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Prayers said. The rolls called.
The minuts of the last sederunt being read, Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall desired his adherence to the marquess of Tweeddale's protestation made the last sederunt might be marked.
The act allowing the importation of wines and forreigne liquors was proceeded in, and a clause being offered to declare that any nobleman or baron may, in return for effects of their native product exported by them on their own risk, import wines for their own use free of all custome, excise or other duty, and that if they sell the same they shall lose that priviledge thereafter and be fined in five thousand merks, whereof the half to the informer. There was another clause offered, reserveing to the peers and barons the same immunities and freedoms from customes for wines which they had by the two hundreth and fifty first act, fifteenth parliament, King James the sixth, and after debate the vote being asked whither the first clause or the second clause should be added, and it carried that the second clause should be added. Then a clause was offered oblidgeing the importer to instruct his haveing exported of the product of this kingdom to the value of the wines and liquors imported, and confiscating the wine and liquors imported above the value of the export. Whereupon the vote was asked, add the clause to the act or not, and carried in the negative. After which the act was put to the vote and approven.
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till to morrow at ten a clock.