departed.

FORME OF THE PROCLAMATIOUN.

"Forasmuche as it hath pleased God, that Appointment is maid betuix
the Quene Regent and us the Lordis, hole[878] Protestantis of this
Realme, we have thocht good to signifie unto yow the cheafe Headis
of the same, whiche be these:--

"1. First, That no member of the Congregatioun shalbe trubled in
lief, landis, goodis, or possessionis, by the Quene, by hir
Authoritie, nor by any uther Justice within this realme, for any
thing done in this lait innovatioun, till that a Parliament hath
decyded thingis that be in contraversie.

"2. That idolatrie shall nocht be erected, whare it is now at this
day suppressed.

"3. That the preachearis and ministeris shall nocht be trubled in
the ministratioun, whare thai ar already established, nather yit
stopped to preache whairsoevir thai shall happin to travaill within
this realme.

"4. That no bandis of men of warr shalbe layed in garnesoun within
the town of Edinburght.

"These cheafe headis of Appointment concerning the libertie of
religioun and conservatioun of our bretherin, we thoght goode to
notifie unto yow, by this our Proclamatioun, that in case wrong or
injurie be done, by any of the contrarie factioun, to any member of
our body, complaint may be maid to us, to whome we promese, as we
will ansuer to God, our faitlifull support to the uttermost of our
poweris."

[SN: ANSUER TO THE COMPLAYNT OF THE PAPISTIS.]

At this proclamatioun, maid with sound of trumpett, war offended all the
Papistis: for, first, Thai alledged it was done in contempt of the
Authoritie: secundarlie, That we had proclamed more than was conteaned
in the Appointment: and last, That we, in our proclamatioun, had maid no
mentioun of any thing promished unto thame. To suche mummeris[879] we
answered, "That no just Authoritie culd think the selff contempned,
becaus that the treuth was by us maid manifest unto all, who utherwayis
mycht have pretendit ignorance. Secundlie, That we proclamed nathing,
whiche [was] nocht finallie aggreit upoun in word and promeiss betuix us
and thame with quhame the Appointment was maid, whatsoevir thair
scribeis had efter writtin, quha in verray deid had alterit, bayth in
wordis and sentenceis, oure Articles, as thay war first consavit; and
yitt, gif thair awin writtingis war diligentlie examinit, the self sa