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Prayers said. Rolls called.
The lord high chancellour represented to the parliament that he was directed by the lords of her majesties' privy council to acquaint the parliament that, upon occasion of a rabble and tumult that happened in Edinburgh upon Wednesday's night last by which several members of parliament were threatened and insulted, the lords of privy council had, for security of the members of parliament and peace of the toun, brought in a part of the foot guards to the toun of Edinburgh, and had issued furth a proclamation against such tumultuary meetings in the terms of several acts of parliament.