all that this lettre hours or sers sends Sent Leeb grauntio. ufte and cele kloft Cosynes & Willin at here poffeist. A GENERAL HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, 1083 FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS то THE PRESENT TIM E. By WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Efq. VOLUME THE EIGHT H. LONDON, Printed for the AUTHOR, by A. HAMILTON; MDCCLXVIII, A GENERAL HISTORY O F SCOTLAND. ON MARY. Proceedings of the Scot ment. N the twenty-fixth of January 1573, a A.D. 1573° parliament met at Edinburgh, and confirmed Morton's regency; but made it lawful tifh parlia for themselves, in cafe of another vacancy during the king's minority, to elect any of his majefty's party, profeffing the true religion, regent. An act paffed, That no papists should be reputed loyal fubjects to the king, but be punished as rebels: and that all fuch as profeffed the true religion, and yet withstood the king's authority, fhould be warned by their teachers to acknowledge their offence, and return to their obedience; which if they refusB 2 ed, A. D. 1573 ed, they were to be cut off from the fociety of the church, as corrupted members. The parliament then breaking up, a friendly deputation met at Perth, confifting of the earl of Argyle, now acting as lord chancellor, the earl of Montrofe, the lords Ruthven and Boyd, Pitcairn, who was fecretary of ftate, and Sir John Ballenden, on the regent's part; and the earl of Huntley, with the abbot of Arbroath, heir apparent to the duke of Chatleheraut, on the part of the queen. On the twenty-third of February these deputies came to the following conclusions : That all perfons comprehended in the prefent treaty, viz. the adherents of the house of Hamilton, and followers of Huntley, shall profefs the true religion as by law established, and maintain its preachers and profeffors against all opponents, especially against the confederates of the council of Trent. Second, That the earl of Huntley and lord John Hamilton, for themfelves and dependents, fhall fubmit to the king, and to the government of the earl of Morton, his regent, and his fucceffors in the fame, acknowledging themselves the king's fubjects by their oaths and fubfcriptions. Third, That they fhall confefs all things done by them under colour of any other authority, fince the time of his majesty's coronation, to have been unlawful and of no effect. Fourth, |