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. 3. Of what passed after he laid down his Commission, till Ju∣ly 1642.

THe Marq. retires from Publick Af∣fairs,

p. 153.

Traquair goes to Scotland,

ibid.

The King writes to the Scotish Bishops,

p. 154.

Their Declinatour of the Assembly,

p. 155.

The Assembly sits, and are very high,

p. 156.

The King sends further directions to Tra∣quair,

ibid.

A new explanation of the Covenant,

p. 157.

Traquair signs the Covenant,

p. 158.

The King is much displeased with him,

ibid.

T••e Parliament sits,

p. 159.

But is Prorogued,

ibid.

The Covenanters send up their Complaint to the King,

p. 160.

Whom Traquair incites to a War,

ibid.

The Earl of Lowdon put in the Tower,

ibid.

and the reason of it,

p. 161.

A new War resolved on,

ibid.

An. 1640.

The Covenanters preparations,

p. 162.

Lanerick is made Secretary of State,

ibid.

Lindsay writes to the Marq. to prevent a War,

ibid.

The Marq. answers him by the King's Orders,

p. 163.

The Grounds of the Covenanters confi∣dence,

p. 165.

A short Parl. in England,

p. 166.

The Privy Councellours lend money,

ibid.

And so does the Marquis,

ibid.

The Parl. in Scotland sits without any Commissioner from the King,

ibid.

And send up their Acts to the K.

p. 167.

With which the King is much offended,

p. 168.

A Memorial of Lowdon's,

p. 169.

An Agreement between the Marq. and him in two Papers,

p. 170, 171.

He is set at Liberty,

ibid.

Lanerick writes by him in the King's name to the Committee in Scotland,

ibid.

Their Answer to that Letter,

p. 172.

The Scots Complaints,

p. 173.

They come into England,

ibid.

The K. declares them Traitors,

ibid.

They beat the Kings Forces at New∣burn,

ibid.

And pass Tine, and take Newcastle,

p. 174.

They write again to Lanerick,

ibid.

And send a Petition to the K.

p. 175.

The K. answers it,

p. 176.

They send another Letter,

p. 177.

The K. appoints a Treaty,

p. 178.

The Marq. presses a Pacification,

ibid.

A breach between the Marq. and Mon∣trose,

p. 179.

The Treaty begins at Rippon,

p. 180.

and is carried on at London,

ibid.

The Kings Answer to the Remonstrance of the Two Houses,

ibid.

An. 1641.

The King yields to the demands of the Covenanters,

p.181.

The E. of Strafford writes to the Marq.

p.182.

Many complain of the Marq.

p.183.

The E. of Rothes dies,

p. 184.

The Parl. proceeds against Incendiaries,

ibid.

Montrose is put in Prison,

ibid.

The K. goes to Scotland,

ibid.

The Members of Parl. there subscribe the Covenant,

p. 185.

The Marq. is vindicated by Act of Parl. from the Calumnies some did cast on him,

ibid.

But the K. grows jealous of him,

ibid.

An account of the Incident,

p. 186.

He again recovers the Kings favour,

ib.

The Rebellion in Ireland,

p. 187.

The Marq. Friendships designed for the Kings Service,

ibid.

The K. returns to London,

ibid.

Some design to impeach the Marq. in Eng∣land,

ibid.

But that is prevented,

p. 188.

An. 1642.

The Scotish Commissioners stickle in Eng∣land against Episcopacy,

ibid.

The King is offended with them for it,

p. 189.

And requires them to do so no more,

ibid.

He writes about it to Lowdon and Ar∣gyle,

ibid.

The Scotish Army is sent to Ireland,

p. 191.

The Marquis's sickness,

p. 192.

The Treaty between Scotland and Eng∣land,

ibid.

New Calumnies on the Marquis,

ibid.

But he clears himself,

p. 193.

The K. thinks of going to Ireland,

ibid.

The Marq. waits on the King,

p. 194.

And is sent by him to Scotland,

ibid.