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Excerpt from Publications of the Scottish History Society, Vol. 1
On 21st November Of the same year the General Assembly met at Glasgow, the Marquis of Hamilton being Lord High Commissioner, and Alexander Henderson of Leuchars fulfilling the duties of Moderator. The High Commissioner soon withdrew, but the Assembly continued its sittings, and passed a series of enactments by which Episcopacy was abjured and Presbyterianism restored. Fittingly at the close did the Moderator sum up the work of the Assembly: We have now cast down the walls of Jericho; let him that re-buildeth them beware of the curse of Hiel the Bethelite.' The King at once took up the challenge and raised an army to put down what he regarded as rebellion. The Covenanters in turn, under the direction of Alexander Leslie, afterwards Earl of Leven, and Lord Rothes, rallied their supporters to their ?ag which was stamped with the Scottish arms and the ditton, For Christ's Crown and Covenant, ' in letters of gold; and the Opposing forces confronted each other at Duns Law. Negotiations super vened, with the result that the King promised a free Assembly at Edinburgh, with a Parliament to follow. At the same time each side agreed to abandon their armaments.
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