,
           then
           it
           concerns
           our
           Parliament
           to
           enquire
           by
           what
           Law
           he
           could
           do
           it
           without
           their
           Consent
           ,
           or
           what
           Scotsmen
           advis'd
           him
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           whether
           it
           be
           true
           what
           Mr.
           Vernon
           said
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           done
           with
           the
           Lord
           S
           —
           's
           Privacy
           and
           Consent
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           emitting
           of
           those
           Proclamations
           was
           a
           deliberate
           Action
           of
           the
           pernicious
           Counsellors
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           Malice
           and
           Treachery
           against
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           appears
           further
           .
           from
           the
           publishing
           a
           Second
           Proclamation
           ,
           Sept.
           5.
           1699
           ,
           at
           Barbadoes
           ,
           against
           entertaining
           any
           Correspondence
           with
           the
           Scots
           at
           Darien
           ,
           tho
           the
           Lord
           President
           and
           Advocate
           had
           so
           long
           before
           given
           in
           sufficient
           ▪
           Reasons
           to
           justify
           our
           Settlement
           .
           This
           will
           appear
           yet
           more
           plainly
           if
           the
           Tenor
           of
           that
           Proclamation
           be
           considered
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           so
           positive
           as
           that
           at
           Iamaica
           in
           condemning
           our
           Settlement
           at
           Darien
           ,
           as
           contrary
           to
           the
           Peace
           with
           his
           Majesty's
           Al●ies
           ,
           but
           is
           express'd
           doubtfully
           ;
           
             Lest
             the
             same
             should
             derogate
             from
             the
             Treaties
             His
             Majesty
             hath
             entered
             into
             with
             the
             Crown
             of
          
           Spain
           ,
           
             or
             be
             otherwise
             prejudicial
             to
             any
             of
             His
             Majesty's
             Colonies
             in
             the
          
           West-Indies
           .
           Whence
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           we
           have
           a
           positive
           Injury
           done
           us
           ,
           tho
           the
           Court
           could
           not
           be
           positive
           ,
           but
           only
           suppo●'d
           that
           our
           Settlement
           might
           derogate
           from
           his
           Majesties
           Treaties
           with
           Spain
           ,
           or
           be
           prejudicial
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Colonies
           in
           the
           West-Indies
           .
           The
           Authors
           of
           this
           Proclamation
           knew
           well
           enough
           the
           state
           of
           our
           Colony's
           Provisions
           ,
           and
           how
           fatal
           those
           Proclamations
           would
           be
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           no
           Art
           can
           palliate
           their
           Malice
           and
           Treachery
           .
        
         
         
           That
           the
           said
           Proclamations
           were
           emitted
           with
           a
           design
           to
           ruin
           our
           Colony
           is
           demonstrable
           from
           this
           ,
           That
           tho
           our
           Company
           upon
           the
           dismal
           News
           of
           its
           Disaster
           ,
           did
           in
           a
           very
           dutiful
           manner
           petition
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           
             put
             him
             in
             mind
             of
             the
             several
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             his
             Letters
             Patent
             ,
             authorising
             the
             Natives
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             to
             settle
             Plantations
             in
             
               Asia
               ,
               Africa
            
             and
             America
             ;
             upon
             the
             Faith
             and
             Encouragement
             of
             which
             they
             form'd
             themselves
             into
             a
             Company
             ,
             and
             had
             made
             a
             Settlement
             at
             Darien
             ,
             precisely
             according
             to
             the
             Terms
             of
             the
             said
             Acts
             and
             Letters
             Patent
             ;
             at
             the
             same
             time
             informing
             him
             ,
             That
             they
             had
             too
             much
             reason
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             said
             Proclamations
             had
             been
             of
             fatal
             Consequence
             to
             our
             Company
             and
             Colony
             ;
             desiring
             that
             the
             effect
             of
             the
             Proclamations
             might
             be
             taken
             off
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             might
             be
             supplied
             from
             the
             English
             Plantations
             in
             the
             ordinary
             way
             of
             Commerce
             .
          
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           Application
           they
           had
           a
           meer
           trifling
           Answer
           returned
           them
           ,
           and
           Couch'd
           in
           such
           Ambiguous
           Terms
           as
           might
           leave
           room
           for
           farther
           trifling
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             we
             should
             have
             the
             same
             freedom
             of
             Trade
             and
             Commerce
             with
             the
             English
             Plantations
             as
             ever
             we
             had
             formerly
          
           ;
           which
           was
           just
           none
           at
           all
           .
           So
           that
           this
           was
           nothing
           but
           a
           meer
           Evasion
           ,
           and
           no
           direct
           Answer
           to
           our
           Companies
           necessary
           and
           reasonable
           Petition
           .
        
         
           Certainly
           it
           concerns
           our
           Parliament
           to
           enquire
           who
           were
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           scandalous
           Breach
           of
           Publick
           Laws
           ,
           upon
           the
           Faith
           of
           which
           our
           Country
           ventur'd
           so
           much
           to
           Sea
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           violation
           of
           which
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           our
           Nation
           is
           trampled
           under
           foot
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           lost
           so
           much
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           .
        
         
           The
           Malice
           of
           these
           pernicious
           Counsellours
           against
           our
           Country
           and
           Colony
           ,
           is
           further
           display'd
           by
           their
           doing
           all
           that
           's
           possible
           ●o
           preclude
           us
           from
           having
           our
           Grievances
           redressed
           ;
           we
           have
           in
           vain
           Petitioned
           the
           Court
           ever
           since
           the
           last
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           therefore
           had
           no
           way
           left
           us
           but
           to
           Petition
           that
           the
           Parliament
           may
           meet
           again
           at
           the
           day
           appointed
           in
           November
           next
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           may
           have
           the
           Advice
           and
           Assistance
           of
           the
           Great
           Council
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Weigh●y
           and
           General
           Concern
           .
           This
           those
           blessed
           Counsellours
           are
           so
           far
           from
           thinking
           fit
           to
           be
           Granted
           ,
           that
           they
           Advise
           His
           Majesty
           to
           Adjourn
           our
           Parliament
           further
           till
           the
           5th
           of
           March
           following
           ;
           just
           when
           they
           heard
           this
           Petition
           was
           coming
           up
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           we
           are
           told
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           will
           Order
           the
           Parliament
           to
           meet
           when
           he
           judg'd
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Nation
           did
           require
           it
           ;
           as
           if
           any
           could
           be
           better
           Judges
           than
           the
           Nation
           it self
           which
           groan'd
           under
           Oppressions
           ,
           and
           knew
           no
           other
           way
           of
           being
           delivered
           from
           them
           ;
           or
           as
           if
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           Council
           General
           of
           our
           Company
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Flower
           of
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           number
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           our
           Parliament
           are
           included
           ,
           were
           not
           more
           proper
           to
           give
           His
           Majesty
           
           Advice
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           than
           an
           English
           and
           Dutch
           Faction
           mixt
           with
           some
           Scotchmen
           who
           have
           so
           little
           Interest
           in
           their
           Country
           or
           Affection
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           betray
           it
           for
           Bread
           ,
           or
           the
           Favour
           of
           the
           Court.
           Thus
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           our
           Country
           are
           still
           trampled
           upon
           .
        
         
           Tho
           those
           continued
           Slights
           and
           Marks
           of
           Contempt
           were
           enough
           to
           have
           wearied
           our
           Company
           out
           ,
           and
           might
           justly
           have
           provok'd
           the
           Nation
           to
           have
           taken
           other
           Measures
           ;
           yet
           the
           Company
           out
           of
           their
           Zeal
           to
           the
           publick
           Welfare
           ,
           continue
           their
           Applications
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           send
           up
           an
           Address
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Lord
           
             Basil
             Hamilton
          
           ;
           wherein
           they
           acquaint
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           
             that
             Capt.
             Pincarton
             ,
             Commander
             of
             their
             Ship
             the
             Dolphin
             ,
             being
             forc'd
             ashoar
             under
             the
             Walls
             of
             Carthagena
             ;
             to
             avoid
             Shipwrack
             was
             with
             all
             his
             Company
             ;
             some
             of
             them
             Gentlemen
             ,
             belonging
             to
             the
             best
             Families
             of
             the
             Nation
             detain'd
             Prisoners
             ,
             and
             inhumanly
             us'd
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Treaties
             betwixt
             the
             Crowns
             of
             Spain
             and
             Great
             Britain
             ,
             that
             the
             Colony
             had
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             His
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Company
             sent
             to
             demand
             them
             ;
             but
             instead
             of
             having
             it
             granted
             ,
             their
             Messenger
             was
             threatned
             to
             be
             put
             in
             Chains
             ,
             and
             not
             allow'd
             to
             see
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Prisoners
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             thought
             themselves
             bound
             in
             Duty
             and
             Conscience
             to
             lay
             their
             deplorable
             Case
             before
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             end
             commissioned
             the
             Lord
             
               Basil
               Hamilton
            
             ,
             one
             of
             their
             Number
             ,
             to
             present
             their
             Address
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             him
             a
             further
             account
             of
             their
             other
             Affairs
             ,
             not
             doubting
             but
             His
             Majesty
             would
             take
             speedy
             and
             effectual
             measures
             for
             redressing
             their
             Dammage
             ,
             and
             obtaining
             the
             Freedom
             of
             those
             distressed
             Prisoners
             .
          
        
         
           Tho
           this
           Address
           ,
           and
           the
           Calamities
           which
           our
           Nation
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           Colony
           abroad
           labour'd
           under
           ,
           might
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           force
           Compassion
           ,
           and
           speedy
           Relief
           from
           the
           Breast
           of
           generous
           Enemy
           ;
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           continued
           prevalency
           of
           the
           per●icious
           Counsellours
           ,
           that
           the
           accepting
           of
           this
           Address
           is
           put
           off
           ;
           and
           by
           consequence
           the
           Redress
           of
           our
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           the
           Relief
           of
           those
           wretched
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           others
           delay'd
           ,
           on
           a
           trifling
           and
           frivolous
           pretext
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Lord
             
               Basil
               Hamilton
            
             had
             not
             waited
             upon
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             when
             formerly
             at
             London
             ,
             had
             never
             since
             given
             any
             publick
             Evidence
             of
             his
             Loyalty
             ,
             nor
             acknowledg'd
             His
             Majesty's
             Government
             .
          
           This
           was
           above
           a
           month
           after
           the
           Address
           was
           sign'd
           ,
           and
           must
           needs
           be
           taken
           ,
           as
           the
           Company
           themselves
           rightly
           understood
           it
           to
           be
           a
           signification
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Displeasure
           at
           the
           Commission
           it self
           ,
           which
           my
           Lord
           Basil
           brought
           up
           :
           There
           being
           no
           Prince
           in
           Europe
           ,
           but
           would
           with
           open
           Arms
           embrace
           a
           Subject
           of
           my
           Lord
           Basil
           Hamilton's
           Quality
           and
           Character
           ,
           upon
           his
           return
           to
           his
           Duty
           ,
           and
           presenting
           an
           Address
           that
           own'd
           His
           Majesty's
           Title
           and
           Government
           (
           if
           he
           had
           ever
           acted
           against
           it
           )
           but
           much
           more
           a
           Person
           of
           his
           high
           Birth
           and
           
           merit
           who
           was
           never
           charged
           with
           any
           thing
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Duty
           of
           a
           Loyal
           and
           Peaceable
           Subject
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           seem
           then
           to
           be
           incumbent
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           to
           enquire
           who
           they
           were
           that
           Advised
           His
           Majesty
           to
           delay
           his
           Endeavours
           ,
           which
           by
           Law
           he
           was
           obliged
           to
           exert
           ,
           for
           obtaining
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Capt.
           Pinearton
           and
           his
           Company
           ,
           and
           the
           restitution
           of
           his
           Ship
           and
           Goods
           ,
           though
           the
           Company
           had
           never
           Addressed
           him
           upon
           that
           Head
           :
           It
           would
           ,
           we
           say
           ,
           seem
           to
           be
           incumbent
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           to
           enquire
           who
           it
           was
           that
           Advised
           to
           the
           dispensing
           with
           a
           positive
           Law
           ,
           because
           the
           Commissioner
           who
           presented
           that
           Address
           ,
           had
           neglected
           a
           Ceremony
           which
           he
           was
           by
           no
           Law
           obliged
           to
           perform
           .
           If
           the
           Nation
           of
           Scotland
           is
           become
           so
           contemptible
           that
           its
           Rights
           must
           be
           neglected
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Blood
           of
           our
           Illustrious
           Nobility
           and
           Gallant
           Gentry
           be
           now
           so
           vile
           that
           the
           omission
           of
           a
           meer
           Ceremony
           is
           thought
           sufficient
           cause
           to
           connive
           at
           Hostilities
           committed
           upon
           our
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           suffer
           Gentlemen
           related
           to
           the
           best
           Families
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           perish
           in
           Infamous
           Slavery
           ;
           It
           's
           in
           vain
           for
           us
           to
           pretend
           to
           be
           a
           Free
           Nation
           :
           If
           we
           cannot
           have
           such
           Injuries
           redress'd
           ,
           we
           had
           as
           good
           send
           our
           Coronation
           Oath
           and
           Claim
           of
           Right
           to
           His
           Majesty
           of
           England
           in
           a
           Present
           ,
           and
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           henceforward
           we
           will
           become
           his
           most
           obedient
           Slaves
           and
           Vassals
           ,
           and
           will
           hang
           our selves
           whenever
           he
           shall
           be
           Graciously
           pleased
           to
           send
           us
           a
           Letter
           and
           Bow-string
           for
           that
           end
           .
        
         
           Some
           we
           know
           will
           object
           that
           His
           Majesty
           did
           not
           refuse
           to
           to
           receive
           the
           Petition
           ,
           though
           he
           would
           not
           allow
           my
           Lord
           Basil
           to
           Present
           it
           ,
           and
           promised
           to
           receive
           Information
           of
           what
           is
           demanded
           from
           his
           Secretaries
           ;
           and
           if
           my
           Lord
           Basil
           would
           give
           in
           in
           Writing
           to
           them
           what
           he
           had
           to
           represent
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           would
           give
           his
           Answer
           to
           the
           Company
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           we
           can
           readily
           answer
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           the
           direct
           Path
           to
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           late
           Reigns
           ,
           which
           o●dered
           that
           no
           Petition
           should
           be
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           but
           by
           his
           Council
           :
           If
           His
           Majesty
           must
           appoint
           who
           shall
           deliver
           the
           Petition
           ,
           it
           's
           all
           one
           as
           if
           he
           should
           dictate
           the
           Petition
           too
           .
           We
           would
           wish
           the
           Pernicious
           Counsellors
           to
           consider
           how
           they
           will
           reconcile
           this
           to
           that
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           and
           what
           an
           Answer
           they
           will
           be
           able
           to
           give
           out
           Parliament
           ,
           if
           they
           think
           fit
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty's
           beloved
           Secretary
           had
           formerly
           neglected
           delivering
           the
           Companies
           Petitions
           ,
           on
           pre●ence
           that
           he
           had
           not
           an
           opportunity
           of
           doing
           it
           ,
           because
           His
           Majesty
           was
           so
           much
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           Affairs
           of
           his
           English
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           had
           no
           reason
           to
           entrust
           him
           with
           any
           more
           Petitions
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           visible
           that
           this
           delay
           proceeded
           meerly
           from
           a
           design
           to
           ruin
           our
           Company
           entirely
           :
           It
           was
           known
           to
           the
           World
           how
           much
           they
           suffered
           in
           their
           Reputation
           and
           Interest
           ,
           by
           the
           
           disaster
           of
           their
           Colony
           ,
           which
           nothing
           in
           probability
           could
           retrieve
           ,
           without
           the
           Countenance
           and
           Concurrence
           of
           His
           Majesty
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           this
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Nation
           were
           sensible
           of
           ,
           and
           therefore
           take
           such
           measures
           as
           procure
           us
           all
           possible
           marks
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Displeasure
           ,
           and
           an
           obstinate
           refusal
           of
           a
           Parliament
           .
           By
           this
           Opposition
           they
           had
           little
           reason
           to
           doubt
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           be
           so
           baulked
           in
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           our
           American
           design
           ,
           as
           utterly
           to
           abandon
           it
           :
           When
           we
           saw
           the
           Court
           resolved
           to
           thwart
           us
           in
           every
           thing
           relating
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           unmerciful
           as
           to
           delay
           procuring
           the
           Liberty
           of
           so
           many
           Gentlemen
           that
           were
           detained
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           cruelly
           used
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nations
           .
        
         
           From
           all
           which
           it
           necessarily
           results
           ,
           that
           it's
           incumbent
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           to
           enter
           a
           Protest
           against
           this
           continued
           Violation
           of
           their
           Laws
           and
           Authority
           ,
           and
           to
           enquire
           who
           they
           are
           that
           gave
           His
           Majesty
           such
           Council
           that
           they
           may
           be
           punished
           according
           to
           Demerit
           .
        
         
           We
           come
           next
           to
           consider
           his
           Majesty's
           Answer
           to
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           Address
           brought
           up
           by
           my
           Lord
           
             Basil
             Hamilton
          
           ,
           viz.
           
           
             That
             he
             was
             resolved
             in
             the
             Terms
             of
             the
             Treaty
             ,
             to
             demand
             that
             Capt.
             Pincart●n
             and
             those
             of
             his
             Crew
             who
             are
             detained
             Prisoners
             at
             Carthagena
             be
             released
             and
             set
             at
             liberty
             .
             That
             the
             Subjects
             of
             Scotland
             shall
             be
             allowed
             the
             same
             liberty
             of
             Trade
             that
             others
             enjoy
             with
             the
             English
             Plantations
             ;
             that
             it
             was
             his
             Resolution
             to
             Promote
             and
             Advance
             the
             Trade
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             :
             And
             the
             three
             Frigats
             they
             demand
             ,
             having
             been
             given
             by
             Parliament
             for
             Guarding
             the
             Trade
             of
             the
             Coasts
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             resolved
             to
             dispose
             of
             them
             till
             he
             had
             the
             Advise
             of
             his
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           By
           this
           His
           Majesty
           owns
           that
           Capt.
           Pincarton
           and
           his
           Crew
           were
           detained
           Prisoners
           by
           the
           Spaniards
           contrary
           to
           the
           Treaty
           .
           Then
           what
           can
           his
           Counsellors
           in
           Scots
           Affairs
           say
           for
           their
           not
           having
           Advised
           His
           Majesty
           to
           demand
           him
           sooner
           ,
           especially
           since
           he
           was
           obliged
           to
           it
           by
           the
           Act
           Establishing
           our
           Company
           ;
           had
           the
           Zeal
           of
           those
           Counsellors
           who
           pretend
           to
           be
           concerned
           for
           the
           Wellfare
           and
           Honour
           of
           our
           Nation
           ;
           been
           equal
           to
           the
           malice
           of
           those
           that
           Advised
           His
           Majesty
           to
           issue
           Proclamations
           against
           our
           Colony
           in
           the
           
             West
             Indies
          
           ,
           before
           he
           knew
           whether
           we
           had
           done
           any
           thing
           in
           contravention
           to
           his
           Treaties
           with
           Spain
           or
           not
           ,
           they
           would
           certainly
           have
           put
           him
           upon
           demanding
           Satisfaction
           sooner
           for
           a
           manifest
           breach
           of
           those
           Treaties
           .
           This
           we
           conceive
           deserves
           also
           the
           Consideration
           of
           our
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           by
           His
           Majesty's
           Promise
           that
           we
           should
           have
           the
           same
           Liberty
           of
           Trade
           that
           others
           enjoy
           with
           the
           English
           Plantations
           .
           It
           is
           owned
           by
           the
           Advisers
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           in
           His
           Majesty's
           Power
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           might
           lawfully
           do
           so
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           plain
           Con●ession
           that
           we
           had
           acted
           nothing
           contrary
           to
           
           his
           Treaties
           with
           Spain
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           detriment
           of
           his
           English
           Plantations
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           former
           Prohibition
           was
           the
           Act
           and
           Deed
           of
           those
           Pernicious
           Counsellors
           ;
           for
           had
           it
           been
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           ,
           or
           Treaties
           betwixt
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           and
           Spain
           ,
           that
           our
           Colonies
           should
           be
           supplied
           with
           Provisions
           ,
           
           &c.
           from
           the
           English
           Plantations
           ,
           it
           had
           not
           been
           in
           His
           Majesty's
           Power
           to
           dispence
           with
           it
           now
           .
           The
           matter
           then
           being
           so
           ,
           it
           concerns
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           to
           enquire
           who
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           upon
           what
           motives
           they
           Advised
           His
           Majesty
           to
           emit
           those
           Proclamations
           against
           supplying
           our
           Colony
           with
           Provisions
           ,
           &c.
           
           Since
           it
           was
           settled
           in
           the
           precise
           Terms
           of
           the
           Act
           of
           his
           Scots
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Letters
           Patent
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           Colony
           had
           done
           nothing
           contrary
           to
           his
           Treaties
           with
           Spain
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           his
           English
           Plantations
           :
           At
           the
           same
           time
           it
           may
           be
           proper
           for
           them
           to
           enquire
           why
           Capt.
           Pincarton
           and
           his
           Company
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           Ship
           and
           Goods
           ,
           are
           not
           restored
           all
           this
           while
           !
           And
           whether
           the
           promise
           of
           demanding
           them
           from
           Spain
           hath
           not
           been
           as
           ill
           performed
           as
           was
           that
           of
           recalling
           the
           Memorial
           at
           Hamburgh
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           His
           Majesty's
           Promise
           of
           our
           having
           the
           same
           Liberty
           of
           Trade
           to
           the
           English
           Plantations
           as
           others
           have
           ,
           it
           is
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           observe
           the
           management
           of
           the
           Pernicious
           Counsellors
           in
           this
           point
           .
           It
           would
           seem
           they
           were
           sensible
           that
           His
           Majesty's
           Promise
           ,
           if
           performed
           ,
           might
           be
           of
           advantage
           to
           our
           Colony
           ,
           and
           would
           make
           shew
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           he
           really
           Countenanced
           our
           Undertaking
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           oblige
           those
           that
           oppose
           us
           to
           greater
           Precautions
           ;
           and
           therefore
           though
           this
           Promise
           was
           made
           us
           to
           calm
           the
           Spirits
           of
           our
           People
           ,
           whom
           they
           knew
           to
           be
           in
           a
           general
           Ferment
           ,
           they
           were
           resolved
           it
           should
           never
           be
           performed
           ;
           but
           how
           to
           bring
           His
           Majesty
           handsomly
           off
           ,
           was
           their
           next
           Enquiry
           .
           This
           they
           found
           a
           method
           to
           do
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           have
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           approve
           what
           his
           Majesty
           had
           done
           against
           our
           Company
           and
           Colony
           ,
           and
           they
           thought
           no
           doubt
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           would
           be
           sufficiently
           absolved
           ,
           and
           the
           mouths
           of
           our
           Nation
           for
           ever
           stopped
           ,
           as
           having
           neither
           Courage
           nor
           Power
           to
           call
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           to
           an
           Account
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           in
           vain
           attempted
           upon
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           but
           carried
           at
           last
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           
             viis
             &
             modis
          
           ,
           yet
           not
           without
           a
           Pro●estation
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           several
           sharp
           Speeches
           inveighing
           against
           the
           Courtiers
           who
           had
           promised
           that
           very
           thing
           to
           the
           Scots
           ,
           against
           which
           they
           were
           then
           soliciting
           the
           House
           to
           Address
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           The
           Address
           it self
           we
           shall
           view
           anon
           ,
           after
           some
           further
           Considerations
           on
           His
           Majesty's
           Promise
           to
           our
           Company
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           three
           Friga●s
           they
           demanded
           ,
           which
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           Because
           they
           were
           given
           by
           the
           Parliament
           for
           Guarding
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Coasts
           ,
           he
           is
           resolved
           not
           to
           dispose
           of
           till
           he
           have
           the
           Advice
           of
           our
           Parliament
           .
           
           It
           is
           certainly
           an
           essential
           part
           of
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           for
           a
           King
           of
           Scots
           to
           Advise
           with
           his
           Parliament
           ;
           Why
           then
           was
           not
           the
           Parliament
           summoned
           to
           meet
           speedily
           at
           the
           Companies
           desire
           ,
           since
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           our
           Kingdom
           required
           it
           ?
           And
           we
           would
           willingly
           know
           of
           those
           that
           Advise
           His
           Majesty
           in
           Scots
           Affairs
           ,
           whether
           they
           think
           the
           Parliament
           meant
           those
           Ships
           ▪
           when
           the
           Peace
           had
           rendred
           the
           Guarding
           our
           Coasts
           unnecessary
           ,
           should
           have
           been
           denied
           for
           Guarding
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           Coasts
           of
           our
           new
           Settlement
           at
           Caledonia
           .
           And
           in
           the
           next
           place
           we
           would
           willingly
           know
           of
           them
           why
           the
           Granting
           of
           this
           necessary
           demand
           should
           be
           deferred
           till
           the
           Parliament
           can
           be
           Advised
           with
           concerning
           it
           ,
           since
           the
           Granting
           of
           it
           in
           all
           common
           Interpretation
           ,
           must
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           according
           to
           their
           Act
           ,
           and
           why
           their
           Advice
           was
           not
           also
           staid
           for
           or
           desired
           ,
           before
           the
           emitting
           the
           Proclamations
           against
           our
           Colony
           in
           the
           
             West
             Indies
          
           ?
           This
           is
           certainly
           worth
           our
           Parliaments
           enquiring
           into
           .
           For
           't
           is
           not
           to
           be
           supposed
           that
           they
           entrust
           our
           Kings
           to
           do
           whatever
           Pernicious
           Councils
           Advise
           them
           to
           ,
           against
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           only
           to
           delay
           doing
           what
           is
           visibly
           for
           its
           Advantage
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           the
           consent
           of
           Parliament
           :
           Upon
           the
           whole
           it
           is
           demonstrable
           beyond
           contradiction
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           have
           His
           Majesty's
           Ear
           as
           to
           Scots
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           by
           whose
           Advice
           he
           has
           Governed
           himself
           as
           to
           our
           Kingdom
           ,
           designed
           no
           good
           to
           our
           Company
           ,
           Colony
           ,
           or
           Country
           ,
           otherwise
           such
           reasonable
           Requests
           as
           they
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           desired
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           could
           not
           have
           been
           refused
           as
           they
           have
           constantly
           been
           ,
           in
           manifest
           violation
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           irreparable
           Disgrace
           of
           our
           Nation
           .
        
