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Rh THE THRETTEENTH

Or GENERALL COVNCELL, of KING JAMES THE SECOND, Halden at Edinburgh, the nineteenth date of October, the eir of God, ane thouand, fotire hundreth, fiftie ex eires.

56. That all men be reddie for defence of the Realme: and in quhat maner.

TEM, It is ordained, that all maner of men, that hes landes or gudes, bee reddie hored and geared, and after the facultie of his landes and gudes, for the defence of the Realme, at the commandement of the Kingis Letters bee bailis or outhornes. And quha a beis not, he will be punihed in his peron and gudes. And that all maner of men betuixt extie and exteene, be reddie on their bet advie to come to the Bordoures and defend the land, quhen onie wittering cummis of the incumming of a greate Englih hoat. And that na puir man, nor un-bodin be charged to come to anie raides in England. And that ilk man, that his gudes extendis to twentie markes, be bodin at the leat with a jack, with leeves to the hand, or plents, and ane pricked hat, a word and a buckler, a bow, and a chaiffe, gif he can get it: And gif he cannot, to have an axe and ane targe outher of ledder or of firne buird, with two bandes upon the back. And throw-out all the Schires they be warned to provide for ik thinges, and to make their weapon-chawinges before the Schireffes, Baillies or Stewartes of the Regalitie on the morning after the Law-daies after ule. And quha that cummis not bodin, as effeiris, after his facultie, to be punihed in his gudes. And wa foorth their weapon-hawings to be maid and continued fra threttie daies to threttie daies.

57. The rule of the Petilence. TEM, As to the thrid article belangand the Petilence and governance of it: The Clergie thinkis, that there ould no man to land nor to Burgh, that hes gudes to lerve himelfe and his meinie, be put out of his owne houe, les then he will not remaine, nor will not be cloed up in his owne houe. And gif he diobeyis his Nichtboures, in that cae, he all be compelled to pae out of the towne. And gif there were onie perones, that had na gudes to finde themelfe, put foorth of ony town, they of the towne ulde finde them, and not let them pae awaie fra the place, that they were depute to remaine, to file the country about them. And gif ony fik put out of the towne wauld teale awaie, they of that towne that put him out, ould garre follow him and bring him againe, and compell him to remaine, and punih him for his awaie paing. And that no man burne an others houe, bot gif it micht be done but hindering or skaith of his Nichtboures.

58. The money and the gold cryed higher. TEM, As to the article belangand money: It is tatute, that the ordinance in the Parliament maid of before anent the in-bringing of Buleon be better punihed and keiped, then it lies bene in time by-gane. And that there be mony of uther Countries cryed till have coure in die Realme, ik as the Henry Nobles of Pace, to be cryed to twentie twa hillinges. The Salute, the Rider, the Crowne, the Dolphin to elleven shillings: The Rhenih Guilding to audit hillings. And to die intent, that the Demyes, that ar keiped in hande, have coure and come out-throw the Realme, and fyne to remayne in the Realme, and not be had out of it: It is thocht expedient, that the Demy be cryed to ten hillinges, And the new Lyon to have coure for ten hillinges, as it hes. And the new groate to twelve pennies: Notwithtanding that it was ordained to have coure for audit pennies fra certaine time foorth. And the ex penny groate till have coure as it lies. And that there be cuinied of ilk pound in mall pennies a hiilling. And that the Wardane ee, that that be done to the fynes of the mater, that is cuinied, as he will anwere therefore. And that the Englih groate, and halfe groate, and penny have coure, as they had of before. And that the Lordes and Auditoures of the Checker, earnethe purway and examine the fines baith of Gold and ilver, the quhilk is preented to them upon the Checker in a buit be the Wardanes of the cuinie. And that the cuinioures under the paine of dead, nouther cuinie Demy, nor uther that is cryed till have coure in the land, nor it ex-penny-groates. 59. Of