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We noblemen, comissioneres of shyres and burrowes now conveined, haveing received the covenant abovewrittin from thare committie as the result of thair consultationes with a committie of the generall assemblie and the commissioneres from both housses of the parliament of Ingland, and haveing takin that covenant into thair greatest consideratione, did, with all thair heartes and greate expressiones of joy and unanimitie, approve and imbrace the same as the most powerfull meane by the blissing of God for setling and preserveing the true Protestant religion with a perfytte peace in all his maties dominiounes and propogatting the samen to other natiounes and for estableisching his maties throane to all aiges. And being very confident that thair breithreine in the kingdome of Ingland will heartily receave and approve the samen, thairfoir, according to the earnest recommendatione of that venerable assemblie of this kirk now mett, thinks it most necessarie for the good ends foirsaids that it be sent into that kingdome with all diligence, that being receaved and approved by thair breithrein there, the samen may be with all religious solemnities sworne and subscribit by all true professors of the reformed religione and all his maties good subjectes in both kingdomes.