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felves, or to take in the Affiftance of others ; 

 and if they find themfelves aggrieved by E;f^' 

 land^thty have their refpeftive Governments to 

 make application to for redrefs : but we are the 

 moft unhappy People in the World ; for if £;;^' 

 land oppofe us, we have no King to appeal to, 

 but one that is either an Alien and Enemy to us, 

 as being King of a greater People who are fuch, 

 or if he be inclinable to protefl: and do us Juftice 

 as King of Scots^ he is a Prifoner in England, 

 and cannot do it : If they queftion him in the 

 Parliament of England for any thing relating to 

 his Government of Scotland, as in the cafe of 

 our late Aft for an Eaft-Indiaznd JfricanTr^dey 

 his Interefl: as King of England obliges him to 

 fubmit himfelfas King of Scotland; by which 

 means our Crown, which we defended Co gal- 

 lantly for fb many ages, and which the Englijb 

 could never make fubjeft to theirs by force, is 

 now intirely fubjefted by a falfe ftep of our 

 own, infuffering our King to take their Crown 

 upon him without making better terms for our 

 felves: So that inftead of having a King to 

 fight our Battels, we have made a furrender of 

 our Prince to the Enemy, who arm him againft 

 us ; and which is worft of all, we have fal- 

 fified our own Proverb as to our felves, That 

 Scots-men are mfe behind hand : for tho we fut 

 ficiently fmarted for it in the four laft Reigns, 

 yet we had not fbmuch forefight or care of our 

 felves as to prevent the Confequences of it in 

 this Reign, when it was in our power to have 



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