By levying and keeping up a standing Ar my in Time of Peace, without Confent of Parliament, and maintaining them upon free • Quarter.

By employing the Officers of the Army as Judges throughout the Kingdom,' by whom the Subjects were put to Death without le gal Tryal, Jury, or Record.

By impofing exorbitant Fines to the Value of the Parties Eftates, exacting extravagant Bail, and difpofing Fines and Forfeitures be"fore any Procefs or Conviction.

By imprifoning Perfous without expreffing the Reason, and delaying to bring them to • Tryal.

By caufing several Perfons to be profecuted, and their Eftates to be forfeited upon Stretches of old and obfolete Laws, upon weak and frivolous Pretences, and upon lame and defective Proofs; as particularly the late Earl • of Argyle, to the Scandal of the Justice of the Nation,

By fubverting the Rights of the Royal Boroughs, the Third Eftate of Parliament, im* pofing upon them not only Magiftrates, but alfo the whole Town Council and Clerks, contrary to their Liberties and exprefs Charters, without any Pretence of Sentence, Surrender, or Confent; fo that the Commif 'fioners to Parliament being chofen by the Magiftrates and Councils, the King might in • Effect as well nominate the Eftate of Parlia⚫ment: Befides that, many of the Magiftrates • by him put in were Papifts, and the Boroughs ' were forc'd to pay Money for the Letters impofing thofe illegal Magiftrates upon them.

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By fending Letters to the chief Courts of Juftice, not only ordering the Judges to stop fine Die, but alfo commanding how to proceed in Cafes depending before them, contrary to the exprefs Laws; and by changing the • Nature of the Judges Patents ad Vitam or • Culpam, into a Commiffion de bene placito, to difpofe them to a Compliance with arbitrary Courses, and turning them out of their - Offices if they refufed to comply.

By granting perfonal Protections for Civil Debts contrary to Law.

All which Mifcarriages of King James, were utterly and directly contrary to the known Laws, Freedoms and Statutes of the Realm of Scotland. Upon which Grounds and Reasons the Eftates of the Kingdom of Scotland did find and declare, that the faid King James had forfeited the Crown, and the • Throne was become vacant.

Therefore in regard His Royal Highners then Prince of Orange, fince King of England, whom it hath pleafed God to make the glo⚫rious Inftrument of delivering these Kingdoms from Popery and arbitrary Power, by Advice of feveral Lords and Gentlemen of the Scots Nation then at London, did call the Eftates of this Kingdom to meet upon the 14th of March laft, in order to fuch an Establishment as that the Religion, Laws, and Liberties might not again be in Danger of being fubverted; The faid Eftates being then affembled accordingly, in a full and free Reprefentative of the Nation, did in the firft Place, as their Anceflors in like Cafes had usually done for vin

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dicating and afferting their ancient Rights and Liberties declare,

That by the Law of Scotland no Papist could be King or Queen of the Realm, nor ⚫ bear any Office therein; nor that any Prote• ftant Succeffor could exercife the Regal Power, 'till they had fworn the Coronation Qath.

That all Proclamations afferting an abfo. lute Power to null and difable Laws, in order for erecting Schools and Colleges for Jefuits, converting Proteftant Churches and Chappels into Mafs-houses, and the allowing Mafs to be faid; and the allowing Popish Books to be printed and difperfed, was contrary to Law.

That the taking the Children of Noblemen, • Gentlemen, and others, and keeping them • abroad to be bred Papists;

The making Funds and Donations to Popifh Schools and Colleges, the beftowing Penfions on Priefts, and the feducing Proteftants from their Religion by Offers of Places and Preferments, was contrary to Law.

That the difarming of Proteftants, and employing Papifts in the greateft Places of Truft both Civil and Military, was contrary to Law. That the impofing an Oath without Authority of Parliament, was contrary to Law. That the railing of Mony without Consent of Parliament or Convention, was contrary. to Law.

That employing the Officers of the Army as Judges, was contrary to Law.

That the impofing extraordinary Fines, &c. was contrary to Law.

That the imprifoning of Persons without expreffing the Reafons, was contrary to Law.. "That

That the profecuting and feizing Men's "Eftates as forfeited upon Stretches of old and obfolete Laws, &c. was contrary to Law..

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That the nominating and impofing Magiftrates, &c. upon Boroughs, contrary to their exprefs Charters, was contrary to Law.

That the fending Letters to the Courts of Juftice, ordering the Judges to defift from determing of Causes, and ordering them how to proceed in Caufes depending before them, &c. was contrary to Law.

That the granting of Perfonal Protections, &c. was contrary to Law..

That the forcing the Subjects to depofe against themselves in capital Causes, however the Punishments were reftricted, was contrary to Law.

That the ufing Torture without Evidence, or in ordinary Crimes, was contrary to Law. That the fending of an Army in a warlike Manner into any Part of the Kingdom in Time of Peace, and exacting. Locality and 6 Free Quarters, was contrary to Law.

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That the charging the Subjects with LawBoroughs at the King's Inftance, and impofing Bonds without Authority of Parliament, and the fufpending Advocates for not appearing when Bonds were offered, was contrary to Law.

That the putting Garrifons into private Houfes in Time of Peace, without Authority of Parliament, was illegal.

That the Opinions of the Lords of the Seffion in the two Cafes following, were llegal; (viz.) That the concerting the Demand of the Supply of a Fore faulted Perfon,

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although not given, was Treafon; and that • Perfons refufing to difcover their private Thoughts in relation to Points of Treafon, 6 or other Mens Actions, are guilty of Trea• fon!

"That the fining Husbands for their Wives 'withdrawing from Church, was Illegal.

That Prelacy and Superiority of an Office in the Church above Presbyters, is, and has 'been a great and unfupportable Burden to this Nation, and contrary to the Inclinations of the Generality of the People ever fince the Reformation, they having reformed Popery by Presbytery, and therefore ought to be abolished.

That it is the Right and Privilege of the Subject, to proteft for Remedy of Law to the King and Parliament, against Sentences pronounced by the Lords of the Seffions, provided the fame do not ftop Executions of the faid Sentences.

That it is the Right of the Subject to peti'tion the King, and that all Profecutions and • Imprisonments for fuck petitioning, were " contrary to Law.

Therefore for the Redrefs of all Grievances, and for the amending, ftrengthening, and 'preferving the Laws, they claimed that Parliaments ought to be frequently called, and al'lowed to fit, and Freedom of Speech and Debate allowed the Members; and further claimed and infifted upon all, and fundry the Premifes, as their undoubted Rights and Liberties; ⚫ and that no Declaration, or Proceedings, to the Prejudice of the People, in any the faid Premifes, ought in any wife to be drawn •hereafter