Scotland one Commonwealth with England.; Thirty persons shall be called to serve in Parliament for Scotland. His Highness the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c. taking into consideration how much it might conduce to the glory of God, and the peace and welfare of the People in this whole Island, That after all those late unhappy Wars and Differences, the People of Scotland should be united with the People of England into one Commonwealth, and after and under one Government; and finding that in December, One thousand six hundred fifty and one, the Parliament then sitting did send Commissioners into Scotland to invite the People of that Nation unto such a happy Union; who proceeded so far therein, that the Shires and Burroughs of Scotland, by their Deputies convened at Dalkeith, and again at Edenburgh, did accept of the said Union, and assent thereunto; For the compleating and perfecting of which Union, Be it Ordained, and it is Ordained by His Highness the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging, by and with the advice and consent of His Council, That all the people of Scotland, and of the Isles of Orkney and Zethland, and of all the Dominions and Territories belonging unto Scotland, are and shall be, and are hereby Incorporated into, Constituted, Established, Declared and Confirmed one Commonwealth with England; And in every Parliament to be held Successively for the said Commonwealth, thirty persons shall be called from, and serve for Scotland.
The people discharged of Allegiance to any issue of Charles Stuart. And for the more effectual preservation of this Union, and the freedom and safety of the People of this Commonwealth so united, Be it Ordained, and it is Ordained by the Authority aforsaid, That all the people of Scotland, and of the Isles of Orkney and Zethland, and of all the Dominions and Territories belonging unto Scotland, of what Degree or Condition soever, be discharged of all Fealty, Homage, Service and Allegiance which is or shall be pretended due unto any of the Issue and Posterity of Charles Stuart late King of England and Scotland, or any claiming under him; And that Charles Stuart, Eldest Son, and James, called Duke of York, second Son, and all other the Issue and Posterity of the said late King, and all and every person and persons, pretending Title from, by or under him, are and be disabled to hold or enjoy the Crown of Scotland, and other the Dominions thereunto belonging, or any of them, or to have the Name, Title, Stile, or Dignity of King, or Queen of Scotland, or to have and enjoy the Power and Dominion of the said Kingdom and Dominions, or any of them, or the Honors, Manors, Lands, Tenements, Possessions and Hereditaments belonging or appertaining to the said Crown of Scotland, or other the Dominions aforesaid, or to any of them, Any Law, Statute, Usage, Ordinance or Custom in Scotland to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding.
Kingship abolished with Parliament authority in Scotland. And it is further Ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the said Office, Stile, Dignity, Power and Authority of King of Scotland, and all right of the three Estates of Scotland, to convocate or assemble in any General Convocation or Parliament, and all Conventional and Parliamentary Authority in Scotland, as formerly established, and all Laws, Usages, and Customs, Ordaining, Constituting, or Confirming the same, shall be, and are hereby, and from henceforth abolished and utterly taken away, and made null and void.
Arms of Scotland to be born with the Arms of this Commonwealth. And that this Union may take its more full effect and intent, Be it further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That the Arms of Scotland, viz. a Cross, commonly called Saint Andrews Cross, be received into, and born from henceforth in the Arms of this Commonwealth, as a Badge of this Union; and that all the Publique Seals, Seals of Office, and Seals of Bodies Civil or Corporate, in Scotland, which heretofore carried the Arms of the Kings of Scotland, shall from henceforth in stead thereof, carry the Arms of this Commonwealth.