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The estates of parliament considering that ther be diverse poore persones who of a long time have been prissoners in the tolbuith of Edinburgh for criminall causes, and it being just that they be put to a speedy tryell, doe therfor ordaine and command Mr Alexander Colvill and Mr James Robertsone, his majesties' justice deputs, to hold justice courts and to call the saids persones befor them and to put them to tryell and doe justice vpon them conforme to the lawes of this kingdome, and this commission to endure ay and whill the king's majestie or estates of parliament give further order.
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Our soveran lord considering that it apperteanes to his hienes care to oversie all universities, colledges and seminaries of learning within this his antient kingdome of Scotland, and that it conduces very much for the advanceing of religion, preventing and suppressing of shisme and heresie in the church and for stirring up and inciteing all ranks and conditiones of people therin to their due obedience and alledgeance to his majestie, their righteous prince, that sober, learned, well qualified and loyall persones be established and mantained [as] professours, masters and members in the said universities, colledges and schoolls, and forasmuch as it is informed that, dureing these troubles, diverse abuses have creept into the universities and upon pretence of former visitation, diverse honest and able masters and others have been thrust out of their places and others placed therein, the rents and mortifications of the universities have been dilapidat, impropriat or misapplyed, the fundations violated, the youth trained up in principles of disloyaltie and shisme, discipline and order hath been neglected and many other abuses to the prejudice of religion, the king's majesties' interest and interest of the universities. For remeid whairof, our soverane lord, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, gives full power and comission to Johne, earle of Midletoun, his majesties' commissioner, William, earle of Glencairne, lord chancellour, Gilbert, earle of Arroll, William, earle of Marishall, Johne, earle of Mar, Charles, earle of Aboyne, Alexander, lord Halkertoun, [...], lord Fraser, Alexander, lord Pitsligo, Sir Archibald Primerose of Chester, lord register, Sir John Fletcher, lord advocat, Sir George Mckenzie of Tarbet, Collonell George Keith, Sir Gilbert Ramesay of Balmayne, elder, Walter Ogilvie of Boyne, elder, Sir Alexander Carnagie of Pittaro, elder, Sir Johne Wrwhart of Cromertie, Sir George Kinnaird of Rossie, Alexander Bannerman of Elsick, elder, [...] Grahame of Morphie, younger, [...], provest of Aberdein, Mr James Sharpe, Mr George Halyburtoun, Mr David Strachan, Mr Johne Paterson, Mr Alexander Gordon, minister at Forge, Mr James Chalmer, Mr Alexander Ross, minister at Monymusk, and Mr William Keith at Wdnie, or any nyne of them, the lord commissioner, lord chancellour or the earle of Marishall being alwayes one, to be commissioners for the universities and colledges of Aberdein, with power to them to appoint the times and places of their meitings and to give furth orders and precepts for summoning the haill masters and members of the university to appeare befor them, at such dayes as they shall think fit, and ther to call for production of the respective fundations, rentalls and mortifications of the colledges therof, with the registers of the rectoriall meitings, and to try if the bussines of the university hath been caried on accordingly, and how the rents and mortifications have been imployed since the yeer 1648, and to take such course and give out such orders theranent as they shall think just. With power also to them to try and consider the processe of such as hes been put from their charges, and the admissions and cariadge of such as have been put in since that time, and according, as they shall find just, to remove such as hes been imposed or put into honest mens places, and otherwise to punish them as they shall find their cariage to have deserved dureing their stay and exercise of these places. As also, with power to them to take into consideration all such persones as they shall find to have been injustly put out and to restore them to their former services, or put them in any other place of the colledge as shall be thought fit, and these who are to be put in any place of the new colledge to be put in be the earle of Marishall, conforme to his rights, and generally with power to them to take tryell of all abuses, enormities and corruptions of the said university or any of the masters or members therof, to censure delinquents, redresse greivances, order the disposall of the rents of the colledge, the studies of the youth and the professions therin, and to doe all other things for the good of the university that, be the law or custome, hes or might have been done in any visitations formerly granted, firme and stable holding and for to hold what shall be done be the saids commissioners in prosecution of this commission, whilk is to endure for ane yeer, and ay and whill it be discharged be his majestie and his privy councill.
