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Show Artic/eJ, to1uhing ·the Vnion, of ~.ngland; and Scotlan?· I mijfioners, propounded. For 1 hold nothing, fo great .. ~n Enemy~ to goodRefolution, as the Making,_ of too many g_ueftwns; Specially in AJ!emblies :J which conGO: otm an~. For rrmces, for A vo_yding of Diftrafrion mufl: take many Thmgs by way of Admlttance; And if ff!!!:cftions, mufi: be made of them, rather to fuf!er them, to arife trmn "others~ then to grace them, and authon~e them as propounded from themfelyes. But unto yom; AJaJ· P.· flies private Confideration, ro whom tt may better fort w1th me, rather to · f peak as a Remembrancer, then as a Cou,~celler; I ha v~ thought go.od to lay before you,all the Branches, Lmedmen!s,::md Degrees, otL i; v 1iion ; that upon the VitW, anB Confideratwn, of them, and their Circumfiances, your Jl1ajefiy n~wy the mor~ clearly d'fcern, "nd 1nore readily call to mtnd,wh1ch oftbe1~ 1s to be embr ced, and which to be Iejefred; And ofthef~~ ~htc~ are to l:e accepted, whit of them is pr~fently to be J?rocee.ded m, and which to be put ver to further t1me ;And ;~gatn,whichof them, {ball require Authority of F'arliament, and whtch are ~tter, to be effected, by your Majeflics Royall Power, a~d Prerogattve~ _o~ b! O· ther Pollicies, 0r Means; And la:fl:Ir, ~htch of th~m, ~~ l1ker t~ Paffe, with Difficu\ty, and Conl:radi<~hon, and whtch, w1th more Facility, and Srnoothne~e. . . . Firll r herefore, to begm wuh that J12.!!e.ftzon, that I fu ppofe w1ll . be out of quefiion. . . Whether it be not meet, that the Statu~es, wht_ch were made Sratntes con- : [J. h 1 h K l fro d cerning 5cot- touching Scotltmd,_or the ScottiiJNation,w I e t e mgflomes o land' and the fevered, be repealed? . Scorifil Nati· It is true' there is a Diverfity tn thefe; For fome ofthefe on. Lawes confider scotland as an Enemy Countrey; Other Lawes confider it as a Forrlin Countreyonely :·As for Example, t~e _ L;Jw of Ric#~. 2.A1mo 7o, which Prohibitetb,all Armour, or Vt- . cruall, to be carded to Scotland; And he~Law of 7° ofK. H. the Lawes, Cufiomes, Commiffions, Offi~ cers, of the Border~, or Marches. ·7. that Enacreth, all the scottifh Men., to depart the Re.al~n, within a time prefi-xed;Both·thefe.Z:awes, and fome otpers) Jefepft. scotland,as-a countrey of~ofuhty:.But the of Law of 22 of\ Ed. 4~ that endueth Bttrwicl{j With the Ltberty ,of a Stapf~, w_here . I aUscottijh J1rJerchJndi<t>es, ihould refort~ that ~ould be Uttred .fo'lf e11gland ~And likewife.aU Englifh Mtrcbandzzes, that fhculd ·be uttered for S'cbtland; This Law benoldeth Scotland, onely, a )afFi?trai1tNntion; And 'tldt fo much neith~r; For there have , bdenereltedJ st.tple~, h\ ~clwms of En;gl~nd,. for fome Commodi ~es~ with nn Exclufiot~t, and.:Refinett0ll', of other I? arts., of di.tng/antl.,. 1 . · • • . , But this -is a Matter of:the leafr Difficulty; yo nr JV!rfrJ, fbailtJhave a ~•le1t~ made~ of the Lawes., and a ~riafot theE~fctl; And foy() may jndg~1oftbem: And thehke ·~ or Rcct~ e· ~ s to·B~ don~ by sr.