1. It is an exceeding great griefe to sie Jesuites, Seminarie Priests, &c. to be sufferit to pollute this land with idolatrie, to sie practisers and traffiquers against the trew religione and the libertie of this realme to be receipt and maintained, and receipters and maintainers of both the ane and the wther so to abound every where, and not only to be tolerat _impune_, but also to have speciall credite, favour, and farderance, at Court, in sessione, in all their affaires, and the trew word of God contemptuouslie despysit be the multitude, his holy sacraments horribly profaned be privat, corrupt, and unlawful persones--the discipline nothing sett by, the persones of the ministers and office-bearers shamefully abused, themselves beggerit, and their families hungerit, and yet neither the lawes againes idolatry and vyce, nor the lawes for the libertye of the Kirk dewly execute, as may be seen in the particulars following: About Dumfries, Mr John Durie, Jesuite, seducing and preaching under the name of Mr William Lang, qwho, with his complices, had masse within Dumfries, before Pasche and Zoole last was: The Lord Herreis, the Laird of Kilqwhamlay, the Goodman of Drumrischie, Mr Thomas Maxwell, Commissioner, John M‘Gie, Commissar Clark, John Bruce, merchand, John Rege, Notar, Paull Thomsone, my Lady Herreis, elder and younger, my Lady Mortoune, the Lady Tweddall, Papists, apostates, maintainers and profest favourers of Jesuites. Captain Horslinger does no lesse hurt in Drumfries nor the Jesuites; no resorting to the hearing of the word, nor discipline, superstitious dayes keepit be plaine command, and controlling of the deacones of the crafts--all superstitious rytes at Zoole and Pasche--no kirks plantit sufficientlie. _In the North._ Mrs James Gordoune, Edmond Hay, Alexander MacWhirrie, John Scott, Alexander Meldrum, Arthure Pantone, Jesuites, makes residence chieflie in Moray and Strabogy, but seduces every where in Buchane, Garrioch, Aberdeene, Marre. They repaire commonly with Airth, Laird of Leslies, elder, Androw Harvie and his mother, Andrew Leslie of the Peill, excommunicat for Papistrie, the Chancellor of Auld Aberdeene, and to young Glenbervie, excommunicat, where they have their house mass at their pleasure, and their publick mass erectit in the Laird of Leslie’s chapell, with twa idols above the altar, and there hes married two common adulterous harlots, Andrew Proctor and Janet Wilsone, qwha wald never give obedience to the Kirk. _Item_, Mr Peter Blackburne is compellit to desist from visitatione, bee diverse charges of the King’s letters, purchast be the Bischop of Aberdein. _In Ross._ Mr John Leslie restorit to the bishopric of Ross, in the last Parliament, Mr Alexander Leslie, persone in Kinkin in Ross, newly providit, an excommunicat Papist, in the Presbytrie of Aberdeene, Sir Donald Simsone, profaner of baptisme, and abwser of marriage. _In Caithness._