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.

Lib. 2. Of what passed when he was the Kings Commissioner in Scot∣land, in the Years 1638, and 1639.

An. 1637.

THe Marq. imployed in the Affairs of Scotland,

p. 27.

A recapitulation of the State of the Church from the Reformation,

p. 28.

The Ministers were popular and facti∣ous,

ibid.

King James sets up Episcopacy,

ibid.

but it receives great Opposition,

ibid.

The King prosecutes his Designs,

p. 29.

Prejudice conceived against the Bishops,

ibid.

They are charged with Popery,

ibid.

And Arminianism,

ibid.

And breach of Sabbath,

ibid.

The Nobility grow jealous of them,

p. 30.

Their Clergy dislike them,

ibid.

The Liturgy is appointed to be used,

ibid.

A Tumult at the first reading of it,

p. 31.

Traquair's Letter about the occasion of the Troubles,

ibid.

New Tumults,

p. 32.

The Kings Proclamation does not quiet them.

ibid.

1638.

The National Covenant is sworn,

ibid.

Traquair goes to Court,

p. 33.

And procures a new Proclamation,

p. 34.

which they Protest against,

ibid.

The Council sends the King an account by the Lord Iustice-Clerk,

ibid.

His Instructions,

ibid.

Traquair and Roxbrough write to the King,

p. 36.

The Councils Letter to the Marq.

p. 37.

The King names the Marq. Commissioner for Scotland,

p. 38.

Articles sent up by the Covenanters,

p. 39.

Complaints sent up by the Bishops, and their Clergy,

p. 41.

The King resolves to redress their Grie∣vances,

p. 42.

Some Discourses that passed in the Kings Closet between the Marq. and the Bi∣shops,

ibid.

The Kings Proclamation,

p. 43.

Another Proclamation,

p. 44.

The Arch-Bishop of St. And. his draught

draught of a Proclamation,

p. 45.

Queries of the Marquis's to the King, with the King's answers,

p. 46.

The Instructions the King gave him,

p. 50.

He goes to Scotland,

p. 51.

Great jealousies of him there,

p. 52.

He finds things in an ill posture,

ibid.

Of which he gives the King an account,

p. 53.

He goes to Edinburgh,

p. 54.

and treats with the Covenanters,

ibid.

The King writes to him to proceed wa∣rily,

p. 55.

The Multitudes scatter,

p. 56.

The King writes to him about his prepa∣rations,

ibid.

The Session brought back to Edinburgh,

p. 57.

The Covenanters desire a speedy answer,

ibid.

Many advise him to accept of an Expla∣nation of the Covenant,

p. 58.

Which he proposes to the King,

ibid.

The Arch-B. of St. And. draught of the Explanation,

ibid.

The King writes to him about his Artil∣lery, Money, and other designs,

p. 59.

The King will hear of no Explanation of the Covenant,

p. 60.

The Marquis asks leave to come to Court,

p. 61.

The King grants it,

ibid.

The B. of Ross's Letter to the Marq. a∣bout his conduct in Scotland,

p. 62.

The Session sate at Edinburgh,

p. 64.

The Kings Proclamation published,

ibid.

And Protested against,

ibid.

The Inconstancy of the Council,

ibid.

The Marq. takes Iourney,

p. 65.

He gives the King an Account of Af∣fairs,

ibid.

And gets new Instructions,

ibid.

The Kings Letter to the Council,

p. 67.

And Declaration,

ibid.

The Covenanters are busy in Scotland,

p. 68.

A Debate between them and the Doctors in Aberdeen,

ibid.

The Covenanters Resolutions,

p. 69.

The Marquis makes the Kings Pleasure known,

ibid.

The Covenanters are not satisfied with it,

p. 70.

The Marq. goes again to Court,

ibid.

An advice offered to the King,

ibid.

for renewing King James his Cove∣nant,

p. 71.

The Kings reasons against it,

p. 72.

But at length he gives way to it,

ibid.

And gives the Marquis new Instructions,

ibid.

Other Instructions about the Bishops,

p. 74.

An Assembly to sit at Glasgow,

p. 75.

The Kings Covenant,

ibid.

And the Bond joyned to it,

p. 77.

The Bishops are jealous of the Marquis,

p. 78.

Iealousies begin among the Covenanters,

p. 79.

The Marq. calls the Council to let them know the Kings Concessions,

p. 80.

The Covenanters move for a delay,

ibid.

but after a long debate the Council is satisfied with them,

ibid.

They are proclaimed,

ibid.

The Covenanters protest against them,

ib.

The K. is well satisfied with the Marq.

ibid.

The Marq. apprehends the danger Episco∣pacy was in,

p. 82.

Which the King did not think so great, but is highly displeased with the Cove∣nanters,

ibid.

A pretended Prophetess,

p. 83.

A Iesuit turns Presbyterian,

ibid.

The Marquis prepares for the Assembly,

p. 84.

The King is for punishing those that did Protest against his Proclamation,

ibid.

The Covenanters oppose the signing of the King's Covenant,

p. 85.

