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Prayers said.
Rolls called.
Minutes 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.
Then the following addresses were given in and read, namely: address of parishioners of Covington, Carstairs and Symington, subscribing the same; address of the parishioners of Liberton, Quothquan and Dunsyre, subscribers of the same; address of the magistrates, gentlemen, heritors, burgesses and inhabitants within the burgh and parish of Rutherglen, subscribing the same; address of the parishioners of Carnwath, subscribers of the same; and an address of barons, heritors and freeholders within the sheriffdom of Lanark, subscribers of the same, all against allowing a union with England in the terms of the articles.
Act in favour 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 these terms: that before any vote upon the second article of union, it be inserted in the minutes as a preliminary that the agreeing to the second article of the treaty in relation to the succession to the crown of Great Britain shall not be binding or have any effect unless terms and conditions of a union of the two kingdoms be finally adjusted and concluded, and an act passed 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 these terms, namely: 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.
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.
Then the lord chancellor, by order of his grace her majesty's high commissioner, adjourned the parliament until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
[James Ogilvy, earl of] Seafield, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament
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In the parliament 14 November 1706, a vote was stated in these terms: proceed to the consideration of the second article of union in the terms of the following motion, namely: that the agreeing to the second article of the treaty in relation to the succession to the crown of Great Britain shall not be binding or have any effect unless terms and conditions of a union of the two kingdoms be finally adjusted and concluded, and an act passed 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; or proceed to the consideration of the fourth and other articles of treaty which relate to trade and taxes. And it carried proceed to the second article of union, and the list of the members as they voted pro or con (ordered to be printed) is as follows:
Proceed to the second:
Proceed to the fourth: