[Business concerning the king's coronation; letter approved; intimation of additions to the levy and the recruiting of the king's lifeguards remitted to the committee for the affairs of the army]

Prayeris heard and rolls callit.

Report from the comittee anent the solemnities and ordors for his maties coronatione redd and remitted sua far as concernes the persones to the kingis matie and suche as he shall call of the parliament to fill wp the persones and to report, and appoynts the comittee of overturs and suche members of parliament as wes wpoun this comittee formerlie and the comissioners for the thesaurie to think wpoun the finding out of the money and to reveise and considder the report if any thing be necessar to be addit therto or altered therin, to meitt efternun.

†Letter from the kingis matie and parliament to the severall shyres and burrowis for additionall forces by and attour the former levies red and approvin, and remittis to the comittee for the militarie effairs how the same shall be intimat to the shyres besouth Forth.

†The motione anent the recreuting of his maties lifguaird remitted to the comittee for the militarie effairs.

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[Letters approved; various business concerning the troops remitted to the committee for the affairs of the army; delegation sent to the ministers concerning the provost of Perth]

Letteris, on[e] to the forces in the west, and ane uther to Colonell Robert Mongomrie, redd and approvin.

†Remittis to the comittee for the militarie effairs to considder who shall go with Sir Charles Erskyne to Dunbartane and to considder of the hous of Dunglass, and they have to have thair dispatche this efternun.

†Remittis to the comittee for the militarie effairs to considder of the castell of Edinburgh ather by thameselffis or suche of thair number as they think fitt.

Ordanes Johne Jafray and James Sword to speik with the ministers of Perth anent the present proveist and report the nixt session.

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[Order for a delegation sent to the west rescinded; report approved; continuation]

The parliament dispenses with the thesurar deputt and Keithes goeing to the west, notwithstanding of ther former ordors.

Report concerning the prisoners at Newcastell redd and approvin.

Ordanes the nixt meitting of parliament to be at tuo efternun and the comitteeis to meitt efter the dissolving of parliament.

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