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Charles, be the grace of God king of Great Brittaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, to herauldis, pursevantis, maissers and messingers off armes, our shireffis in that pairt, conjunctlie and severallie, speciallie constitut greeting. Our will is and we chairge yow that ye peremptorlie sumound, wairne and chairge Sir Archibald Johnestoune of Warriestoune, Johne Home of Kello [and] Williame Dundas of Magdalens, as followes: sua many of them as ar within this our realme the tyme of the said citatioune personallie, if they can be apprehendit, and failzeing therof at ther dwelling places, and be oppine proclamatioune at the mercat croce of the heid burghe of our shirefdome or other jurisdictioune within the which they dwell, upone tuentie ane dayes warneing, and sua many of them as ar furth therof, be oppine proclamatioune at the mercat croce of our burghe of Edinburgh [and] peir and schoore of Leith, wpone thriescore dayes warneing, to compeir personallie before ws and the estates of parliament of this our kingdome, or such as sall be authorized and impowered be ws and thame, att Edinburgh or wher it sall happine them to be for the tyme, the [...] day of [...], with continewatioun of dayes, to ansr at the instance of our trustie and weilbeloved counsellor, Sir Johne Fletcher, knyght, our advocat for our enteres. That is to say, the saides defendars to ansr for the crymes, factis and deids particularlie and generallie wnderwritin, and all uther crymes of that kynd which may be layd to ther or ony of ther charges; and to heir and sie them and ilk ane of them, at the leist ane or uther of them decerneit and declareit be ws and the estaites of parliament of this our kingdome, or be such as sall be empowered and authorized be ws and them for that effect, to be guiltie of the saides crymes and deids; and therfore to have incurreit the paine of heighe treasson against ws and our croune and against the estaites of this owr ancient and native countrie, viz: foirfaltor of lyfs, lands, estait and guids, to be execute against them be ws and the saids estaites of parliament of this our kingdome, or be such as sall be authorized and empowered be ws and them for that effect, undir the paine of heigh treasson and foirfaltor of lyf, landis, estait and guides, or uther paine or paines to be inflicted be ws or our saides estaites of parliament, or these authorized and empowered be ws and them for that effect, at our and ther optioune, sentement and arbitriement, and the benefeit therof to be applyit to or use our such use as we and our saides estaites of parliament and these impowered and authorized for that effect sall think most fit and expedient; with certificatioune to the disobeyars if they be contumacious and compeir not, we and our saides estaites of parliament or these impowered and authorized for that effect, will then instantlie proceid against the saides defendars, and ilk ane of them who does not compeir, as rebells and traitors and guiltie of heigh treasson against ws and our croune and the estaites of this our kingdome, to the foirfalting of ther lyfs, lands, estait and guides, to be execute and applyit in maner abovementionat; and that ther absence and contumacie sall be holdine as ane manifest probatioune of ther guiltines without necesstie of any farder probatioune, bot if they compeir and remaine present at the haill dyetts of the procedors, that then we and our saides estaites of parliament, or these impowered and authorized be ws for that effect, will proceid against the saides defendar's upone lauful probatioune to the foirfalting of ther lyfs, lands, estait and guides, to be execute and applyit in maner abovespeit, or utherwayes be punischeing and censureing them according to the nature and qualitie of they crymes, misdeids and malversatiounes in ther persounes, landis, guids, estaites and same by fynneing, confynneing or utherwayes as we and our saides estaites of parliament, or these empowered and authorized be ws for that effect, sall think fit. Because, be the lawes of God, expressed in holie wret, be the lawes of natiounes, be the comoune law and the municipall lawes and practice of this our ancient kingdome of Scotland, especiallie be the third act of the first parliament of our royall progenitor, King James the first, and be the first act of our grandfather, King James the sext of blissed memorie, in his eighteint parliament, and be severall other actis of parliament holdine be several others of our royall progenitors and predicessors, all our guid and loyall subjectis ar bund and obleidged perpetuallie to acknowledge, obey, menteane and defend the lyf, honor, saiftie, dignitie, soverane authoritie and prerogative royall of ther soverane and