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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
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.
The last Band at Leith. AT Edinburgh the seven and twentieth of April, the year of our Lord 1560 years,1 We whose names are under-written, have promised and obliged our selves faithfully in the presence of God,2 and by these Presents do promise, That we together in general, and every one of us in special by himself, with our bodies, goods, friends, and all that we can do, shall set forward the Reformation of Religion, according to Gods Word, and procure by all means possible, that the Truth of Gods Word may have free passage within this Realm, with due Administration of the Sacraments, and all things depending upon the said Word, and such like; deeply weighing with our selves the misbehaviour of the French Ministers here, the intolerable oppression committed by the French men of War upon the poor subjects of this Realm, by maintenance of the Queen Dowager, under colour and pretence of Authority: The tyranny of their Captains and Leaders, and manifest danger of Conquest, in which this Country at this present standeth, by reason of divers Fortifications upon the Sea-coast, and other novelties of late attempted by them; promising, That we shall each one with another, all of us, together with the Queen of Englands Army, presently come in for our deliverance, effectually concur, join in one, ⟨p. 241⟩take and hold one plain part for expulsion of the said strangers, oppressors of our Liberty, forth out of this Realm, and recovery of our ancient Freedoms and Liberties, to the end that in time coming, we may under the obedience of the King and Queen our Sovereigns be only ruled by the Laws and Customs of the Country, and borne men of the Land; And that never one of us shall have privy intelligence, by writing, message, or communication with any of our enemies or adversaries in this Cause, but by advice of the rest (at least of five) of the council. Again, That we shall tender the common Cause, as if it were the cause of every one of us in particular: And that the causes of every one of us now joined together being lawful and honest, shall be all our causes in general;
The last Band at Leith. AT Edinburgh the seven and twentieth of April, the yeer of our Lord 1560 yeers,1