         
           This
           will
           appear
           convincingly
           to
           those
           that
           consider
           the
           Proclamation
           issued
           in
           Scotland
           by
           His
           Majesty's
           Order
           ,
           against
           carrying
           on
           a
           Na●ional
           Petition
           for
           a
           Parliament
           in
           order
           to
           redress
           our
           Grievances
           as
           to
           Darien
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           frivolous
           pretext
           of
           the
           Pernicious
           Counsellors
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           was
           promoted
           by
           Persons
           who
           had
           given
           no
           proofs
           of
           their
           Affections
           to
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           endeavoured
           to
           charge
           the
           miscarriage
           of
           the
           Darien
           Colony
           ,
           upon
           Proclamations
           published
           against
           their
           having
           any
           Supplys
           from
           the
           English
           
             West
             Indies
          
           ,
           whereas
           it
           was
           chargeable
           upon
           other
           Causes
           ;
           this
           frivolous
           pretext
           we
           say
           is
           so
           very
           thin
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           easily
           be
           seen
           through
           ,
           and
           was
           contrived
           on
           purpose
           to
           draw
           a
           Vail
           over
           the
           manifest
           Injustice
           of
           this
           Proclamation
           ,
           so
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           the
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           on
           which
           His
           Majesty
           accepted
           the
           Crown
           ,
           wherein
           it
           is
           expresly
           declared
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Subject
             to
             Petition
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             Prosecutions
             and
             Imprisonments
             for
             such
             Petitioning
             ,
             are
             and
             were
             contrary
             to
             Law.
          
           Here
           is
           no
           exception
           made
           of
           Subjects
           that
           have
           not
           given
           proofs
           of
           their
           Affection
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           It
           is
           sufficient
           if
           they
           be
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           certainly
           Petitioning
           in
           it self
           infers
           an
           owning
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           
           but
           admit
           it
           were
           so
           that
           the
           said
           Petition
           was
           promoted
           by
           such
           ,
           must
           the
           whole
           Nation
           when
           injured
           in
           its
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           ,
           be
           denied
           the
           liberty
           of
           Petitioning
           for
           a
           Redress
           of
           their
           Grievances
           ,
           because
           Persons
           that
           are
           not
           well
           Affected
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           when
           they
           suffer
           in
           the
           common
           loss
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           likewise
           in
           their
           own
           personal
           Property
           are
           willing
           to
           concur
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           promote
           such
           a
           Petition
           ?
           This
           is
           Doctrine
           fit
           for
           Turky
           ,
           or
           for
           France
           ;
           and
           indeed
           not
           digestable
           there
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           be
           obtruded
           upon
           us
           .
           But
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           matter
           is
           this
           ,
           the
           mischeivous
           Counsellors
           were
           not
           willing
           the
           Nation
           should
           be
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Treatment
           they
           had
           met
           with
           by
           their
           means
           ,
           and
           therefore
           did
           not
           care
           to
           hear
           of
           a
           National
           Application
           for
           a
           Redress
           .
        
         
           But
           did
           those
           Gentlemen
           think
           we
           would
           take
           their
           word
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           miscarriage
           of
           our
           Colony
           was
           not
           chargeable
           upon
           their
           West-India
           Proclamations
           ,
           since
           they
           know
           they
           never
           yet
           suffered
           his
           Majesty
           to
           keep
           his
           word
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           is
           but
           too
           too
           evident
           from
           the
           Hamburgh
           Memorial
           ,
           the
           said
           Proclamations
           ,
           and
           other
           steps
           of
           opposition
           made
           to
           our
           Company
           contrary
           to
           express
           Law
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           but
           reasonable
           then
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           desire
           a
           Parliament
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           examine
           whether
           the
           Company
           's
           Charge
           be
           true
           or
           false
           ?
           Or
           when
           the
           Practises
           of
           pernicious
           Counsellors
           gives
           the
           Country
           just
           cause
           to
           complain
           of
           Grievances
           ,
           must
           they
           not
           petition
           for
           a
           Redress
           ,
           because
           some
           ill
           men
           may
           perhaps
           improve
           it
           against
           the
           Government
           ?
           We
           hope
           our
           Parliament
           will
           think
           it
           worth
           their
           while
           to
           enquire
           ,
           whether
           they
           that
           gave
           the
           occasion
           for
           such
           a
           Petition
           ,
           or
           those
           that
           make
           such
           a
           Petition
           be
           most
           culpable
           .
        
         
           Ay
           ,
           but
           says
           the
           Faction
           ,
           such
           petitioning
           is
           an
           invasion
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Prerogative
           ,
           it
           being
           he
           only
           who
           is
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           .
           To
           which
           we
           answer
           ,
           that
           the
           Claim
           of
           Right
           sets
           bounds
           to
           his
           Prerogative
           beyond
           which
           he
           is
           not
           to
           go
           ,
           since
           upon
           those
           Terms
           he
           accepted
           our
           Crown
           ;
           and
           that
           Claim
           having
           reserv'd
           to
           the
           Subject
           the
           Right
           of
           petitioning
           ,
           the
           denial
           of
           it
           is
           an
           Invasion
           of
           their
           Property
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           tho
           his
           Majesty
           only
           is
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           left
           absolutely
           or
           solely
           at
           his
           Disposal
           when
           .
           By
           the
           Claim
           of
           Right
           he
           is
           obliged
           for
           the
           redress
           of
           Grievances
           to
           call
           them
           frequently
           ,
           and
           to
           allow
           them
           to
           sit
           .
           So
           that
           the
           denying
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           meeting
           ,
           and
           adjourning
           them
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           present
           Case
           ,
           when
           the
           whole
           Nation
           complains
           of
           their
           Grievances
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           Colony
           ,
           is
           another
           manifest
           infraction
           upon
           the
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           which
           our
           Parliament
           is
           concern'd
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           Authors
           of
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           punish'd
           ;
           otherwise
           our
           Claim
           of
           Right
           will
           by
           degrees
           come
           to
           be
           of
           no
           more
           use
           to
           us
           than
           an
           Almanack
           out
           of
           date
           .
        
         
         
           We
           come
           now
           to
           the
           Address
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           in
           England
           ,
           concerning
           our
           Colony
           at
           Darien
           ,
           which
           we
           think
           convenient
           to
           insert
           here
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           
             
               London
               ,
               February
               
               13th
               .
               Yesterday
               His
               Majesty
               received
               the
               following
               Address
               from
               the
               House
               of
               Lords
               .
            
             
               WE
               the
               Lords
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               in
               Parliament
               Assembled
               ,
               being
               according
               to
               our
               duty
               solicitous
               for
               the
               preservation
               and
               Encrease
               of
               the
               Trade
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               on
               which
               the
               Support
               of
               your
               Majesties
               Greatness
               and
               Honour
               so
               much
               depends
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Security
               and
               Defence
               of
               your
               People
               ,
               have
               been
               very
               apprehensive
               ,
               that
               the
               steps
               lately
               made
               towards
               a
               Settlement
               of
               your
               Subjects
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Scotland
               at
               Darien
               ,
               may
               tend
               to
               the
               great
               preiudice
               of
               this
               Nation
               ,
               and
               possibly
               to
               the
               disturbance
               of
               that
               Peace
               and
               good
               Correspondence
               with
               the
               Crown
               of
               Spain
               ,
               which
               we
               conceive
               is
               very
               advantagious
               to
               us
               all
               :
               VVe
               have
               therefore
               taken
               the
               same
               into
               our
               serious
               consideration
               ,
               as
               a
               matter
               of
               the
               greatest
               Importance
               ,
               and
               proper
               to
               be
               laid
               before
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               as
               the
               Common
               Father
               of
               both
               Countries
               .
               And
               as
               we
               are
               truly
               sensible
               of
               great
               Losses
               our
               Neighbour
               Kingdom
               hath
               sustained
               ,
               both
               by
               Men
               and
               Treasure
               ,
               in
               their
               Expeditions
               to
               that
               place
               ,
               which
               we
               very
               heartily
               lament
               ,
               so
               we
               should
               not
               endeavour
               by
               any
               Interposition
               of
               Ours
               ,
               to
               defeat
               the
               Hopes
               they
               may
               still
               entertain
               of
               recovering
               those
               Losses
               by
               their
               further
               engaging
               in
               that
               design
               ,
               but
               that
               we
               judge
               such
               a
               Prosecution
               on
               their
               parts
               must
               end
               not
               only
               in
               far
               greater
               Disapointments
               to
               themselves
               ,
               but
               at
               the
               same
               time
               prove
               very
               inconvenient
               to
               the
               Trade
               ,
               and
               quiet
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               On
               this
               occasion
               we
               humbly
               presume
               to
               put
               your
               Majesty
               in
               mind
               of
               the
               Address
               of
               both
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               presented
               to
               Your
               Majesty
               on
               the
               17th
               of
               
                 December
                 1695.
              
               
               In
               the
               close
               of
               which
               Address
               Your
               Majesty
               will
               see
               the
               unanimous
               Sense
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               in
               relation
               to
               any
               Settlement
               the
               SCOTS
               might
               make
               in
               the
               West-Indies
               ,
               by
               virtue
               of
               an
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               past
               about
               that
               time
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Scotland
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               occasion
               of
               the
               said
               Address
               .
            
             
               And
               we
               humbly
               represent
               to
               Your
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               having
               received
               Information
               of
               some
               Orders
               Your
               Majesty
               had
               sent
               to
               the
               Governours
               of
               the
               Plantations
               on
               this
               Subject
               ,
               the
               House
               
               did
               ,
               on
               the
               18th
               of
               January
               last
               ,
               come
               to
               this
               Resolution
               ,
               That
               Your
               Majesty's
               Pleasure
               signified
               to
               the
               Governours
               of
               the
               Plantations
               ,
               in
               Relation
               to
               the
               Scotch
               Settlement
               at
               DARIEN
               ,
               was
               agreeable
               to
               the
               Address
               of
               both
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               presented
               to
               Your
               Majesty
               on
               the
               17th
               of
               
                 December
                 1695.
              
               
            
             
               And
               on
               the
               8th
               of
               this
               Instant
               February
               ,
               this
               House
               came
               to
               this
               further
               Resolution
               ,
               that
               the
               Settlement
               of
               the
               Scots
               Colony
               at
               DARIEN
               is
               inconsistent
               with
               the
               Good
               of
               the
               Plantation
               Trade
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               All
               which
               we
               humbly
               hope
               Your
               Majesty
               will
               take
               into
               your
               Royal
               Consideration
               ,
               and
               we
               are
               confident
               that
               Your
               Majesty
               cannot
               be
               thought
               too
               partial
               to
               the
               Address
               of
               this
               House
               ,
               if
               Your
               Majesty
               shall
               in
               the
               first
               place
               consider
               the
               Advantage
               and
               Good
               of
               this
               Trade
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               by
               the
               Preservation
               and
               Improvement
               of
               which
               ,
               both
               these
               Kingdoms
               ,
               and
               all
               your
               other
               Dominions
               ,
               must
               on
               all
               occasions
               principally
               be
               defended
               .
            
          
        
         
           If
           this
           Address
           be
           not
           a
           manifest
           Invasion
           of
           our
           Sovereignty
           and
           Independency
           never
           any
           thing
           was
           ;
           and
           therefore
           't
           is
           to
           be
           hop'd
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           against
           whose
           Act
           they
           have
           so
           expresly
           declared
           themselves
           ,
           will
           protest
           against
           this
           Address
           ,
           and
           declare
           it
           to
           be
           an
           invasion
           of
           our
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           interposition
           in
           our
           Affairs
           as
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Sovereignty
           and
           Independency
           of
           Scotland
           .
           We
           have
           already
           taken
           notice
           that
           this
           Address
           was
           the
           procurement
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           which
           shews
           how
           fraudulently
           the
           pernicious
           Counsellors
           have
           all
           along
           acted
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           what
           our
           Nation
           is
           to
           expect
           so
           long
           as
           we
           are
           governed
           by
           such
           Advice
           :
           But
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Address
           it self
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           evident
           that
           the
           natural
           Tendency
           of
           it
           is
           to
           render
           our
           Kingdom
           subject
           to
           that
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           a
           plain
           Declaration
           against
           our
           Settlement
           at
           Darien
           ,
           or
           any
           place
           in
           the
           West-Ind●es
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           also
           plain
           from
           this
           Address
           ,
           that
           they
           presented
           it
           on
           purpose
           to
           defeat
           the
           hopes
           that
           we
           might
           still
           entertain
           of
           recovering
           our
           Losses
           ,
           by
           further
           engaging
           in
           that
           Design
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           have
           taken
           upon
           themselves
           the
           Loss
           of
           the
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           which
           we
           have
           sustained
           in
           the
           West-Indies
           ,
           by
           declaring
           that
           his
           Majesties
           Pleasure
           ,
           signified
           to
           the
           Governours
           of
           the
           Plantations
           in
           relation
           to
           our
           Settlement
           at
           Darien
           ,
           was
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Address
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           of
           the
           17
           th
           of
           December
           ,
           1695.
           
           It
           's
           observable
           also
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           Address
           the
           Lords
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           say
           the
           Commons
           are
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           with
           themselves
           ;
           which
           since
           the
           Commons
           seem
           to
           comply
           with
           by
           their
           silence
           ,
           wants
           very
           little
           of
           a
           formal
           Declaration
           of
           both
           Houses
           against
           our
           trading
           either
           in
           the
           East
           or
           West-Indies
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           also
           evident
           from
           this
           Address
           ,
           that
           they
           demand
           his
           Majesty
           should
           prefer
           the
           Advantage
           of
           their
           Trade
           to
           ours
           ;
           from
           all
           which
           together
           its
           demonstrable
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           no
           more
           to
           do
           but
           to
           alledge
           any
           branch
           of
           our
           Trade
           they
           please
           to
           be
           inconsistent
           with
           and
           disadvantagious
           to
           theirs
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           at
           last
           deprive
           us
           of
           our
           whole
           Trade
           ;
           since
           those
           who
           are
           his
           Majesties
           Counsellors
           in
           our
           Affairs
           think
           it
           sufficient
           it
           seems
           to
           absolve
           him
           from
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           to
           us
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Obligation
           he
           is
           under
           to
           govern
           us
           according
           to
           our
           own
           Laws
           ,
           if
           what
           he
           does
           against
           our
           Interest
           and
           Honour
           be
           but
           agreeable
           to
           the
           mind
           of
           his
           Parliament
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           make
           it
           evident
           beyond
           Contradiction
           ,
           that
           except
           some
           speedy
           redress
           be
           had
           ,
           
             Not
             only
             our
             Company
             but
             all
             other
             individual
             Merchants
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             must
             from
             henceforward
             conclude
             that
             all
             their
             Rights
             and
             Freedom
             of
             Trade
             are
             and
             may
             be
             further
             violently
             wrested
             out
             of
             our
             Hands
             by
             our
             Neighbours
             :
          
           As
           our
           Company
           well
           express'd
           it
           in
           their
           Address
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           Iune
           28
           th
           .
           1697.
           
        
         
           By
           those
           barefac'd
           and
           avow'd
           methods
           ,
           the
           Conjecture
           of
           our
           Company
           ,
           in
           their
           Address
           to
           the
           Council
           of
           Scotland
           of
           December
           22
           d
           1697
           ,
           hath
           been
           also
           too
           much
           verified
           ,
           viz.
           
           
             That
             if
             effectual
             means
             were
             not
             taken
             for
             putting
             an
             early
             stop
             to
             such
             an
             open
             and
             violent
             Infringement
             of
             so
             solemn
             a
             Constitution
             ,
             its
             hard
             to
             guess
             how
             far
             it
             may
             in
             after-ages
             be
             made
             use
             of
             as
             a
             Precedent
             ,
             for
             invading
             and
             overthrowing
             even
             the
             very
             fundamental
             Rights
             ,
             natural
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             indisputable
             Independency
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             now
             open
             and
             frequent
             Practises
             of
             our
             unkind
             Neighbours
             seem
             to
             be
             too
             shrewdly
             pointed
             at
             ,
             and
             give
             cause
             of
             Apprehensions
             and
             Jealousies
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             our
             Company
             in
             particular
             ,
             but
             even
             to
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             the
             Nation
             in
             geneneral
             .
             It
             is
             no
             less
             evident
             ,
             by
             those
             proceedings
             that
             the
             Authority
             and
             Credit
             of
             our
             Parliament
             is
             struck
             at
             through
             our
             Companies
             Sides
             :
          
           As
           the
           Company
           likewise
           truly
           express'd
           it
           ,
           in
           their
           Address
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           Iuly
           22
           d
           ,
           1698.
           
        
         
           And
           from
           this
           Address
           they
           may
           as
           well
           foresee
           that
           they
           are
           to
           expect
           all
           the
           opposition
           from
           the
           Faction
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           as
           they
           formerly
           predicted
           ,
           but
           too
           late
           in
           their
           Address
           to
           the
           Parliament
           —
           
             That
             their
             Enemies
             would
             either
             directly
             or
             indirectly
             pursue
             their
             Designs
             of
             ruining
             all
             their
             Measures
             .
          
           For
           we
           may
           assure
           our selves
           that
           those
           Persons
           about
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           were
           so
           officious
           to
           procure
           Proclamations
           against
           our
           Colony
           (
           when
           there
           was
           no
           such
           Address
           to
           countenance
           their
           Proceedings
           )
           will
           not
           be
           wanting
           to
           press
           his
           Majesty
           to
           oppose
           us
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           since
           they
           have
           been
           at
           so
           much
           pains
           to
           procure
           this
           Address
           ,
           tho
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Reputation
           ,
           who
           had
           promis'd
           us
           the
           contrary
           :
           This
           is
           but
           too
           evident
           from
           the
           Advices
           we
           have
           already
           receiv'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Sloope
           who
           brought
           2
           of
           our
           
           Colony
           from
           Darien
           to
           Iamaica
           ,
           since
           our
           repossessing
           our selves
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           imprison'd
           there
           ,
           and
           his
           Vessel
           seiz'd
           on
           that
           Account
           .
        
         
           We
           come
           next
           to
           the
           Causes
           they
           assign
           for
           this
           Address
           ,
           viz.
           That
           our
           Settlement
           may
           occasion
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           Peace
           betwixt
           them
           and
           Spain
           ,
           and
           be
           prejudicial
           to
           their
           Plantation-Trade
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           they
           have
           no
           Cause
           to
           fear
           ,
           since
           there
           is
           no
           offensive
           and
           defensive
           League
           'twixt
           us
           and
           England
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           a
           distinct
           and
           independent
           Nation
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           have
           sufficiently
           declar'd
           their
           opposition
           to
           our
           Settlement
           ,
           to
           the
           loss
           of
           our
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           ;
           the
           second
           is
           frivolous
           and
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           since
           every
           free
           and
           independent
           Kingdom
           has
           a
           right
           to
           seek
           their
           own
           advantage
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           another
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           two
           Freemen
           of
           the
           same
           Employment
           have
           a
           right
           to
           set
           up
           a
           Shop
           in
           the
           same
           Street
           ,
           or
           next
           Door
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           if
           they
           find
           their
           account
           in
           it
           .
           If
           it
           were
           otherwise
           ,
           the
           English
           have
           as
           much
           right
           to
           oppose
           the
           old
           French
           Settlements
           in
           the
           West-Indies
           ,
           and
           their
           new
           one
           at
           Mississipi
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           to
           oppose
           ours
           ;
           so
           that
           their
           proceedings
           against
           us
           in
           this
           matter
           is
           a
           piece
           of
           the
           black●st
           Injustice
           that
           one
           Nation
           can
           be
           guilty
           of
           towards
           another
           :
           And
           we
           wonder
           very
           much
           at
           it
           ,
           since
           some
           of
           their
           Council
           of
           Trade
           ,
           who
           are
           amongst
           the
           Chief
           of
           those
           that
           advise
           to
           this
           way
           of
           proceeding
           against
           us
           ,
           seem
           to
           place
           all
           their
           hopes
           of
           Heaven
           upon
           Justice
           'twixt
           Man
           and
           Man
           ,
           and
           yet
           seem
           to
           have
           no
           sense
           of
           Justice
           betwixt
           Nation
           and
           Nation
           ,
        
         
           We
           come
           next
           to
           consider
           His
           Majesties
           Answer
           .
        
         
           
             
               His
               Majesties
               most
               Gracious
               Answer
               to
               the
               Address
               ,
               was
               to
               this
               Effect
               ,
               Viz.
               
            
             
               HIS
               Majesty
               having
               received
               a
               very
               dutiful
               Address
               from
               the
               House
               of
               Peers
               ,
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               Endeavours
               lately
               used
               by
               some
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Subjects
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Scotland
               towards
               making
               a
               Settlement
               at
               DARIEN
               ,
               in
               which
               they
               humbly
               represent
               to
               him
               their
               Opinion
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               Settlement
               is
               inconsistent
               with
               the
               good
               of
               the
               Plantation-Trade
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               :
               Is
               pleased
               to
               let
               the
               House
               know
               ,
               That
               he
               will
               always
               have
               a
               very
               great
               regard
               to
               their
               Opinion
               ;
               And
               to
               assure
               them
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               never
               be
               wanting
               by
               all
               proper
               means
               ▪
               to
               promote
               the
               Advantage
               and
               Good
               of
               the
               Trade
               of
               England
               .
               At
               the
               same
               time
               His
               Majesty
               is
               pleased
               to
               Declare
               ,
               that
               he
               cannot
               but
               have
               a
               great
               Concern
               and
               Tenderness
               for
               his
               Kingdom
               of
               Scotland
               ,
               and
               a
               desire
               to
               advance
               their
               Well-fare
               and
               Prosperity
               ,
               and
               is
               very
               sensibly
               touched
               with
               the
               loss
               His
               Subjects
               
               of
               that
               Kingdom
               have
               sustained
               by
               their
               late
               unhappy
               Expeditions
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               a
               Settlement
               at
               DARIEN
               .
               His
               Majesty
               does
               apprehend
               that
               difficulties
               may
               too
               often
               arise
               with
               respect
               to
               the
               different
               Interest
               of
               Trade
               ,
               between
               his
               two
               Kingdoms
               ,
               unless
               some
               way
               be
               found
               out
               to
               unite
               them
               more
               nearly
               and
               compleatly
               :
               And
               therefore
               His
               Majesty
               takes
               this
               opportunity
               of
               putting
               the
               House
               of
               Peers
               in
               mind
               of
               what
               he
               recommended
               to
               his
               Parliament
               ,
               soon
               after
               his
               Accession
               to
               the
               Throne
               ,
               That
               they
               would
               consider
               of
               an
               Vnion
               between
               the
               two
               Kingdoms
               .
               His
               Majesty
               is
               of
               opinion
               ,
               That
               nothing
               would
               more
               contribute
               to
               the
               security
               and
               happiness
               of
               both
               Kingdoms
               ;
               and
               is
               inclined
               to
               hope
               ,
               that
               after
               they
               have
               lived
               near
               100
               years
               under
               the
               same
               Head
               ,
               some
               happy
               Expedient
               may
               be
               found
               for
               making
               them
               one
               People
               ,
               in
               case
               a
               Treaty
               were
               set
               on
               Foot
               for
               that
               purpose
               ;
               And
               therefore
               he
               does
               very
               earnestly
               recommend
               this
               Matter
               to
               the
               Consideration
               of
               the
               House
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           Answer
           is
           indeed
           something
           more
           like
           the
           Answer
           of
           a
           King
           of
           Scots
           ,
           than
           that
           to
           the
           Address
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           of
           the
           17
           th
           of
           December
           1695.
           
           Yet
           the
           m●nagement
           of
           our
           Friends
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           Counsellors
           in
           Scots
           Affairs
           ,
           is
           still
           obvious
           to
           our
           view
           ,
           in
           this
           Answer
           ;
           the
           transports
           of
           Joy
           they
           were
           filled
           with
           upon
           the
           receipt
           of
           the
           Lords
           Address
           ,
           discovers
           it self
           by
           visible
           Ebullitions
           in
           the
           very
           first
           Line
           .
           
             His
             Majesty
             having
             received
             a
             VERY
             DVTIFVL
             ADDRESS
             .
          
           What
           pity
           't
           was
           that
           new
           Patents
           of
           Honour
           were
           not
           sent
           to
           every
           one
           of
           those
           Lords
           that
           were
           for
           this
           Dutiful
           Address
           .
           But
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           weighed
           in
           a
           Scots
           Ballance
           it
           appears
           to
           be
           undutiful
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           .
           1.
           
           Because
           they
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           advise
           his
           Majesty
           to
           act
           contrary
           to
           what
           he
           had
           promised
           to
           the
           Scots
           .
           And
           ,
           2.
           
           Because
           instead
           of
           owning
           him
           as
           an
           independent
           Sovereign
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           they
           treat
           him
           like
           their
           Vassal
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           King
           of
           Scots
           ,
           by
           pretending
           to
           direct
           him
           in
           the
           Affairs
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           that
           also
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Sentiments
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           who
           must
           rationally
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           understand
           the
           Interest
           of
           our
           Nation
           better
           ,
           and
           to
           consult
           it
           more
           ,
           than
           they
           either
           can
           or
           will
           do
           .
        
