The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 28 March 2024
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Order
Order for burning a book published by James Drake
Ordered that a book published by the title of Historia Anglo Scotica by James Drake M.D. and dedicated to Sir Edward Symour, containing many false and injurious reflections upon the sovereignity and independency of this crown and nation, be burnt by the hand of the common hangman at the mercat cross of Edinburgh at eleven a clock to morrow, and the magistrats of Edinburgh appointed to see the order punctually executed.
Procedure: adjournment
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourns the parliament till to morrow at ten a clock.
- NAS. PA2/38, f.103v.