in the year 1650, to arraign the duke of Hamilton, and many debauchees with him, which were faithfully witnessed against invading their kingdom in the year 1648, and hindering their king from complying with the parliament's demands. In that ten years that they invaded our land, they defiled it with blood, tolerations, and other abominations, which were faithfully witnessed against by a few of this land. Next, there were so many in state and church chosen to go to Breda, to transact with and bring home their king, whom many of all ranks were, and continue to this day lusting after that unhappy race. Notwithstanding he had got a dispensation from the Pope to come under our Covenants, who pretended, both he and his father had signed for many articles to Popish princes, to carry on Rome's interest; which, as said before, a gentelman that writes upon court affairs at that time makes plain to the world Of the commissioners sent from Scotland, famous Mr. John Livingstone was open, contrary to his inclination; which, as he says in his memoirs, he saw, and was fully persuaded, that there was nothing in all their transactions but the height of treachery and perfidy, that a little time would discover, and was unwilling to sail the seas with them But after their king was gone a shipboard, some out of policy pressed him to go aboard and take his leave of him; and, as soon as he went aboard, they sent off the boat, and so came home, fully persuaded, the plague of God was come to Scotland; nevertheless of his dissembling, deceitful, hypocritical, feigned lipped prayers in his closet, a partition wall betwixt him and the commissioners to treat with him; praying aloud for the advancement of the covenanted reformation in Scotland, and for the perfecting the work of uniformity betwixt the three nations, according to their solemn vows in the Solemn League and Covenant.
2dly, Many also of the godly at home saw clouds gathering, and a terrible black storm coming on.
