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Our soverign lady, considering that by the severall annexations of kirklands to the croun the few duties are reserved to the lords of erection, redeemable by her majesty and successors by payment of a thousand merks for each hundred merks or chalder of victuall, and proportionally for every other duty not being naked services, and that this reversion has been no profit to the croun but a let and impediment of all transactions betwixt the lords and fewars theranent, and that the said lords of erection and their successours in their rights have been alwayes most dutifull to her sacred majesty and her predecessors. Therfor, and for the other grounds above written, her majesty, with advice and consent of the estates of parliament, dissolves the said few duties from the crown and rescinds all the acts of annexation therof to the effect the same may remain with the lords of erection, and those having right from them, irredeemably and for ever, and therfore discharges the said reversion contained in the severall acts of parliament and, for her and her successors, renounces the same for ever, and wills and ordains that this generall discharge and renunciation shall be alse valid and effectuall to every person concerned as if they had particular discharges and renunciations apart registrate in the register of reversions and discharges therof. Wheranent and anent all imperfections that may be objected, her majesty, for her self and successors, with advice and consent forsaid, hes dispensed and hereby dispenses for ever, declaring this act shall not preclude her majesty and her royall successors of the right of superiority of the said erections or of any duties, casualties or services prestable by the lords of erection for the samen conforme to their severall rights thereof.