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The estates of parliament, haveing heard a supplication presented unto them be James Settoun of Pitmedden, shewing that be the 62[nd] act of this present parliament, anent the payment of debts betuixt debitor and creditor, it is statute and ordained that the creditors who have wodset rights shall be restricted to the ordinary proffite and annualrent of their sums, and shall be comptable to the debitors for the superplus upon conditions and in maner contained in the said act, and that sex yeers suspension from Witsunday 1661 shall be granted to the debitors for all sums exceiding the value of one thousand pund[s] Scots and resting befor the terme of Witsunday 1658, the debitors alwayes takeing the benefite of the said act betuixt the date thairof and the first of November therafter; and seing the petitioner, throw the iniquity of the tymes and his sufferings for his father's loyaltie, hes contracted severall sums of money and given severall wodsets and other infeftments in his lands therfor, and wes out of the kingdom dureing the tyme within which he should have taken the benefite of the said act; humbly therfor, desyreing libertie as yet to take the same, as the supplication bears. Which being taken into consideration, the king's majestie and estates of parliament, inregaird of the petitioner's absence furth of this kingdome at the tyme forsaid, doe yet allow to him the first day of September nextocome betuixt and which tyme it shall be free to him to take the benefite of the act, he makeing faith and doeing every other thing prescrybed therby in the same maner as others did who tooke it within the tyme prescryved be the act, for which these shall be to all haveing interesse sufficient warrand.