It is to be considered, that King James in his Basilicon Doron, layeth down an unsound ground, that Fergus the first father of 107 Kings of Scotland, conquered this Kingdom. The contrary whereof ⟨p. 449⟩is asserted by Fordome, Major, Boethius, Buchanan, Hollanshed; who run all upon this Principle, That the Estates of the Kingdom did 1. Choose a Monarchy, and freely, and no other Government. 2. That they freely elected Fergus to be their King. 3. King Fergus 1frequently convened the Parliament, called, Insulanorum Duces, Tribuum Rectors, Majorum consessus, Conventus Ordinum, conventus Statuum, Communitatum Regni, Phylarchi, Primores, Principes, patres, and as Hollanshed saith, they made Fergus King, therefore a Parliament must be before the King; yea and after the death of King Fergus, Philarchi coeunt conci•ne advocatâ, the Estates convened without any King, and made that fundamental Law Regni electivi, That when the Kings Children were minores, any of the Fergusian Race might be chosen to Reign: and this endured to the days of Kennethus: and Redotha, Re•. 7. resigneth and maketh over the2 Government into the hands of the Parliament, and Philarchi & Tribuum Gubernatores ordained Therius the 8. King. Buchanan, l. 4. Rer. Scot. calleth him Reutha, and said he did this, Populo egrè permittente, then the Royal Power recurred to the fountain. Therius the 8. a wicked man, filled the Kingdom with Robberies fearing that the Parliament should punish him, fled to the Britons, and thereupon the Parliament choose Connanus to be Protex, and protector of the Kingdom.
It is to be considered, that King Iames in his Baslicon Doron, layeth down an unsound ground, that Fergus the first father of 107 Kings of Scotland, conquered this Kingdom. The contrary whereof ⟨p. 449⟩is asserted by Fordome, Major, Boethius, Buchannan, Hollanshed; who run all upon this Principle, That the Estates of the Kingdome did 1. Choose a Monarchie, and freely, and no other Government. 2. That they freely elected Fergus to be their King. 3. King Fergus 1frequently conveened the Parliament, called, Insulanorum Duces, Tribuum Rectores, Majorum consessus, Conventus Ordinum, conventus Statuum, Communitatum Regni, Phylarchi, Primores, Principes, patres, and as Hollanshed saith, they made Fergus King, therefore a Parliament must be before the King; yea and after the death of King Fergus, Philarchi coeunt conci•ne advocatâ, the Estates convened without any King, and made that fundamentall Law Regni electivi, That when the Kings Children were minores, any of the Fergusian Race might be chosen to Reigne: and this indured to the daies of Kennethus: and Redotha, Re•. 7. resigneth and maketh over the2 Government into the hands of the Parliament, and Philarchi & Tribuum Gubernatores ordained Therius the 8. King. Buchanan, l. 4. Rer. Scot. calleth him Reutha, and said he did this, Populo egrè permittente, then the Royall Power recurred to the fountaine. Therius the 8. a wicked man, filled the Kingdome with Roberies fearing that the Parliament should punish him, fled to the Britaines, and thereupon the Parliament choose Connanus to be Protex, and protector of the Kingdome.
- 1Fergus the first King of Scotland no Conqueror, but a freely elected Prince. A fundamental Law of elective Kings in Scotland.Fergus the first King of Scotland no Conquerour, but a freely elected Prince. A fundamentall Law of elective Kings in Scotland.
- 2The Parliaments of Scotland chosed Kings.
