Christian. It happins to the righteous according to the wayes of the
wicked, and to the wicked according to the wayes of the righteous. They
that know me should not condeme me for this; maney grater then I haue
beine delt with in this kynd; zet I must say that all Gods judgements
are just, for my priuat sines. I acknouledge this to be just with God,
and I submitt myselue to him; zet in regaird of man, I may say I am
just. I blame no man, I complaine one no man for this judgement; I take
it from the hand of God; they are bot instruments, I forgiue them;
God forgiue them. But to exonerat myselue, that I giue no scandell to
the people of God, all that I did was the just commands of my King in
his distresse; I know nothing bot to feare God and honer the King,
according to the law of nature and nations. I haue not sinned against
men, bot against the Lord; and with him ther is mercey; and this is
my ground of drawing neir him. I pray God this be not for farder
judgement one this land; bot I will not enter on Gods secretts. That
wich cheifflie can be said against me is amongest the Lordes people;
that I am wnder the censure of the churche, it is not my fault, seing I
bot obayed my lawfull prince. Zet I am sorie that they excommunicatted
me, and in that wich is according to Gods law, I desyre to be relaxit;
and if they will not, according to my conscience, I appeale to God,
quho is a righteous judge, that must be my judge. There is one thing
much spokin aganist, that I lay all the blame one the King; God forbid!
As for the lait King, he liued a saint, and deyed a martyre; I pray
God I may end so: and if euer I wold wishe my soule in ane other mans
soules steed, it is in his. And for this King, according to his zeires
and capacity, wich is guid, no people might be happier then wnder him.
All his commands to me wer most just; in nothing that he promisses
will he faile; he dealles justlie with all. Thesse testimonies haue I
giuen to the last King, and to this King; and I am faithfull to the
lait Kings memorie, and to this Kings persone; and all trew people
that feare God are of my oppinione. It is not obdurdnes of heart that
is in me, bot the light of my soule and conscience, and Gods spirit
in me. I thank God I goe not to Heavens throne ingnorantly, thoughe I
haue not much knowledge; I desyre not to be presumptous; God suffers me
not to fearre the terors of death. I haue that conscience and reasson
in that measure that he giueth it me, therfor I goe with courage to
death; and quhateuer be my end, lett God be glorified, though it wer
to my damnation. I say not this out of weekness and feare, bot out of
my deutie to God, and loue to this people; ffor looking one you, I
cannot bot morne; therefor I can say no more, bot remitts myselue to
your charity, and I desyre your prayers. You that are scandelized at
me, giue me your charity; I shall pray for you all: I leaue my soule
to God, my seruice to my prince, my good will to my frindes, and my
name in charity to you all. I might say more, bot I have exonered my
conscience; the rest I leaue to Gods mercey. Being desyred to pray, he
said, I haue alredey poured fourth my soule befor the Lord, quho knowes
my harte; in his hands I haue comitted my spirit. If you will not joyne
with me in my prayer, then my being in priuat, will be a scandell to me
and you bothe.
* * * * *
Wedinsday, 22 Maij. Sessio 1.—The housse appoynts a committee to tray
the depositions of 54 Witches, with pouer to the said committee to giue
out comissions for ther furder trayell, examinatione, and executione;
as also to thinke vpone a constant coursse and commissione for that
effecte heirafter, and to report.
Thursday, 23 Maij. Sessio 1.—Tuo supplications and actes to be passed,
exhibit to the house by the Commission of the Generall Ass: one anent
papists defrauding of ther heires wich are couenanters;—remitted to a
comitte to be thought one. The other anent the furder purging of the
armey and judicatories, remitted lykwayes.
Saterday, 25 Maij. Sessio 1.—The Marques of Argyle reported to the
housse, that himselue had a letter from the Secretarey, the Earle of
Lothean, wich shew him that his Maiestie wes no wayes sorey that James
Grhame was defait, in respecte (as he said) he hade made that invasione
without and contrarey to his command.
Wednesday, 29 Maij. Sessio 1.—Petitione of the tuo honest Orknay
ministers, humblie desyring a ratificatione of ane acte of the
Commissioners of the Generall Assembley, modifinng to them 10 thousand
merkes Scotts for ther losses, out of the stipends of the deposed
ministers of Orknay, quho had landed with James Grhame; desyring
letters of horning to charge for the same; granted by the parliament.
