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Prayers said, the rolls called.
The minuts of the last sederunt read.
Ordered that the lord register cause print an exact list of all the members of parliament as they stand in the rolls, and that the earle of Dunbar be insert in his place according to the decreet of ranking in the year 1606.
The act in favours of the Company Tradeing to Africa and the Indies read, voted and approven.
Petition by Patrick Steell, vintner, read, and the summonds at his instance against his creditors being called and none compearing, there was protection granted him from personal execution for payment of all sums of money for year and day after this date.
Resolved that the parliament will proceed to consider privat bussiness the first meeting thereof nixt week as follows, viz: the action at the instance of Ker of Moristoun against Sir James Cockburn; the action at the instance of the earle of Home against Sir Patrick Home; the summonds at the instance of the laird of Clackmannan against his creditors, and the other petitions and summonds lying before them as they should be ready and insisted in.
The act anent the draw backs for exported victual read and ordered to be marked a first reading.
The act anent the communication of trade being read again, there was a draught of an act offered and read imposeing a tenth part of the ordinary cess payable by the royall burghs upon the shyres, according to their severall quotas of cess, to be proportioned by the commissioners of supply betwixt the burghs of regality and barrony and the land rent in the respective shyres, which was ordered to ly on the table and allowed to be printed before next sitting of parliament.
The act prohibiting butchers to be grasiers read again, and it being moved that the clause therein declareing all tacks of grass already set to butchers to become voyd for [...] years, to run after Whitsunday nixt unless the samen were tilled and sowen with corn yearly, the vote was asked approve or reject the clause, and carried approve. Then a clause was offered allowing all persons to sell butcher flesh in all burghs of the kingdom every lawfull day of the week, paying only the petty customs of the burgh, and thereupon the vote being asked add the clause or not, carried in the affirmative. After which the whole act was read, but before voteing thereof, Sir Patrick Johnstoun protested it might not prejudge the priviledge of the royall burghs, nor the rights of any incorporation or persons therein who are not heard before the passing of the act, and thereupon asked instruments. Which protestation was adhered to by Robert Inglis, Alexander Robertson for Perth, John Scrimzeour for Dundie, John Allardyce for Aberdeen, Lieutennant Collonell John Erskin for Stirling, Alexander Watson for Saint Andrews, Hugh Montgomery for Glasgow, John Mure for Air, Alexander Edgar for Haddingtoun, James Oswald for Kirkadie, Robert Johnstoun for Dumfries, Master Alexander Cuninghame for Irving, Walter Scott for Jedburgh, William Coltran for Wigtoun, Sir James Halkett for Dumfermlyne, Robert Scott for Selkirk, Sir James Smollat for Dumbartoun, Robert Kellie for Dunbar, Archbald Sheell for Peebles, Sir Alexander Ogilvie for Bamff, Master William Johnstoun for Annan and Donald Campbell for Inveraray. Then the whole 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.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]†