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Prayers said, rolles called.
The estates of parliament, presentlie conveined by vertew of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, taking to ther consideratione the great prejudice and danger which may aryse to the armyes raised and to be raised for defence of religione, liberties and kingdome by reasoun of some who haveing gone or shall goe out with the saids armyes have run away, or may heireftir runaway from ther companyes and culloures; for remedie wherof, it is statute and ordeaned that all those, both of horse and foot, who shall runaway from ther companyes and culloures without a pass shall be apprehendit by the collonelles and committies of warre within ilke shyre and divisione, captanes of parochines or magistrates within burghe wher they duell, and otheres whom they shall appoynt for that effect, where evir they can be fund, and sent agane with all diligence to ther company and colloures upon the publict chairge, which is to be advancit by the collectores of the excise and allowed in ther comptes, there to be punished conforme to the articles of militarie discipline; or else that the committies of warr and collonelles within ilke shyre and magistrates within burghe (if they thinke it expedient for the good of the armies and terrifieing otheres from running away in lykemaner) decimate the saids fugitives, both horse and foote, being apprehendit, and cause hange the tenth man of them and escheat ther goodis for the use of the publict; and if there be bot one or more of them within ten, to cause hang one of them albeit there be bot one and cause send the rest of the saids fugitives, horse and foot, to the committie of the estates at Edinburghe upon the expenss of the publict as is aforesaid, to be sent bake to there culloures in maner as the committie shall thinke fitt. And because the resetting and interteaneing of the saids fugitives imbolds and encourages them to keepe themselves still lurkeing and encourages otheres by ther example to run away, therfor it is statute and ordeaned that whosoevir shall keepe, reset or intertene the saids fugitives, horse or foot, or shall have knowledge of ther being within ther bounds and shall not declaire and delyver them to the said committie, collonelles of shyres, captanes of parochines or magistrates within burghe withall possible diligence, then the saids reseteres and consealleres shall be reput and estimat as ill affected and enemyes to religioune, ther cuntrie and cause presently in hand, and shall be accordingly punished by the committie of estates or committies and collonelles of warr where they duell or magistrates within burghe and shall be lyable in the soume of fyve hundreth merkes for every horseman and ane hundreth punds for every footman they shall be fund to have reset in maner foirsaid, the one halfe wherof shall be imployed for the use of the publict, and the other halfe of the samene shall perteane to whatsoevir persones that shall delate the foirsaids persones, resetteres and interteaneres, and who shall qualifie the foirsaid reset and interteinment, to whom the saids estates promeiseth heirby to grant and dispone and by thir presentes grantes and dispones the present right of the same. And if the committies and collonelles of warr within each devisione or† persone being therwpoun, captanes of parochines or magistrates within burghe shall be negligent in taking order with the foirsaids fugitives and runawayes from ther culloures and with ther resetteres and interteaneres, or shall delay and be deficient in puting of this act to executione efter the forme and tennour therof, ilke persones of the saids committies of warr, collonelles and captanes of paroches [or] magistrates within burgh shall pay the soume of fyve hundreth merkes for ilke failzie toties quoties, the one halfe of which fyne shall perteine to the publict, and the other halfe therof to the persones dilateres. And also it is statute and ordenit that if it come to the knouledge of ony persone who have or shall happine heireftir to outreach souldieres one horse or foot, that these outreached by them are disbandit and fled from ther culloures, the saids outputteres of them shall be obleidged to search, seike and apprehend the saids fugitives throughe ther haill bounds and lands within whatsoevir paroch or burghe the saids outputteres duelles, and shall ather apprehend and present them to the committie and collonelles of the shyre, captanes of parochines or magistrates within burghe that order may be takine with them conforme to the tennour of this present act, or else, if they be without ther owne proper lands, to requyre the heritor, bailyie or officer who hath chairge of their effaires to produce the fugitives dilated by them to be within ther bounds before the committie of the shyre, or otherwayes to assist the saids outputteres in searching and apprehending the saids fugitives as they wilbe ansuerable within the bounds foirsaids. And if the saids outputteres and otheres shall be negligent to doe ther exact diligence therin, the saids outputeres shall be obleiged to make wp ther nomber by outputing of men in ther places sufficiently provydit in arme and otheres necessaries upon the saids outputteres owne expenss, and the fugitives themselves to be searched, apprehendit and punished as said is. And it is statute and ordeaned also that the captanes of parochines who shall apprehend the saids fugitives or magistrates within burghe shall produce the saids fugitives before the committy of warr within ther bounds at the nixt meiting of the said committy wnder the paines to be punished and censured as resetteres, and it is ordeained lykwayes that the magistrates of burghes within whose bounds the saids fugitives shall be apprehendit shall receive the saids fugitives from the said committy to be keeped by them in firmance wpoun the chairge of the publict to be advanced forth of the excise and withall diligence to be sent to the committy of estates at Edinburghe. Lykeas it is statute and ordeined that this present act shalbe extendit aganes all resetteres, fugitives, committies of warr, collonelles, captanes and magistrates of burghe and otheres foresaids for ony reset or neglect of there dewty respective abovewrittin in any tyme comeing eftir the publicatione of thir presentes, alsweill for runnawayes and fugitives who have run away in any tyme bygone from any of the armyes leveyed heirtofore within this kingdome for this commoune cause as for these who shall be leveyed and run away in tymecomeing. And ordeanes this present act to be prented and a copie therof to be sent to every paroche kirke and every committy of warr and every burghe within ilke devisione within this kingdome, and that it be red at every paroche kirke upon the first Sunday eftir the recept heirof and thereftir fixt one the kirke doore or wall to be red be every persone, that none pretend ignorance. And farder, leist the fugitives shall runaway as said is might be suffered to lurke and escaipe unpunished, it is statute and ordeaned that no stranger shall be received within any paroche or shyre who shall not have a pas from some collonell or a testimoniall from the minister and sessione from whence they came, and who shall reset any such persone without pass or testimoniall and shall not dilate them shall incurre the punishment of resetteres of fugitives, and ordeanes the committy to be appoynted be the estates to sie the whole heades and articles of the act foirsaid put to full executione.
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Forsameikle as the estates of parliament, now presently conveined be vertew of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, being cairfull that justice be administrat to the leiges and that the administratione therof in the severall inferior judicatories of this kingdome be not hindrit nor prejudged be this present parliament, therfor the saidis estaites of parliament grantes dispensatione to all the judges principall and deputes of the haill inferiour judicacatories within this kingdome to sitt for administratione of justice in the severall jurisdictiones and judicatories respective dureing the haill tyme of the sitting of this present highe court of parliament and notwithstanding of the sitting of the said parliament and quhill the last day of August nixtocome inclusive; and ordeanes publict proclamatione to be made heirof be sound of trumpet at the mercat croce of Edinburghe to the effect abovespecified; and declaires this present act and publicatione therof foirsaid to be ane sufficient warrand for sitting of the foirsaids inferiour judycatories dureing the space abovementionat without ony other dispensatioun to be sought or granted for that effect.
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The estates of parliament, now presentlie conveind be vertew of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, haveing hard and considdered the petitione eftirspecified, quherof the tennour followes: My lords of parliament, wnto your lords humbly meanes and shewes I, your lords servitor, Sir Johne Scot of Scottistarbet, knyght etc., that quhair I haveing in the begining of this last generall assembly made my complaint to them beiring that I being moved in anno 1620 for the love and favour I did carie to St Leonard's Colledge in St Androis, wher I and my umqhile father wer educat in philosophie, to mortifie for the use of regent of humanity ther in bookes, lands and annualrent to the availl of eight thousand merkes or therby, quhilke mortificatione tooke effect by establishing of umqhile Mr Alexander Scot and eftir his deceis of Mr Robert Norie, present regent and professour of humanity there, and quhilkes principall and regentes of St Leonard's Colledge wer in a contract past betuixt them and me obleidged that the said regent should enjoy and be capable of all liberties, priviledges and dignities of the said wniversity of St Androis, and that in equall degrie with themselffes. In the quhilke contract ther wes ane clause irritant that if they failzie in any poynt to me, then the mortified lands, bookes and annualrent should returne bake to me as if the samene had never bene disponed nor mortified. And that notwithstanding quherof, at his majesties last being in this kingdome, quhen he wes pleased to bestowe the pryorie of Sant Androis wpoun that wniversity for ther bettir mentinance, the commissioneres of the said wniversity (quherof the principall of St Leonard's Colledge wes one) pretermitted the said regent of humanity in giveing wp ther auld rentes, quherby no portione wes allotted to him of his maties beneficence, bot he altogither by that meanes secludit therfra; and not only wes this done to the said regent, his prejudice, bot lykewayes, wpoun the earnest sute of the general assembly haldine in anno 1641, there was then a commissione procured from your lords for visitatione of the said wniversity to ane nomber of persones, the most pairt quherof were educate in the Old Colledge, quha wer appoynted visitoures of the said wniversity, and wpoun that generall clause conteyned in that commissione (quhilke was only granted for devyding the pryorie) giveing them power to rectifie the studies of the scholleres and abuses ther, they fand that the said regent of humanitie wes ane abuse, sieing he wes foundit in St Leonard's Colledge and not in a newtrall place, as ther decreit heirwith produced beires, sua that I, finding my selfe greatly wronged and the intentione of my mortificatione inverted, raised sommondes of declarator befor the lords of counsell and sessioune aganes the principall and regentes of St Leonard's Colledge and therwpoun hes obteyned sentance and evicted from them the haill foirsaid rent, to the great prejudice of learneing and ruine of the said colledge, except there wer provydit remeid. Therfore I humbly besought them seriously to considder the premiss, sieing I wes yit unwilling to convert my said donatione to any other pious use in any other wniversity bot to the said colledge of St Leonard's if the mentione of my mortificatione wer dewly observed for the weill of the said colledge, and that my said mortificatione made in anno 1620 wes ratified in a generall act of parliament in anno 1621, and therby the intentione of the fundators appoynted never to be altered, and that in the sext act of his maties first parliament the inversione of pious donationes is fully dischairged, therfore I craved the judgment of the said generall assembly anent the necessity and expediency of the said regent of humanity and his abode within the said colledge for advancement of learning and to be a seminarie of youth for the church and state within this kingdome, and desyred them to declaire whither it wes ther intentione in suiting that commissioune from your lords for visitatione of the said wniversity and to rectifie abuses therin therby to extirpate and expunge a regent of humanity or alter onyway the intentione of the fundator, and craved that they would be pleased to reccommend the samene to your lords to the end that ane act might be made by yow for reestablishing the said regent within the said colledge in his first integrity, and that he might have ane proportionable pairt of his maties munificence, conforme to ane particular granted by his matie to the said regent wndir his hienes great seill; quherwnto the saids visitors agried, bot appoynted him to be a publict professor and to teach in the toune of St Androis, contrair to the tennor of my mortificatione, as my said supplicatione exhibite to them beires; quhilke being at lenth wpoun the thride of this instant agitat in the generall assembly, and the said commissione of parliament, with ther tuo actes, being also red before them, they, by ther sentance and interloquitor, have recalled the saids actes of the visitors as contrarie to the mynds of the granteres and of the fundators. Heirfore I humbly beseike your lords to take the premiss to your consideratione, ordeaneing the said act of generall assembly to be ratified, and to give your lords explanatione and additione anent the reestablishing of the said regent of humanity, conforme to his first fundatione and contractes made theranent, and that he may have his proportionable pairt of his maties beneficence, conforme to his said gifte granted to him for that effect, and also that he be declaired a member of the said wniversity and capable of all dignities, priviledges and emolumentes in lykemaner as any other regent or member of the said wniversity. Sieing this being granted, I am most willing to mortifie all of new agane, quhilke may and will be ane encouragment to otheres to doe the lyke in tymecomeing, and your lords ansuer. As also, the saids estates haveing lykewayes red and considdered the defences givine in in parliament be Mr James Wood for the Old Colledge of St Androis aganes the foirsaid desyre of the said petitione, with the ansueres made theraganes for the petitioner, and lykewayes haveing hard the pairties hinc inde viva voce theranent, and considdered the contractes, actes and utheres writtes produced be the said Sir Johne Scot, petionar, the saidis estates ratifies and approves the foirsaid act of the generall assembly in the haill heides therof, and reestablishes the said regent of humanitie conforme to his first fundatione and contractes maid theranent, and ordeanes him to have his proportionable pairt of his maties beneficence conforme to his gifte granted to him for that effect, and declaires the said regent ane member of the foirsaid wniversity and capable of all dignities, priviledges and emolumentes in lykemaner as any other regent or member of the said wniversity. And in respect of the premiss, ordeanes the said Sir Johne Scott, supplicant, to mortifie of new agane the lands, moneyes and otheres givine of before to the said place of humanity within St Leonard's Colledge conforme to his former mortificatione therof and his promise mad in his bill theranent.
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Forsameikle as the estates of parliament, now presently conveind by vertew of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, haveing tane to there consideratione the petitione of Johne Ker, servitor to Collonell George Dodding, governor of Lancaster castell, desyreing warrand for transporting poulder from this kingdome for the use of the king and parliamentes forces in Lancashyre, being recommendit to the proveist of Glasgow for this effect be the said Collonell George Doddingtoun and his lieutennent, and offering band and catione for the petitioneres fidelity, as the supplicatione and petitione givine in to the parliament heiranent mair fully beires, findis the foirsaid desyre reassounable, the quantity of poulder craved to be transported not exceiding tua thousand weight. And therfore the estates of parliament grantes warrand and licence to the said Johne Ker, petitioner, servitour to the said Collonell George Dodding, to transport the forsaid quantity of tua thousand weight of poulder from this kingdom for the use of king and parliamentes forces in Lancashyre, as is craved be the said Collonell George Dodding, maister to the petitioner, his recommendatione of the petitioner to the proveist of Glasgow for this effect, and ordeanes the said Johne Ker, petitioner, at the resait be him of the foirsaid 2,000 weight poulder to find catione for transporting therof for the use abovementionat wnder the paine of 300 punds sterling. Bot if the petitioner cannot gett any sufficient cationer to be bund for that soume of thrie hundreth pund sterling, the estates in that caise appoyntes the paine for the quhilke the cautione shallbe fund to be only the double of the pryce of the foirsaid 2,000 weight of poulder, and the estates ordeanes the foirsaid cautione to be tane and resaved be the proveist and baillies of Glasgow in maner wnder the paines and to the effect respective abovewrittin, quhairanent the estates declaires thir presentes shallbe ane sufficient warrand.
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Forsameikle as the estates of parliament, haveing hard and considderid the supplicatione givine in be the heritoures and tennentes of the shereffdomes of Berwicke, Roxburghe and bailliarie of Lauderdaill desyreing satisfactione for the quarteres furnished be them to the armies and payment for tua thousand bolles victuall ordeaned to be furnished be these shyres to the saids armyes and for removall of the armie, togidder with the report of the committy for the leveyes anent the said supplicatione and desyre therof, the saidis estaites ordeanes the supplicantes to give in the comptes subscryved be the officeres conforme to the commoun orderes, that therwpoun course may be taine for payment of the saids quarteres, and ordeanes the foirsaidis 2,000 bolles victuall to be payed presently, and declaires that all diligence shall be done for removeall of the armie, conforme to the resultes and instructiones writtin to the erle of Callender theranent.
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Forsameikle as Alexander, erle of Lithgow, preeses of that committie appoynted for trying of the laird of Haddo, the laird of Geich, Johne Logie and some otheres mentionat in the commissione granted to that effect, quha ar presently incarcerate within the tolboothe of Edinburghe, haveing reported to the estates of parliament that Haddo, be his aithe givine to the foirsaid committy, had declaired that he had no moneyes to menteine himselfe, and that in respect therof the said committy had modified the soume of foure hundreth punds to be givine to the use and mentinance of the laird of Haddo and his thrie serveands, and fourtie punds for the use and mentinance of the said Johne Logie; quhilkes soumes of four hundreth and fourty punds the said committy ordenit to be delyvered to Thomas Gordoun, agent, indueller in the Cannogat, in name and for the use respective foirsaid of the saids laird of Haddo and Johne Logie. Quhilke report being tane in consideratione be the estates of parliament, they allow the foirsaid modificatione and ordeanes the foirsaid soume of four hundreth modified for the use foirsaid of the laird of Haddo, as also the fourty punds modified for the use of the said Johne Logie, to be payed and delyvered be Williame Thomsone to the said Thomas Gordoun for ther use and in ther names wpoun his acquittance and dischairge to be granted and subscryved be him wpoun the resait therof; and for this effect, the saides estates be thir presentes gives warrand and command to the said William Thomsone to pay and delyver the foirsaids soumes of four hundreth and fourty punds to the said Thomas Gordoune as said is, and ordeines Johne Denholme, commissar for the northerne expeditioune, to repay and refound bake agane the saids soumes of four hundreth and fourty punds to the said Williame Thomsone.
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Anent the supplicatione givine in and presented to the estates of parliament be the commissionares of the shereffdome of Fyife, for themeselves and in name of the committie of that shyre, wherof the tennor falloweth: Quhairas the said committie of Fyiffe, be ther act the nynt of Apryle 1644, hes ordeaned that there be presently bought and broght home with Robert Whyte in Kirkaldie, with whom they have agried, sex thousand weight of poulder at 100 merkes ilke hundreth weight; item, fyve hundreth pair of bandeleires of selchskines at 24 the pair; item, 1,000 suords monted at 4 lib. the peace, and eight thousand weight of match at thrie shillings the pund weight; as also ordenit that the samene be devydit amonges the four presbetryes of the shyre proportionally and that the committy of ilke presbetry give ther band to the said Robert Whyt for payment to him of ther proportionall pairt therof eftir his returne home and delyverie of the samene in good and sufficient wair, the payment to be within tuentie dayes thereftir, and ordeanes the comissioneres of paroches of ilke presbetrie to give band and releife therof to these of the committy of ilke ane of the saids presbetryes, and ordenit the commissionares for paroches, with consent of the comitty, to impose and lay one the saids armes and amunitione wpoun the heritoures and other responsall men in ilke paroch as they think expedient where the defect of armes and amunitione is in the paroches and where they know the same to be for the maist pairt, and ordeanes the saids commissioners of paroches to have power fra the committy of ther presbetryes to exact the payment of the saids armes and amunitione fra these who are ordenit to receive the samen in ilke paroch, and to impose sicke pryces and penaltyes wpoun the refuiseres as the committy shall thinke expedient, as the said act proportes. And nou seing the foirsaid armes and amunitione are brought home and reddy to be delyvered, it is our humble desyre that letters of horneing may be derect in our names as commissionares to this parliament for the said shireffdome of Fyiffe and in the name of the committie of the samene shyre chairgeing the committy of ilke ane of the four presbetries of the forsaid shyre, viz: the committy of the presbetrie of Santandrois; item, the committy of the presbetrie of Couper; item, the committy of the presbeterie of Kirkcaldie and the committy of the presbetrie of Dumfermeling to resave the proportionable pairtes of the foirsaid armes and amunitione and to give band to the said Robert Whyte for payment to him of the pryces of ther proportionall pairtes therof, and to chairge the commissioner of ilke paroch of everie ane of the saids presbetries to give band and to relive these of the committie of ilke presbetrie. As also chairgeing the saids comissioneres of paroches, with consent of the said committy, to impose the foirsaid armes and amunitione wpoun the heritores and otheres responsall in everie paroch as they thinke expedient where the defect of armes and amunitione is and quhair they know the samene defect to be for the maist pairt, and chairgeing the severall committies of the presbetryes to grant power to the commissionares of ther paroches to exact payment of the saids armes fra these who are ordenit to resave the same in ilke paroch, with such penaltyes fra the refuisseres as the saids committyes shall impose and thinke expedient wnder the paine of rebellioune and puting of the persones sua ordenit to be chairged to the horne, and that the chairges may be directed wpoun sicke space and dayes as the parliament shall thinke expedient, and your lords ansuer. Quhilke supplicatione, with the foirsaid act therin mentionat and desyre therof foirsaid, being reported and red in audiance of the said estates of parliament, and the samene and desyre therof foirsaid being considdered be them, the saidis estates of parliament ordeanes letters and chairges to be granted and directed to the effect before desyred, conforme to the act of the conventione of estates mad anent the provisione and releife respective for furnishing of armes and amunitione, and conforme to the act abovementionat of the said committy of the shyre of Fyiffe of the dait the said nynt of Apryle 1644 yeeres, and within the space and wndir the paines set doune and prescryved be the foirsaid act of the conventione of estates.
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The quhilk day the supplicatione wndirwrittin, quherof the tenor falloweth: My lordis and otheres commissioneres of parliament, wnto your lord humbly meanes and shawes we your servitors, Thomas Nicolsone, George Moriesone, Williame Petrie, burgess of Aberdene, and Mr Johne Chalmer, clerke depute of the said burghe, that quher we are chairged and cited to compeir befor the honorable court of parliament, there to ansuer to such particulares as are mentionat and sett doune in the lettires raisit theranent or as shallbe laid to our chairge, lykeas, for obedience to the said citatione, we have compeired and attendit the said parliament continowally since the dounesitting therof and are willing to wndergo such tryell as your lords shall thinke expedient. Heirfore we beseike your lord to delegat so many of your nomber as pleass your lords for tryeing and exameneing of us wpoun the saids particulares, sieing we are much damnified be our long stay heir and neglect of our particulare effaires and callings, as the supplicatione beires. Being red in audience of the parliament and the desyre therof tane in consideratione, the estates of parliament hes remitted and remittes the tryell and examinatione of the foirsaids four persones, supplicantes abovenamed, wpoun the saids particulares for the quhilke they are cited to compeir and ansuer befor the parliament and mentionat and set doune in the letters raisit aganes them theranent, or shallbe laid to ther chairge, or any of ther chairges, to the committy of estates to be sent north be the estates of parliament to be appoynted for the northerne bussines, quhilk is appoynted to sit doune at Aberdene, the ellevinth day of July nixtocome; to the quhilke committie the saids estates remittes the supplicantes as said is and ordeanes the supplicantes to ansar ther and to keepe sicke tymes and dyettes as shalbe appoynted be the foirsaid committy to them.
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The estates of parliament, presently conveind be vertew of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and the thrie estates in anno 1641, gives warrand to Robert Whytings, shereff depute of Kincardine, to pas with all expeditione to the committie of warr of that shyre and requyre and command them, in name of the estates of parliament, to send over withall possible heast these troupes that are to be outreiked for that shyre, and to direct the commanderes to use cairfully all diligence possible for gathering togither the haill troupes and to bring them over in all heast, quheranent thir presentes shall be a warrand; and ordeines the said Robert Keith† to returne to the parliament the 22 of Junii instant to give ane accompt of his diligence.
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The estates of parliament, now presentlie conveend be vertew of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and the thrie estates in anno 1641, gives warrand to Mr Patrike Murray, younger, of Auchtertyre for the committie of Creiff within the shereffdome of Pearth; item, to Sir Thomas Stewart of Gairntully for the committy of Dunkell within the sherefdome of Pearth; item, to Williame Oliphant, brother to Mr Niniane Oliphant of Couluquhar for the committy at Pearth and Williame Stirling of Auchyle for the committy at Dumbartane within the shereffdome of Pearth, and to ilke ane of the saidis four persones severally, to pas withall expeditione and diligence to the severall committies of warr abovedesigned of the said shereffdome of Pearth and requyre and command them and everie ane of them, in name of the estates of parliament, to send over with all possible heast these troupes that are to be outreiked for that shyre, and direct the commanderes to use cairfully all possible diligence for gathering togither the haill trouperes and to bring them over in all haist, quhairanent thir presentes shallbe a warrand; and ordeanes the saids four severall persones abovenamed to returne to the parliament one Thursday the Tuenty of this instant to give ane accompt of there diligence.
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The estates of parliament, now presently conveend be vertew of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, gives warrand to [...] Aytoune of that ilke to pas with all expeditione to the committies of warr in Fyiff and requyre and comand them, in name of the estates of parliament, to send over withall possible heast these troupes that are to be outreiked for that shyre, and to direct the commanderes cairfully with all diligence possible for gathering togither the haill trouperes and to bring them over in all haist, quhairanent thir presentes shalbe a warrand; and ordeines the said laird of Aytoun to returne to the parliament the eighteine of this instant to give ane accompt of his diligence.
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The estates of parliament grantes liberty to Constance Broune, spous to Edward Moresone of Edingham, to have acces to hir said husband within the tolbooth of Edinburgh quher he remaynes incarcerat, and there to speike with him in the audience and heiring of Archibald Sydserfe, merchant burges of Edinburgh, quhairanent thir presentes shallbe a warrand.