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1788. unclear

The Advocate of Scotland rel: Ryl. Regency

The Advocate presents his Compliments to Mr Pitt -- sends the 2 Bookes --

It appears from Buchannan P.162 that as far back as Kenneth the 3rds. time about the year 990, a Law was made that during the Kings Infancy a Guardian should be chosen, foreign:Latin qui pro Rege unclear /foreign, till the King attained to the age of 14 -- His precise powers are not defined --

That this Guardian sometimes called Regent sometimes foreign:Latin custos Regni /foreign, or Protector, was chosen in the earlier periods by the Nobles & afterwards by the Convention of Estates or Parlt is probable from the same Book P. 239-240 & other places - But the passage chiefly to be attended to is from P. 581 to 584 inclusive which discusses the question between the Earl of Murray & the Duke of Chatelherault concerning the guardianship of Jas. the 6th when his Mother Queen Mary was forced to resign.