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The convention of estates, considering how necessar it is that Captane Jacksones ship, which is imployed for guarding of the coast, be furnished with ordinance, ordaines and commands Andro Balfoure in [...] to sell to the said captane the foure peece of ordinance for the use of the said ship at the pryce for quhilk he bought the same frome James Barnes.
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The convention of estates understanding that Williame Keir in Leith hes tua peece of ordinance called saikeris whereof he hes no use for the present and whilk will be verie usefull for Captane Jackson's ship in the service wherein he is now imployed for the publict, therefore ordaines the said Williame Keir to len the same to the said captane for the use foresaid, he giveing band to restore the same to the said Williame or the pryce thereof betuix and the space of fyve monethes.
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The convention of estates haveing heard the petition of Andro Drumound, prissoner in the tolbuith of Edinburgh, proporting that upon occasion of his being in companie with Lues Marschaell when he wes tane for the slaughter of the young laird of Clackmannan, he wes brought heere with him and putt in waird, where he hes remained this moneth or thereby albeit he be innocent of art, part or knowledge of this slaughter, being fourtie myles frome the place where and whence the same wes committed, as the persewers knew; who, haveing upon the secund of Aprile insisted aganis the said Lues, who wes convict and suffered, had nothing to ly to his charge, and therefore desyreing to be putt to libertie. And Gilbert Bruce, younger, of Clackmannan, for himselfe and remanent pursuers, being charged to appeare and heir his desyre granted or els show a cause why, and not compeirand, the estates, in regard thereof, ordaines the provest and baillies of Edinburgh to putt the said Andro to libertie in so farre as he is warded for the cause above written, for the quhilk thir presents sall be their warrand.