~tla1td, for fuch Lawes, as they have · ~c<>t~ing E~taltq, ':tnd i:h~ E~glifh Nt~tion:· · . . ·JlheSec{)nd n.u(!fUotl is;.. what Lawes, Cnfiomes, CommJffi ... · · ~ o.n s ,_ .. • I .... A rtic!eJ, touching tbe Vnion, of England, and Scotland. ons, Officers, Garrifons, and the hke, are to be put dowa, difcontinued, or taken away, upon the Borders ofboth Realms. This Point, becaufe I atn not acquainted, with the OrderJ of the Marches, I can fay the 1e!fe. Herein falleth that ~tftion,whether that the Tenmints who hold ~heir Tennant ~ights, in ~·gteatet Freedome, and Ex~m p· tron, 1n Confideration oftheu 5ervice, upon the Borderr r\nd t~at the Countreys themfelves, which are, in the fame refped, dtfcharged, ofsubjdies, and Taxes;fhouid not now be brought to ~e, in one deg~ce, with other TennantsJ and Countrryr; Nan: c1Jante eaufla toll~tur Fjfe[J~J; W~erei n, jn m.y Opinion, fome ttme would be gtven; !2.!!ra adhrtceorum Mejfir in Herba eft: Bat f...1me prefent Ordmance, would be made ro take effect at a fu tnre time; c~n~ldering, it is one of rhe'greatefi rointr: and Mark.!, of~he DtvJfion, ot ~he l(i1;gdomcs. And becaufe Reafo~ doth dictate, that wh~r~ the Principall Solution of Conti~ nuity was, there the Healmg, and Confolidatina Plaifier fi~ould be chiefly applyed ; There would be fome fti'rther De~ v!~e, fot the utrer, and pe~petuali_,Confounding, of thofe Jm,z$' nary Bounds, (as your Ma;ejly tern;eth them;) And therefore, 1t would be confidered, whether n were not convenient to Plant, and Erect, ~t ~ a~leil, or Barwick_, _fame G01m[el!, dr court of]1tjt1ce, the Juri_[drtlron wh~reo~, mtght exte·nd, part into Engldnd, ~nd part Into Scot/ana;':" Ith a Commiffion)not to pro· c~ed prectfely,or meerly, ~ccordmg t<? the Lawes)and cujiomes, etthe~ of England, or S~otland j But mtxtly :1 accordin~ to Infiructwns, by your MaJeflJ, to be fet down,afrer the Imitation, qnd Precedent, of the Counfell, of the Marches here in England Erected, upon the '!<_nion, of Wales. . ' ' ---~ ' . The third !f2!!eflion i£ thac, which many \vill make a great ff<!!ef!. ron of, tho~gh, perhaps, your Ma jefly, will make no !')}!1iion of tt; And that Is, Whether your lldtzjefly, fhou!d not make, a fiop, ~r fiand here, an~ nor to proceed,.to any further Vnion; Contenting your Self, with the two former Articles or Points. For it ;will be faid, That we are now ~ell, (thanks be to ~od i) And your 1/dajefly, an~ t.he State, ~f neither Kingdome, ts to be repented of;A~d that It IS true, whtch Hippocrates faith· ' That, Sana Corpora dilficile medicationes ferunt': It is better t~ ~ake Alterations, in lick Bodies, then in found. The con}deration of which Poi1rt, will refr upon t hef~ two Branche!: What Intonvenie11cies will enfue, wilh time, if the Realmes fiand as ~hey are,divided,~which ar~ yet not found, nor fprung up. For Furrher Union befides the 1 Removing of ; I neon venient · and diffenting Lawes and Ufagest It may be, the 1 weetneffe, of your M,lje.ftier firfi: Entrance and the great Benefit,that both Nations have felt thereby had~ co':er~d many Inconveniencies; Which,neverthelelfe, b~ your /r!aJefttes Government, never {o gracious, and Pollitick, <J;onu. nuance ~f Time,and the Accidents of fime, may breed and dtfcover, tf the Kingdomes O:and divided. . ' E e The --" ~ - . " - = |
