The Copy of a Letter from the Lords of the Council of Scotland to the King Privy Council of Scotland Noah Millstone Principal Investigator MPESE Sebastiaan Verweij Co-Investigator MPESE Richard Bell Research Associate Victoria Anker BRIHC Research Impact Fellow Mike Jones Research Software Engineer Manuscript Pamphleteering in Early Stuart England (MPESE) 2017 United Kingdom London British Library Additional MS 35331 Diary of Walter Yonge

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25 August 1637 Edinbrugh English Latin letter Scottish Church ecclesiastical conflict liturgy Book of Common Prayer Scotland

The Copie of a letter from the Lordes of the Councell of Scotlande to the kinge./

Most sacred soveraigne.

Accordinge to the warrante of your majesties commaundement wee haue bynn moste willinge and ready to giue all occurrance and assistance unto the Lordes of the Clergie for establishinge of the service booke. And notwithstandinge the barbarous tumulte occasioned only (for any thinge wee cann yet lerne) by a nomber of base and Rascally people, wee were very hopefull that in a shorte tyme without any further trouble or importunity to your majestie to haue brought yt to passe; And to that ende havinge appointed a meetinge of Councell upon the 23th of this instante Auguste in this extraordinary tyme of vacancy expresly to consider of the beste course for advancinge of the saide service book wee finde our selves surprised (farre beyonde our expectation) with the clamors and feares of your majesties subiectes from diuerse partes of the kingdome, and that and that even from those whoe otherwise haue heretofore lived in obedience to your majesties lawes) both in Ecclesiasticall and Civill affayres: And that wee finde yt to bee a matter of soe highe a consequence in re= specte of a generall grudge and murmurre of all sortes of people for urginge of the said service book as the lik hath not bynn hearde att any tyme here= tofore: Soe as wee dare not any longer to delaye or conceale yt from your majestie where unto yt may tende or what effecte yt may produce. Nether doe dare wee medle further in the cause untill yt please your majestie in the deepenesse of your royall Iudgment to prescribe the way after the hearinge all of all particulars, either by callinge your majesties councell and Lordes of the clergie to your majesties owne presence to effecte a course that may bee taken, for pacifyinge of the presente commotion and establishinge of the saide service book, or otherwise by such other meanes as to your majestie in your greate wisedome shall seeme fitte. And wee haue appointed the 20th of September nexte for attendinge your majesties pleasure herin, which (as becommeth faithfull and humble subiectes & those whome your majestie hath honored with your royall commaundement) wee are ready to followe and obaye. Soe withall humble prayers for your majesties longe and prosperous raigne wee reste &c.

Apud Edinburgum 25° die Augusti 1637.