The Dedication. 



cate the Settlement of the Scots in 

 Darien, and Tour Majefiys fuflice 

 in poteBing them^ againfi the ob^ 

 lique Af^erfiom which are caji u^on 

 it in the Spanifli Memorial 



J he Soveraignty of the Crown of 

 Scotland hath always bin held Sacred 

 hy our Ancejiors^ who never were 

 j-^aring of their Blood to defend it ei- 

 ther from the Invajion of Foreigners^ 

 or the mean Compliance of feme few of 

 QurVrinces that were unworthy to 

 we'ctf it '^ and t her fore were either to- 

 fallyexcluded from it^ as the Family 

 p/ 14alb)^ or ohligd to reajfert its 

 li ight whenrejcu d out of the Hands 

 of their Fnemics^ as haffcnd to our 

 William I. and James J. 



I'tozidence having nnw -^lacd it 

 ^n the Head of Tour Majefry^ whofe 



Heroic 



