These give warrant to Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie, clerk register, to cause print the parliament's declaration anent their resolutions concerning religion, king and kingdoms, which was passed in parliament on 20 April instant.
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Anent the supplication given in to the parliament by Mr James Urquhart, minister at Galashiels, against James Scott of Galashiels and John Pringle of Cokilferrie and some other persons as witnesses or otherwise concerned in the matter after-specified, bearing that the time of James Graham, [earl of Montrose] and their associates being in the south country, the said John Pringle sent the sum of £1,000 with his writs in a chest to the tower of Buckholm for security, and when the house of Buckholm was assaulted, the chest with the money and writs was convoyed to Galashiels and came in the hands of Elizabeth Pringle, spouse to the supplicant, who delivered the same to John Pringle of Cokilferrie, her brother-in-law, to whom she knew the money and writs belonged. And that notwithstanding thereof the said James Scott purchased a warrant from the committee of estates for uplifting from the supplicant the aforesaid sum, which he affirmed to be 2,500 merks, and that thereupon he caused cite the supplicant before the committee of the shire, who ordained the supplicant to be accountable for the sum and caused incarcerate him in the tolbooth of Selkirk and confined him within the town thereof for the space of eight weeks until he was forced to grant a bond to the said James Scott of Galashiels for payment to him of the said sum of 2,500 merks whenever the supplicant should be required thereto, and that the aforesaid bond is still in the said James Scott's hands lying above the supplicant's head, who is distressing him for payment of the sum contained therein against all equity, conscience and reason; and therefore desiring the parliament to ordain the aforesaid bond to be delivered back to the supplicant, to be cancelled and destroyed and to take such further course relating thereto as the supplicant may be liberated of the aforesaid sum of 2,500 merks, as the supplication at more length bears. Which supplication and parties above-named being upon 25 April instant called before the committee of bills, the said John Pringle of Cokilferrie compeared judicially and declared upon oath under his hand that he had received from the said Elizabeth Pringle, his sister-in-law, spouse to the supplicant, the sum of 1,445 merks 6s 8d, which was the sum she had in her hands of the sum of 1,650 merks that the said John Pringle had sent with his writs to the tower of Buckholm. Whereupon the committee for the bills, having thereafter caused judicially call the aforesaid supplication of new again and the said James Scott of Galashiels as party principally concerned therein, the said James Scott compeared personally in presence of the committee, who after reading of the supplication and relating to him the true condition of the business the committee desired to understand what he could say against the desire aforesaid of the supplication and for what cause he got the aforesaid bond from the supplicant and upon what ground he detained the same from him. Whereupon the said James Scott, personally present, renounced the aforesaid bond of 2,500 merks granted to him by the said Mr James Urquhart, supplicant, and his cautioner and discharged simply thereof and whole sums contained therein, and promised to do his diligence for getting the principal bond and to deliver the same to the supplicant, without prejudice and with reservation to the said James Scott's right and action against the said John Pringle and all others who may be concerned for payment to him of the aforesaid money and of the sum of 200 merks contained in a protestation obtained by him against Cokilferrie. Which premises, being this day reported by the committee to the parliament, they interpose the authority of parliament to the renunciation and discharge above-written, with reservation as above, and in respect thereof do hereby declare the supplicant and his cautioners free of the aforesaid bond of 2,500 merks and payment of the same to the said James Scott simply for ever.
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The estates of parliament, having heard and considered the report and overture of the committee of 24 for satisfaction of the bill given in by the royal burghs anent a guard of ships to preserve the coast, they find it necessary that three ships, each of them carrying a least 20 guns, and three frigates, each of them carrying 16 guns at most, be hired for 4 months, the charge whereof (there being in each ship 70 men and in each frigate 45) will amount to £1,200 sterling per month; and further for equipping them the charge will come to £200 sterling, which in total will extend to £5,000 sterling. Which sum of £5,000 sterling the estates of parliament ordain to be furnished and paid as follows, namely: £1,000 sterling voluntarily offered by† [John Lindsay], earl of Crawford Lindsay, lord high treasurer of Scotland,† to be paid out of his majesty's exchequer. Item, the estates ordain the sum of £2,000 sterling to be paid out of the monthly maintenance of the kingdom which is to be established by this present parliament, and they ordain the other £2,000 sterling (which completes the total £5,000 sterling) to be paid out of the excise of the kingdom which is also to be established by the parliament. For payment of the last £4,000 sterling, the estates of parliament do hereby give order, precept and warrant to the commissary-general there or collectors respectively of the aforesaid monthly maintenance and excise to make ready and real payment of the £4,000 sterling, whereof £2,000 out of the maintenance and the other £2,000 out of the excise, to be employed and applied to the effect aforesaid. And for hiring the aforesaid ships and frigates and seeing them equipped and managed thereof, the estates nominate and appoint the earls [David Carnegie, earl of] Southesk and [James Livingstone, earl of] Callander and [John Hamilton], lord Bargany for the noblemen; [Sir Adam Hepburn of] Humbie and the lairds [Sir James Foulis of] Colinton and [Sir James Dundas of] Arniston for the barons; and Archibald Sydserf, George Gardyne and John Kennedy (and in his absence Robert Fleming, bailie of Edinburgh) for the burghs as a committee of parliament for hiring the aforesaid ships and frigates and seeing them equipped to the effect before rehearsed, to whom (or any three of them as the quorum, there being one of every estate) the parliament give hereby power to deal and agree with the aforesaid ships and frigates of the burden above-mentioned and to see the same equipped with men and ammunition as is above-mentioned, to be a guard of ships to preserve the coast and to give orders to them from time to time for that effect, and thereafter accordingly to report to the parliament or committee of estates anent their proceedings concerning the aforesaid matter committed to them, that thereafter the parliament or committee of estates may take such course relating thereto as they shall think fitting.