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34 that is oulled, but delay to be retored, as is before aid, togidder with the expenes, the quhilkis the partie follower lauchfullie makis, and the Kingis unlaw as effeiris.

20. That the Jutice, Chalmerlane, Crowners, and all uther Officiares ryde in competent and eay number. TEM, It is ordained, that jutices, Chalmerlane, Crowneres, and uther Officiares, that makis coure throw the land, ryde but in competent and eay number, to echew grievance and hurting of the people, the quhilk number of auld time was tatute and modified, and that the Crowneres ceae of the tak- ing of the tenne pennies, for the wrang cutome of them, that findis them reddy borrowes.

21. Of the away pitting of Sornares, feinzied fooles and vagaboundes. TEM, It is tatute and ordained, for the away putting of Sornares, ouer-lyars, and maiterfull beggers, with hore, houndes, or uther guddes, that all officiares, baith Schiriffes, Barronnes, Aldermen, Baillies, all weil within the Burgh, as outwith, take ane inquiition at ilk courte, that they hald of the fore- aid things: And gif ony ik be founden, that their hore, houndes, or uther gudes be echeit to the King, and their peron put in the Kinges waird, quhill the King have aid his will to them. And alwa that the aid Schireffe, Baillies, and Officiares inquire at ilk court, gif there be onie , that makis them fuiles, and are bairdes, or uthers ik like rinnares about. And gif onie ik be founden, that they be put in the Kings waird, or in his irones for their trepaes, als lang as they nave ony guddes of their awin to live upon, and fra they have not to live upon that their earesbe nailed to the trone, or till ane uther tree, and their eare cutted oft and banihed the cuntrie. And gif thereafter they be funden againe, that they be hanged.

22. Of byares of victual, and keiperes their of to ane dearth. TEM, It is ordained for the echewing of dearth within the Land, that Schireffes, Baillies, and uther Officiares, baith to burgh and to land, take and inquire at ilk courte that they hald, quhatperons within their boundes byis victual and haldis it till a dearth. And gif it beis founden, that the Schiriffe and officiares make it knawin at ilk mercat croce to the King, quhat perons they ar, and that they be bot as ockcrrares repute. And that they be punihed and demained as ockerrares uld be. And the victual that they have, be echeitted to the King.

23. It is leum to all the Kingis Lieges to bye and ell victual. Of auld tackes. LSWA, That na Burgees nor na uther perones, that byis ony corne or victual to ell againe, hald visual in Burgh nor out-with, mair then will uteine him and his meinzie to new corne: under the paine of echeit of the victual to the Kingis ue, bot that that victual be preented to mercattes, and auld as the price gois. And attour, that the Kingis Lieges in all places throwout the Realme, have power to bye & ell victual at their liking, baith on the North half e and South halfe of Forth, ilk ane till utheris, but onie letting or impediment. And that na man hald old tackes in his aird langer then ule, under the paine of echeit thereof to the King.

24. Sundrie poyntes of treaon. TEM, It is tatute and ordained, that gif onie man, as God forbid, committe or do treaon againt the Kingis peron, or his Majetie , or riis in feire of weir againt him, or layis handes upon his peron violentlie, quhat age the King be of, oung or auld, or receiptis ony that hes committed treaon, or that upplies them in helpe, redde or counell, or that tuffis the houes of them that are convict of treaon, and haldis them againt the King, or that tuffis houes of their awin in furthering of the Kingis rebelles , or that aailzies Catelles or places quhair the Kingis peron all happen to be, without the conent of the three Etaites all be punihed as traitoures.

25. That the Regalities being in the Kingis hande, all be jutified be the Kingis Jutice. TEM, It is ordained, that all Regalities, that are in the Kingis handes, or all be in time tocum, be halden as Royalty &jutified be the Kings Jutice, quhill they remaine in the Kingis handes, and the free-halderis of the laid Regalities all compcir at the Jutice aires,and their Suters within the Schireffedomes, that they are in, and to the Kinges Parliamentes and Generall Councellcs, as the free-halders of the Royaltie dois.

26. For echewing of maiterfull thieft and reie.

TEM, F or echewing of greate and maiterfull thieft and reie, it is ordained, that the Jutice do law out throw the Realme, and quhair he may not hald Jutice of maiterfull men, he all verifie and certifie the King theirof: then the King all provide with his ecrcit Councell in ail hait remeid theirof. 27. The