The estates of parliament, having heard and considered the supplication presented to them from the committee of war of the sheriffdom of Linlithgow, declaring their alacrity and readiness to give obedience to the acts and ordinances of parliament, and in all humility begging that as their lordships had begun they would actively go about the prosecuting of all the ends of the Solemn League and Covenant, as the supplication bears, the said estates of parliament do hereby return hearty thanks to the petitioners for their ready obedience to the acts and ordinances of parliament, whereupon [James Hamilton], lord duke of Hamilton, lord general, his excellency, and James [Livingstone], earl of Callander, lord lieutenant general, as two of the heritors of the sheriffdom of Linlithgow, asked instruments and protested for the extract of the act above-written, which the estates of parliament admit.
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The estates of parliament remit to the committee of 33 to call before them those of the town of Glasgow presently incarcerated within the tolbooth of Edinburgh and to examine them anent their carriage in relation to the obedience of the orders of parliament, with power to the said committee to appoint a subcommittee of their own number for this effect, and also with power to the said committee to enlarge and put the said persons to liberty out of the said tolbooth upon assurance of their ready obedience to the acts of this present parliament anent the levies; and ordain the said committee to meet presently at the dissolving of the parliament and take the business into consideration; and ordain the said committee to report their proceedings relating thereto to the parliament.
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Forasmuch as the estates of parliament, having this day heard and considered the protestation produced by John [Lindsay], earl of Crawford Lindsay, treasurer of Scotland, for himself and sundry other noblemen and barons who did adhere and concur with him, offered and made by him for himself and on behalf aforesaid in presence of the committee of war of Fife convened at Cupar on 18 May last, against the petition of their committee to the parliament for continuing the present levy, together with the four separate papers or protestations subscribed by several noblemen and gentlemen, indwellers in the four several presbyteries of Fife, adhering to the aforesaid protestation made by the earl of Crawford Lindsay, for himself and on behalf of those noblemen, barons and others adhering to him, together likewise with a contrary protestation against the said earl of Crawford Lindsay's protestation and adherers thereto, subscribers of the four separate papers aforesaid, as the same protestations respectively and subscribed papers aforesaid in themselves purport and bear, the said estates of parliament, after voting, do hereby return hearty thanks to the subscribers of the aforesaid four papers adhering to the protestation above-mentioned made by the earl of Crawford, for himself and these noblemen, barons and others adhering and concurring with him against the aforesaid petition of the committee of war of the sheriffdom of Fife for continuing the levy, and that in respect of the said protesters and subscribers giving obedience to the acts and orders of the parliament and of their protesting against the delayers thereof.
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The estates of parliament, having heard the supplications after-specified read in audience of the parliament, namely: a supplication from the presbytery of Dumbarton, a supplication from the presbytery of Perth, a supplication from the burgh of Dumfries and a supplication from the presbytery of Cupar in Fife, all presented to the parliament from the said presbyteries and burgh respectively, the said estates remit the aforesaid four supplications and desires thereof to the committee of 33, to be taken into consideration by them with the other supplications formerly committed to them, according to the power and warrant granted to the committee relating thereto of 1 June instant.
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The Lord Cochrane desired to be excused from that employment formerly put upon him in the commission from the parliament to the army in Ireland, and that another may be employed in that charge. Which, being taken into consideration by the parliament, they, after voting, did refuse to alter or change the said Lord Cochrane in his former charge and employment for that commission to the army in Ireland and to put any other therein, and therefore they ordain him to go on in the aforesaid charge and employment, according to the warrants and instructions of parliament formerly given to him and those others joined in that commission with him. And in the meantime the parliament dispenses with the said Lord Cochrane's former stay in not going to Ireland, according to the aforesaid commission and instructions.
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The estates of parliament ordain the committee for the excise to meet tomorrow, and appoint two of each estate to be named at the next meeting of the bodies to assist the committee of the excise for farming the excise, and that during the sitting of parliament. And in the interval between parliaments the estates grant power to the committee of estates for the time to appoint such of their number to assist the committee of excise for farming thereof as they shall think fit.