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Anent the supplicatione givine in to the estates of parliament, now presentlie conveend in the second sessioune of this first trienniall parliament be vertue of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his majestie and thrie estates in anno 1641, be Sir Williame Dicke of Braid, James Murray, younger, James Stewart, James Jacke, Robert Sandielandes, Andro Brysone and Androw Wairdlaw, merchandes, shaweing that Niniane Williamesone, thair factor at Cadishe in Spaine, haveing fraughted Clause Fecletoune, skipper of Hameburge, and loadened his shipe with Spanishe wynes and fruites for their accompt homeward to Leith, when as the skipper thought himselfe most secuire and frie of all enemyes, he wes obviat be ane of the parliamentes great shippes (wherine Captane Greene wes captane) wpoun the sea neir Tynemouth, who fercelie commandit the skipper to streike and come aboard of his shipe, notwithstanding he saw the skipperes course wes directlie for Scotland, whom the skipper tooke for ane enemy and endevoured to goe from him be saill for his saiftie and thair goodes about ten dayes agoe, wherwpoun the said Captane Conley shoot off his whole gunes one the one syde at the supplicantes shippe, the skipper apprehending him to be ane reall enemy, pairtlie for feare and pairtlie to give bettir way to his shippe for saiftie of the shippe, shoot off some gunes wherwith, be the providence of God, the captane wes killed in his owne default, persueing freendes. Nevertheless, his company and shippe forced the supplicantes skipper to yeeld and which they have caried their shipe and goodes to Londoun or river of Tyne, they know not; whilke shipe and goodis can be no laufull pryse except they would violate the league and covenant betuixt the tuo kingdomes, and thairfore the parliament of England, Generall Leslie and the governor of Newcastell, whersoevir the supplicantes goodes and shipe be transported north or south, that the samene may be delyvered to Johne Pringill, merchand, factour and comissioner for the supplicantes, to thair behove, or transported at his pleasor to Leith, and that the said Sir Williame Dicke may be payed of his majesties impost, as the supplicant† beires. Quhilke supplicatione and desyre therof being heard and considdered be the estates of parliament, they fund the desyre reassonable that ane lettir of recommendatione be drawne wpe and subscryved be the president of parliament in name of the estates to the commissioneres at Londone, desyreing them to interceid with the parliament of Ingland or thair committies for the supplicantes, thair satisfactione, anent the restitutione of thair shipe and goodes, quhilke the estates ordeanes to be earnestlie recommendit in the foirsaid lettir to thair commissioneres at Londoun. Lykeas the estates heirby seriously recommendes the samene to them.