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And in respect that samony ar tobe chargeit to compeir befoir his majestie and his prevey counsale, befoir the saidis courtis of justiciarie and sa grite noumer to compeir and undirly the law at the same justice courtis, as alswa at the saidis oistis and armeyis for persute and punishement of the rebellious and contemptuus personis that compeiris not at the same justice courtis, and that it micht be dangerous to convene sic cumpaneyis in armes or quhair justice sould be quietly ministrat, feid and grudge standing amang samony unassured; and seing the publict quietnes of the realme and the releif of the puir sa miserabillie opprest aucht tobe preferrit to the querrell of privat personis, thairfoir ordanis lettrez to be direct chargeing the principallis of all pairteis within the saidis boundis amangis quhome feid, grudge or querrel standis, that thay and ilkane of thame, takand the burding upoun thame for all that thay may latt, assuir ilkane of thame uthairis and all his hienes subjectis cuming and repairing to his hienes presence at the said dyet appointit befoir his hienes and his secreit counsale, or to the saidis justice courtis, or to the saidis oistis and armeyis, tobe unhurt, unharmeit, unmolestit, troublit, invadit or persewit uthirwayes nor be ordour of law and justice, and that nane of thame tak upoun hand to mak provocatioun of displesour to utheris in worde, deid or countenance, outher for auld feid or new, undir the pane of perjurie, defamatioun and tinsale of perpetuall honour, estimatioun and credite; and that thay subscryve assuranceis to the effect foirsaid, tobe presentit to thame, subscryvit be the clerk of secreit counsale, within three dayis nixteftir the charge undir the pane of rebellioun etc., and giff thay failyie etc. to denunce etc.
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And becaus thair is a grite noumer standing and denunceit rebellis and at the horne within the saidis boundis, landit men and utheris, sum for dissobedience of his hienes authoritie, for not finding of souirtie to undirly the law in criminall causes or as fugitives fra the law, nouther thair landislordis nor na utheris offering tobe cautionaris that thay salbe answerable to his hienes lawis, and sum for civile causes, thairfoir ordanis the justice clark for all thame at the horne for criminale causes and the schireff clerkis for all personis standing registrat in thair buikis for quhatsumevir causes sen the said first day of November 1585, to caus collect and publishe thair names at the marcat croceis of the heid burrowis of the schirefdomes within the quhilk thai dwell, admonisheing thame that betuix and the said tuentie day of October nixttocum thay mak thair obedience to his hienes and his authoritie be obtening of thame selffis ordourlie relaxt fra the proces of horne for the quhilk thay wer denunceit, according to the lawis and custum of the realme be satisfactioun of pairteis and his hienes thesaurair for the escheitis, certifeing thame that failyeis, the said day being bipast, that thay salbe persewit as publict rebellis to his hienes and his authoritie and enemeyis to the commoun wele with fyre, swerd and all uther extremitie, thair cornis and guidis rigorouslie mellit and intromettitwith or disponit to thair greitest unfreindis, and the stanehouses of the landit men cassin doun to the ground; as alswa thair personis exponit in pray tobe apprehendit and slane, not onlie be the ordinair jugeis and thair deputis, bot be all uthiris sall pleis be executouris, without pane, cryme or danger tobe incurrit be thame thairfoir. And in the meantyme, to command and charge all schireffis, stewartis, baillies, lordis and baillies of regaliteis within quhais boundis and jurisdictioun thay duell, and the provestis and baillies of burrowis to arreist and mak inventair of the cornis, cattell, guidis and debtis of the saidis rebellis, scheir, win and stak the same upun the expenses of the landis and teyndis quhilkis pertenit to the saidis rebellis and hald the same undir arreistment quhill the same may be convenientlie uptakin and inbrocht to his hienes use, at the leist ay and quhill sufficient cautioun and souirtie be found that the samin salbe furthcumand to his hienes and his thesaurair as law will, and to charge the landislord or baillie upoun quhais ground or within quhais power and jurisdictioun the saidis escheat cornis, cattell or guidis ar or salbe arreisted as said is to answer for the same, eftir the forme and tennour of the generall band and undir the panes contenit in the same. And inlykmaner, to command and charge all and sindrie oure soverane lordis liegis that nane of thame tak upoun hand to ressett, supplee or intercommoun with the saidis rebellis and utheris fugitives obstinatelie continewing dissobedient to his hienes authoritie and lawis or giff thame meit, drink, house or harborie, or mell or intromettwith thair cornis, cattell, guidis or geir, or ressave the same in custodie and keiping, unreveillit in defraude of oure soverane lord and his escheit; with certificatioun and thay failyie, or giff ony of the escheit guidis salbe found hurdit and conceillit amangis thairis, all salbe intromettitwith togidder to his hienes use or exponit in pray togidder in example of uthairis.