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Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament ordain a ratification to be made therein ratifying, approving and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirming, likewise, by the tenor hereof, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament ratify, approve and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually confirm the letters of gift and mortification made, given and granted by his majesty's late dearest father of eternal memory James, king of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith etc., with consent of the late Master John Preston of Penicuik, then his highness's collector general of the thirds, surplus and omitted benefices within the realm and kingdom of Scotland, and also treasurer to his majesty of his highness's new augmentations of the kirklands of the said realm of Scotland to the crown, under the privy seal, of the date at the court at Royston, 12 October 1609, whereby his highness's said late dearest father, with consent foresaid, for his highness and his successors, gave, granted, assigned, conveyed and mortified to the new parish kirk of Burntisland therein mentioned and to the minister serving the cure thereof then present, and who should happen to be for the time perpetually in all time coming, the sum and yearly stipend of 500 merks money of this realm of Scotland, to be paid to them yearly out of the readiest and best payment of his highness's said thirds, surplus and omitted benefices within the said realm of Scotland, and of the feu mails, ferms, rents and duties of the kirklands annexed to the crown by his highness's said late dearest father and his successors, and by their general collectors, treasurers of their augmentations and other intromitters therewith, and due in payment thereof then present and that should happen to be for the time yearly at the term of Martinmas [11 November], beginning the first year's payment at the term of Martinmas next thereafter, the said year of God 1609, and so forth yearly thereafter at the term foresaid perpetually in all time coming, as the said letters of gift and mortification made thereupon of the date foresaid in themselves at more length bears in all and sundry the heads, points, passes, clauses, articles, circumstances and conditions contained therein, and after the form and tenor thereof in all points. And our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament will and grant and, for his highness and his successors, perpetually decree and ordain that this present ratification of the said letters of gift and mortification above-written is and shall be of as great strength, force and effect to the said minister of Burntisland, present and to come, for possessing of the said yearly sum and stipend of 500 merks to be paid yearly out of the said readiest and best payment of the said thirds, surplus and omitted benefices within the said kingdom of Scotland, and of the said feu mails, ferms, rents and duties of the said kirklands annexed to the said crown by his highness and his successors, their collectors, treasurers of their augmentations and other intromitters therewith, and due in payment thereof, present or that shall happen to be, for the time yearly at the said term of Martinmas perpetually in all time coming, as if the said letters of gift and mortification above-written were all at length word for word herein engrossed and contained; concerning which, our said sovereign lord and estates of parliament have dispensed and, by this ratification, dispense for ever, and that the said ratification be further extended in due form as appropriate.