Basiliká the works of King Charles the martyr : with a collection of declarations, treaties, and other papers concerning the differences betwixt His said Majesty and his two houses of Parliament : with the history of his life : as also of his tryal and martyrdome.

MDCXLIII. IV. The Articles of the late Treaty, of the Date Edenburgh, the 29. of November. 1643.

Die Mercurii, 3. Januarii, 1643-44.

Articles of the Treaty agreed upon betwixt the Commissioners of both Houses of the Parliament of England, having Power and Commission from the said Honourable Houses, and the Commissioners of the Convention of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland, authorized by the Committee of the said Estates, concerning the solemn League and Covenant, and the Assistance demanded in pursuance of the Ends expressed in the same.

[ IV] WHereas the two Houses of the Parliament of England, out of a just and deep sense of the great and iminent Danger of the true Protestant Religion, in re∣gard of the great Forces of Papists, Prelates, Malignants and their Adherents, raised and imployed against the constant Professors thereof in England and Ireland, thought fit to send their Commissioners unto the Kingdom of Scotland, to Treat with the Convention of Estates and general Assembly there, concerning such things as might tend to the preservation of Religion, and the mutual good of both Nations; and to that end, to desire a more near and strict Union betwixt the Kingdoms, and the Assistance of the Kingdom of Scotland, by a considerable Strength to be raised and sent by them into the Kingdom of England; and whereas upon a Consultation held betwixt the Commissi∣oners of the Parliament of England, the Committees of the Convention of Estates, and General Assembly, no means was thought so expedient to accomplish and strengthen the Union, as for both Nations to enter into a solemn League and Covenant, and a form thereof drawn and presented to the two Houses of Parliament of England, the Conventi∣on of Estates, and General Assembly of Scotland, which hath accordingly been done, and received their respective Approbation; and whereas the particulars concerning the Assi∣stance desired by the two Houses of the Parliament of England from their Brethren of Scotland were delivered in by the English Commissioners, August the 19. to the Conven∣tion of Estates, who did thereupon give power to their Committee to consider and de∣bate further with the English Commissioners of what other Propositions might be added or concluded, whereby the Assistance desired might be made more effectual and benefi∣cial; and in pursuance thereof these Propositions following were considered of and deba∣ted by the Commitee and Commissioners aforesaid, to be certified with all convenient speed to the two Houses of the Parliament of England, and the Convention of Estates of Scotland, by their respective Committees and Commissioners, to be respectively taken into their consideration, and proceeded with as they should find cause; which being accord∣ingly done, and these ensuing Propositions approved, agreed and concluded of by the Houses of the Parliament of England and the Committee of the Estates of Scotland re∣spectively, and power by them given to their respective Committees and Commissioners formally to agree and conclude the same, as may appear by the Votes of both Houses dated the first of November, and the Order of the Committee bearing date the seventeenth of

November: We the said Commissioners and Committees, according to their Votes and Orders, do formally conclude and agree upon these Articles following, and in confirmation thereof do mutually subscribe the same.

1. It is agreed and concluded, that the Covenant represented to the Convention of E∣states and General Assembly of Scotland, and sent to both Houses of the Parliament of England in the same form as it is now returned from the two Houses of the Parliament of England to their Brethren of Scotland, and allowed by the Committee of Estates and Commissioners of the General Assembly, be sworn and subscribed by both Kingdoms, as a most near Tye and Conjunction between them, for their mutual defence against the Pa∣pists and Prelatical Faction and their Adherents in both Kingdoms, and for pursuance of the Ends expressed in the said Covenant.

2. That an Army to this purpose shall be levied forthwith, consisting of Eighteen thou∣sand Foot effectivè, and Two thousand Horse and One thousand Dragooners effectivè, with a suitable Train of Artillery, to be ready at some general Rendezvous near the Borders of England, to march into England for the purposes aforesaid with all convenient speed: the said Foot and Horse to be well and compleatly Armed, and provided with Victuals and Pay for forty days; and the said Train of Artillery to be fitted in all points ready to march.

3. That the Army be commanded by a General appointed by the Estates of Scotland, and subject to such Resolutions and Directions as are and shall be agreed and concluded on mutually between the two Kingdoms, or by Committees appointed by them in that be∣half, for pursuance of the Ends above-mentioned.

