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Our sovereign lord, of his special grace, with advice and consent of the three estates of this present parliament, and upon weighty and good considerations tending to the establishing of peace and quietness and to the universal obedience of his highness's authority within this realm, has given and granted and, by the tenor hereof, gives and grants to John Fleming of Boghall the like favour, grace and benefit of pacification so that he may possess and enjoy the privileges and conditions that are contained in the pacification made and accorded upon at the burgh of Perth, on 23 February 1572 [1573], and declares the same pacification to be as largely and favourably extended and interpreted in favour of the said John Fleming for the surety of him, his life, lands and heritages and possessions, or as if he had been specially nominated and comprehended in the said pacification, or as if the whole articles, clauses and conditions of the said pacification were herein expressly specified. And for his better security, our said sovereign lord, with advice aforesaid, has ratified, approved and, by the tenor hereof, ratifies and approves the aforesaid pacification given and granted to the aforesaid John Fleming of Boghall in manner above-written, in all points, after the form and tenor thereof, and declares the same to have full strength, force and effect in time coming and extends the same pacification to him in all sorts, as the same is extended to any other person of before, obtainer of the like, providing always that the same extend not to the murders of [Henry Stewart, lord Darnley], our sovereign lord's father, and [James Stewart, earl of Moray and Matthew Stewart, earl of Lennox], his two regents, nor the crimes of witchcraft and incest, but by this act specially and expressly forbids the same, and ordains the lords of council to direct letters hereupon, if need be, in the appropriate form.