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Prayers said. The rolls called.
James Hamilton of Aikenhead, as one of the commissioners for the shire of Lanerk, took the oath of alledgeance to her majestie and oath of parliament, and subscribed the alledgeance and assureance.
The minuts of the last sederunt read.
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Moved that there be a resolve of parliament that after the act for security of the kingdom is adjusted and voted, and the contraverted elections mentioned in the former resolve are considered, the parliament will take into consideration and determine a motion now lying upon the table concerning the power of makeing peace and war preferable to all other matters and motions, nothing to interveen, and, after debate, the vote was stated in these words, resolve or not, and thereafter stated in these words, make the resolve or proceed upon the act, and the question put, whither the first state or the second should be voted, it carried that the first state should be voted, then the question put resolve or not was carried in the affirmative.
The act for security farder proceeded in and some clauses being added, it was considered if the heir of her majesties' body or the successor declared were in under-age how long in that case a regency should continue; and after reasoning upon the question, if it should terminat when the heir or successor attained the age of seventeen years compleat or should continue untill their age of twenty one years compleat, the vote was stated seventeen or twenty one, and carried seventeen years compleat.
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Munday next at ten a clock.