[1] Marie Queene of Englande departed this life, the .xvij. of Nouember, & then the moſt ex|cellẽt & noble Queene Elizabeth ſucceeded. In Iuly & Auguſt there was a conuention of al the prelates & Clergie bolden at Edenburgh,An aſſembled of the clergy. in the which certaine men and women of Edenburgh were accuſed of Hereſie, & abiured at the towne croſſe with faggotes on their backes. In this aſſemble it was required,Cõmon prayers to be had in the vulgate tongue. that the cõmon pray|ers might be red in the Scottiſh tong in Chur|ches, with certaine other articles of reformatiõ, whereof the anſwere was deferred till March, in whiche moneth a prouinciall counſell was ap|pointed to be holden at Edenburgh. The .ij. of Marche,A prouincial counſell. the ſayde prouinciall counſell of all the Prelates and Clergie of Scotlande began, wherein diuers Articles were proponed by the temporalty,Requeſtes made by the Lay [...]e. as to haue the prayers and admini|ſtration of the Sacraments in the Scottiſh lã|guage, the election of Biſhops and all benefi|ced men to paſſe by the voyces of the temporall Lordes & people of their Dioceſſes and pariſhes, with diuers other reformations, al the which the Biſhops refuſed to graunt, wherethrough there aroſe ſhortly after great trouble in Scotlande.