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Act in favour of George Forbes of Allathan

The estates of parliament, having heard and considered a supplication given in to them by George Forbes of Allathan, showing that for his affection and adherence to the covenant some enemies thereof, and especially Arthur Forbes of Monzie, an excommunicated person, has taken an assignation to a bond wherein the supplicant was cautioner for [Alexander Forbes], lord Forbes, his chief, and has caused imprison the supplicant by virtue of letters of caption in the tolbooth of Aberdeen, where he has been this long time bygone in great misery and straitness; and the said Arthur Forbes and Marjorie Girrioch, at whose instance the supplicant was put in ward and arrested, being cited and not compearing, and the supplicant's distressed condition being testified to them by some of their own number, as at more length is contained in the said supplication. Which, with the report of the committee of bills relating thereto, being taken into consideration by the said estates of parliament, they have hereby ordained and ordain the provost and bailies of the burgh of Aberdeen to put the said George Forbes of Allathan out of the tolbooth of Aberdeen, the said George giving and consigning in their hands a assignation of his whole goods and gear to be forthcoming for payment of the debts for which he is incarcerated, and obtaining the consent of William Chalmers, writer in Edinburgh, to his said liberation; and, if need be, ordain letters of horning to be directed hereupon for charging the said provost and bailies upon 24 hours to the effect above-specified.