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The estates of parliament, presently convened in the fourth session of this first triennial parliament by virtue of the last act of the last parliament held by his majesty and three estates in 1641, have nominated and appointed the persons underwritten, namely: for the nobility, Archibald [Campbell], marquis of Argyll, William [Keith], earl Marischal, Alexander [Montgomery], earl of Eglinton, John [Kennedy], earl of Cassilis, Robert [Ker], earl of Roxburghe and William [Hamilton], earl of Lanark; for the barons, the lairds [Mr William Cochrane of] Cowdoun, [Mr Robert Meldrum of] Burleigh, [Arthur Erskine of] Scotscraig, [James MacDowall of] Garthland, [Sir John Hamilton of Orbiston], justice clerk, and [Hugh Campbell of] Cessnock; for the burghs, Sir John Smith [of Grotehill], Mr Alexander Wedderburn [of Blackness], Patrick Leslie [of Iden], Thomas Bruce [of Weltoun], John Kennedy and Mr Robert Cunningham, and [John Campbell, earl of Loudoun], lord chancellor, and [John Lindsay, earl of Crawford Lindsay], president of parliament, to be supernumerary, to treat and think upon what course may be thought fittest for the prosecution of the present war against the rebels and to find what obedience is given to the late act made for deploying the forces; which committee is appointed to meet with the gentry and such of the committees of war of each shire as are present, and the burghs to meet with the shires within which they naturally lie. The quorum of which committee, not including the said supernumerary persons, is appointed to be 11, there being two of each estate; and the said committee to meet presently in the parliament house.