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12. We must not expect to find that order & delicacy in these Parliaments that were in those of England, on the contrary both the Barons & Burgesses assembl'd in the same House; the Scotch being a very active & Military People could not bear the plague of regularly going through every Bill brought before them, they therefore establish'd a Committee by the Name of underline Lords of Articles; /underline these were to examine every Bill to be lay'd before Parliament, & had the right of rejecting them, so that they gave negatives before debate.

The Lords of Articles appear to have been at first appointed by the Kings, but afterwards were chosen by Parliament, they were compos'd of 8. Spirital & 8. Temporal Lords, 8. Burgesses & 8 great Officers of the Crown; the 8. Ecclesiasticks