This day at 2 a clocke in the afternoone, conforme to the sentence of
parliament, Sʳ Johne Horrie and Cap: Jo: Spotswoode wer executte at the
crosse of Edinburghe. Sʳ Jo: Horrie wes penitent, and confessid that
his grate and manyfold sinns aganist God, had brought him to that so
publicke ane end. Bot Johne Spotswood deyed in a furey and rage, almost
distracted of his witts, and wold confesse nothing.
Fryday, 31 Maij, Sessio 1.—Report anent Sʳ William Hay of Dalgatey,
Barronett, quho was forfaulted by the parliament in St Andrewes, in
Aᵒ 1645, and excomunicat thereafter for poperey, ratiffied; and he
being this day called befor the parliament, and asked by the president
giue he had aney thing to say for himselue befor the sentence and
doume wes pronunced aganist him, said nothing, bot that he was to goe
to Germaney, and went to the King to haue his passe; and by him wes
commandit to attend James Grhame to this countrey. He was comandit to
kneele one his knees, wich he did; then did the Register reid to him
the parl: sentence, wich was to haue his head struckin from his bodey
one Tuesday nixt, the 4 day of Junij, at the crosse of Edinbrughe, at 2
a clocke in the afternoone; and the magistrats of Edinbrughe commandit
to see this sentence put to executione.
Saterday, 1 Junij. Sessio 1.—The housse ordaines the Ministers of
Edinburghe to end ther sermons befor 9, and then the grate bell to ring
daylie at 9 for the conweining of the parliament.
Thursday, 21 Junij. Sessio 1.—A letter to William Leuthall, Speaker of
the Parliament of England, from the housse, read. Ane vther letter to
the Generall of the armey, Fairfax, read. With ane to the Gouernour
of Neucastle, Sʳ Arthur Hasilrige, read. Thir 3 letters being read
in parliament, the housse ordaines them to be communicat to the
Commissione of the Kirke.
Fryday, 22 Junij. Sessio 1.—Alexander Charteres, the Laird of Emsfeilds
brother, execut this day at the crosse of Edinbrughe; quho receuid
sentence of death one his knees, in the parliament housse, one
Wedinsday the 13 of Junij.
Wedinsday, 26 Junij. Sessio 1.—This day, letters from our commissioners
wer read in the housse, shewing that his Maiesty was sauely arriued at
Germouth, in Spey, one Sunday, 23d of Junij instant; and that befor he
landit, had solemly suorne and subscriued the couenant, and the lige
and couenant.
Thursday, 27 day. Sessio 1.—A letter from Mr Jo: Leuingston to Mr Rob:
Douglasse, presented be Mr James Hamilton to the housse, anent his
Maiesties subscriuing the couenant, and the leauge and couenant, and
granting all the desyres both of churche and stait, of the dait 23
Junij, 1650; read and communicat to the parliament.
The housse ordaines the President of the Parliament to rander
the Comissione of the Gen: Ass: in ther name, thankes for ther
correspondence.
Friday, 28 Junij. Sessio 1.—Mr James Hamilton, from the Com: of the
Kirke, shewes the housse, that they had chossen Mr Dauid Dicksone, Mr
James Durhame and Mr Robert Burnett, zounger, reuling elder, to goe to
the King, from the Commission of the Generall Ass: and in ther name to
congratulat his Maiesties saue arriuall; and intreats the housse that
they may accompaney ther commissioners to his Maiestie.
Mr James Hamilton lykewayes presents to the housse a Varning of the
Com: of the Generall Ass: to the kingdome, of the dait 25 Junij,
1650,[432] read in the housse. The president is comandit by the
housse to rander the presenters thankes; and withall, to intreat them
that they wold delay the printing of it some shorte tyme, wntill the
parliaments declaration wer redey to be insert therwith, and printed.
Monday, 1 Julij. Sessio 1.—Brodie and Libertone made a full relation
of all ther negotiation with his Maiestie; they producit the couenant,
withe the churche explanatione, subscriued with the Kinges hand, as
also the concessions subscriued by his Maiestie.
The Marques of Argyle this day reportes to the housse, that he had a
letter from a trustey frind, shewing him that the Presbyterian partey
in England had so delt with Fairfax, the Englishe Generall, not to come
aganist the Scotts, that he not only refussed that seruice, but had
layed doune his commissione.
