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Prayers said, rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Proposal anent the arming and training of ane army of seventy two thousand foot and eight thousand horse by raiseing of a moneth and half's supply read and ordered to be printed.
Ordered that Colin Campbell of Glenderuile and Neill MacLeod, ane of the captains of her majesties foot guards, and George MacKenzie, son to George MacKenzie in Stonhyve†, who were cited before the parliament, doe attend the furder dyets thereof.
Ordered that the ratifications and warrands for fairs to be given in this session of parliament be ready to be presented the third sederunt next week, and her majesties high commissioner appoints the lord advocat, the lord thesaurer depute and lord justice clerk, or any two of them, to revise the same.
Ordered that the said sederunt nixt week be for receiving the report of the commission for publick accompts, and that petitions relateing thereto come in according to the order of the said report.
Proces Sir Walter Seaton against Malloch and others called, and parties procurators being heard as to the seeing of the proces, the parliament refused to allow the defenders to see the same in regard they did not call for it debito tempore; and the procurators being farder heard whether a personal protection shall be granted to the pursuer or not, after the parliament's reasoning thereon, they, in respect of his special circumstances, granted to him a personal protection, reserving to the creditors to insist be way of reduction before the judge ordinar of anie deed done in their prejudice.
Moved that he be oblidged to give his oath before the lord chancellar whether he hath made any fraudulent conveyance or not, and that before extracting.
Moved also that his protection be given simply without any such quality, and, after debate, it was put to the vote simply or with a quality, and carried simply.
Then agreed that this protection continue till recalled by the parliament.
Petition for Patrick, lord Kinnaird continued till next sederunt for privat business, and to be then first under consideration.
Petition for Collonell Patrick Ogilvie and others for preventing the importation of Irish victuall read, and, after debate, agreed that the same be under the consideration of the parliament the first sederunt after the act of the supply shall be finished.
Petition for the earle of Buchan again read, and, after reasoning thereon, it was put to the vote grant a year to the petitioner to enter heir to his predecessors who dyed last infeft for the ends contained in his petition or not, and it carried grant.
Overture for ane act in favours of the town of Glasgow for ane imposition of two pennies upon the pynt of all ale browen and vended within the said town for payment of their debt, read.
Overture for ane act in favours of the royall burrows and others for the same imposition also read.
Moved that a first reading be marked on the act in favours of the town of Glasgow, also moved that a first reading be marked on the general act; and, after debate, it was put to the vote mark a first reading on the general or special act, and carried mark a first reading on the special act.
Then 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]