The Elections for the Assembly,

p. 86.

The Bishop and Doctors of Aberdeen subscribe the King's Covenant with li∣mitations

ibid.

Some are for proroguing the Assembly,

p. 87.

But the K. disapproves of that,

p. 88.

The Bishops are cited to the Assembly,

ibid.

Many Lords of the Session sign the Kings Covenant, and some of them refuse to do it,

p. 89.

The K. gets the Castle of Edinburgh into his hands, but it is in an ill case,

ibid.

The Marq. spares no cost in the Kings service,

ibid.

The K. wants mony,

ibid.

The K. writes by the Bishop of Ross to the Marquis,

p. 90.

And sends by him his Observations on the Bishops Declinatour,

p. 91.

The Marq. goes to Glasgow,

p. 92.

The Bishops write to him,

ibid.

The strictness of the Kings Conscience,

p. 93.

The Assembly sits down,

ibid.

The Marq. Speech at the opening of it,

p. 94.

The Kings offers to the Assembly,

p. 95.

The Bishops advise him how to proceed,

p. 96.

The Members of the Assembly,

p. 98.

The Marq. sends full advertisements to the King,

ibid.

To which the Kings writes Answer,

p. 99.

The Marq. displeased with the Assembly,

ibid.

Three Letters of the King's to the Marq.

p. 100.

The Marq. resolves to dissolve the Assem∣bly,

p. 101.

His Speech at the Dissolution,

ibid.

Mr. Henderson answers him,

p. 105.

The Marq. replies,

ibid.

He dissolves the Assembly,

p. 106.

But they sit still,

ibid.

The Council approves of what the Marq. did,

ibid.

But Argyle joyns with the Assembly,

ib.

The Mar. goes back to Edinburgh,

p. 107.

The King approves of his carriage,

ibid.

Two Letters from the Arch-bishop of Can∣terbury,

p. 108, and 109.

The Assembly proceeds,

p. 110.

The Marq. issues out a Proclamation a∣gainst them,

ibid.

But they end their business, and write to the King,

p. 111.

The Marq. is indisposed,

ibid.

He goes to Court,

ibid.

An. 1639.

The State of Affairs in Britain,

p. 112.

The King is highly displeased with the Covenanters,

ibid.

And resolves on a War,

p. 113.

The Design of it,

ibid.

The Covenanters prepare for it,

p. 114.

And are Animated by the Ministers,

p. 115.

They become Masters of all Scotland,

ibid.

The K. emits the Manifesto,

p. 116.

The Covenanters begin the War,

ibid.

They take the Castle of Edinburgh,

ibid.

The King goes to York,

p. 117.

Huntley is taken prisoner,

ibid.

The Marq. makes ready to go to Sea,

p. 118.

The K. is angry with Traquair,

ibid.

Berwick and Carlisle possessed by the King,

p. 119.

The King writes about his Proclamati∣on,

p. 120.

Hopes from Ireland fail,

ibid.

The King sends ••is Proclamation to the Marq.

ibid.

And orders the Marq. to sail to the Frith,

ibid.

The Marq. puts his Souldiers aboard,

ibid.

Some alterations in the Proclamation,

p. 122.

The King orders the Marq. not to go to the North,

p. 123.

The Marq. sails into the Frith

p. 124.

He sends the Kings Proclamation to E∣dinburgh,

ibid.

The Covenanters write to him,

p. 125.

To which he answers,

p. 126.

Some come and treat with him,

p. 127.

The Kings Advices to him,

ibid.

A Proposition about the Ferries in Scot∣land,

p. 128.

The Earl of Rothes writes sharply to the Marq.

p. 129.

The Marq. Answers him,

p. 130.

The Marq. sends some proposals for a Treaty to the King,

p. 131.

Which the K. is pleased with,

ibid.

The state of the Covenanters Forces,

p. 132.

The K. sends for two Regiments from the Marq.

p. 133.

A Conference between the Marq▪ and some Covenanters,

ibid.

The K. sends some Lords to the Marq.

p. 135.

And the Viscount of Aboyn,

p. 136.

The K. is willing to enter on a Treaty,

p. 137.

And is well satisfied with the Marq.

ibid.

Some on the Borders gained to the Kings Party,

p. 138.

The K. Orders the Marq. to proceed to Hostilities,

ibid.

Who sets about it,

ibid.

But gets new Orders, and goes to Court,

p. 139.

A Treaty is begun,

p. 140.

and concluded,

p. 141.

The Kings Declaration,

ibid.

The Articles of the Treaty,

p. 142.

It is variously censured,

p. 143.

And not like to take effect,

ibid.

The Castles are delivered to the K.

p. 144.

The Marq. offers advice to the K.

p. 145.

The King thinks to send him again Com∣missioner,

ibid.

But he gives many reasons against it,

p. 146.

Traquair is made Commissioner,

p. 148.

The K. writes for many Covenanters,

ibid.

Some only come,

ibid.

The Kings Order to the Marq. about them,

ibid.

Montrose is gained by the King,

p. 149.

Traquair's Instructions,

ibid.