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Forasmuch as it is informed that many seditious and turbulent persons, ministers and others in the kingdome of Ireland, finding that the administration of his majesties' authority and government which is now happily established in that kingdome, doth not sute nor will comply with their phanatick principles and factious practises, are comeing over into this kingdome expecting shelter that they may be the more enabled to carie on their designes in perverting the alledgeance of the subjects and subverting the peace of the kingdome; and the estates of parliament, considering how much it doth concerne the publict peace that such wasps and unworthy persones, enemies to all lawfull authority, and to whom it is naturall to stir up sedition and undermyne the peace wherever they are, and therfor cannot well be allowed in any well constitute government should have no countenance in this kingdome, therfor, the kings majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, doth heirby declare that no persones whatsomever comeing from Ireland, without a sufficient passe and testimony in writ from the lord justices, councill or any haveing power from them, or from the shirreff of the county or major of the city wher the saids persones lived, of their peceable cariage and conformitie to the lawes, shall be allowed any residence, resset or stay within this kingdome, bot that it shall be lawfull to, lykas all shirreffs, magistrats and justices of peace are required heirby, to seaze upon and imprisson all such persones wanting such testimony and who shall not willingly remove out of the kingdome within [...] dayes after the intimation heirof unto them (excepting from this clause all ordinary knoun trafecting merchants). And his majestie, with advice forsaid, ordeanes that all such persones as shall come over with any such testimony that within [...] dayes after their landing they make their appearance befor the parliament or, incaice of their not sitting, befor his majesties' privy councill, or such as shall be warranted be them, and make knoun the reasons of their comeing hither, and give such surety as shall be thought fit for their peceable cariage, otherwayes to remove aff the kingdome within [...] dayes. Wherin if they failyie, magistrats, shirreffs and all other publict ministers are heirby ordained, as they will be anserable upon their duety, to apprehend, secure and imprisson them till such course be taken as shall be thought fit with such seditious and factious persons, and ordaines thir presents to endure for a yeer and longer, as shall be thought fit be the lords of his majesties' privy councill, and to be printed and published at the mercat croces of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Air, Irwine and Kirkudbright, and all other places neidfull, wherthrow none pretend ignorance heirof.
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The estates of parliament now presently conveened by his majesties' speciall authority, haveing heard a supplication presented vnto them in name of ladies Elizabeth, Marie and Margaret Hamiltouns, daughters lawfull to the deceast William, duke of Hamiltoun, mentioning that they being now past the yeers of pupillarity are, be the lawes and practick of this kingdome, to be authorized be curators in the administration of their affaires, and seing that at present the ordinary judicatories for granting of citations requisite in lyk caces for election of curators are not patent, humbly therfor desyreing ane warrand for summoning all persones who are necesser to be called to the election of their curators and to dispence with the sitting of the barron baillie court of the Cannowgate, as the supplication and desire therof beares. Which being taken into consideration be the saids estates of parliament, and they being unwilling that the petitioners should suffer prejudice be the want of the ordinary courts of justice in things of this nature which are ordinary and of course, they doe therfor heirby give power, warrand and commission to the barrone baillie of the Cannowgate to meit, conveen, fence and hold courts ane or mae within the tolbuith of the Cannowgate, to the effect the saids ladies Elizabeth, Marie and Margaret Hamiltouns may elect and make choise befor him of their curators tam ad lites quam ad negotia conforme to the lawes and practick of this realme, and siclyk the saids estates of parliament doe heirby warrand and command messingers at armes to passe and lawfullie summon, warne and charge the nearest of kin, both of the father side and mother side, of the saids ladies Elizabeth, Marie and Margaret Hamiltouns, and all other persons necesser and requisite, personally or at their duelling places, and all others haveing or pretending to have interesse, at all mercat croces neidfull, to compeir befor the said barron baillie of the Cannowgate within the tolbuith therof, upon the [...] day of [...] in the hour of cause, to heare and sie curators elected, choisen and given to the saids ladies Elizabeth, Marie and Margaret Hamiltouns tam ad lites quam ad negotia, and the estates of parliament doe heirby declare the citations to be given be vertew heirof, to be in all time comeing als valeid and sufficient as if the same wer done in tyme of session and be vertew of letters of supplement under the signet, wherwith and with the said baillies sitting and holding courts ane or mae in the time of the session of this parliament, the saids estates hes dispensed and be thir presents dispenses for now and ever.
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The estates of parliament now presently conveened by his majesties' speciall authority, haveing taken into their consideration a supplication presented unto them be Robert Tailyeour, Robert Ronnald Hercules and George Smiths, merchants in Monross, for themselffs and in name and behalff of the remanent merchants, burgesses and inhabitants of the said burgh, mentioning that these three hundreth yeers bygone, since the erection of the said burgh, the government therof hes consisted of the magistrats and councill, merchants and gildbreether and of tuo craftsmen who wer only to be admitted on the toun councill, and the ordering of the crafts in the exercise of their trade belonged to the magistrats and toun councill, according to which practise and constitution the whole inhabitants have hitherto lived in great peace and happinesse, untill of late, dureing the confusion of these times, some factious and turbulent persones, haveing power with the late usurpers and their commanders, contrare to their oath and duetie, did subvert the antient government of the said burgh and did introduce fyve craftsmen to be on the toun councell and to voice and elect magistrats contrare to former acts and constitutions of parliament, as Q[ueen] Marie, par[liament] 6, c.52, and further appointed deacons of all trades, howbeit neither in number nor ability capable nor sufficient, and also ane successive deacon conveener yeerly to be choisen over them to have the sole power and jurissdiction in maters of their treads, against all which the supplicants and their adherents, being the most considerable parte and bodie of their toun, did solemnlie disassent and protest except they had obtained their sealls of causes, or ordour of deaconrie from his sacred majestie or his commissioner. And haveing remitted the same to the commissioners of the burrowes now present, with power to them to call and hear both parties and to report their opinion concerning the same and what they conceave should in justice be done therin, who accordingly haveing heard both parties at lenth and their debates theranent, and haveing made thair report therof to the saids estates of parliament, they doe ordeane those persones who wer magistrats and councellers of the said burgh in the yeer 1655, befor the innovation introduced in maner forsaid, to be with all conveniency restored and reponed to their respective offices and places which they enjoyed and exercised the said yeer, and heirby discharge all the deacons of crafts that wer not authorized befor the said innovation from all exerceing of their pretendit offices of deaconrie, declareing alwayes all the acts and commissions emitted be the respective magistrats and councill since that time to stand in full force (excepting in so far as the same relates to the innovations aforsaid), and inregaird that severall of the persons then in place in the yeer 1655 hes since that time departed this liffe, the saids estates of parliament doe recommend to the persones now to be restored and the remanent councill of the said burgh that with all tendernes and care they make choise of the most sober, discreet, loyall and faithfull persones within their burgh for filling up the vacant places, wherby righteous judgement and peace may be preserved in the same, conforme to their charter and other rights.
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Anent the supplication given in to his majesties' commissioner and estates of parliament by Archibald Lawmont, brother germane to Sir James Lawmont of Inverryn, knight, against George Campbell, justice and shirreff deput to the marques of Argyll, shewing that the petitioner, being heretablie infeft and seased in the sex merk land of Stellage and likewise in the heretable right of the number of fourscore ten bolls victuall out of the personage teinds of the paroche of Kilfinan, as the petitioner's sasines therof therwith produced fullie proports, of the which lands and teinds the petitioner wes still in possession till the yeer of God 1646; notwithstanding wherof, George Campbell, justice and shirreff deput to the marques of Argyll, in the said yeer, by himselff and his factors in his name and behalff, hath violently by oppression medled and intrometted with, ever to this time, the rents of the saids lands of Stellag being yeerly worth the sume of fyve hundreth merks and the saids fourscore ten bolls victuall of teind, ilk boll therof worth in these places fourtein merks, the rent of the land and teind extending in wholl yeerly to the sume of one thousand, seven hundreth and threescore merks Scots money, and in haill dureing the space of fourtein yeers bygone to the summe of tuentie four thousand, sex hundreth and fourtie merks Scots money, which summs ought in equity to bear annualrent, the same being uplifted by the said George by meer oppression, the petitioner being injustly taken and deteaned prissoner in anno 1646 (being by speciall warrand and commission in his majesties' service) and miserablie keept in the castle of Carnasine for the space of sex yeers, at which time the said