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APPENDIX D.
sioun of ]?e crope Ixxxvij, and Jeirlie )weftir <\uhi\\ ]?e said bischope
lames betoun suld be lau/«lie restoirit in parliament, Bot als it is of
veritie, }>at J?e said bischope lames betoun on nawayis was conzpre-
hendit in }>e said act of parliament maid in ]>e monet^ of Inly Ixxxvij
jeir, nor jit culd clame ony benefite of restituA'oun perby ; Becaus pe
said act of parliament maid in Inly Ixxxvij jeiris c<?ntenis ane ratifica-
//oun and zronfirmatioun of J^e act of parliament maid in decenzber
Ixxxv jeiris, quhiWt also ratifeis and apprewis pe first pacificaz'zbun
concludit at Perthe in }?e monet^ of februar lx tuelfif jeiris, And
j^neftir zr^nfirmit in pe parliament haldin at edinburgk, in pe
monet^ of apryile Ixxiij jeiris, qzz^rin it is spe«allie prowydit, pat
na personis suld bruik ]:>e benefite of pe samyn act, except pai quha
sail mak confessioun of pair fayt/z, and acknawledge ]re trew re-
ligioun pr^ntlie firofessh wz’t^in Jfis realme. § 42. lyik as pe kingis
males tie, and lordis of secreitt counsell, hes vpoun pe xxix day of
May, Ixxxix jeiris, and by dyuersA vtheris actis sensyne, dec^rnit &
ordanit all actis of parliament maid in our souerane lordis minoritie
aganis quhatsumeuer [persounis], sustenand pe proces of baratrie, foir-
faltorie, or excoznmunicaAoun, and quha hes nozr^t gewin confessioun
of pair fayt/z, flrofessand ]>e trew religioun presenilie ftroiessit wzt/zin
}>is realme, and spezrzallie aganis bischope lames betoun—to stand in
pe awin strent/z aganis }>ame, nozr^twzt^standing quhatsumeuer vtheris
actis of pacificatioun, abolutioun, or restitutioun ; discharging sim-
plzVzAr all dispensa/zbnis or vther indulgence quhatsumeuer, ob-
tenit be pe saidis personis contrair to pe tenozzr of pe saidis actis,
dispensand wit/t }?air noc^t gewing confessioun of pair fayt^, and
decernand ])e saidis dispensa/zbnis to haiwe na fayt^ in iudgment,
nor outwzt^ pe samyn. And trew it is pat, pe said bischope lames
betoun as jit hes gewin at na tyme confessioun of his fayt/z, nor jit
professit pe trew religioun pra'zmtlie professit wzt/zin Jzis realme;
And jiairfoir, the said act of pacifica/zbun, nor na benefite perin contenit,
can be extendit to pe said bischope lames betoun ; Q>is] and was ex-
preslie decydit in pir samyn tennis befoir ]:>e lordis of sessioun, betuix
george munro of mekle tarrell and lohnne rofl, proweist of nairne, as
}>epractique heirwzt/z producit testefeis. § 43. And forder to remowe
all scrupel, be spe«all act of parliament concludit be pe estaittis &
haill body of parliament in pe monet^ of luly Ixxxxij jeiris, It is
expreslie fund decernit and declairit pat, pe act of pacificaz'zbun
concludit at perthe, pe act of abolitioun maid at linlithgow Ixxxv
jeiris, wzt/z }>e act maid in pe parliament haldin at edinburgh Ixxxvij
jeiris, ratifeand ]?e said actis, wzt/z pe haill eikis maid ]wto, Be pe
qzz/zzlk pe defendar pre/endis pe restitutioun of pe said bischope lames
betoun, ar onlie extendit and maid in fauozzrA of sic personis quha
professis ]?e trew religioun, as ]?e samyzz is przvz’ntlie professit within
this realme ; And pat na persoun nor personis quha war forfait,
twzvict of baratrie, or quha tint j^air benefice ipso facto, may be hard