IV. For the seventh reason, if it offend not the inferiour Clergie, His Majesty is contented with it. V. In the ninth reason, to omit the precondemning of the Service-book, Book of Canons, and High Commission. VI. The tenth reason is so full that the eighth may be totally omitted. VII. The eleventh reason militates abundantly against all those who hold such Tenets, that they cannot Voice in the Assembly, though it Infer not an absolute Nullity of the Assembly. VIII. The thirteenth de loco tuto, & accessu tuto, to be totally omitted. IX. The fourteenth and last to be totally omitted. X. In the conclusion there is one clause marked by His Majesties own Hand, which is to be omitted. Whitehall, 19ᵗʰ October, 1638. * * * * * 1638.—November 17. 87.—_Letter from the King to Hamilton._[112] HAMILTON, Concerning our Preparations here, I have commanded the Comptroller to give you a full account, of which you may take publick notice, and declare, That as their Carriage hath forced me to take care to arm myself against any Insolence that may be committed; so you may give assurance that my care of Peace is such, that all those Preparations shall be useless, except they first break out with insolent Actions. Now for Answer to your Letter, it was never heard that one should be both Judge and Party: besides, the Lawfulness of the Judicatory must be condescended upon, before any Cause can be therein lawfully determined: therefore I say that the Assembly can in no case be Judge of their own Nullities: yet you have reason, not onely to make good what I have promised, but also to promise them a new Assembly, upon the amendment of all the Faults and Nullities of this. I approve of both your Bargains, and shall take care that you shall not lose by them, and so I rest Your assured constant Friend, CHARLES R. Whitehall, 17 Nov. 1638. * * * * * 1638.—November 20. 88. _Letter from Bishops of Ross and Brechin to the Commissioner._[113] MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE,