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NAMEE PERSONTH E SOMP TH SO HAV F O EO SEWH ORIGINAL COPIES F OTJO R COVENANTS, NATIONA SOLEMD LAN N LEAGUE, (ABOUT THE TEAR 1720.) possession From,Paperthe MS. LAING Mr in a of , Treasurer S.A. Scot.; with Additional Notices, and Remarks on the National Covenants of Scotland. [Bead to the Society 24th May 1847.] [Along with several copies of these Covenants, with original signatures, there was exhibited to the meeting a large Historical painting by Mr ALEXANDER CHISHOLM of London, representin signine gth Nationae th f go l Covenan Greyfriarse th n i t ' Church Yard, Edinburgh, in the year 1638, in which portraits of the chief per- sonage introduced.e sar ] The adoption of Solemn Bands or Covenants, and of Confessions of Faith s alwaysha , n Protestani , t countries powerfua d ha , l influencn ei furthering religious movements I hav. enotico t bee d nele this clasf o s documents, from having latel t wity me hdescriptiva e accoun cona f o t- siderable numbe f writteo r n r Scottiscopieou f o s h Confessions, with namee respective th th f so e proprietors earle th lase yn i ,th par t f ceno t - tury t seemcuriousI e .m wortho d st an , preservationf yo somd ad eo T . interes listthio y t t dr I shav, e collecte r exhibitiodfo meetine th o t ng several of these Confessions, with original signatures proposI d an ; giveo t e a succinct chienotice th f eo document f thio s s class receivee th y b d peopl f Scotlano e d durin lase gth sixteente t th hal f o ffirsd an ht parf o t the following Century. The pape whic o onlt rn namca yo hI allud n I con dater s d eo -ha ean , havy jecturema beet i e n prepare wore th kr knowfo d s "na Dunlop' s Collection of Confessions," Edinburgh, 1719 and 1722, 2 vols. small 8vo, of whic a hthir d volum s promisedewa t whicbu , h unfortunately never followss appeareda s i t .I .

AN ACCOUNT OF THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE PERSONS. WHO HAVE ORIGINAL COPPIES OF OUR COVENANTS, NATIONAL AND SOLEMN LEAGUE. First.—Of the NATIONAL COVENANT of the Church of Scotland. parchmene Th . 1 t coppy subscribe Households hi Kind y db an gh James,6t e th 28te th h January 1580 Advocatee lyins i ,th n gi s Library Laige th n hi , Parliament House, Edinburgh. ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND. 239 e parchmenTh . 2 t coppy subscribed anno e Noblemen1638th y b , , Gentlemen, Burgesses, Ministers, and Commons, is in the hands of Mr William Hogg, merchant in Edinburgh. 3. There is another parchment coppy of the said Covenant, finely wrote and illus- trate with gold lettersforesaie th n i , d Library, subscribe Nobilitye th y db same th , e year. Lory M d . originaColvin 4 a s nha l copp parchmentn yo , flnly illustrate with gold letters, subscribed by the N obility and many others, the same year. r JohSi n. 6 Clar Pennicoof ko originao tw s kha l coppie saie th d f Covenanso n o t parchment, subscribe Nobilite th y dothersd b yan same th , e year. r Joh6Si . n Maxwel f Polloc o la subscribe s kha d parchment e coppsaith df o y National Covenant. 7. Sir Thomas Dalmahoy of that ilk has a parchment coppy, finely illuminate with gold letters, subscribe Nobilite th y dothersb d yan same th , e year. . Colone8 l Erskin t Courosea e parchmen(Culrosso tw s ha ) t coppies, subscribed by the Nobility and others, the foresaid year. . Jame9 s Whyte, merchan Edinburghn i t e Fishmarketth n i , , ha a parchmens t coppy, subscribed by the Nobility and others, the same year. . Willia10 m Wardrop, chyrurgeon Grase inth s Mercat, Edinburgh parcha s ha ,- ment coppy, subscribe Nobilite th y mand b yan y others same th f eo , year. 11. James Wilson, smith in Edinburgh, near the foot of Libberton's Wynd, has a parchment coppy, subscribed by the Nobility and others, of the same year. . Nico12 l Nisbet, write d messengean r n Edinburghi r e foof Conn'th o t t a , s Closs, has a parchment coppy, subscribed by the Nobility and others, the same year. . There sai 13 copa th d s f e i yo Nationa l Covenant recorde Kire th kn di Sessio n Book of Linlithgow, subscribed by the Magistrates, Ministers, and others. 14. Thomas Ronald, Provost of Linlithgow, has an original coppy of the said Co- venant parchmentn o , , with many principal subscription Nobilite th f sotherso d yan , saie oth fd year. 15. Mr James Hart, minister of the Gospel at Edinburgh, has an original coppy saie oth fd Covenant parchmentn o , , with many principal subscription- No e th f so bility and others, of the same year. Woodrowr M . 16 , ministe Gospee th f t Eastwoodo ra l , he n originasa l coppf o y e saith d Covenant parchmentn o , , subscribe e Nobilit th a grea y d b d tyan many others saie th df o ,year . ———r M . 17 , curat Donnen n originai ea s he , l coppy parchmentn o , , illustrat with gold letters, subscribed by the Nobility and many others, about the same year. 18. Joseph Francis his landslord, in Irvin, hes an original coppy of the said Covenant parchmentn o , , wit principae hth l subscription Nobilitye th f so , 164d 0an 1641. 19. Marion Warrie, spouse to ———— Donaldson, in Farme, has an original coppy, 0 24 PROCEEDING SOCIETE TH F F SO YO

on parchment, finely printed in two columns, subscribed by the Nobility and many others, about the said time. Goodalen 20An . Leithn i , , r LyonrelicM o t , lie parchmensa t saie coppth d f yo Covenant, subscribe Nobilite th y dothersd b yan . 21. George Paton, bookseller in Linlithgow, hes a parchment coppy, finely printed on parchment columnso subscriptione tw th n t i , bu , muce sar h worn out, 22. ———— Dundass of that ilk, has a parchment coppy of the said Covenant, sub- scribed by the Nobility, lying in his Charter Chest.

Secondly.— Of the SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT of Scotland, England, and Ireland. r Joh1M . n M'Millan, ministe Gospee th f t Balmagieo a rl , Forthlivine th t ga , hes a coppie finely printed on paper, in 4to, and with several sheets of clean paper, subscribed by the Minister and Parish of ———•, 1643 ; all their own subscriptions. 2. Alexander Toung, writer in Edinburgh, in the Cowgate, hes another of the said printed coppies, with the names of the minister and parishioners of the parish of Temple. Jamer M . s3 Kid, ministe Queensferrye th t a r printea s he , d coppyf ,o wit8 h22 namee e Memberth th f e Housso th f Commonf so e o Parliamene th f so Englandf o t , who had taken it 1643. r RalpM . h4 Erskin, ministe t Dumfcrmlinea r s anothe e saihe , th d f o copier s subscribed by the Ministers and Parishioners of the said parish, both 1643 and 1648, all their own subscriptions. 5. Mr John Geddie, minister at Couras (Culross), hes another printed coppy, sub- scribed by the Ministers and Parishioners of Couras, both 1643 and 1648, all their own subscriptions that could write. 6. Mr James Anderson, Writer to the Signet at Edinburgh, hes the Original parchment coppy of both the National and Solemn League and Covenant, sub- scribed by King Charles the 2d, the Nobility, and others, at his Coronation at Scoon, January 1st, 1651.

Nota. Several of the coppies of the National Covenant bear both the writers names and designations. The Solemn League in Culross, and several of the parchment coppies of the Na- tional Covenant, are subscribed by a notar for those who could not write. The running title above the names of that coppy in the Session Book of Linlith- gow is wrote thus :—THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE COVENANT. The running title above the names of all these four coppies of the Solemn League and Covenant is in print thus :—THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE LEAGUE AND COVENANT. The coppy of the Solemn League in Mr Erskin's hand, is finely bound in calf ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND. 241

leather, and heg upon each syd of the cover, in gold letters, thus :—FOE THE KIRK OF DuMFEBMLING. Geddie'r e e coppsamM th Th f n eyi o s han s bouni d e samth d e way d liean ,s upoe coverth n f goln o i ,eac d dhsy letter s also, thus :—FO KIKE CITLKOSSF KKTH O . Most of the coppies of the National Covenant subscribed anno 1638 are quoted on the back thus:—THE CONFESSION OF FAITH. coppiee Soleme Th th f so n Leagu Covenand e an Erskin'r Geddes'r M M n d i t san s hands have the Acts of the Commission of the Assembly, and Committees of Par- liament approving and appointing the taking and renewing of the said Covenant, anno 1641648d 3an . Printe d boundan d immediately befor saie th ed Covenant. Whic Confessione seee th b hn no i t Act e sar Faitf o s h printe t Edinburgda h 1725. e Soleme coppth Th f yo n League Kid'r inM Ordinance s th han e s th ha d f o e Lord d Commonan s s enjoinin e takine Solemth gth f go n Leagu Covenand an e t throughout the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales, 2 February 1643-4 ; and the Exhortation of the Assembly of Divines at the taking of the Solemn League and Covenant; both printe e bounsamd th an d n ei d paper, immediately preceding the Covenants, which are also printed in the above Collection of Confessions from page7 10 9.o 8t e SolemTh n Leagu Covenand an e e alwayar t s subscribe columnso tw n i d . And the coppy for the parish of Dumfermling bears the day, month, and place where every person subscribed the same, which date is always set doune in the same column where the persons subscribe, immediately after the names of those who last subscribed befor et seemi ther fo t subscribm s; no the d ydi saie eth d Covenant a l al t the same time. Noblemene Th , Gentlemen Burgessesd an , , Minister Commond san l sortsal f o s, wer clearlo es y convince e dutth yf d o an d lawfulnes f Nationao s l Covenanting with maintenance th Go r dfo defencd true ean th ef Reformeeo d religion ,yeae thath rn i t 1638 every shyr Scotlann ei originan a d dha l e saicoppth df o Nationay l Covenant written on parchment, whereupon the said Shyre subscribed; and several of the Nobility likewise caused coppies to be fynly wrote on parchment, and subscribed the same alsd an o; caused otherNobilite th f so y subscrib same eth e (beside coppiee sth s for the shyre), which the said Nobility laid up in their charter-chests, and keept for themselves, wher t lyine same ye man th ge ; whic f reasoe ar y o man o th s s hf i no y original coppie ordinarld an s; foresaie yth d Nobility, &c., havin meetine th t ga t ga Edinburgh first subscribe e coppieth d s which wer eseverae senth o t l shyree b o st subscribed by themselves, which is the reason of the names of some of the said per- coppied d ol als t doune mano An se s ssonth : ever e f n ei ar yso y paris n thihi s Churc coppied e saihha th df so Covenant , which they subscribed. e Solemth o t An ns a dLeagu e: Beside e maiprincipad th s an n l parchment, which the King and whole representatives of the kingdom solemnly entered into and renewed, every parish withi e Churcnth f Scotlanho likewisd dha principalea l VOL. IV. PART I. Q 242 PKOCEEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY OF coppie printe d houndan d with several sheet f cleao s n paper s abova , e said, upon which the whole parishioners subscribed by appointment of the General Assembly and Parliament, It is somewhat remarkable that so many as 24 principal coppies of the National Covenant, and six of the Solemn League, should he yet preserved, besides many others whic lyine har charten gi r chests, publick records privatd an , e hands, afteo s r great a fire and fury of the Prelatick malignant faction, kindled at the Prelatick apostacy 1660 bur o consumt ,d nan asheo et saie sth d Covenant l thaal td ownesan d them, especially considering that these Covenants and records were keept lying in the hands of these very men who did profess and subscribe the same, annis 1638, 1643 d 1648an , , long before they apostatize Prelacyo t d ; after which they used their utmost dilligence entirely to destroy them. Jame Tradee giftem sth hi Wilson' o t dy s b Chappel s i s , coppy11 . l calleNo , d Magdalen Chappell, belongin e Hammermath o t g f Edinburgho n s theri d ean , hun. gup Since there prevails a very general misconception respecting our National Covenants, under the general name of the Solemn League, I shall mention them somewha detailn i t , while describing various copies preserved either in public collections, or exhibited to the present meet- ing. [In printing this paper, I make no apology for supplying within brackets some additional information obtained sinc communicatioe eth n itself was laid before the Society, fourteen years ago.]

