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CATHOLIC DOCUMENTS
Apostolic See and with the King of Spain, wherefor the said King sends
to submit the following articles and conventions for his confederation
with Spain.
What the Most Invincible King of Scotland offers to his Catholic Majesty for
the mutual good of the two Kings and of the two Kingdoms.
1. First, to reconcile himself and his Kingdom with the Apostolic See,
and to give satisfaction to his Holiness in this particular, and to aid in
the extirpation of all heresies in the kingdoms of Scotland, England,
and Ireland.
2. To make an offensive and defensive league with the King of Spain
against all enemies, of whatever condition they may be.
3. To make war forthwith against the Queen of England, declare him¬
self her enemy, and oppose her at every point in Scotland, England,
Ireland, and elsewhere.
4. To reconcile himself at once with all the earls and other Catholic
lords who have taken arms for religion, or have been banished for this
cause. All shall at once have their estates, goods, and honours restored
to them, and the King will unite himself with them, and will be guided
by their counsel, and will honour, defend, and cherish them, as also all
others who are Catholics.
5. The King will grant shelter and protection to all those Catholics,
English and Irish, who shall have fled from the persecution of the
Englishwoman, and will give them liberty and security in the exercise
of their religion in all the States of Scotland.
6. He will recall from the States of Flanders and of France all Scots¬
men in the service of the heretics, or against the King of Spain, and
will command them, under pain of death, to serve no longer under any
Prince against the said King.
7. He will assist the said King of Spain with 10,000 fighting men against
whomsoever of his enemies, and that at the expense of the said King of
Spain, until the said King of Scotland shall obtain the English Crown.
But when he obtains it, he will assist with the same number of men at
his own expense, until the said King of Spain shall have brought to an
end the Flemish wars.
8. The King of Scotland will send two Ambassadors from among the
principal and greatest men of his Kingdom to reside in the two Courts of
Spain and Flanders, through whom matters will be arranged more in
detail.
9. Over and above this, the King of Scotland offers to give into the
hands of the King of Spain his son, the prince of Scotland, as greater
security for all these conventions, and this shall be done at once if his
Catholic Majesty agrees to settle this League, and consents to the things
which are asked of him, as follows.