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Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, takeing to their consideration that the toun of Leslie is situat neir the mids or center of the shire of Fyffe, distant sex mylls from any royall burgh and is invironed with landward bounds very populous, and that it will be necessary and convenient for his majesties' subjects and inhabitants of the shire that ther be frie markets or faires holden yeerly at the said toun of Leslie, whairunto all his majesties' leidges may resort for buying and selling of such horse, nolt, sheip and all sorts of merchant commodities whatsoever as shall be broght therto by any persons; therfor, his majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, doth allow to Johne, earle of Rothes, his aires and successours, to have three faires yeerly keept and holden at the said toun of Leslie in maner following, to wit, on upon the Tuisday befor Pasch, the second upon the Thursday befor Witsunday, and the thrid upon the Thursday befor Lambes, each of them to endure the space of tuo dayes, with full power to the said Johne, earle of Rothes, his aires and successours, be themselffs or such as they shall appoint, to collect, gather, intromet with and uplift the tolls, customes, casualities and other dueties of the saids fairs used and wont conforme to the antient customes in lyk caces, and recommends to the lords of his majesties' exchequer to passe ane signatour heirupon in favours of the said Johne, earle of Rothes and his forsaids in due and compitent forme as effeirs.