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 kingdom. My tetimony now doth not differ from that of many before this time, who aid, That the kingdom of Scotland hould be blood, the kingdom hall be drawn in blood, a furbihed and glittering word is already drawn out of the cabbard, which hall not return until it be made drunk with the blood of the men of this land; firt the heavy intetine word, and then the word of the tranger, O doleful Scotland well were he that were removed from thee, that his eyes might not ee, nor his ears hear all the evils that are to come apon thee, neither the trong man by his trength, nor the rich man by his riches, nor the nobleman by his blood, hall be delivered from the judgments. There is a great acrifice to be made in Bora, in thee, O Scotland, of the blood of all orts in the land Ephraim hall conume Manaeh, and Manaeh Ephraim; brother againt brother; and every man in the judgment of the Lord hall be armed, to thrut his word in the ide of his neighbour, and all for the contempt of the glorious gopel: And that blood which was offered to thee, O Scotland, in o plentious a manner, that the like thereof, hath not been offered to any nation, therefore thy judgment hall be greater; but the anctuary mut be begun at, and the meaure is not fulfilled, till the blood of the aints be hed; then the cries will be great, and will not tay till they bring the Lord down from heaven's throne to ee if the ins of Scotland be according to the cry thereof; neither hall there be any ubject in the land, from the greatet to the meanet, guiltles.

The guilt of our blood hall not only ly upon our prince, but alo upon our own brethren, bihops, counellors, and commiioners, it is they, even they that have fitted up our prince againt us; we mut therefore lay the blame and burden of our blood upon them epecially however the ret above written be partakers of their ins with them: And as to the ret of our brethren, who either by ilence approve, or by crying peace, peace, trengthen the arm of the wicked, that they cannot return, in the mean time make the hearts of the righteous ad, they hall all in like manner be guilty of high treaon