"An act was framed and passed in Parliament, but withal so imperious and haughty that the like treatment was never given by one nation to another. For in the very act itself they direct the Scots Parliament after what manner the Scots commissioners were to be chosen...

And further to frighten the #Scots into compliance, they declare all Scotsmen to be aliens and incapable to enjoy the liberties and privileges of Englishmen,..."

#Lockhart on how #OurPreciousUnion came to be. Voluntary my arse