Thursday, 4 Julij. Sessio 1.—Acte discharging all duells and combatts,
and apeallations therto, wnder the paine of death; the appellants and
challengers to be degraded by the hands of the hangman, wnder the
gallows, and then to be hanged therone. The accepter of the challenge
to be punished with death; and the carrier of the challenge to be
banished the kingdome; wotted and past.
The 5 of Julij, 1650, his Maᵗⁱᵉ cam from St Andrewes, and wes banqueted
in Couper, to his auen housse of Falkland, one Saterday. My L. the
Earle of Arundaill intertained him wntill Monday at night
Mr Thomas Nicolsone, his Maiesties Aduocat, wes knighted in the
withdrauing roume at Falkland, after supper, one Wedinsday, the 10 of
Julij instant. His Maiesty stayed at Falkland wntill Tuesday the 23 of
Julij, from quhence he did remoue to Perthe for one night, quher he
was feasted with all his traine by the magistrats of the said brughe,
in L. Generall Dauid Lesleyes housse. Hes Maiestie, at hes entrey, was
mett by the prouest and magistrate and counsell, all in mourning, with
a gaurd of partisans, who attendid his Maiesty during his abode ther,
in mourning lykwayes. Mr George Halybrunton, one of the ministers of
the toune, had a prettey congratulatorey oration to his Maiestie. After
dinner one Vedinsday, his Maiestie went to the gardin housse one the
riuer, quherin ther wes a table couered with desert of all kinds; ther
the Prouest, one his knees, presented to his Maiestie his Burges Bill,
and ane other to the Ducke of Buckinghame. His Maiestie, at my desyre,
wrotte in ther booke of preuilidges his name and motto thus:
_24 Julij, 1650._
CHARLES R.
_Nemo me impune lacessit._
Vedinsday, 24 Julij, his Maiestie went from Perth to Dumfermling.
He wisited the Lord Burlie by the way, quher he wes welcomed with a
banquett.[433]
Thursday, 25 day of Julij, his Maiestie, after dinner, departed from
Dumfermling to his auen housse, Streueling Castle.
One Wednisday, 31 of Julij, Gen: Maior Rob: Montgomerey, and Colonell
Straquhane, led out a pairtey, against the enimey, of 2000 horsse and
500 foote, and beatt him soundlie; and if he had had 1000 more, they
had routted his quhole armey. They killed to him 5 Colonells and L.
Colonells; mortly woundit L. Gen: Lambert, and aboue 500 souldiers, and
returned with no grate losse.
One Monday the 29 of Julij, Cromwell, with all his armey, assaulted our
trenches neir the Quarrell holles, bot wes valliantly beat offe and
repulsed, and 2 of his canon takin; and hes footte partey routted by
Lawers regiment, quho doublett alone, mounted the hill at St Leonards
chapell, and dange them from ther canon, wich they had planted ther to
shotte one our trenches at the Quarrell holles. The Englishe flange
ther armes from them, and betooke them to ther heiles, wntill a brigad
of horsse aduanced, and reganed ther canon; bot with grate losse of
men and horsse, quhom Lawers men from the hedges and rockes played
wncessantly with ther musketts.
Cromwell being soundly beattin one Vednisday by our men, reteired backe
to Muchellbrughe, Prestone and Inereske one Thursday, and ther begane
to intrinche himselue; he made stables of all the churches for hes
horsses quhersoeuer he came, and burned all the seatts and pewes in
them; riffled the ministers housses, and distrayed ther cornes.
Cromwell sent a trumpte, on Thursday the 1 of Aguste, to L. Generall
Lesley, with a liste of suche prissoners of ours as he had takin since
his inwading the countrey, wiche amounted to the nomber of 80, and
desyred that he might haue them exchanged.
The L. Generall, with the adwysse of the Committee, did returne the
blasphemer this anssuer, that he had giuen strict order and command to
all the countrey, not to take or moleste aney of his horsse ore footte
souldiers in ther peceable retrait home to ther auen countrey, bot to
intertane them kyndly, and assure them a saffe passage to ther homes.
The Comittee of Parliament for purging the armey, did meitt this 2,
3 and 5 dayes of Agust; they acted nothing against the enimey, bot
purged out of the armey aboue 80 commanders. The ministers in all
places preched incessantly for this purging, sheuing, if that committe
did not proceid, the consequences that wold follow wold certanly
proue lamentable and destructiue, and wold vndoubtedly multiplie Gods
judgments vpone the land and armey.
