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Prayers said.
Rolls called.
Minuts of the last sederunt read.
Then the following addresses were given in and read, viz: address of the heretors and several other persons in the barony paroch of Glasgow, subscribers of the same; address of heretors, magistrats, toun councill and other inhabitants within the toun and paroch of Culross in Perthshire and heretors, elders and other inhabitants within the parochines of Saline, Carnock and Torie in Fyfeshire, subscribing the same; address of the provost, baillies, toun council and other inhabitants of the burgh of Stirling, subscribing the same; address of the barons, freeholders and others within the steuartry of Annandale, subscribing the same; and address of the magistrats, toun council, gildbrethren, deacons of crafts and other burgesses, tradesmen and inhabitants within the burgh of Innerkeithing, subscribers of the same, all against an union with England in the terms of the articles.
Thereafter the fifth article of union again read with the proposal for amending, explaining and inlargeing the same insert in the former day's minuts and altered thus, viz: that all ships or vessells belonging to her majesties subjects of Scotland at the time of ratifieing the treaty of union of the two kingdoms in the parliament of Scotland, tho forreigne build, shall be deemed and pass as ships of the build of Great Britain, the owners (or where there are moe owners, one or moe of the owners), within twelve months after the first day of May next, making oath that at the time of ratifieing the union in the parliament of Scotland the same did in haill or in part belong to him or them, or to some other subject or subjects of Scotland to be particularly named with the place of their respective abodes, and that the same doth then at the time of the said deposition wholly belong to him or them, and that no forreigner directly or indirectly hath any share, part or interest therein.
And, after some reasoning thereon, there was a second proposal given in for amending the article in these terms: that all ships and vessels belonging to her majesties subjects of Scotland at the time of ratifieing the treaty of union of the two kingdoms in the parliaments of both kingdoms etc., and, after some debate, the vote was stated approve of the first paragraph of the fifth article with the first amendment or second, and it carried approve with the first amendment.
Thereafter the rest of the said fifth article of union was read, and a proposal given in for adding a clause in these terms: that for the space of seven years from and after the concluding the treaty of union in both kingdoms, it is expressly agreed that none of the seamen or mariners aboard any of the ships belonging to that part of united Britain now called Scotland shall, either at home or abroad, be pressed from aboard their said ships to serve in any of her majesties ships of warr or friggots; and in case after the said seven years it shall happen that there be a levy of seamen in united Britain for serving in the British fleet, that the said part of united Britain now called Scotland shall only be burdened with such a proportion as our taxes bear in proportion to that part of united Britain now called England, but prejudice to the officers of her majesties ships or fleet to ingage as many volunteer seamen in their service as they can aggree with in this part of united Britain, and this article to be unalterable in any subsequent British parliament.
Which being read, after some reasoning thereupon, it was put to the vote add the second clause or not, and it carried not.
Thereafter the rest of the fifth article being again read, the vote was put approve there of or not, and it carried approve.
Then the lord chancellor, by order of her majesties high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till tuesday next at ten of the clock.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]