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Anent souirties for officiaris off armes

Item, becaus that the souirties of all officiaris of armes admittit be lyoun king of armes ar fund to him and his clerk, it is thairfoir statute and ordanit that thai be chargit twys in the yeir to produce thair buikis of souirties, to the effect oure soverane lord and his thesaurair be not defraudit of the halff of the penalties for the deprivit officiaris; and this to be usit be the thesaurair in sic sort as the schireff clerkis ar ordanit to produce thair horningis, to the effect that executioun may follow thairupoun and the thesaurair to be chargit with his ressett of the foirsaidis penalties in his comptis. And furder ordanis all the saidis officiaris that hes [not]² fund sufficient cautioun for dew administratioun in thair office, or quhais cautiounaris ar deceissit or ar not sufficient, to find cautioun of new betuix and the first day of August nixtocum; utherwayes, the not findingof the said cautioun is presentlie declarit to be caus of thair deprivatioun. Quhilk deprivatioun salbe immediatlie publissit at the mercat croces of the schirefdomes quhair the saidis officiaris remanis, and all thair executionis fra thence furth to be unautentik and null.