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They cannon think that the Kingdom .of 

 Scotland will look upon the Engltflj Proclama* 

 tions in the Wejl-hdies^ againft liaving any 

 Commerce with our Colony at Darien^ to be 

 the Ad and Beed of a King of Scotland, fince 

 it is not only contrary to his own aQ. of Farlia- 

 ment there, and his Patent under the Great 

 Seal of that Kingdom, but contrary to the In- 

 tereft of that Nation : but being the Afl: of a 

 perfon who is really King of Scots^ we caa 

 look upon it to be no other than the effefl: of a 

 force put upon him by a Nation which in this 

 matter thinks it their Intereft he fbould do fo. 

 Now fuppofe, which God forbid, our Colony 

 lliould be ftarv'd by virtue of thofe Proclama- 

 tions, or that our Ships going and coming from 

 Darien, fhould by reafon thereof be attack^, 

 and treated as Pirates by the Engli[hj French^ 

 Dutch^ or any other Nation, who may take thq 

 opportunity to do it, and fay our King has de- 

 clared againft us ; to whom fhould we make 

 application for redrefs in this matter ? The 

 King of England^ he is our Enemy, and emit^ 

 ted thofe Proclamations ; the King of Scots 

 is detained in £»^/W, and not Mafterof him- 

 felf, but is forc'd to aft thus contrary to the In- 

 tereft of his own antient Crown and KinL^dom ; 

 as a former K. Witliamy John Ballol^ and James I. 

 wereforc'dto do, when in the power of the 

 Engltfb, In fuch a cafe, if our infant Colony 

 iTiould by ih'is means be deftroyed, our Ncigh-^ 

 hours muft needs think that we fhould look for 



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