king, ther aires and successors and priviledge of ther croune, with ther lyfs, lands and guides, to the uttermost of ther power; constantlie and faithfullie to withstand all and whatsomevir persones, powers and estaites which sall presume, presse or intend any wayes to impugne, prejudge, hurt or impair the same, and sall nowayes intend, attempt, inact or doe any thing to the violatioune, hurt, dirogatioune, imparing or prejudice of his hieghnes soverane authoritie and prerogative and priviledge of his croune, or any point or pairt therof; and whosoever does in the contrair to be punisched as traitors, and foirfalt ther honors, lyves, lands and guides. Lykas be the 25th act of the 6th parliament of King James the secound, and be the 75 act of the nynt parliament of Queine Mary of happie memorie, all ryseing in feir of weir against the king's persone or majestie, all attempting to raise any bandis of men, of weir, of horse or foot in warlyk posture without speciall licence from the king's majestie, and all supplyers of them, in helpe, red or counsall ar punischeable as traitors. Lykas be the 43rd act of the thrid parliament of King James the first, and be the 134th act of the eight parliament, and be the tent act of the tenth parliament, and be the 250 act of the fourteint parliament of King James the sext, our grandfather of good and happie memorie, it is statute and ordeaned that no subject of whatsomevir functioune, degrie or qualitie sall presume or tak upone hand, publictlie or privatelie, to declame, speak, or wryt any purpose of reproach, slander, disdaine or contempt of his majesties persone, estait or governement; or tending to the dishonor, hurt or prejudice of his hienes, his parentis or progenitors; or to medle in the affaires of his hienes and his estait, present, bygaine or in tyme comeing; nor to depryve his lawes and actis of parliament, nor misconstruct his proceidings whairby any mislyking may be moved betuixt the king's majestie, his nobilitie and loving subjectis, under the paine of loseing ther lyfs, lands and guides and uthers therin conteanit. As also all hearers of any such leasings, calumnies, sclanderous speiches or wreittes and counceallers therof without apprehending the authors, if it lye in ther power, and revealles not the same to his majestie, or such of his judges or officers as ar mentioned in the saides actis, ar lyable to the lyk punishment as the principall offenders. Nevirtheless, it is of veritie that the said Sir Archibald Johnestoune of Wariestoune, haveing laid asyd all fear of God, loyaltie to us, his soverane lord and king, and to our royall father, of ever blissed memorie, naturall dewtie and affectioune to his native countrie and countriemen, and respect and obedience to the lawes of all weill governed realmes, the comoune law and the lawes, statutes, acts of parliament and practiques of this our ancient kingdome; and haveing traiterouslie intendit and purposed the eradicating and subverting [of] the fundamentall governement of this our ancient kingdome, at leist the enervating, violating, derogating or impairing the soverane authoritie, royal prerogative, and priviledge of the croune, did contryve, foment, promove and advance, assist, abait and advyse all the insurrectiounes, seditiounes, rebelliounes and treassonable courses, designes, plottis and practises dureing the tyme of the lest unhappie troubles, brotched and sett on foot against the persoune, majestie, dignitie and authoritie of ws and our royall father of evir blissed memorie. At leist wes airt and pairt therof in sua farr as first: upone the [...] in the yeir of God jM vjC [...] yeirs, or ane or uther of them, eftir ane publict conventioune of ane great number of our guid people and subjectis, for hearing ane proclamatioune of our deceist father of blissed memorie, publisched and proclamed at the mercat croce of our citie of Edinburgh, the said Sir Archibald, eftir publict reading of the said proclamatioune, in ane contemptuous and rebellious maner, being mounted upone ane scaffold purposelie erected for that end, did publictlie and oppinlie read ane protestatioune against the same; att the leist contryved or advysed the frameing and drawing therof, att leist concurred and assisted or wes otherwayes airt and pairt to the drawing upe and publict reading of the same, to the great derogatioune, prejudice and contempt of our royall father's dignitie and authoritie, and to the alienatioune so farr as in him lay of the affectioune and dewtiefull obedience of his majesties loyall and weill meaning subjectis. Lykas the said Sir Archibald, continowing constant in his saids malicious and treasonable designes, without any authoritie from his majestie or from his majestie and his estaites of parliament, did caus call ane conventioune