5. An act or delyverance of Counsell is made against the proceedings of the ministrie with ane sclanderous narrative, suspending simpliciter, and disannulling the excommunicatione justly and ordourly pronuncit against Mr Robert Montgomrie, a rebellious and obstinat offendar and troublar of the Kirk of God, and open proclamations made according thereto.
6. Contempt of ministers, and dinging many doing their office, and speciallie the violent drawing of Mr John Howesone out of the judgement seate qwhair he was placeit Moderator of the presbytrie,—his cruell and outrageous handling, carrying to prisone lyke a thief, be the provest and baillies of Glasgow, and their complices; and after complaint made, no order taken with the doers thereof, but contrariwise, maintaining of them, as if the same had been good service.
7. Displaceing of the minister of Glasgow out of his rowme, qwhilk, without reproache, he hes occupied thir many yeares, and convocation of the gentlemen of the countrie to that effect.
8. Violence used be ane of your Grace’s awne guard to pull him out of the pulpit, the day of communione, in presence of the haill congregation, in tyme of sermone, and no fault found therewith.
9. The officer of the Kirk was castin in prisone in your Grace’s presence, and there keepit a lang tyme, for executione of letters direct against a particular sclanderous man.
10. Ministers and Masters of Colledges and Schoolis of Glasgow in tyme of publick fast, were, be letters of horning, compellit to leave their flocks and schooles destitute, and sinsyne, from tyme to tyme, and place to place, have been delayit and continewit, thereby to consume them be exorbitant expenses, and to wrack the Kirk and Schools, qwhereof they beare rule and charge.
11. The schollars of Glasgow were invadit and their blood cruellie sched be the baillie and commontie, gatherit be sound of commone bell and straik of drume, and be certaine seditious men, inflammit to have slaine them all, and to have burnt the Colledge; and yet nothing done or said to the authors of that seditione.
12. Hands schaken with the bloodie murtherers and persecutors of the people of God, be propynes receivit and gine.
13. The Duke’s Grace oft tymes promised to reforme his house, and nothing done therein.
14. The laws made for maintainance of the trew religione and punisching the enemies thereof, are not put to executione; so that all things go lowse, and worse like to ensew.