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Anent the supplication underwritten, whereof the tenor follows: My lords and others of the committee for borrowing of monies, to your lords humbly means and shows we, your lords' servants, the provost, bailies and council of the burgh of Dundee, forasmuch as by an act dated 28 April 1644 of the committee of the army then going to the north for suppressing the northern rebellion, in regard that they were in need of money, without which they could not conveniently advance, and being confident of our affection for the good cause and our abilities to supply the present necessity, the said committee did desire us upon the sight of the said act to convene our council to raise and furnish by all means we could use £1,000 sterling, which we should deliver to George Jamieson, and for our surety to receive from the said George a bond and act of the committee accustomed to be given in such cases, bearing this declaration: in respect the said sum was required from us for the present necessity, that the same shall not lie upon the town but should be refunded to us out of the first and readiest monies to be borrowed by them, as the said act of the date aforesaid, subscribed by [Robert Balfour], lord [Balfour of] Burleigh as president of the said committee, at more length bears. According to which order, we most readily out of our affection to the good cause did advance the sum of 9,600 merks, as the bond given by the said committee at more length bears. And seeing that sundry of our neighbours have been convened before your lords and are ordained to lend and furnish such particular sums of money as are assigned to them, therefore we humbly beseech your lords to have a consideration of the premises and that according to the aforesaid act and ordinance we may have payment of the aforesaid sum advanced by us as said is and that out of the first and readiest monies which your lords have lately borrowed or shall happen to borrow from any inhabitant and burgesses within our burgh until we be fully paid of the aforesaid sum of money; and for that effect, that by act and security of each person for advancing of any monies by them be allowed and delivered to us for as much in the said first of the monies indebted to us, and your lords' answer. Which supplication being given in to the aforesaid committee for borrowing of monies, the same was represented into the consideration of the estates of parliament by that committee, and thereupon being read in audience of the parliament, it was taken into consideration by the several estates at their meetings in their several bodies; and thereafter the same supplication being this day newly again read in audience of the parliament, and the same, with the desire thereof, taken into consideration by them, the said estates find the aforesaid desire reasonable and ordain the supplicants to have payment of the aforesaid sum advanced by them as said is, and that out of the first and readiest money which the estates have lately borrowed or shall happen to borrow for the use of the public from any inhabitant and burgesses within the said burgh of Dundee until the said supplicants be fully paid of the aforesaid sum. And for this effect, ordain the act and security of each person advancing and lending any monies for the use of the public who are inhabitants and burgesses within the said burgh of Dundee to be allowed and delivered to the supplicants for as much in the first end of the sum above-written indebted to them and until the supplicants be paid of the same sum, for the which the estates declare this act shall be a sufficient warrant.