of estaites of our said ancient kingdome in the yeir of God jM vjC fourtie thrie yeirs, at leist contryved, advyseit or perswadit or utherwayes wes instrumentall to the calling therof; which conventioune being so called and haveing upone the [...] day of [...] the yeir of God foirsaid conveined, did by ther owne present authoritie raise ane armie of our leidges and subjectis of our said ancient kingdome, which armie in oppine hostilitie and with displayed bannors did enter our kingdome of England for the assistance of some discontented and disaffected subjects then in armes ther against our royall father. In contryveing and carying one of which course, the said Sir Archibald wes counsellor, advyser or assister, and mainelie utherwayes instrumentall, and did personallie in armes concurr therwith in opposeing of them that wer in armes under our royall father's comand for defence of his royall persone, dignitie and authoritie. Lykas therefter in anno jM vjC fourtie aught yeirs, our said royall father, being contrair to all lawes divyne and humane, most unchristianelie, barbarouslie and treasonablie deteanid and keipit prisoner within the catlell of [...] in the Ile of Wight, by ane pairtie of factious, disloyall and rebellious sectaries; and which inhumane, treasonable and cruell usadge, the estaites of parliament of our said ancient kingdome then conveined by his majesties speciall authoritie, haveing takine to serious consideratioune, they fand our said kingdome ingadgeit in honor and dewtie to resent so horrid and unheard of crueltie and lesemajestie, and oblidged to use ther utmost indeavoures to relive him out of the hands of so wicked usurpers, and to restore him to the exercise of his royall authoritie, in honor, friedome and saiftie. For effectuating wherof, eftir all other fair wayes assayed, wpone mature consultatioune had, they fand that the onlie probable meanes wes the raiseing of ane armie of his majesties good subjectis of this our ancient kingdome, which wes accordinglie statute and ordeanit be act of parliament. Against the carying on of which so just, laudable and necessarie ane dewtie, the said Sir Archibald did most violentlie and eminentlie oppose himself, not onlie in argueing and voicing against and useing all other meanes in his power to obstruct the same, bot also eftir the same wes past in ane act of parliament, did most contemptuouslie and treasonablie publictlie dissent therfra, and entir ane protestatioune against the same. And not being therwith content, eftir the said armie in pursewance of ther said dewtie and alledgeance had marched in to our said kingdome of England, the said Sir Archibald shortlie thereftir, in the moneth of [...], in contempt of the foirsaid authoritie, did most treasonablie convocat ane armie of factious, seditious and rebellious subjectis; and therwith, in ane hosill maner, marched to our title of Edinburghe, and seazed upone the castell therof, and our magazines of armes and ammunitioune therin, and comitted diverse and sundrie utradges upone the persounes and estaites of diverse of our guid subjectis. And the said rebellious armie, fearing and apprehending that they should not be able to withstand the force and power of our uther guid and loyall subjectis who wer then in and readie to ryse in armes for affecting and vindicating the just authoritie of our royall father and his estaites of parliament, did most baselie, treacherouslie and treasonablie call in to ther aid and assistance the said armie of sectaries. At leist the said Sir Archibald did contryve, advyse or consult the raiseing and convocating of the said seditious, factious and rebellious armie. At leist wes one of the said number, himself present, with and assisting to them in armes. At leist the said Sir Archibald did voit to counsell or perswad the incalling of the said armie of sectaries. And they being sua brought in, the said Sir Archibald did countenance, assist, concurr and consult with them or ther comanders or some of them, in publict and in privet, at Edinburgh and in the Canogait, in the hous callit the Lady Home's ludgeing, and in diverse others places. As also the said Sir Archibald did most villanouslie and treasonablie contryve, counsell or voit to the drawing upe of ane letter direct to the traitor and abominable usurper, Oliver Cromwell, whairin the said Sir Archibald and his complices did ingadge themselves in name of the kingdome of Scotland to imploy ther utmost indeavore that none who had beine active in or consenting to the Ingadgement against the said sectaries, or had beine in armes at Stirling or else whair in mentenance or persewance of that Ingadgement, should be imployit in any publict place or trust within the said kingdome whatsoevir, without the advyse and consent of the