_Item_, How soon ane lawful Parliament may be had, or that the occasione may utherwayes justly serve, the nobles, barrones, and uthers of the Kirk undersubscryvand, shall labour and prease at their uttermost, that the faithfull Kirk of Jesus Christ profest within this realme, shall be put in full liberty of the patrimony of the Kirk, according to the Booke of God and the order and practise of the primitive Kirk, and that nothing shall passe in Parliament unto the tyme the matters of the Kirk forsaid be first considered, approved, and established; and in the meantyme the professors undersubscryvand consents and offers to reforme themselves according to the Book of God, whilk they shall put in practise, and the refusers to be secluded from the bosome of the Kirk. And, moreover, in the said next Parliament, or utherwayes at the first occasione, order shall be taken for ease of the poor labourers of the ground, toward the payment of their teyndes in reasonable manner, and how the samen shall not be sett over their heads, without their advyse and consent. _Item_, That nane be permitted nor admitted to have charge over schoolls, colledges, or universities, or yet openly or privately to instruct the youth, but sic as hes been tryed be the Superintendants and visitors of the kirks, shall be found sound and able in doctrine, and admitted be them to their charges. _Item_, That all crymes and offences committed against God’s law may be severally punished according to the word of God, and where laws are presently appointed for the punishment, and judges also deput to that effect, that the executione may be made thereupon as effeirs: And where neither laws nor judges are appointed for sic crymes as are to be punished be the law of God, that in the first Parliament the same judges may be appointed, lawes established, as God commands in his word. _Item_, That since the horrible murther of the Queen’s Majestie’s husband is so odious not only before God, but also to the haill world, with continuall infamie and shame to this realme, if the same murther shall not be punished accordingly: Therefore the noblemen, barrones, and uthers undersubscryvand shall, with all their forces, strength, and power, concurr and assist to take plaine part together, to further and maintaine the punishment of the said murther on all and whatsumever persones that shall be found guiltie of the same; seeing the plague of God shall not depart from the countrey or towne where innocent blood is shed, before the same shall be cleansed be shedding of the blood of the offenders. Seeing it hes pleased God of his mercy, to give ane native Prince to this countrey, appearand to be our Sovereigne, to the end he be not cruelly and shamefully murthered, as the King his father was, the nobilitie, barrones, and uthers undersubscryvand, shall assist, maintaine, and defend the Prince against all that would doe him injurie.