1638.—October 24.
82. Letter from the King to Hamilton.[107]
Hamilton.
I would not answer your two of the 14ᵗʰ and 15ᵗʰ of this moneth, till I had fully dispatched the Bishop of Ross, whom I have sent away not onely well instructed, but well satisfied with my ways. It is true that his Instructions were not totally according to our Grounds, but I made him alter (I am confident) as well in Judgment as Obedience; for upon discourse he much approved of my Alterations, confessing likewise, that you upon the place may find reason to make more; wherefore all is referred to you, as well what I answered as what not; so leaving and recommending him to your care, I come to answer your last Letters, with the account of which I am much more satisfied than your other Dispatch before: as likewise you have fully satisfied me in all my Queries, and in particular I confess clearly, you had reason to joyn the Covenanters with my honest Servants, for procuring of Subscriptions to my Bond, because I see the Council would have it so. But certainly it had been better otherwise, if you could have done it with their consent. In short, I am truly and fully satisfied with all your proceedings, so that you may be confident that I am
Your assured constant Friend,
Charles R.
Whitehall,
24 Octob. 1638.
1638.—October 24.
83. The Bill, or the complaint, of the Noblemen, Barons, Burgesses, Ministers, and Commons, Covenanters, (which were not Commissionaries to the Assembly) against the pretended Archbishops and Bishops within this kingdome, as it was presented to the Presbyterie of Edinburgh; with an Act of reference of the Bill, from the Presbyterie to the next Generall Assembly, as it was fully read on the Lords day before noone in all the Churches within the presbyterie of Edinburgh, according to the Act.[108]
Noblemen.