kingdome of Ingland, as the said letter, daitted the sext of October jM vjC fourtie aught, more fullie beares. As lykwayes, the said Sir Archibald did draw upe, at lest did counsell, or advyse, or voyt to the updrawing of certaine instructiounes givine to Sir Johne Cheislie, quho wes sent be the said Sir Archibald and his complices as comissioner to the present house of the parliament of Ingland, dated the sevinteint of October the yeir of God foirsaid; whairin is desyrid that the noblemen, gentlemen of qualitie and considderable officers of the armie that went in to Ingland under the comand of duke [of] Hammiltoune and quho wer then prisoners, might be keipit as pledges of the peace of that kingdome; by which not onlie hes the said Sir Archibald endeavored most unnaturallie to inslave his fellow subjectis and countrie men to the power of strangers, bot most treacherouslie and treasonablie as ane most wnworthie and ungrate patriot done what in him lay to subject the honor, libertie, power and authoritie of our said ancient kingdome to the power, lust and tyrranie of ane factioune of forrane traitors and usurpers. Secondlie, our most royall father, haveing for reclameing the said Sir Archibald from his wicked and damnable courses and to ingadge and oblidge him to more dewtiefull ane observance of his majestie and his just authoritie and commandis, trusted him to be ane of his privie counsellors, and maid him his advocat for giveing counsell, advyse and assistance to and pleading for his majestie in everie thing relateing to his majesties dignitie, authoritie, prerogative, and greatnes, wherupone the said Sir Archibald gave his oath at Newcastell wpone the [...] day of [...] jM vjC fourtie sex yeirs. Nottheles, [...] Gordoune of Newtoune, being shortlie thereftir in the moneth of [...] jM vjC fourtie sevine yeirs, processed before ane present comittie of estaites upone lyf, and as haveing committed treassoune for being in armes undir the command of the marqueis of Huntlie, then in armes be commissioune from our royall father in our said kingdome of Scotland, and howbeit the said [...] Gordoune of Newtoune had ane remissioune grantit to him be our royall father for all faultis and crymes wherwith he could have beine charged, especiallie for his said ryseing and being in armes, and that his procurators, Sir Lues Stewart and Mr John Nisbit, produceit the same before his said pretendit judges, togither with ane lettir from his majestie direct to the said Sir Archibald, requyreing and comanding him to plead for the said [...] Gordoune and for his majesties interest, yitt the said Sir Archibald, most disloyallie, contrair to the dewtie of his place as advocat, and most perfidiouslie contrair to his oath, in heigh contempt of his majesties just authoritie and comands, as ane perjured wreatch, did not onlie refuise to obey the comand of the said lettir and to plead why, in respect of the said remissioune, the said [...] Gordoune of Newtoune should be tried and assoilzied from all proces or persuit, bot most ungratelie, disloyallie, perfidiouslie and treacherouslie did plead against and prosecute the said [...] Gordoune to sentence of death. Thridlie, eftir our dearest and most royall father of eternall and most blissed memorie had beine most unchrstianelie, inhumanelie, and horridlie and barbarouslie murdered be the abominable traitor and usurper, Oliver Cromwell and his wicked complices, the divlish and treasonable courses, plottings, contryveings and actings of the said Sir Archibald did not yitt terminat; for ther being some motiounes for address to be maid to ws by some of our good subjectis of our ancient kingdome as undoubted and rightfall successor to our deceast royall father in the imperiall croune therof, that we might come to our said ancient kingdome for exerceing our royall power and authoritie, the said motioune and purpois being so just and laufull; and the said Sir Archibald, notwithstanding of his great impudence and darring utherwayes, fearing that ane direct opposeing therof wold prove altogither uneffectuall, he in ane most indirect way procuired the applicatioune maid for inviteing ws home to be so clogged with limitatiounes, restrictiounes and conditiones to have beine condischendit to be ws before our admissioune to the exercise of our royall governement, as wer most destructive to our dignitie and authoritie, and most derogatorie to monarchik governement, as ar more fullie exprest in the severall comissiounes, instructiones and addresses sent and maid to ws for that effect be the said Sir Archibald and his complices, ther comissioners to Breda, all which ar heir repeated as ane pairt of the lybell brevitatis causa. And we wpone considderatioune that the saides unreassonable, unlaufull and treasonable