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To the right honorable the lordis and otheris of the committie at Edinburgh,
Right honorable,
Upon the 17th of this instant wee receaved yours desireing the removeall of the incendiaries, which wee presented wnto his majestie, wherewnto his majestie returned this answer: first, as concerneing the Erle of Traquare, his majestie declareth upon his trust and credite that he nevir had any comunication with him since his removeall from courte, neither had his majestie any commission from him, but onlie concerneing his submissioun sent to the parliament, that it might be so formed as wold make it most acceptable to the parliament and concerneing other tuo particular signatures, and now his majestie will adverteis him that he may reteir towards Scotland and at a greater distance from court.† As for Sir John Hay and Sir Robert Spottiswood, his majestie declares it is long since they tooke their leave of him, but they ar forced to stay throwghe want of money, and his majestie hes given thame adverteisment that they come no more to court. As for Doctor Balcanquall, his majestie declares he will come to Scotland, but gave no otherr answer.
Wee desired of befoir that your lordships wold be pleased to give ws tymous advertisment how yow wer satisfied with the treatie, that so the same might have bene the more tymouslie presented to the parliament, but it wold appeare that your lordships resolwes to delay till my Lord Lowdown his returne.
Wee perceave by a letir from the Earle of Dunfermeling and Lord Lowdown direct to his majestie that your lordship are not resolved to prorogue the parliament, but to sit still while the sevintenth day of August and prepare busines for the parliament without makeing any acts wnles some occacion occur which the parliament shall find to concerne the publict good of the kingdome and present necessitie theirof. This conditionall exception presupposeth a possibilitie of doeing suche acts, which trewlie may disorder a faire game. His majestie protesteth verie frequentlie to accomodate all materis according to oure heartie desire, but declares that if any suche acts shall now be made he will hold the same as the greatest injurie that evir hath bene done to him, being in suche faire termes as wee are now into, and will protest against the same, for what wee did formerlie was throwghe necessitie and in the tymes of mistake. Wee are confident your lordships will be verie tender in this point, and doe humblie entreat yow to send ws some letir wndir your handis thereanent whereby his majesties mynd may be put to peace and quietnes.
As your lordships have delayed the proceidings of your parliament to the 17th of August for his majesties doune comeing, so doe wee conceave it necessarie that your lordships wold write a new letir to his majestie to keep him in mynd of his comeing doune. Not that wee doe think his majestie anywayes remiss theirintill (for nevir one was more earnest on a journey), but least if the English doe not get their owne bussines ended again that tyme, they may possiblie laboure to divert his majestie. Wherefore the invitation will be verie necessarie, which is much wished and expected by,
Your lordships affectionat friends and servants, Rothes, London, 21 July 1641†
28 Juli 1641
Producit be the Erle of Dumfermelin. Red in audience of parliament, who appointis evrie estate to take the same into thair consideratione and think upon the answer.†
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To our verie honorable lordis the Erle of Dunfermeline and Lord Lowdown, and in there absence to be disclosed by the Erle of Argyle or Lord Balmerino or commttie at Edinburgh†
Our verie good lordis,
Wee had drawne a publict letir, but because John Smith and Hew Kennedy went to a well to get some waters for their health before their hands wer gottine to that letir, therefore we thoght good to send the same to your lordships, which yow shall onlie receave by way of information, and will be pleased with all diligence to send the same to the comittie at Edinburgh, to the effect their lordships may take notice theirof as an note or information sent from ws. Wee could not neglect the sending of this lettre, becaus his majestie was earnest that wee should send some information thereanent with all diligence. Noe further for the present, but we remane
Your lordships servantes, Rothes; Patrik Hepburne of Wauchtone; J. Douglas, London, 22 July 1641
Befoir I receaved your lordships letrres, which yow appointed me to deliver to the king, the Erle of Lanerk, to whome the packet wes directed, had receaved an large information heirof which he had shewne to his majestie befoir yours was delivered. Rothes
28 July 1641
Produced be the Erle of Dumfermelin. Red in audience of parliament, who appointis everie estate to take the same unto thair consideration and think upon the answer.†
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Ane lettre fra the generall to the parliament, 28 July 1641
For the estats of parlament now sitting at Edinburgh†
Right honorable,
I have receaved a letter this day from our commissioners. Because the contents of their letter ar so important and of so great consequence, I have made haste to take a coppie thairof and have sent the principall with all hast to be presented and advised by your lordships and the estates of parliament now mett togither. I wishe the bearer may be at Edinburgh befor the Earle of Dumfermling and Loudone have their dispatche, for as oure commissioners crave a speedie aunswer from me, so I will wait and look to be directed by your lordships what aunswer I should make and, as I receave the commandement from your lordships, so I shall obey the same, as becommeth,
