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IAMES the VIth, the CVIIIth King.
ON the 29th of August, after an excellent Sermon made by Iohn Knox, Iames, the Sixth of that Name, began his Reign; Iames, Earl of Morton, and Alexander Hume, took the Oath for him, that he would observe the Laws; they also promised, in his Name, that he would observe that Doctrine, and those Rites of Religion, which were then publickly taught and practised, and op∣pose the contrary. A few days after, Hamilton's Partisans murmu∣red, That a few Persons, and those none of the powerfullest neither, had, without their Consent, and contrary to their Expectation, grasp'd all things into their own Hands: When they had tried all the Nobility one by one, they found few of their Opinion, besides those who first came in to them, for many were rather Spectators than Actors of what was done. At length, they wrote to the Royalists, That Argyle was ready to give a Meeting, to con∣fer with the Earl of Murray. These Letters being directed to the Earl of Murray, without any other Title of Honour, were, by the Council's Advice, rejected, and the Messenger dismis∣sed, in effect, without an Answer. But Argyle, knowing what had offended in superscribing his Letters, and, trusting to the Faith∣fulness of the Regent, with a few of the chief of his Faction, came to Edinburgh, where having receiv'd Satisfaction, That 'twas not out of any slighting of those Nobles that were absent, but mere Necessity so requiring, that had caused them to make such haste, in setling a chief Magistrate: A few Days after, he came to the publick Convention of the Estates.