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Prayeris heard and rolls callit.
The estaittis appoynt Colonell Gray to go with the letteris to Newcastell to the Lord Fairfax and to the speaker of the hous of comones, and to tak on[e] with him to be sent bak from Newcastle, and Captane Jonstone to go towards Cairlyll to carie the letter to the Lord Fairfax, and pass granted to them for that effect.
The estaittis ordanes the laird [of] Nithrie, thesurar of the excyse, to tak course for sending away of the letters and advance money for that use; and the parliament ordanes the excyse of July and August to be allowit for payment of the superexpenses givin out be him and Sir Johne Smyth, and declars it shall not be imputed to thame as ane fault the not paying of any precepts drawin upoun thame till superexpenses be repayed to thame.
†The lord generall, haveing desyred of the parliament (in respect of his aidge and infirmitie) to be exonered of his charge, the parliament notwithstanding theroff declaired to his excellencie thair desyre and resolutione to continew his excellencie in his place and service quherin he haith bein so usfull and succesfull, and that they shall requyre no moir of him than his aidge may comport with.
Report Major Weir from the comittee of bills redd and past.
†Report from the comittee of bills anent the laird of Lesmoir remitted to the severall bodyes.
†Report from the subcomittee for the conference, conteaning the list and deficiencie of the troupes, redd and remitted to the bodyes, with the other tuo papers givin in therwith.
†The estaittis ordanes that non of the officers of the armie be upoun the comissione for purgeing the armie, and the number to be fyve of evrie estaitt, the quorum eight, ther being on[e] of evrie estaits present. The number of the troup to be threescoir fyftein quhen thair shall be a necessitie etc., conforme to the minutts.
†Supplicatioune shyre of Fyff remitted to the bodyes.
Ordanes the commissioners of the severall shyres to go to the exchakyr hous this day at three hours, to the subcomittee of the conference, and to give in a list of suche as haith bein putt out of ther shyres, horse and foott, ather in burgh or land.
†The estaitts addis to the subcommittee for the conference the laird [of] Pollok and the provest of Glasgow.
†The estaitts appoynts thois of this conference to think of the way of the parliament's nominatioune of officers, and appoynts the comittee for the conference to speik anent the regimenting of the horse and report.
Ordanes the conference to meitt on Monday at sevin hours, the committee for the provest of Edinburgh's accompts this day at tuo efternun, the haill remanent comittees to meitt on Monday at sevin hours in the morning; and quhat is considered be the comitteis, to be givin in to the bodyes at tuo efternun, quhilk is the tyme of ther meitting; and ordanes the bodyes to think upoun the maner and tyme of adjurnyng of the parliament and report. The parliament to meitt on Monday at fyve hours efternun.