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Forasmuch as the king's majestie, finding that ther wes no law nor lawfull authority for meiting of the pretendit parliaments and committie of estats in the yeer 1649, and that the persones meiting thairin did, without any lawfull warrand and in contempt of his majesties' authority, usurpe the power to themselffs, hath therfor, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, be their act of the nynt day of February last, rescindit and annulled the saids meitings and all acts or deids done be them or thair warrand, and wheras these usurpers, in a meiting of thair pretendit committie of estates upon the 22 day of May 1649, did presume to pronunce and give out a decreit of forfeiture against Angus McDonald of Largie for his joyning in armes and haveing charge in those forces who, be commission from his majestie, asserted his authority within this kingdome in the yeers 1645, 1646, and 1647 against those who upon specious but false pretences opposed the same, and for many other testimonies of his loyaltie at that tyme by a constant opposition in armes to all who withstood his majesties' authority, and albeit the said pretendit sentence be voyd and null in it selff as given without any lawfull authority, and is accordingly declaired against be the act of parliament abovementioned, yet his majestie, being desireous to witnesse his sense of the loyaltie of his good subjects and of thair sufferings for the same, hath thought fit heirby to declare that as the said pretendit decreit of forfaltour, and all that hes followed therupon, is voyd and null in itselff and so wes from the begining, so his majestie, with advice forsaid, doth heirby rescind all decreits and sentences of any justice courts or other inferior courts against the said Angus McDonald, or his father, wherby for their loyaltie they wer put from the possession of thair estate and fortune, and declares that it is and shall be frie to the said Angus to enter presently, without processe of law, to the possession of his estate and fortune and all other priveledges and immunities belonging to him, as if the said decreit of forfeiture or other decreits and sentences forsaid had never been, any thing contained in any of them to the contrary notwithstanding.