Legislation: private act

Act in favoures of Leutennent Generall King

The quhilk day, in presence of the kingis majestie and estates of parliament, compeirit personally Sir James King, leutennent generall, and produced ane supplicatione makeand mentione that for obedience of ane citatione he had now appiered befor the parliament and was reddy to ansuere any thing wherwith he could be chairged and, therfor, desyred to be hard to cleere himselfe of all challenges made to him and remove all prejudices conceived be the parliament wpoun misinformatione againes him in his absence foorth of this kingdome. Quhilke desyre the kingis majestie and estates of parliament, haveing takine the samene to ther consideracion, they find the samene reassonable, and therfor, haveing hard the said lieutennent generall make his owne expressiones and appologies in ther audience and being fullie satisfied thairwith, they ordeane his name to be deleit out of the sommondis and findis that ther was no warrantable ground for citatione or challenge againes him, bot that he is and still heath bene ane loyall subject to the king and good patriot to his cuntrie, whom they will hold in that degrie, ther favour and good opinione which his woorth and actiones in forrane nationes heathe justlie deserved.