George did also rob and take from the persuer and his servant the summe of one thousand pund Scots money. And seing the said mater is for oppression and consequentlie conforme to the lawes of the kingdome punishable by death sua that the same mereits summar processe, especially seing the said George is prissoner in the castle of Edinburgh for other odious and treasonable crymes, might be decerned to mak payment to him of the forsaid summs and, in the mean tyme, ordeane the petitioner to have possession of his saids lands and teynds and that such other punishment might be inflicted upon the said George in his bodie or fortune, as in equitie should be thought fit. Which supplication, being red in presence of the commissioners of parliament appointed for bills, the said Archibald Lawmont, persuer, compeirand personally with Masters David Heriot, William Maxwell and William Braidie, his procurators, who for instructing his right and interest in the said mater, produced in their presence ane instrument of sasine under the subscription of Donald Mcgilchrist, notter publict, dated 29 July 1633 yeers, bearand him to be infeft and seased in all and haill the kirklands of the paroche of Killennan, viz, in the toun and lands of Killennan extending to ane three merk land of old extent, with houses, bigings and pertinents, lyand within the shirreffdome of Argyll, and in ane annualrent of fourtie shilling[s] Scots money yeerly out of the kirklands of Killennan; and in all and sindrie the teind sheaves and other teinds both personage and viccarage, great and small, called brokes, of all and haill the paroche kirk of Killennan, with all and sindrie lands, fructs, rents, emoluments, annualrents, fewferme, dueties and other pertinents therto, lyand within the said paroche, reserveand to the said minister of the church the manss and gleib; which sasine is given conforme to a charter granted to the said Archibald by Sir Colle Lawmont, his father, and is registrat in the generall registre of sasines, the tuentie one day of August 1633, together with ane other instrument of sasine under the subscription of the said Johne Mcgilchrist, notter publict, beareing the said Archibald Lawmont, to have been upon the fifteinth day of March 1643 yeers infeft and seased in the said sex merk land of Stellage and four merk land of old extent of Glenen, with the milne of Auchingawill, milne lands and pertinents therof, which sasine is given conforme to ane charter granted be the said Sir James Lawmont, his brother, to him theranent. And the said George Campbell, defender, after lawfull citation conforme to ane delyverance upon the said petition, compeirand be Mr Archibald Campbell, his sonne, and Masters George Norvell, Johne Coninghame and George Mckenzie, his procurators, who alledged that the defender should have ane longer time nor ane citation upon tuo or three days and, being indicted of high treason by his majesties' advocat, he ought not to be conveened be ane particular person for any privat wrong, and specially this persute being ane mixt mater, partlie civill and partlie criminall. To the which it wes ansered for the said pursuer that his being conveened for treason should nowayes exempt him from ane particular wrong, and further ansered that whatever sentence should be obtained in his favors should be but prejudice of his majestie or his fisks rights as accords of the law. Which alledgeance and anser abovewritten, being considered be the saids commissioners of parliament appointed for bills, they fand processe for the injust ejection and repossession, bot referred the ryot therof and the injust imprisonment and robbing the pursuer of ane thousand punds to the lords of the articles, and for the restitution of the rents and proffeits and money abovewritten they referred the same to be pursued befor the lords of session as ordinarie judges in such caces, as accords of the law. Thairafter it wes alledged, for the parte of the said defender, that ther could be no processe at the persuer's instance because he wes in rebellion against the cuntrie in anno forsaid. Secondlie, ther could not be repossession because the defender had apprised these lands which is expyred. To the which it wes ansered be the said persuer that he tooke instruments upon the defender's calling the persewer's service by warrand of his majesties' authority to be rebellion, and for the appriseing, ansered that the same wes not valide against the persuer becaus it wes led against him when he wes deteaned prissoner be the defender himselff, so that this defender wes in pessima fide to summon the persewer to compeir at Edinburgh to object against this appriseing being then deteined prissoner at Carnasie in Argyll by this same defender, which makes him to be in pessima fide to object any such appriseing. And further alledged that, tho the defender apprised the lands therafter, yet the same cannot defend him against the unjust eiection forsaid, wnles befor the same ejection he would prove he had used ane orderlie way of removeing and ejection by legall sentences and not by summar unlawfull imprisonment. Which defences and