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Show Exrernall points of the Separation and Union. The Ceremonial! or Mater'tall Crowns. The Stiles and Names. ArtitkJ, ·touching the Vnion, ofEngland, .and Scotland. mer ftx Points offeparation'J which I have noted,and plac d, as de. feCts or Abatcments~of tfue fix Points of the Vnion; And therfore., fhall'not need to be .repeated.' The Points, I fay yet remaining, l will di videjoto Ext'ernall')and into Internal. Th~ External! Points, therefore, of the separ.ttion, are four. .1. The feverall crowns ; I mean the Ceremonial!, and Material!, Crowns. 2 .• Thefecond is/ the fever all Name1, Stiles, or Appe!L1tio1u. ~· The third is·, the (everall Prints, of the S eah. 4· The fourth is, the feverall Stamps, or Mttrk.,r of the Coins>or .Jtdonies. It is true, that the Externall,are,in fome refpe ~an d p arts~much mingled,and inter.l~ced'J with Conjidcrationi Inte~n~dl ; And thlt they may be as effectual!, to the rue Vnion, whtch mufr be. the work of Time as the Intern all; Becaufe, they are O perative, upon the Conc~its, and Opinions, of the People: T.he.~nitng, of w,hofe Hearts$and Affechons,1s the Life,and tt.ue E1z~ of hxs Wor/z. For the CerenJoni,tllCroWnf, the ~1efi:1on will be,whethtr . there fhall beframed,one,sew, ltnperi 11 Crown, of Bntuin: to beufed for the t imes to come? · Alfo, admitting that to be thought Convenient, w ether in the Frame thereof, there•fh·.all not be fome Reference, t~ the Crowns, of Ireland, and Fr'cznce .' Alfo, whether your Majefly, fuould repeat,or iter3te,your own Coro1zation, and yourf~eenr; or on~ly ordain,_thJt fuch nt!w Crown, fhall be ufed, by your rojfertty, hereafter. The DijficultieJ will be, in the Conceit, of fume Ineqwz!ifJ', whereby the Real1nof scottPncl) ..may be thought!> to be made an Accefiion, unto the Realm of F1zgland. But that refteth in fome Circumfraoces.: fur the Gomp01mding,of the two. Crmvns, is equall; The Cttlling of the new ~rown, the C1·own <;>f Brit· tain is equal!. Onely the Plclce of Coron~ttion, if it H1all be at IVeftminfier, which is the Ancient, Auguft~ and Sacred place, for the Kings of England, may feem to make an ~nequality : And again , if the Crown of Scotland, be difconttnued, then that Cere1nony, which_, I hear, is ufed·in the Farliament, of Scotlrtnd; in the abfence of the Kings, to have the Crowns: carried in folemhity, nmlt likewife ceafe. For the Name, the main ~1ellion is, whether the ContraEJed Name, of Brittain, fhall be, by your Majefty, ufed, or the 'Divi-ded Names of Eng!,md, and Sc~t!and. · Admitting there flull be an Alteration, then the Cafe will re-quire, thefe Inferiour ~eftions. · Firfr:> whether the Name of Britta_in, fhaH;not onelyD ~e ufed, in your Majefti'ei stile, where the entire Stile is reCl• ted;And in all other Forms,the ·Divided Ncmter to remain,both . of the Realms, and of the People; Or othtrwife, that the ve- . ry Divided N.imer) ofRealms:>and Peoplejihall,likwife, b~ chan- 1· w:d, \ ----~~----~--;---~--~------~~~------~----~~= ' I Articles, touc'!}ng the Vnion,ofEngland, aud Scotland. ged, or turne~·int~ fpecial or fubdivided Names, -of th~-G~ner~ ll ~ame; 1 hat IS to fay, for Example; whether your A1.aJefty,m !our Stile, fhall denominate your felf, ring of BP"it-trun, ~~ame,aad .Ireland; &c .. And yet, neverthddie 1 in any Commljfiou, 1f~"nt, or otherwtfe, where: your.ll:tajc.fty mentio-n~ th, England~ o~.scotl~nd,you fhall retain the ancient Names, as Secund1un Co~ uetudtnem Regni 11ojiri .Angli£ ·, or wheth . thofe Divided Names, £hall be, for ever loft add talrenaw ..e. i, and. t~rne d ,m. toth e f.u bd.l V'lGlO ns, ofSout' h.Er'i tain, a,n. dNor.t..b y., Br:ta;n; aod th.e People to be South - Brittlfins, and North-Eritt~ Jns; And fo, In the Exam pie aforefaid, t.he Ten our of the ltke clau(e~ to run, Semndum Conjuetudincm Britannice .A".fir.ef1s. Alfo, ~f the former of thefe, fh;..)l be thought convenient whe~her I t we~e- not berter:. for your ~la/ejty, to rake, that Al~ te~at! ~n of Stzle~ upon you, by Procl.wtatio", as Edrvard the t~zrddtd, thestt!eof f'rance, then to. have itenaccedbyFar- . lzamatt. AJfo in the Alteration,of th~ Slife~ whether it were not better to tranfpofe the Kingdom, of h·cLmd and put it immediatly' after Britain, an~ fo place the-!fla71d/tngether; And the King~ dom ofFrance,bemg upon the Continenr,bft: In regard th~t thefe ljlands,o~the ,JFe.fter~ Ocetfn,feem, by Na.ture_, and 'p'rovidence, an enure Empire m themfelves; And alfo, that there wa~ nev~r King ofEng/~n~)foentirely pofidt of Ireland, ~s your lliaJcflY Is: So as your Strle,to run, King of Britain Ireland and the Ijlands Adjacent, and of France> &c. . ' ' · The Dijfioeltio in this, have beeo,already,throughly beaten ov<"r, but they gather but to two HeadJ. The one, Point of Honour, ;md Love, to the former Name.[. Tl1e o~her, D011bt, left the.Aiterati01z., of the N_,ame, may induce, ?nd mvol ve, an A~terat~on of the .Lawes, ana rol!icie.s, of th~ Krng~o11J; Bo~h whtch, 1f your .Ad:r.jefiy fluH a!fume, the 8t1~e, by 1 roclctmar1011, and not by. rarltamcnt, a rein themfd ves fati.lifie.d: For then, the u fuall Nrunes, mnft needs remain jn JVr;ts, and Record.~; The Formes whereof~ cannot be alret.ed, but by AtJ of~arlrafllent; And fo the point of Honour fatisfi. ed. And agatn, your Procl.tm.7tiofz alte reth no Lmr' · And fr th.e Scr~ple, of a tacite, ~r im plyed) Alleration of L a~es, like: w1fe fat1~fied. But then'J 1t may be confide red whether it were n?t a Formjof.the greateft Honeurjf the. Parlia~Jcnt,tbough they dtd not enact It, yet fhould become Su1ters, and Petitioners to your Majefty,to affume it. For the Seales; That there fhould be but one Creat seal of Brit~in, and one chancc!ler; And that their fhould only be a 1he Seales. Seal In Scotland; for rrocejfes;, and ordinary Juflice; And that :;l}l Patent:'J o~ Graunts~of Lands, or or~erwife, as well in Scot. land, as ·1n England , fhould pzfTe under ihe• Great Seal here ltept about your Perjim; It is an .Altertltion internal!, whereoft donotnowfpeak. ' But |