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The estates of parliament, having heard and considered a supplication given in by the lairds of Glenorchy and laird of Auchinbreck, showing that where the said estates of parliament in the last session of parliament were pleased to appoint the sum of £100,000 Scots to be paid to them for their subsistence and towards the reparation of their losses for the better preservation of their distressed estates from utter ruin, and that out of the borrowed monies and fines, as the act passed in their favour relating thereto bears. According to which, they have ever since then (by themselves and others in their name) been attending the committee of monies, and have by virtue of warrants direct from them cited various persons for lending of monies, and have bestowed great charges and expenses thereupon, which has altogether as yet proven ineffectual, there being very few who have not formerly lent and [Colonel James Campbell], laird of Lawers being preferred to them for payment of a considerable sum to him out of the first and readiest of the whole borrowed monies, so that if some other more real and effectual course be not taken for their present help and supply, they cannot hope nor effect any recovery of their distressed estates, but the same will undoubtedly perish and go to ruin and they altogether left destitute of subsistence. Therefore humbly supplicating the said estates of parliament to take into their serious consideration their distressed condition and their great sufferings for adhering to the cause and covenant, and, in regard thereof, to take some more real and effectual course for their present payment of the said sum of £100,000, and that the said estates would be pleased to assign to them that half of the borrowed monies which was appointed for the public, and being informed that [George Hay], earl of Kinnoull and [George MacKenzie], earl of Seaforth and various others of their friends have given bond and security for their good behaviour under certain great pains and penalties contained therein, which they have now incurred by contravening the tenor of their bonds, therefore humbly desiring that the said estates of parliament would be pleased to assign to them all fines, penalties and contraventions incurred by the said earls of Kinnoull and Seaforth and their friends, or any of them, and their cautioners and their friends, by contravening the bonds and securities given by them for their good behaviour, and that without prejudice to them of what they may get by borrowed monies and of any other course that shall be proposed for their satisfaction until they be paid of the said sum of £100,000, as the said supplication bears. Which being taken into consideration by the said estates of parliament, they have ordained and ordain the half of the borrowed monies appointed to be paid to the public out of the lists given in by the lairds of Glenorchy and laird of Auchinbreck and approved or to be approved by the parliament or committee of monies shall be paid to the said persons until they be fully satisfied of the sums of money appointed by the parliament, to be paid to them without prejudice of any lists given in by any other person and approved by the committee of monies before 26 March last, who are to have the same benefit of their approved lists. Likewise the said lists, with the approbation thereof by the committee of monies in favour of the said persons, are hereby ratified. And likewise the said estates of parliament have assigned and assign to the said lairds of Glenorchy and laird of Auchinbreck the whole fines, penalties and contraventions incurred by the earls of Kinnoull and Seaforth and their friends, or any of them and their cautioners, by contravening the tenor of the bonds and securities given by them for their good behaviour (the said persons as contraveners and every one of them being found by a sentence of the judge competent and they cited thereto) until they be satisfied of the sums of money appointed to them by the parliament as said is.