EARLIESE I.TH - T KELIGIOTJS BANDS. Four belongin e yearth o sgt 1557, 1559 1560d insertee an , ar , y b d Knox1 and Calderwood2 in their Histories of the Eeformation in Scotland. The first is the Common or Godly Band, by the Lords of the Congrega- tion, date t Edinburgha d f Decembeo d 3 , r 1557secone e th Th .s di Band for Mutual Defence, at Perth, last of May 1559. The third at Stirling f Auguso t fourthe 1s , th t 1559d , An bein. gBana expelr dfo - line Frenchgth t Edinburgha , , 27t f Aprio h l 1560. Another Band, subscribed by the barons and gentlemen of Kyle, Carrick, and Cunning- ham t Ayr a ,Septembeh 4t , r 1562 alss i , o preserve Knox.y db 3 Another by the Citizens of Edinburgh, in 1572, is mentioned in Eichard Banna-

1 Knox's Works 273. , volpp ,. i .344 , 382 61-64. ; pp vol . ii .. 2 Calderwood's History of the Kirk of Scotland, vol. i. pp. 326, 458, 489, and 584. 3 Knox, vol.' ii. p. 348. ANTIQUAEIES OF SCOTLAND. 243

tyne's Memorials; but no original copies of any of these Bands, with signatures, have heen discovered. [At the Tercentenary of the Scottish Eeformation, commemorated at Edinburgh in August 1860, an original copy of " THE COMMON, OR G-ODLIE BAND 155 "of exhibite 7Eevwas the . by dJame s Young reaat dwho , the same time an interesting " Comment on that Document." The original is on paper, with only five signatures, namely, of the Earls of Argyle, G-lencarne, and Morton, Archibald Lord Lorn, and John Erskine of Dun. It had recently been discovered among the family papers of Erskinethe Littlsof e Sauchy Young'Mr . s communicatio includenis d volume ith n e whic s printehwa commemoration di proceedinge th f no s of that great convention.] II. THE CONFESSION OF FAITH, 1560. This was prepared, at the request of the Scottish Parliament, chiefly by Enox, within the short space of four days, and contains a brief and lucid statement of the great doctrines of the Protestant faith. It was read and approved by the Estates of Parliament on the 17th of August that year havind an ; g receive publie dth c sanction civie , d botth an lf ho ecclesiastical authorities t seemi , s neve havo t r e received individual sig- natures. There were three edition t printe i yeae f th o sr n d1561i o tw , at Edinburgh, and one at London. [It is reprinted from the first edition in Knox's Works ,. 93. volp . ]ii . When the Parliament assembled at Edinburgh, under the regency of James, Earl of Murray, in December 1567, all the Acts which had been passe 1560n di Protestane favoun i , th f o r t religio againsd nan t Popery, were ratified; and likewise the Confession of Faith, which thus became part of the public statutes of the kingdom. It is included in all subse- quent collection e Parliamen f Actth so f so f Scotlando t . III. THE KING'S CONCESSION, IN 1580. This Confession was drawn up by Mr John Craig, minister of Holy- rood House, and was called the King's, or the Negative Confession, to distinguis t i frohe Confessiomth n 1560i n ,n affirmativ whica s ha h e s adopte wa formmoda d s f a dpreventinan o e, g defection solema y b , n renunciation of the errors of Popery. It was printed at the time in Q 2 4 24 PROCEEDING SOCIETE TH F F SO YO variou translates s formswa d an , d into different languages originae Th . l parchment deed, with signatures, now very much faded, is in the Advo- cates 'n howeve Libraryca e W r .trac e the name f Kino s g Jamee th s Sixth, the Earls of Lennox, Morton, and Argyll, Lord Buthven, the two ministers of the King's Household, John Craig and John Duncanson, and other thirty-one persons, chiefly connected with the royal household, at Edinburgh, 28th of January 1580-81. I gave a careful collation of this copy, with the names of subscribers, in the Wodrow Society edition of Bow's History, pp. 74-77; Edinburgh, 1842, 8vo. [It has since been publishe lithograpa n di h fac-simile.] In the Register-book of Laureations in the University of Edinburgh, a copy of this Confession is inserted, and signed, in 1585, by Mr John Craig, Mr James Hamilton, Mr Eobert Eollok, designed Primarius, Mr Duncan Name, EegensCharler M d an s, Lumisden, Eegens firse Th t. class of students