THe Committee of Estates of the Kingdome of Scotland having sent us frequent di­rections since these late com­motions, to give them a true account from time to time of his Majesties condition: In pursuance thereof, we desired the Earl of Lauderdail to repair to his Majestie at Wooburn, where wee expected that he should have been u­sed with that respect which is due to a Commissioner of the Parliament of Scotland; but we are herein extremely disappointed: for on Saturday morn­ing early, before his Lordship was out [Page 2] of his bed, a great many soldiers rush­ed into his chamber, and coming to his bed-side, desired him speedily to be gone without any delay. He re­presented unto them his imploy­ment, that hee was there in the capa­city of a Commissioner of Scotland to attend his Majestie, that he had resol­ved to go away that morning and in­treated he might have the liberty first to speak with his Majesty: Which they would not grant, but violently insisted, that what they demanded might forthwith be put in execution, and would not hearken to any reason he offered unto them, telling him it was past dispute, it was resolved upon what they did herein would be own­ed by the Army, and they would maintain it; with other expressions of [Page 3] that kind. We do acknowledge the civility of the Commissioners of both Houses, who acted their parts in dis­swading them from so unwarranta­ble an action, and one of the Commis­sioners in particular represented unto them the danger thereof, acquainting them that hee had been an Embassa­dour abroad, and did very well under­stand, that this injury done by them to a Commissoner of the Parliament of Scotland was of a very high nature; intreating, that if they apprehended any thing from Scotland, the breach might not be made upon the King­dom of England's part; and that they would not give just cause by this acti­on to the kingdom of Scotland to make was against England: but no argument did prevail; so at length the Earl of [Page 4] Lauderdail was forced to depart, ha­ving publickly protested before the Commissioners of both Houses, that hee was debarred from accesse to the King of Scotland, and his liberty taken from him, contrary to the Law of Nations, and a particular agreement betwixt the Kingdomes. Wee have formely represented unto the Hono­rable Houses, how his Majesty was carried away from Holdenby by a par­ty of Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army (which the souldiers before mention­ed did on Saturday last before the Earl of Lauderdail and some of the Com­missioners of both Houses, own to be the act of the whole Souldiery of the Army). Wee did likewise acquaint the Houses how our Letters to Scot­land were intercepted by some of that [Page 5] Army. And now to compleat these injuries, they offered violence to a Commissioner of the Parliament of Scotland, debarred him from accesse to his Majesty, deprived him of his li­berty, and drove him away; so that there remains no hope that there can be any application made hereafter to his Majesty from the Kingdome of Scotland: Nor can we be able to give that account of his Majesties condition to that Kingdom, which is expected from us, so long as he is in the power of that Army. Wherefore we do de­sire that the Houses of Parliament wil in their wisdome take such course herein, as reparation may be made to the Kingdom of Scotland of these mul­tiplyed injuries, and especially of the last, done against the person of a pub­lick [Page 8] Minister of the Kingdom of Scot­land in so violent a manner. And to the end there may be a free and unre­strained application to his Majestie from the Parliaments of both King­doms: we do earnestly desire the ho­nourable Houses to invite his Maje­sty to come to London: And to declare that he shall be here in safety, honour and freedome, then which we see no other probable mean for the present to obtain a safe and well grounded Peace: And so we rest