THE

HISTORY

OF

SCOTLAND,

FROM THE

UNION OF THE crowns

ON THE

ACCESSION OF JAMES VI. TO THE THRONE OF ENGLAND,

TO

THE UNION OF THE KINGDOMS

IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE.

THE SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED.

WITH A

PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION

ON THE PARTICIPATION OF

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS,

IN THE MURDER OF DARNLEY.

BY MALCOLM LAING, ESQ.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

London:

PRINTED FOR J. MAWMAN, NO. 22 POULTRY ;

AND A. CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH..

94546

T. Gillet, Printer, Crown-court, Fleet Street,

CONTENTS.

VOL. IV.

BOOK VII.

New Government and Parliament. Execution of

Argyle, Guthry, Wariston.-Prelacy restored.

Presbyterian Clergy ejected.-Middleton's Ra-

pacity, Excesses, and Disgrace. Ecclesiastical

Commission, military Persecution, and Insurrec-

tion in the West. - Government mitigated and

the Presbyterians indulged.-Lauderdale's ty-

rannical administration. - Persecution of Con-

venticles.- Mitchell's Trial.

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BOOK VIII.

Introduction of the Highlanders, and their Seve-

rities in the West. - Murder of Sharp.-In-

surrection of Bothwell Bridge-Suppressed by

1

Page

Monmouth-Duke of York's Administration.-

Act of Succession and the Test-Argyle's Trial

and Escape.-Ryehouse Plot.-Prostitution of

Justice, Executions, Extortions, Murders in

the Fields-Death and Character of Charles II. 81

BOOK IX.

Accession, and Parliament of James.-Argyle's

Invasion and Execution. - Opposition to the

Repeal of the Penal Laws and the Test.-

Dispensing Powers exerted.-Origin and Pro-

gress of the Revolution in England-in Scot-

land. Convention of Estates. Forfeiture of

the Crown by James, -its Settlement on the

Prince and Princess of Orange.

154

BOOK X.

Convention turned into a Parliament. Insurrec-

tion.-Dundee's Victory and Death.--Mont-

gomery's Plots.-Redress of Grievances, and

Presbytery restored.-Massacre of Glencoe.-

Settlement of Darien.-National Distress and

Despair.-Death of James.-Death and Cha-

racter of William.

211

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BOOK XI.

Accession of Anne.-New Paliament.-Act of

Security proposed.-Passed.-Alarm-and

Acts in England against the Scots. Protestant

Succession attempted in Parliament.-Postponed

for a Treaty of Union. - Negociation of the Com-

missioners. Articles examined in Parliament.

Debates and Arguments of each Party on an

Union. Insurrection projected and disappoint-

ed.-Union ratified by the Scotch-and Eng-

lish Parliaments.- Completed by dissolving the

Privy Council, and introducing the English

Treason Laws. Review of its Effects.-Con-

clusion of the whole.

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