The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

The Votes of every man particularly by himself required, and every man commanded to speak as he would answer to God, what his conscience judged in that matter, there was none found amongst the whole number, who did not by his tongue consent to her deprivation. Thereafter was her Process committed to Writing, and registered as followeth.

The Votes of every man particularly by himself required, and every man commanded to speak as he would answer to God, what his conscience judged in that matter, there was none found amongst the whole number, who did not by his tongue consent to her deprivation. Thereafter was her Processe committed to Writing, and registred as followeth.

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