Your lordships most faithfull and humble servand, A. Leslie, Newcastle, the 26 of July 1641
28 July 1641
Red in audience of the parliament, to gidder with the letter wherunto the same it relates, who appointed ane committie of all the estaitts for answering the same.†
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23 July 1641, from the commissioners at London to the lord generall†
Our verie gud lord,
The great committie from the parliament of England appoyntit for seiking out moneyes for disbanding the armies does find that work so difficle be reasone the daylie charge of the armies doth exhaust all the moneyes they can possibly get; as they ar now sensable this evill cannot be remeidit bot be taking the readiest way for disbanding and so to remove that consumer, which will enable them to get money to pay both arriers and that part of the brothairlie assistance promeissed to ws. And uthair moneyes cannot be had presentlie, they will mak use of thair credite and get trust for a short tyme, for the poll monyes comes in fast, altho not in such quantitie as both to entertane the armies and pay the arrers, which make them say they will disband with great rests to thair awin armie. Thair desires to ws, which we represent to your excell[ence], ar first to condiscend upoun a certaine day when yow will disband; nixt to spair the 80,000 lib. of brothairlie assistance for some few dayes. Altho it becomes not ws to give a determined answer, yit we know that yow ar desireous and readie to depairt so soone as the articles of the treattie ar ratefied in parliament heir, and that the arriers dew to your armie and 80,000 lib. of brothairlie assistance is satisfied for the articles. They will come up with the Erle of Dumfermeling and Lord Lowdoun, and will be enacted within verie few dayes for the arriers, quhen your excell[ence] shall condiscend upoun a certane day for disbanding the armie, quhither it be the 3, 4 or 5 day, or ony wthair day preceiding the 10 of August, agane the which yow think the armie may be sufficientlle readie to be disbandit, we once knowing the certane day, can compt all the arriers to the said day and press the payment thairof. We expect all the arriers preceiding this day shalbe readie to send away within few dayes, which we intend to send be sea, with the which yow may be expeding all the accompts of Bishoprick and Northumberland. And when we get word of the preceise day of the disbanding of the armie from yow, all the arriers betwixt this day and the day of the disbanding shall be craved be ws and sent athair to yow with all expeditioun or answered be exchange heir; a great number of these being yit lying upoun our head, which must of necessitie be satisfied and be delyverit heir. As for the 80,000 lib., all the favour that they desire is that the payment of it may be superceidit wntill the 10 of August, at which tyme they promeise verie gud securitie of noblemen and burgesis, and to have it readie and send it to Scotland in ane of the kingis shippes. It hes evir bene owr desire that a considerable great sowme should be sent for supplying the wants of that natioun that is so destitute of money. We thought evir the transporting of it in the kingis shipe the surest way, only they requyre a little more tyme, which by appeirance your excellence and the committies will not deny, we being certified that the same shall be delyvered the 10 day at fardest, and sooner if possibly it can be had.
We resavit ane lettre from our commissars quho haid treated with the commissars of Bishoprick and Northumberland appoynted for taking in the accompts thair. We find they crave many extraordinarie and wnreasonable thingis in thair compts, and we doe thairfor crave that your excellence wald ryplie advyse with your awin comissioners and set downe these particulars which yow think in reasone should be allowed athair as being pactioned be yow or as being customeable in wthair places quhair ane armie is among freindis or quhair it is fit to be done heir in this natioun at this tyme. Set down these and we shall endevoir to get assureance that we shalbe troubled with no wthair bot with these; wthairwayes they will bring in clames to exhaust all our brothairlie assistance. Set doun reasones to ws for everie ane of thair clames yow doe deny. And we doe earnestly intreat your excellence to send ane answer of the day of disbanding als soone as yow can for all resolutiones depends thairon. And they newir expect heir that we shalbe gone. It seimes to be expedient that yow should proceid with your compts with the counties and allow all these thingis yow think ressonable. As for thair exorbitant articles, let them keip a note of them, bot it semes expedient your lettre to ws should bear that yow must be secured that nane of these extraordinary articles should be requyred from yow and expresly certeified that the brothairlie assistance of 220,000 lib. resting shalbe burdened with none of these nor with no clame quhatsoevir eftir we ar gone, bot that all thingis clameable may be presentlie exprest. Haveing no further we rest,
[...], London, 23 July 1641
Post script: The Englishe ar resolveing to disband thair armie upoun conditioun that your excellence designe a peremptorie day for disbanding ours, for which we must give publict faith. Thairfor desires your excellence to wryt your resolutioun heirin and caus cleir the accompts, as the lettre bears. Your excellence humble servants. Sic subscribitur: Rothes, Patrick Hepburne of Wauchtoun, J. Doudglas, Hew Kennedy, J Smith.