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Prayers said. The rolls called.
The minutes of the last sederunt read.
The lords [Francis Sempill, lord] Sempill, [John Elphinstone, lord] Elphinstone, [William Forrester, lord] Forrester and [John Bellenden, lord] Bellenden, Sir John Houston of that ilk, [Mr John Stewart], laird of Blackhall, younger and Alexander Gordon of Garty, commissioners for shires, took the oath of allegiance and oath of parliament and subscribed the allegiance and assurance.
The controversy anent the commissions of Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus and Sir John Home of Blackadder, for the shire of Berwick, being passed from, they took the oath of allegiance and oath of parliament and subscribed the allegiance and assurance.
Mr Robert Stewart of Tillicoultry, having chosen to represent the shire of Bute, and Sir John Erskine of Alva to represent the burgh of Burntisland rather than to insist upon their controverted commissions for the shire of Clackmannan, both took the oath of allegiance and oath of parliament and subscribed the allegiance and assurance.