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( 6 ) only: And for Regitrating hereof, and determination foreaid to follow hereupon a aid is, Makes and Contituts. Conjunctly and everally, Our lawful Procuratours, Promitten de rato, In Witnes whereof (Written be John Law Servitour to the Right Reverend Father in God Iohn Archbihop of St. Andrewes) We have Subcribed thir preents, with Our Hands, Day, Moneth, Year, and Place foreaids, Before thir Witnees &c. Sic Subcribitur, Bihop St. Andrewes, B. Dunkeld, James B. Glagow, P. Aberdeen, J. B. Caithnes, Iohn B. Murray, Pat. B. Ros, John Ep. Sodorenis, David B. Brechin And. B. Dumblane, And B. Galloway, ''And. Lemorenis, Geo: Orcaden. J. Primeroe Witnes, Mater James Law Witnes to the Bihop of Galloway'' his Subcription.

Submiion made be the Burrowes, To his Majety, Anent their Teinds.

T PERTH, The Second Day of July 1628 years, Wee the Commiioners of the Free Royal Burrowes of Scotland, under-Subcribing, having full Power, and Commiion, from Our everal Burghs under-written, for their Right to the Teinds, great, and mall, Paronage, and Viccarage, of all, and whatoever Benefices, doted be his Majeties mot Royal Progenitours, be Vertue of the Acts of Parliament, and Securities made to them, and ilk one of them, for their own parts repective, for Sutentation of the Minitrie, Colledges, Schools, and Hopitals, of the everal Burghs under-pecified, to the effect aftermentioned. CONSIDERING, That his Sacred Majety; Our Dread Soveraign, Out of his Fatherly, and tender affection, and Royal care to the publick good of all his Majeties Subjects, of his Majeties Native, and Ancient Kingdom of Scotland, for freeing them from the extremity, and damage, which may enue to them, by leading of their Teinds, Intends to take such coure, as hereafter ilk Man may poes and enjoy the Teinds of the Lands pertaining to him in property. AND Wee acknowledging our elvs to be bound in dewty, to the advancement of all his Majeties Royal deigns, tending to o publick a good; THEREFORE to be Bound, and Oblidged, Likeas Wee, and ilk ane of us for our own Burghs repective under-wtiten, Binds, and Oblidges Us, and Our Succeours, to grant unto the Heretours of the everal Lands, whereof the Teinds doth to Us appertain, after the expiring of the preent Tacks already granted be Us, to the preent Tack-men, uch Rights, and Securities, for perpetual enjoying of their own Teinds, and for payment of uch Rates, and Teind Rental, and Teind Bolls of Victual, as his Majety in His Royal Judgment hall decern; Wee Submiting our elves, ilk ane of us for our own parts hereanent, To his Majeties Royall Decreet, and Sentence, and what hall be the true Rate, Etimation, and Quantity of the aids Teinds, and what Secuity hall be made to Us, be the aids Heretours, for yearly payment to be made to Us, ilk ane of Us for our own parts, of the aids Teind-Bols of Victual, of uch forts, as hall grow upon the ame Lands yearly, as hall be decerned by his Majety, betwixt uile and Candlemes, for payment whereof, the ame Lands hall be lyable, and bound in ecurity for the ame. And are content, and conents, ilk ane of Us, for our own parts, That his Sacred Majety give forth his pleaure, and determination, anent the premies, Referred to his Majety in manner foreaid, betwixt the day, and date hereof, and the lat day of December, in the year of God 1629, as hall eem good to his Majety. With power alo to his Majety, to prorogat the time of the giving forth of his aid determination, to whatoever day, or dayes thereafter, as hall eem good to his Majety, out of his Royall Widom, And farther Binds, and Oblidges Us, and Our Succeours, ilk ane of Us for our own parts, and Burghs, repective under-written, In cae it hall be found, that the Rents of the Teinds, great, or mall, Victual, or Silver Dewty of the ame, doted for Satifaction of the Miniters, Rectors, and Regents of Our Colledges, Maters of Our Schools, and Poor of Our Hopitals of Our everal Burghs, payed to Us, hall exceed the everal Sums of Money expended be Us, for the foreaids Pious Ues, and their entertainment in the Stipends of the aids Miniters, Rectors; Regents of Our Colledges, Maters of Our Schools, and of Our Poor, and of or aids Hopitals, then, and in that cae, to pay yearly to his Majety, and his Collectours, ilk ane of them for their own parts, forth of the uper-plus and excrece of the aids dewties remaining, by and attour the payment of the Stipends of the aids Miniters, Rectors, and Regents of our aids Colledges, Maters of Our Schools, and entertainment of the Poor in our aids Hopitals, out of ilk Boll of bet Wheat, Ten hillings, and out of ilk Boll of bet Bear, Eight hillings, And out of ilk Boll of bet Oats, Peae, and Meale, Sex Shillings, and the aid Rent to be Modified out of the whole Ret of the Teind-Bols of Victual of thee Teinds foreaids, being of inferiour worth, goodnes, and prices, According to the proportion of the aid dewty, and rent, made, and impoed upon the bet Boll of every kind in manner foreaid. And where Oats are of the Nature that they will not render above halfe Meale, the Rent to be Three hillings, And of every Hundred Merks of Peronage, and Viccarage Teinds, which are not of Victual, the Sum of Six Merks money, of yearly Rent, and Dewry. AND FOR the more Security, Wee are content, and conents, that thir preents, with his Majeties determination to follow hereupon, hall be Inert, and Regitrat in the Books of Council, and Seion, and hall have the Strength of a decreet of the Lords thereof, with Execution to follow thereupon, in form as effeirs, And the Horning to pas thereupon, On a imple Charge of Ten Dayes allennerly: And to that effect, Makes and Contituts

Our Procuratours, To Compear, and Conent to the Regitration hereof in manner foreaid, In