One Monday the 5 day of Aguste, Cromwell reteired backe with his armey
from Mussilbrughe and Innerescke to Dumbar, after he had sent the day
befor, a letter, most ridicolus and blasphemous to the Comission of the
Generall Assembley, and a replay to the Committee of Estaits anssuer to
his foolishe declaratione, being in effecte nothing bot a rapsodey of
bosting and hyperbolicke nonsense.
One Friday, the 9 of this mounth of Agust, ther came from the Committee
of the Armey and Kirk to his Maiesty, to Dumfermling, commissioners,
viz. the Earle of Lothean, Secretarey; Sʳ Archbald Jhonston, Register;
Mr Robert Douglas, Mr James Guthrie, Ministers; and Mr Robert Barclay,
Prouest of Irwing, to intreat him that he wold be gratiously pleased to
subscriue that declaratione, wich the armey so muche desyred his Maᵗⁱᵉ
to emitt for the satisfaction of all honest men; wich wes deliuered by
the Marques of Argyle to him some few dayes befor. His Maiestie did
receaue ther message gratiously, about 1 a clocke in the afternoone,
and delayed giuing them ane anssuer wntill his returninge from hunting
in the eiuning this night, wiche he desyred them to expecte; bot they
receauid no contentment: the King dennying absolutly to declaire aney
thing [that] might rube vpone his father, so they depairted, vpone
Saterday, vnsatisfied.
Cromwell, with his armey, raisse one Tuesday the 13 day, from
Mussilbrughe, and vent vest with touardes Colintoun; and our armey drew
fourth of ther trinches, and marched after them towards Corstorphine.
This Tuesday his Maiestie called a counsell at Dumfermling, the first
he held since his coming to Scotland; it [was] held in his Maᵗⁱᵉˢ
bed chamber; ther wer present of counsellers ther, Argyle, Lothean,
Eglinton, Tuedale, Lorne, Thesaurer-Deput, &c. The results of ther
consultatione wer, that his Maiestie should presently wreatt to the
Commissione of the Kirke, and shew them that he wold follow ther
adwisse, not only in the declaratione, bot in all thinges ells that
concernid the peace of the kirke and religion, and couenant; only he
intreatted them to be als sparing of his fathers name and memorie as
necessarily could be.
One Wedinsday, in the afternoone, the Earle of Weeymes and Mr George
Winrhame of Liberton, came to Dumfermling to his Maiestie, with a
shorte declaratione of the Comission of the Kirkes, ratified by the
Com: of Estaits, shewing, that since, by ther frequent messages and
petitions sent to his Maiesty anent his assent to a declaration to be
emitted, he had altogider refussed the same; thesse, therfor wer to
shew to the world, that wntill he condescendit to passe the forsaid
declaratione, they wold nather auen him nor his causse. The ministers
hes Maiestie had wrettin for 2 dayes befor, for soluing some scrouples
he had in the declaratione they demandit, cam to him one Thursday
to Dumfermling, viz. Mr Dauid Dicksone, Mr Patrick Gillespie.... And
after much disputatione, some alterations in wordes wer accordit one;
it being wrettin ouer in mundo, his Maiestie signed the same, at
Dumfermling, one Friday the 16 day of Agust, about 3 in the afternoone,
and immediatly therafter tooke horsse for Perthe.
They all, both churche and stait, passed from that declaratione sent by
the Earle of Weymes and Liberton; and gaue his Maiestie humble thankes
for granting the desyres of the church, staite, and armey.
_The Heads of the Declaration subscriued at Dumfermling, 16 Agust,
1650._
Thoughe his Maᵗⁱᵉ, as a deutifull sone, be oblidged to honor the
memorie of his royall father, and to haue in estimation the persone
of his mother, yet doeth he desyre to be deeply humbled and afflicted
in spirit befor God, becausse of his fathers opposition to the worke
of God, and to the soleme leauge and couevant, by wich so muche of
the blood of the Lordes people hath beine shed in thesse kingdomes;
and for the idolatry of his mother, the toleratione quherof in the
kings housse, as it was matter of grate humbling to all the protestant
churches, so could it not be bot a heighe prouocation aganist him, quho
is a jelous God, visiting the sinns of the fathers vpone the children,
&c.
