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Our soverane lord and estates of this present parliament have ratified and approvine and, be the tennour heerof, ratifies and approves the chartour and infeftment of confirmatione made and granted be his majesties umquhill darrest father, King James the Sext of happie and blissed memorie, wnder the great seale of this his hienes kingdome of Scotland, to the proveist, baillies, counsell and commountie of the burghe of Dumbare, ratifieing, approveing and confirmeing to them the chartoures and infeftmentes therin exprest, with the precepts and instrumentes of seasing falloweing therwpon, and others rightes, tytle and securities particularlie and generallie therinmentionat, and sicklyke of new giveing, granting, disponeing and confirmeing to the said proveist, baillies, counsell, burgess, commontie and incorporatione of the said burghe and ther successoures all and haill his majesties burghe royall of Dumbare, whilke wes, is and shall be in all tyme heerefter ane frie burghe royall and the burgess and inhabitantes therof to enjoy the libertie of free burgess asweel as any other burgess of frie burrowes royall within this kingdome, with the free portes and sea places of Bellheaven, Lamerheaven and Lamercraige, and all bullwarkes made or to be made theron, togidder with all other craiges, ylandis, landis, places and creekes betuixt the foirsaidis portes of Bellheaven and Lamerheaven, and alse all other sea places and pairtes within the boundis, territorie and jurisdictione of the said burghe; and sicklyke all and haill the landis callit Burrowdailles and all wtheres burrow aikeres, houss and landis belonging to the said burgh, with all mylnes, mylnelandes, pasturages, tennentes, tennendries, houss, bigingis, yairdis, wayes, passages, cunyngaires, louches, leades, stanks and all ther pertinentes and with commoune pasturage, pulling hadder, leading and transporting therof, and of fewell, faill and devett upoun and within the haill boundis or any pairt of the commoune mure callit Dumbare Commontie, and all others priviledges, liberties, proffites and commodities used and wont; and with all and sindrie tolles, customes, impositiones, anchorages, dueties, casualities, liberties, comodities, priviledges and others particularlie and generallie mentionat in the said chartour, to be holdine of our said soverane lord and his hienes successoures in free burgh royall and heritadge for evir, quhilke chartour is of the dait the tuentie third day of October, the yeer of God jM vjC and eighteene yeeres, togidder with the precept and instrument of seasing fallowing thairwpoun, and all and sindrie otheres charteres, infeftmentes, evidentes, writtis, rychts, tytles and securities whatsomevir made and granted to the said proveist, baillies, counsell and commontie of the said burghe of or conserneing the samene burghe, liberties and priviledges therof, pairtes, pendicles and pertinents perteaneing and belonging therto, in the haill heedis, articles, clauss, circumstances and conditiones therof. And willis, grantes and declaires that this present generall ratificatione and approbatione of the samene is and shall be alse valied, effectuall and sufficient to the saidis proveist, baillies, counsell and commontie of the said burghe of Dumbare and ther successoures as if the said chartour, precept and instrument of seasing and otheres evidentes, writtes, rightes, titles and securities, particularlie and generallie foirsaid, and everie one of theme, wer at lenth word be word ingrossit and set doune heirintill, quhairanent his majestie and estates foirsaidis have dispensit and, be thir presentes, dispenses for evir.