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After calling of the rolls the court of parliament was fenced in the usual form by the lyon king at arms, the words thereof being read by the lord clerk register and repeated by him as follows:
Forasmuch as this present parliament was called by her majesty's royal authority and special mandate and is now met and convened in obedience thereto, I therefore, in the name of her most sacred majesty Anne, by the grace of God, of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, queen, defender of the faith, and in the name of the high and mighty prince James [Douglas], duke of Queensberry, her majesty's high commissioner for this kingdom, do fence and fix this court to sit, hold and continue during her majesty's pleasure, and I command all and sundry to reverence, acknowledge and obey the same, and I defend and forbid all persons whatsoever to make or occasion any trouble or molestation to this high court of parliament as they will answer at their highest peril.
Whereupon [David Boyle], lord Boyle, lord treasurer depute, took instruments in absence of her majesty's advocate.