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A Letter from the nobility, barons, and commons of Scotland in the year 1320, yet extant under all the seals of nobility, directed to Pope John wherein they declare their firm resolutions to adhere to their king, Robert the Bruce, as the restorer of the safety, and liberties of the people, and as having the true right of succession, but withall, they notwithstanding declare, that if the king should offer to subvert their civil liberties, they will disown him as an enemy, and choose another to be king, for their own defense / translated from the original, in Latine ... by Sir George M'Kenzie.

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A Letter from the nobility, barons, and commons of Scotland in the year 1320, yet extant under all the seals of nobility, directed to Pope John wherein they declare their firm resolutions to adhere to their king, Robert the Bruce, as the restorer of the safety, and liberties of the people, and as having the true right of succession, but withall, they notwithstanding declare, that if the king should offer to subvert their civil liberties, they will disown him as an enemy, and choose another to be king, for their own defense / translated from the original, in Latine ... by Sir George M'Kenzie.
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Edinburgi :: [s.n.],
1700.
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"A Letter from the nobility, barons, and commons of Scotland in the year 1320, yet extant under all the seals of nobility, directed to Pope John wherein they declare their firm resolutions to adhere to their king, Robert the Bruce, as the restorer of the safety, and liberties of the people, and as having the true right of succession, but withall, they notwithstanding declare, that if the king should offer to subvert their civil liberties, they will disown him as an enemy, and choose another to be king, for their own defense / translated from the original, in Latine ... by Sir George M'Kenzie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A48092.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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LETTER From the NOBILITY, BARONS and COMMONS of SCOTLAND, in the Year 1320, yet Extant under all the Seals of the NOBILITY: DIRECTED TO POPE JOHN Wherein they declare their firm Resolutions, to adhere to their King ROBERT the BRUCE, as the Restorer of the Safety, and Liberties of the People, and as having the true Right of Succession; But withall, they notwithstanding De∣clare, That if the King should offer to subvert their Civil Liberties, they will disown him as an Enemy, and choose another to be King, for their own Defence.

Translated from the Original, in Latine, as it is insert by Sir George M'kenzie of Rose∣haugh, His Majesty's Advocate, in his Observations on Precedency, &c.

Impressum juxta Typum nuper Edinburgi Excusum Anno 1700

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