Series 1 > Letters and papers illustrating the relations between Charles the Second and Scotland in 1650

PROJECTS OF MONTROSE
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her owne men came aboard, and also the other fisher-men, who
are brought home. Those men report that Montrosse having
received some intelligence from London which came to him in
fourteene dayes, he presently gave order to put his men into a
marching posture, and intended to pass over into Scotland the
first of this moneth, that those men are about six thousand,
besides those he takes of the Islands, which are all from sixty
to fourteene: in one of their colours they carry the effigies of
the late King’s head with streams of blood from it, in another
of a coffin, into which he was put.
By the originall pass given to these men, under Montrosse his
hand and scale of armes (which I have scene) it is now evident
that Montrosse is certainely there, in Orkney or in the North
of Scotland, whereby tis very probable those troubles will begin
in Scotland that will not be easily quieted againe.
XLIII
ANSWERS SUGGESTED BY THE PRINCE OF ORANGE AS
FIT TO BE GIVEN BY CHARLES II. TO THE SCOT¬
TISH COMMISSIONERS1
Pourvu que le Roy receive asseurance qu’il aura 1’exercise
de son authorite royalle selon les loix du Royaume, et que le
Royaume d’Escosse s’engage de faire tout ce qui leur sera
possible pour son restablissement en tous les droits dans ses
royaumes d’Engleterre et dTrelande et pour faire executer
justice contre tous ceux qui ont este coupables de 1’horrible
parricide du feu Roy son pere, et aussi qu’une amnestie
generalle soit faicte et accordu afin que personne ne soit
praejudicie pour s’estre engage dans le dernier engagement du
parlement d’Escosse 1’an 1648; mais que tous acts faicts contre
eux a cause de cela soient cassez et revoquez :—
Sa Majeste approuvera le covenant national d’Escosse et
la ligue et covenant solemnell et il ratifera tous acts des parle-
ments enjoignans la ligue et covenant, le gouvernement presbi-
1 Printed by Dr. Wijnne in Geschillen over de Afdanking van’t krijgsvolk.