[Warrant concerning prisoners granted; pass granted to various foreigners to leave the country; order to the committee for dispatches concerning those foreigners in or arriving in Scotland]

Prayeris heard and rolls callit.

Warrand givin to the provest and bailyes of Edinburgh to receave the prisoners from any of Collonell Ker's officiars.

Pass granted to the sixtein Dutches and Daines with the Dutche minister to go out of the cuntrie, they inacting thame selffis under the payne of death not to returne, and the pass to be drawin be the committee of process and to bear the obleidgment.

†Ordanes the comittee of dispatches to tak notice of all strangers quho comes within the cuntrie or ar com alreadie and of the ground of ther coming, and to report to the parliament.

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[Supplication remitted to the committee for dispatches; the earl of Montrose's seal delivered to the clerk register; decreet of forfeiture read]

†Supplicatioune Simeon Wandersone redd in parliament and remitted to the committee of dispatches, with power to give satisfactione to him.

The lord marquis of Argyll produced James Grahames seall, quhilk wes delyvered to my lord register.

The decreet of foirfaultor aganes the laird [of] Dalgetie redd, and the estaitts declares that the said decreet and executione to follow therupoun shall not prejudge the erle of Erroll of his ryght and possessioun of his estaitts, and ordans this to be extendit in form of ane act.

The estaites of parliament, inregaird of the former sentence of forfaultour pronunced against [...] Hay of Delgetie, [...]†.

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[Report remitted to the several bodies; report from the committee for prisoners and processes read; pardon granted to William Ross and David Drummond]

†Report Collonell Gray redd and remitted to the severall bodyes.

Report concerning Williame Ross from the comittee of processes redd.

The estaitts pardons Williame Ross and David Drummond as to thair lyffis and banishes thame [from] this kingdome, and ordanes thame to inact thameselffis never to returne to this kingdom without libertie of the parliament, nor to do any thing in prejudice of the kingdom under the payne of death.

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[Committee for the commissary-general's affairs ordered to be appointed; report from the committee for trying witches read and approved; monthly maintenance continued]

†Supplicatioune Sir James Stuart, generall commissar, redd in parliament. Remitted to a select committee of 3 of evrie body to be choysin, fyve the quorum, to tak the desyre of the bill and his bygane service to consideratioune, and report to the parliament.

Report from the committee of witches anent Issobell Alexander, imprisoned for witchcraft, red and approvin for suspending the letters quoad the comissioners.

†The estaitts of parliament continewes the monthlie mentenance in statu quo supra for on[e] month further, viz: for the month of Jun nixt, and appoyntis Johne Denholme and Giles Wright, the comissar deputts, to continew in collecting the mentenance ut supra for the said month.

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[Remit to the several bodies concerning the power of the committee for valuations; supplication remitted to the committee for dispatches; continuation]

The estaitts refers to the bodyes to considder what shall be the power of the comittee of valuationes, and ordanes nyne to be the quorum.

†Supplicatioun from Corprall Johne Nisbett redd and remitted to the comittee of dispatches.

The estaitts ordans the haill committeis to meitt at three efternun, the bodyes the morrow at sevin hours [and] the parliament at nyne hours.

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