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SUBMISSION.
FOr as meckle as I Archibald Marquesse of Argyle, am accused of Treason, at the instance of his Majestie's Advocate, and being alltogether unwilling to appear any wayes in opposition to his Sacred Majesty, considering also that this is the first Parliament called by his Majesty after his happy return to his Kingdomes and Government, for healing and repairing the distempers and breaches made by the late and long troubles and debates, that the great affairs of his Majesty, and these Kingdoms, shall have no in∣terruption upon occasion of any Processe against me.
I will not represent the contagion and fatality of these times, wherewith I with many others of these three Kingdomes have been involved, which hath produced many sad consequences and effects fallen contrary to our intentions, nor will I insist upon the defences of our actings in these Kingdomes before the prevailing of the late Usurpers, (if examined according to the strict interpretation and severity of laws) which may be esteemed a trespasse of his Majesties Royall Commands, and a transgression of the Law, but (notwith∣standing thereof) are by his Majesties clemency covered as with a vail of oblivion by divers Acts of Parliament, and others to that pur∣pose, for the safety and security of his Majesties subjects, and that my actings since, & complyance with so prevalent a partie, (which had wholly subdued this and all his Majesties other Dominions, and was universally acknowledged) may be looked upon as actions of meer necessity which have no law: for 'tis known, that during that time I had no favour from the Usurpers. It was inconsistent with, and re∣pugnant to my Interest, and it cannot be thought (unlesse I had been dementate and void of reason) that I should have had freedome or affection to be for those conspired enemies to Monarchy, who could never expect or tolerate Nobility. And whereas that most horrid and abominable crime of taking away the precious life of the late King of ever glorious memory, is most maliciously and falsely charged upon me. If I had the least accession to that most vile and heinous〈1+ pages missing〉〈1+ pages missing〉