after the threatening Act of England; and therefore I doubt not that this House will vote that no Treaty be entered upon unless the Parliament of England declare, that the claufes of their Act shall not take effect till the iffue of the Treaty, or fome fuch clause; and I hope this will not be conftructed being against the Treaty; for without fome fuch thing, no Scotsman who reguards the honor of his countrey, or defigns to fix his interest here, can be for it.

Since writing what's above, I have yours of the 18th, but it being late, can give no other answer than that the New Partie are onlie for such Limitations as will fecure Scotland, but with no defign to have them touched before the nomination; and for regulations, I know of none intended but what's already voted. It's ftrange the Treasurer would give no answer about the offers made by Queensberry, for we have some ground to fufpe&t that the Treasurer has wrote of it to Queensberry. Therefore Roxburgh defires you'l mention nothing of that matter to any bodie elfe; yea, not to the Treasurer againe till you hear from him

Auguft 23d, 1705.

CVIII. FROM SECRETARY JOHNSTONE.

28th August [1]705.

YOUR laft were of the 14th and 26th. I had 117's (Roxburgh's) of the 18th. I hope both he and you had mine of the fame date. I wrote to you, too, on the 23d. I was with 32 (the Lord Treasurer) yesterday. All is now calm again. He fays 101 (the New Party) are masters, and may doe what they please, and that if matters end calmly, it must be owing to them; that to end them fo, will be both for 21's (the Queen's) and 102's (the New Party's) fervice. By ending well he means 85 (the Treaty), which is the favourite. Is fatisfied 81 (Limitations) be voted, but that noe more is practicable without 78 (the Succeffion); and indeed would 22 (the Queen) yield the one without the other, what would the world think of it? 147 (Johnstone) faid 101's (the New Party's) refolution was to fhow themselves

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the fame out and in; but if contrary to their intentions, they should vary

to keep a majority on their fide, and not to have both 57 (the Court) and 87* against them, it would be very excufable in them, he yeilded. I think 101 mfbtf ugf onlkobukno un ugf ptffo (the New Party) cannot doe better than leave the nomination to the Queen; (but at this distance I am noe judge.) Houever, in order to this, in cafe you find it beft, I got 36's (the Lord Treafurer's) promise to order 99 (the Old un af ens ugba Party) to be for that.

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Farewell.

CIX. FROM THE SAME.

September the 1st, 1705.

I WROTE to you on the 23d and 28th, and have had yours of the 23d and 25th, and your friend's of the fame date, to my answer to which I referr you for what is not here. It will look ftrange here that the Cavaliers were for a Parliament within a year, for the late doctrine is a new Parliament to fetle the Succeffion. Your vote in that matter will not be mistaken, in my opinion. As for your clause that the Treaty do not commence till the English fufpend their Act till the iffue of the Treaty, it's a better expedient than any other I have heard of, and I do not fee that any great exception can be taken to it. It is not poffible that 32 (the Lord Treasurer) would write to 112 (Queensberry) of what is betwixt him and 117 (Roxburgh). It's like he might write to 116 (Seafield) of what concerned him in that matter, and to keep him from dipping with 112 (Queensberry), and an unione with 102 (the New Party). 117 (Roxburgh) mistakes 32's (the Lord Treasurer's) not anfwering upon that point, for now he is plain that it

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that at my defire 100 (the Old Party) will have orders to be for the nomi

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nation. You should gett off the Plott,† fince you'l be defeated in it by

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addreffing for papers. The New Party's denying the supply is made a noise

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of, but 147 (Johnfton) is going to 57 (Court) where 34 (the Lord Treasurer) expects him; for he will not stick in the taill, tho' he be very weary of it. You may writ to your old landlord fometimes till I return.

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Pray make Martha copy over my letters fince I saw you, before the come away, or bring the originals with her, if you come not up after the Parliament, as I wish you would. If the copy them, fee that fhe do it at full length.

CX. FROM THE EARL OF ROXBURGH.

I HAD a letter from 147 (Johnstone), dated the 1ft of September, by which I find he is ftill very fond of 34 (the Lord Treasurer), and seems better pleased with him than ever; fo itt will be abfolutely necessary you advyfe him to lye off, and allow his friends to do fo too. I am this far on my journey, and fhall be att Morpath to-morrow, where I hope to hear from you; but till I hear you are up, I fhall never be in perfect peace.

In my opinion, an order of Parliament, nemine contradicente, may lye heavy upon 100 (the Old Party). If a three years cefs is brought in and carried, it will do 99 (the Old Party) no fmall hurt with 38 (the Whigs), if ever 101 (the New Party) ply that way; but to think of 79 (Succeffion) upon it, I am affraid will be too hafty, and might have bad effects, whichever way it went. 36's (The Lord Treasurer's) words to 147 (Johnstone) were, that 102 (the New Party) joyning with 100 (the Old Party) in things would do well enough, for concerts feemed not neceffary. Pray write to me by another hand than your own.

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September the 8th, 1705.

Adieu.

CXI. TO THE EARL OF ROXBURGH.

SINCE my last, the House have been upon private bufiness, and A&s for encouradging the export of beef, pork, linnen, &c., which are voted. Ane A&t, for discharging the importing of all goods from England, was the work of yesterday's meeting, and after a long debate, Whether the A& fhould be

in generall termes, or if the fpeciall branches of trade to be prohibite should be condefcended upon; the latter was carried after which the House went upon the particulars; but by a vote having refused the discharge of tobacco, fugar, and fome other goods that were of most value, the reft were fo inconfiderable, that the House thought fit to let the A&t fall; and to-day went upon the Cefs, and did agree to fix moneths for the armie and two frigots, payable at Martimaffe, Candlemas, and Lammas next; then added a moneth more, payable at Martimaffe 1706, for outreiking and keeping at fea the William frigot for eight moneths, to be convoy to our Dutch fleet; and what remaines is appointed for Anderfone and Hodges, but nothing could be got to Ridpath, tho' it was preft by severalls. A longer fupply was not demanded, only fome infinuations made, that by giving two moneths more, the Parliament might be put off to winter, which would be ane ease to the leidges; but did not take, and was not infifted on. 147 (Johnftone) fayes that 32 (the Lord Treasurer) is plaine that it will doe as well both for 21 (the Queen) and 102 (the New Party) to fhun concerts as they do, either with 109 (Duke Hamilton), or 112 (Queensberry), but that they unite in things, or 85 (the Treaty).

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CXII. FROM SECRETARY JOHNSTONE.

9th September [1]705.

My laft to your friend and you were on the 1ft; I have his and yours of the 28th. Houever letters have been feen. I doe not remember, tell 117 (Roxburgh), what I wrote of 118 (Roxburgh), which he defires to know further of, and fo cannot anfwer him. I was long on the 3d with 32 (the Lord Treasurer), who ftill tells me that he believed not the charge against 102 (the New Party), but was plain that all the moderation they had shown muft paffe for nothing without there be 85 (a Treaty) :—as for falvoes, what they pleased that did not hinder 86 (the Treaty); and noe objection was

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fays, by experience. He confounds regulations with Limitations, and fays that without a nomination, neither of them were to have past last year. 147 (Johnstone) faid 102 (the New Party) had not understood it so, and that to fhun the Act of Security, they would have paffed them, and told him they Without 86 must be past now, or there will be noe 86 (Treaty) nor Cess. (the Treaty), he said, there would be noe more 87 (Scottish Parliaments), but 68 (war), which he seems to be against, but 37 (the Whigs) and 107 (Schutz) are violentlye and avowedly for; and better nou, they fay, than after 66 (a peace), when 63 (France) will have her hands free to affift 74 (Scotland). 72 (England), 35 (the Whigs) fay, will nou be at the charge. Even Mr. Burnet preaches this doctrine. 38 (The Lord Treasurer) told me that 109 (Duke Hamilton) had nou quite broke with them; that is, as I understood him, was against 86 (the Treaty), which shows there had been an 86 (Treaty) with him. He told me not, but another did, that 23 (the Queen) will not paffe your Act, prohibiting trade. You are in the right upon the

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matter in your objections to the conftitution; but your objection is the very reason that I obtained it the laft year, and therefore your change in that, I have told, was the neceffity you were in to keep a majority on your own fide fince 57 (the Court) had thrown you off. Tell 169 (Belhaven) that I read to 34 (the Lord Treasurer) what 175 (Baillie) wrote to me for 169 (Belhaven); bnt he did not believe me, but frankly told me that 170 (Belhaven) had written to him, and not denyed the words, and therefore he could not but believe he had spoken them. I had not then 170's (Belhaven's) letter, and fo could fay little. Thus he wronged both you and himself by his negligence to write in tyme; but nou that I have his, I fhall mend the matter as well as I can. Farewell.

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