Forſamekle as Wee beeing reſolved to proceed in the matters reffered to US by the Submiſſions concerning the few fearmes and few meales of Erections, Teynds of other mens Lands, rate and eaſe of the ſame and pryce thereof, and others mentioned in the ſaid Submiſſions, with that aequitie Juſtice and indifferencie to particulate perſouns, and care and reſpect to the publicke good and eaſe of our Subjects, as might manifeſt Our royall care and Fatherly affection to ſatle and eſtabliſh the peace and tranquillitie of this Our ancient Kingdome with common and publicke applauſe and congratulation of all Our good Subjects. WEE were pleaſed to call to Vs an • e number of our Nobilitie Privie Counſell and others able expert and well • ffected to giue their advice to VS in a matter of ſo great importance. With whom We having at length conferred and • eceive their adviſe and opinions both privatly and publickly We finde the matter of ſo great weight and conſequence and to concerne ſo nearely the private eſtate of the moſt part of our Subjects in particular, and the publicke good of this Our ancient Kingdome in generall. That it deſerves and merites Our ſerious conſideration, and greater leaſure and time than the preſent effaires will permite Vs: And therefore Wee have reſolved to prorogate like as Wee haue prorogate the ſaid ſubmiſſions and every one of them to the laſt day of December 1629 yeeres. And intends in the meane time as God ſhall giue vs the oc • aſion, to give out Our royall determination in the ſaid whole matters referred to VS by the ſaid ſubmiſſions, And becauſe in the conference had be Vs with ſuch of the Nobilitie Privie Counſell and Gentry who are with vs: It is condeſcended with vniforme conſent of all, that Our Annuitie ſhall take beginning in this inſtant yeere of God 1628 yeares. And that the ſame cannot bee vplifred vntill the Valuations of each perſons Lands end conſtant rent thereof in Stocke and teynd bee firſt determined by the Commiſſioners nominat bee Vs for the ſurrendars. Therefore, and for the greater expedition of the ſaid Valuations It is thought fit and expedient that the Commiſſioners to whome power is granted be the generall Commisſion, ſhall direct particulare commisſions and warrands to ſuch particulare perſons in every ſhirefdome Paroſhine or other boundes and circuites of this Our Kingdome as the ſaid Commiſſioners ſhall thinke fitte. With power to them to take tryall by all wayes and meanes aggreable to the Lawes of this our Kingdome, or to bee ſette downe in ther ſeverall Commiſſions anent the Valuations of the true Teynds of the Lands within the boundes of their Commisſion, and what they are worth in conſtant rent of Stocke and Teynd. And to call and cite partyes having intereſſe to ſuch particulare dyats as they ſhall thinke fitte, and to report their proceedings to the ſaid generall Commisſioners, Reſerving alwayes to the parties greeved liberty to appeale from the ſaid particular commisſions to the generall. And ſuchlike becauſe it is provided in the ſaid generall Submisſions, that ſuch of the Lords of Erections or others hauing right from them, as haue laices lawfully ſet before the date of their Erections, or abſolute warrandice of the ſame againſt their Authores, ſhall receiue full and plenarie ſatisfaction for their ſaid laices and warrandice, And that alſo the particulare ſatisfaction to bee given to every one of the ſaid Lords of Erections cannot bee determined without the knowledge and tryall of the juſt and true Rentall of the ſaid few meales and few fearmes. Therfore it is our pleaſure likeas we have given direction to cauſe the ſaid Lords of erections and others having right as ſaid is, to exhibite and produce to Our Advocate their ſaid laces and rights and ſecurities containing warrandice, at ſuch dayes and times as the Commisſioners forſaid ſhall appoynt to them. With certification to them that failyies, that they ſhall not bee heard to claime any ſatisfaction for the ſame heereafter. And ſuchlike Wee have given direction to our Commisſioners to take ſpeciall tryall of the juſt Rentalls and quantity of the ſaid few fearmes and few mealles, and what part thereof is preſently bruiked by the Lords of Erection, and what part by penſioners or liverentars, and what will remaine free of the ſame deducing the blenſhe dueties payed to Vs. And ſickelike it is our will and pleaſure that ſo ſoone as the ſaid Commisſioners haue finiſhed the Valuarion of the Teyndes of like pariſhone, That immediat • ly thereafter they proceed to the conſideration of the Miniſters ſtipends and maintainance and eſtabliſhing of ſchooles hoſpitals and others pious vſes, where the ſame may bee had according the tennour of their Commisſion and Acts of the ſame paſt therevpon.

OUR WILL IS herefore, and Wee charge you ſtraitly and commands that incontinent theſe Our letters ſeene, Ye paſſe and in our Name and authoritie make publication heereof by open Proclamation to the market croce of Our burgh of Edinburgh, and others places needfull, And that Wee and Our Comisſioners intend to proceed according to the grounds particularly aboue-expreſt, wherethrow nane pretend ignorance of the ſame. The which to doe, Wee commit to you conjunctly and ſeverally Our full power by theſe Our Letters delyvering the ſame by you duely execute and indorſed againe to the bearer.