The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

The second Admonition to the Queen Regent. Madame, Your Majesty may call to mind, how at our last Convention at Hamilton, we required your Highness in most humble manner to desist from the fortifying of the Town of Lieth, then enterprised and begun, which appeared to us (and yet doth) an entry to a conquest and overthrow of our Liberties, and altogether against the Laws and Customs of this Realm, seeing it was begun, and yet continueth without any advice and consent of the Nobility and Council of this Realm. Wherefore now, as oft before, according unto our duty to our Common-wealth, we most humbly require your Majesty, to cause your Strangers and Soldiers whatsoever, to depart the said Town of Lieth, and make the same patent, not only to the inhabitants, but also to all Scottish men, our Sovereign Ladies Lieges; assuring your Highness, That if refusing the same, ye declare thereby your evil mind towards the Common-wealth, and Liberty of this Realm, we will (as before) move and declare the causes unto the whole Nobility and Commonalty of this Realm. And according to the oath which we had sworn for the maintenance of the Commonweal, in all manner of things to us possible, we will provide remedy therefore, requiring most humbly your Majesties answer in haste with the Bearer, because in our eyes the act continually proceeds, declaring your determination of conquest, which is presumed of all men, and not without cause. And thus after our commendation of service, we pray Almighty God to have your Majesty in his eternal tuition.

The second Admonition to the Queen Regent. MAdame, Your Majestie may call to minde, how at our last Convention at Hamilton, we required your Highnesse in most humble manner to desist from the fortifying of the Town of Lieth, then enterprised and begun, which appeared to us (and yet doth) an entrie to a conquest and overthrow of our Liberties, and altogether against the Lawes and Customes of this Realm, seeing it was begun, and yet continueth without any advice and consent of the Nobility and Counsell of this Realm. Wherefore now, as oft before, according unto our duty to our Common-wealth, we most humbly require your Majestie, to cause your Strangers and Souldiers whatsoever, to depart the said Town of Lieth, and make the same patent, not onely to the inhabitants, but also to all Scottish men, our Soveraign Ladies Leiges; assuring your Highnesse, That if refusing the same, ye declare thereby your evil minde towards the Common-wealth, and Liberty of this Realm, we will (as before) move and declare the causes unto the whole Nobility and Commonalty of this Realm. And according to the oath which we had sworn for the maintenance of the Commonweale, in all manner of things to us possible, we will provide remedy therefore, requiring most humbly your Majesties answer in haste with the Bearer, because in our eyes the act continually proceeds, declaring your determination of conquest, which is presumed of all men, and not without cause. And thus after our commendation of service, we pray Almighty God to have your Majesty in his eternall tuition.