BOOK XVII. A.D. 1681.

Parliament—Act for securing the Protestant 437 religion—asserting the divine right and lineal succession of their kings—for securing the peace of the country—Lord Bargeny’s case—THE TEST—debate upon it—Belhaven—Argyle—objections to its imposition—Argyle takes it with an explanation—his trial—escapes from the Castle—forfeited—Fraser of Brea—fined—banished