20 UNION OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. 



Scotish merchandises should resort that should be 

 uttered for England, and likewise all English mer 

 chandises that should be uttered for Scotland ; this 

 law beholdeth Scotland only as a foreign nation ; 

 and not so much neither ; for there have been 

 erected staples in towns of England for some commo 

 dities, with an exclusion and restriction of other 

 parts of England. 



But this is a matter of the least difficulty ; your 

 majesty shall have a calendar made of the laws, and 

 a brief of the effect ; and so you may judge of them : 

 and the like or reciproque is to be done by Scotland 

 for such laws as they have concerning England and 

 the English nation. 



The second question is, what laws, customs, 

 commissions, officers, garrisons, and the like, are to 

 be put down, discontinued or taken away upon the 

 borders of both realms ? 



To this point, because I am not acquainted with 

 the orders of the marches, I can say the less. 



Herein falleth that question, whether that the 

 tenants, who hold their tenants rights in a greater 

 freedom and exemption, in consideration of their 

 service upon the borders, and that the countries 

 themselves, which are in the same respect discharged 

 of subsidies and taxes, should not now be brought to 

 be in one degree with other tenants and countries ; 

 &quot; nam cessante causa, tollitur effectus ?&quot; Wherein, 

 in my opinion, some time would be given ; &quot; quia 

 &quot; adhuc eorum messis in herba est :&quot; but some present 

 ordinance would be made to take effect at a future 



