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venticles- to the highest pitch of seventy, by heavy fines
and tedious imprisonments, although their practices
and principles never gave ground for such procedure.
'" It is therefore, on the behalf of the said suffering
people, with all sincere respect desired, that it would
please the King, favourably to recommend their case
to the Council of Scotland, that a difference of cha-
racter may be put upon them, who have; ever lived
and behaved themselves peaceably under the present
Government, from such that are said to have abused
the indulgence ; with some present relief to those
harmless sufferers, to prevent that utterruiri, which
in all probability will attend so many of them that live
by their labour and trade.
(Signed) " R. BARCLAY.*
He delivered this into the King's own
hand, who caused his Secretary, the Duke of
Lauderdale, to underwrite this favourable
reference thereto, in these words t—
" His Majesty is graciously pleased to refer this
Paper to the Right Honourable the Lords of his Ma-
jesty's Privy Counqil of Scotland.
(Signed) « LAUDERDALE."
" Whitehall, Jug. 7 ,1676."

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