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 FOVRTH ^PARLIAMENT. VII of June. i 535. iij Kingis authoritie. Andquhafodoisinthecontrair, fall be called therefore incontinent, at our Soveraine Lordis inftance, to be punifhed therefore in his perfon and gudes , at his Hienefle will. 2,9. For tjftlalt-mdkers. ITEM, Became our Soveraine Lordfe lieges, inhabitants in the Burgh of Edinburgh, and uthers repair- and thereto, ar greatlie opprefled and injured be the Malt-makers oiLeith, and uthers , within and about the faid Burgh, in felling of their malt to hie and exorbitant price, forfoure, five, or fex fhiilinges higher, then they bye the Beare : Therefore it is ftatute and ordained, that the faidis Malt-makers in time cumming, fall make and fell their Make for competent winning, takand twa fhiilinges alkmerly mair for the boll of Malt, then the boll of beare is fauld, andnotabone: with certification, that quha cummis in the con- trair hereof, That the Proved and Baillies of Edinburgh, fall efcheit the faid Malt : And the faide Malt- makers takand mair then twa fhiilinges for the boll, abone the boll of beare , quhilk fall make the different price, fall be called and punifhed therefore, as oppreffbures of the Kings lieges, and particular Juftice Courtes fall be fet to them therefore. And our Soveraine Lorde fall give Commiffion to fik as pleafis his Grace befle, to call all the faide Malt-makers , breakers of this ftatute and afte , before them in the Tolbuith of Edinburgh , to do Juftice upon them , as they thinke expedient : And to caufe the faid acte and ftatute to be obferved, and keiped in all poyntes. 30. OfCraftefmen, Browfters, filers of fait and victual within Burgh. ITEM, Becaufe the great opprefllon dailie done u-»on our Soveraine Lordis lieges, be Cordoned Smithes, Baxters, Browfters, and all uther Crattef- men, fellers of victual and fake, compelland them to pay for their ftufFe and warke-manfehip exorbitant prices, to the greate skaith of all our Soveraine Lords Lieges, bringand fik dearth in the Cuntrie, tfut the famin may not be fufteincd : Andforremeid hereof: It is ftatute and ordained, that our Soveraine Lord , fall give ane commilfion to certaine his Lords and uthers, quhom his grace pleafts belt, to fit, and with them the Proveft of Edinburgh, and make fik ftatutes and ordinances, as they fall thinke maift expedient for the commoun Weill , to caufe all Craftef-meti within the Towne of 'Edinburgh, and uthers of the Realme, to make gude and fuffkient ftufie , and fell the famin of ane competent price, and to take competentlie for their warke-man-lhip and labou res gjf they woorke ane uther mannis ftufTe and mater. And to make all fellers of victual or fait, to fell the famin of ane eainand price without dearth : And quha dois in the contrair, to punifh them with all rigour , and the faids CommilTioners to do Juftice upon the breakers of their ordinances, als oft as they heare murmurs or complaint thereof, and to punilh them in their gudes, as they finde the greatneile of the faulte, as effeiris. 31. That na manfailt into Flanders, bot twife in the zeir. ITEM, It is ftatute and ordained, for the honeftie of the Realme, weill and profite of all our Soveraine Lordis Lieges, and fpeciallie his Burrowes and Merchandes of his Realme, that na Schip be frauchted, nor Merchandes faill therein, with their gudes and merchandice foorth of the Realme in Flanders, bot twife in the zeir, that is to fay , to the 'Tafche mercat , and /d< i^-mercat , under the paine of ilk perfon cummand in die contrair hereof, twentie pound, to be raife J and m-orocht to the Kingis Grace ufe, $%. The life-rent of all vajfalles, bein^ zeir and day at the home , fcrteinis to the immediate Superiour^ THE Quhilk day, in the mater referred be the LordesofSeiTiontotheLordcsandthreeEftairesof Parliament, for interpretation of certaine Lawes of the Realme , fchawin and produced before the faidis Lordes of SefTion, in ane action mooved before them, and zit dependand be James Kennedie of Blair- quhan, againftThomas Makclellane oiGyleftoun, for the mailles and dewties of the landes of Caflel cruik and Killimanoch, with the pertinents , lyand within the SchirefFedomc of Wigtoun , perteinand to the faid Thoma-s in heritage, halden of the faid James immediatlie in chiefe : and throw his being at the home attour zeir and day, The mailles and dewties of the faids lands , be the Lawes of the Realme , perteinis , and fuld perteine to the faid James, for the faid Thomas life-time. And becaufe the faidis Lawes were variant in their felves, and therefore were referred to the interpretation of the Eftaites of Parliament, gif the famin concernis fimple flauchter or not, and fuld have place in that mater or not , as at mair length is conteined in the acts maid hereupon, of die dait at Edinburgh, the fourth day of March , the zeir of God, ane thoufand, five hun- dreth, direttie foure zeires : Baith the faidis parties being perfonallie prefent with their Procuratoures and Fore-fpeakers, the faidis Lawes and uthers their reafones and allegations being heard, fc ene,and underftandin, the Lords of artickles being ripelie advifed therewith : finds that the ufe in times by-gane, hes bene , that the mailles and dewties of the landes of them that hes bene zeir and day at the home, halden of uther Superiours then the Kingis Grace, zeir and day being by-pafte, returned againe to the Superioures of the feidis landes, for the life-time of them that fufteined fik proces of horning zeir and day , as T 7. faid