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Forasmuch as the heritors of the paroche of Kippen and Gorgonoch, within the shirreffdome of Stirling, haveing supplicat the lord commissioner and estates of parliament for reedifieing of the bridge situat upon the water of Buchan, which runs betuixt the saids tuo paroches and is now totallie demolished by great spaits and inundations of rains, and the king's majestie and estates of parliament, considering how necessar and usefull the said bridge will be, not only for the inhabitants of the forsaids paroches, bot also for all passengers resorteing from the westerne parte of this kingdome to and agane towards the city of Edinburgh, and it being a publict work which the inhabitants of the saids paroches will not reedifie upon their oune expences without some supplie and encouragement; therfor the king's majestie, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, appoints and allowes that, for the space of threttein yeers after the date heirof, the imposition following shall be raised aff the commodities and others underwritten which shall passe the said bridge, to wit, of ilk horse load, four pennies Scots money; of ilk single horse, tuo pennies; of ilk nolt, tuo pennies; of ilk sume of sheip, four pennies; of ilk burden of goods or geir caryed be any persons, tuo pennies, with power to [...]† (who hath given security for reedifieing, upholding and leaveing the said bridge in good condition)† to collect, intromet with and uplift the impositions abovewritten in maner abovespecified, and to apply the samen for reedifieing and upholding of the said bridge. And the king's majestie, with advice forsaid, gives heirby power to the lords of his majesties' privy councill to recall and discharge the forsaid imposition at any tyme within the said space of threttein yeers, if they shall think fit and expedient so to doe.