         
           Certainly
           they
           must
           have
           a
           very
           mean
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           if
           they
           think
           we
           can
           be
           gull'd
           with
           their
           pretending
           to
           be
           sorry
           for
           our
           great
           loss
           of
           Men
           and
           Treasure
           ;
           when
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           they
           charge
           themselves
           with
           advising
           to
           those
           measures
           which
           occasioned
           the
           loss
           of
           both
           ,
           and
           indirectly
           threaten
           us
           (
           for
           we
           cannot
           interpret
           it
           otherwise
           )
           
             WITH
             FAR
             GREATER
             DISAPPOINTMENTS
             IN
             THE
             PROSECVTION
             OF
             OVR
             DESIGN
             :
          
           for
           justification
           of
           which
           they
           have
           
           already
           form'd
           their
           Declaration
           ,
           viz.
           That
           our
           Settlement
           at
           Darien
           is
           greatly
           prejudicial
           to
           their
           Nation
           ,
           and
           disturbs
           their
           Peace
           with
           Spain
           ;
           when
           all
           this
           while
           the
           Spaniards
           have
           never
           offered
           to
           make
           the
           least
           Reprizal
           upon
           them
           for
           it
           ,
           whereas
           they
           have
           committed
           actual
           Hostilities
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty's
           declaring
           that
           he
           cannot
           but
           have
           a
           great
           Concern
           and
           Tenderness
           for
           his
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           a
           desire
           to
           advance
           our
           Welfare
           and
           Prosperity
           ,
           discovers
           a
           Paternal
           Affection
           to
           us
           ;
           but
           considering
           how
           he
           is
           circumstantiate
           ,
           is
           like
           to
           be
           of
           as
           little
           use
           to
           our
           Nation
           ,
           as
           the
           Affection
           of
           a
           Natural
           Father
           to
           his
           own
           Children
           ,
           for
           whom
           he
           dares
           not
           do
           any
           good
           Office
           ,
           because
           of
           a
           cursed
           ill-natured
           Step-mother
           ,
           that
           has
           him
           at
           command
           :
           Thus
           His
           Majesty
           was
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           grant
           us
           an
           Act
           for
           Encouraging
           and
           Promoting
           our
           Trade
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Malice
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           have
           him
           in
           their
           Hands
           ,
           was
           forced
           to
           Counteract
           it
           :
           Thus
           he
           has
           been
           pleased
           again
           to
           promise
           our
           Colony
           the
           same
           Liberty
           of
           Trade
           that
           others
           have
           to
           the
           English
           Plantations
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           forced
           to
           recal
           his
           Word
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           be
           worse
           than
           his
           Promise
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           told
           that
           the
           Sense
           of
           both
           his
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           in
           England
           is
           against
           it
           .
           To
           these
           straights
           those
           pernicious
           Counsellors
           have
           reduced
           His
           Majesty
           ;
           for
           though
           the
           Faction
           will
           promise
           to
           support
           him
           in
           a●ting
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           ,
           against
           us
           ;
           yet
           they
           will
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           against
           what
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           Lop'd
           off
           or
           Abdicated
           .
           They
           will
           not
           allow
           us
           to
           complain
           of
           our
           Kings
           when
           misled
           by
           Ill
           Council
           ,
           or
           to
           say
           that
           by
           our
           Ancient
           Constitution
           ,
           they
           were
           accountable
           to
           their
           Parliaments
           for
           Male-administration
           ,
           but
           strait
           they
           will
           burn
           our
           Books
           as
           False
           ,
           Scandalous
           ,
           and
           Trayterous
           ;
           yet
           they
           themselves
           fly
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           their
           Prince
           every
           day
           ,
           suffer
           his
           Administration
           to
           be
           tamely
           Libelled
           ,
           and
           his
           Person
           reflected
           on
           ,
           in
           all
           their
           Pampblets
           against
           a
           standing
           Army
           ;
           they
           will
           tell
           him
           to
           his
           Face
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           advised
           him
           to
           the
           Irish
           Grants
           ,
           had
           not
           consulted
           his
           Honour
           —
           And
           that
           they
           who
           advised
           him
           to
           such
           and
           such
           Answers
           ,
           had
           done
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lay
           to
           create
           a
           misunderstanding
           betwixt
           him
           and
           his
           People
           .
           If
           we
           quote
           our
           Historians
           ,
           or
           Laws
           ,
           for
           asserting
           that
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           of
           our
           Government
           risided
           formerly
           in
           the
           State●
           ,
           who
           could
           dispose
           of
           the
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           of
           our
           Princes
           ,
           they
           strait
           condemn
           it
           as
           Trayterous
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           quietly
           suffer
           Books
           to
           be
           published
           ,
           asserting
           their
           own
           Power
           of
           doing
           so
           by
           their
           Kings
           ,
           and
           justifie
           the
           cutting
           off
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           I.
           as
           
           Milton's
           Works
           ,
           and
           others
           :
           If
           their
           own
           Kings
           dispence
           with
           their
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Invade
           the
           Rights
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           they
           kick
           them
           from
           their
           Thrones
           ,
           and
           then
           tell
           the
           World
           they
           have
           Abdicated
           ;
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           support
           
           them
           in
           acting
           Arbitrarily
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           Law
           against
           us
           ;
           and
           tell
           them
           that
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           they
           act
           according
           to
           the
           Sense
           of
           both
           Houses
           .
           If
           we
           complain
           of
           Injuries
           done
           us
           ,
           and
           Affronts
           put
           upon
           us
           by
           a
           Faction
           of
           theirs
           ,
           in
           conjunction
           with
           some
           ill
           Men
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           straitway
           we
           are
           accused
           of
           reflecting
           upon
           the
           Honour
           of
           both
           Nations
           ▪
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           stir
           up
           War
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           Proclamations
           are
           issued
           ,
           offering
           500
           l
           for
           discovering
           the
           Authors
           of
           such
           Complaints
           ;
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           suffer
           us
           to
           be
           Libelled
           ,
           railed
           upon
           ,
           vilified
           and
           belied
           ,
           and
           God
           himself
           and
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           blasphemed
           ,
           in
           Villanous
           Pamphlets
           ,
           without
           taking
           the
           least
           notice
           of
           it
           .
           Thus
           in
           a
           Scurrilous
           Pamphlet
           called
           ,
           A
           History
           of
           Darien
           ,
           we
           are
           bantered
           and
           laughed
           at
           with
           Romantick
           and
           Foppish
           Stories
           ;
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           Scots
           Abdicating
           Darien
           ,
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Nation
           is
           outrag'd
           ,
           our
           Company
           belied
           ,
           and
           Religion
           blasphemed
           ;
           yet
           the
           Author
           Rewarded
           and
           Caressed
           by
           Mr.
           
             V
             —
             n
          
           ,
           now
           a
           Minister
           of
           State
           ,
           but
           formerly
           a
           Licenser
           of
           Books
           ,
           for
           taking
           off
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           ,
           and
           overturning
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           In
           a
           Villanous
           Lampoon
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Pedlar
             turn'd
             Merchant
          
           ,
           we
           are
           exposed
           to
           publick
           Redicule
           and
           Contempt
           ,
           without
           any
           Animadversion
           upon
           Authors
           or
           Publishers
           .
           Nor
           had
           any
           of
           our
           own
           Secretaries
           of
           State
           the
           Courage
           to
           take
           any
           Course
           with
           those
           Libellers
           ,
           or
           to
           complain
           of
           them
           ,
           though
           App●ication
           was
           made
           to
           them
           for
           that
           end
           .
           But
           if
           any
           thing
           be
           wrought
           to
           vindicate
           our
           Nation
           from
           such
           foul
           Ca●umnies
           ,
           a
           greater
           Reward
           is
           offered
           for
           discovering
           the
           Authors
           than
           was
           offered
           for
           apprehending
           some
           of
           the
           Regicides
           :
           Proclamations
           are
           published
           with
           more
           Zeal
           and
           Virulency
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           than
           against
           Popish
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           Principles
           and
           Practises
           destroy
           Mens
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           :
           What
           eagerness
           did
           our
           Enemies
           at
           Court
           evidence
           ,
           in
           prosecuting
           Booksellers
           for
           the
           
             Enquiry
             into
             the
             Causes
             of
             our
             Colonies
             Miscarrying
             at
          
           Darien
           ?
           What
           pa●ns
           and
           expence
           to
           find
           out
           the
           very
           Porters
           that
           Carried
           the
           Books
           a●out
           ?
           VVhat
           illegal
           and
           barbarous
           Treatments
           and
           Threa●s
           did
           they
           make
           use
           of
           to
           a
           poor
           Fellow
           taken
           up
           on
           Suspicion
           on
           that
           account
           ,
           keeping
           him
           Close
           Prisoner
           for
           a
           Week
           without
           an●
           Oath
           against
           him
           ,
           when
           his
           Wife
           lay-in
           in
           Child-bed
           ,
           and
           and
           his
           Family
           at
           the
           same
           time
           in
           a
           Starving
           Condition
           ,
           having
           nothing
           else
           but
           his
           Labour
           to
           depend
           on
           ?
           With
           what
           fury
           and
           heat
           did
           they
           Prosecute
           some
           People
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           for
           but
           reading
           it
           in
           publick
           ?
           And
           what
           pains
           and
           expence
           were
           they
           a●
           to
           bring
           over
           a
           Scots
           Bookseller
           from
           thence
           to
           witness
           against
           another
           Scots
           Bookseller
           in
           London
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           sent
           him
           a
           parcel
           of
           those
           Books
           ?
           What
           ca●e
           to
           have
           extravagant
           B●●l
           from
           that
           London
           Bookseller
           and
           o●he●s
           ?
           and
           what
           threats
           to
           ruin
           that
           Dublin
           Bookseller
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           not
           c●n●rary
           to
           Conscience
           and
           Knowledge
           ,
           swear
           against
           the
           Scots
           Bookseller
           in
           London
           ?
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           did
           not
           prosecute
           
           English
           Booksellers
           that
           were
           taken
           up
           for
           actually
           selling
           the
           Books
           .
           And
           what
           pains
           and
           expence
           were
           they
           at
           to
           discover
           the
           Author
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           all
           the
           Reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           think
           that
           he
           was
           not
           within
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           England
           ?
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           suffer
           our
           Nation
           to
           be
           daily
           abused
           and
           ridiculed
           impunè
           .
           These
           things
           are
           so
           plain
           and
           notorious
           ,
           that
           the
           Faction
           cannot
           but
           think
           the
           World
           takes
           notice
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           curses
           their
           Scandalous
           Partiality
           from
           their
           very
           Souls
           .
           That
           pernicious
           Faction
           (
           for
           still
           we
           would
           be
           understood
           to
           be
           far
           from
           charging
           any
           thing
           here
           said
           ,
           upon
           the
           whole
           English
           Nation
           )
           may
           very
           well
           remember
           ,
           that
           they
           looked
           upon
           it
           to
           be
           a
           good
           Justification
           of
           their
           War
           against
           Holland
           ,
           because
           the
           Dutch
           reflected
           upon
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           with
           their
           their
           Pens
           and
           Pencils
           ,
           drew
           their
           King
           with
           his
           Pocket
           turned
           inside
           out
           ,
           and
           his
           hands
           in
           his
           Breeches
           running
           after
           his
           Whores
           ;
           and
           represented
           the
           English
           Nation
           by
           their
           three
           Lions
           with
           their
           Tails
           cut
           ;
           and
           some
           such
           Device
           as
           this
           (
           if
           we
           remember
           it
           right
           )
           
             Angli
             Castigati
             latrant
             non
             mordent
          
           .
           Is
           it
           not
           strange
           then
           ,
           that
           a
           Nation
           so
           jealous
           of
           their
           own
           Honour
           ,
           should
           suffer
           their
           Neighbours
           to
           be
           so
           scandalously
           revil'd
           in
           theirs
           ;
           but
           such
           is
           the
           Temper
           of
           the
           high
           Tory
           Faction
           ,
           and
           some
           sneaking
           Court
           Wigs
           that
           are
           fallen
           in
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           seems
           they
           would
           have
           the
           Power
           of
           calling
           Kings
           to
           an
           account
           ,
           or
           cutting
           them
           off
           ,
           appropriated
           to
           England
           alone
           ;
           the
           latter
           we
           believe
           our
           Country
           will
           scarcely
           grudge
           them
           ,
           since
           they
           have
           been
           in
           the
           sole
           possession
           of
           it
           this
           100
           years
           ,
           and
           therefore
           have
           a
           Right
           to
           it
           by
           Prescription
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           the
           former
           we
           must
           beg
           their
           Pardon
           .
           By
           our
           Claim
           of
           Right
           it
           is
           possible
           still
           for
           our
           Kings
           to
           forfeit
           their
           Crowns
           by
           Maleadministration
           ,
           whether
           they
           Abdicate
           or
           not
           .
           We
           were
           under
           no
           obligation
           to
           mince
           the
           matter
           ,
           nor
           to
           manage
           the
           Credit
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           and
           save
           our
           own
           Reputation
           for
           acting
           contrary
           to
           that
           pretended
           Principle
           ,
           by
           imposing
           a
           falshood
           upon
           the
           World.
           We
           had
           no
           need
           to
           say
           that
           that
           Prince
           had
           voluntarily
           resign'd
           his
           Crown
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           obliged
           to
           quit
           it
           by
           an
           Armed
           Force
           ;
           therefore
           we
           acted
           fairly
           above-board
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Genius
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           and
           declared
           he
           had
           forfeited
           his
           Right
           ,
           by
           acting
           so
           and
           so
           ,
           which
           being
           according
           to
           former
           Presidents
           ,
           may
           prove
           the
           way
           for
           ,
           others
           to
           come
           :
           Whereas
           there
           's
           no
           great
           likelihood
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           being
           so
           happy
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           all
           their
           ●uture
           Tyrants
           run
           away
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           it
           's
           for
           that
           reason
           they
           are
           so
           Ambitious
           to
           ingross
           the
           Right
           of
           Lopping
           off
           Kings
           to
           themselves
           ;
           this
           we
           have
           the
           more
           reason
           to
           say
           ,
           since
           they
           were
           so
           mild
           in
           their
           Censure
           to
           Mr.
           Stevens
           ,
           who
           on
           the
           30th
           of
           Ianuary
           defended
           that
           Practise
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           were
           so
           severe
           upon
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Scots
           Enquiry
           ,
           for
           a
           meer
           Historical
           Relation
           of
           what
           Power
           our
           Ancestors
           cl●imed
           over
           their
           Kings
           .
        
         
         
           The
           next
           thing
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           ,
           is
           the
           Project
           of
           an
           Union
           'twixt
           the
           English
           and
           us
           .
           We
           shall
           not
           of●er
           to
           call
           in
           question
           His
           Majesty's
           Sincerity
           in
           the
           Proposal
           ,
           because
           he
           made
           it
           formerly
           ,
           when
           there
           were
           none
           of
           those
           Controversies
           on
           foot
           betwixt
           us
           ;
           but
           we
           have
           all
           imaginable
           reason
           to
           question
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           those
           from
           whom
           it
           came
           now
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           upon
           that
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty's
           Promise
           of
           holding
           our
           Parliament
           in
           Person
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           both
           of
           them
           contrived
           to
           gull
           and
           amuse
           us
           :
           The
           very
           making
           of
           such
           a
           Proposal
           ,
           and
           the
           forwarding
           it
           ,
           by
           those
           Lords
           that
           had
           almost
           in
           the
           same
           breath
           charged
           themselves
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           on●
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           at
           Darien
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           disappointments
           that
           our
           Company
           had
           met
           with
           ,
           was
           enough
           to
           make
           us
           suspect
           that
           no
           good
           to
           us
           was
           intended
           by
           it
           .
           They
           that
           had
           just
           declared
           our
           Trading
           to
           the
           East
           and
           
             West
             Indies
          
           to
           be
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Trade
           of
           England
           ,
           were
           not
           like
           to
           come
           to
           any
           Union
           ,
           that
           would
           allow
           us
           a
           share
           in
           their
           Trade
           ,
           when
           they
           will
           grant
           us
           none
           of
           our
           own
           ;
           yet
           it
           must
           be
           confess'd
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           never
           mention
           with
           Honour
           enough
           ,
           those
           Noble
           Lords
           who
           with
           a
           Generous
           and
           Impartial
           Justice
           protested
           against
           that
           unaccountable
           Address
           ,
           about
           our
           American
           Settlement
           :
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           Union
           ,
           the
           unmanly
           and
           scurrilous
           Reflections
           thrown
           upon
           us
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           by
           some
           noted
           Torys
           on
           that
           occasion
           ,
           are
           Indications
           sufficient
           ,
           that
           such
           an
           Union
           as
           they
           design
           ,
           would
           only
           compleat
           our
           Ruin
           :
           But
           at
           the
           same
           time
           we
           must
           own
           that
           our
           Nation
           is
           eternally
           obliged
           to
           those
           Worthy
           Members
           of
           the
           lower
           House
           ,
           who
           declared
           they
           rejected
           the
           Bill
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           concur
           in
           putting
           a
           Sham
           upon
           their
           Neighbouring
           Nation
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           so
           much
           injured
           ,
           and
           so
           barbarously
           treated
           by
           the
           
             West
             India
          
           Proclamations
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           It
           were
           easy
           to
           shew
           that
           an
           Union
           upon
           good
           and
           honourable
           Terms
           would
           be
           the
           greatest
           Happiness
           this
           Island
           could
           enjoy
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           certainly
           enrich
           and
           strengthen
           it
           ,
           and
           secure
           our
           Religion
           and
           Liberties
           against
           all
           Attempts
           from
           abroad
           and
           at
           home
           ;
           that
           it
           would
           bless
           bo●h
           Nations
           ,
           with
           an
           oppo●tunity
           to
           rectify
           what
           is
           amiss
           in
           their
           respective
           Constitutions
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           the
           impregnable
           bulwark
           of
           true
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           human
           Liberty
           ;
           but
           some
           those
           about
           His
           Majesty
           discover
           sufficiently
           by
           their
           Conduct
           ,
           that
           those
           are
           the
           things
           in
           the
           World
           they
           are
           most
           afraid
           of
           ;
           and
           therefore
           think
           it
           their
           Interest
           ,
           instead
           of
           uniting
           ,
           to
           divide
           us
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           reforming
           to
           debauch
           us
           :
           What
           else
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           prodigious
           increase
           of
           Popery
           and
           Profaneness
           ,
           and
           the
           perpretation
           of
           so
           much
           unnatural
           ,
           and
           formerly
           unheard
           of
           Villany
           in
           the
           Nations
           ?
           What
           else
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           foreign
           Protestants
           were
           so
           little
           care
           taken
           of
           at
           the
           Reswick
           Treaty
           ;
           that
           since
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           they
           have
           lost
           more
           than
           they
           did
           during
           the
           whole
           War
           ,
           and
           are
           every
           where
           expos'd
           to
           be
           devour'd
           by
           the
           Papists
           
           in
           
             France
             ,
             Germany
             ,
             Hungary
             ,
             &c.
          
           without
           any
           interposition
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           Great
           Britain
           .
           Whence
           comes
           it
           to
           pass
           else
           ,
           that
           now
           ,
           when
           the
           power
           of
           these
           three
           Nations
           and
           Holland
           are
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           one
           Prince
           ,
           the
           Hero
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           and
           the
           Representative
           of
           a
           Family
           ,
           that
           for
           100
           Years
           past
           hath
           been
           the
           scourge
           of
           Popery
           and
           Tyranny
           ;
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           should
           sport
           her self
           with
           the
           Blood
           and
           Misery
           of
           the
           Protestants
           every
           day
           ,
           and
           kindle
           a
           War
           amongst
           the
           Protestant
           powers
           of
           the
           North
           ,
           when
           it
           were
           easy
           for
           us
           ,
           humanly
           speaking
           ,
           with
           the
           united
           Naval
           Force
           only
           of
           Protestant
           Princes
           and
           States
           to
           oblige
           all
           the
           Popish
           Princes
           in
           Europe
           to
           come
           to
           a
           better
           Temper
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           to
           sack
           Rome
           the
           Seat
           of
           the
           Antichristian
           Empire
           ,
           
             make
             the
             Whore
             desolate
             ,
             and
             burn
             her
             Flesh
             with
             Fire
             .
          
           But
           instead
           of
           such
           great
           and
           generous
           designs
           ,
           we
           are
           rendred
           uncapable
           of
           protecting
           our selves
           ;
           that
           Popish
           In●erest
           grows
           within
           our
           own
           Bowels
           :
           Proclamations
           against
           Priests
           are
           not
           obtain'd
           without
           Sollicitation
           ;
           new
           Laws
           against
           them
           are
           but
           faintly
           carried
           on
           ,
           the
           three
           Nations
           are
           dash'd
           one
           against
           another
           ;
           each
           of
           them
           subdivided
           into
           Factions
           within
           themselves
           :
           and
           the
           endeavours
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           to
           settle
           a
           Trade
           ,
           which
           hath
           a
           promising
           Aspect
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           ,
           opposed
           with
           more
           Vigour
           ,
           Industry
           ,
           and
           Cunning
           ,
           by
           some
           about
           Court
           ,
           than
           ever
           they
           oppos'd
           any
           thing
           else
           ;
           whether
           it
           be
           the
           influence
           of
           some
           Spanish
           and
           French
           Gold
           ,
           or
           the
           effects
           of
           some
           secret
           and
           unknown
           Bargains
           ,
           God
           knows
           :
           but
           we
           think
           our
           Nation
           has
           very
           great
           reason
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           Cause
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           together
           with
           their
           Trade
           ,
           to
           take
           more
           than
           ordinary
           care
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           suffer
           this
           Kingdom
           to
           be
           a
           receptacle
           to
           any
           of
           the
           Priests
           banished
           from
           England
           .
           This
           we
           humbly
           conceive
           we
           are
           the
           more
           oblig'd
           to
           look
           after
           ,
           since
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Administration
           is
           wholly
           devolv'd
           upon
           our selves
           ,
           because
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           is
           of
           a
           larger
           Soul
           than
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           looks
           like
           persecuting
           people
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Principles
           ,
           declin'd
           being
           any
           ways
           obliged
           to
           use
           force
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           by
           taking
           that
           Article
           of
           our
           Coronation
           Oath
           
             which
             obliges
             him
             to
             root
             out
             Heresy
             ,
          
           with
           an
           explanation
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           the
           more
           incumbent
           upon
           us
           to
           see
           the
           Laws
           against
           Popery
           put
           in
           execution
           our selves
           ,
           lest
           our
           Lenity
           to
           them
           prove
           a
           Cruelty
           to
           our
           Country
           ;
           it
           being
           very
           well
           known
           that
           their
           Principles
           and
           Practises
           have
           a
           natural
           Tendency
           to
           subvert
           all
           Civil
           Societies
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           execution
           of
           Laws
           against
           them
           a
           Prosecution
           as
           necessary
           as
           that
           of
           other
           Criminals
           ;
           and
           so
           much
           the
           more
           necessary
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           by
           the
           interest
           of
           those
           of
           that
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           of
           them
           that
           are
           addicted
           to
           their
           Superstition
           ,
           that
           the
           advancement
           of
           our
           Trade
           is
           so
           keenly
           and
           maliciously
           oppos'd
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           publick
           Affairs
           a●e
           under
           the
           Influence
           of
           such
           Men
           as
           have
           testified
           so
           much
           Rancour
           against
           our
           Country
           ,
           those
           Gentlemen
           
           who
           spoke
           of
           an
           Union
           with
           us
           in
           such
           unbecoming
           Terms
           ,
           as
           one
           Civiliz'd
           Nation
           ought
           not
           to
           allow
           towards
           another
           ,
           need
           not
           trouble
           themselves
           with
           the
           Fears
           of
           our
           pressing
           it
           :
           It
           's
           better
           to
           be
           alone
           ,
           than
           with
           ill
           Company
           .
           How
           desirous
           soever
           we
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           of
           a
           Union
           ,
           our
           Neighbours
           may
           assure
           themselves
           that
           our
           Nation
           never
           design'd
           to
           purchase
           it
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           their
           Sovereignty
           and
           Honour
           .
           We
           are
           under
           no
           Obligations
           yet
           to
           treat
           upon
           such
           disadvantagious
           Terms
           ;
           what
           we
           may
           be
           reduc'd
           to
           ,
           when
           the
           Faction
           begin
           that
           War
           which
           Capt.
           Baker
           the
           King
           of
           