who graduated in 1587 under Eollok, to the number of forty-seven, and those of each succeeding year, on taking the degree of of A.M., signing their names in the Eegister, were considered as sub- scribing the said Covenant. [See this copy printed in the " Catalogue of Graduate Universite th f so Edinburgh;f yo " Edinburgh, 1858, 8vo.] Another copy of this Confession, signed by King James the Sixth, the Earl Lennof so Huntleyd xan Lore th , d Chancellor aboud an , t ninety-five other persons, " At Halyrudhous, the 25th of February 1587 (1587-8), s Majesty'Hi anf o d se possessioreignth r Joh21,e n i Si th e n s "f i o n Maxwel Pollokf o l . t thiA s time countrth e s mucwa y h alarmee threateneth y b d d Spanish Armada increase th y wels b f Poperya ,s eo a l . Genera"A l Band, maintenance madth r e fo e Tre Christiath d wf an o e n Eeligione th d an , King's Majesties perso d estate an ns adde wa "o thit d s Confession. The original Band, signed by the King and diverse of the Estates in 1588 s depositei , e Universitth n i d y Library, Glasgowe 13tth n hO . March 1589-90 Lorde th , f Secreso t Council authorized Eobert Walde- grave to print an edition of the Confession, the Band of Maintenance, and Act of Secret Council against the adversaries of true religion, served Jesuite seminarid san e priests purpose th r receivinf ,fo eo g " De Novoe th Subscriptions of all Nobillmen, Barons, Gentlemen, and others, his Hieness' lieges, of quhatsoever degree." To what extent such subscrip- ANTIQUARIE5 24 SCOTLANDF SO .

tions may have been made is uncertain; and of the few printed copies still existing e pageth , s appropriate r receivinfo d e nameth g f subo s - scrihers are usually wanting. In the copy I have, which is now exhibited, the leaves are blank. But we know, that on the 30th of March 1596, the Confession was again received and subscribed by the greater part of the inhabitants of Edinburgh, and the example was followed in other countrye partth f so . Accordin Ecclesiasticad ol n a o gt l Historian, "this Confessioe th s nwa touchstone to try and discern Papists from Protestants," and "for the exactness and worthiness thereof is much esteemed in all other Christian Kirks professing siuceritie." (Eow, p. 78.) The King, at this time, 2d March 1580-81, gave charge to all commissioners and ministers within this realme to crave the same Confession of their parishioners, and to proceed against the refusers, &c. In the following month (April 1581), it was formally approved of by the General Assembly. NATIONAE TH . IV L COVENANT, 1638. perioe th f t wha o ds A bee ha t n calle e SeconTh d d Reformationn i , s resolve1638wa t i ,reneo t d e Nationawth l Covenant, with such addi- tions, "achange sth presene th tymf eo d ean t occasion requyred.e Th " Earl of Eothes, in his " Eelation," states that the task was committed to Alexander Henderson, then minister of Leuchars, and Archibald John- ston of "Warriston. The additions consisted chiefly in a formal abjura- tio f Episcopao n l Church Government Confessioe th s a , nf o itsels wa f Popery. Having satisfied the scruples of some brethren on a few points, and discourses suited for the occasion having been delivered by many of the leading ministers, the Confession, as thus enlarged, was publicly read, signed with the greatest unanimity and enthusiasm on the last of February and the first of March 1638, by the greater number of the nobility and barons, and three hundred of the clergy, besides burgesses and others from all parts of the kingdom. The scene was the Churchyard of the Gray Friars, Edinburgh, and forms the subject of the interesting historical painting, which the artist Mr ALEXANDER CHISHOLM (a native of Scotland t settlebu , London)n di , most obligingly accedin requesa o gt t I made, has allowed to be exhibited at this meeting of the Society. On the following day, the 2d of March, it was concluded that copies 24:6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF

of this NATIONAL COVENANT should be provided for every shire, baillery, steward ry, or district judicatory; also copies for every parish throughout kingdome th contaio t , e signatureth n l personal werf o o s eswh commu- nicants. Thre March f furthes eo dayh wa 5t t i r, s e resolvedlaterth n o , , to ensure accuracy, Thae onlth t y copie o whict s e noblemeth h n shall subscribe writtee three b , th ey n b Notaries-Public , James Cheyne, John Nicoll Williad an , m Henderson e writere Protestatioth ,th f o s n whic Cros e mads f Februarth o hf wa Edinburgt d seo a 22 e y th tha n ho t Protestatioe yearTh . n allude , witdto h other official papertime th ef so e Covenantersbth y , wil e founb l Lorn i d d Eothes's Relation, printed for the Bannatyne Club in 1830 ; and the original deed, preserved in the Society's Museum, is herewith exhibited. accouno numbee T th r fo tcopief ro f thiso s CONCESSION havin same gth e signatures explainede b y ma t i effectuae , , th tha r fo t l prosecutioe th f no great cause whic e Covenanterhth solemnld sha y swor promoteo t n , four Committees were appointed, consistin e leadinth f go g noblemen, barons, burgesses, and ministers, and known by the name of " THE TABLES," who attached their'name e severath o t s l copies sent n accordanci , e wite hth above resolution, to all parts of the kingdom. Copies have occasionally been sol London di higa r hfo n price, being describe originae th s da f o l an important historical document. The noblemen whose names are usually attache o thest d ee mentione b copie y Earle ma s th f dBAL: so - CAKEES, CASSILLIS, DALIIOUSIE, EOLINTOTJN, HOME, LINDESAY, LOTHIAN, LOUDOTJN, MONTEOSE, RoiHEs, WEMYSS; the Lords BALMEEINO, BOYD, BUEGHELY, COTTPEE, CEANSTOTJN, DALZELL, DEUMLANGBIG, ELCHO, FjjEMYNG, FOEEESTEE, FEASEE, JOHNSTOUN, MELVILLE, MONTGOMERY, SINCLAIR, TESTER. I shall not attempt to enumerate all the copies I have examined of the National Covenant thus renewe subscribed an d yeare th sn di 163d 8an 1639, but will confine myself chiefly to copies either in public libraries, or exhibite presene th t da t meeting. 1-4. In the Advocates' Library there are four copies. One of them is markee backth n ,d o " Confessio f Faito n r Fyfe.s signei hfo t I d" by all the leading nobility, barons, and ministers, and a great many names, on both sides of the parchment. Another, dated in January 1639 s writtei , n doubli n e columns, with e lettersomth f n egoldo i s , but having onl leadinnameythe the of sg member tablethe of ss ANTIQUARIE7 24 SCOTLANDF SO . written round the margin within circles. [Of this a fac-simile litho- graph has been published.] The other two are not of much importance, nor well preserved. 5. In the University Library, Edinburgh, is a copy, well preserved, subscribe usuae th n dli form. 6-9. In the possession of the Society of Antiquaries there are four copies. One is marked " For the Burghe and Parochin of Dumbar- tane." Another belong o Ayrshiret s t i contain; e parishionerth s f o s Maybole, the names of a great number who could not write being atteste differenn do t occasion a notary-public y b s e nobilityth f O t .i , is only subscribed by Montrose, Lothian, Loudoun, Balmerinoch, and Cassillis; but, what is peculiar, in the upper line it is signed by two Covenantine oth f g ladie f thao s t district, namely, " Jeane Hamilton," evidently the Lady Cassillis, fourth daughter of Thomas Hamilton, Ear Haddingtonf o l "d Margarean , t Kennedy," probabl daughtee yth r of Lord Cassillis o afterwardwh , s married Bishop Burnet. Lower down are the following names :—Margaret Stewart, Joanna Stewart, Grrissle Blair, Issobell G-emill, Helene Kennedy, Elizabeth Hewatt, Jeane Stew- art, Margaret Stewart, Anna Stewart, Elizbeth Stewart, Dame Helene Bennett, Janet Fergussone. Among the ministers we find,—Mr Ja. Eow, Muithill . AdamsoneJo r M ; , Edinburg Harir M h; e Eollok, Edinburgh; MEamsay. rA , Edinburg . Hewat P . Bonar J r d M han ; ; , ministere Th . latter, Mr James Bonar, was minister of the church of Maybole. 10. A copy belonging to the burgh of Peblis is marked, " For the Burgh of Peblis." It has been engraved in facsimile, but it is in no respect remarkable. . Anothe11 e rGenera th cop n i y l Register House present- re o n s markable peculiarities. 12-14. Three copies in the British Museum, marked MS. Addit. 4851, Add. Chart. 1280 d 5961,an e signe,ar s usuaa d Rothesy b l , Montrose, mand an y others. 15. Of original copies in the possession of private individuals, one of bese th t belong Jamer Si o st s William r (noSi wo t ) G-ibson Crai Bicf go - carton. It is written in a large hand, with the title and some words in gold letters. Having been somewhat injured, it has been repaired. Among the signatures, it contains Argyll, Mar, Eothes, Montrose, Lindesay, Loudoun, &c.; also, Napier . MaitlanJo r Si , d (afterwards Earl 248 PROCEEDIKGS OF THE SOCIETY OF

