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The third session of the second parliament of King Charles II, held at Edinburgh on 12 June 1672, by his grace John [Maitland], duke of Lauderdale, marquis of March, earl of Lauderdale, viscount Maitland, lord Thirlestane and Bolton, his majesty's commissioner by virtue of his majesty's commission under the great seal, with consent of the estates of parliament.
The rolls called.
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[Alexander Montgomery], earl of Eglinton protested in name of [John Gordon], earl of Sutherland that the calling of the earl of Sutherland, as his name is now inserted in the rolls of parliament, should not prejudice him of his place and precedency before those earls who are now called before him.
The earl of Eglinton protested that the calling of [John Cunningham], earl of Glencairn before him should not prejudice him of his right and precedency before the earl of Glencairn.
[Charles Erskine], earl of Mar protested, in name of [Henry Erskine], lord Cardross, that his calling and enrolling in this parliament should not prejudice him of his precedency before those now called before him.
The earls [George Keith, earl] Marischal, [Alexander Seton, earl of] Dunfermline, [William Douglas, earl of] Queensberry, [Robert MacGill], viscount of Oxenfoord, lords [John Elphinstone, lord] Elphinstone and [James Wemyss, lord] Burntisland, [Sir James Dalrymple of] Stair, [Sir James Foulis of] Colinton and Lasswade, and the commissioners [Alexander Williamson for] Peebles, [Robert Watson for] Dumbarton and [Mr Roderick MacKenzie of Findon for] Dingwall, not being in parliament formerly, took the oaths of allegiance and of fealty etc. and subscribed the declaration.
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Forasmuch as since the last session of parliament some places of members of the articles are void, by the death of the bishops [George Wishart, bishop of] Edinburgh and [David Strachan, bishop of] Brechin, [Charles Seton], earl of Dunfermline and Sir John Gilmour [of Craigmillar], and by the advancement of the lairds [Charles Maitland of] Hatton and [Sir James Lockhart of] Lee to be treasurer depute and justice clerk, and considering that, in the former vacancy by the death of Sir Alexander Gibson [of Durie] in the year 1661, his majesty's commissioner for the time did nominate the person to succeed in his place in the articles, the estates of parliament, according to the former precedent, recommend to his majesty's commissioner to nominate the persons to fill their vacancies in the articles, and accordingly the commissioner his grace nominated the bishops [Murdo MacKenzie, bishop of] Moray and [William Scroggie, bishop of] Argyll to supply the vacancies of the clergy, [William Cochrane], earl of Dundonald in place of Dunfermline and Sir James Dalrymple [of Stair], Sir James Foulis [of Colinton] and Sir William Lockhart [of Lee] for the other three vacancies.
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His majesty's commissioner produced a letter from his majesty of 23 May which, being read in parliament, was ordained to be recorded, whereof the tenor follows.
Charles Rex,
My lords and gentlemen, the constant proofs we have had of your loyalty and zeal for our service in your former sessions gives us assurance of the continuance of it in this, especially since our principal design in calling you together at this time is that you may consider your own security, as well as as our honour and interest now, whilst we are engaged in a very just and necessary war against the states general of the United Provinces; and that you may provide fitting remedies against all accidents that may befall through this occasion, we have always been very tender of any thing which might bring burdens upon that our ancient kingdom, and therefore, we propose nothing but leave you to provide for your own safety and our honour, by such ways as may be most suitable to the condition of the kingdom; and we have instructed [John Maitland], duke of Lauderdale, our commissioner, fully in all things relating to our service or your advantage, and he can well inform you of our constant affection to and care in all the concerns of that our kingdom. And of him we think fit to tell you that the long and great sufferings he has endured for us, and the many and great services he has done to us, have made us put upon him the greatest marks of our favour, and that, if it were not the care we have of the welfare of that our kingdom, we could not have dispensed with his absence from our person at this time, when his service is so useful to us; and therefore, from such a commissioner and such a parliament we cannot but expect, not only a readiness to concur in all things relating to our service, but such prudent results from this session as the subjects of that our kingdom and their posterity may reap honour and prosperity by them. And so we bid you heartily farewell. Given at our court at Whitehall, 23 May 1672, and of our reign the twenty-fourth year.
The lord commissioner adjourns the parliament until Tuesday next at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and appoints the articles to meet on Friday next at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.