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Our soverane lord, considering that the toun of Dunce within the shireffdome of Berwick lyes in the midle and most convenient place of the shire wher the leidges may be best accommodat for justice, and that past memorie of man the said toun of Dunce hes been and, by severall infeftments and ratifications thairof in parliament granted to the laird of Aitoun and his predicessours, is declared to be the place wher the shirreffs of the said shire are to keep and hold thair courts, and the mercat croce thairof the place wher all charges and executions are to be used; thairfor, our soverane lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, declares the said toun of Dunce to be the ordinary place for holding and keeping the shirreff courts of the said shire, and the mercate croce of the same to be the place at which all citations, charges, denunciations of hornings, compriseings, publications of inhibitions and interdictions, and all other charges and executions whatsumever, which propperly perteanes and are used to be execute at the mercate croce of the heid burghs of any shirreffdome within this kingdome, shall be used and execute in all tyme comeing and that ther shall be no necessity to the leidges to use and execute the saids letters any wher else.
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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, takeing to their consideration a supplication presented unto them by Robert Rollo, merchant burges of Dundie, and Johne Wilson, merchant ther, shewing that it is of great and generall concernment to the wellfair of this kingdome that merchants be encouraged to bring the trade of fishing to some perfection and, seing immunities are granted to these who are willing to adventure therin and that the supplicants and thair compartners, for the good of the kingdome and encouragement of others, have outreiked bushes for Zetland for fishing and prepareing of whyt and gray fishes, and are readie to make saill, and least the supplicants and thair compartners should be prejudged and impedit by certane Hamburgers and Lubickers who have been in use, in tymes bygone, to ingrosse the inhabitants of that ylland as fishers and thair boats in thair service; and therfor, craveing that the supplicants and thair compairtners might be preferred with boats and fishermen, and to buy the cuntriemen's fish at the ordinary rate, ay and whill thair bushes be loadned and that their oune men may have priveledge to fish with thair oune hooks and lyns in and about the said yle of Zetland and other parts adjacent therto, and that the shirreffs, justices of peace and others whom it concernes might be recommendit to sie the same put in effectuall execution, conforme to their former act made anent the trade of fishing in generall, and the lyk favour granted to others in the lyk caces; and haveing also considered the report of the commissioners of parliament appointed for trade and bills theranent, to whom the said mater wes referred, and finding the desire of the said supplication reasonable; thairfor his majestie, with advice and consent of the saids estates of parliament, hath given and granted and heirby give and grant priveledge of fishing, at the parts and places abovewritten, to the saids supplicants and thair compartners untill the first day of January nextocum, and ordaines them to be preferred to strangers with boats and fishermen, and to the buyeing of the cuntriemens fish at the ordinary rate, ay and whill thair bushes be loadned, and recommends to the shirreffs, justices of peace and others whom it concernes to sie the act and ordinance abovewritten put in effectuall execution conforme to their former acts made anent trade of fishing in generall, and the lyk favours granted to others in the lyk caices, provyding that the saids supplicants carie to Zetland such commodities as wes in use to be imported ther by strangers, and doe not extort the cuntrie people in the sale thairof.