and Duke of Lauderdale); M. A. Gibson, Durie; Sir Thomas Hope; and in the centre of the page, A. Jhonston, Cls. Eccl. 16, 17. One, in my own possession, now exhibited, has the usual sig- natures. .1 also exhibit another, and more interesting one, endorsed, " The Confession of Faith, for the Laird of Dun and his Parishioners." It has the names of about twenty-two of the nobility, including, as usual, Eothes, Eglintoun, Cassillis, Home, Lothian, Montrose Loudond an , , with a great many barons and commissioners of burghs ; and among the clergy, James Sharpe of Govan, William Levingston, and Andrew Eamsay. [18, 19. In reference to No. 5 of the List, at p. 239, the Eight Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart, of Penicuik, showed me these two copies of Nationae th l Covenant onee Th , . neatly written weld an ,l preserveds i , date e name. Leslith A ds f o se1639ha (Eard f an ,Leven) o l , Argyll, Mar, Montrose d nineteean , r twente nnobilityo th f yo , besides several barons, burgesses, and ministers. The second copy has a reference to the determination of the General Assembly concerning the Articles of Perth, in July 1641. It is written in double columns, and has this peculiarity, that the forty-two circles, forming a kind of border to the deed, hav nobilitye e armth th e f so , &c., neatly signae drawnth t - bu ; tures, for the most part, are now quite illegible. copiee o Covenan . th Thertw 21 f e so , ar eparchmentn 20 o t e th n i , possession of James Dundas of Dundas Castle, Esq. One is marked, Parochine th r "Fo Dalmenie;f eo othere th " , "For Linlithgow Sherrif- dome : Ordeinit to be delyverit to the Laird of Dundas to be keipitt." 22, 23. Two exhibited at the Tercentenary Eeformation Meeting in 1860: one by the Corporation of Skinners, being that marked in No. goon i . listt d bu ,MS state e othere th th ;f o , 1 wit1 h ornamented letters and border, but the writing also much faded, in the possession of the Eev. D. GuthrieT r . similaA . 24 r cop Trinitn yi y College Library, Cambridge. 25. The only other one I shall mention has the date 1639, and belongs Andreo t w Fletche f Saltouno r , Esq. professed an , havo t s e been written by " William Ayton, maison. goltitln e i s deTh i "namee letters th d san , within circles round the margin, including Mar, Glencairn, Montrose, Argyll . GordonG , . SoutherlandJ , , Eglintoun . Fro&c ,s statmit f eo preservation, the style of penmanship, and the select signatures, it is about the choicest copy I have seen of this National Covenant.] ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND. 249

SOLEME TH . NV LEAGUE AND COVENANT, 1643. This, although the most noted of all our National Covenants, will not require any lengthened notice. At the General Assembly held at Edin- burgh in August 1643, four Commissioners from the English Parlia- ment and two from the Assembly of Divines at Westminster were pre- chiee sentTh . f. objec theif o t r missio proposo t s nwa etreata Civia r yfo l league Kingdombetweeo tw e n th their sfo r mutual support againse th t Eoyalist theis sa r common enemy n ScotlandI . , however a Eeligiou, s Bond was mainly desired ; and it was suggested by the Moderator, Alexander Henderson o havt , e both objects conjoined. Having pre- pare ddrafa f suco t ha mutua l engagement thid an s, being approve, dof a sConventioe welth y lb G-enera e f Estateno th y b s lsa Assembly- im s wa , mediately transmitte Parliamene th o t d f Englano t r finadfo l approval. This SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT s calledwa t