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Ratification and exception in favour of Andrew Melville

Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament ratify and approve the gift of pension granted by his highness out of the feu mails and annualrents of the temporal lands of the abbacy of Crossraguel, and also eight chalders of oats yearly to be collected out of the third of the old assumption of the oats of the bishopric of St Andrews at the customary terms of payment of the same, of the date 10 September 1588, with all clauses contained therein; and excepts and reserves the said pensions out of the act of February or any other acts of parliament that in any way may concern the king's property or thirds of benefices or may appear prejudicial to the foresaid gift of pension of the date above-written, and specially excepts the same pension from the act of parliament made in this present parliament regarding the ratification of the act of February.