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The estates of parliament, considering the meanness of the present allowance of the ordinary lords of session, which, by the calling down of the annualrents and taking off the sentence silver (which was a most unequal and heavy burden) will but amount to £100 sterling to each of them, and being sensible how much it concerns his majesty's service and the honour of the kingdom that the supreme judges thereof be provided with some competent allowance for defraying in some measure their charges and expense in their attendance for their administration of justice, have therefore, notwithstanding of all the former burdens and sufferings this kingdom has groaned under this time past, freely made offer of £12,000 sterling to be raised off the kingdom, to be secured for that end and the rent thereof to be employed yearly as a part of the allowance of the judges, and do humbly recommend to his majesty's commissioner to represent the condition of this business to his majesty and to solicit that his majesty may be pleased towards the making up of the yearly allowance of each of the lords of the session to be £200 sterling, to grant a yearly annuity of £10,000 Scots out his majesty's exchequer, to be paid in the same manner with the allowance formerly granted by his majesty for that end.