[A1573/1/12]¹

Anent thame that sustenis the proces of excommunicatioun

The quhilk day, our soverane lord, with avise of my lord regentis grace, the thre estatis and haill body of this present parliament, statutis and ordanis that aganis all persounis excommunicate be ordour of the trew reformit kirk within this realme, letteris salbe direct be the lordis of counsall in all the four formes at the instance of the partie, our soverane lordis advocate, or the procuratouris of the kirk, chargeing the excommunicate persounis (thay being excommunicate fourtie dayis) to satisfie the sentence or decreit pronouncit aganis thame, and to recounsall thame selfis to the kirk and submit thame selfis to the discipline thairof, under the pane of rebellioun; and gif thai failye, to put thame to the horne with letters of captioun and utheris executoriallis to pas thairupon, siclyke and in the samin maner as was gevin in the regne of our soverane lordis umquhile gudschir aganis thame that sustenit the proces of cursing attour the space of xl dayis.