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1637.
The ground thus laid, it was thought fit the first part of the Tragedy should be plaid in Scotland. The Bishops of that Church, though they liked well enough of the English Liturgy, desired a Liturgy of their own, for fear of acknowledging some dependency of that Church on this; which being composed amongst themselves, and approved by some of the English Prelates, to whom his Maje∣sty referred the perusall of it, was re∣commended to the Scots for the use of that Church, and the twenty third day of July, Anno 1637. appointed for the first exercise and reading of it: on this occasion followed the sedition at Eden∣burgh, encouraged under-hand by the Marquesse of Hamilton, the Earls of Rox∣borow and Traquair, and many other of the Kings false servants, both in Court and Councel.
This sedition afterwards brake out into open Action, the principall Stick∣lers