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Forsameikle as the estats of parlement, understanding that the monethlie maintenance and other publict burthens quherunto the royall burrowes of the kingdome are lyable is and hes beene regulat and proportionat according to the taxt roll set doun be thameselffes, quhilk hes bene usuallie altered at thair publict meetings according to the trade, estate and strength of thair severall burghes, and heerewith also considering that sundrie of the said royall burrowes are heavilie distrest and overburthened in the paiment of the monethlie maintenance and other publict dewis by the not alteratioun of their taxt roll and proportionating the same to the trade, estate and strength of thair severall burghes, thairfor, and to the effect the commoun burthen forsaid may be equall, the estats of parlement ordaines and appoynts the royall burrowes at thair publict meetings in July nixt 1649 years instant to altir and change ther taxt roll and to ordaine and appoint the monethlie maintenance and other publict dewis and burthens of the kingdome with ther owne publict burthens to be proportionated, payed and performed respective be the saids burrowes according as the said taxt roll shall be altered and changed upon consideratioun of the trade, estate and strength and conditioun of the said burrowes and ther losses respective forsaids; and that these burrowes who hes beene overburthened thir yeires bypast through the not tymlie alteratioun of the said taxt roll may be repaied and have ther releiff of that quherintill they have bene overburthened from these other burrowes who justlie ought to have borne the samene if thair taxt roll had beene accordinglie altered. And the estats declaires that if the said taxt roll shall not be altered be the royall burrowes at ther said nixt meeting to the effect and as is before appointed, in that case it shall be lesum to these of the saids royall burrowes who finds thameselffis overburthened by the not alteratioun of the said taxt roll to alter the samene themselffis in maner and to the effect before exprest; and ordanes siclyk letters and executioun to follow therupone as is usuall to be graunted upon the taxt royall of the royall burrowes.