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Our soveraign lord and the estates of this present parliament, considering the diverse acts of parliament past in favours of his majesties' servants, viz, John Callendar, his majesties' blacksmith and lock smith, Alexander Reid, his majesties' goldsmith, Robert Mylne, mason, James Baine, wright, Andrew Cassie, sklaiter, Andrew Forrester, bower, Alexander Home, talyeor, James Rae, barber, and John Mastertoun, glasier, for themselves and in name and behalfe of the remanent of his majesties' servants in their respective imployments, conforme to ther severall gifts granted thereanent, and particularlie the 275[th] act of parliament of the 15[th] parliament of King James the sext, and also the severall and particular gifts granted be his majestie to his respective servants in their severall trades, artifices and employments within this kingdome, conforme to their severall grants past in their favors, under his majesties' privie seale, whereby his majesties' servants are exeemed and declared free of all stents, taxations, watchings, wardings and uther impositions whatsoever that can be imposed upon them, and it being necessar that the foresaids acts of parliament should be revived and the saids gifts ratified and approven, and his majesties' servants, for their farder encouragement in their respective traids, should be liberat from any impositions, taxations, stents and uther incumberances whatsoever which may hinder them in their respective stations to serve his majestie in their particular employments; therefore his majestie, and estates of parliament, not only revives the severall acts of parliament granted be his majestie and his royall progenitors in favours of his servants in their severall and respective trades, artifices and employments, and particularly the said 275[th] act of the 15[th] parliament of King James the sext, but also ratified, approved and confirmed and, be thir presents, ratifies, approves and confirmes his said servants their severall and particular gifts granted to them, under his majesties' privie seale of this kingdome, in the haill heads, clauses and articles thereof conceaved in their favours, and declare them, and their successors in office, to be exeemed and free of all stents and taxations, watchings, wardings and uther impositions whatsomever imposed or to be imposed hereafter, and declares that this present ratification shall be extended to all his said servants their particular gifts, and be als valid and sufficient, to all intents and purposes, as though everie particular gift were herein insert and expressed verbatim, with which generalitie his majestie and estates of parliament, be thir presents, dispenses for ever. And further, they discharge all persones in publick trust or office to encroach upon or molest his saids majesties' servants in the saids maters any maner of way in time comeing.