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iſſued in words of the following tenor and import:

GEORGE, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, to the Provoſt and Bailies of our Burgh of Edinburgh, SALVATION, Mandamus vobis, et præcipimus quatenus per probos et fideles homines patriæ, per quos rei veritas Os melius fciri poterit, magno facranento interveniente, diligentem et fidelem inquiſitionem fieri faciatis, &c. for aſcertaining the inventory, the extent, and the value of the lands or heritable ſubjects and real eſtates, with the rents, iſſues, and annual profits, and pertinents thereof, under your juriſdiction, which belonged to the deceaſed John Dickſon of Kilbucho, Eſq; elder brother-german of David Dickſon, now of Kilbucho, miniſter of the goſpel at Newlands. And then the inventory being aſcertained, your Lordſhip and the reverend jury are authoriſed and adjured by your Sovereign, to hear and determine whether I, the ſaid David Dickſon, the receiver and holder of the brieve, am neareſt and lawful heir of my deceaſed brother in theſe eſtates, with the rents and pertinents thereof."

And, laſtly, to the preſent purpoſe, your Lordſhip and the reverend jury are authoriſed and adjured to inveſtigate and declare, as the brieve directs, concerning the ſaid eſtates, “De quo tenentur? per quod ſervitium tenentur? et in cujus manibus nunc exiſtunt? qualiter? per quem? ob quam canfam? et a quo tempore ? et quod per dictam inquiſitionem diligenter et fideliter factum eſſe inveneritis fub figillo veſtro, et figillis corum qui dicta inquiſitioni intererint,