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 Rh few-ferme, of qubat-sum-ever our proper Landes, annext to our Crown, maide to quhat-sum-ever persones, be us in our minority, or be our predecessoures heretofore, quhilkis are maide in diminution of our rental, and hurt of our patrimonie, quhair the diminution may be verified and proven.

ITEM, We revoke, rescind, retreit and annull ail and quhat-sum-ever infestmentes, dispofstions and alienationes, maid be us, our Governours, and Regentes in our minorities, or be onie of our predecessures in their times, of the few-ferme victual of onie Lands and Lord-shippes, perteining to our Crown, quhilk were lauchfull set in sew before, for payment of the few-ferme victual, and the same few-ferme victual is set in few thereafter, for silver payment. Because the setting of the few-ferme is clearelie understand to be to the great abuse,hurt, and diminution of our Patrimonie and rent.

ITEM, We revoke all infestmentes, alienationes and dispositions, maid to quhat-sum-ever persones of our Castelles and houses, the places and roumes, quhair-upon our Castles and houses war situat, and now are demolisched in our minority and lessage. And sik-like all infestmentes, alienationes and dipositiones of quhat-sum-ever our Medowes, Wooddes, and Parkes, with all takkes, affedationes and uther dispositions theirof, set be us, our Regentes and Governours in our minoritie as said is.

ITEM, We revoke all and sindrie infestmentes, alienationes, giftes, and dispositiones quhat-fum-ever, maid be us, our Governours and Regentes in our minority ; To quhat-sum-ever Persons, in fee, few-ferme or life-rent of all Lands and annual-rentes; Quhilkis become in our hands, as propertie be richt of our Crown; Through bastardry, or we being last aire, be reason of recognition, forefaltour, or utherwayes,

with all confirmationes, gif onie be granted in Parliament their-upon. That the saids lands may returne in propertie to us and our succcesours in time cumming. And nevertheles be this head and Article of this present Revocation: We declaire, deceme, andordaine: That nane of the Lord-shippes, lands and Barronnies that become in our hands, be reason of the fore-faltours, Quhilks were retreited, and rescinded be the pacification concluded at Perth, the three and twentie daye of Februar, The eire of God, ane thousand, five hun- dreth, three scoir twelfe eires, and ratified and appreeved in our Parliament, haldenat Haly-rude-house, the last day of April, The eir of God, ane thousand, five hundred , three scoir thirteene eires : And be the Pacification maid in our Parliament haldenat Linlithcow, in the great hall of the Palice theirof, The tenth day of December, The eire of God, ane thousand, five hundreth, fourscore five eires : Sail abyde and remaine with us and our successoures : Bot the same sall returne to the richteous heritoures theirof, and tuners havand interest to the same. Sik-like as gif the saids forefaltours had never bene led. And to that effect we presentlie dissolve the annexation of all landes united to our Crown, and alledged to have fallen in ourhandes, be reason of the saids forefaltoures, quhilkis ar retreited, as said is. And sik-like we rescind the annexationes maid in our dearest Gudschirs time of all landes that bee come in his handes, Or in the handes of his Predeccssoures, be quhat-sum-ever Proces of forefaltour, quhair the said forefaltour is reduced, and dclaired to be of nane avail.

ITEM, Wee revoke all tailies, maide be us in our minority and lesse age, fra the aires general to the aires maill, of onie landes within our Realme, against the Lawe and gude conscience, quhair the saidis Landes were disponed before to the aires quhat-sum-ever, and the saidis infestmentes, changed be resignaion in the same persone, and to his aires maill.

And wee declaire that new conquest tailied in our saide minoritie and lesse age, Sail nawayes cum under this our Revocation : Because it is not against conscience, that onie person, quha acquires the richt of onie heritable Landes, may take the same to sik aires as he pleasis.

ITEM, Wee revoke, rescind and retreit, all new infestmentes given be us: Or onie of our saidis Go- vernours and Regentes in our minoritie, of onie Landes and Lord-shippes in BLENCH-FERME, that were halden of us, and our Predecessoures, before be service of Warde and reliefe: Bot prejudice alwayes to the heritable posessoures: That they sall bruik their saids landes heretablie: as they were halden before the said infestmentes, maid in our minoritie.

ITEM, We revoke all Regalities, and confirmationes of Regalities, given be us in our minority and lesse age, or onie of our Predeceaoures before; againat the Actes and statutes, that na Regalitie auld be given in heriratige without the advise and deliberation of the haill Parliament. And sik-like we revoke all giftes, and infestmentes of quhat-sum-ever Office given heritablie, to quhat-sum-ever persones, be us our Governours, snd Regentes in our minoritie, and lesse age as said is.

ITEM, We revoke all new creation of landes, Barronnies, annexations and uniones of diverse Landes in fe, quhilkis ar made in our minoritie, in prejudice of our dew service, aucht to us and our Progenitoures before, and sik-like we revoke all discharges, given be us in our said minority, of service of suites of Courres, aucht of auld to our Progenitoures foresaidis.

ITEM, Wee revoke all new inftmentes maide and given in our said minoritie, of Creation of Barronnies, the Lands and Lordfhippes annexed to our Crown.

ITEM, We revoke all infestmentes, giftes, and dispositiones quhat-sum-ever, set, given and granted be us in our minority, to quhat-sum-ever persone or persons, in fee, few-ferme or life-rent, of quhat-sum-ever Hospitallis, maison-dieus, landes or rentes apperteining theirto, in hurt and prejudice of our con- cience, to the end that the saids Hospitalles may be reduced to the first institution, for uphalding of the puir. poviding alwaies that the rentes of the Hospital of the Trinitie Colledge beside the Burgh of Edinburgh,