conditiounes wer exacted of ws be the said Sir Archibald and ane few number of factious subjectis, who had by the assistance of the usurper and tyrant, Oliver Cromwell, thrust themselves into the governement of that our ancient kingdome, and trusting to the fidelitie, loyaltie and good affectioune of our other guid subjectis, having, notwithstanding of the saids hard and unjust conditiounes, resolved to cast our self upone the loyaltie and affectioune of our saids uther guid and faithfull subjectis, the said Sir Archibald to obstruct our said purpose and resolutioune, yea, and so farr as in him lay, to fright and terrifie ws therfra, by his and his complices crueltie execute upone the marqueis of Montroise, our comissioner and our representit [of] our persone in that kingdome, caused most horridlie and inhumanelie murder the said marqueis at the mercat croce of Edinburgh wpone the [...] day of [...] jM vjC and fyftie yeirs, with all the circumstances of disgrace and dishonor which so much reflect upone ws, our dignitie and authoritie and upone the honor of all trew nobilitie; and ar so recent and fresh with detestatioune in the memories of all guid subjectis and generous spirits at home and abroad that we sall not mentioune particularlie or repeit them heir. Bot yit we still continowing in our former purpose and resolutioune, and eftir ane most tedious and dangerous voyadge at sea, having by the providence of Almightie God happielie and saiflie arryved in that our ancient kingdome, schortlie thereftir the cruell bloodie murderer and usurper, Oliver Cromwell, in persewance of ws with ane powerfull armie of sectaries, invadit our said ancient kingdome by sea and land. For opposeing of which, ane armie being raised, whill both the saids armies wer in the feilds, the said Sir Archibald most treacherouslie and treasonablie keipid correspondence and had intelligence with the said usurper by wreatting to and receaving letters from him without our privitie consent or warrand; at least by sending to and receaving messadges from him by word of mouth; and farder to advance the designes of that abominable regicide, efter the said Sir Archibald had by his indirect meanes, plotts, advyces or contryvances gottine ws removid from our armie at Leith, he by his influence upone ane few number of the comissioners of the generall assemblie, himselff being ane of the number, then mett at St Cuthbert's church, comounelie called the West Kirk, prevailed so that for the weakening of the hands of freinds and strenthening the enemies ther wes in ane most clandestine and surreptitious maner ane act as of the said comissioune of the kirk maid, printed and published, whairin (besyds many reproachfull and sclanderous expressiounes of ws and our royall ancestors mair fullie exprest in the said printidit act, bearing dait the thretteint of August jM vjC fyftie yeirs) it is declared that they disclame and will not owne our interest because of our refuisall to subscryve and emitt ane declaratioune offered to ws, and which declaratioune wes contryved and drawne upe be the said Sir Archibald and conteanes many scandalous, seditious, injurious, reproachfull and treasonable expressiounes, not onlie against ws, our authoritie and governement, bot also against our royall father and mother and others [of] our royall progenitors, as is more at large exprest in the foirsaid act of the dait foirsaid and declaratioune, bearing dait the [...] day of [...] in the same yeir, off the which declaratioune we will say no more then that the circumstancis by which we wer inforced to signe the same ar enough knowne to the world, and that the worthiest and greatest part of our said ancient kingdome did even then detest and abhore the ivill usadge of ws in that particular when the same tyrannie wes exercised ther by the power of the said Sir Archibald and a few ivill men, his complices, which at that tyme had spread itself over our kingdome of Ingland. Att least the said Sir Archibald wes author, contryver, advyser, consulter or perswader, or voiter, assenter to, assister, aider or abaiter of the foirsaides restrictiounes, limitatiounes and conditiounes, and of the foirsaid murder of our said comissioner and maner therof; and of the keiping of the said correspondence with the said invader and usurper; and of the said act and declaratioune, or ane or uther of them, or airt and pairt therof, or of ane or uther of them. Fourthlie, eftir the defait of the armie at Dumbar in the moneth of [...] jM vjC and fyftie yeires, the said Sir Archibald finding that ther wes yit ane considerable number of good subjectis that from the sense of ther dewtie owned and asserted our interest, dignitie and authoritie, and wer readie with ther lyves [and] fortunes to vindicat the same, and the honor and