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The estates of parliament, taking into thair consideration the petition of George, master of Bamff, schewing that the erle of Dumfermling become cautioner for him under the pane of fourtie tua thousand punds, that the suplicant sould compeir before the committie of money and processes and answer for his behaveor in the publict bussines when he sould be cited therto personallie or at the croce of Abirdene upon fyiften dayis warning if he wer within the kingdome, and upon thriescore dayis if without the same, and that he sould not goe be north the north water in the meantyme under the pane foresaid, as the act made therupon of the tent of March 1646 yeirs beiris; and that the suplicant hes obeyed the foresaid act in all pointis and attendit the erle of Dumfermling and hes stayed in Edinburgh and in England continwallie since, readie and willing to have cleared and justified himselfe of all aspersions concerning his cariage, and thairfore desyring ane discharge of the foresaid act and liberation to the erle of Dumfermling of his said cautionrie for the suplicant, as the suplication proportis. The saidis estates findis the desire of the foresaid suplication just and reasonable and grantis the samen, and doe heirby discharge simpliciter the foresaid act and the said erle of Dumfermling of his becomeing caution for the suplicant and of all obleismentis therintill and of the sowme and pane therinmentioned; as also discharges the said George, master of Bamff therof and of the restraint and confynement therby put upon him, and declares him liberat and fred of the samen, quheranent thir presentis salbe a sufficient warrand.