A47584:1066
The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
Book 5: THE FIFTH BOOK Of the Reformation of the CHURCH Of SCOTLAND.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now as the day of the Parliament approached, the Lords pretending to consult before, what should be done, as well in Religion, as for the Commonwealth, the fifteenth day of July there convened at Stirling the Duke, the Earls of Argyle and Murray, Rothes, and other Lords and Barons, and as they were devising and consulting, the Queens Majesty taking their meeting in evil part, sent her Advocates Master John Spence and Master Crichton to them at Stirling, requiring the cause of their meeting; they answered, That the special occasion of their meeting was for the cause of Religion and the assurance thereof, according as they had lately written to the Queens Majesty in S•aton from the town of Edinburgh, they desiring then to prorogate the day.
Now as the day of the Parliament approached, the Lords pretending to consult before, what should be done, as well in Religion, as for the Commonwealth, the fifteenth day of Iuly there conveened at Sterlin the Duke, the Earles of Argyle and Murray, Rothes, and other Lords and Barons, and as they were devising and consulting, the Queens Majesty taking their meeting in evill part, sent her Advocates Master Iohn Spence and Master Crichton to them at Sterlin, requiring the cause of their meeting; they answered, That the speciall occasion of their meeting was for the cause of Religion and the assurance thereof, according as they had lately written to the Queens Majesty in S•aton from the town of Edinburgh, they desiring then to prorogate the day.
Finally, when the said Advocates could by no means persuade them to come to Edinburgh, they returned again to Edinburgh and declared to the Queens Majesty according as they had found.
Finally, when the said Advocates could by no means perswade them to come to Edinburgh, they returned again to Edinburgh and declared to the Queens Majestie according as they had found.