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Sederunt
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The convention of estaitis considering how necessar it is at this tyme that sum supplie of money be in reddines for suppleing of the airmie, thinks that the most just and equall way of lifting of the same is be way of excyse, and for that effect gives commissione to Lauderdaill, Yester, Balmerino, Brodie, Wachton, Kemnay, Edinburgh, Perth, Aberdene, or any sax of thame, thair being tua of evrie estait, to meitt and sett doune the best way of lifting and proportioning of the same, and to report.
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The conventione ordains citatione to be direct against the erle of Abercorne to come and subscryve the covenant under the pains conteaned in the act maid theranent.
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The conventione ordains and gives power to the committee of estaits to caus summond all sutche persones befor the nixt parliament who are declared ennemies for not subscryveing of the covenant.
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The convention of estaitis ratefies and approves the commission of liutenandrie granted be the counsell and committee of estaitis to the marquise of Argyill against the Clandonald.
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The conventione ordains the estaitis and rentis of all sutche as ar sentenced for not subscryveing the covenant to be maid furthecumeand and upliftit for the use of the publict, reserving alwayes power to the committee of estaits to modefie some allowance for mantenance of ther wyffes and childrine within the cuntrey as they sall think fitting, and that the loan, taxt, annuities [and] ministers stipends be payed furth thairoff, and that the committee give warrand to pay annuelrents dew to covenanters, the persones receaving the samene first geving assignation of thair richt thairoff to the publict, that repetition may be had aff the estaitis of sutche as sall be sentenced as said is. Lykas it is heirby declared that the annuelrents payed and assigned in maner forsaid sall still affect and be a burdene upon the livingis of the persones sentenced in favores of the publict.
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Whereas by many loveable acts of parliament all the subjects of the kingdome are ordained to be sufficientlie airmed and to be in reddines for compessing intestein insurrection and opposing of forraine invasion, lyikas the estaitis of this kingdome at the last convention, taking into ther consideration the imminent dainger of the trew Protestant religion, his maties persone and authoritie and peax of his kingdomes by the multitude of papistis, prelats and thair adherents now in armes in England and Ireland, and the occasion thairby gevin not only to the publict ennemies of religion abroad bot even many disaffected persones at home to labour so far as in them lyes to subvert the religion and peax now happillie established in this kingdome, doe find it necessar that all means be spedillie used for preventing the practises of sutche for preserving of the peax and keping of his majesties subjects in a dewtiefull obedience to the lawes and present judicatories, and in cristian unitie amongst thame selffis; and did thairfor ordaine that this kingdome sould be presently put into a posture of defence, and did nominat and choyse certane persones to be colonells of horse and foote, and did appoint committees within the severall schirrefdomes and bounds of the kingdome to that effect, with power to thame to tak speciall tryell and mak perfyt listes of the whole fencible persones betuixt sixtie and sixtein within ther shyir for foote or horse, and to have a speciall caire to see them sufficiently provydit with armes. And the estaits now presently convened, considering that the desolationes of Ireland, the bloodshed in England and danger of this kingdome do daylie increasse, which haith also moved this kingdome to set furth ane airmie in pursuevance of the covenant, which haeth takin away a grit number of armes and amunition furth of the cuntrey, and that this kingdome may be enabled to suppress all intestein commotions, recreut the armie sent forth if neid beis and defend thame selffis against forraine invasion, have statute and ordained and heirby statutes and ordains the colonells and committees forsaid appointed in eache schyir to tak speciall tryell and perfyte lists of the wholl fensible persones betuixt 60 and 16 within thair schyir and sie thame sufficientlie provydit with armes. And to the effect that the want of the armes taken out of the cuntrey with the armie to Ireland and Ingland may be speedily supplied and that the kingdome may be put into a richt militarie posture for defence, the estaitis ordains each schyre and burgh within the same to provyid the particular quantities of armes and amunition following: [...]†. And for that effect, that the committees of the severall schyres send sum in name of the schyir to the committee of estaitis with money to buy the said armes or sufficient surety from the schyir to these who sall provyid and bring the armes into the kingdome, and that the particular quantities of armes abovewrittin be layed upon and bought be the heretors within the schyres according to the proportion of the severall rents, conforme to the valuatione thairof. And that thair may be a sufficient number of trained men who can exercise thair armes in eache shyre for the ends forsaid, the estaits ordains the colonells and committees forsaidis to reduce thair wholl fensible persones in the shyir (alse weell to burghe as landwart) into regiments, foot companies and horse troupes, and according to thair former prented acts of the convention for putting the kingdome in a posture of defence; and ordains that the lyik number of men in eache schyir [who] wer appointed to cum out in this present expedition be dreilled and exercised in managing thair armes, evrie regiment ones in the moneth, evry company and troup once in the week, at sutche place as the said colonells and committees sall appoint; and that eache schyir sall enterteane ane able and expert sojor who may have the cair and inspection of exerciseing the regiments and companies of thair schyir, and the colonells and committee of the schyir to tak sutche course for inferior officers and seriands as may best, with least expence, exercise thair men, and who are heirby requyred to see the capitanes of each company provydit with cullors and drumes, and the roottmasters with trumpets and cornetts, and that thei be in reddines as thei sall receave orderes from the committee of estaitis, to bring furth sutche number and preparation of thair regiments with sufficient furniture, armes and provision as they sall be requyred; and that the first men that sall be sent foorth wherevir occasion sall requyre be the regiments and troupes which wer appointit in the northerne and remote schyres to cum out in this present expedition and have stayed at home, and with or nixt unto them the halff off the number appointit to cum furth of the schyres for this present expeditione. And the committee of estaitis have speciall cair to see this act put in spedie and exact execution, with power to them to do everie thing which may further the putting the cuntrey in a richt and spedie posture.
This act to be without prejudice of any former orders maid for the pryces of armes to be sent in this expedition.
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The convention, haveing red and considerit the deputation underwritten produced be the Lord Humbie, they doe allow therof and ordans the same to be registrat, quherof the tenor followis:
Be it kend till all men be thir present lettres, me, Sir Adame Hepburne of Humbie, knyght, ane of the senators of the college of justice and collector general of the loan and taxt laitelie appointed to be raised be the lait convention of estaits, forsamekell as the said convention of estaits, be thair act and commission of the dait the sevinteint day of August last bypast, did nominat and appoint me to be generall collector of the soume and loan of tuelff hundrithe thousand merkes, with ane hundrethe thousand merkes allowed be the said act of expenses for ingathering thairoff and for exemptiones mentionat in the said act, and of the taxt of ane hundrithe and tuentie thousand punds appointed be the said estaits to be raised and uplifted within this kingdome in maner and for the causes mentioned in ane uther act of the said convention of estaits, daited the fyfteint day of the said moneth of August last bypast, and be the quhilk act and commissione granted to me as general collector forsaid, the said convention of estaits have gevin power and warrand to me to nominat and appoint deputies and under receavers under me (for quhome I sall be answerable) for receaving of the said loan and taxt respective from the severall commissioners and subcollectors for schyres and perochines and uthers intromettors therwith and addebtit in payment of the samyne. As also to nominat and appoint subcollectors for the haill schyres of the kingdome quhair the samene are not alreddie nominat be the said act of convention, for receaving, collecting and inbringing thairof, as the said gift and commissione granted be the said convention of estaits to me as generall collector forsaid at mair lenth proports. And I having experience of the fidelitie and abilitie of Mr Alexander Fowles, sone lawfull to umqhill George Fowles of Ravelstoune, for exerceing and dischairging of the said office and place of generall collector deput to the said loan and taxt respective, thairfore, witt ye me, the said Sir Adame Hepburne, generall collector forsaid, to have nominat and appointed, lyikas I, be thir presents, nominats, appoints and constituts the said Mr Alexander Fowles, generall collector deput for me for receaving of the said loan and taxt respective from the severall commissioners and subcollectors for schyres, burrowes and perochins and intromettors thairwith and addebtit in payment of the samene, and gives and grants to him the said office of generall collector deput, with all privileges, liberties and imunities pertening and belonging thairto or quhilks may pertene or belong to the samene or hes pertined or belonged to the office of generall collector deput of any preceding taxationes. With power to the said Mr Alexander Fowles to crave, exact, receave, intromett with and uplift the foirsaid soumes appointed and ordained to be raised be way of loan and taxt respective furth of evrie schyir, burgh, perochin and land within this kingdome and from the severall commissioners and collectors for schyres and subcollectores for perochins and from all uthers lyable in payment of the samene or either of them respective, and to raise and direct letteres and all maner of executione requisite for collecting and payment thairoff, either in my name or his awne name or bothe, and to caus put the saids letters to dew executione, conforme to the tenour of the said act of convention. As lykwayes with power to the said Mr Alexander Fowles generall collector deput forsaid, to geve and subscryve acquittaces and dischairges in his awne name, quhilks I will be thir presents sall be als sufficient to the receavers as iff the samene wer subscryvit and delyvered be my selff; and als with power to the said Mr Alexander Fowles to nominat and appoint subcollectors for the whole shyres of the kingdome (if thair be any as yit not nominat) for receaving, collecting and inbringing of the said loan and taxt respective, and generallie all and sindrie uther things to do anent the premisses sicklyik and als frelie in all respects as I, be virtew of my said gift, or any uther collectors generall of any preceding taxatione, ther deputies, subcollectors and under receavers and all uther officers have done heretofore, provyding alwayes, lyikas it is heirby provydit and ordained, that the said Mr Alexander Fowles sall be comptable to me and the saids estaits of this kingdome or to the committee to be appointed be them having power for that effect for compt and rekning of his intromissione with the forsaid loan and taxt respective and for his diligens anent the samene. And for the mair securitie, I ordaine thir presentis to be registrat in the books of the forsaid conventione of estaits or in the books of the forsaid collectione and loane thairin to remaine ad futura rej memoriam, and for regisrating heirof, constituts [...] my procurators, promittendo de rato etc. In witnes quherof, writttin be Williame Wricht, servitor to Alexander Ogilvie, wryter in Edinburgh, and subscryvit by me at Edinburgh the thrid day of Januar the yeir of God jM vjC fourtie four yeiris befor thir witness, Robert Neill, my servitor, and the said Williame Wricht, wryter heirof, and Williame Cairnes, servitor to the said Sir Adame. Sic subscribitur, A. Hepburne, with my hand, R. Neill, witnes, W. Cairnes, witnes.