           England's
           Sollicitor
           threatens
           us
           with
           ,
           we
           cannot
           tell
           .
           We
           doubt
           not
           he
           speaks
           the
           Sentiments
           of
           the
           Courtiers
           that
           are
           so
           much
           imbittered
           against
           us
           ;
           but
           we
           despise
           it
           as
           a
           
             b●utum
             fulmen
          
           .
           This
           they
           may
           be
           satisfied
           of
           ,
           that
           by
           proposing
           an
           Union
           we
           never
           design'd
           to
           become
           a
           Province
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           resign
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           without
           a
           proportionable
           share
           of
           the
           Legislative
           and
           Executive
           Power
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Presence
           of
           the
           Government
           and
           all
           its
           Influences
           ;
           without
           which
           the
           Union
           would
           make
           us
           worse
           instead
           of
           making
           us
           better
           .
           Nor
           must
           they
           think
           that
           we
           design
           to
           give
           up
           our
           Consciences
           to
           be
           new
           molded
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           pattern
           of
           Damascus
           ,
           or
           their
           Pleasure
           .
           There
           's
           no
           question
           to
           be
           made
           but
           an
           Union
           without
           any
           of
           those
           Inconveniences
           might
           be
           effected
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Advantage
           of
           both
           Nations
           ,
           were
           things
           in
           a
           proper
           disposition
           for
           it
           ;
           but
           if
           our
           Neighbours
           grasp
           at
           a
           larger
           Government
           than
           what
           they
           are
           already
           possessed
           of
           ,
           it
           s
           not
           our
           Interest
           to
           become
           the
           Subjects
           of
           it
           :
           Great
           Governments
           like
           other
           Great
           Bodies
           become
           unweildy
           ,
           and
           where
           one
           Member
           has
           too
           much
           and
           another
           too
           little
           ,
           the
           Frame
           will
           quickly
           come
           to
           decay
           .
           Mutual
           Affection
           and
           an
           unequal
           distribution
           of
           Advantages
           are
           the
           best
           Cement
           of
           Civil
           Society
           ;
           but
           where
           some
           engross
           too
           much
           ,
           and
           allow
           others
           too
           little
           ,
           Friendship
           can
           never
           be
           firm
           nor
           durable
           .
           If
           they
           design
           to
           be
           our
           Masters
           ,
           and
           not
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           they
           may
           assure
           themselves
           that
           our
           design
           and
           theirs
           is
           not
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           shall
           never
           unite
           with
           them
           upon
           those
           Terms
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           have
           taken
           a
           brief
           view
           of
           some
           of
           the
           principal
           Grievances
           we
           labour
           under
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           American
           Settlement
           ;
           to
           which
           we
           may
           add
           the
           discourting
           of
           those
           who
           have
           shew'd
           themselves
           zealous
           for
           advancing
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           the
           advancement
           and
           continuing
           of
           such
           in
           great
           Posts
           as
           ingloriously
           concur
           with
           those
           measures
           ,
           that
           are
           taken
           to
           ruine
           their
           Country
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Difficulty
           lies
           in
           ge●ting
           those
           Grievances
           redress'd
           and
           in
           falling
           upon
           Methods
           to
           have
           the
           like
           prevented
           in
           time
           to
           come
           ;
           neither
           of
           these
           are
           to
           be
           done
           without
           our
           Parliaments
           assuming
           to
           themselves
           the
           Ancient
           Spirit
           and
           Courage
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           if
           we
           tamely
           digest
           those
           Invasions
           upon
           our
           Soveraignty
           our
           Enemies
           will
           be
           encouraged
           to
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           don't
           take
           effectual
           measures
           to
           restrain
           all
           stretches
           of
           Prerogative
           ,
           we
           shall
           
           unavoidably
           fall
           into
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           late
           Reigns
           .
           The
           Invasions
           made
           upon
           our
           Soveraignty
           and
           Freedom
           made
           by
           the
           English
           Court
           ,
           are
           such
           as
           we
           cannot
           once
           doubt
           that
           our
           Parliament
           will
           take
           care
           to
           assert
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Nation
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           perhaps
           there
           may
           be
           some
           difficulty
           in
           getting
           proper
           Resolves
           taken
           against
           the
           late
           measures
           of
           some
           Courtiers
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           such
           are
           the
           trifling
           and
           fraudulent
           dealing
           with
           us
           as
           to
           the
           Hamburgh
           Memorial
           ,
           the
           like
           as
           to
           the
           
             West
             India
          
           Proclamations
           ,
           the
           denying
           of
           the
           Companys
           reasonable
           Petitions
           ,
           the
           Proclamation
           against
           the
           National
           Petition
           ,
           &c.
           the
           unreasonable
           delaying
           of
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           when
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           did
           so
           londly
           call
           for
           it
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           suppos'd
           that
           a
           Parliament
           who
           have
           retriev'd
           so
           much
           of
           our
           Ancient
           Constitution
           (
           that
           was
           Usurp'd
           upon
           ,
           or
           giv'n
           away
           by
           pact
           Parliaments
           ,
           during
           the
           fr●ntick
           transports
           and
           prevalency
           of
           the
           Cavalier
           Faction
           in
           Charle●
           II.
           time
           )
           will
           be
           huffed
           or
           frighten'd
           out
           of
           their
           Rights
           by
           the
           bugbear
           words
           of
           Treason
           and
           Sedition
           ;
           those
           are
           Crimes
           with
           which
           Parliaments
           lawfully
           call'd
           ,
           and
           acting
           with
           the
           Consent
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           can
           never
           justly
           be
           Charg'd
           ,
           
             Freedom
             of
             Speech
             and
             Debate
          
           in
           Parliament
           being
           retriv'd
           by
           the
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           Members
           who
           speak
           freely
           for
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           their
           Country
           are
           not
           now
           to
           be
           frighten'd
           by
           Red
           Coats
           ,
           and
           other
           Court
           Pensioners
           with
           
             the
             Castle
             ,
             the
             Castle
          
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           .
           If
           any
           such
           thing
           should
           now
           be
           offered
           ,
           the
           said
           Claim
           will
           justify
           sending
           the
           Proposers
           of
           it
           to
           the
           same
           Quarters
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           same
           Instrument
           of
           Government
           or
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           we
           are
           also
           deliver'd
           from
           that
           overgrown
           Prerogative
           or
           Excrescence
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           that
           made
           it
           Treason
           to
           say
           the
           King
           is
           accountable
           to
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           since
           a
           freedom
           from
           those
           incroachments
           upon
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Subject
           that
           the
           late
           Reigns
           were
           guilty
           of
           ,
           are
           made
           the
           foundation
           of
           this
           present
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           His
           Majesty
           accepted
           our
           Crown
           upon
           those
           terms
           in
           the
           Claim
           of
           right
           ,
           promising
           to
           protect
           us
           from
           the
           
             violation
             of
             those
             Rights
             we
             therein
             asserted
             ,
             and
             from
             ALL
             OTHER
             ATTEMPTS
             upon
             our
             Religion
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
          
           ;
           all
           which
           were
           to
           no
           purpose
           and
           a
           meer
           empty
           piece
           of
           formality
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           if
           our
           Representatives
           in
           Parliament
           might
           not
           freely
           remonstrate
           against
           the
           breach
           of
           one
           or
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           if
           upon
           obstinate
           refusal
           of
           redress
           when
           such
           of
           them
           are
           violated
           ,
           as
           tend
           to
           the
           overthrow
           of
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           a
           right
           to
           betake
           themselves
           to
           the
           last
           Remedy
           ,
           from
           all
           which
           it
           follows
           as
           a
           natural
           Conclusion
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           tyrannical
           Usurpations
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           stretches
           of
           Prerogative
           ,
           since
           King
           Charles
           the
           II's
           Restoration
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           said
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           are
           as
           fully
           abrogated
           as
           if
           there
           were
           an
           Express
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           annulling
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           His
           Majesty's
           agreeing
           to
           that
           other
           Clause
           to
           protect
           us
           
             FROM
             ALL
             OTHER
             ATTEMPTS
          
           upon
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           
           extends
           to
           the
           things
           now
           under
           Consideration
           ;
           but
           more
           especially
           to
           those
           that
           have
           been
           made
           upon
           our
           Sovereignty
           ,
           Independency
           and
           Trade
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           has
           no
           reason
           to
           think
           this
           a
           Hardship
           or
           Innovation
           upon
           him
           ,
           since
           it
           's
           evident
           from
           our
           Histories
           and
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           our
           Ancestors
           did
           many
           times
           claim
           a
           much
           greater
           freedom
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           Princes
           ,
           than
           any
           thing
           here
           demanded
           .
           We
           know
           there
           were
           a
           Sett
           of
           Judges
           and
           Clergymen
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           ,
           that
           condemn'd
           this
           as
           Treason
           and
           Sedition
           from
           the
           Benches
           and
           Pulpits
           ,
           but
           without
           a
           grain
           of
           Truth
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           sufficiently
           evidenc'd
           ,
           since
           others
           had
           liberty
           to
           write
           and
           speak
           as
           well
           as
           they
           .
           Sir
           
             George
             Mackenzy
          
           was
           one
           of
           the
           ablest
           Penmen
           on
           their
           part
           ,
           but
           his
           Character
           and
           Interest
           are
           too
           well
           known
           in
           Scotland
           to
           suffer
           any
           man
           to
           lay
           much
           stress
           upon
           what
           he
           wrote
           on
           that
           head
           in
           his
           
             Ius
             Regium
          
           ,
           or
           other
           pieces
           .
           His
           
             ipse
             dixit
          
           must
           not
           outweigh
           the
           Credit
           of
           all
           our
           Historians
           and
           old
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           in
           this
           Matter
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           less
           since
           his
           wild
           Conceptions
           about
           the
           form
           of
           our
           Original
           Government
           ,
           as
           being
           an
           absolute
           Monarchy
           ,
           are
           sufficiently
           contradicted
           by
           
             Caesar
             Tacitus
          
           ,
           and
           other
           contemporary
           Historians
           .
           They
           do
           all
           of
           'em
           expresly
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           Gauls
           ,
           Irish
           and
           Britains
           ,
           had
           each
           of
           them
           many
           Kings
           ,
           and
           in
           Britain
           particularly
           ;
           that
           Kent
           alone
           had
           4
           Kings
           ,
           and
           that
           almost
           every
           City
           had
           its
           own
           King.
           He
           describes
           
           Cassibelan's
           Boundaries
           ,
           and
           gives
           an
           account
           of
           his
           making
           War
           with
           other
           Cities
           :
           The
           Silures
           and
           Bigantes
           had
           each
           their
           own
           Kings
           ;
           and
           question
           is
           made
           of
           Gethus
           ,
           a
           King
           of
           Orkney
           ;
           all
           which
           proves
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           Buchanan
           asserts
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           who
           first
           inhabited
           this
           Island
           ,
           that
           they
           livd
           '
           
             sine
             Rege
             ac
             certo
             Imperio
             per
             Cognationes
             tributim
             sparsi
          
           ;
           which
           fully
           overthrows
           what
           Sir
           
             George
             Mackenzy
          
           hath
           asserted
           as
           to
           our
           Government
           ,
           being
           originally
           an
           absolute
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           overturns
           all
           the
           train
           of
           Consequences
           he
           would
           deduce
           from
           thence
           .
           This
           was
           so
           much
           the
           more
           inexcusable
           in
           Sir
           George
           ;
           that
           being
           a
           Highlander
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           but
           know
           that
           that
           manner
           of
           Government
           by
           Clans
           or
           Kindreds
           continues
           still
           in
           the
           Highlands
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           experience
           of
           all
           Ages
           hath
           made
           it
           apparent
           ,
           that
           (
           generally
           speaking
           )
           they
           paid
           a
           greater
           defference
           to
           the
           respective
           heads
           of
           their
           Clans
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Kings
           themselves
           ,
           and
           seldom
           sail'd
           espousing
           their
           Quarrels
           against
           their
           Princes
           ;
           so
           little
           did
           absolute
           Monarchy
           ever
           obtain
           in
           Scotland
           .
           This
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           remarkable
           in
           our
           Nation
           ,
           because
           the
           Heads
           of
           those
           Clans
           ,
           Tribes
           ,
           or
           Families
           ,
           had
           not
           their
           Original
           or
           Estates
           from
           the
           Gifts
           or
           Patents
           of
           their
           Princes
           ,
           on
           condition
           of
           Military
           Service
           ,
           &c.
           as
           happen'd
           in
           those
           Countries
           where
           the
           Feudal
           Law
           took
           place
           ,
           and
           where
           Conquerours
           ,
           such
           as
           Charlemagne
           ,
           divided
           their
           Conquests
           amongst
           their
           Captains
           ,
           on
           condition
           of
           serving
           them
           in
           their
           Wars
           ,
           or
           other
           occasions
           ;
           and
           they
           again
           subdivided
           their
           Lands
           amongst
           
           their
           Vassals
           ,
           on
           condition
           of
           the
           like
           Service
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           our
           Kings
           receiv'd
           their
           Power
           originally
           from
           those
           Heads
           of
           Families
           or
           Clans
           ,
           who
           were
           in
           being
           long
           before
           the
           Feudal
           Law
           was
           heard
           of
           ,
           which
           is
           generally
           agreed
           to
           have
           had
           its
           Rise
           in
           Lombardy
           ,
           came
           from
           thence
           into
           France
           ,
           was
           first
           practis'd
           there
           by
           Charlemagne
           ,
           and
           brought
           into
           Britain
           by
           William
           the
           Conquerour
           .
           We
           don't
           deny
           however
           ,
           that
           our
           People
           might
           afterwards
           incorporate
           some
           things
           from
           the
           Feudal
           Law
           into
           their
           own
           Customs
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           plain
           ,
           if
           our
           Histories
           may
           be
           credited
           that
           our
           ancient
           great
           Families
           don't
           owe
           their
           Original
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           those
           Heads
           of
           Families
           ,
           who
           were
           our
           real
           Nobility
           (
           when
           the
           pompous
           Titles
           of
           Duke
           ,
           Marquis
           ,
           Earl
           and
           Lord
           ,
           were
           all
           together
           unknown
           )
           chose
           and
           gave
           Laws
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           who
           without
           them
           could
           do
           nothing
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           acted
           contrary
           to
           their
           Advice
           ,
           and
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           the
           Country
           they
           were
           by
           them
           call'd
           to
           an
           account
           ,
           and
           dethron'd
           or
           continued
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           they
           saw
           cause
           .
           This
           is
           so
           plain
           from
           our
           Histories
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           have
           a
           very
           large
           stock
           of
           Confidence
           ,
           or
           a
           great
           share
           of
           Ignorance
           that
           will
           deny
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           tho
           we
           have
           the
           longest
           ,
           and
           most
           uninterrupted
           Line
           of
           Succession
           ,
           that
           any
           Nation
           in
           Europe
           can
           boast
           of
           ;
           yet
           we
           were
           so
           far
           from
           owning
           an
           Hereditary
           Lineal
           Succession
           ,
           that
           we
           regulated
           that
           Matter
           from
           time
           to
           time
           as
           we
           thought
           fit
           ,
           and
           never
           allow'd
           our
           Princes
           to
           claim
           our
           Sovereignty
           as
           their
           paternal
           Inheritance
           ,
           but
           as
           depending
           upon
           our
           choice
           ;
           and
           therefore
           sometimes
           elected
           them
           afresh
           ,
           and
           at
           other
           times
           confined
           their
           Succession
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           sensible
           that
           they
           deriv'd
           their
           Power
           from
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           the
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           when
           a
           Convention
           ,
           have
           so
           far
           gallantly
           retriev'd
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           our
           succeeding
           Princes
           uncapable
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           until
           they
           take
           the
           Coronation
           Oath
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           formal
           stipulation
           with
           their
           People
           ;
           and
           that
           alone
           that
           confirms
           them
           in
           the
           Throne
           .
           From
           all
           which
           it
           follows
           as
           a
           necessary
           Consequence
           ,
           that
           if
           our
           Kings
           violate
           their
           part
           of
           the
           Stipulation
           ,
           our
           Parliaments
           have
           a
           Right
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           demand
           a
           Redress
           and
           Security
           against
           such
           Practises
           in
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           that
           our
           Nation
           requires
           in
           the
           present
           Case
           .
           So
           much
           was
           thought
           necessary
           to
           be
           said
           for
           Information
           of
           those
           that
           may
           perhaps
           be
           wi●held
           from
           doing
           what
           they
           owe
           to
           their
           Country
           ,
           in
           its
           present
           Circumstances
           ,
           by
           a
           Clamour
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           Treason
           ,
           and
           Disaffection
           ,
           rais'd
           by
           those
           who
           are
           the
           Authors
           of
           our
           Grievances
           against
           such
           as
           endeavour
           to
           have
           them
           redress'd
           .
           Malice
           it self
           must
           needs
           own
           that
           our
           Comp●ny
           and
           Nation
           have
           behaved
           themselves
           with
           that
           Loyalty
           ,
           Moderation
           ,
           and
           steady
           Affection
           towards
           that
           Government
           ,
           in
           the
           present
           juncture
           under
           such
           pressing
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           provoking
           Treatments
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           perni●ious
           Counsellours
           ,
           as
           bespeaks
           their
           due
           sense
           of
           what
           they
           owe
           to
           His
           M●jesty
           King
           William
           ,
           our
           great
           Deliverer
           ,
           and
           sufficiently
           vindicates
           them
           from
           the
           stain
           o●
           all
           such
           noisy
           and
           ill
           grounded
           Reflections
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           PART
           .
           II.
           
        
         
           IT
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           that
           our
           Parliament
           take
           into
           their
           Serious
           Consideration
           the
           State
           of
           our
           Trade
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           of
           England
           and
           France
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           very
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           hinted
           at
           several
           times
           already
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           Union
           of
           the
           Crowns
           it
           was
           granted
           to
           us
           by
           the
           Agreement
           of
           Commissioners
           of
           both
           Nations
           ,
           That
           we
           should
           be
           under
           no
           Restrictions
           in
           matter
           of
           Trade
           more
           than
           the
           English
           ,
           except
           as
           to
           the
           Exporting
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           things
           of
           English
           Product
           :
           Matters
           continued
           thus
           ,
           without
           any
           considerable
           alteration
           from
           that
           time
           ,
           to
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Parliament
           in
           1641
           ;
           and
           during
           
           Oliver's
           Usurpation
           ,
           our
           Privilidges
           that
           way
           were
           rather
           increased
           than
           diminished
           ;
           but
           soon
           after
           the
           Restauration
           of
           King
           Charles
           II.
           we
           were
           put
           under
           the
           same
           hardship
           with
           Aliens
           ,
           
             By
             the
             Act
             for
             Encouraging
             and
             Encreasing
             Shipping
             and
             Navigation
          
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Act
             for
             the
             Encouragement
             of
             Trade
             .
          
           So
           that
           we
           are
           much
           worse
           treated
           than
           the
           Irish.
           This
           is
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           the
           design
           of
           the
           English
           Court
           upon
           our
           Trade
           is
           not
           of
           yesterday
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           present
           opposition
           they
           make
           to
           us
           ,
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           premeditated
           Contrivance
           ;
           against
           which
           it
           's
           hoped
           our
           Parliament
           will
           take
           effectual
           Measures
           to
           secure
           us
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           be
           also
           proper
           for
           them
           to
           Enquire
           into
           the
           Gradual
           Increase
           of
           their
           Imposts
           upon
           our
           Commodities
           Imported
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           the
           utter
           ruin
           almost
           of
           our
           Trade
           with
           the
           Nation
           ,
           particularly
           as
           to
           our
           Linnen
           Cloth
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           much
           the
           more
           unreasonable
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           when
           this
           Additional
           Imposition
           was
           laid
           upon
           our
           Linnen
           ,
           we
           were
           so
           complaisant
           to
           the
           Engglish
           ,
           as
           to
           concur
           with
           them
           in
           forbidding
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Wooll
           from
           Scotland
           ▪
           without
           Prohibiting
           the
           Importation
           of
           the
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           of
           England
           ;
           so
           that
           every
           one
           wears
           English
           Cloth
           without
           any
           notice
           taken
           of
           it
           by
           our
           Government
           ,
           because
           they
           pretend
           it
           would
           lessen
           His
           Majesty's
           Customs
           if
           they
           should
           ;
           by
           this
           means
           we
           are
           ruined
           in
           our
           Linnen
           Manufacture
           ,
           our
           own
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           is
           perfectly
           undermin'd
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           not
           at
           liberty
           to
           Export
           our
           own
           Wooll
           neither
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           seem
           necessary
           that
           our
           Parliament
           should
           make
           an
           Enquiry
           what
           passed
           betwixt
           the
           Lord
           S
           —
           and
           Blathwait
           the
           
           English
           Secretary
           of
           War
           on
           that
           occasion
           ;
           what
           Promises
           his
           Lordship
           made
           to
           Mr.
           Blathwait
           to
           hinder
           the
           Exporting
           of
           Wooll
           from
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           upon
           what
           Consideration
           ?
           Whether
           there
           was
           any
           Bribery
           in
           the
           Case
           ?
           Or
           whether
           Mr.
           Blathwait
           did
           not
           out-wit
           him
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           by
           making
           a
           fraudulent
           Promise
           ,
           which
           S
           —
           knew
           he
           could
           not
           perform
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           That
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           should
           take
           off
           the
           Imposition
           from
           our
           Linnen
           .
           This
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           necessary
           ,
           because
           Blathwait
           denied
           any
           such
           Promise
           to
           S
           —
           When
           some
           of
           our
           Country-men
           ,
           Traders
           in
           London
           ,
           went
           to
           him
           and
           told
           him
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           have
           had
           it
           fulfilled
           ;
           he
           answered
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           only
           advised
           the
           Scots
           first
           to
           discharge
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           the
           English
           might
           probably
           take
           off
           the
           Imposition
           on
           our
           Linnen
           .
        
         
           It
           were
           worth
           while
           to
           enquire
           if
           the
           Bargain
           had
           been
           real
           ,
           who
           it
           was
           that
           Impowered
           S
           —
           to
           treat
           of
           that
           matter
           ?
           And
           since
           he
           had
           not
           Wit
           enough
           himself
           ,
           to
           transact
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           Importance
           ,
           why
           he
           should
           not
           have
           called
           for
           the
           Assistance
           of
           others
           that
           were
           more
           Capable
           .
        
         
           Since
           we
           are
           so
           treated
           by
           the
           English
           Court
           ,
           it
           results
           naturally
           that
           we
           should
           discharge
           their
           Woollen
           Cloth
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           and
           apply
           our selves
           to
           the
           encouragement
           of
           our
           own
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           at
           home
           ,
           which
           will
           employ
           our
           Poor
           ,
           raise
           the
           value
           of
           our
           Lands
           ,
           and
           the
           prices
           of
           our
           Cattel
           .
           This
           we
           have
           so
           much
           the
           more
           reason
           to
           do
           ,
           not
           only
           because
           it
           will
           be
           a
           just
           Retribution
           to
           the
           English
           Cou●t
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           only
           discharged
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           our
           Linnen
           Manufacture
           ,
           but
           have
           set
           up
           Manufactures
           of
           that
           sort
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           the
           Irish
           to
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           which
           must
           certainly
           prove
           fatal
           to
           ours
           .
        
         
           The
           Argument
           is
           also
           reinforced
           by
           this
           Consideration
           ,
           That
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Flax
           we
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           was
           Foreign
           Product
           ,
           which
           Exported
           our
           Money
           ,
           and
           yielded
           us
           no
           great
           Profit
           ;
           whereas
           our
           Wooll
           is
           our
           own
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Parliament
           could
           fall
           upon
           Methods
           to
           encourage
           the
           making
           of
           Bays
           ,
           Kerseys
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           in
           a
           regular
           manner
           ,
           at
           home
           :
           It
           would
           advance
           a
           Foreign
           Trade
           ,
           furnish
           Materials
           for
           our
           Consumption
           ,
           from
           our
           own
           Product
           ,
           and
           save
           Money
           ,
           which
           is
           constantly
           Exported
           for
           those
           things
           .
        
         
           We
           hope
           ,
           considering
           the
           outrage
           done
           to
           our
           Sovereignty
           and
           Freedom
           ,
           by
           the
           English
           Court
           ,
           it
           wi●l
           not
           be
           an
           Argument
           of
           weight
           with
           a
           Scots
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           keep
           measures
           with
           them
           ,
           since
           they
           think
           it
           so
           much
           below
           them
           to
           keep
           any
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           only
           Objection
           of
           seeming
           weight
           that
           can
           be
           made
           against
           this
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           English
           may
           thereby
           be
           provoked
           to
           forbid
           the
           Importation
           of
           our
           Cattle
           :
           But
           this
           is
           easily
           answered
           ;
           That
           it
           's
           not
           out
           of
           any
           respect
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           allow
           that
           Importation
           ,
           
           but
           they
           find
           their
           own
           Account
           in
           it
           ,
           because
           they
           buy
           them
           cheap
           ,
           find
           them
           better
           meat
           ,
           when
           fed
           ,
           than
           their
           own
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           eat
           up
           the
           G●ass
           which
           their
           own
           Cattle
           will
           not
           touch
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           would
           be
           absolutely
           lost
           to
           them
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           our
           C●●tle
           ;
           and
           ●esides
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           be
           able
           to
           provide
           their
           Fleets
           and
           Merchant
           Ships
           so
           well
           without
           ours
           ,
           which
           puts
           them
           in
           a
           Condition
           to
           disp●se
           o●
           their
           own
           larger
           Cattle
           for
           that
           end
           :
           But
           that
           which
           is
           an
           answer
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           in
           the
           least
           bou●t
           ,
           if
           those
           of
           our
           own
           Count●y
           be
           consulted
           ,
           who
           have
           most
           Cattle
           to
           dispose
           of
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           satisfie
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           this
           O●jection
           is
           of
           no
           weight
           ;
           and
           we
           know
           the
           common
           Proverb
           ,
           That
           
             Interest
             will
             not
             lye
          
           .
        
         
           Beside
           ,
           If
           the
           Parliament
           pleases
           to
           take
           effectual
           methods
           to
           encourage
           our
           Se●tlement
           in
           Caledonia
           ,
           and
           our
           Foreign
           Trade
           elsewhere
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           expect
           (
           by
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           upon
           our
           Endeavours
           )
           that
           we
           shall
           have
           every
           year
           less
           occasion
           than
           other
           ,
           to
           be
           obliged
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           for
           taking
           off
           our
           Cattle
           ;
           and
           so
           much
           the
           less
           ;
           since
           we
           know
           now
           by
           Experience
           ,
           that
           our
           own
           Beef
           will
           endure
           S●le
           so
           as
           to
           make
           it
           fit
           for
           Sea.
           
        
         
           It
           likewise
           deserves
           the
           Enquiry
           of
           ●ur
           ●arliament
           ,
           Whether
           it
           be
           not
           pr●per
           to
           discharge
           the
           English
           from
           Fishing
           in
           our
           Seas
           ,
           Creeks
           and
           Harbours
           ,
           which
           their
           Company
           ,
           called
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             The
             Royal
             F●shery
          
           ,
           pretend
           a
           Right
           to
           ,
           by
           a
           ●atent
           from
           King
           Ch.
           II.
           who
           had
           no
           Power
           ●o
           Grant
           it
           ,
           without
           the
           Consent
           of
           our
           Parliaments
           .
           The
           English
           themselves
           cannot
           justly
           find
           fault
           if
           we
           do
           this
           ,
           they
           know
           their
           Selden
           maintained
           a
           
             Mare
             Clausum
          
           ,
           against
           
           Grotius's
           
             Mare
             Liberum
          
           ;
           so
           that
           out
           of
           there
           own
           Mouth
           we
           judge
           them
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           so
           much
           the
           more
           Reason
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           late
           insolence
           to
           come
           into
           our
           own
           Harbours
           and
           Roads
           ,
           where
           they
           search
           our
           Ships
           ,
           and
           take
           out
           what
           they
           think
           fit
           ,
           in
           defiance
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nations
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           interruption
           of
           our
           Trade
           and
           the
           dishonour
           of
           our
           Country
           .
           These
           things
           together
           with
           their
           pressing
           our
           Seamen
           out
           of
           our
           Merchant
           Ships
           in
           time
           of
           War
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           their
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           are
           Grievances
           which
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           put
           up
           ,
           but
           insist
           upon
           an
           effectual
           Redress
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           being
           utterly
           inconsistent
           with
           our
           Liberty
           and
           Freedom
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Faction
           object
           ,
           that
           such
           proceedings
           may
           occ●sion
           a
           War
           with
           England
           ,
           we
           can
           soon
           answer
           them
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           not
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           but
           a
           Court-Faction
           supported
           by
           some
           hot
           headed
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           and
           their
           Superstitious
           Bigotted
           Adherents
           ,
           that
           is
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           this
           unneighbourly
           Treatment
           of
           our
           Country
           .
           England
           is
           a
           wise
           and
           clear-sighted
           Nation
           ,
           and
           will
           never
           make
           War
           against
           us
           upon
           such
           a
           Quarrel
           ;
           their
           present
           Conduct
           proves
           beyond
           contradiction
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           no
           such
           design
           ,
           they
           disarm
           ,
           instead
           of
           putting
           themselves
           in
           a
           Posture
           for
           War
           ;
           and
           are
           sensible
           of
           the
           danger
           they
           are
           in
           themselves
           ,
           from
           that
           very
           Faction
           
           that
           are
           now
           oppressing
           us
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           not
           intrust
           them
           with
           a
           Standing
           Army
           ,
           nor
           Mon●y
           sufficient
           to
           keep
           one
           on
           foot
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           we
           have
           so
           litt●e
           Rea●on
           to
           fear
           a
           Rupture
           with
           the
           English
           Nation
           on
           that
           account
           ,
           that
           we
           rather
           have
           cause
           to
           expect
           their
           favour
           ,
           if
           we
           imitate
           ●●●ir
           Conduct
           ,
           ●nd
           take
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           measures
           that
           they
           do
           for
           securing
           our
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           ,
           from
           the
           Invasions
           of
           Court
           Parasites
           and
           pernicious
           Counsel●ors
           .
           We
           hear
           every
           day
           what
           brave
           effor●s
           they
           make
           for
           advancement
           of
           their
           Trade
           ,
           and
           pulling
           Arbitrary
           Government
           up
           by
           the
           Roots
           ;
           they
           are
           no
           ways
           afraid
           of
           tel●ing
           their
           Kings
           freely
           when
           they
           are
           misled
           ,
           and
           act
           any
           thing
           con●rary
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           They
           make
           no
           scruple
           of
           s●●pr●aching
           the
           Chief
           Ministers
           of
           State
           and
           Favourites
           ,
           when
           they
           find
           them
           guilty
           of
           any
           thing
           th●t
           may
           be
           p●ejudici●l
           to
           their
           Constitution
           .
           They
           boldly
           order
           their
           Kings
           Speeches
           and
           Promises
           and
           their
           own
           Resolves
           upon
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           published
           to
           the
           Wor●d
           in
           justification
           of
           their
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           make
           Laws
           to
           disab●e
           those
           that
           have
           a
           dependence
           upon
           the
           Court
           ,
           from
           being
           Mem●ers
           of
           Parliament
           .
           These
           and
           much
           greater
           are
           and
           were
           our
           B●rth
           Right
           as
           well
           as
           theirs
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           evident
           to
           the
           World
           we
           have
           much
           more
           reason
           to
           assert
           and
           demand
           them
           ,
           which
           will
           demonstrably
           appear
           if
           we
           consider
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             That
             since
             the
             Union
             of
             the
             Crowns
             ,
             our
             Kings
             prefer
             their
             Interest
             to
             ours
             ,
             in
             all
             matters
             relating
             either
             to
             Church
             or
             State.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             ever
             since
             that
             time
             we
             have
             nor
             been
             Governed
             by
             our
             own
             Councils
             ,
             but
             by
             theirs
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             prospect
             of
             advancing
             their
             Interest
             ,
             though
             utterly
             subversive
             of
             our
             own
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             ever
             since
             then
             ,
             our
             Interest
             has
             been
             by
             turns
             either
             Sacrificed
             by
             our
             Kings
             to
             them
             ,
             or
             by
             them
             to
             our
             Kings
             .
             Thus
             King
             Iames
             I.
             and
             the
             two
             
             Charles's
             made
             a
             Sacrifice
             of
             our
             Church
             to
             theirs
             ,
             and
             they
             in
             requiral
             did
             ,
             together
             with
             a
             mercen●ry
             Faction
             of
             our
             own
             ,
             make
             a
             Sacrifice
             of
             our
             Civil
             Liberty
             to
             them
             ;
             witness
             the
             great
             Army
             they
             furnish●d
             King
             Charles
             I.
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             
               Bellum
               Episcopale
            
             against
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             Treachery
             of
             our
             own
             mercenary
             Tools
             at
             home
             ,
             by
             procuring
             and
             agreeing
             
               to
               the
            
             18
             
               th
               Act
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
            
             York
             
               's
               Parliament
               ,
               which
               Enac●ed
               that
               all
               I●●isdictions
               did
               so
               reside
               in
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               by
               himself
               or
               his
               Commissioners
               ,
               he
               might
               take
               the
               Cognizance
               of
               any
               Cause
               ,
               and
               deci●e
               it
               as
               he
               pleased
               .
            
             Thus
             King
             Charles
             II
             did
             a
             so
             make
             a
             Sacrifice
             o●
             our
             Interest
             in
             Trade
             to
             theirs
             ,
             by
             the
             Acts
             above-ment●oned
             ;
             and
             thus
             our
             Interest
             in
             Trade
             in
             this
             Reign
             has
             been
             also
             made
             a●rince
             to
             their●
             ,
             and
             their
             House
             of
             Lords
             in
             requ●●al
             with
             the
             concurrence
             no
             doubt
             of
             many
             of
             their
             Commons
             have
             again
             made
             a
             Sacrifice
             of
             
             us
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             their
             Address
             ,
             approving
             his
             
               West
               India
            
             Proclamations
             ,
             &c.
             against
             us
             .
             Thus
             we
             are
             bandy'd
             about
             with
             the
             utmost
             disregard
             and
             contempt
             ,
             according
             as
             their
             different
             Interests
             and
             Humours
             require
             it
             .
          
        
         
           These
           things
           demonstrate
           that
           we
           have
           more
           reason
           to
           insist
           upon
           those
           above-mentioned
           Priviledges
           than
           the
           Englsh
           have
           ;
           nor
           can
           we
           expect
           to
           have
           our
           present
           Grievances
           Redressed
           ,
           or
           future
           Grievances
           Prevented
           till
           we
           obtain
           ,
           if
           not
           all
           ,
           at
           least
           some
           of
           the
           most
           material
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           that
           that
           Parliament
           of
           England
           insist
           upon
           .
        
         
           There
           ordering
           an
           Address
           to
           the
           King
           on
           the
           10th
           of
           April
           last
           ,
           That
           none
           but
           Natives
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           Prince
           George
           excepted
           ,
           be
           admitted
           to
           his
           Councils
           in
           England
           or
           Irelond
           ,
           is
           a
           Pattern
           fit
           for
           our
           Imitation
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           have
           as
           good
           a
           Right
           to
           demand
           as
           they
           .
           None
           but
           Scotsmen
           ought
           to
           be
           consulted
           with
           in
           Scots
           Affairs
           ,
           for
           Experince
           teaches
           us
           ,
           that
           since
           we
           have
           had
           Secretaries
           of
           State
           ,
           who
           Consult
           English
           Ministers
           in
           every
           thing
           ,
           the
           Honour
           and
           Welfare
           of
           our
           Nation
           hath
           gone
           Retrograde
           .
           Nor
           indeed
           is
           it
           enough
           that
           none
           but
           Scotsmen
           be
           Consulted
           in
           our
           Affairs
           ;
           it
           's
           also
           requisite
           that
           our
           Parliament
           should
           have
           the
           Chusing
           and
           Swearing
           of
           the
           Privy
           Councillors
           ,
           as
           our
           Ancestors
           had
           ;
           and
           a
           Power
           to
           call
           them
           to
           an
           Account
           ,
           and
           punish
           them
           for
           Male-administration
           ,
           The
           present
           Calamities
           our
           Nation
           groans
           under
           makes
           the
           necessity
           of
           this
           more
           evident
           than
           ever
           ,
           which
           if
           obtained
           ,
           we
           might
           then
           have
           hopes
           that
           the
           Addresses
           of
           our
           Trading
           Companies
           should
           not
           be
           thrown
           over
           the
           Council
           Bar
           ,
           nor
           our
           American
           Settlement
           opposed
           ,
           as
           if
           our
           Privy
           Councillors
           were
           rather
           Chosen
           by
           a
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           than
           by
           a
           King
           of
           Scotland
           ;
           then
           might
           we
           hope
           that
           our
           
             Arcana
             Imperii
          
           should
           not
           be
           betray'd
           to
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Affairs
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           should
           not
           be
           managed
           by
           the
           Capricio's
           of
           Favourites
           ,
           English
           Courtiers
           ,
           or
           Prelates
           ,
           who
           improving
           the
           opportunity
           they
           have
           to
           Debauch
           Covetous
           ,
           Necessi●ous
           or
           Weak
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           attend
           our
           Affairs
           sometimes
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           ,
           make
           them
           the
           Instruments
           of
           ruining
           our
           Country
           .
           That
           this
           is
           no
           groundless
           suggestion
           will
           appear
           but
           too
           plain
           ,
           if
           our
           Parliament
           think
           fit
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           Report
           ,
           that
           a
           Spanish
           Consul
           at
           Iamaica
           should
           have
           generously
           told
           some
           of
           our
           Caledonians
           there
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           betray'd
           by
           one
           of
           our
           Country
           men
           that
           was
           entrusted
           with
           our
           Affairs
           at
           Court
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           it
           may
           yet
           appear
           more
           plain
           ,
           if
           they
           enquire
           whether
           any
           of
           our
           own
           Secretaries
           knew
           of
           the
           
             West
             India
          
           Proclamations
           against
           our
           Colony
           before
           they
           were
           issued
           ,
           as
           it
           's
           confidently
           said
           the
           English
           Secretary
           
             V
             —
             n
          
           hath
           given
           out
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           them
           did
           .
        
         
         
           We
           have
           found
           by
           woful
           Experience
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           not
           safe
           to
           trust
           the
           Management
           or
           Representation
           of
           our
           Affairs
           to
           one
           or
           two
           Men
           ,
           chosen
           for
           that
           end
           at
           the
           Discretion
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           ;
           therefore
           it
           seems
           highly
           necessary
           that
           we
           should
           be
           reinvested
           with
           our
           Native
           Right
           of
           chusing
           our
           own
           Publick
           Officers
           our selves
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           that
           none
           be
           advanced
           to
           Posts
           either
           Civil
           or
           Military
           without
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           Scotland
           ;
           otherwise
           ,
           since
           our
           Kings
           can
           now
           no
           more
           be
           said
           to
           be
           Scotsmen
           ,
           it
           's
           a
           parting
           with
           our
           Sovereignty
           ,
           and
           lays
           us
           open
           to
           have
           all
           our
           considerable
           Posts
           fill'd
           with
           such
           Men
           as
           will
           certainly
           fall
           in
           with
           the
           Measures
           of
           the
           English
           Court
           and
           Govern
           themselves
           ,
           wholly
           by
           the
           Dictates
           of
           Princes
           ,
           that
           must
           now
           of
           necessity
           be
           Educated
           in
           a
           Country
           who
           think
           it
           their
           Interest
           to
           keep
           us
           low
           ,
           and
           to
           thwart
           us
           in
           every
           thing
           that
           our
           own
           Parliament
           and
           People
           think
           most
           conducible
           to
           our
           Honour
           and
           Advantage
           .
           Nay
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           jealous
           of
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           unwilling
           any
           of
           our
           Country-men
           ,
           though
           unexceptionably
           well
           Qualified
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           much
           as
           concerned
           in
           the
           Education
           of
           those
           Princes
           in
           whom
           we
           have
           as
           great
           a
           Right
           as
           they
           .
           Thus
           they
           removed
           a
           Scots
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           Name
           of
           Murray
           ,
           from
           having
           the
           Charge
           of
           Ch.
           the
           First
           's
           Education
           ,
           learing
           he
           might
           have
           inclined
           him
           to
           Presbytery
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           made
           him
           such
           a
           Bigot
           the
           other
           way
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           and
           the
           three
           Nations
           had
           occasion
           afterwards
           to
           bewail
           it
           in
           Tears
           of
           Blood
           ;
           It
           's
           well
           enough
           known
           what
           attempts
           of
           the
           like
           Nature
           have
           lately
           been
           made
           upon
           the
           Duke
           of
           Glocester
           .
           Because
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           a
           Scotsman
           ,
           though
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           whose
           Order
           we
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           Abolish
           in
           our
           Nation
           .
           If
           our
           Parliament
           should
           insist
           upon
           the
           having
           the
           Nomination
           of
           our
           Privy-Council
           ,
           as
           it
           's
           no
           more
           than
           our
           Birth-right
           ,
           so
           it
           's
           no
           more
           than
           what
           His
           Majesty
           in
           effect
           Granted
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           in
           England
           ,
           when
           he
           submitted
           the
           List
           of
           his
           first
           Councillors
           to
           the
           Judgment
           of
           their
           Convention
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           we
           shall
           propose
           to
           Consideration
           ,
           is
           that
           a
           Restraint
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           might
           be
           laid
           upon
           the
           Creation
           of
           Lords
           .
           As
           it
           's
           only
           Vertue
           that
           can
           truly
           make
           Noble
           ,
           so
           Advancement
           to
           the
           Degree
           of
           Nobility
           ough
           :
           only
           to
           be
           the
           Reward
           of
           Vertue
           .
           It
           's
           an
           unreasonable
           thing
           the
           Power
           of
           making
           Hereditary
           Law-givers
           to
           our
           Nation
           ,
           should
           be
           at
           the
           sole
           disposal
           of
           our
           Princes
           who
           are
           now
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           have
           an
           opportunity
           of
           strenthening
           an
           English
           Faction
           among
           us
           ,
           by
           conferring
           Peerage
           ,
           or
           the
           higher
           Degrees
           of
           it
           upon
           Ambitious
           Persons
           who
           devote
           themselves
           to
           their
           Interest
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           are
           Advanced
           for
           no
           other
           Merit
           sometimes
           ,
           but
           for
           having
           been
           Ministers
           to
           their
           impure
           Pleasures
           ,
           or
           Instruments
           of
           Tyranny
           :
           What
           pity
           is
           it
           that
           the
           Illustrious
           Nobility
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           many
           of
           whom
           a●●
           Noble
           without
           a
           Patent
           (
           as
           being
           the
           Heads
           of
           Ancient
           and
           Gre●t
           
           Families
           )
           should
           be
           mixt
           with
           such
           a
           base
           Alloy
           .
           It
           would
           certainly
           redound
           much
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           much
           inhance
           the
           value
           of
           the
           present
           Nobility
           ,
           if
           none
           were
           admitted
           into
           their
           Rank
           but
           with
           Consent
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           account
           of
           true
           Merit
           .
           What
           pity
           is
           it
           that
           the
           Freedom
           and
           Honour
           of
           a
           Country
           should
           be
           endangered
           by
           such
           an
           Hereditary
           Power
           of
           Legislation
           ,
           when
           Experience
           shews
           us
           but
           too
           often
           that
           Wisdom
           and
           Vertue
           is
           not
           Entail'd
           upon
           the
           Posterity
           of
           Nobles
           more
           than
           others
           .
        
         
           We
           come
           next
           to
           propose
           the
           State
           of
           our
           Trade
           with
           France
           .
           The
           loss
           of
           our
           Ancient
           Alliance
           with
           that
           Famous
           and
           Great
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Honourable
           and
           Advantagious
           Priviledges
           we
           enjoyed
           there
           ;
           is
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Dammages
           we
           sustained
           by
           the
           Union
           of
           the
           Crowns
           ;
           neither
           our
           Princes
           nor
           our
           Neighbours
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           allow
           us
           any
           Compensation
           for
           this
           hitherto
           ,
           but
           have
           rather
           pleased
           themselves
           to
           see
           our
           Honours
           and
           Priviledges
           there
           gradually
           wrested
           out
           of
           our
           Hands
           ;
           so
           that
           now
           they
           are
           brought
           to
           a
           woful
           and
           final
           period
           ;
           instead
           of
           having
           the
           Preference
           there
           of
           all
           other
           Nations
           in
           point
           of
           Honour
           and
           Trade
           as
           formerly
           we
           had
           ,
           we
           are
           now
           ,
           because
           of
           our
           Union
           with
           England
           ,
           not
           only
           deprived
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           are
           in
           a
           worse
           Condition
           than
           other
           People
           :
           Thus
           our
           Salt
           Fish
           is
           discharged
           there
           ,
           and
           the
           Dutch
           have
           engrossed
           that
           part
           of
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           sell
           them
           dearer
           to
           the
           French
           than
           we
           offered
           them
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           be
           accepted
           ,
           though
           at
           the
           same
           time
           great
           Sums
           of
           Money
           are
           exported
           yearly
           from
           our
           Kingdom
           to
           France
           for
           Wine
           and
           other
           Commodities
           .
           This
           is
           a
           thing
           that
           certainly
           deserves
           our
           Parliaments
           Consideration
           ;
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           Subject
           of
           Enquiry
           whence
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           our
           Nation
           was
           so
           much
           neglected
           and
           despised
           ,
           as
           never
           once
           to
           be
           mentioned
           at
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Rijswick
           ;
           our
           Council
           and
           Ministers
           about
           the
           King
           ought
           to
           be
           examined
           as
           to
           this
           matter
           ,
           for
           we
           cannot
           think
           that
           His
           Majesty
           who
           took
           so
           much
           Care
           of
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Little
           Principality
           of
           Orange
           ,
           would
           ,
           had
           he
           been
           put
           in
           mind
           of
           it
           ,
           have
           so
           much
           neglected
           his
           Ancient
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           since
           he
           owes
           all
           his
           present
           Grandeur
           to
           his
           Descent
           from
           our
           Royal
           Line
           ,
           and
           his
           Alliance
           with
           it
           .
           This
           deserves
           the
           Thoughts
           of
           our
           Parliament
           so
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           that
           we
           sustain
           Affronts
           and
           Dammages
           by
           the
           Interposition
           of
           His
           Majesty
           of
           Great
           Britain's
           Name
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           
             Hamburgh
             Memorial
          
           ,
           the
           pretended
           Breach
           of
           Treaty
           with
           Spain
           ,
           and
           the
           loss
           of
           our
           Trade
           with
           France
           ;
           but
           there
           's
           no
           care
           taken
           o●
           our
           Interest
           in
           any
           of
           those
           General
           Treaties
           .
        
         
           There
           's
           no
           way
           of
           retrieving
           this
           ,
           but
           by
           our
           Parliaments
           asserting
           our
           Independency
           and
           Freedom
           against
           all
           those
           Invasions
           and
           Neglects
           ,
           and
           by
           making
           it
           appear
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           still
           a
           Sovereign
           Nation
           ,
           and
           have
           as
           much
           Right
           to
           consult
           our
           own
           
           Interest
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           that
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           to
           do
           so
           by
           us
           .
           It
           would
           seem
           necessary
           ,
           that
           until
           those
           Impositions
           be
           taken
           off
           our
           Trade
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           till
           we
           be
           restor'd
           to
           our
           Privileges
           there
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           forbid
           the
           Importation
           of
           French
           Commodities
           ,
           Wine
           and
           Brandy
           particularly
           ,
           either
           immediately
           from
           France
           ,
           or
           immediately
           by
           way
           of
           England
           or
           Holland
           ;
           and
           either
           content
           our selves
           with
           Ale
           ,
           and
           other
           Liquors
           of
           our
           own
           making
           ;
           which
           might
           in
           that
           Case
           be
           made
           stronger
           than
           usual
           ,
           would
           consume
           our
           own
           Product
           ,
           and
           raise
           the
           value
           of
           our
           Lands
           .
           If
           the
           necessity
           of
           Wine
           for
           Health
           be
           objected
           ,
           the
           answer
           is
           easy
           ;
           that
           let
           us
           take
           all
           the
           Precautions
           we
           can
           to
           exclude
           it
           ,
           there
           will
           always
           be
           enough
           found
           for
           that
           use
           :
           and
           besides
           it's
           evident
           from
           the
           High
           Lands
           ,
           and
           other
           remote
           Places
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           are
           as
           strong
           and
           long-liv'd
           where
           they
           never
           see
           Wine
           nor
           Brandy
           ;
           nay
           ,
           rather
           more
           than
           in
           those
           Places
           where
           they
           abound
           most
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           should
           be
           thought
           an
           Hardship
           upon
           Families
           of
           Quality
           ,
           they
           may
           have
           an
           Allowance
           ;
           or
           if
           we
           must
           have
           Wine
           ,
           it
           were
           more
           reasonable
           to
           import
           it
           from
           those
           places
           that
           don't
           impose
           upon
           our
           Trade
           ,
           than
           from
           those
           that
           do
           .
        
         
           It
           were
           also
           worthy
           our
           Parliament's
           Consideration
           ,
           whether
           it
           might
           not
           be
           proper
           to
           forbid
           the
           sending
           our
           Youth
           abroad
           into
           France
           ,
           which
           exports
           so
           much
           Money
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           every
           Year
           ,
           exposes
           them
           to
           be
           corrupted
           in
           their
           Principles
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           Religion
           and
           Politicks
           ;
           and
           also
           in
           their
           Morals
           by
           such
           trifling
           Fellows
           as
           Musicians
           ,
           dancing
           Masters
           ,
           and
           fencing
           Masters
           :
           that
           sort
           of
           Men
           live
           upon
           the
           Vices
           and
           Folly
           of
           Youth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           think
           it
           their
           Interest
           to
           nourish
           their
           vicious
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           effect
           it
           to
           the
           ruin
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           Bodies
           and
           Estates
           ;
           so
           that
           instead
           of
           a
           well
           accomplished
           Gentleman
           we
           have
           but
           too
           often
           nothing
           in
           return
           for
           our
           Money
           but
           ill
           Principles
           ,
           empty
           Purses
           ,
           and
           bad
           Morals
           .
           There
           was
           some
           necessity
           for
           sending
           our
           young
           Men
           of
           Quality
           thither
           ,
           during
           the
           Alliance
           betwixt
           us
           ,
           for
           then
           France
           was
           like
           a
           second
           Native
           Country
           to
           us
           ;
           there
           we
           enjoy'd
           a
           share
           of
           the
           greatest
           Offices
           in
           Court
           and
           Camp
           ,
           and
           were
           distinguish'd
           from
           all
           other
           Nations
           by
           peculiar
           Priveledges
           ;
           but
           now
           it
           s
           quite
           otherwise
           ,
           our
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           at
           le●st
           their
           Children
           and
           Relations
           are
           denied
           the
           Freedom
           of
           Religion
           there
           ,
           or
           to
           return
           home
           ;
           but
           are
           barbarously
           us'd
           in
           their
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           :
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           that
           have
           shew'd
           themselves
           greater
           Enemies
           to
           our
           American
           Settlement
           than
           the
           French
           Court
           ,
           who
           from
           time
           to
           time
           proffer
           to
           assist
           the
           Spaniards
           to
           drive
           us
           from
           thence
           ;
           and
           if
           some
           People
           may
           be
           credited
           ,
           the
           Opposition
           made
           to
           our
           Colony
           proceeds
           more
           from
           some
           private
           League
           with
           France
           ,
           than
           from
           any
           Dammage
           that
           may
           redound
           to
           from
           it
           to
           Spain
           .
        
         
           We
           don't
           mean
           by
           this
           that
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           should
           be
           
           depriv'd
           of
           the
           Accomplishments
           they
           aim
           at
           by
           travelling
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Exercises
           they
           commonly
           learn
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           Acquisition
           of
           their
           Language
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           become
           so
           much
           in
           vogue
           :
           We
           have
           as
           good
           an
           opportunity
           as
           we
           can
           desire
           ,
           of
           erecting
           Academies
           of
           French
           Protestants
           to
           teach
           them
           ;
           or
           of
           having
           them
           taught
           privately
           at
           home
           under
           the
           Guardianship
           of
           their
           Relations
           ;
           and
           then
           if
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gen●ry
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           send
           their
           Sons
           to
           travel
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           under
           no
           Tentation
           of
           being
           corrupted
           by
           such
           trifling
           Popish
           Fellows
           ,
           as
           teach
           those
           things
           abroad
           ;
           they
           need
           not
           stay
           so
           long
           in
           foreign
           Countries
           ,
           and
           yet
           improve
           themselves
           more
           by
           conversing
           with
           Men
           of
           Note
           ,
           and
           observing
           the
           Customs
           ,
           Constitutions
           ,
           and
           Products
           of
           Countries
           ,
           which
           before
           they
           had
           not
           time
           to
           do
           ,
           because
           of
           those
           Exercises
           ;
           and
           above
           all
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           care
           taken
           that
           they
           be
           well
           vers'd
           in
           the
           Constitution
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           before
           they
           go
           abroad
           ,
           of
           which
           no
           Nation
           in
           Europe
           has
           so
           good
           and
           easy
           an
           opportunity
           as
           we
           have
           by
           
           Buchannan's
           History
           ;
           an
           Author
           ●it
           to
           be
           read
           by
           all
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           both
           for
           Ornament
           of
           Mind
           and
           Stile
           .
           If
           our
           Youth
           were
           taken
           care
           of
           in
           this
           Manner
           ,
           and
           Solidly
           ,
           instructed
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           Religion
           before
           they
           went
           abroad
           ,
           they
           would
           raise
           the
           Reputation
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           so
           liable
           to
           be
           corrupted
           as
           now
           ,
           being
           usually
           sent
           abroad
           in
           their
           blooming
           Years
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           most
           apt
           to
           be
           seduc'd
           by
           ill
           Conversation
           As
           for
           the
           study
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           it
           's
           a
           shame
           for
           our
           Country
           ,
           that
           from
           time
           to
           time
           hath
           had
           such
           famous
           Civilians
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           not
           have
           a
           Colledge
           for
           the
           study
           of
           it
           at
           home
           ,
           which
           would
           save
           both
           our
           Money
           and
           Reputation
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           Youth
           that
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           travel
           for
           further
           Accomplishment
           in
           it
           ,
           needed
           do
           little
           more
           but
           visit
           foreign
           Universities
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           is
           ,
           the
           relieving
           of
           our
           poor
           oppress'd
           and
           impoverish'd
           Country
           ,
           which
           hath
           suffer'd
           so
           much
           of
           late
           (
           by
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           Men
           )
           from
           all
           unnecessary
           Burdens
           ,
           amongst
           which
           that
           of
           a
           Standing
           Army
           ,
           may
           well
           be
           accounted
           the
           most
           needless
           and
           insupportable
           ;
           and
           for
           keeping
           up
           of
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           Advice
           of
           some
           Cour●iers
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           so
           ungratefully
           rewarded
           .
        
