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( 44 ) no bleſsing on the treaty, and many a time Mr. Hutchiſon and I whoſe chambers joined cloſe to one another, would confeſs one to the other, that we were glad when the treaty was like to break up, and fad when there was appearance of cloſing it. It was found thereafter, that in the very time of the treaty, James Graham by commiſſion from the king, invaded Scotland with an army; who being defeated, his commiſſion was found, himſelf brought to Edinburgh, and hanged. It was an omiſſion, that we who were commiſſioners for the kirk, ſeldom ever met in a meeting ſeverally, for proſecuting of our inſtructions, but ſatisfied ourſelves with drawing up, and giving in our papers, from the State papers, and with joining with the meetings of the commiſſioners of the State, when they met. I was diſſatisfied with the whole management of the treaty, for first it ſeemed rather like a merchant’s bargain of prigging ſomewhat higher or lower, than ingenuous dealing; and fo far as could be diſcerned, the king granted nothing, but what he was in a ſort compelled to; and which, if he had had his full freedom, he would not willingly have granted, which poſſibly was rather the fault of thoſe that were about him, than his own. 2dly, The prince of Orange, and one Mr. M'dowal who were employed by the king, were ſometimes ſpoken with: But Lauderdale, who had done no good offices to Scotland before, whether brought in, or coming of himſelf, was preſent at ſome of our meetings and debates, and papers and reſolutions were communicated ſometimes to him, and to duke Hamiltoun. 3dly, The king in his demands, the granting whereof he deſired to be previous to all his conceſſions, required ſome things, which altho’ they were not directly granted, yet diſcovered his purpoſe and inclination, as that there ſhould be an union of all for promoting his intereſt. And altho’ the demand did not mention the Iriſh rebels and James Graham, yet, if it had been granted, it would have included them, 4thly, Some of the king’s demands, as that about the engagers, and that about the enſuring the proſecuting of the king’s intereſt in England, the commiſſioners tho’ not inſtructed to anſwer theſe, yet adventured to go a good length in giving afſſurance for them,