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Prayers said. Rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
The lord chancellor moved that, albeit he had no opportunity to vote for approving the act for security of the true Protestant religion and government of the church of Scotland, as now by law established, yet he desired his name to be recorded as an approver, and to be printed amongst these who voted approve, and the same was agreed to.
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Then the following addresses were given in and read viz. Address of parochiners of Covingtoun, Carstairs and Symontoun, subscribing the same; address of the parochiners of Libbertoun, Quothquan and Dunsire, subscribers of the same; address of the magistrats, gentlemen, heretors, burgesses and inhabitants with[in] the burgh and paroch of Rutherglen, subscribing the same; address of the parochiners of Carnwath, subscribers of the same; and an address of barons, heretors and freeholders within the sherifdom of Lanerk, subscribers of the same, all against allowing an union with England in the terms of the articles.
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Act in favors of the incorporations of Edinburgh for a maiden hospital read and a first reading ordered to be marked thereon.
Thereafter the second article of union again read, whereupon a motion was made in thir terms: That before any vote upon the second article of union, it be insert in the minuts as a preliminary that, the aggreeing to the second article of the treatey in relation to the succession to the crown of Great Britain shall not be binding or have any effect unless terms and conditions of an union of the two kingdoms be finally adjusted and concluded, and an act past thereupon in this parliament, and that the said terms and conditions be also agreed to and ratified by an act of the parliament of England.
As also a resolve was given in in thir terms viz. Resolved that this house will proceed to the consideration of the articles in the treaty which relate to trade and taxes before any of the other articles. Which being read, after some debate thereupon, the vote was stated, proceed to the consideration of the second article of the union in the terms of the above motion, or proceed to the consideration of the fourth and other articles of the treaty which relate to trade and taxes.
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And before voting it was agreed that the members should be marked as they vote, and that the list of their names should be printed accordingly.
Then the vote was put, proceed to the second article of union in the terms of the preliminary motion, or proceed to the fourth and other articles, and it carried proceed to the second article of union, and the list of the members as they voted, pro or con, is as follows.
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Names of those who voted, proceed to the second article in the terms above mentioned.
Names of those who voted proceed to the consideration of the fourth and other articles of the treaty which relate to trade and taxes.
Then the lord chancellor, by order of his grace her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till the morrow at ten of the clock.