The King's Commissioners Answer. 22. Feb.
[ CXXXIII] VVE have hitherto conceived, that this Treaty hath been betwixt us that are appointed Commissioners by His Majesty, and your Lordships the Com∣missioners from the two Houses of the Parliament of England, and your Lordships the Commissioners of the Parliament of Scotland, joyntly, and not severally: But finding that your Lordships the Commissioners of the Parliament of Scotland have delivered to us a distinct Paper, signed only by your Secretary, of the twentieth of Feb. concerning the Militia, and that not concurring with the other joynt Paper delivered and subscribed by both your Secretaries upon that Subject that day; we desire to know whether the Commis∣sioners of the Parliament of Scotland have a negative voice, or have not power to con∣clude, without farther power to be granted from the Estates of the Parliament of Scot∣land, and expect in this Treaty to be severally Treated with. And after your Lord∣ships Answer to this Paper we shall be able to give your Lordships a farther Answer to your joynt Paper of the 20th. of February.