be our advise and Estatis of our
Realme;[850] and, in the meantyme, to suffer everie man to leaf at
libertie of conscience, without truble, unto the tyme the said
ordour war tackin be advise of our foirsaid [Estates.[851]] And at
last, becaus it appeared mekle to stand upoun our burght of
Edinburght, offerred in lyke maner to latt the inhabitants thairof
chease what maner of religioun thai wald sett up and use for that
tyme; swa that na man mycht alledge that he was forsed to do
against his conscience: Quhilk offer the Quenis Grace, our said
darrest Moder, was at all tymes, and yit is, ready to fulfill.
Nochttheles, the said Congregatioun being of mynd to receave no
reasonable offerris, hes sensyne, by oppin dead, declaired, that it
is na religioun, nor any thing thairto perteaning, that thai seak,
bot onelie the subversioun of our authoritie, and usurpatioun of
our Crown; in manifest witnessing whairof, thay daylie receave
Inglismen with messagis unto thame, and sendis siclyk in Ingland;
and last of all, have violentlie intrometted with, taikin, and yit
withhaldis the irnis of our Cunzee hous,[852] quhilk is ane of the
cheife pointis that concernis our Crown; and siclyke lies
intrometted with our Palice of Halirudhouse. Oure will is heirfoir,
&c., that ye pas to the Mercat Croce of our said burght of
Edinburght, or any uther publict place within the same, and thair,
be oppin proclamatioun in our name and authoritie, command and
charge all and sindrie personis of the said Congregatioun, or yit
being presentlie within our said burght other than the inhabitantis
thairof, that thay, within sex houris nixt efter our said charge,
depart furth of the same under the pane of treasone; and als, that
ye command and charge all and sindrie personis to leave thair
cumpany, and adhear to our authoritie; with certificatioun to suche
as do the contrare, shalbe repute and haldin as manifest traytouris
to our Crowne, &c."

These letteris did nocht a litill greave us, who most injustlie war
accused; for thare is never a sentence of the narrative trew, except
that we stayed the irnes, and that for most just causses, to witt,
because that daylie thair was suche nomber of Hard-headis printed,[853]
that the basenes thairof maid all thingis exceiding dear; and thairfoir
we war counsaled by the wy