32 UNION OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. 



part of soil or territory, which is comprehended un 

 der the name of Scotland, is in quantity, as I have 

 heard it esteemed, how truly I know not, not past a 

 third part of Britain ; and that part of soil or ter 

 ritory vliich is comprehended under the name of 

 England, is two parts of Britain, leaving to speak of 

 any difference of wealth or population, and speaking 

 only of quantity. So then if, for example, Scotland 

 should bring to parliament as much nobility as Eng 

 land, then a third part should countervail two parts ; 

 &quot; nam si inasqualibus asqualia addas, omnia erunt 

 &quot; inaequalia.&quot; And this, I protest before God and 

 your majesty, I do speak not as a man born in Eng 

 land, but as a man born in Britain. And therefore 

 to descend to the particulars : 



For the parliaments, the consideration of that 

 point will fall into four questions. 



1. The first, what proportion shall be kept 

 between the votes of England and the votes of 

 Scotland ? 



2. The second, touching the manner of proposi 

 tion, or possessing of the parliament of causes there to 

 be handled ; which in England is used to be done 

 immediately by any member of the parliament, or by 

 the prolocutor ; and in Scotland is used to be done 

 immediately by the lords of the articles ; whereof 

 the one form seemeth to have more liberty, and the 

 other more gravity and maturity : and therefore the 

 question will be whether of these shall yield to other, 

 or whether there should not be a mixture of both, by 

 some commissions precedent to every parliament, in 