i , s passea , e Houseth d s of Parliament with singular unanimity, and was subscribed by the mem- bers in St Margaret's Church, Westminster, on the 25th of September. Having thus been receive adopted dan n Englandi d s returnewa t i , o dt Edinburgh, whe ordinanceo ntw s were passed e llt12td th f han o hn o , October e Commissionerth y b , e Conventioe Assemblth th f f o so d yan n of Estates, enjoinin , witsame be gth h o et al l religious solemnities, sworn and subscribed by all His Majesty's good subjects, under Civil penalties as well as Church censures. writte y t awaran no f eo m n a copiee SolemI th f so n- LeaguCo d ean venant with signatures, being preserved. Instead of, like the former Covenant, being writte n largo n e sheet f parchmento s s printewa t i ,d unde followine th r g title :— Solem"A n Leagu Covenantd ean Eeforr fo , - mation, and Defence of Keligion, the Honour and Happinesse of the King, and the Peace and Safety of the three Kingdomes of Scotland, England Irelandd an , . Edinburgh: Printe Evay db n Tyler, Printeo t r the King's Most Excellent Majestie. 1643." 4to. Blank leaves were added to these copies, with the head title on each page:—" The Sub- scribers of the League and Covenant." Many copies might be specified, in particular one now in the University Library of St Andrews, containing nearly 1600 signature f persono st AndrewsS t a s n Decembei , r 1643. Another I met with in the Kirk wall library, with many signatures of resi- e Isldent f Eouseyth o e n si , withi sheriffdoe nth e f Orkneymo th t Bu . 250 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF

most interesting copy is that in the Society's Museum, signed at New- battle in October 1643, by the Earl of Lothian, Eobert Leighton, minister, afterwards Bisho Dunblanef po parishionerse th d an , . The state of the country, after an interval of five years, led the Com- missio Generae th f no l Assembl Committee th d yan f Estateseo e th n o , 6th and 14th of October 1648, to pass Acts ordaining the Solemn League and Covenant, after a solemn public humiliation and fast, to be renewed and subscribed by all the congregations in the kingdom. For this pur- pose, copies were reprinted, with blank leavenamee th r subscribersf ssfo o . I hav copea f thiyo s edition, signe Jamer "y M b d s Hamiltoun, Mode- rator," and about ninety others, ministers and elders, apparently at a meetin e Commissioth f go e Generath f o n l Assembly, hel r somfo d e special object, on the llth of April 1649. The Covenant and Solemn League was signed by King Charles the s Secondcourtierhi d d others, an ,coronatios san hi t a t Sconee na th n o , 1st of January 1651. As this " principal" copy was in the possession of James Anderson, author of the " Diplomata Scotiaa," (see No. 6 of the MS. list, supra . 240) p probabls i t ,i y stil existencen i l . Afte Eestoratioe th r Charlef no 1660n s i wel s i t ,i l know Nationae nth l Covenant Solemd san n League were denounce unlawfus da le oathsth d an , copies were ordered to be brought to the Cross of Edinburgh, and burned e commohane th th f do y b n hangman tere th Covenantef ,m o r becoming a reproach I shal t t enlargno lBu .this n revers e o picture e th , th f eo . VI. THE WESTMINSTER CONCESSION OB FAITH, 1646. concludy ma I e this notice wite simplth h e titl f thio e s well-known Confession. It was prepared, with other directories for Church Govern- ment Assemble , th &c. y b , f Divineyo t Westminstesa r (wit assiste hth - ance of Commissioners from the Church of Scotland), and printed at London, by order of the House of Commons, in December 1646. It was also approved of by the General Assembly in 1647, and is usually printed along with the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. After the Eevolution, this Confession was again ratified and established by Act of Parliament, 1690, as the public Confession of the Church of Scotland, and it is still l classeadhereal y Presbyterianb f so o dt thin si s country, notwithstand- ing the objections which some of our dissenting brethren entertain in re- gard to the terms employed in chapter xxiii., "Of the Civil Magistrate."