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Prayers said, rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
The report of the committie for security of the kingdome read, viz: it is the opinion of the committee for security of the kingdome that a resolve be made in parliament to grant sufficient supplies to her majestie for maintaining forces, repareing forts and garisons, and provyding arms and ammunition, and guarding the coasts and trade, for secureing the peace and quiet of the highlands, and generally for defence and security of the kingdome.
Moved that a committee may be appointed for reviseing the accounts of the money given and laid on by the former sessions of this parliament.
Agreed that a committee be appointed for that end, and that there be three of each state, and that the members bring in their list nixt sederunt.
The said report, being again read, was voted and approven.
Report from the committee of securitie anent the affair of the advocats remitted to them, that they had called the dean of facultie and whole advocats, whereof about seventy had declared they gave no warrand to the dean of facultie to subscribe the paper called the address, and tuenty of them refuised to ansuer the question, and that the committie had caused the said refusers enact themselves to appear before the parliament this day, and ordered her majesties advocat to prepare and exhibit a charge against them.
Her majesties advocat exhibited the said charge, which, being read, the said advocats that had enacted themselves were called and the charge read to them.
The dean of facultie, for himself and in name of the others called, craved a competent tyme to ansuer the lybell, it being complex.
Her majesties advocat declaired that the defenders should have a copie of the lybell and instructions thereof with a list of the witnesses, and craved that one copie given to the dean of facultie should be sufficient for him and the rest.
To which the defenders agreed, but thereafter her majesties advocat declared he would give a copie to each of them, but that the documents should be put in the dean of faculties hands to serve for him and the rest, which was agreed to and ordered to be marked.
Ordered that the defenders give in their ansuers to the charge on Tuesday nixt, with continuatione.
Ordered that the committie for drawing the ansuers to her majesties letters doe meet to morrow morning and prepare draughts for the parliament.
The other committies appointed to meet to morrow at ten a clock.
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Thursday nixt at ten a clock.
Marchmont, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. parl[iamenti]