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 3M KING JAMES THESE XT oppreflion : Forremeidquhairof, our faid Soveraine Lord, ordainis the Asfles and Lavves maid of before, anent thieft, thief t-bo@te, receipt of thieft, interteiners, intercommuneres, receipters and fuppliers of thieves, to be put to execution, according to the tenour thereof; And ratifies and apprievis the fame in all poyntes ; Andfurder, our faide Soveraine Lord, with advife of the Eftaites of this prefent Parliament, ftatutisand ordainis, that na refpite nor remiffion, be granted at ony time hereafter , to onyperfonorperfones, that paftis to the home for thieft, riefe, flauchter, burning, or heir-ihippe, quhill the partie skaithed, be firft fatisfied ; And gif ony refpit or remiffion fall happen to be granted, before die partie grieved, be firft fatisfied, the famin fall be null and of riane availe, be way of exception or replie, without ony furder declaratour : except the faidis remiffiones and refpittes be granted, for pacifieng of the broken Countries and bordoures. 175-. That the writer infert his name in the bodie of the writte. OUR SOVERAINE LORDE, And Eftaites of this prefent Parliament, underftanding per- fitelie, that falfettes in-creafis daiiie within this Realme: Andfpeciallie, be the writing of the bodies of the contracts, chartoures, obligationes, reverfiones, affignationes , and all uthers writtes and evi- dentes, bethehand-writtesoffikperfones, as ar not commounlie knawen, and ar not commoun notares, j nor bruikes na commoun Office , as writers within this Realme : And gif the writer were knawin , the famin wald give great licht to the try all of the trueth of die falfed of the faid writ and evident : Therefore his Hie- nefie, with advife of the faidis Eftaites in Parliament , decernis and declaris , that all original chartoures, contraries, obligationes, reverfiones, affignationes, and all udieris writtes and evidentes to be maid here- after, fall make fpecial mention in the hinder end thereof, before the inferring of the witnefles therein, Of the name, furname, and particular remaining place , diocefie, and uther denomination of the writer of die bodie of the forefaicl original writtes and evidentes : utherwaies the fame to make na faith in judgement, nor out-with in time cumming : And to begin upon the firft daye of November, nixt to- cum. 176. Annexation of 'the proper tie to the Crown. UR SOVERAINE LORDE, And Eftaites of this prefent Parliament : Confiddering the daiiie in-creafeofhisHienes charges and expenfes, and diminution of his Hieneffe rentes of hispro- pertie and commoditie, throw unprofitable difpofitiones maid thereof in time by-gane : Therefore thinkis expedient, that the landes and Lord-lhippes under-written, be annexed to the Crown; and prefentlie an- nexis the fame thereto, followand the example of Ins Predeceflbures , for the honorable fupport of his Eftaite: and the fame Lands, Lord-fhips, and utheris hereafter fpecifkd, to remaine perpetuailie with the Crown : Quhilkis may nather be given awaie in free frank-tenement, penfion , or uther difpofition to ony perfon, ofquhat eftaite or degree that ever he be of, without advife, decreete, and deliverance of the hail! Parliament : And for great reafonable caufes, concerning the weill-fare of the Realme : Firft to be advifed, and digeftlie confiddered be the haill Eftaites. And albeit, it fall happen our Soveraine Lord that now is , or ony of his Succefioures, Kinges of Scotland, to annalie and difpone the faidis Landes , Lord-fchippes, Caftelles, Tounes, donation and advocation of the Kirkes and Hofpitalles, with the pertinentes , annexed to the Croun , as faid is, utherwife : That the fame alienationes and difpofitiones , fall be of nane availe ; bot that it fall be lefum to his Hieneffe, and his Succefioures , to receive the fame landes and rentes to their awin ufe; quhen ever it likis them, without ony proces of Law: And the takers to refound and pay, allprofites that they have taken up thereof, againe to his Hieneffe, and hisfucceflburesufes, for all the time that they have had them, with fik uther reitriciiones , as ar conteined in the aftes of Parliament , maid be his maift Noble Progenitours, Hingis o£ Scot land, in their annexationes to the Croun. They ar to fay, the landes of Beaufort: The landes of fettmdreicht : The landes of Cowl/: The landes of Oneill: The landes of Fet- tircarne: The landes diTeiling andTolgavie : The landes of Qoibrandif-peth : The Erledomeof Marches The landes of Trabeache and Teringzeane : The landes of Carriff, Lejualt and CMenmbrig : The landes of Cowell: The landes and Lord-ihip of Galloway t, abone and beneath Cree: The landes of 'Duncow.: The Caftle and landes ofLochmabene : The landes oiGlencharny and Glenmoreifloim : The landes ofDifcher andTojer: The landes of Kinclewin: TlieLord-fchipofcJ?/i?sto^.- The landes of Rojheith : The landes oi Bute : The landes diRuihvens in Qromar : The affife herring in the Eafl and Weft Seas : The Lord-fiiip of T>umbar : The landes oiNormangill, GhihitegiU& South-wood: The landes oi'Dunedonald : The Kingis wark in Leith : The Kingis (table •. The Kingis Mcedow : The Pallace, zardes, and Parke of ' Haly-rude-hou/e : The Lord-fhippe oiUnlithcow ; without prejudice of the former annexation of the landes and Lord-fliippss abone written, or ony of them, gif ony be maid of before, with tennentes,tennendries,fervice of free-tennentes. 177. T>ecreetes given within Burr owes, fiild receive execution, be letters of hording. ITEM, Becaufe there is na execution on Borrow acles , but only wairding and poynding : Quhilkis not onelie a great trouble to the Magiftrates, bot hurt and defraud to the partie ; In refpect that findrie abfentis their geare : utheris refpeclis not warding -. And that the fuiting of letters conforme, is baith fumptcous to the perfewer, and hinderfum ; the decreetes beand given oftimes of fmallfummes : Therefore OUR SO- VERAINE