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Prayers said, rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
The proces the laird of Clackmannan against his creditors being called, and none of them compearing, protection was granted to him to the nixt session of parliament inclusive.
The ratification of a charter in favors of the earle of Marchmont past.
The act for the imposition on all foraigne ships read the second tyme, and, after severall amendments made thereon, it was put to the vote approve or not, and carried approve, and tutched with the scepter by her majesty's high commissioner in the usuall manner.
The parliament, haveing heard the report of the commission to whom it was remitted to inquire farder into the complaint given in by John Smith against the generall muster master, and they both being present, John Smith craved that John Forbes, agent to Collonell Hill's regiment then in the garison of Inverlochie, might be examined on the interrogators given in by him, who, being called, was examined and thereafter the farder inquiry in this whole affair, both in that regiment and all the other regiments since the time the generall muster master got his commission, and all the muster masters, deputs and agents for the regiments since the revolution, remitted to the commission, with power to them to call and examine witnesses and likewayes to call for papers, writes and documents for clearing this whole mater, and to report next session of parliament.
Petitions Lieutennent Smith and Cornet Henry Montgomery, craveing arrears dew to them, read, and remitted to the commission.
Act anent the misapplying the publick fonds read, and a first reading ordered to be marked thereon and to be printed.
Act for armeing the countrey read, and a first reading ordered to be marked thereon and to be printed.
The parliament procceded to take the affair of the plot into consideratione. It was moved that since there is no sufficient documents but only copys of papers produced, her majesty be addressed to send to the nixt session of parliament the principall papers relateing thereto. And it was resolved, nemine contradicente, that there be a draught of ane address brought in from the parliament to the queen, to lay before the nixt session of parliament all the principall papers relating to the plot, and to send the evidences, persones and witnesses to appear at the nixt session of parliament.
The lord chancellor, by order of the lord high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Munday nixt at ten a cloak.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]