         
           That
           it
           is
           unreasonable
           for
           us
           to
           have
           a
           greater
           Army
           in
           time
           of
           Peace
           ,
           than
           we
           had
           in
           time
           of
           War
           ,
           cannot
           well
           be
           controverted
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           keep
           up
           a
           Standing
           Army
           in
           time
           of
           Peace
           is
           against
           our
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           can
           as
           little
           be
           denied●
           Let
           us
           learn
           Wisdom
           of
           ou●
           Neighbours
           ;
           we
           see
           they
           who
           are
           nearest
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           that
           the
           C●urtiers
           pretend
           to
           be
           most
           afraid
           of
           ,
           have
           reduc●d
           their
           Standing
           Force
           to
           Guards
           and
           Garsons
           ;
           their
           Number
           is
           little
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           more
           at
           present
           ,
           than
           what
           we
           have
           now
           on
           foot
           in
           Scocland
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           we
           should
           disband
           according
           to
           that
           proportion
           ,
           we
           shou●d
           not
           keep
           one
           Man
           in
           Pay
           ,
           for
           Guard
           nor
           Garrison
           ;
           for
           
           Guards
           ,
           since
           we
           have
           no
           King
           ,
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           little
           need
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           less
           that
           it
           is
           but
           of
           late
           our
           Kings
           had
           any
           .
           Formerly
           they
           entrusted
           themselves
           with
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           administred
           Justice
           in
           Person
           from
           County
           to
           County
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Guards
           but
           their
           own
           Domestics
           ,
           and
           such
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           as
           thought
           fit
           to
           attend
           them
           with
           the
           Sheriffs
           of
           the
           respective
           Counties
           ;
           and
           for
           our
           Garrisons
           a
           very
           few
           Men
           may
           serve
           .
           In
           King
           Charles
           I's
           Time
           we
           had
           but
           one
           Regiment
           of
           Foot
           ,
           and
           a
           Troop
           of
           Guards
           ;
           in
           King
           Charles
           II's
           Time
           the
           Number
           was
           increas'd
           ;
           in
           King
           Iames
           VII
           
           th's
           Time
           they
           grew
           still
           more
           ,
           and
           now
           they
           are
           more
           numerous
           than
           ever
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           evident
           there
           is
           no
           necessity
           for
           such
           numerous
           Troops
           ,
           we
           are
           now
           in
           Peace
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ;
           nor
           are
           we
           like
           to
           have
           any
           occasion
           of
           Quarrels
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           with
           the
           Spaniards
           in
           the
           
             West
             Indies
          
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           respect
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           guess
           of
           what
           is
           to
           come
           ,
           by
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           our
           Courtiers
           are
           more
           like
           to
           make
           use
           of
           our
           Troops
           against
           us
           than
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           We
           hope
           the
           Parliament
           will
           〈◊〉
           now
           be
           impos'd
           upon
           with
           a
           necessity
           of
           keeping
           them
           up
           to
           o●●raw
           the
           disaffected
           Party
           ;
           and
           particularly
           the
           Highland
           Clanns
           .
           It
           's
           known
           their
           Chiefs
           have
           submitted
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           of
           the
           Clans
           are
           intirely
           in
           the
           Interest
           of
           our
           present
           Constitution
           :
           It
           's
           very
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           when
           it
           was
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           that
           most
           of
           them
           were
           on
           King
           Charles
           I's
           side
           ,
           under
           their
           famous
           Leader
           Montrosse
           ;
           and
           when
           so
           many
           of
           them
           declar'd
           for
           the
           late
           King
           Iames
           since
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           they
           were
           never
           able
           to
           cast
           the
           Balance
           ,
           or
           do
           any
           thing
           considerable
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           Low-Lands
           :
           The
           Western-Shires
           alone
           were
           able
           to
           overaw
           all
           the
           late
           King
           
           Iames's
           Party
           at
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           the
           Crown
           upon
           King
           
           William's
           Head.
           These
           things
           being
           considered
           ,
           we
           hope
           that
           all
           S
           —
           's
           Arguments
           from
           the
           Highland
           Clans
           ,
           though
           seconded
           by
           his
           good
           Table
           ,
           of
           whose
           wonderful
           Effects
           he
           boasted
           so
           much
           last
           Sessions
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           able
           to
           prevail
           with
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           continue
           a
           Standing
           Army
           this
           Sessions
           .
        
         
           Whatever
           Arguments
           the
           Courtiers
           may
           pretend
           for
           keeping
           them
           up
           ,
           from
           such
           or
           any
           Foreign
           Considerations
           ,
           we
           may
           assure
           our selves
           ,
           that
           the
           pernicious
           Counsellors
           who
           put
           those
           things
           in
           their
           Heads
           have
           other
           Reasons
           for
           it
           .
           They
           know
           they
           have
           given
           our
           Nation
           just
           Cause
           of
           disgust
           ,
           and
           to
           demand
           that
           they
           may
           be
           punished
           according
           to
           demerit
           :
           Therefore
           they
           think
           a
           Standing
           Army
           necessary
           to
           overawe
           us
           ,
           to
           swallow
           up
           our
           Liberties
           by
           degrees
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           us
           out
           of
           a
           Condition
           to
           revenge
           the
           I●jury
           they
           have
           done
           us
           .
           This
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           no
           uncharitable
           Conjecture
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           considered
           that
           Instruments
           of
           Tyranny
           are
           always
           afraid
           of
           the
           People
           they
           tyrann●ze
           over
           ,
           and
           therefore
           hate
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Oppression
           the
           Country
           groans
           under
           ,
           by
           maintaining
           these
           
           Forces
           is
           undeniable
           ,
           and
           the
           uselessness
           of
           them
           is
           equally
           demonstrable
           .
           England
           is
           the
           Seat
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           nearer
           fo●
           any
           Foreign
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           capable
           of
           furnishing
           them
           Subsistence
           than
           our
           Countrey
           ;
           being
           the
           Seat
           of
           Government
           ,
           it
           is
           by
           Consequence
           the
           Receptacle
           of
           Intelligence
           ,
           and
           yet
           we
           have
           not
           heard
           of
           one
           Word
           signified
           to
           them
           of
           any
           apprehensions
           from
           abroad
           ,
           this
           last
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           .
           The
           Case
           being
           so
           ,
           if
           the
           English
           be
           so
           secure
           we
           have
           less
           reason
           to
           be
           afraid
           .
           The
           World
           must
           own
           that
           they
           are
           zealous
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           that
           its
           a
           Subject
           well
           worth
           their
           Zeal
           .
           Therefore
           there
           's
           no
           reason
           to
           think
           that
           they
           would
           neglect
           their
           Safety
           ,
           if
           they
           saw
           it
           in
           hazard
           .
           Then
           since
           they
           are
           the
           first
           that
           will
           probably
           be
           attack'd
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           time
           enough
           to
           arm
           in
           our
           own
           defence
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           we
           may
           add
           ,
           that
           Standing
           Armies
           not
           only
           oppress
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           corrupt
           the
           Manners
           ,
           and
           overturn
           the
           Liberties
           of
           all
           Countries
           where
           they
           are
           kept
           up
           ;
           and
           that
           since
           the
           pernicious
           Counsellors
           have
           already
           made
           an
           Invasion
           upon
           our
           most
           valuable
           and
           fundamental
           Liberty
           ,
           viz.
           o●●
           Sovereignty
           and
           Independency
           :
           We
           shall
           be
           look'd
           upon
           as
           the
           most
           foolish
           and
           unthinking
           Nation
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           if
           when
           it
           is
           in
           our
           power
           to
           disband
           them
           ,
           we
           suffer
           them
           to
           keep
           up
           a
           Standing
           Army
           ,
           to
           compleat
           that
           Slavery
           which
           hath
           already
           made
           such
           formidable
           advances
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           our
           Opinion
           that
           the
           Country
           should
           be
           laid
           naked
           ,
           without
           a
           Defence
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           's
           necessary
           the
           Parliamen●
           should
           consider
           of
           regulating
           the
           Militia
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           make
           it
           most
           useful
           .
           In
           which
           ,
           particular
           regard
           ought
           to
           be
           had
           to
           the
           Qualifications
           of
           those
           who
           are
           entrusted
           with
           the
           Command
           of
           them
           ,
           viz.
           that
           they
           be
           Men
           of
           Estates
           and
           Interest
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           well
           affected
           to
           the
           present
           Constitution
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           duly
           train'd
           and
           arm'd
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           of
           the
           present
           Officers
           as
           are
           Men
           of
           Probity
           imploy'd
           in
           the
           Command
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           nor
           would
           it
           be
           amiss
           to
           mix
           them
           with
           such
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           as
           are
           best
           disciplin'd
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           most
           commendable
           Conversation
           .
           If
           our
           Militia
           be
           so
           regulated
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           doubt
           of
           their
           being
           more
           servicable
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           support
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           present
           Constitution
           ,
           than
           a
           Standing
           Army
           can
           ever
           be
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           readily
           believe
           that
           a
           Militia
           so
           modelled
           will
           have
           more
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           than
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Standing
           Army
           which
           yielded
           their
           Post
           of
           Honour
           to
           the
           Dutch
           in
           Flanders
           ;
           it
           were
           but
           just
           that
           our
           Parliament
           should
           enquire
           into
           the
           Authors
           of
           such
           a
           Dishonour
           done
           our
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           them
           to
           an
           account
           for
           it
           .
           However
           some
           Courtiers
           may
           palliate
           this
           ;
           we
           are
           sure
           they
           can
           never
           defend
           it
           .
           Their
           Pretence
           that
           the
           Dutch
           were
           in
           English
           Pay
           ,
           and
           therefore
           took
           the
           Post
           as
           English
           Guards
           ,
           is
           frivolous
           and
           trifling
           ;
           our
           Troops
           were
           in
           English
           Pay
           as
           well
           as
           
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Treatment
           they
           have
           had
           since
           by
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           that
           sent
           them
           away
           as
           Foreigners
           ,
           appear
           never
           to
           have
           been
           look'd
           upon
           by
           the
           People
           of
           England
           as
           English
           Guards
           .
        
         
           We
           come
           next
           to
           consider
           the
           Practises
           of
           the
           Faction
           upon
           the
           last
           General
           Assembly
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           abate
           the
           Peoples
           Zeal
           for
           our
           Establishment
           at
           Darien
           .
           This
           of
           it self
           is
           sufficient
           to
           demonstrate
           that
           the
           pernicious
           Counsellours
           have
           still
           the
           ascendant
           against
           us
           .
           It
           's
           well
           enough
           known
           how
           those
           of
           the
           Assembly
           that
           were
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Colony
           were
           forc'd
           to
           fight
           for
           every
           inch
           of
           Ground
           ;
           that
           those
           who
           were
           manag'd
           by
           the
           Influence
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           appear'd
           more
           openly
           against
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Country
           in
           the
           Committees
           ,
           than
           they
           dar'd
           to
           do
           in
           the
           Assembly
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           to
           be
           forgot
           what
           opposition
           they
           made
           to
           the
           Name
           Caledonia
           ,
           which
           however
           was
           all
           they
           were
           able
           to
           carry
           .
           A
           Noble
           Victory
           !
           well
           becoming
           the
           Antesignani
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           no
           doubt
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           well
           rewarded
           out
           of
           the
           Treasury
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           sensible
           that
           many
           of
           those
           Ministers
           who
           were
           deceiv'd
           by
           the
           Agents
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           have
           now
           seen
           their
           Error
           ,
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Tricks
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           things
           were
           set
           in
           a
           clearer
           Light
           there
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Country
           carried
           it
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           Act
           enjoyning
           a
           Fast
           ,
           which
           owns
           our
           plantation
           abroad
           
             to
             be
             a
             great
             National
             Concern
             ,
             and
             the
             Disappointments
             it
             hath
             met
             with
             to
             be
             National
             Rebukes
             .
          
           Yet
           since
           the
           Compliance
           of
           that
           Assembly
           so
           far
           ,
           with
           those
           that
           are
           Enemies
           to
           our
           Colony
           ,
           hath
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           disgusted
           the
           People
           ,
           it
           's
           the
           more
           incumbent
           upon
           the
           Presbyterians
           in
           Parliament
           to
           retrieve
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           steady
           and
           firm
           adherence
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           oppose
           a
           Standing
           Army
           ,
           and
           to
           concur
           in
           every
           thing
           that
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           Security
           and
           Advancement
           of
           our
           Colony
           ,
           We
           are
           sure
           if
           they
           don't
           act
           contrary
           to
           their
           own
           Principles
           they
           must
           do
           so
           .
        
         
           The
           poor
           Country
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           for
           the
           most
           part
           have
           more
           Honesty
           than
           Policy
           ,
           may
           be
           imposed
           upon
           by
           the
           sly
           Insinuations
           of
           crafty
           ill
           Men
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Presbyterians
           don
           't
           fall
           in
           with
           the
           Party
           ,
           another
           Parliament
           shall
           be
           call'd
           to
           establish
           Episcopacy
           :
           But
           we
           hope
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           know
           better
           Things
           .
        
         
           Admitting
           it
           to
           be
           true
           that
           the
           Faction
           hath
           threatned
           to
           do
           so
           ;
           it
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Divine
           Rule
           ,
           to
           do
           Evil
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           commit
           Sin
           to
           avoid
           Suffering
           .
        
         
           Nor
           will
           it
           be
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Faction
           to
           abolish
           Presbytry
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           it
           has
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           .
           It
           is
           likewise
           evident
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Presbyterians
           adhere
           at
           this
           time
           to
           our
           Civil
           Rights
           ,
           the
           Nation
           will
           be
           more
           and
           more
           endeared
           to
           their
           Constitution
           ,
           
           and
           it
           will
           be
           one
           of
           the
           most
           effectual
           means
           to
           convince
           its
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           our
           Discipline
           is
           not
           only
           best
           accommodated
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           Religion
           ;
           but
           likewise
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           Civil
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           also
           evident
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Presbyterians
           adhere
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           impossible
           to
           overturn
           their
           Church
           Constitution
           ,
           without
           shaking
           of
           the
           Throne
           ;
           since
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           fundamental
           Articles
           in
           the
           Claim
           of
           Right
           upon
           which
           His
           Majesty
           received
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           Presbyterians
           should
           at
           this
           time
           take
           part
           with
           the
           Wicked
           Counsellors
           against
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           lose
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           they
           infallibly
           ruin
           their
           Church
           Constitution
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           demonstrated
           thus
           .
        
         
           Presbyterian
           Government
           was
           first
           settled
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           by
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           it
           hath
           been
           supported
           by
           that
           same
           Means
           against
           all
           our
           Courts
           to
           the
           late
           Revolution
           ,
           and
           was
           restor'd
           to
           be
           the
           National
           Establishment
           then
           ,
           because
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Inclinations
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           for
           that
           only
           reason
           it
           hath
           been
           continu'd
           since
           ,
           because
           the
           Court
           found
           it
           the
           best
           Method
           for
           securing
           their
           Interest
           in
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           once
           it
           lose
           its
           ground
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           it
           must
           unavoidably
           do
           ,
           if
           the
           Presbyterians
           at
           this
           Juncture
           act
           contrary
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           then
           the
           Court
           will
           overturn
           Presbytery
           of
           their
           own
           accord
           ,
           both
           from
           a
           Principle
           of
           Interest
           and
           Inclination
           .
        
         
           That
           it
           will
           be
           their
           Interest
           so
           to
           do
           is
           plain
           ,
           for
           if
           Presbytery
           once
           lose
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           of
           no
           more
           use
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           but
           will
           afford
           them
           as
           good
           an
           opportunty
           as
           heart
           can
           wish
           ,
           to
           ingratiate
           themselves
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           is
           by
           much
           the
           greatest
           Interest
           in
           that
           Nation
           .
        
         
           That
           it
           's
           the
           Inclination
           of
           the
           Courtiers
           so
           to
           do
           ▪
           we
           have
           no
           great
           reason
           to
           doubt
           ▪
           it
           being
           well
           known
           that
           they
           have
           several
           times
           broke
           in
           upon
           our
           Laws
           since
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Episcopal
           Party
           .
           Witness
           the
           long
           time
           they
           took
           to
           consider
           whether
           they
           should
           allow
           us
           Presbytery
           or
           not
           ,
           after
           Prelacy
           was
           Annull'd
           by
           the
           Convention
           of
           States
           ;
           and
           their
           Adjourning
           and
           Disolving
           the
           General
           Assemblies
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           express
           Statute
           when
           the
           E.
           of
           Lothian
           was
           Commissioner
           ,
           besides
           several
           Arbitrary
           Letters
           sent
           to
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           Commissions
           of
           Assemblies
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           Exercise
           of
           the
           Jurisdiction
           the
           Law
           had
           invested
           them
           with
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           no
           way
           improbable
           ,
           that
           the
           pernicious
           Counsellours
           ,
           who
           endeavour
           to
           make
           Tools
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           for
           carrying
           on
           their
           present
           purposes
           ,
           have
           also
           the
           ruin
           of
           Presbytery
           in
           view
           in
           Conjunction
           with
           their
           other
           designs
           against
           our
           Nation
           ,
           they
           put
           them
           upon
           those
           Measures
           to
           disoblige
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           divert
           their
           Inclinations
           
           from
           Presbytery
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           have
           a
           fair
           pretence
           for
           getting
           the
           Law
           that
           Establishes
           it
           repealed
           ,
           since
           it
           's
           founded
           upon
           the
           Peoples
           Inclinations
           .
        
         
           If
           they
           be
           able
           to
           effect
           this
           ,
           all
           the
           Laws
           in
           f●vour
           of
           it
           will
           be
           but
           so
           many
           Cobwebs
           ;
           our
           Parliament
           themselves
           will
           be
           provok'd
           to
           Annul
           them
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           should
           not
           think
           it
           their
           Interest
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           the
           Faction
           will
           certainly
           break
           through
           them
           .
           It
           's
           in
           vain
           to
           suppose
           the
           contrary
           ,
           for
           since
           they
           have
           broke
           in
           upon
           our
           Sov●reignty
           and
           Trade
           ,
           which
           all
           but
           those
           who
           depend
           upon
           the
           Faction
           ,
           are
           unanimous
           to
           defend
           ;
           they
           will
           find
           it
           a
           much
           easier
           task
           to
           overturn
           Presbytery
           ,
           when
           back'd
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           abroad
           ,
           and
           a
           strong
           Party
           at
           home
           .
        
         
           We
           heartily
           wish
           this
           may
           never
           happen
           to
           be
           the
           Case
           ,
           for
           abstracting
           from
           all
           Theological
           Arguments
           in
           favour
           of
           Presbytery
           ▪
           which
           we
           are
           satisfied
           are
           unanswerable
           ;
           we
           are
           fully
           convinced
           that
           it
           's
           as
           much
           the
           Political
           Interest
           of
           our
           Nation
           ▪
           to
           maintain
           that
           Form
           of
           Church-Government
           in
           opposition
           to
           Episcopacy
           ,
           as
           it
           's
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Wise
           Venetians
           to
           exclude
           Church-men
           and
           their
           Dependants
           ,
           from
           having
           any
           share
           in
           the
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           same
           account
           too
           That
           Sage
           Republick
           excludes
           their
           Ecclesiasticks
           because
           they
           depend
           upon
           a
           Foreign
           Head
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           liable
           to
           tentations
           ,
           to
           espouse
           an
           Interest
           opposite
           to
           that
           of
           their
           Country
           .
           It
           always
           has
           been
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           the
           same
           with
           Bishops
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           since
           we
           have
           no
           King
           of
           our
           own
           but
           in
           Partnership
           with
           another
           Nation
           who
           Claim
           Ten
           ●arts
           in
           Twelve
           ;
           or
           to
           speak
           the
           plain
           truth
           ,
           allow
           us
           no
           share
           in
           his
           Government
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           in
           order
           to
           subject
           us
           to
           themselves
           ,
           or
           to
           secure
           or
           promote
           their
           own
           Interest
           ;
           and
           therefore
           since
           all
           our
           Bishops
           must
           depend
           upon
           the
           King
           of
           England
           for
           their
           Nomination
           ,
           and
           
             Conge
             d'Eslire
          
           ,
           since
           they
           must
           be
           acted
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           an
           irreconcilable
           Enemy
           to
           our
           Nation
           ,
           since
           we
           have
           found
           by
           our
           own
           Experience
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           went
           always
           along
           with
           the
           Court
           to
           enslave
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           since
           they
           concurred
           in
           Parliament
           to
           exalt
           the
           Prerogative
           to
           that
           Blasphemous
           hei●h●
           over
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           it
           arrived
           to
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           .
           It
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           the
           Interest
           of
           Scotland
           to
           oppose
           that
           Form
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           that
           our
           Episcopal
           Party
           don't
           think
           it
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           first
           Act
           of
           
           Lauderdale's
           Second
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           By
           parity
           of
           Reason
           it
           's
           our
           Interest
           to
           maintain
           Presbytery
           ,
           because
           that
           Form
           has
           no
           dependence
           on
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           our
           Ministers
           have
           no
           Honours
           nor
           Benefices
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           ●y
           consequence
           are
           under
           no
           such
           ●entations
           as
           the
           Bishops
           are
           ,
           to
           a●●
           contrary
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           their
           Country
           .
           Besides
           Presbytery
           admits
           Laymen
           into
           all
           its
           Courts
           ,
           which
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           prevent
           Ecclesiastical
           Ambition
           ;
           it
           's
           an
           effectual
           restraint
           upon
           them
           from
           
           decreeing
           such
           Doctrines
           as
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           and
           hinders
           them
           from
           Preaching
           Mankind
           out
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           E●ta●es
           ,
           into
           a
           Slavish
           Subj●ction
           to
           Princes
           ;
           had
           it
           been
           otherwise
           ,
           we
           have
           good
           reason
           to
           think
           that
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Country
           would
           not
           have
           carried
           so
           much
           as
           it
           did
           in
           the
           last
           General
           Assembly
           .
        
         
           From
           all
           this
           it
           will
           naturally
           result
           ,
           that
           it's
           incumbent
           upon
           our
           Parliament
           to
           take
           measures
           for
           securing
           the
           Church
           against
           such
           Threats
           as
           the
           Faction
           made
           use
           of
           to
           induce
           the
           Ministers
           to
           a
           Compliance
           ;
           this
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           reasonable
           ,
           because
           tho'
           Pres●yterian
           Ministers
           may
           comply
           with
           the
           designs
           of
           Courts
           against
           the
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           Bishops
           must
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           so
           much
           the
           more
           dangerous
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           a
           Power
           in
           the
           Legislation
           ,
           and
           are
           commonly
           so
           many
           Votes
           on
           the
           Courts
           side
           ;
           whereas
           by
           the
           present
           Constitution
           ,
           the
           Clergy
           have
           no
           such
           Power
           .
           I●
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           should
           demand
           from
           His
           Majesty
           a
           further
           assurance
           for
           the
           Constitution
           of
           our
           ●hurch
           ,
           it
           's
           no
           more
           than
           what
           our
           Neighbours
           in
           England
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           done
           as
           to
           theirs
           ,
           and
           wherein
           His
           Majesty
           did
           as
           readily
           comply
           with
           them
           .
           To
           this
           end
           it
           would
           seem
           to
           be
           no
           unreasonable
           demand
           if
           the
           Revenues
           of
           the
           Bishopricks
           that
           are
           not
           already
           appropriated
           to
           Pious
           Uses
           ,
           were
           applied
           to
           the
           use
           of
           our
           American
           Colony
           .
           This
           is
           so
           much
           the
           less
           to
           be
           objected
           against
           ,
           because
           the
           Establishment
           of
           our
           Plantation
           tends
           to
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           true
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           an
           effectual
           way
           to
           prevent
           the
           Restitu●ion
           of
           Episcopacy
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           done
           without
           throwing
           all
           into
           Confusion
           again
           ,
           which
           would
           utterly
           obstruct
           our
           Trade
           ;
           besides
           it
           were
           but
           a
           just
           reprisal
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           from
           those
           of
           the
           Episcopal
           Party
           in
           England
           that
           our
           American
           Settlement
           me●●●
           with
           the
           greatest
           opposition
           there
           .
        
