The memoires of the lives and actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, &c. in which an account is given of the rise and progress of the civil wars of Scotland, with other great transactions both in England and Germany, from the year 1625, to the year 1652 : together with many letters, instructions, and other papers, written by King Charles the I : never before published : all drawn out of, or copied from the originals / by Gilbert Burnet ; in seven books.
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The memoires of the lives and actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, &c. in which an account is given of the rise and progress of the civil wars of Scotland, with other great transactions both in England and Germany, from the year 1625, to the year 1652 : together with many letters, instructions, and other papers, written by King Charles the I : never before published : all drawn out of, or copied from the originals / by Gilbert Burnet ; in seven books.
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Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
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London :: Printed by J. Grover for R. Royston ...,
1677.
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Hamilton, James Hamilton, -- Duke of, 1606-1649.
Hamilton, William Hamilton, -- Duke of, 1616-1651.
Scotland -- History -- 17th century.
Scotland -- Church history -- 17th century.
Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649.
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"The memoires of the lives and actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, &c. in which an account is given of the rise and progress of the civil wars of Scotland, with other great transactions both in England and Germany, from the year 1625, to the year 1652 : together with many letters, instructions, and other papers, written by King Charles the I : never before published : all drawn out of, or copied from the originals / by Gilbert Burnet ; in seven books." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A30389.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
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Charge.
That whilst he was the Kings Commissioner he did palpably foment the Diffe∣rences betwixt King and Country, as particularly by these Evidences following: (viz.) Whilst he might have settled at his first Arrival all those unhappy Diffe∣rences, by yielding to the People such things as would have contented the Coun∣try, and which His Majesty had given him Warrant by his Instructions to condescend unto; as particularly by the removal of the Service-Book, Book of Canons, High-Commission, five Articles of Perth, and Episcopacy only limited in a moderate way; he by the contrary, upon his first coming to Scotland, being acquainted herewith, having the same represented to him to the full, did in a fomenting way, so pleasantly deny, as if he would have had some further to have
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been sought. And whilst before his coming all his Friends and Followers, and such as did belong unto him, did resolutely stand out against that Course, no sooner was he come, but all of them perceiving his strain did on a sudden quit their former way, and violently joyn themselves to the other Party: witness amongst others the late Earl of Hadington, Sir Alexander Hamilton his Vn∣cle, now Master of their Ordnance; (a main stickler) the Earl of Lauder∣dale, and his Son the Lord Maitland, of all men most intimate with him; to omit his Brother-in-law the Lord Lindsay, a Principal Actor in that Rebellion from the beginning, and his Cousin-German the Earl of Glencairn, who con∣tinuing long firm for His Majesty, in end (by his secret sollicitation as is thought) made Defection: by which and such-like he cunningly necessitated the breaking up of the Assembly at Glasgow, that the Water might be once trou∣bled, and the Country quite abandoned unto themselves.