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Prayers said, the rolls called.
The minutes of the last sederunt read.
[Alexander Forbes], lord [Forbes of] Pitsligo took the oath of allegiance and oath of parliament and subscribed the allegiance and assurance.
It being moved that the draft of the act offered 9 September by [Andrew Fletcher], laird of Saltoun for certain limitations on the successor to the crown failing heirs of her majesty's body might be considered, it was proposed that the parliament might, according to their vote on 25 August, proceed upon further overtures for trade; and thereupon the question being voted whether the parliament should proceed on the said act for limitations or upon the overtures for trade, it carried that they should proceed on the overtures for trade.
The act for allowing the importation of all wine and foreign liquors read, and, after long debate, the question was stated approve the first clause allowing the importation of all sorts of wines and other foreign liquors or not, but, before voting, [John Hay], marquis of Tweeddale protested for himself and in name and on behalf of such as should adhere to his protestation that this act allowing the importation of French wine and brandy ought not to pass as being dishonourable to her majesty, inconsistent with the grand alliance wherein she is engaged and prejudicial to the honour, safety, interest and trade of this kingdom, and therefore desired his protestation might be marked and inserted in the records of parliament, and thereupon asked instruments. To which protestation adhered his grace [James Douglas], duke of Hamilton, [James Graham], marquis of Montrose, the earls [John Hay, earl] of Erroll, [William Keith, earl] Marischal, [John Hamilton/Leslie, earl of] Rothes, [Charles Home, earl of] Home, [John Lyon, earl of] Strathmore, [John Ker, earl of] Roxburghe, [Thomas Hamilton, earl of] Haddington, [Charles Hamilton Douglas, earl of] Selkirk and [John Hamilton, earl of] Ruglen, [David Murray], viscount of Stormont, the lords [Francis Sempill, lord] Sempill, [Alexander Stewart, lord] Blantyre, [William Forrester, lord] Forrester, [William Hamilton, lord] Bargany, [Alexander Murray, lord] Elibank, [John Hamilton, lord] Belhaven, [Robert Colville, lord] Colville [of Ochiltree] and [Patrick Kinnaird, lord] Kinnaird, Robert Dundas of Arniston, Sir Robert Dickson of Inveresk, George Lockhart of Carnwath, Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, William Nisbet of Dirleton, John Cockburn, younger, of Ormiston, Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, Sir John Home of Blackadder, Sir John Swinton of that ilk, Sir Patrick Home of Renton, Sir William Kerr of Greenhead, William Bennett of Grubbet, William Baillie of Lamington, George Baillie of Jerviswood, John Sinclair, younger, of Stevenson, James Hamilton of Aikenhead, Mr William Cochrane of Kilmaronock, Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss, Sir John Houston of that ilk, John Graham of Killearn, James Graham of Buchlyvie, Robert Rollo of Powhouse, Thomas Sharp of Houston, John Haldane of Gleneagles, Sir Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre, William Oliphant of Gask, Mungo Graham of Gorthie, Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, Alexander Gordon of Pitlurg, John Udny of that ilk, William Seton of Pitmedden, James Moir of Stoneywood, Ludovic Grant of that ilk, Hugh Rose of Kilravock, Sir William Anstruther of that ilk, David Beaton of Balfour, Major Henry Balfour of Dunbog, Robert Douglas of Strathenry, Mr Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse, James Haliburton of Pitcur, David Graham of Fintry, Alexander Duff of Braco, James Brodie of that ilk, Robert Dunbar of Grangehill and John Bruce of Kinross, commissioners for shires, Alexander Robertson [of Craig], Alexander Watson [of Aithernie], Alexander Edgar, George Easson, James Oswald [of Dunnikier], Patrick Bruce [of Bunzion], Sir John Anstruther [of that ilk], Sir John Erskine [of Alva], James Spittall [of Leuchat], Francis Mollison, Sir James Halkett [of Pitfirrane], George Smith [of Gibliston], Robert Kellie, Mr John Lyon, George Brodie [of Asliesk], Sir Robert Anstruther [of Wrae and Balcaskie], Mr John Carruthers [of Denbie], George Home [of Whitfield], Mr James Beaton [of Balfour], John Bain [of Tulloch], Mr Alexander Arbuthnott, commissioners for burghs. Then the vote was asked approve the clause or not, and carried in the affirmative.
The lord chancellor, by order of her majesty's high commissioner, adjourned the parliament until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
[James Ogilvy, earl of] Seafield, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament†