Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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foniied religion and to our common peace ; that matters may
bee accommodated in a faire and peaceable way, and that see
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' speedily and with such expedicion as that through further delayes
' (which wee see not how they can bee longer endured) our evills
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We take God and the world to wittnesse, that wee have left noe
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meanes u.nessayed to give his majestie and the whole realm of
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England all just satisfaction, and that wee desire noething but the
presei'vation of our religion and lawes ! If that fearefull consequence
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shall ensue which must bee very neare, except they bee wisely and
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speedily prevented, we trust that shall not bee imputed unto us, who
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till this time have beene following of peace, and who doe in every
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duetie most ardently desire to shew our selves his majestie's faithfull
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subjects and
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Your lordship's humble servants,
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Rothesse. Lothian.
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Lyndesay. Lowdown.
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Douglas. Homes.
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James. Alexander.
'Dunce, 6 June, 1639.'
'Lentian (5^c).Brus.
Immediately upon his comming to campe the Lord Dumfarling
was brought to the king and humbly on his knee presented the peticion
to his majestie and the letter to the lord of Holland. I know not with
what acceptation the king received him, I was not by.
But the same night the king retourned this answere by Sir Edmond
Verney, knight marshall
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The king's majestie having read and considered the humble supplication
presented unto him by the earle of Dumfarling, hath com-
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'manded mee to retourne this answere. That whereas his majestie
'hath published a proclamacion to all his subjects of Scotland,
'whereby hee hath given them full assurance of the free enjo^dng of
'the religion and lawes of that kingdome, as likewise a free pardon
upon their humble and dutifull obedience, which proclamacion hath
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'hitherto beene hindered to bee published to most of his majestie's
subjects, therefore his majestie requires for the full informacion and
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satisfaccion of them, that the sayed proclamacion bee publikely read ;
' that beeing done his majestie will hee pleased to heare any humble
' supplicacion of his subjects.'
[June] 7. This message delivered, the next day beeing Friday,
and the 7th of June, the king's proclamacion was read in the Scotsh
campe.
Things were then prepared for a meeting, yet all watches and
former dilligence were kept.
[June] 10. The 10 of June, beeing Monday night, it came to my
tume amongst others to watch, and in the morning wee waited on