2. That he hath not subscriued the couenant vpon aney sinister
intentione and crooked deseinge, bot sincerly; and that he will haue
no frinds or enimies, bot thesse of the couenant; requiring all to lay
doune ther enmity against the causse and people of God.
3. That the trettey with the Irishe be void.
4. That by hes commissions at sea, no merchants follouing ther trade
be interrupted; and though his Maᵗⁱᵉ desyre to constructe weill of the
intentions of thosse (in reference to him) that opposed the couenant,
zet he will not giue comissione to aney such, wntill they take the
couenant, and giue euidence of ther integritie, &c.
5. That he will satisfie the desyres of Englishe and Irishe good
subjects; and giue parliament of England, sitting in fredome, shall
prewin him with the propositions presented be bothe kingdomes, he
will not only accord them with alterations, bot doe quhat is farther
necessarey for prosecutting the ends of [the] couenant, especially
in reformation of the churche of England, and as the diwynnes at
Westminster accorded; and that the churche of England may enioy full
liberty and freedome of all assemblies, and pouer of kirke censures and
ordinances, and members, in matters ecclesiasticke, &c.
6. To passe ane acte of obliuion to all, except the cheiffe obstructers
of the worke of reformatione, and the authors of the change of
gouerniment and the murthers of his royall father; the number and
persons to be lefte to the housses of parliament; and prowyding they
lay doune armes.
7. That since the sectaries haue inwadit Scotland, &c. he desyres
and expectes, that the weill affected in England will lay hold one
the opportunity to promoue the couenant, and establishe the ancient
gouerniment, &c.
The armeyes remonstrance to the Comittee of Estaits, sent by the Lord
Burlie, Maior Generall Holburne, Sʳ Johne Brune and Colonell Gilbert
Ker, desyring the purging of the armey furder, if they think fitt; as
also the purging of his Maiesties courte and familey; and that they
wold putt the lawes made for that effecte to dew executione, &c. 15
Aguste, 1650.
The Committee of Estaits returned them harty thankes for ther
remonstrance and suplicatione, and assured them that they wold not
faill to endeuor ther wtermost to see thesse lawes made effectuall,
wich they tooke so to harte, as a matter of grate consequence and
heighe concernment for the good, honore, weilfaire and saftie of
religion, King and kingdomes.
_The Comissione of the Kirkes and Comittee of Estaits Declaratione,
quhen the Kinges Maiesty delayed to seinge the Declaration of the 16
of Aguste; by them repelled, quhen the King seigned it._
Westkirke, the 13 of Aguste, 1650.—The Commissione of the Generall
Assemblie, considring ther may be just ground of stumbling, from
the Kings Maiestie refussing to subscriue and emitt the declaration
offred to him by the Committee of Estaits and the Commissioners of the
Generall Ass: concerning his former carriage, and resollutions for the
future, in reference to the causse of God, and the enimies and frinds
therof, doeth therfor declaire, that this kirke and kingdome doe not
owen nor espousse anie malignant parties quarrell ore interest; bot
that they fight meirlie vpon ther former groundes and principalls,
and in defence of the causse of God and of the kingdome, as they haue
done thesse 12 zeires bygaine; and therfor, as they disclaime all
the sin and the gilte of the King and of his housse, so they will
not auen him or his intrest, no wayes then with a subordinatione to
God, and sua fare as he aimes and prosecuttes the causse of God, and
disclaimes his and his fathers oppositions to the causse of God and to
the couenant, and lykwayes all the enimies therof; and that they will,
with conuenient speed, take in consideratione the papers laitly sent
wnto them from Oliver Cromwell, and vindicat themselues from all the
falshoods conteined therin; especially in thesse thinges quherin the
quarrell betuix ws and that partie is misstaited, as if wee auned the
lait Kings proceidinges; and we resolued to prosecute and manteine his
present Maiesties intrest befor and without acknouledgment of the sine
of his housse, and former wayes, and satisfaction to Gods people in
bothe kingdomes.
W. A. KER.
13 of Agust, 1650.—The Comittee of Estaites hauing seine and considerit
a declaratione of the Commissione of the Generall Assemblie, anent the
staiting of the quarrell quheron the armey is to fight, doe approue the
same, and hartlie concur therin.
MR THO: HENDERSONE.
