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†Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament, having consideration of the multitude of articles and supplications given in by diverse of his highness's officers and other subjects partly concerning his highness's self and sundry of the estates in general, and partly concerning the particular affairs of sundry private persons, which cannot be well read, heard, considered and discussed in this present parliament during the short time that the same is now to sit, and yet notwithstanding necessarily would be taken order with, with all goodly expedition; they are to say: an article concerning the king's duty of the wines and furtherance of the payment thereof; an article for the furtherance of the execution of justice against persons guilty of crimes or having incurred pains; an article presented by the doctors and apothecaries; an article regarding the finding of lawburrows; an article regarding the custom of free burghs; an article regarding the extortion and dearth raised by maltmen; certain articles of the burghs regarding choosing of their magistrates; an article regarding the fees of seals, ushers and price of writing; an article in favour of the borderers; an article regarding informal writing and usurping of the offices of admitted writers to the signet; an article regarding redemption of the property alienated; an article of the kindly tenants of the king's proper lands in Nithsdale and Galloway; an article concerning the king's alms and provision of the poor; an article regarding ratification of infeftments craved by the laird of Seggie; an article concerning the hat-makers of the Canongate; an article craving ratification of the decreet arbitral between the merchants and craftsmen of Aberdeen; an article regarding the harbour and port of Cromarty; an article of the minister of Inverkeithing; an article concerning subscription of the signatures of the new infeftments of temporalities by the treasurer; an article regarding confirmation of feus; an article regarding the passing of infeftments containing right of patronage; an article regarding the bridge of Leith; a supplication of the ministry against William Graham of Panholes; supplication of the town of Linlithgow regarding mets and measures; supplication of [James Stewart], earl of Moray against [George Gordon], earl of Huntly; supplication of [John Ruthven], earl of Gowrie regarding his father's debts; article concerning justiciary; articles given in by the barons; supplication of the treasurer and Adam Carkettle against John Dickson; supplication of [James Cunningham], earl of Glencairn against [Sir James Douglas], laird of Drumlanrig; supplication of Jean Hamilton, lady Spott; supplication regarding the selling of ground malt in Edinburgh; supplication regarding delivering of bills in the secret council; supplication of James Lockhart of Lee; supplication regarding the ratification craved by John Gray and Arthur Turner; supplication of [Sir David Lindsay of the Mount], lyon king of arms, for the exemption of the officers of arms from the jurisdiction of the provost and bailies of Edinburgh. Therefore his majesty, with advice of his said estates, remits all the said articles and supplications to the lords and others of his highness's privy council nominated and elected by his majesty in this present parliament, to the effect that after sight and consideration of those parts having interest, being warned and heard to reason and produce their rights, the said lords and others of his highness's privy council, being of sufficient number according to the act of parliament made relating thereto, wherever they or as many of them as shall happen to be present, do decreet and conclude, his majesty and his said estates of parliament, now as then and then as now, ratify, approve and decree and declare the same to have the same strength, force and effect as if they had been done, concluded and pronounced in this present parliament.