         
           If
           ●t
           b●
           objected
           that
           those
           Revenues
           have
           fa●len
           to
           the
           King
           as
           
             Vltimus
             Hoeres
          
           ,
           we
           answer
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           never
           see
           a
           King
           amongst
           us
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           reason
           we
           should
           augment
           his
           Revenue
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           have
           appropriated
           to
           Publick
           Use
           ,
           the
           Irish
           For●eitures
           ▪
           which
           by
           the
           ordinary
           Course
           of
           Law
           sell
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           His
           Majesty
           is
           obliged
           by
           the
           Act
           establishing
           our
           Company
           ,
           to
           obtain
           a
           Reparati●n
           of
           their
           Loss
           at
           the
           Publick
           Charge
           ,
           All
           this
           being
           considered
           ,
           such
           a
           dem●nd
           cannot
           any
           ways
           seem
           unre●sonable
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           less
           that
           this
           Fund
           is
           already
           settled
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           no
           new
           burden
           to
           the
           Subject
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           we
           have
           insisted
           the
           more
           upon
           ,
           because
           some
           People
           took
           the
           opportunity
           to
           improve
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Assembly
           to
           the
           disadvantage
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           openly
           boasted
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           handle
           to
           restore
           Episcopacy
           .
           But
           we
           hope
           that
           neither
           this
           nor
           any
           fu●ure
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           will
           be
           so
           Impolitic
           as
           to
           attempt
           that
           .
           It
           's
           well
           enough
           known
           the
           Presbyterians
           look
           upon
           their
           Form
           of
           Church-Government
           to
           be
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           
           that
           most
           of
           them
           have
           suffered
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           some
           hundreds
           of
           them
           have
           sealed
           it
           with
           their
           Blood
           ;
           therefore
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           they
           should
           prefer
           it
           to
           all
           Temporal
           Advantages
           whatever
           ;
           and
           shew
           more
           than
           an
           ordinary
           Compliance
           with
           what
           they
           are
           told
           is
           the
           Mind
           of
           a
           Prince
           whose
           Family
           and
           Person
           they
           have
           reason
           to
           esteem
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           they
           have
           been
           more
           obliged
           than
           ever
           they
           were
           to
           any
           ;
           there
           's
           so
           much
           the
           less
           reason
           to
           wonder
           at
           their
           Compliance
           ,
           when
           we
           consider
           what
           endeavours
           there
           have
           been
           to
           persuade
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           Zealots
           for
           our
           American
           Settlement
           ,
           are
           their
           mortal
           Enemies
           and
           seek
           their
           overthrow
           :
           Nor
           indeed
           have
           we
           any
           reason
           to
           wonder
           at
           the
           opposition
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           when
           His
           Majesty
           is
           informed
           that
           the
           Aff●ir
           of
           Darien
           is
           a
           Jacobite
           design
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Presbyterian
           Lord
           should
           be
           so
           far
           possessed
           with
           this
           Calumny
           ,
           as
           to
           assert
           it
           in
           opposition
           to
           our
           Colony
           in
           the
           English
           House
           of
           Peers
           .
           Therefore
           it
           would
           seem
           to
           be
           incumbent
           upon
           our
           Parliament
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           Authors
           of
           such
           malicious
           Suggestions
           .
           This
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           necessary
           ,
           because
           our
           Enemies
           endeavour
           to
           maintain
           their
           own
           Cause
           ,
           by
           creating
           in
           us
           a
           mutual
           distrust
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           dividing
           us
           amongst
           our selves
           by
           false
           reports
           .
           Thus
           some
           of
           the
           greatest
           Men
           of
           ou●
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           greatest
           Friends
           of
           our
           Colony
           are
           sometimes
           traduced
           as
           carrying
           on
           a
           Jacobite
           design
           ,
           and
           at
           other
           times
           r●proached
           as
           falling
           in
           with
           the
           Factions
           a●
           Court
           ,
           that
           have
           declare●
           themselves
           so
           openly
           against
           our
           Country
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           disuade
           them
           ,
           or
           others
           ,
           from
           entertaining
           high
           and
           dutiful
           thoughts
           of
           our
           most
           gracious
           Sovereign
           King
           William
           ,
           yet
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           as
           they
           never
           believe●
           Kings
           to
           be
           in●allible
           ,
           we
           would
           have
           them
           to
           beware
           how
           they
           fall
           in
           with
           such
           measures
           as
           ill
           Men
           about
           His
           Majesty
           may
           put
           him
           upon
           in
           relation
           to
           our
           Country
           and
           Colony
           .
           We
           would
           not
           have
           them
           to
           lick
           up
           the
           Vomit
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           hath
           ●pewed
           out
           ,
           and
           though
           we
           would
           have
           them
           and
           all
           good
           Subject●
           to
           account
           His
           Majesty's
           Person
           Inviolable
           and
           Sacred
           ,
           yet
           there
           's
           no
           reason
           that
           all
           a●out
           him
           should
           have
           the
           same
           priviledge
           ,
           or
           be
           protected
           from
           Justice
           when
           they
           invade
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           ●ur
           Nation
           ,
           nor
           would
           we
           have
           them
           to
           obstruct
           the
           Peoples
           demanding
           a
           Redress
           of
           Grievances
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           concur
           with
           the
           Parliament
           to
           maintain
           their
           Authority
           which
           is
           so
           manifestly
           violated
           ,
           for
           this
           would
           be
           a
           direct
           breach
           of
           the
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           ob●●ges
           the
           Nation
           to
           maintain
           the
           Authority
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Majesty's
           Just
           Right
           and
           Prerogative
           .
        
         
           It
           had
           been
           time
           long
           ago
           to
           have
           drawn
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           but
           the
           Pressures
           we
           labour
           under
           are
           so
           many
           ,
           that
           we
           hope
           they
           will
           make
           an
           Apology
           for
           the
           length
           of
           this
           Discourse
           .
        
         
         
           It
           being
           evident
           that
           most
           of
           our
           Grievances
           proceed
           from
           His
           Majesty's
           absence
           ,
           and
           our
           Circumstances
           being
           so
           unhapy
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           no
           more
           to
           expect
           our
           Kings
           should
           reside
           amongst
           us
           .
           We
           have
           no
           other
           Remedy
           but
           to
           Address
           our selves
           to
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           take
           care
           to
           make
           up
           that
           want
           by
           good
           and
           wholsome
           Laws
           ,
           which
           it
           's
           hoped
           His
           Majesty
           will
           very
           readily
           agree
           to
           .
        
         
           Many
           Particulars
           might
           be
           insisted
           upon
           ,
           but
           those
           which
           seem
           most
           necessary
           ,
           are
           ,
           a
           Law
           for
           a
           New
           Parliament
           once
           in
           three
           Years
           ,
           as
           our
           Neighbours
           in
           England
           have
           ,
           that
           in
           future
           Reigns
           we
           may
           not
           be
           liable
           to
           be
           undone
           by
           a
           Band
           of
           Pensioners
           ,
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           Representatives
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           we
           may
           have
           the
           benefit
           of
           a
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           Act
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Neighbouring
           Nation
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           that
           we
           seem
           intitled
           to
           demand
           it
           by
           the
           Article
           of
           ,
           the
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           against
           
             Imprisoning
             Persons
             without
             expressing
             the
             Reason
             ,
             and
             delaying
             to
             bring
             them
             to
             Tryal
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           some
           effectual
           Method
           be
           taken
           to
           prevent
           spending
           so
           much
           of
           our
           Money
           in
           England
           by
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Genty
           ;
           this
           is
           a
           Disease
           which
           feeds
           upon
           the
           Vitals
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           exhausts
           our
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           consumes
           our
           Substance
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           circulate
           at
           home
           amongst
           our
           own
           poor
           People
           ,
           who
           labour
           for
           it
           with
           the
           Sweat
           of
           their
           Faces
           .
           It
           depraves
           our
           Principles
           and
           Morals
           ,
           as
           is
           but
           too
           demonstrable
           from
           many
           sad
           Instances
           .
           How
           many
           of
           those
           who
           liv'd
           unblamably
           at
           home
           ,
           have
           been
           debauch'd
           by
           the
           licentious
           Practises
           ,
           and
           the
           Example
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           bad
           Conversation
           they
           have
           met
           with
           in
           London
           ;
           and
           how
           much
           has
           their
           bad
           Example
           tended
           to
           spread
           the
           Contagion
           ,
           when
           they
           return'd
           to
           their
           native
           Country
           .
        
         
           There
           's
           nothing
           in
           the
           World
           that
           renders
           our
           Nation
           more
           contemptible
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           than
           the
           frequent
           Recourse
           of
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           to
           their
           Court
           ,
           for
           they
           presently
           conclude
           that
           we
           are
           come
           either
           to
           complain
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           or
           to
           sue
           for
           Places
           and
           Pensions
           ,
           and
           in
           any
           of
           these
           Cases
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           make
           their
           advantage
           of
           us
           .
           They
           know
           well
           enough
           that
           the
           favour
           of
           Minions
           ,
           or
           of
           that
           Party
           that
           has
           most
           Interest
           at
           Court
           ,
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           for
           such
           Parties
           or
           Persons
           in
           our
           Nation
           as
           would
           succeed
           in
           their
           Suits
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           must
           either
           bribe
           the
           Favourites
           ,
           or
           make
           a
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Interest
           of
           our
           Country
           to
           the
           Court
           (
           if
           not
           both
           )
           before
           we
           can
           obtain
           what
           we
           seek
           ;
           they
           know
           likewise
           that
           for
           our
           own
           Honour
           ,
           we
           must
           make
           a
           Figure
           there
           answerable
           to
           those
           of
           the
           same
           Quality
           in
           England
           ,
           which
           occasions
           our
           consuming
           a
           gre●t
           de●l
           of
           〈◊〉
           in
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           obliges
           persons
           of
           Qual●●y
           〈…〉
           Tr●a●esman's
           Debts
           at
           London
           ,
           and
           to
           Mortgage
           their
           〈…〉
           Security
           :
           all
           these
           things
           together
           keep
           us
           in
           a
           Sl●vish
           
           Subjection
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           which
           they
           being
           willing
           to
           perpetuate
           ,
           use
           all
           possible
           endeavours
           to
           nourish
           Discord
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           us
           Low.
           This
           was
           plain
           from
           those
           barbarous
           Proceedings
           against
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           which
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           fomented
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           successive
           Imposts
           upon
           our
           Commerce
           ,
           which
           they
           enacted
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           ;
           and
           is
           equally
           demonstrable
           now
           ,
           from
           their
           Practises
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           raising
           Divisions
           amongst
           us
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           our
           Tr●de
           .
        
         
           This
           one
           would
           think
           should
           be
           sufficient
           to
           put
           our
           Parliament
           upon
           finding
           out
           Methods
           to
           prevent
           this
           constant
           Recourse
           of
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           effectual
           Measures
           to
           have
           our
           Affairs
           duly
           represented
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           such
           as
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           English
           Court
           ,
           either
           to
           bribe
           ,
           or
           to
           frighten
           from
           their
           Duty
           .
           It
           's
           humbly
           conceiv'd
           a
           Committee
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           chosen
           by
           the
           Parliament
           it self
           at
           every
           Sessions
           ,
           and
           accountable
           to
           them
           for
           their
           Administration
           ,
           were
           most
           proper
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           depute
           one
           or
           two
           of
           their
           Number
           to
           attend
           His
           Majesty
           constantly
           ,
           with
           Power
           to
           send
           and
           recall
           them
           as
           they
           saw
           meet
           :
           fo●
           His
           Majesty's
           Secretary
           ,
           being
           his
           own
           Domestick
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           under
           command
           ,
           and
           liable
           to
           be
           turn'd
           out
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           cannot
           be
           presum'd
           to
           be
           so
           fit
           to
           be
           intrusted
           with
           the
           Af●●i●s
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           which
           is
           unhappily
           depriv'd
           of
           the
           Presence
           of
           their
           Sovereign
           ,
           as
           Persons
           who
           are
           chosen
           by
           the
           Nation
           it self
           .
           This
           it
           's
           humbly
           conceiv'd
           would
           oblige
           the
           Court
           to
           have
           more
           regard
           to
           the
           Welfare
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           more
           cautious
           how
           they
           invade
           our
           Freedom
           and
           Rights
           ,
           than
           hitherto
           they
           have
           been
           .
           It
           is
           not
           reasonable
           that
           we
           should
           be
           govern'd
           at
           home
           by
           His
           Maiesty's
           Domesticks
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           he
           pleases
           to
           join
           with
           them
           for
           Privy
           Counsellors
           .
           It
           's
           enough
           for
           them
           to
           attend
           His
           Majesty's
           Houshold
           Affairs
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           at
           all
           proper
           that
           we
           should
           be
           govern'd
           by
           the
           Servants
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           who
           in
           relation
           to
           us
           is
           not
           his
           own
           Master
           .
           The
           English
           Courtiers
           will
           be
           very
           angry
           at
           this
           Assertion
           (
           we
           doubt
           not
           )
           as
           they
           were
           at
           some
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           in
           the
           
             Enquiry
             into
             the
             Miscarriages
             of
             our
             Colony
             at
             Darien
          
           ;
           and
           particularly
           that
           the
           K.
           of
           Scots
           was
           a
           Prisoner
           in
           England
           ;
           for
           which
           though
           they
           burnt
           the
           Book
           as
           ●al●e
           ,
           they
           themselves
           have
           now
           prov'd
           it
           to
           be
           true
           beyond
           Contradiction
           ,
           by
           telling
           h●●
           in
           their
           Ad●ress
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           had
           done
           against
           us
           was
           agreeable
           to
           the
           se●e
           of
           both
           Houses
           ;
           and
           acquainting
           him
           further
           ,
           that
           our
           Settlement
           at
           Darien
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Plantation
           Trade
           of
           England
           .
           This
           is
           so
           far
           from
           convicting
           us
           of
           F●lshood
           ,
           for
           ●ayi●g
           they
           keep
           our
           King
           Prisoner
           ,
           that
           on
           the
           contrary
           it
           is
           〈…〉
           him
           in
           Chains
           ,
           to
           prove
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           having
           thus
           〈◊〉
           ,
           th●t
           our
           Settlement
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           Engl●●d
           〈…〉
           they
           had
           bid
           him
           look
           to
           himself
           ,
           if
           he
           〈…〉
           to
           encourage
           it
           ;
           for
           by
           their
           Treatment
           of
           him
           
           in
           other
           respects
           ,
           we
           may
           rationally
           infer
           that
           they
           would
           never
           have
           digested
           such
           Invasions
           upon
           their
           Sovereignty
           and
           Trade
           .
           so
           calmly
           as
           we
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           We
           know
           that
           His
           Majesty's
           Circumstances
           ,
           as
           to
           England
           and
           Holland
           ,
           are
           made
           use
           of
           by
           our
           Courtiers
           to
           excuse
           those
           Invasions
           ,
           that
           have
           already
           been
           made
           upon
           our
           Soveraignty
           and
           Trade
           :
           but
           we
           hope
           this
           will
           be
           so
           far
           from
           prevailing
           with
           a
           Scots
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           Measures
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           rather
           put
           them
           upon
           effectual
           Methods
           to
           secure
           us
           against
           them
           ;
           since
           our
           King
           is
           so
           unhappily
           circumstantiate
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           perform
           his
           Duty
           to
           us
           ,
           it
           's
           so
           much
           the
           more
           incumbent
           upon
           our
           Parliament
           to
           perform
           theirs
           ,
           and
           to
           supply
           what
           His
           Majesty
           cannot
           do
           .
           He
           is
           as
           much
           our
           King
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           no
           way
           concern'd
           with
           England
           or
           Holland
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           much
           oblig'd
           to
           promote
           our
           Interest
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           no
           other
           to
           promote
           but
           ours
           .
           If
           the
           Union
           of
           the
           Crowns
           make
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           fundamental
           and
           insupportable
           Defect
           in
           our
           Government
           ,
           that
           makes
           it
           uncapable
           of
           answering
           its
           end
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           is
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           or
           govern'd
           Society
           ;
           therefore
           the
           States
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           are
           concern'd
           to
           look
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           redress
           it
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           answer
           it
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Consciences
           .
           It
           's
           plain
           from
           the
           13th
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           so
           much
           wrested
           to
           maintain
           the
           wicked
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           Non-resistance
           ,
           that
           before
           Governments
           can
           lay
           any
           Claim
           from
           that
           Text
           ,
           to
           Submission
           or
           Revenue
           from
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           they
           must
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           they
           are
           such
           Powers
           as
           are
           there
           described
           ,
           viz
           Ministers
           of
           God
           for
           good
           to
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           which
           is
           plain
           and
           demonstrable
           the
           King
           of
           England
           can
           never
           be
           to
           the
           People
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           if
           the
           Union
           of
           the
           Crowns
           make
           him
           prefer
           or
           espouse
           their
           Interest
           to
           the
           Dammage
           of
           ours
           ,
           which
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           in
           England
           do
           plainly
           demand
           in
           their
           Addresses
           .
           From
           whence
           it
           's
           evident
           ,
           that
           if
           these
           Grievances
           cannot
           be
           redress'd
           ,
           such
           a
           Government
           is
           not
           what
           we
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           submit
           to
           ,
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           As
           to
           our
           own
           Constitution
           ,
           it
           's
           well
           enough
           known
           what
           our
           Ancestors
           did
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           those
           Kings
           that
           subjected
           us
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           vindicated
           themselves
           from
           that
           Invasion
           ,
           both
           by
           their
           Pens
           and
           Swords
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           reduc'd
           much
           lower
           by
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           ,
           in
           conjunction
           with
           our
           own
           Traytors
           than
           we
           are
           now
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nations
           ,
           whatever
           
             Gulielmus
             Cardinalis
          
           may
           possess
           some
           of
           his
           Brethren
           of
           the
           Clergy
           with
           ,
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           we
           are
           sure
           that
           
             Alexander
             ,
             Cardinalis
             ,
             Iason
          
           ,
           and
           Imola
           maintain
           ,
           that
           a
           Prince
           who
           governs
           a
           free
           People
           cannot
           render
           them
           Slaves
           ,
           or
           subject
           to
           the
           Dominion
           of
           another
           Prince
           ,
           nor
           can
           the
           Barons
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           transfer
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           that
           Liberty
           they
           have
           receiv'd
           from
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           upon
           any
           other
           than
           their
           
           own
           Lord
           :
           and
           the
           famous
           Bodinus
           says
           ,
           if
           a
           King
           who
           is
           subject
           to
           none
           ,
           do
           either
           of
           his
           own
           acco●d
           ,
           or
           be
           forc'd
           against
           his
           Will
           to
           serve
           and
           obey
           another
           ▪
           be
           loses
           the
           Title
           and
           Rights
           of
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           We
           see
           then
           in
           what
           a
           Condition
           these
           pernicious
           Counsellors
           ,
           who
           have
           advis'd
           the
           King
           of
           Scots
           to
           do
           such
           things
           as
           make
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           subject
           to
           that
           of
           England
           ,
           would
           bring
           His
           Majesty
           ;
           we
           never
           lov'd
           any
           Prince
           so
           well
           as
           King
           William
           ,
           and
           are
           willing
           still
           so
           sacrifice
           our
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           for
           him
           as
           our
           Lawful
           Sovereign
           :
           But
           there
           's
           no
           reason
           we
           should
           make
           a
           Surrender
           of
           our
           Freedom
           and
           Trade
           to
           the
           Humour
           of
           those
           pernicious
           Counsellors
           about
           him
           ,
           who
           betray
           his
           Honour
           and
           Sovereignty
           in
           betraying
           ours
           :
           It
           being
           certainly
           more
           for
           his
           Majesties
           Glory
           to
           be
           Sovereign
           of
           two
           ●ndepen●ent
           Kingdoms
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           but
           Sovereign
           of
           one
           ,
           and
           V●ssal
           to
           himself
           for
           another
           .
        
         
           From
           all
           this
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Scotland
           have
           a
           right
           to
           address
           his
           Majest●
           ,
           that
           such
           Persons
           as
           advise
           him
           to
           those
           things
           ought
           to
           be
           remov'd
           from
           his
           Presence
           and
           Councils
           forever
           ,
           as
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Nations
           .
        
         
           It
           were
           also
           proper
           for
           retrieving
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           publick
           Justice
           ,
           that
           an
           Address
           should
           be
           made
           for
           removing
           those
           from
           his
           Presence
           and
           Councils
           ,
           that
           stand
           charg'd
           with
           being
           privy
           to
           a
           design
           to
           assassinate
           King
           Charles
           II
           ,
           with
           having
           Pensions
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           for
           secret
           Service
           ,
           and
           with
           Accession
           to
           the
           Massacre
           of
           Glenco
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Actors
           in
           that
           barbarous
           Murder
           should
           be
           punish'd
           according
           to
           merit
           .
           Nor
           ought
           it
           to
           pass
           without
           enquiry
           ,
           by
           what
           means
           those
           Persons
           under
           Condemnation
           for
           a
           b●rbarous
           Rape
           ,
           and
           other
           inhuman
           Treatment
           of
           the
           Lady
           Lovett
           ,
           come
           to
           be
           reprieved
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           to
           the
           scandal
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           of
           them
           should
           be
           suffer'd
           not
           only
           to
           lurk
           in
           Engl●nd
           ,
           but
           have
           access
           to
           our
           Great
           Men
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           tho
           a
           declared
           Rebel
           and
           Traytor
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           have
           suffered
           in
           Scotland
           for
           Theft
           and
           Murder
           .
           Certainly
           it
           is
           not
           for
           his
           Majesties
           Honour
           that
           the
           Court
           should
           be
           made
           a
           Sanctuary
           for
           the
           blackest
           of
           Criminals
           ,
           and
           much
           less
           that
           we
           should
           be
           govern'd
           by
           the
           advice
           of
           any
           such
           ,
           who
           besides
           have
           no
           Estate
           nor
           Interest
           in
           our
           Kingdom
           .
           But
           this
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           our
           not
           having
           insisted
           to
           have
           the
           chief
           Instruments
           of
           the
           Tyranny
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           the
           late
           Reigns
           made
           publick
           Examples
           .
           Others
           are
           not
           only
           encourag'd
           to
           follow
           their
           Steps
           ,
           but
           it
           seems
           our
           Administration
           must
           be
           chiefly
           entail'd
           upon
           Men
           of
           that
           Kidney
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           also
           seem
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           that
           an
           enquiry
           should
           be
           made
           into
           those
           that
           advis'd
           the
           turning
           so
           many
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           out
           of
           Council
           ,
           and
           other
           Posts
           of
           Honour
           and
           Advantage
           ,
           for
           opposing
           a
           Standing
           Army
           ,
           &c.
           last
           Sessions
           .
           This
           is
           not
           only
           contrary
           to
           the
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           which
           demands
           freedom
           of
           Debate
           
           and
           Speech
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           but
           tends
           to
           the
           utter
           subversion
           of
           all
           our
           Liberties
           ;
           for
           Parliaments
           are
           of
           no
           use
           if
           Members
           may
           not
           have
           liberty
           to
           vote
           there
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Dictates
           of
           Honour
           and
           Conscience
           :
           This
           is
           a
           plain
           ●emonstration
           that
           the
           Courtiers
           design
           to
           carry
           on
           an
           Interest
           opposite
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Country
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           are
           riding
           Post
           to
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           late
           Reigns
           .
           It
           shews
           also
           the
           height
           of
           Contempt
           for
           our
           Nation
           ,
           since
           our
           Neighbours
           of
           England
           are
           not
           so
           treated
           ;
           it
           being
           well
           enough
           known
           there
           ,
           that
           Lords
           of
           the
           Bed-Chamber
           ,
           and
           Officers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           voted
           against
           a
           Standing
           Force
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           without
           being
           turn'd
           out
           of
           their
           Posts
           ,
           or
           any
           ways
           disgrac'd
           for
           it
           .
           To
           what
           a
           miserable
           Condition
           are
           we
           reduc'd
           then
           ,
           when
           the
           Parliaments
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           that
           formerly
           gave
           Laws
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           cannot
           now
           espouse
           the
           Interest
           of
           their
           Country
           without
           being
           thus
           trode
           upon
           .
           This
           proves
           the
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           keeping
           Officers
           ,
           and
           others
           that
           h●ve
           dependence
           upon
           the
           Court
           ,
           or
           Pensions
           from
           it
           ,
           out
           of
           our
           Parliaments
           .
           Let
           us
           do
           all
           we
           can
           in
           that
           matter
           ,
           the
           Court
           will
           have
           always
           more
           than
           its
           proportionable
           Influence
           there
           ,
           by
           such
           Lords
           as
           have
           a
           dependance
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           those
           Officers
           of
           State
           that
           are
           allow'd
           to
           be
           in
           the
           House
           .
        
         
           The
           Farming
           of
           the
           Customs
           by
           the
           Royal
           Burroughs
           ,
           ought
           also
           to
           be
           taken
           into
           Consideration
           ;
           for
           if
           that
           be
           found
           to
           have
           an
           influence
           on
           their
           Votes
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           i'ts
           ●
           much
           against
           the
           Claim
           of
           Right
           ,
           as
           these
           Proceedings
           complain'd
           of
           there
           ,
           that
           were
           judg'd
           to
           be
           equal
           to
           the
           King
           's
           naming
           that
           entire
           State
           of
           Parliament
           .
           It
           's
           therefore
           hop'd
           that
           the
           Royal
           Burroughs
           will
           ,
           by
           their
           behaviour
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           vindicate
           themselves
           from
           all
           Suspicion
           in
           this
           Matter
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           will
           not
           concur
           with
           any
           Design
           against
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           wherein
           they
           have
           so
           great
           a
           Concern
           ;
           especially
           when
           they
           consider
           that
           the
           more
           Restraints
           there
           are
           upon
           it
           ,
           of
           the
           less
           value
           will
           their
           Farm
           be
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           thought
           fit
           that
           it
           should
           be
           continued
           .
        
         
           We
           might
           enlarge
           
             in
             I●finitum
          
           ,
           the
           Grievances
           and
           Wants
           of
           our
           Country
           are
           so
           many
           ;
           but
           must
           draw
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           after
           having
           proposed
           some
           few
           things
           more
           .
        
