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Prayers said. Rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Petition for the earl of Buchan craveing a competent time to enter heir cum beneficio inventarij to his predecessors last infeft, read and ordered that the same ly upon the table till the third sederunt this week appointed for privat business, to the effect all persons haveing interest may see and answer the same against the said diet.
The draught of an address to her majestie presented by the earl of Sutherland, read.
Another address to her majesty presented by the laird of Saltoun, read.
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Overture of an act ordaining and enacting that the commissioners to be named by her majesty for the part of Scotland shall not enter upon a treaty till the clause in the English act declaring us aliens be rescinded, read.
Moved that the parliament proceed in this matter by way of order of parliament and by addressing her majesty and not by way of act of parliament. And, after debate, it was put to the vote, proceed by way of order and address, or by way of act and address, and carried by way of order and address.
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Then agreed and ordered by the estates of parliament, nemine contradicente, that the commissioners to be named by her majesty for the kingdom of Scotland shall not commence the treaty of union untill the clause in the English act declaring the subjects of Scotland aliens be rescinded.
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Thereafter, the parliament proceeded to consider the draught of the address to her majesty that was first given in and, after some amendments thereon, it was put to the vote approve the address or not, and carried approve, nemine contradicente, of which address the tenor follows.
May it please your majesty,
We your majesties' most loyal and dutiful subjects, the noblemen, barons and burgesses assembled in parliament, do in all humility represent to your majesty that in compliance with the desire of your majesties' royal letter whereby you earnestly recommend to us to pass an act for a commission to set a treaty on foot betwixt the kingdoms of Scotland and England, and for a nearer and more compleat union between them and for such other matters and things as may be judged proper for your majesties' honour and the good and advantage of both kingdoms for ever, we have, by our vote, agreed to the passing of the said act in the most fair and equal terms that could be expected, leaving to your majesty the nomination of the commissioners for this kingdom and the time and place of their meeting with the commissioners of England.
But tho we have in that act forborn to take any notice of a clause in a late act of the parliament of England intituled, an act for the effectual securing the kingdom of England from the apparent dangers that may arise from several acts lately past in the parliament of Scotland, by which clause the natives of this your ancient kingdom of Scotland are after the twenty fifth day of December next to be adjudged and taken as aliens born out of the alleadgeance of the queen of England, yet we cannot but with all submission signify to your majesty, as sovereign of both kingdoms, that we and the whole nation whom we represent are most sensible of the great injury done us by that clause whereby we are denyed the right and priviledge in England which the natives of England do injoy in Scotland, and which we have constantly injoyed in England as a legal and necessary consequence of our being natural born subjects of the same sovereign, and hath alwayes been sustained as a mutual priviledge in the courts and judicatures of both nations. For which reason, we have found it absolutely necessary for maintaining the honour of this nation to agree and order unanimously that the commissioners to be nominat by your majesty for this kingdom shall not commence any treaty with England untill first the said clause in the English act be repealed.
We must, therefore, in all humility intreat and hope from your majesties' goodness and justice that in your royal wisdom you will take such course as the said clause in the act of the English parliament may be repealed, to the effect the foresaid treaty of union, so much desired, may commence and proceed with the wished for success.
Subscribed in presence by warrand and in name of the estates of parliament by, may it please your majesty, your majesties' most humble, most obedient and most faithful subject and servant, sic subscribitur, Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D.P., Edinburgh, September 4th 1705
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Overture for an act for encourageing the exportation of beef and pork, read and a first reading marked thereon.
Then the lord chancellour, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till to morrow at ten a clock.