libertie of our ancient and native kingdome, and who had admitted ws to the exercise of our royall power and authoritie; and finding that his influence and the influence of his complices upone the members of the comittie of estaites and officers of our armie wes not so great and powerfull as formerlie it had beine, therfore he having nothing relentit in his former malice, crueltie, perjurie, seditioune, treacherie and treason, did under ane cullor and pretext of religion and pietie designe, contryve and complot ane divisioune in our armie, wherupone many of our officers and shouldiers withdrew themselves from ther dewtie and obedience to ws and our authoritie. And thereftir, without ony warrand or comand from ws, or ony haveing power or authoritie from or under ws, did by the contryveance, comploting, counselling, assisting, concurring, aideing or abateing of the said Sir Archibald, joyne themselves with diverse uthers, seditious, rebellious and ivill affected subjectis in the westerne pairtes of our said ancient kingdome, who not onlie refuised to joyne with ws and our forces and armie for opposeing and suppressing of the comoune enemie, bot, to render ws odious so farr as in them lay to all our guid people, did emitt ane paper of remonstrance, expreslie derogatorie to monarchick governement, our persone, dignitie, authoritie and prerogative; and conteaning ane great many venemous, malicious, injurious, seditious, treasonable expressions of ws and our governement tending to seditoune, to the weakening the handis and alienating the affectiounes of our freindes from ws, and the strenthening and incoradging of the bloodie and cruell enemie, as in the said paper of remonstrance which is repeated as ane pairt of this lybell brevitatis causa more fullie is exprest. Which remonstrance being presented to the comittie of estaites at Stirling, wpone the [...] day of [...] jM vjC and fyftie yeires, wes thereftir secondit by ane petitioune givine in at Perth, wpone the [...] day of [...] and yeir of God foirsaid, by severall gentlemen and others owning the samene. Which paper of remonstrance and petitioune or aither of them wes devysed, compylled, comploted and drawne ups be the said Sir Archibald, at leist he by his counsell, advyse, voyt or countenance did ayd and abait the drawing therof, or utherwayes wes airt and pairt therin by homologating the samen. Lykas the said remonstrance being takine to considderatioune be ws, our comittie and estaites of parliament wes declared to be scandalous and injurious to our persoune and prejudiciall to our authoritie, as is at mair lenth conteanit in ane act of parliament at Stirling the fourt day of Junii jM vjC fyftie ane yeires. And the said Sir Archibald, finding that the said remonstrance wes so condemned by authoritie of parliament contrair to his opinion, judgement, and voyt, and that he and his associates and factious complices had no longer any leading or prevailing power, did withdraw himself from serveing ws aither in counsell or parliament, notwithstanding he wes for the tyme or sworne counsellor and officer of stait, being clerk and keiper of our registers, and evir eftir did keip correspondance with the said cruell murtherer and usurper, Oliver Cromwell. Lykas eftir it had pleased God to suffer the said bloodie enemies and murtherers of our royall father so farr to prevaill, as that to avoyd ther furie and crueltie, wee wer necessitat to withdraw our selves from our dominiounes and live in forraigne pairtes under great difficulties and hardshipes, which low condition of ours might have calmed and quyetid the wicked and malicious spirits of our rebellious subjectis, at least ther vennemous and viperous pennes and tongues. Nottheles, the bitternes and insatiable malice of the said Sir Archibald wes such that, not satisfiet with the injuries comittid be him against ws, our dignitie and authoritie expressid in the foirsaids papers of remonstrance and petitioune, he did contryve and compyle, and (that it might be the more publict and follow ws beyond seas and defame and bring ws in contempt with forraigne princes and staites) caused print in anno jM vjC fyftie thrie yeires ane seditious pamphlet called The Causes of God's Wrath, not onlie conteaning all the former injurious, wicked and seditious reflectiounes and expressiounes fullie set doune in the foirsaids papers formerlie condemned be act of parliament, bot also many mae malicious, ignominious, dishonorable and treasonable passadges, at lenth set doune in the said pamphlet which is repeited as ane pairt of the lybell; and which being considdered by our comittie of estaites, they have fund the same by ther act of the dait the [...] day of [...] lastbypast of so heigh and treasonable ane nature as that it deserves publictlie to be burnid