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The quhilk day the instructiones from the king's majestie and parliament of Scotland to the Lord Maitland anent the disbanding of the Englishe army and garisones of Berwicke and Cairlill being publictlie red in audience of the kingis majestie and estates of parliament, the samene ware aggreed wnto and ordenit to be delyvered to the said Lord Maitland that accordinglie he may sie the Englishe army and garisones foirsaidis disbandit, of the quhilkis instructiones the tennour falloueth:
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You shall sheue to the generall of the Englishe army that it is agreed wnto by the treatty that efter the same is confirmed in the Englishe parliament and all other necessar conditiones performed that armyes one both sydis shall at ane certane day to be appoynted for that effect remove and disband, so that when the Scottishe army shall remove from Newcastle, the Englishe army shall lykewayes be disbandit and repair home to ther severall countries and places of there residence, and the Irishe army to disband before that tyme, that heireftir a quyet and durable peace may be keeped, according to the articles. Lykeas the Scottishe army did remove from Newcastle wpoun the tuentie one day of August, being the day condiscendit wpon, and ware out of England the tuentie fyfte day of the said moneth.
You shall therfore requyre whither the Englishe army be removed and disbandit at the day foirsaid, according to the treattie, and you shall demand that the remander of the Englishe army (if they be not totally disbandit allriddie) may, both foote and horse, †with disband and repair home to there severall cuntries and places of there residence.
Yow shall try where any regimentes, troupes or companyes lyes and send to the places whether they are quartered and try who are there commanderes and there nomberis and the tymes appoynted for disbanding of them, and the assurance of ther removeing at that tyme.
Iff it shall be alledged by the generall that the pairt of the army which is not disbandit is keeped wp for want of money, yow shall send the lettir yow have to the Englishe commissioneris and showe the generall that there is no such exceptione in the treattie for keepeing wp the army or any pairt thairof wpoun want of money or wpon any cause or pretence whatsoevir; bot as wee have punctuallie performed our pairt of this conditione, if they doe not forthwith disband they will be the cause of puting ws to wnexpected chairges if we shall therby be forced to hold one foot any pairt of our army.
Yow shall showe that it is agried in the treattie that the garisons of Berwicke and Cairlile shall be removed and disbandit presentlie and the fortificationes reduced to the same conditione they ware before the late troubles, and that the workes be not repaired bot suffered to decay, and that the ordinance and ammunitione be removed. You shall therfore accordinglie demand the present performance therof, and that the generall will give present order to the governoures of Berwicke and Cairlill to remove the garisones and disband at a certane day, that wee may wpoun assurrance therof disband such forces as we have upoun the borderes conforme to the treatty. That the generall give lykewayes present order to take doune any new workis or fortificationes at Berwicke and Cairlyle that they may be reduced to the same conditione they ware at before the late troubles, and that the ordinance and ammunitione be presentlie transported, the performance of all which is confidentlie expected according to the treattie.
Iff the Lord Maitland meit with the Englishe commissioneres be the way to enquyre of them the estat of the Englishe, and if it be not in suche estate as is agreed upoun by the treattie, that his lordship may crave ane letter from the commissioneris for informeing the Inglishe commissioneris at Londone theranent, in sicke termes as his lordship thinkis fittest. And sicklyke that the Lord Maitland stay at Yorke whill the Englishe army be totally disbandit or upon his lordship informatione of the estate therof, upoun his owne adverteisment he may be recalled or recleame farder order from the king and parliament.