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Forasmuch as the estates of parliament of Scotland, presently convened by virtue of the last act of the last parliament held by his majesty and the three estates in 1641, considering that by order of the parliament of England there is sent here to Scotland £30,000 sterling of the bygone arrears due by them to the Scottish army in Ireland, of which sum there is (by warrant of the estates) delivered to William Thomson, one of the commissary deputes, £7,280 sterling by Sir John Ruthven, due by him to [Mary Sutton], countess of Home by bond, and which, in respect of the surety given by the committee of Goldsmith Hall to her for that sum, is assigned by her to [John Maitland], lord Maitland and Mr Robert Barclay, two of the commissioners for the kingdom of Scotland residing at London; and whereupon they subscribed and delivered to the said committee of Goldsmith Hall a note of the receipt of the aforesaid £7,280 sterling and sent here the aforesaid bond with the assignation thereto and a discharge thereof and factory for receiving that sum, which were all by order of the parliament of Scotland delivered to the said William Thomson who thereupon received the aforesaid £7,280 sterling from the said Sir John Ruthven, and for the rest of the £30,000 sterling the same was also received by John Campbell, commissary appointed for the Scottish army in Ireland, and upon order of the committee appointed for the Irish business here as follows, namely: from Captain Kerse out of the ship called The Eight Whelp under his command 18 chests of money and from Captain Willoby out of the ship called The Globe under his command five chests of money according to the receipts granted by John Campbell thereupon. Therefore the estates of parliament grant the receipt of the aforesaid total sum of £30,000 sterling of the bygone arrears due to the Scottish army in Ireland by the parliament of England and now received by order of the estates and parliament of Scotland in manner before rehearsed, and by this act exonerate and discharge simply the parliament of England and all others for whom it is appropriate of the aforesaid £30,000 sterling received as said is.