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presented by him nor our other historians ; some of them
blending the treaty with the Queen of England, and the
concessions granted to the subjects of Scotland into one
single instrument ; others again, narrating the first only,
and entirely omitting the last, or, e contra ; I shall lay
here the several parts and portions both of the one
and the other before my readers, from uncontrovertible
authorities.
" ARTICLES 1 AGREED BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS OP THE
QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND THOSE OF THE KING AND QUEEN
OF FRANCE AND SCOTLAND, AT BERWICK, THE 14tH DAY
OF JUNE 15G0. 2
1. " The saids Commissioners have agreed, That the town
of Edinburgh shall be the place of treaty.
2. " It is agreed that on Monday next (the 17th of the
month) the saids Commissioners shall convene all together
in the said place, and begin the treaty, which shall endure
no longer than until Saturday thereafter inclusive, unless
the saids Commissioners shall prorogate the same for some
just cause.
3. " On the said Monday, the Commissioners shall agree
upon the method and form of a mutual abstinence or ces-
sation of arms 3 during the time of the treaty.
4. " The French Commissioners and their retinue included
in their letters of safe-conduct, shall be obliged to enter the
limits of Scotland in company with the Commissioners of
England, and none of them must carry along with them
more money than shall appear to be justly necessary for
their ordinary expenccs. Neither shall it be lawful for them
to have any conference with French or Scottish men, either
on the road to Edinburgh, or during their abode in Scotland,
in the time of the treaty, but by consent of the Commission-
ers of England, or of such persons as shall be appointed by
them to look after this matter.
1 Cotton Library, Calig. Book X. a Copy; and Lawyers' [Advocates 1 J
Library, Edinburgh.
2 One half of these Articles are in the Latin tongue, and the other in
English.
3 This abstinence served the English to ^-ood purpose. See Appendix,
Number XXIII.