r 9 4 HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

chap. restriction of prerogative, were agreed to belv. ratified: And what they more valued than alliS4t. these advantages , they had a near prospect ofspreading the presbyterian discipline in Englandand Ireland , from the seeds , which they had scat-tered, of their religious principles. Never didrefined Athens so exult in diffusing the sciencesand liberal arts over a savage world; never didgenerous Rome so please herself in the view oflaw and order established by her victoriousarms; as the Scots now rejoiced, in communi-cating their barbarous zeal and theologicalfervor, to the neighbouring nadosts.

Aug. 14. Charles, despoiled in England of a considerable

Settlement part Q f authority, and dreading still fartherScotland. r . , - , “ „ ,

encroachments upon him, arrived in bcotland,

with an intention of abdicating almost entirely

the small share of power, which there remained

to him, and of giving full satisfaction, if

possible , to his restless subjects in that kingdom.

The lords of articles were an ancient institu-tion in the Scotdssi parliament. They wereconstituted after this manner. The temporallords chose eight bishops: The bilhops electedeight temporal lords : These sixteen named eightcommissioners of counties, and eight burgesses:And without the previous consent of the thirty,two, who were denominated lords of articles,no motion could be made in parliament. Asthe bishops were entirely devoted to the court,it is evident, that all the lords of articles , bynecessary consequence, depended on the king’s