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Anent the supplicatione givine in to the estates of parliament, quhairof the tennor falloweth: Wnto the honorable estates of parliament, humblie meaneth your servitours, the inhabitantes of the toune of Innerrara, that quhair it is not wnknowne to your honouris that the barbarous rebelles have alltogidder brunt and distroyed the said toun with the cuntrie thairaboute and thairby ruined and utterlie wraiked ane great nomber of housholderes and people, induelleres of the toun, and sieing the said toun and place wes verie considerable and wsefull to the whole kingdome for the fishings of the west sea and that the said fishing will be heavilie prejudged (if not altogidder lost) if the said toun shall not be repaired and reedified, as lykewayes we, the inhabitantes, reduced to extreme necessities wnles your lordships provyde remeid, heirfore we humblie beseeke your lordships to take our conditione into your charitable consideratione and to grant publict warrand and permissione and to receave ane Christiane voluntar contributione from the west and south pairtes of this kingdome, and your honours ansuer, as the supplicatione proportes. Quhilke supplicatione being red in audience of parliament, and the samene, with the desyre thairof, takine in thair consideratione, the saides estates grantes the desyre of the supplicatione abovewrittin and gives power to the saides inhabitantes of the said toun of Innerara to collect ane voluntar contributione for the use foirsaid out of the west and south pairtes of this kingdome, conforme to the desyre of the said supplicatione.
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Anent the supplicatione givine in to the estates of parliament etc., quhairof the tennour falloweth: The humble petitione of the inhabitantes of the toun of Cullen to the honourable estates of parliament, sheweth that our haill toune is laitlie brunt be the enemy and all our goodes spoiled and takine from us so that wee are wtterlie herried; our desyre is that your honours would be pleased to grant us ane recommendatione to the noblemen, gentlemen and burgess duelling be north this water of Forth for giveing us some support to rebuild our houss and menteane us in our present necessitie, and your honours ansuer humblie we beseike, as the supplicatione beires. Quhilke supplicatione being red in audience of the estates of parliament and the samene, with the desyre thairof, takine to thair consideratione, the saides estates grantes the desyre of the supplicatione abovewrittin for ane voluntar contributione for the wse foirsaid from all persones duelling be north the water of Forth, provyding allwayes, lykeas it is heirby provydit that the same contributione sua to be collected shall not exceed the soume of fourtie thousand pundes Scotts.
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Anent the supplicatione givine in to the estates of parliament etc., quhairof the tennour falloweth: The humble petitione of Mr Robert Cunynghame of [...], burges of Kinghorne, in name and behalfe of David Ballfoure, my sone in law, and David Riddoch of Abirlednoch, in name and behalfe of Mr Alexander and James Riddoches, my sones, now presentlie captives wnder the barbarous Turkes of Argire. Wnto the right honourable the estates of parliament now conveened at Pearth, humblie sheweth that quhairas the said David Ballfour, Mr Alexander and James Riddoches, our sones, accompanied with diverse otheres Scotes merchantes to the West Indies in the shipe perteaneing to the said David Ballfour, wer in the moneth of October lastbypast with thair haill meanes takine be the Turkes and ever since hes bene most barbarouslie wsit be them, as thair lettires wnder thair handes will shew. And in regaird thair haill meanes wes takine with themselves and wee not able to ransone them, heirfore leist that the glorious Gospell and our professione should suffer in them for want of ane ransone, wee most in all humilitie have our adrese wnto your honours, most humblie intreateing your honours to take to your consideratione the slaverie and captivitie and most barbarous wsage of our saides sones and thair coepairneres and fallow prisoneres that wer takine with them, and to grant your honours warrand and recommendatione to the severall presbetries for getting some charitable supplie and helpe from good and weell affected Christianes for thair ransone and helpe and releasment, quhairby our Lord's honour, his Gospell and our glorious professione may no longer suffer by the bloodie mouthes of these barbarous and professed enemyes of Christ, which are dayly oppoined in most barbarous and blasphemous maner aganes our Lord when any of our people are deteaned thair for want of ane ransone, which wee are confident will be ane motive to your honours to grant ane gracious ansuer to this our humble petitiones, as the supplicatione beires. Quhilke supplicatione being red in audience of the estates of parliament and the samene, with the desyre thairof, takine into thair consideratione, the saides estates recommendes the said supplicatione and desyre thairof abovewrittin to the generall assemblie, to be recommendit be them to the presbetries of the sherreffdomes of Louthiane, Fyiffe, Pearth and Stirling shyres and to doe thairin as they shall thinke fitt and expediente.