is in Scotland thair war ane hundreth at our command, yitt
sould not for that any joyt that is promesit be brokin, or any
alteratioun be maid be oure provocatioun; bot the said
Appointment[917] treulie and surelie observit in everie point, gif
the said Congregatioun will in lyk maner faithfullie keip thair
pairt thairof. Nor yitt meane we to truble any man in the
peaceabill possessioun of thair guidis and rowmes, nor yitt to
enreache[918] the Crowne, and far less any strangear, with your
substance; for our derrest sone and dochter, the King and Quene, ar
by Godis provisioun placeit in the rowme, quhair all men of
jugement may weill considder thay have na neid of any manis guidis.
And for our self, we seik na thing bot debtfull obedience unto
thame, sick as guid subjectis aucht to gif to thair Soveraneis,
without deminutioun of your liberteis and priveleigeis, or
alteratioun of your lawis.[919] Thairfoir, we thocht guid to
notifie unto yow our guid mynd foirsaid, and desyreis yow not to
gif eir nor creddeitt to sic vayne imaginationis, quhairof, befoir
God, no pairte ever enterit in our consait; nor suffer your selfis
be thairby led frome youre dew obedience; assureing yow, ye sall
ever fynd with us trewth in promeisses, and ane moderlie luif
towartis all; yow behaifand your selffis our[920] obedient
subjectis. [SN: FEW DAYIS EFTER DECLAIRIT THE TREUTH OF THIS] Bot
of one thing we gif yow wairning, that quhairas sum Prechearis of
the Congregatioun, in thair publict sermonis, speikis irreverentlie
and sklanderouslie, alsweill of Princeis in generall, as of our
self in particulare, and of the obedience to the hiear poweris;
induceing the pepill, be that pairt of thair doctrine, to
defectioun frome thair dewatie, quhilk pertenis na thing to
religioun, bot rather to seditioun and tumult, thingis direct
contrar to religioun: thairfoir we desyre yow to tak ordour in
youre toun and boundis, that quhan the Prechearis repairis thair,
thay use thame selfis mair modestlie in thay behalfis, and in thair
precheing not to mell sa mekle with civill policie and publict
governance, nor yit name us, or uther Princeis, bot with honour and
reverence, utherwayis it will nocht be sufferrit. [SN: JESABELL
WALD BE HONOURIT, BOT HELIAS WALD NOTT.] Attour,[921] sen ye haif