         
           It
           seems
           absolutely
           necessary
           our
           Parliament
           should
           enquire
           what
           good
           Laws
           are
           needful
           to
           secure
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           to
           provide
           for
           it
           accordingly
           .
           In
           order
           to
           this
           it
           would
           seem
           requisite
           ,
           that
           a
           Committee
           should
           be
           appointed
           to
           consider
           what
           our
           States
           insisted
           on
           in
           1641
           ,
           as
           our
           Native
           Right
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           English
           have
           obtain'd
           since
           the
           Revolution
           for
           securing
           their
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           .
           His
           Majesty
           if
           he
           be
           allow'd
           by
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           to
           testify
           his
           paternal
           Affection
           towards
           us
           ,
           cannot
           ,
           nor
           will
           not
           think
           it
           hard
           if
           we
           demand
           that
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           since
           we
           are
           reduc'd
           so
           low
           by
           the
           Oppressions
           of
           former
           Reigns
           ,
           have
           lost
           so
           much
           by
           the
           Absence
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           now
           almost
           for
           100
           Years
           ,
           and
           are
           depriv'd
           of
           all
           hopes
           of
           having
           them
           reside
           amongst
           us
           any
           more
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Damage
           we
           must
           of
           necessity
           sustain
           by
           that
           alone
           is
           very
           great
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           compensated
           by
           any
           Equivalent
           we
           can
           propose
           ;
           for
           do
           what
           we
           can
           ,
           our
           Princes
           must
           be
           educated
           in
           a
           Country
           ,
           that
           as
           His
           Majesty
           himself
           has
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           express
           ,
           it
           is
           
             like
             to
             interfore
             too
             often
             with
             us
             in
             point
             of
             Trade
          
           ;
           and
           he
           plainly
           sees
           they
           have
           no
           Disposition
           to
           an
           Union
           with
           us
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           might
           be
           prevented
           .
        
         
           Since
           we
           are
           so
           unhappy
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           our
           Princes
           educated
           by
           those
           who
           differ
           from
           us
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           consequence
           they
           must
           needs
           be
           bred
           up
           in
           an
           Aversion
           for
           our
           Constitutions
           :
           It
           's
           absolutely
           necessary
           we
           should
           have
           Laws
           to
           secure
           otherwise
           it
           will
           be
           a
           perpetual
           Source
           of
           Discord
           betwixt
           Prince
           and
           People
           ,
           and
           a
           Seminary
           of
           Division
           betwixt
           the
           two
           Nations
           ;
           to
           prevent
           which
           as
           it's
           the
           Duty
           ,
           so
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           Care
           of
           every
           Prince
           that
           wou'd
           shew
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           true
           Father
           to
           his
           Country
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           fear
           of
           creating
           in
           our
           Princes
           an
           Aversion
           for
           our
           Nation
           and
           Constitution
           ,
           is
           but
           too
           well
           grounded
           ;
           time
           past
           hath
           prov'd
           beyond
           Contradiction
           ,
           and
           we
           wish
           that
           time
           to
           come
           may
           not
           prove
           it
           farther
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           take
           but
           a
           cursory
           view
           of
           the
           behaviour
           of
           our
           Kings
           to
           us
           since
           that
           Union
           ,
           the
           marks
           of
           their
           Aversion
           towards
           us
           ,
           stare
           us
           in
           the
           Face
           .
           K.
           Iames
           our
           Sixth
           ,
           and
           their
           First
           ,
           tho
           a
           Native
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           swore
           at
           his
           Accession
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           he
           would
           visit
           us
           once
           in
           three
           Years
           ,
           never
           came
           near
           us
           afterwards
           but
           once
           ;
           and
           that
           only
           to
           strengthen
           the
           Faction
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           had
           joined
           with
           him
           ,
           in
           endeavouring
           to
           inslave
           us
           .
           K.
           Charles
           I
           ,
           tho
           likewise
           a
           Native
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           the
           first
           time
           that
           ever
           he
           came
           near
           us
           was
           with
           an
           armed
           Force
           to
           subdue
           us
           ,
           because
           of
           our
           struggling
           against
           that
           Slavery
           ,
           of
           which
           his
           Father
           had
           laid
           the
           Foundation
           .
           Having
           after
           this
           ,
           under
           Pretence
           of
           a
           mock
           Treaty
           ▪
           sown
           the
           Seeds
           of
           an
           unnatural
           War
           ,
           which
           soon
           after
           broke
           out
           in
           our
           Nation
           ,
           by
           Montrosse
           ,
           and
           the
           Irish
           Rebels
           that
           join'd
           him
           ,
           he
           never
           came
           near
           us
           more
           ,
           till
           Necessity
           constrain'd
           him
           to
           flee
           to
           our
           Army
           .
           At
           that
           time
           ,
           it
           's
           known
           we
           made
           honourable
           Terms
           for
           him
           with
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           such
           indeed
           ,
           as
           neither
           his
           Circumstances
           ,
           nor
           our
           own
           could
           oblige
           them
           to
           make
           good
           ;
           which
           ,
           considering
           the
           Provocations
           he
           had
           given
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Slights
           put
           up●n
           us
           ,
           in
           all
           Treaties
           during
           that
           War
           ,
           as
           is
           testified
           by
           Whitlock
           in
           his
           Memoirs
           ,
           and
           other
           English
           Writers
           ,
           could
           proceed
           from
           nothing
           but
           an
           Exuberrant
           Affection
           ,
           to
           a
           Prince
           that
           all
           along
           had
           testified
           such
           an
           Asiersion
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           His
           Son
           K.
           Char.
           II.
           he
           came
           to
           us
           in
           his
           Distress
           ,
           or
           to
           speak
           more
           truly
           ,
           we
           invited
           him
           to
           a
           Crown
           when
           he
           had
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Cottage
           ,
           and
           exposed
           our selves
           to
           Ruin
           and
           Devastation
           for
           his
           sake
           ;
           yet
           after
           the
           Restauration
           he
           never
           came
           near
           us
           ,
           but
           ungratefully
           overturned
           our
           Constitution
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           cut
           off
           
           the
           Marquis
           of
           
           Argile's
           Head
           that
           set
           our
           Crown
           upon
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           made
           those
           injurious
           Acts
           which
           ruined
           us
           in
           our
           Trade
           with
           England
           .
        
         
           King
           Iames
           our
           VII
           .
           and
           their
           II.
           when
           chased
           from
           England
           as
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           and
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           excluded
           from
           their
           Crown
           ,
           we
           received
           him
           with
           open
           Arms
           ,
           Settled
           our
           Succession
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           turned
           the
           Balance
           in
           England
           on
           his
           side
           .
           Yet
           he
           never
           once
           came
           near
           us
           afterwards
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           despotical
           Proclamations
           overturned
           the
           small
           remains
           of
           our
           Liberties
           that
           his
           Brother
           had
           left
           ,
           and
           wounded
           our
           Religion
           and
           Laws
           both
           at
           once
           .
        
         
           King
           William
           for
           whom
           we
           have
           shed
           so
           much
           of
           our
           Blood
           in
           
             Britain
             ,
             Ireland
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           and
           whom
           we
           allowed
           a
           Standing
           Army
           when
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           would
           scarcely
           allow
           him
           his
           Guards
           .
           He
           hath
           never
           yet
           honoured
           us
           with
           his
           Presence
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           how
           we
           have
           been
           treated
           by
           wicked
           Counsellors
           about
           him
           ,
           how
           our
           Sovereignty
           is
           trampled
           under
           foot
           ,
           our
           Trade
           opposed
           ,
           our
           Men
           starved
           ,
           and
           our
           Colony
           by
           that
           means
           deserted
           .
           Certainly
           these
           Instances
           are
           enough
           to
           justifie
           our
           demands
           of
           having
           Laws
           for
           the
           security
           of
           our
           Liberty
           as
           good
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           not
           better
           than
           those
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           since
           our
           Kings
           have
           ever
           since
           the
           Union
           been
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           's
           little
           probability
           of
           its
           ever
           being
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           To
           come
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           our
           Trade
           is
           the
           thing
           that
           's
           now
           struck
           at
           ,
           and
           tho'
           we
           be
           a
           Soveraign
           free
           People
           ,
           have
           Heads
           ,
           Hearts
           ,
           Hands
           ,
           Commodities
           ,
           Harbours
           ,
           some
           measure
           of
           Shipping
           ,
           and
           good
           Laws
           to
           encourage
           our
           carrying
           it
           on
           ;
           yet
           our
           Neighbours
           will
           not
           allow
           us
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           but
           break
           through
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           it
           :
           Our
           King
           that
           should
           protect
           us
           and
           go
           in
           and
           out
           before
           us
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Hands
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           plainly
           tell
           him
           our
           Trade
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           theirs
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           expect
           the
           preference
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           he
           is
           forced
           to
           act
           against
           us
           :
           What
           shall
           we
           do
           then
           ?
           Because
           our
           King
           is
           a
           Prisoner
           must
           our
           Parliament
           be
           so
           too
           ?
           Because
           he
           cannot
           do
           what
           he
           would
           and
           what
           he
           ought
           ,
           must
           not
           they
           do
           it
           neither
           ?
           Because
           some
           of
           our
           Country-men
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           posts
           under
           him
           concur
           with
           our
           Enemies
           to
           betray
           us
           ,
           must
           not
           the
           Representatives
           of
           our
           Country
           redress
           us
           ?
           Must
           we
           who
           never
           allowed
           our
           Princes
           when
           at
           home
           and
           governed
           by
           our
           own
           Councils
           ,
           to
           plead
           their
           Prerogative
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ,
           suffer
           our
           Princes
           now
           ,
           when
           govern'd
           by
           Foreign
           Councils
           ,
           to
           swallow
           up
           our
           Laws
           and
           Constitution
           by
           pretended
           Prerogative
           ?
        
         
           We
           see
           that
           no
           Kings
           can
           either
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           or
           Man
           plead
           any
           Prerogative
           that
           's
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           good
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           our
           Kings
           least
           of
           any
           .
           Our
           Neighbou●s
           may
           boast
           of
           their
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Priviledges
           granted
           them
           by
           their
           Kings
           .
           We
           have
           something
           more
           Glorious
           to
           boast
           of
           ,
           ond
           that
           is
           ,
           
           our
           Kings
           have
           no
           Prerogative
           but
           what
           was
           granted
           them
           by
           us
           .
           Our
           Ancestors
           who
           first
           inhabited
           this
           Island
           ,
           did
           not
           receive
           their
           Lands
           from
           the
           Gift
           of
           a
           Conqueror
           or
           General
           ,
           who
           afterwards
           made
           himself
           Prince
           ,
           as
           happened
           to
           most
           other
           Nations
           in
           Europe
           ,
           but
           being
           possessed
           of
           a
           Country
           ,
           we
           sent
           for
           Fergus
           and
           made
           him
           King
           ,
           and
           let
           his
           Eldest
           Son
           Ferlegus
           know
           to
           his
           cost
           ,
           that
           we
           chose
           a
           King
           for
           our
           own
           good
           ,
           to
           be
           our
           General
           ,
           fight
           our
           Battles
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           to
           Luxuriate
           in
           Wealth
           and
           Pleasures
           ;
           that
           Ambitious
           Youngster
           was
           quickly
           made
           sensible
           that
           we
           never
           intended
           our
           Crown
           should
           be
           Hereditary
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           as
           to
           be
           entailed
           upon
           the
           Heads
           of
           Fools
           and
           Madmen
           ;
           in
           like
           sort
           when
           we
           were
           banished
           the
           island
           by
           the
           Britains
           ,
           Picts
           and
           Romans
           ,
           we
           sent
           from
           the
           Western
           Islands
           where
           we
           kept
           Possession
           ,
           for
           Fergus
           II.
           and
           made
           him
           King
           ,
           and
           under
           his
           Conduct
           recovered
           our
           Country
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Revolutions
           of
           Time
           and
           Government
           ,
           it
           's
           plain
           from
           our
           Histories
           ,
           that
           our
           Kings
           always
           received
           their
           Crowns
           at
           our
           Hands
           ,
           upon
           such
           Conditions
           as
           we
           thought
           fit
           in
           the
           respective
           Junctures
           ;
           from
           whence
           it
           follows
           that
           our
           Kings
           have
           no
           Prerogative
           but
           what
           they
           must
           plead
           from
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           whatever
           they
           cannot
           justifie
           that
           way
           ,
           is
           an
           Usurpation
           of
           that
           Right
           which
           we
           still
           keep
           in
           our
           Hands
           .
        
         
           Our
           Case
           is
           not
           like
           that
           of
           other
           Nations
           who
           obtained
           their
           Priviledges
           from
           the
           Favour
           and
           Clemency
           of
           their
           Conquerors
           ,
           without
           whose
           Consent
           they
           could
           make
           no
           Laws
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           we
           always
           reserv'd
           the
           Sovereign
           Power
           in
           our selves
           ,
           and
           hence
           it
           was
           that
           our
           Ancient
           Parliaments
           or
           Meetings
           of
           the
           States
           did
           so
           frequently
           call
           our
           Kings
           to
           their
           Bar
           ,
           and
           met
           without
           their
           Consent
           when
           the
           urgent
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Nation
           did
           require
           it
           .
           Hence
           it
           was
           that
           their
           Resolves
           had
           the
           force
           of
           a
           Law
           ,
           whether
           their
           Kings
           consented
           or
           not
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           dethron'd
           them
           for
           Male-administration
           ,
           as
           happened
           to
           Baliol
           ,
           Q.
           Mary
           ,
           and
           others
           ;
           and
           by
           that
           same
           Authority
           they
           forfeited
           the
           late
           King
           Iames.
           
        
         
           Is
           it
           not
           strange
           then
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           now
           suffer
           our selves
           to
           be
           bubled
           out
           of
           our
           Sovereignty
           and
           Trade
           by
           the
           idle
           Stories
           of
           Parasitical
           Courtiers
           ,
           who
           tell
           us
           
             His
             Majesty
             is
             forced
             to
             Grimace
             to
             Please
             the
             English
          
           ?
           Will
           not
           all
           the
           World
           cry
           shame
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           Posterity
           curse
           us
           if
           we
           be
           hectored
           out
           of
           our
           Liberties
           by
           the
           Bugbear
           of
           a
           Prerogative
           cryed
           up
           by
           a
           Mercenary
           Lawyer
           or
           two
           ,
           who
           betray
           all
           Causes
           that
           ever
           they
           take
           in
           hand
           ?
        
         
           Such
           Gentlemen
           ,
           we
           doubt
           not
           ,
           will
           presently
           cry
           our
           Treason
           ,
           and
           plead
           that
           this
           Book
           ought
           to
           be
           burnt
           as
           the
           Enquiry
           was
           in
           England
           ;
           but
           if
           what
           is
           here
           said
           be
           not
           our
           ancient
           and
           true
           Constitution
           ,
           let
           us
           burn
           our
           Histories
           and
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           that
           mislead
           us
           ;
           let
           us
           cancel
           all
           our
           Acts
           establishing
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           let
           us
           condemn
           our
           Claim
           of
           Right
           to
           the
           flames
           ,
           and
           abjure
           Parliaments
           
           for
           ever
           ;
           let
           us
           cancel
           our
           Coronation
           Oath
           and
           to
           crown
           the
           work
           ;
           let
           us
           send
           over
           to
           St.
           Germains
           and
           pray
           the
           late
           King
           to
           return
           again
           ,
           and
           Govern
           us
           by
           his
           Absolute
           Power
           ,
           uncontrolable
           Authority
           ,
           and
           Proclamatious
           cassing
           and
           annulling
           all
           our
           Laws
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           let
           us
           promise
           him
           Obedience
           without
           reserve
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           not
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           something
           as
           bad
           the
           Faction
           seem
           to
           be
           a●ming
           at
           ,
           when
           they
           make
           Invasions
           upon
           our
           Sovereignty
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           give
           frivolous
           Answers
           to
           all
           our
           Complaints
           ,
           falsify
           Promises
           of
           Redress
           ,
           murder
           our
           Subjects
           abroad
           by
           fraudulent
           Proclamations
           ,
           delay
           the
           Meeting
           of
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           though
           our
           bleeding
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           require
           it
           ;
           forbid
           Petitioning
           for
           a
           Redress
           of
           those
           things
           by
           Proclamation
           ,
           and
           seem
           rather
           to
           upbraid
           than
           to
           answer
           us
           when
           it
           is
           presented
           :
           If
           to
           give
           Money
           to
           keep
           up
           a
           Standing
           Army
           to
           protect
           the
           Advisers
           of
           those
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           compleat
           our
           Slavery
           be
           of
           more
           consequence
           to
           the
           Nation
           than
           to
           have
           those
           Grievances
           redressed
           ,
           let
           us
           begin
           with
           that
           the
           Faction
           calls
           the
           Kings
           Business
           ,
           but
           if
           the
           Crys
           of
           an
           Ancient
           ,
           and
           Gallant
           ,
           though
           oppressed
           Nation
           ,
           that
           reach
           up
           to
           the
           Heavens
           be
           of
           any
           weight
           ,
           let
           's
           give
           the
           Redress
           of
           those
           Grievances
           the
           preference
           .
        
         
           Our
           Company
           for
           trading
           to
           Africa
           and
           the
           Indies
           ,
           have
           by
           their
           Memorials
           and
           Addresses
           ,
           asserted
           our
           Rights
           as
           became
           true
           Patriots
           of
           their
           Country
           .
           May
           it
           never
           be
           said
           we
           are
           so
           much
           degenerated
           ,
           that
           our
           Parliament
           shall
           not
           as
           much
           outdo
           the
           Company
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           Superior
           to
           them
           in
           Interest
           and
           Power
           .
           This
           Company
           is
           the
           Creature
           of
           our
           States
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           Faction
           will
           not
           suffer
           His
           Majesty
           to
           own
           it
           )
           therefore
           they
           are
           oblig'd
           in
           Honour
           and
           Duty
           to
           support
           it
           ;
           we
           hope
           then
           it
           will
           be
           no
           unreasonable
           Request
           if
           the
           Nation
           desire
           ,
           that
           the
           Money
           that
           was
           spent
           on
           a
           Mercenary
           Army
           to
           enslave
           us
           be
           given
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           a
           Trading
           Company
           to
           enrich
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           Law-givers
           would
           likewise
           be
           pleas●d
           to
           consider
           the
           Groans
           of
           our
           poor
           opp●ess'd
           People
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           m●ke
           Laws
           for
           encouraging
           our
           Husband-men
           to
           plant
           and
           inclose
           ,
           to
           advance
           and
           incourage
           our
           Foreign
           and
           Fishing
           Trade
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           levying
           of
           our
           Men
           for
           English
           ,
           or
           any
           foreign
           Service
           :
           Must
           we
           be
           perpetually
           condemn'd
           to
           breed
           up
           Men
           to
           be
           destroy'd
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           other
           Nations
           ,
           after
           we
           have
           been
           at
           the
           Expence
           of
           their
           Maintenance
           and
           Education
           ?
           Must
           we
           still
           be
           depriv'd
           of
           the
           Fruits
           of
           their
           Labour
           that
           should
           rewa●d
           us
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Off●pring
           which
           would
           strengthen
           and
           enrich
           us
           ?
           What
           vast
           Sums
           do
           we
           lose
           every
           Year
           by
           the
           Multitudes
           of
           our
           People
           ,
           that
           are
           forc'd
           to
           go
           abroad
           for
           want
           of
           Imployment
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           our
           want
           of
           good
           Laws
           to
           incourage
           their
           Industry
           ,
           and
           secure
           their
           Property
           discourages
           such
           of
           them
           from
           returning
           again
           ,
           as
           acquire
           Estates
           and
           Substance
           abroad
           ,
           is
           obvious
           from
           many
           Instances
           ;
           but
           from
           none
           
           more
           than
           that
           late
           one
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             Brown
          
           ,
           the
           great
           Dantsick
           Merchant
           ,
           who
           ,
           upon
           that
           account
           chuses
           rather
           to
           become
           a
           Purchaser
           in
           England
           ,
           than
           to
           return
           to
           his
           native
           Country
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           have
           spoke
           our
           Mind
           freely
           ,
           as
           we
           think
           it
           incumbent
           upon
           all
           true
           Scots-men
           in
           this
           present
           juncture
           to
           do
           .
           The
           Grievances
           here
           pointed
           at
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           remedied
           no
           otherwise
           but
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           tho
           it
           be
           scarcely
           consistent
           with
           our
           Safety
           ,
           that
           one
           Parliament
           should
           continue
           so
           long
           as
           this
           hath
           done
           ,
           because
           of
           Members
           being
           liable
           to
           Tentations
           by
           Pensions
           or
           Places
           ;
           yet
           there
           may
           perhaps
           be
           a
           Providence
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           reserve
           the
           Honour
           of
           compleating
           our
           Deliverance
           from
           Tyranny
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Parliament
           that
           had
           so
           gloriously
           commenc'd
           it
           .
           Our
           Kingdom
           never
           had
           greater
           Provocation
           to
           resent
           the
           Treatment
           of
           wicked
           Counsellours
           than
           at
           present
           ,
           nor
           could
           we
           expect
           a
           more
           favourable
           opportunity
           for
           it
           .
           The
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           England
           have
           set
           us
           a
           noble
           Example
           ,
           pour'd
           Ignominy
           and
           Contempt
           upon
           some
           of
           those
           Evil
           Counsellours
           ,
           and
           have
           squeez'd
           the
           Purses
           of
           others
           :
           we
           have
           as
           good
           reason
           as
           far
           as
           our
           Case
           requires
           it
           to
           take
           the
           same
           Method
           .
           We
           have
           reason
           to
           apprehend
           that
           our
           Grievances
           proceeds
           from
           some
           of
           the
           same
           Persons
           .
           It
           's
           well
           enough
           known
           that
           those
           by
           whom
           we
           are
           chiefly
           govern'd
           have
           all
           their
           dependance
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           since
           we
           find
           them
           to
           be
           such
           as
           are
           capable
           of
           Bribes
           ,
           to
           give
           His
           Majesty
           such
           Advices
           as
           are
           inconsistent
           with
           his
           Promises
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           declared
           capable
           of
           creating
           a
           Misunderstanding
           and
           Jealousy
           betwixt
           him
           and
           that
           People
           .
           Why
           should
           we
           not
           think
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           the
           same
           things
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           us
           .
           If
           they
           be
           such
           as
           take
           Money
           to
           act
           contrary
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           that
           potent
           Nation
           ,
           what
           should
           hinder
           them
           from
           taking
           Bribes
           to
           ruin
           the
           Honour
           and
           Trade
           of
           ours
           ;
           if
           they
           shew
           such
           favour
           to
           Irish
           Papists
           against
           the
           Interest
           of
           Great
           Britain
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           Why
           may
           they
           not
           take
           Bribes
           from
           the
           Spaniards
           or
           French
           ,
           nay
           from
           the
           Pope
           himself
           ,
           to
           oppose
           our
           Settlement
           in
           America
           ,
           since
           he
           dreads
           it
           so
           much
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           it
           s
           known
           we
           have
           Enemies
           nearer
           home
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           understand
           the
           Art
           of
           Bribing
           too
           :
           They
           have
           declar'd
           themselves
           so
           much
           in
           opposition
           to
           our
           foreign
           Trade
           ,
           as
           demonstrates
           they
           would
           not
           grudg
           some
           Money
           to
           have
           it
           totally
           obstructed
           .
           This
           makes
           it
           necessary
           to
           enquire
           how
           our
           Treasury
           has
           been
           manag'd
           at
           home
           ,
           which
           way
           our
           Forfeitures
           here
           have
           been
           dispos'd
           of
           ,
           and
           whether
           we
           have
           any
           within
           our
           own
           Bowels
           ,
           that
           have
           the
           Art
           of
           taking
           Money
           ,
           or
           are
           possess'd
           with
           Souls
           mean
           enough
           to
           become
           Deputy
           Pensioners
           to
           those
           great
           ones
           :
           It
           were
           one
           good
           way
           to
           try
           it
           ,
           to
           see
           who
           would
           oppose
           a
           Vote
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           found
           guilty
           of
           taking
           Bribes
           ,
           Pensions
           ,
           or
           Places
           to
           vote
           for
           a
           Standing
           Army
           ,
           and
           against
           a
           Tax
           for
           maintaining
           our
           American
           Colony
           ,
           be
           for
           ever
           
           declar'd
           uncapable
           of
           sitting
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           of
           bearing
           any
           publick
           Office
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           This
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           necessary
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           openly
           discours'd
           in
           England
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           great
           Sum
           of
           Money
           were
           to
           be
           dispos'd
           of
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           and
           that
           Precepts
           are
           drawn
           to
           pay
           it
           accordingly
           upon
           the
           opening
           of
           our
           Parliament
           .
           It
           's
           to
           be
           hop'd
           that
           none
           of
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           formerly
           so
           renown'd
           for
           gallantly
           defending
           their
           Country
           ,
           will
           be
           bought
           off
           from
           espousing
           its
           Interest
           in
           this
           critical
           juncture
           .
           Pensions
           and
           Places
           can't
           be
           assur'd
           to
           their
           Posterity
           ;
           where
           as
           the
           Shame
           and
           Ignominy
           of
           such
           a
           Practise
           will
           render
           their
           Name
           and
           Memory
           as
           execrable
           to
           the
           Scottish
           Nation
           as
           are
           those
           of
           the
           infamous
           Baliol
           and
           Menteith
           ,
           and
           be
           eternal
           Monuments
           of
           Disgrace
           and
           Reproach
           to
           their
           FAMILIES
           .
        
         
           
             Vitam
             quam
             Patriae
             debeo
             ,
             ei
             devovi
             ;
             cui
             si
             aliam
             opem
             affere
             non
             possim
             ,
             piis
             ,
             erga
             eam
             conatibus
             immoriturus
             sum
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .