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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.