Excerpt from A General History of Scotland, Vol. 8: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time

N the twenty-fixth of January 1573, a An. 1573° parliament met at Edinburgh, and con 5331111? Firmed Morton's regency but made it lawful for themfelves, in cafe of another vacancy during the king's minority, to cleft any of his majefiy's party, profefiing the true religion, regent. An act pa¿ed, That no papifis {hould 'be reputed loyal fubjeéts to the king, but be nuniihed as rebels: and that all fuch as pro fe¿'ed the true religion, and yet withfiood the king's authority, {hould be warned by their teachers to acknowledge their offence, and te.

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