Articles against the Queen Regent.
1AT Edinburgh the one and twentieth day of October, 1556.
the Nobility, Barons and Burgesses convened, to advise upon the affairs of the Common-wealth, and to aid, support and succour the same, perceiving and lamenting the enterprised destruction of their said Common-wealth, and overthrow of the liberties of their native Country, by the means of the Queen Regent, and certain strangers her privy Counsellors, plain contrary to our Sovereign Lord and Ladies mind, and direct against the counsel of the Nobility, to proceed by little and little, even unto the uttermost ruin; So that the urgent necessity of the Common-wealth may no longer suffer delay, and earnestly craveth our support. Seeing therefore that the said Q. Regent (abusing and overpassing our Sovereign Lord and Ladies Commission given and granted to her) hath in all her proceedings pursued the Barons and Burgesses within this Realm,2 with Weapons and Armour of strangers, without any Process and order of Law, they being our Sovereign Lord and Ladies true Lieges, and never called nor convinced of any crime by any judgement lawful. As first, at S. Johnston, in the month of May, she assembled her Army against the Town, and the Inhabitants thereof, never called nor convinced of any crime, only because they professed the true Worship of God, conform to his most sacred Word. 2. And likewise in the month of June last, without any order or calling going before, invaded the persons of sundry Noble-men and Barons with force of Arms, convened at S. Andrews, only for Cause of Religion, as is notoriously known, they never being called nor convinced of any crime. 3. Again, laid Garrisons the same month upon the Inhabitants of the said Town, oppressing the liberties of the Queens true Lieges: For fear of which her Garrisons, a great part of the Inhabitants thereof fled from the Town, and durst not resort again unto their houses and heritages, until they were restored by Arms; they notwithstanding never being called nor convinced of any crime. 4. Further, at that same time did thrust in ⟨p. 197⟩upon the heads of the Inhabitants of the said Town, Provest, and Bailiffs, against all order of Election, as lately in this month of September she had done in other Towns of Edinburgh and Jedburgh, and divers other places, in manifest oppression of our Liberties. 5.
Articles against the Queen Regent.
1AT Edinburgh the one and twentieth day of October, 1556.
the Nobility, Barons and Burgesses convened, to advise upon the affairs of the Common-wealth, and to ayd, support and succour the same, perceiving and lamenting the enterprised destruction of their said Common-wealth, and overthrow of the liberties of their native Countrey, by the means of the Queen Regent, and certain strangers her privie Counsellors, plain contrary to our Soveraign Lord and Ladies mind, and direct against the counsell of the Nobility, to proceed by little and little, even unto the uttermost ruine; So that the urgent necessity of the Common-wealth may no longer suffer delay, and earnestly craveth our support. Seeing therefore that the said Q. Regent (abusing and overpassing our Soveraigne Lord and Ladies Commission given and granted to her) hath in all her proceedings pursued the Barons and Burgesses within this Realme,2 with Weapons and Armour of strangers, without any Processe and order of Law, they being our Soveraigne Lord and Ladies true Lieges, and never called nor convinced of any crime by any judgement lawfull. As first, at S. Iohnston, in the moneth of May, she assembled her Army against the Towne, and the Inhabitants thereof, never called nor convinced of any crime, onely because they professed the true Worship of God, conform to his most sacred Word. 2. And likewise in the moneth of June last, without any order or calling going before, invaded the persons of sundry Noble-men and Barons with force of Armes, convened at S. Andrews, onely for Cause of Religion, as is notoriously known, they never being called nor convinced of any crime. 3. Again, laid Garrisons the same moneth upon the Inhabitants of the said Town, oppressing the liberties of the Queens true Lieges: For fear of which her Garrisons, a great part of the Inhabitants thereof fled from the Towne, and durst not resort again unto their houses and heritages, untill they were restored by Arms; they notwithstanding never being called nor convinced of any crime. 4. Further, at that same time did thrust in ⟨p. 197⟩upon the heads of the Inhabitants of the said Towne, Provest, and Bayliffs, against all order of Election, as lately in this month of September she had done in other Towns of Edinburgh and Iedburgh, and divers other places, in manifest oppression of our Liberties. 5.
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- 2The enormities committed by the Queen Regent.
