[Justice clerk admitted; letter and patent read; lord advocate ordered to attend the commissioners of the treasury]

Prayers heard and rolls callit.

Sir Robert Murrey, knyght, being callit, did accept the place and charge of justice clerk and maid faith de fideli administratioune in the discharge theroff.

Letter from the magistratts of Aberdein, with ane patent from the duke of Yeork to Captain Williame King, redd in parliament.

Ordanes the lord advocatt to awaitt wpoun the comissioneris of the thesurarie to distinguish what of the pryses belonges to his matie and what to the admirall.

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[Letter read; supplications approved; additional supply to the army remitted to the several bodies]

Letter from Sir Robert Drumond to the liuetenent generall, 27 Marche, redd.

Supplicatioune relict of Captain McNab redd and past.

†Remittis to the severall bodyes to considder of sum further present supplie of interteanment to be appoynted to the armie by and attour the 40 dayes provisione.

Supplicatioune Generall Major Robert Mongomrie for recrewting of his regiment redd and past.

Supplicatioune laird [of] Glenwrquhy anent exeming him in the present levie from the outputting of horse redd and past.

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[Supplication recommended to certain members of parliament; supplication approved; report read and approved; membership of the committee for managing the affairs of the army]

Supplicatioune erle [of] Atholl redd and the mater recommendit to the marquis [of] Argyll, Lord Balcarras, lord justice clerk and the laird of Freeland, to meitt and sattill the parteis, and in the mean tyme ordanes the partie to remove.

Supplicatioune Andro Dick anent the transporting of sum victuall redd and past.

Report from the conference anent the pooer of the comissione for manageing the effairs of the armie etc., with ane other paper givin in be the lord chancelar, redd. And being putt to the questione whither the other paper givin in with the report should have the voyce of the hous or no, it wes voyced negative.

Tharefter the said report conteaning the pooer of the comittee for manadging the effairs of the army red, voyced and past in parliament, and appoynts the number to be tuentie four of evrie estaitt, the quorum ellevin, quherof tuo of evrie estaitt.

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[Draft commission to the committee of estates; colonels appointed; protests against]

Ordanes a draught of the comissione to the comittee of estaitts to be drawin agane the morrow, and four of evrie estaitt to be added therto.

His matie, with consent of the estaitts of parliament, did nominat and appoynt the persones efterspeit to be colonells in the severall shyres following, viz: for the shirefdome of Edinburgh, the erle [of] Dalhousie or Lord Ramsay. For East Lothian and Lawderdaill, the erle of Lawderdaill. For Linlithgow and Tueddaill, Lord Yester. For Cliddisdaill, duik [of] Hamilton and marquis of Douglas. Air, Renfrew and the erle [of] Cassills divisione of Galloway remitted to the kingis matie to be determined. Wigtoun and stuartrie of Kircudbright, erle of Gallowey and viscount of Kenmure. Nithisdaill, erle of Queensberrie or Kelheid, his brother, erle [of] Hartfell or laird [of] Johnstoun. Roxburgh and Selkirk with the fyve kirks of Esdaill, Colonell Robert Douglas. Berwik, erle of Hoome.

Laird [of] Toftis protested aganes the joyneing of Lawderdaill with East Lothiane, and therwpoun askit instruments.

The laird [of] Muswald protested aganes the joyneing of the fyve kirks of Esdaill to Roxburgh, and therwpoun askit instruments.

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[Two queries concerning those who join with the enemy remitted to the several bodies; funds for a future supply remitted to the several bodies]

†Tuo queereis givin in be the lord advocatt anent thoise who gois in to the enemy remitted to the severall bodyes.

†Remittis to the severall bodyes to think wpoun a way of finding money for his maties use and the armie.

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[Letter ordered to be drafted; supplication remitted to the committee of estates; supplications approved]

Ordanes ane letter to be wreattin to the north in anser to thair letter anent the 8 monthis mentenance, and the act of parliament to be sent with it.

Supplicatioune laird [of] Preston anent his evidents red and remitted and recomendit to the comittee of estaitts ut in scriptis.

Supplicatioune toune of Culross redd and past.

Supplicatioune toune of Kirkcaldie redd, and ordanes the sowme to be allowed in ther mentenance, but prejudice of the assignment maid to the generall of arteliarie.

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[Uplifting of money belonging to Colonel Archibald Strachan; continuation]

His matie and estaitts ordanes the sowme of 3,000 lib. whiche are restand belonging to Colonell Strauchan to be wplifted be Johne Scott, master wright.

Ordanes the bodyes to meitt presentlie, and the parliament to meitt the morrow at eight hours.

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