with the hand of the hangman, and the havears and users therof heireftir to be punished in maner as at more lenth is expressed in the said act. At leist the said Sir Archbald advysed, consulted, assisted or wes airt or pairt in the compylling therof, or causeing print the same. At least to severall of the printed coppies he hes subjoyned with his owne hand severall articles and subscryvid the samene also with his owne hand designeing himself, A[rchibald] Jhonstoune, clerk register. At the least he had the samene scandalous, seditious and treasonable pamphlet in his custodie and keiping, and did not reveall the same. At least knew the authors and compylers therof, and did not apprehend them and reveall, conforme to the actis of parliament aboveswritten. Lastlie, Oliver Cromwell, that monster of men, the vylest of traitors, the most cruell murtherer and bloodie tyrrant and usurper, haveing reached the end of all his divlisch plottis and treasonable machinatiounes, and usurped the domination and authoritie of our thrie kingdomes, and setlid so farr as in him lay the same upone himself and his familie, the said Sir Archibald, conceaveing the same so fixed and riveted that in humane probabilitie it wes impossible to be such shakine or removed, that he might avouedlie reap the fruites of his former more covered, vyle and damnable plottings, contryvances and actings for the said arch tyrrant and traitor, haveing pulled off and laid assyd his former mask of pretendit loyaltie and religion wnder which he had so long lurked, and by which he had led eftir him many waik and simple myndit, to the utter ruine if not of ther soulles, off ther estaites and fortounes, does now avowedlie and in face of the world appear in his owne cullors; and did in the yeir of God 1656, 1657, 1658 or 1659, or ane of them, publictlie sitt and act under the said tirrant and his sone, or ane or other of them, as ane peir of our kingdome of Ingland, in ane pretendit hous of lords newlie coynid by the vyle usurper, and most falslie and perfidouslie, contrair to his many oathes formerlie givine to ws, did by accepting the place and office of clerk of register from the tirrant, which formerlie he had bruiked and injoyed by our speciall grace and favour, disclame our authoritie over him and his dependance upone ws as ane subject. Lykas no sooner wes his pretendit masters and protectors hushid and gone, and ther power distroyed by God's just judgement upone them and in his great mercie to ws and all our dominiounes, but the said Sir Archibald did as his last effort and cloise of all his divlish machinatiounes step to the helme and governement of all our thrie kingdomes, whair, as pretendit preces of ane pretendit comittie of saiftie, he, with ther concurse, most treasonablie acted as supreame magistrat, to the heigh indignitie and contempt of our persoune, majestie and authoritie, the utter destructioune of monarchick governement, the great disgrace and dishonor of our kingdomes, and to the heavie prejudice and sufferings of many of our guid and loyall subjectis therin. Lykas the said Johne Home, haveing laid assyd all fear of God, respect and obedience to ws and the lawes, actis of parliament and uthers beforespeit, in maner abovewritten, in anno jM vjC fourtie nyne, the tyme that the usurper had invadit this our ancient kingdome with ane powerfull armie of sectaries, and that we had, with the assistance of our good subjectis, raised ane armie for opposeing the said usurper and expelling him and his forces furth of this our ancient kingdome, the said Johne most treacherouslie and treasonablie, contrair to his alledgeance and dewtie and in hie contempt of our authoritie and lawes of our said ancient kingdome, joynid him self in armes with the said usurper and did so continow with them. And when we with our said armie had marched in to our kingdome of Ingland for effectuating our just right and interes and regall authoritie ther, and that the said usurper had followid ws with his said armie, the said Johne, most baselie and treasonablie, as ane most undewtiefull subject and unnaturall scottisman, did goe alongs with the said usurper in armes with his said armie, and actuallie at Worcester, upone the thrid of September jM vjC fyftie ane, did fight in ane hostile maner against ws and our persone and his owne countriemen of whom our armie did consist, at leist wes with the said usurper in his said armie in armes. Lykas the said William Dundas of Magdalens, haveing laid asyd all fear of God, respect and obedience to ws and the lawes, actis of parliament and uthers beforespeit, in maner beforewritten, in anno jM vjC fyftie, jM vjC fyftie ane, fyftie tua, fyftie thrie, fyftie four till jM vjC and sextie yeirs, the tyme that the usurper wes with his said armie in armes