answers forsaids, made for the parte of the said defender therto, with the tuo sasines abovementioned of the lands and teinds forsaids, produced for the parte of the said persewer, as said is, being also all considered be the saids commissioners of parliament appointed for bills and tradeing, to whom the said petition wes referred by the saids estates of parliament, they made their report theranent in parliament, that it wes their opinion, but prejudice of the former interloquitur anent the other particulars lybelled, that the said George Campbell should be ordained to repossesse the said Archibald Lawmount in his lands and teinds forsaids, and that his right of appriseing and obtaining legall possession therupon should be reserved to him as accords of the law. Which haill dispute abovewritten, and tuo sasines forsaids produced be the persuer of the saids lands and teinds, with the report forsaid of the commissioners for bills, being all heard, seen and considered be his majesties' commissioner and estates of parliament and, therwith being well and ryplie advised, they have approven and approve the said report and first interloquitur abovewritten, and hes ordained and ordeanes the said George Campbell, defender, to repossesse the said Archibald Lawmont in the saids lands of Stellage and teinds abovewritten, and for that effect ordaines the shirreff of Bute and his deputs, or the magistrats of the burgh of Rothesay or any of them, (as being most contiguous inregaird ther is no shirreff principall nor deput in Argyll within which the saids lands lyes) if neid beis, to eject the said George Campbell and his tennents and to repossesse the said Archibald Lawmont and his tennents, or any others in his name, reserveand to the said George his alledged right of appriseing, and all other parties their rights and interesses, as accords of the law, declareing heirby that the said Archibald Lawmount his entrie shall be and begin to the maills and dueties of the saids lands at Witsunday 1661 yeers and to the saids teinds for this instant cropt 1661 yeers at the terme of payment therof, and ordaines letters etc.
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The estates of parliament, takeing to their consideration a supplication given in to them by the provest, baillies and councill of the burgh of Aberdein, shewing that lords of secreit councill, by their commission dated the seventeinth of July 1634 yeers, did grant warrand to the magistrats and councill of the said burgh of Aberdein to uplift a certane duetie for the space of nyntein yeers, after the date of the said commission, from all passingers and for all horse loads, carts, sheip and nolt comeing or goeing be the calsayes of Cowymonth for upholding and mantaining of the saids calsays, and that they did not enjoy the benefite of the said commission above the space of three or four yeers preceiding the late troubles and therfor, craveing that inregaird the saids calsays are now become broken and rwinous, and the said burgh is not able to repair them upon their oune charges, that it would please the saids estates of parliament to grant warrand to the supplicants and their collectors to exact and uplift the dueties contained in the said commission of secreit councill of all passingers, horseloads, cairts, sheep or nolt passand be the saids calsayes and in the maner specified in the said commission in all points, as the said supplication at more lenth beares. And the saids estates of parliament, haveing also seen and considered the forsaid commission of secreit councill and particular dueties therin contained, have of new given and granted and, be the tenor heirof, give and grant full power, warrand and commission to the saids supplicants and to their collectors, to be nominat and appointed by them from tyme to tyme, as they shall think expedient, to ask, crave, receave, intromet with and uplift the dueties following of all passingers travelling be the saids calsays and of all horseloads or cairts, sheip or nolt comeing or goeing that way, that is to say of everie footman tuo pennies, of everie horseman eight pennies, of everie horseload of whatsumever commoditie eight pennies, of everie ten sheip eight pennies, of everie cow and ox four pennies, and of everie cairt, of whatsomever commodities, tuo shilling[s] to be applyed for the beiting, mending, repareing and upholding of the saids calsayes, with power lykwayes to the saids collectors to poind the readiest goods and geir of the persones refuiseing to pay the said duety, according to the availl and proportion of that which is due to be payed by them, and to close the port of the saids calsayes and suffer non to have passage that way bot such as shall pay the forsaid duetie. And the saids estates of parliament ordaines this commission and warrand to stand in full force and effect, and to continew and endure and have execution for the space of nyntein yeers next and immediatly following the day and date of thir presents, and lykwayes ordaines the said supplicants presently to repair the saids calsayes and to mantaine and uphold the same, as they will be anserable.
