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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, considdering that forsameikill as it hes pleased his sacred majestie out of his royall zeale and fatherlie affectione to the grouth and increase of religione within this his majesties ancient kingdome, be his signatour of dispositioun, daited the tuellfe day of October lastbypast, to give and dispone to the tua ministeres of the burghe of Breichine and ther successoures the stipendis falloweing, viz: to the first and present minister the quantitie of eight chalderes victuell and tua hundreth merks, with the beshopes house for his manse, and to the second minister fyve hundreth merkes in victuell or money at ane hundreth the chalder, and fiftie punds for the communioune elements, to be payed out of the particular places of teyndis and fewdewties perteaneing to the late beshoprike of Brechine, in maner at lenth specified in the said signatour; therfore his majestie and estates of parliament ratifies, approves and confirmes the foirsaid signatour and gifte and dispositione contenit thairin in all and sindrie heedis, articles and circumstances thairof, and willis and grantes and, for his hienes and his successoures, with consent of the estats of parliament, decernes and ordeanes this present confirmatione to be alse sufficient and effectuall to the saidis ministeres of Brechin and ther successoures in all tymecomeing as if the foirsaid signatour, gifte and dispositione wer word be word insert herein, quhairanent, and with all that may fallow therwpoun, his majestie and estates of parliament dispenses for evir. And farder, his majestie and estates of parliament hes dissolved and, be thir presentes, dissolves the foirsaidis teyndis, fewmailles, stipendis and otheres mentionat in the said signatour from his majesties croun and patrimony therof, and fra the beshoprike of Brechine and all other benefice to the quhilkes the samene wer annexit or pertenit of befoir, and suppress and extinguishes the name and memorie of the said beshoprik to the effect the foirsaidis fewdewties, teyndis, stipendis and otheres foirsaidis may remaine with the present ministeres of Brechine and ther successoures as ane testimony of his majesties favour for ther stipendis perpetuallie in all tymecomeing.