[ [41] This letter, which is very long, will be found in Spotswood, p. 359. “Because,” the bishop says, “the Letter contained the very true reasons that in end moved his Majesty to forbear violence and take a more calm course, I thought meet to set it down word by word, as it standeth in the original.”
[ [42] Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vi. 553.
[ [43] Spotswood, 476.
[ [44] Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vi. 602.
[ [45] Satire against Scotland, 1617; Abbotsford Miscellany, i. 297.
[ [46] Fœdera, xvi. 506.
[ [47] A brief discourse of the Happy Union of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, dedicated in private to His Majesty, 1603; Certain Articles or Considerations touching the Union, collected and dispersed for His Majesty’s better service.
[ [48] A Preparation towards the Union of the Laws of England and Scotland.
[ [49] Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vi. 596.
[ [50] Act. Parl. Scot. iv. 263, 11th July 1604.