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44 59. Of Faires.

TEM, As touching the complaintes maid by the Commiares of Burrowes of the Realme, that puir commounes ar greattumlie injured and oppreed be the Kingis Schireffes, Contables, and their Miniters in time of Faires, takand ditrees of their gudes of little quantitie quhilk they bring on their heades or their backes, or in their armes, in like maner ol Karris, Sleddes and mall tymmer: It is een peedefull, that of ik gudes of little quantitie or price, na ditree be tane in time to come for auld ue and cutome. The Schireffes ulde have, bot the bed Oxe or Cowe or unridden Hore, quhilkis are talled and broucht to ell. Item, of greate dalles of Merchandice, quhilkis cummis on hore backes, or covered craimes, that occupyis the Faires, of the quhilkis they have ue to tak their ditree for the continuation of Faires, the quhilk dires audit to be delivered againe to the courte of the Faire, gif the peron lies done na default nor ditroubling in the Faire.

60. Of the downe-laying of Contable fees. TEM, Quhair the Contable deputes and his Miniters in the time of the Seion and Generall Councell and Parliament, takis ditrees for Contable fees of all maner of gudes, greate and mall, that cummis to the mercat to ell, baith merchandice and victual: It is eene peedefull, that that ue be layde doene and forbidden in time to cum: Bot gif the Contables fetment beir him till it, and that they be chawen to the King and the three Etaites all in the nixt Parliament or Generall Councell. And that in the meane time the Contable ceae. For there can be no law founden according to that ue.

THE FOURTENTH

OF KING JAMES THE SECOND,

Halden at Edinburgh, the fext dale of the Moneth of March, the eir of God, ane thouand, foure hundreth, fiftie even eires.

61. Quhat power the Lordes of Seion all have.

TEM, The aidis Lordes of the Seion all have power to know and decide all poliationes, maid fra the daie of the Coronation of our Soveraine Lorde the King, to the aid firt. daie of Januar, for the pace of a eir to cum. The quhilk eire gane and out-run, all ik poliationes maid before the aid firt day of Januar, all be decided and determined before the Judge ordinar of the Realme, the Lordes of Seion havand na power to knaw upon them, after the aide eir be out-run. The quhilkis a&iones of puilie, conistis in twa maners: The firt is poliation of mooveable gudes, nouther touching ee nor heritage, the quhilk indifferenthe all be decided before the Lordes of Seion. The econd poliation, that is to ay, done becaue of landes or poeliones debaitable, or grounded on fee and heritage: And upon that poliation, the Lordes of Seion all proceede thus: That is to ay, quhen the partie puilied compleinies before the Lordes of the Seion on ony peron; the Lordes all call the Schireffe, and furthwith all garre retore the ground without prejudice of ony partie, tuitchand that ee and heritage, and recognih the landes in the Kings hands. Upon the quhilk poliations maid, unto the time they be loued be the King, and the King to make inquiition be tane be the Schiref, quha was lauchfull poeour of thay Landes. And that inquiition to retoure againe to the King, and thereafter let them to brough to that lat lauchfull poeuor of thay lands. And als the aidis Lordes all knaw upon all poliationes of tackes and maillinges. And alfwa to knaw upon all obligations, contraries, and all maner of debtes, and uther civil attiones, the quhilkis conceriiisenouther ee nor heritage. And the parties compleineand to have full freedome to follow their actiones bfore the aids Lordes or their ordinar Judge. And for till echew malitious vexationes of ony partie follow-