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Wheras Thomas Mckenzie of Pluscarden did tender to the commissioners appointed for heareing of bills and complaints by his majesties' commissioner and estats of parliament, a petition shewing that in the moneth of Junij 1648,† long after he had ended his capitulation with Leiutenent Generall David Leslie, and wes liveing peaceably at his oune house, Dougall Mcpherson of Purie did send his oune brother and others to the said laird of Pluscarden his lands, who robbed and caried away from thence a great number of goods to the value of fourty thousand pund Scots, whairof the said Dougall, after their returne, did receave a share and, therfor, craveing that the said Dougall, conforme to the law of this kingdome (haveing been the principall author of the robing, spoyleing and away takeing of the saids goods) might be decerned to make restitution to the petitioner of the samen goods or pryces, availls and proffeits therof. The saids commissioners, haveing taken the said petition to their consideration, conveened the said Dougall befor them, seen the capitulation made betuixt the said laird of Pluscarden and the said Leiutenent Generall Leslie of a date long anterior to the said spulyie, as also ane order direct from the said Leiutenent Generall to the said Dougall requireing him to restore the saids goods to the said laird of Pluscarden, and to desist from committing the lyk agane, with ane other letter from the said Leiutenent Generall Leslie to the said laird of Pluscarden himselff, wherby he utterlie disclameth the said robrie and spulyie and, becaus the said Dougall did propone no legall defence for himselff, why he ought not to be decerned to make restitution or payment conforme to the desire of the petition, pleading only that ther could no processe be sustained against him for no cause, neither civill nor criminall, inregaird that his majestie, by his instructions to his commissioner, had discharged that he should be any wayes troubled in his persone or fortoune for any cause whatsoever. To the which it wes ansuered for the said Thomas Mckenzie of Pluscarden that albeit ther wer such instructions and tho the said Dougall should produce a remission for all crymes, facts and deids done be him since the beginning of the war, yet the same should not be understood to stop the course of law and justice, no more nor it could tak away or be of the validitie of a discharge of any private debt resting be the said Dougall, wherunto the said remmission could never be so extensive, and this action of spulyie and depradation being of a nature of civill debt due to Pluscarden and now civillie persued, the remission could not be understood to prejudge his payment, specially the said depradation and spulyie being committed in tyme of peace after capitulation, and more as one yeer befor the English army entered Scotland. The saids commissioners did admit the petition and lybell to the probation of the said laird of Pluscarden, did receave, sweare and examine famous witnesses for proveing of the same and, after adviseing of the lybell and depositions of the saids witnesses, have fund the same fullie proven in so far as relateth to the said Dougall Mcpherson his accession to the said spulyie, and likewise against his brother and compleices, as also the number, pryces, availls and proffeits of the saids goods provin by the oath of the said laird of Pluscarden, administered to him conforme to the lawes and practick of this kingdome, in all such caces of spulyie. This report, being presented and red in parliament, the lord commissioner declared that it wes his majesties' pleasure and order to him that Dougall Mcpherson be not questioned in his liffe nor fortune, inregaird whairof the parliament, tho they conceave this cause verie singular, being done a yeer befor the comeing in of the English and without warrand of these who commandit for the tyme, and who disclaimed the same and that the plenteiffs affections and sufferings with Mcpherson's disaffection and treacherie in the publict service 1648 deserves speciall consideration as to the course of law, doe forbeare to give any sentence therin till his majesties' further pleasure be knoun and doe humbly desire his majesties' commissioners to recommend the same to his majestie.
May it pleas your majestie,
The lords and commissioners appointed be your parliament for hearing the complaints of parties, haveing presented to the parliament ane accompt of a great spulyie committed be Dougall Mcpherson and some others against the laird of Pluscarden in anno 1649, according to the instructions I receaved from your majestie I did make knoun to the parliament your majesties' directions to me that Dougall Mcpherson be not questioned in his liffe nor fortune, and the parliament are so tender and duetifull in what may concerne your majesties' pleasure heirin that they conceave this cace verie singular, being done a yeer befor the comeing of the English into this kingdome, and without warrand even of these who commandit for the tyme, and who have under their hands disclaimed so base a robberie and rapine, and that the plenteiff's affections to and sufferings for your majestie and your royall father with the knoune disaffection and treacherous cariage of Mcpherson in the publict service befor that time, deserves speciall consideration as to the course of law and justice, yet they have forborne to give any sentence in the thing wntill your majestie, after knowledge of the cause, should make knoun your further pleasure, which will be receaved be them with all duetie and submission. And in order therunto, the enclosed paper with this accompt of the state of the bussines is by warrand and in name of your parliament most humbly recomendit to your majestie, be
Your majesties' most faithfull, most obedient and most humble subject and servant.
The lord commissioner continewes the parliament till Wednesday at tuo hours in the aftnoone and all summons ut supra.