The estates of parliament, having heard and considered the report of that committee appointed by them for hearing William, earl of Lothian, lord Kerr of Newbattle's report of his employments and commission to France, with the commission granted by the lords of privy council to the said earl of Lothian anent the same employments, find that he, with extraordinary pains and great affection, has gone about the same and faithfully discharged the trust thereby committed to him, and approve the aforesaid commission granted to the said earl of Lothian by the council with the council's employment of him for the ends contained therein and his faithful discharge of the said commission, and find that he has worthily acquitted himself relating thereto according to the trust put upon him. And considering that the said earl of Lothian has been at great charges and expense and has sustained great loss, hurt and prejudice through the delays of his dispatch in the said employments occasioned by the death of the king of France and through his own sickness in that kingdom and by his restraint at Oxford and long imprisonment in England in the castle of Bristol, which charges, expenses, losses, hurt and prejudice the convention of estates, by their act of 3 January last, declared they would make up, therefore the estates of this present parliament recommend and remit to the committee of estates residing at Edinburgh to consider again the said earl's charges, expenses, losses and prejudices occasioned in manner aforesaid with his deservings and pains on the said employments, and that upon his own declaration, according to the act of the convention of estates, they name, set down and appoint a certain sum of money in recompense thereof with the term of payment of the same to him. Which sum of money so to be set down by the said committee of estates, the estates of this present parliament ordain to be paid to the said William, earl of Lothian, his heirs or assignees at the terms that the said committee of estates should appoint out of the first and readiest of his majesty's rents of this kingdom of Scotland, property and casualty thereof, of the crop and year 1643 and of all subsequent crops and years thereafter until the said earl of Lothian and his aforesaids be completely paid of the same sum and of all annualrents thereof, or any part of the same during the non-payment thereof. And for the said earl's more better and ready payment of the aforesaid sum and annualrent thereof, the said estates recommend the manner and way thereof to be set down and prescribed by the said committee of estates in such form as may best serve for the said earl's ready and real payment of the aforesaid sum and annualrents thereof out of his majesty's rents, property and casualty thereof aforesaid, the said crop and year 1643 and subsequent years thereafter until the said earl be completely paid of the sum aforesaid and annualrents thereof.
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Forasmuch as the estates of parliament, presently convened by virtue of the last act of the last parliament held by his majesty and three estates in 1641, have given power and commission to Archibald, marquis of Argyll as his majesty's lieutenant by sea and land for repressing the invasion lately made upon the western parts and isles of this kingdom by the rebels, papists and malignants of Ireland, with power in that particular matter to raise forces, appoint deputes, officers and commanders (as is at length mentioned in the said commission), which is altogether done for the defence of this kingdom and the good subjects thereof from their public enemies and so ought to be sustained at the common charge of the kingdom; therefore the said estates declare that the said forces, deputes, commanders and officers shall be paid, subsisted and maintained by the public estates of this kingdom and in no way by the said marquis of Argyll nor no particular shire or shires of this kingdom, and will and declare that the conditions and pay agreed by the said marquis to our forces, officers or commanders shall be truly paid to them and every one of them by the public and that he may give to them warrant for that effect, providing always that he does not exceed the ordinary pay accustomed to be given to those who serve within the country; and also declare that all necessary disbursements and charges made in the said expedition by whatsoever manner of way shall be accounted as public debts and paid by the public after just account and reckoning made thereof.
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The estates of parliament ordain the sum of 20,000 merks (exhibited by Mr George Douglas at the command of the parliament and consigned in the hands of [Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie], clerk register, which was paid to him by Sir John Dalzell, according to a bond granted by him to the said Mr George) to be applied to the use of the public, and ordain Mr George Douglas to retain the bond granted to him by the said Sir John and discharge the granting of a suspension of the said sum contained in the bond aforesaid. As also ordain [David Carnegie], earl of Southesk to make payment to James Hamilton of Bogs of the sum of 20,000 merks paid out by the said James for the said earl and contained in a bond granted by the earl of Southesk to [Robert Dalzell], earl of Carnwath, and the same being paid by the said earl of Southesk to James Hamilton of Bogs, ordain Sir John Dalzell to deliver to the earl of Southesk the bond granted by him to the earl of Carnwath, and thereafter declare the said earl of Southesk to be liberated relating thereto. As also ordain the lord register to redeliver to Mr George Douglas his tickets of receipt produced and Sir John Dalzell to deliver to the earl of Southesk a discharge as factor for the earl of Carnwath of the said sum contained in the bond aforesaid, and also ordain the lord register to deliver to William Thomson, commissary for the public, the said sum of 20,000 merks consigned in his hands as said is, for the which this act shall be to him a sufficient warrant and liberation relating thereto.