2 Sept: being Tuesday, by the brecke of day, our armey being in grate
security, hauing left the hill, a grate pairt of them (wich was ther
strenth and forte) wer surprissed and routted by Cromwell and the
sectarian armey; maney takin of the footte, maney woundit, and about 8
or 900 killed.
At Stirlinge, the 12 of Septem: 1650.
_A shorte Declaratione and Varninge to all the Congregations of the
Kirke of Scotland, from the Commissioners of the General Assembly._
Albeit the Lord, quhosse judgments are vnsearchable, and quhosse wayes
past findinge out, hes brought the land werey low wnder the hand of
ane prewaillinge enimey. Zet must wee not forbeare to declaire the
mynd of God, nor vthers refusse to harken therto. It wer superfluous
to giue anssuer to the maney calumnies and reproches that are blazed
abroad; for albeit in eurey thing wee cannot justifie the conducte
of the armey, zet wee hold it our deutie to desyre eurey one not to
beleiue groundles reports, bot rather to eye the Lord, and looke
vpe to the hand that smytts them. And therfor, in the first place,
wee exhorte and varne all the inhabitants of the land, to searche
out ther iniquities, and to be deeplie humbled befor the Lord, that
he may turne away his wraith from us. The Lord hath wounded ws, and
chasteissed ws sore; wiche sayes, that our iniquities are muche, and
that our sins are incressed. It concerneth the King to mourne for all
the griuous prouocations of his fathers housse, and for all his auen
guiltines; and to consider if he hes come to the couenant, and joyned
himselue to the Lord, vpone politicke intrests, for gaining a croune
to himselue, rather then to aduance religione and righteousnes; that
it is iniquitie quhilk God will not forgett, excepte it be speedilie
repented offe. It concerns our Nobles and Judges to consider wither
ther carriadge in publicke matters be straight and equall, or rather
sauoring of seeking themselues and the thinges of this worlde; and how
they walke in ther families, and in ther priuat conuersations. Ther is
in maney a grate deall of peruersnes and incorrigiblenes in regard of
forsaking some and performing some deuties, notwithstanding publicke
confessions and ingagements; and this cannot bot heighlie prowock the
Lord. And it concerneth the officers of the armey, especially thesse
quho are cheiffe among them, to weight weell quhat the Lord hes aganist
them, and to repent of ther diffidence and carnall way of acting and
underwaluing of Gods people. And ministers haue also neid to searche
themselues concerning ther faithfullnes to be sound, for wiche God is
angrie; doubtles euen amongest thesse is muche negligence. Albeit the
Lord hes suffred that armey of perfideous and blasphemous sectaries
to prewaill, zet God forbid that the land should complay with him,
quhateuer may be the plauseable and faire carriage of some of that
enimey, zet doubtles, ther is ane lewin of error and hypocrassy
amongest them, wich all the lowers of treuth wold decern and awoyd. As
the Lord hes trayed the stabilitie and integritie of his people in the
land heirtofore, by the prewailling of malignants, so doeth he now tray
them, by the prewailling of sectaries; and wee trust they will thinke
it ther deutie and commendatione to proue staidfast against them, als
weill as the other.
3. Nather wold men be lesse cairfull and actiue to opposse the enimey,
than they haue beine in opposing malignants heirtofor; our religione,
liues, liberties and estaits, are als muche in hazard now as euer;
all the ordinances of Jesus Christ in the land are in danger, and the
foundatione lyke to be ouerturnid by thesse men quho are oblidged, by
the band of the couenant, to manteine all thesse; and it wer a grate
guiltines to ly doune and complay and crutche vnder the burden of the
strange impositions that they will lay wpone ws, and as men without
head, to suffer our land to be brought in bondage, and ourselues to
be robbed of all thesse thinges quhilk are most presious and deire to
ws. If wee should doe so, the Lord wold be angrie with ws, and our
posterity could not bot cursse ws.
4. Wee wold not think that all danger from the malignants is now gone,
seing that ther is a grate maney suche in the land, quho still retein
ther former principalls; therfor we wolde, with als muche watchfullnes
and tendernes now as euer, awoyde ther snars, and beware of complayance
and coniunctione with them; and take head, that wnder a pretence of
doing for the King and kingdome, they gett not power and strenth
wnto ther handes, for adwanceing and promoueing ther old malignant
desseinges. Doubtles our saftie is in holding fast our former
principalls, and keeping a straighte faithe, without declyning to the
right hand ore to the lefte.