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Prayers said.
Her majesties commission to his grace James, duke of Queensberry for representing her royal person in this session of parliament read by the lord clerk register and ordered to be recorded.
Rolls called.
The earl of Mortoun protested against the calling of any earl before him.
The earl of Findlater protested against the calling the earl of Airlie before him.
The earl of Morton protested, in name of the duke of Douglass, that the calling of any others in the rolls of parliament before him may not prejudge him of the first vote in parliament.
The earl of Leven protested against the calling the earl of Callender before him.
The Lord Ross protested that Sir Alexander Bruce should not be called in the rolls as earl of Kincardine in respect of a petition in the clerk's hands for Lady Mary Bruce and her husband claiming right to that rank and dignity.
Her majesties gift and commission in favors of James, marquess of Montrose to be president of her most honourable privy council read and ordered to be recorded.
Her majesties gift and commission in favors of John, earl of Mar to be one of the principal secretaries of state for this kingdom read and ordered to be recorded.
The earl of Abercorn swore the oath of alligiance, subscribed the same with the assurance and took the oath of parliament.
Patent creating Lord Henry Scot earl of De Loraine read and ordered to be recorded, whereupon he swore the oath of alligiance, subscribed the same with the assurance and took the oath of parliament.
The viscount of Kilsyth swore the oath of alligiance, subscribed the same with the assurance and took the oath of parliament.
Moved that the Lord Banff, who was sometime papist, being now Protestant and willing to signe the formula subjoyned to the act of parliament in November 1700 for preventing the grouth of popery, may be admitted, and accordingly, he having taken and signed the formula, he thereafter swore the oath of allegiance, subscribed the same with the assurance and took the oath of parliament.
Sir Alexander Campbell of Cessnock, commissioner for the shire of Berwick in place of Sir John Home of Blackadder, deceast, and Sir Archbald Hope of Rankeillor, commissioner for the shire of Fyfe in place of Robert Douglass of Strahendrie, deceast, both swore the oath of allegiance, subscribed the same with the assurance and took the oath of parliament.
Mr Patrick Moncrief of Reidie, commissioner for the burgh of Kinghorn in place of Mr James Melvill, deceast, swore the oath of allegiance, subscribed the same with the assurance and took the oath of parliament.
Petition Lady Mary Bruce and William Cochran, younger, of Ochiltree, her husband for his interest, against admitting of Sir Alexander Bruce to sit in parliament in the rank and dignity of earl of Kincardin read. Sir Alexander Bruce, in answer to the said petition, craved that the patent in favors of earl Edward Bruce of Kincardin might be also read, which being accordingly read, after some debate upon the case, it was put to the vote hear the parties further upon the matter or admit Sir Alexander, and it carried hear, and the next sederunt appointed for a hearing.
Her majesties letter to the parliament, presented by her majesties high commissioner, was read first by the lord clerk register and thereafter read again by one of the ordinary clerks.
Her majesties high commissioner made his speech to the parliament, as also my lord chancellour made his speech.
Articles of union agreed on by the commissioners nominat on behalf of the kingdom of Scotland and the commissioners nominat on behalf of the kingdom of England presented and read, and ordered to be printed, and copies to be delivered to the members of parliament.
Thereafter ordered that the minuts of the proceedings of the commissioners of both nations for the treaty of union be likeways printed.
Then my lord chancellour, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjurned the parliament till Thursday next the tenth instant at ten of the clock in the forenoon.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]†