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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.