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A clause of the act for security of the kingdom, as it was voted and approved by the right honourable the estates of parliament at Edinburgh, 13 August 1703 by 49 votes
And further, without prejudice to the generality aforesaid, it is hereby specially statute, enacted and declared that it shall not be in the power of the said meeting of estates to name the successor of the crown of England to be successor to the imperial crown of this realm, nor shall the same person be capable, in any event, to be king or queen of both realms, unless a free communication of trade, the freedom of navigation and the liberty of plantations be fully agreed to and established by the parliament and kingdom of England to the kingdom and subjects of Scotland, at the sight and to the satisfaction of this or any ensuing parliament of Scotland, or the said meeting of the estates.