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 SEVENTH PARLIAMENT. IX. ofCMaij. i 474. 6$ fall be leiftul to the partie grieved to cum to our Soveraine Lorde and his Councell, and take a fummoundes of the faid inqueft, to compeir before them at certaine daie and place peremptourly , and there produce his evi- dences of the ignorance or falfed of the faid inqueft. And gif it happenis him to proove the faid falfed, the partie grieved fall be reduced to the condition, that it was in of before , or the faid inqueft or afllfe proceeded, and the determination of the laid affile or inqueft to be of nane availe, and the faidis perfones of the affife or inqueftes, to be puniihed after the forme of the Kingis Lawes, in the flrft buik of the Majeftie , Contra temere jurantesfufer ajfifam. And gif the partie ccmpleinzieand be foundin in the wrang, he fall pay ane unlaw of ten pound to die King, and make all the expenfes of the partie that is fummound. 49. That hordes, Barronnes, and Burr owes ear make Scbipftes , Bufches, and greats < Pinck-hoates with nettes. ITEM, The Lordes thinkis expedient for the commoun gude of the Realme, and the great entres of riches, to be brocht within the Realme of uther cuntries , that certaine Lordes Spirituall and Temporall, and Burrowes gar make greate Schippes, Bufcbes, and uther great Pinck-boates, with nettes, and all abuilze- mentes ganand therefore for fifhing. And the execution of this mater and the forme, and the number of the famin be had, at the continuation of this Parliament. 5-0. The partie that tynis his acJion, fall be in an unlaw offonrtieJhiUinges. ITEM, It is ftatute and ordained, that quhair ony partie followis ony action before the Lordes of Coun- cell in time to cum, the partie that beis founden in die wrang , and the fentence is given againft , fall pay ane unlaw of fourtie fhillinges to the Lordes, to be difponed be the Chan cellar, and the expenfes of the partie that winnis the caufe, be the modification of the Lordes. FINIS. THE SEVENTH PARLIAMENT O F KING JAMES THE THRID, Halden at Edinburgh, the ninth daie of 'May , the zeire of God , ane thou/and, foure hundretb, Jeventie foure zeires. $ 1. Of money and bulzieon. T E M, Anent the mater of money and in-bringing of bulzieon : It is ftatute and I ordained, that the a6tes and ftatutes maid of before , anent the in-bringing of bul- i zieon fall be obferved and keiped : That is to fay, of ilk Serplaith twa ounce of burnt filver, and of uther gudes efteirand thereto : Of the laft of hides, foure ounce, and i of the laft of Salmond, twa ounce , and of claith and uther gudes , widi diis addi- j tion : That die Cuftomers fall, or they give the cockquet to ony fchip , take fo- I vertie and Borrowes of ilk a merchand, for the hame-bringing of builzieon, as faid lis: And fall zeirly make compt thereof in the Checker. And gif the cuftomers failzies in the taking of the faide fovertie, they to be puniihed therefore , and de- prived of their Office for ever : And quhat merchand that failzies herein, to pay ten pounde to the King : And becaufe the mater of money is richt fubtile and greate,and may not richt haftely be fet : It is thoucht fpeedefull, that the three Eftaites commit their power to certaine wife difcreet perfones, to the number of ten, or twelve, to advife, and fet the courfe of the money, and to devife newemofley , as they diinke maift expedient. 5 1. Of ane Tutor and his age. TEM, It is ftatute and ordained anent the briefeofTutorie, that it be underftanding in time cumming, diathethatisneareftAgnat, and of twentie five zeires of age, fulfilling the lave of the poyntes of the briefe, I