in this our said ancient kingdome, did joyne with them at Inverkeithing, and in and about Edinburgh, and other places within our said ancient kingdome, and gave his best advyse and intelligence to them all the tyme afoirsaid, and did act as supervisor under the said usurper and receave sallere from them therefore, and exact great soumes of money from thois messingers who wer formerlie admittit be the king's authoritie. As also the said William Dundass, for his faithfull service done to the said wsurper, Ritchard Cromwell, receaved ane letter of pension for peyment to him yerlie of the soume of ane hundreth punds sterline, as the samen daitit at Wastminister the 5th of November 1658 yeirs, superscryvit be the said usurper and signed be Mr Thurloe, secretarie, and sealled be his owin seale. Lykwayes during the tyme of the said William, his being with the enemye as said is, he was most active for promoteing of all ther designes and purposes, especialie in the intercomoneing betuixt the usurper, Oliver Cromwell, and others of his officers, and Walter Dundas, then comander of the castell of Edinburgh; and frequently carieing off letters and intelligence betuixt them, as also severall tymes sent letters himself to the said Walter Dundas, giveing intelligence as said is, by which meanes the said castell, being the cheeff strenth of this natione and wherin all the records and registers of the said kingdome wer in, came to be randered up to the said Oliver most baislie.
Of the which crymes of treasson particularlie abovespeit, and uthers crymes, deids and malversatiounes abovementionat, at the leist of ane or uther of them, the saides defendars, and ilk ane of them, at the leist ane or uther of them, wer principall actors, authors, abaitters, menteaners, assisters, suppliers, countenancers, advysers, complyers, concurrers or airt and pairt.
And thairfore the fornameit persounes, defendars, and ilk ane of them, at the leist ane or uther of them, have committed and ar culpable, att the leist accessorie to, or airt and pairt of, the hiegh crymes of treason and uthers crymes, misdeids and malversatiounes abovespeit, or ane or uther of them, and thairthrow they and ilk ane of them, att leist ane or uther of them, have incurred the foirsaid paine and punishment of heigh treassoune, viz: the foirfaltor of lyfs, dignities, lands, estaites and guides, which ought and should be execute against them with all rigor, in example to uthers in all tyme comeing. And the foirsaides defendars, ther saides lands, estaites and guids aught and should be applyit to our use, or to such use as we and our saids estaites of parliament or these impowered and authorized be ws sall think fitt. At the leist the saides defendar's have incurred the foirsaid censure and punishment in ther persounes, names and fames, and in ther lands, estait and guides, or utherwayes censured and punished as oppine and manifest traitors, and enemies to ws and to this our ancient kingdome and estaites therof, according to the nature and qualitie of ther crymes, misdeids and malversatiounes at the arbitriment, sensement and determinatioune of ws and our saids estaits of parliament, or these impowered and authorized be ws for that effect, conforme to the sensement, decreit and delyverance to be givine and pronunceit against the saides defendar's therin, to be callit sumarlie but dyet, table or continowatioune of uther sumondis, because the foirsaid actioune is for crymes of treassoune and uthers crymes, deids and malversatiounes done and comittit be the foirnameit persounes against ws and our saids estaites of parliament of this our kingdome and the standing lawes therof and the publict good and peace of the same. And sua merits sumar proces conforme to the ordor constantlie observeit in such caices, and ane delyverie of the comittie of estaites grantit theranent, attoure that the laullie sumound, warne and chairge: to compeir before ws and our saides estaites of parliament, or before such as sall be impowered and authorized be ws for the effect abovewritten, the foirsaides day and place, to beir leill and suithfast witnessing, in sua fair as they know or sall be speirit at them in the parliament abovewrittin, under all hiest paine and chairge that eftir may follow, according to justice, as ye will anser to ws therupon. The which to doe we comitt to yow and ilk ane of yow, conjonlie and severallie, our full power be thir our letters, delyvering thame be yow dewlie execute and indorsate againe to the beirer heirof undir our signet. At Edinbrughe, the nynteint day of November 1660, and of our reigne the twelt yeir.
Ex deliberatione dominorum commissionis parliamenti, Jo[hn] Cunynghame
Edinburgh, Novembris 20th 1660
Signed by a particular warrand from the comitte of estates.
W. Sharp