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The report of the committee appointed for trying the incendiaries and plotters, dated 28 February 1642 and subscribed by Mr David Hay, clerk to the said committee, being produced in parliament and publicly read in audience thereof, and the same heard and considered by the estates of parliament, the said estates find that the said commissioners have done their duty and deserve exoneration and approbation relating thereto, which the estates grant to the commissioners and also to Sir Thomas Hope [of Craighall], his majesty advocate, and to the procurators for the estate and clerk of the said committee. And the estates recommend to the committee of estates' consideration what recompense the clerk of this committee shall have for his bygone pains and service.