[Second paper from the commissioners sent to the king concerning the removal of the earl of Montrose from court]

The commissioners second paper for removall of James Graham

May it please your majestie,

We, the commissioners of the parliament of your majesties kingdom of Scotland, having considered your majesties answer of the date the 8 of April, stilo no[vo], to our desire for removing James Graham from your majesties person and court, must in conscience of our duty, with all humility, represent unto your majestie how sorry we are that your majesty should delay to give satisfaction to that, our first so just and necessary desire, it being previous and most conducing to an happy procedure in the other particulars which we are warranted to tender to your majestie. We do humbly beseech your majestie seriously to consider what fears and discontents it would beget in the hearts of your majesties most affectionate subjects, and how it would blast their hopes of comfort by your majesties reign, now in the bud, if delay or difficulty were made to remove from your majestie one who justly and deservedly is most hatefull unto them, and how great disadvantage it would bring to your majesties affairs that he should have any countenance from or neernesse to your royall person, especially at this time. Therefore we do most humbly and earnesitly renew and insist upon that our first desire, assuring your majestie that we shall in the rest endeavour (according to that trust reposed on us) to give your majestie all satisfaction.

March 30 1649, signed by warrant and at command of the commissioners of the kingdom of Scotland

  1. NLS. L.C.958 (40). Contained in The Proceedings of the commissioners of the church and kingdome of Scotland with his majestie at the Hague, and the papers interchanged betwixt his Majestie and them, as they were reported in Parliament and the General Assembly, 5-6. Back