4. That the Charge of levying, arming, and bringing the said Forces together furnish∣ed, as also the fitting the Train of Artillery in readiness to march, be computed and set down according to the same Rates as if the Kingdom of Scotland were to raise the said Ar∣my for themselves and their own Affairs: All which for the present is to be done by the Kingdom of Scotland upon Accompt, and the Accompt to be delivered to the Commissio∣ners of the Kingdom of England; and when the Peace of the two Kingdoms is settled, the same to be repay'd or satisfied to the Kingdom of Scotland.

5. That this Army be likewise pay'd as if the Kingdom of Scotland were to imploy the same for their own occasions, and toward the defraying thereof (it not amounting to the full Months pay) shall be Monthly allowed and pay'd the sum of Thirty thousand Pounds sterling by the Parliament of England, out of the Estates and Revenues of the Papists, Prelates, Malignants and their Adherents, or otherwise; and in case the said Thirty thousand Pounds Monthly, or any part thereof, be not pay'd at the time when it shall become due and payable, the Kingdom of England shall give the Publick Faith for the paying of the remainder unpay'd, with all possible speed, allowing the rate of Eight Pounds per centum for the time of the performance thereof. And in case that notwithstand∣ing the said Monthly sum of Thirty thousand Pounds pay'd as aforesaid, the States and King∣dom of Scotland shall have just cause to demand further satisfaction of their Brethren of England when the Peace of both Kingdoms is settled, for the pains, hazard and charges they have undergone in the same, they shall by way of Brotherly assistance have due re∣compence made unto them by the Kingdom of England; and that out of such Lands and Estates of the Papists, Prelates, Malignants and their Adherents, as the two Houses of the Parliament of England shall think fit; and for the assurance thereof, the Publick Faith of the Kingdom of England shall be given them.

6. And to the end the said Army in manner aforesaid may be enabled and prepared to march, the Kingdom of England is to pay in ready Money to their Brethren of Scotland, or such as shall have power from the Estates of that Kingdom, the sum of One hundred thousand Pounds sterling, at Leith or Edenburgh, with all convenient speed, by way of advance, before-hand; which is to be discounted back again unto the Kingdom of Eng∣land by the Kingdom of Scotland, upon the first Monthly allowance which shall grow due to the Scotish Army, from the time they shall make their first entrance into the Kingdom of England.

7. That the Kingdom of Scotland, to manifest their willingness to their utmost ability to be helpful to their Brethren of England in this common Cause, will give the Publick Faith of the Kingdom of Scotland, to be joyntly made use of with the Publick Faith of the Kingdom of England, for the present taking up of Two hundred thousand Pounds sterling, in the Kingdom of England or elsewhere, for the speedy procuring of the said Hundred thousand Pounds sterling as aforesaid, as also a considerable sum, for the satisfy∣ing in good proportion the Arrears of the Scotish Army in Ireland.

8. That no Cessation, nor any Pacification or Agreement for Peace whatsoever, shall be made by either Kingdom, or the Armies of either Kingdom, without the mutual Ad∣vice

and Consent of both Kingdoms, or their Committees in that behalf appointed, who are to have full Power for the same, in case the Houses of the Parliament of England, or the Parliament or Convention of Estates of Scotland shall not sit.

9. That the Publick Faith of the Kingdom of Scotland shall be given to their Brethren of England, that neither their entrance into, nor their continuance in the Kingdom of England shall be made use of to any other ends then are expressed in the Covenant, and in the Articles of this Treaty; and that all matters of difference that shall happen to arise between the Subjects of the two Nations shall be resolved and determined by the mu∣tual Advice and Consent of both Kingdoms, or by such Committees as for this purpose shall be by them appointed, with the same Power as in the precedent Article.

10. That in the same manner and upon the same conditions as the Kingdom of Scot∣land is now willing to aid and assist their Brethren of England, the Kingdom of England doth oblige themselves to aid and assist the Kingdom of Scotland, in the same or like cases of streights and extremities.

11. Lastly, it is agreed and concluded, that during the time that the Scotish Army shall be imployed, as aforesaid, for the defence of the Kingdom of England, there shall be fitted out as Men of War eight Ships, whereof six shall be of Burthen betwixt One hun∣dred and Twenty and two hundred Tun, the other between three and four hundred Tun, whereof two shall be in lieu of the two Ships appointed by the Irish Treaty: all which shall be maintained at the charge of the Kingdom of England, to be imployed for the defence of the Coast of Scotland, under such Commanders as the Earl of Warwick for the time of his being Admiral shall nominate, with the approbation of the Committees of both Kingdoms; which Commanders shall receive from the said Earl general Instructions, that they do from time to time observe the Directions of the Committees of both Kingdoms.