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The estates nominate and appoint and therewithal give commission and warrant to [John Leslie], earl of Rothes, [George Seton, earl of] Winton, [John Lyon, earl of] Kinghorn and [John Stewart, earl of] Carrick, [William Douglas], viscount of Drumlanrig, [James Ross], lord Ross, [John Campbell, lord] Loudoun, [Robert Balfour, lord Balfour of] Burleigh and [John Wemyss, lord] Wemyss, Sir Robert Gordon [of Gordonstoun], knight baronet, the lairds [Alexander Erskine] of Dun, [James Lyon of] Auldbar, [Sir James Lockhart of] Lee, younger, [William Drummond of] Riccarton, [Robert Forbes of] Rires, [Sir Alexander Strachan of] Thornton, [Sir Alexander Nisbet of] West Nisbet and John Erskine of Balgonie, together with such of the burghs as shall be directed to that effect, to convene and meet tomorrow at 7 o'clock in the morning and to confer and reason upon the patent granted to [Alexander Livingstone], earl of Linlithgow for making of powder and to consider of the best and most effectual means how the said patent may receive execution.