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Our soverane lord and estates presentlie conveened, wnderstanding ther ar diverse abuses committed by the customeres and receiveres of entries of shipes and by the keeperes of the cocquet in somtyme exacting from maisteres of shipes greater soumes of money then is due to them, and somtymes absenting themselves to the great prejudice of the merchantes estate and to the hazard of the loosse of ther voyage, therfor, our soverane lord, with advyce and consent of the saidis estates, ordeanes that ther be no greater pryce exacted for entring ther shippes and goodes then the soume of tuentie three shillingis four pennyes, and for the said cocquet then the soume of fourtie shillingis, and that the keeperes of the said cocquet attend by themselves or ther servantes diligentlie and reddily to ansuer and give out cockquetes to all merchands and maisteres of shipes wnder paine of losing ther places whensoever they shall be fund either to exact more nor the said soume abovewrittin or shall occassione to the saidis merchandis or maisteres more delay then is needfull for writinge of the same.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, considering that parkes and plantingis are great decorementes and much proffitable to the kingdome, and that the demolishing and doune casting of the dykes of either and spoyling of the ground and planting inclosed within the samene by these who are evill affected to policie is a great discouragment to many who are virtuouslie disposed to parking and planting, therfore, his majestie, with consent of the saidis estates, dischairges all haukers, hunteres, travelleres and otheres persones whatsoevir to whom the samene parking and planting doe not belonge from demolishing, douncasting, climing or any wayes wrongeing of any of the dykis foirsaids, parkes and planting within the samene wnder the paine of fyve pundis toties quoties, which fynes his majestie and estates foirsaidis declaires to perteene to the owneres of the saidis parkes or plantingis, they or ther servantes deprehending the failleres. And if any other deprehend them, the one halfe to apperteene to the deprehender and the other to the heritor, with power to the deprehender to perseue the contraveener befor the ordinare judge. And if it shall happine the heritoures owne tennent to contraveene the act foirsaid, with power to the heritores to wnlaw them at thair owne pleasour, the penalty and wnlaw not exceeding the paine foirsaide.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament find that it is necessary and expedient for the good of the publicte that the transporting of eggis out of this kingdome be restraned, in respect it bringis not any considerable moneyes into the cuntrey nowayes compairable to the loose, considering the dyet of poore laboureing people and servantes, who eat only bread and drinke water, if egges were restrained, might be bettered by getting eggis to his meate at ane easie rate, or of his owne, the breed of chickenes, henes and capones would be in far greater abundance, so that they might sell at tuo pence, a groat and sexpence wher they are now tuo groates, tuelve penies and eighteene pence, and where the eggis sell now at fourtie pennyes somtymes, a groat might be sold for tuelve pennyes or eighteene pence, and where they give five shillings sex pence where the salt is made, they might sell ther dearest for a tuopence, therfor to grante a restraint wnder the paine of confiscatione of the eggis and ane hundreth pund toties quoties to be incurred by the pairty transporter to be proved by witness or oath of pairty.
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The quhilke day the supplicatione givine in to the kingis majestie and estates of parliament be James, erle of Montrose, Archbald, lord Naper, Sir George Stirling of Keir and Sir Archbald Stewart of Blakehall, knytes, craveing inlargment and libertie out of the castle of Edinburgh, where they are committed by warrand from the committee of estates of parliament, with the other supplicatione lykewayes givine in to the king and parliament be Sir Robert Spotswood and Sir Johne Hay knytes, desyreing also ther enlargement and libertie out of the said castle of Edinburghe, where they remaine incarcerate by warrand from the estates of parliament, togidder also with the supplicatione of Leutennent Collonall Stewarte for his libertie forth of the said castle wher he is incarcerat by warrand from the said committee of estates, being red and tane to consideracione by the kingis majestie and estates of parliament, his majestie and estates of parliament foirsaidis ordeanes the saidis James, erle of Montrose, Archibald, lord Naper, the lairdis of Keir and Blakehall, Sir Robert Spootswood, Sir Johne Hay, Lieutennent Collonall Walter Stewart and everie one of theme to be put to libertie forth of the said castle of Edinburgh, wher they are committed and incarcerat by warrand respective foirsaid, they and everie one of them finding sufficient cautione to behave themselves in such a quyet maner as may conduce most for the weell and peace of the kingdome and according to the actes of parliament, quhairin if they faillyie, the favour granted to them by the king and parliament to be null. And alse the saidis supplicantes and ilke ane of theme finding lykewayes catioune to appeire befor the commissioneres appoynted by the king and parliamente for tryeing the incendiares and plotteres, or quorume of the saidis commissioneres conteint in the commission granted heiranent, whensoevir and at such tyme or tymes as the supplicantes abovenamed or any of them shalbe requyred to appeare before the saidis commissioneres or quorum therof. And as for these incendiaries who are citate to the parliament and are out of the cuntrey, incaice any of them shall returne to this kingdome, his majestie and estates of parliament declaires that these that shall returne shall be obleist to find the lyke cautione with the lyke certificatione as the supplicantes abovenamed are ordeind to find, whilke cautione sua to be fund be these persones returneing his majestie and estates ordeanes to be received by the lordis of his hienes privie counsell; and declaires that upoun the finding of the said cautione, these persones shall have libertie of ther persones, and declaires that this act for the cautione therinmentionat shall onlie stand obligatour againes the cautioneres dureing the tyme of the foirsaid commissione appoynted for the foirsaid tryell, which endures onlie to the first day of Merch nixtocome allenerlie.