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The draught of ane act in favours of the burgh of Lauder, being reade, was voted and approven by the articles and appoynted to bee presented in parliament.
The draught of ane act in favours of the duke and duchess of Hamiltoun, exonering them as to the soumes which the deceist James, duke of Hamiltoun was addebted to the earle of Bramford and forced to pay, reserving action against the receavers of the moneyes, being reade, was approven by the articles and appoynted to be presented in parliament.
A petition given in for the earle of Erroll to the same purpose granted, and ane act ordained to be past in his favours, conforme to the petitione.
The earle of Tweddale, the lord register and advocate, or any two of them, appoynted to heare the earles of Kinghorne and Hope of Kerse and the Lady Forrester and ther procurators upon the petitiones given in by the earles of Kinghorne and Hope of Kerse, and to consider the instructions of the saids petitione and to report to the articles.
Recomendit to the forsaid comittee to consider the draught of the act to bee past in favours of the countes of Bramford, and to have the same in readines against to morrow.