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Prayeris said and rolls callit.
†The Lord Borthwick protested that the sitting and calling of the Lord Cathcart befor him in parliament prejudge him not in his ryght and tytill of dignitie in sitting and voycing in parliament befoir the Lord Cathcart, and therupon askit instruments.
The Lord Cathcart protested in the contrar, and therupon askit instruments.
Letter from George Downyng to the marquis [of] Argyll redd, and order givin to the lord advocat and bailyes of Edinburgh [to] examine the persones therin conteinit, and remitted to the lord advocat and the provest of Edinburgh to speik with the supplicants.
The estaitts of parliament continewis the executioune of the laird [of] Dalgetie till Fryday nixt.
The estaitts grants libertie to the Dutche minister to go with the rest of the prisoners as they ar disposed of be the parliament.
†Supplicatioune Dutch officiars who cam from England remitted to the comittee of dispatches.
†Supplicatioune officiars of the Yrish companies redd, and they ordaned to have thair mentenance payed thame to the last of Jun, and the rest of the supplicatioune remitted to the committee [of] dispatches.
†Supplicatioune Major Bryce Cochrane remitted to the comittee of dispatches.
Supplicatioune laird [of] Lawers being thane moved in parliament, the estaittis ordanes the Lord Sinclaris fyne to be dispensat as follous: Doctor Sharpes wyff to be preferred sua far as concernes the sowme of ten thousand merks, and ordanes the rest of the fyne to be applyed for the use of Lawers and Mr James Campbell according to the actis of parliament and comittee of estaitts, and Dr Shairp's wyf to shair with thame for other ten thousand merks proportionallie according to ther sowmes; and ordans the 20,000 merks quhilk Doctor Sharpes wyff getts to be maid good to the laird [of] Laweris and Mr James Campbell out of the first and readiest of the remanent fynes, Assint and the officiars being first payed; and recommends to the kingis advocat and the procurators of estaitts to prosecutt the process aganes Major Sinklar, the persones to be foirfaulted or fyned with all possibell diligence.
Report from the committee of bills anent Andro Love redd and approvin as the same is delyvered.
The laird of Swintoun did give in ane act of the committee of estaitts and desyred, according to the tenour of the act, he might be takin in consideration. The estaitts ordanes the l[aird] of Swintoun to be payed of the sowme quhilk shalbe found dew to him be the publict efter the same is instructed to the comittee of fynes out of the first and readiest of the fynes of the gentilmen in Orkney and Caithnes, without prejudice of former assignments.
Act anent restraining of certan persons to com within the cuntrie during the parliament's pleasur red, voitted and past in parliament, and ordans the same to be printed and publyshed at the croce of Edinburgh, quhilk publication the parliament declars to be sufficient, and ordans all shireffis, magistrats of brughs and officiaris and comitteis of war and others having charge to putt the same in execution upoun the contraveiners.
Remittis to the marquis [of] Argyll, Sir Robert Adair and the provest of Edinburgh to appoynt sum satisfactioune [to] the gentilmen who broght the letters from Orkney.
The estaitts addis Cesnock and Cunninghamheid, Mr Robert Barkley and Thomas McBirny to the comittee of dispatches.
Ordanes the generall of artelierie to caus delyver the [two]† peices that cam from Inernes to the lieutenent generall and to tak the amunitione out of the bark and lay the same in the magasen.
Ordanes the trunk with the wreitts whiche cam from Orkney to be delyvred to the clerk regyster.
Ordanes the nixt meitting of parliament to meitt at four hours efternun.