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BOOK I.] APPENDIX. 345
and the Commissaris of the King of Ingland, betuix our said
Sovirane Lady and Edward Prince of Tngland, sone and ap-
perand air of the King of Ingland, gif the samyn suld be
observit and keipit, or nocht. My Lord Governour and thro
Estatis of Parliament fyndis, that the said Peice was takin,
concludit and endit, in the begynning of the moneth of Julii
last bypast, betuix the saidis Ambassatouris and Commis-
saris of bayth the Kealmes, and the selis to have bene in-
terchengit betuix that and the first day of September nixt
thairefter exclusive : And thane the said Peace was pro-
clamit baith in Ingland and Scotland ; and throw pretence
thairof the merchandis of Scotland put thair schippis and
gnidis to the see, and lang befor the said first day of Sep-
tember thai war takin be Inglismen, and haldin thameselfis,
thair schippis and guidis, as zit unrestorit, bot demanit as
inimcis, notwithstanding the said Pece, and divers message
send for delivering of thame ; quharthrow the said King of
Ingland lies violate and brokin the said Pece. And thairfor,
and becaus the said Contract of Merrage was grantit for the
said Peice to have bene had, observit, and keipit betuix the
tua Kealmes, quhilk was nocht keipit, bot brokin and violet
be the said King of Ingland, as said is; and als, becaus my Lord
Governour send bayth the Contractis of Pece and Merrage,
ratifit, apprevit, and suorne bo him, and selit with oure
Sovirane Ladeis Gret Sele, according to the indentis, befor
the said first day of September, and causit the samyn to be
deliverit to the said King of Ingland ; quha was requirit be
the Ambassatouris send be my Lord Governour to have
deliverit the sadis Contractis, in siclik manneir ratifyit, ap-
previt and suorn be him ; and he refusit to do the samyn.
My Lord Governour and thre Estatis in Parliament forsaid
has declarit, and declaris the saidis Contractis to be expirit
in thameselfis, and nocht to be kepit in tymo cuming, for
the part of Scotland, be law, equit, and just resoun.
VII. — ACT EMPOWERING CARDINAL BETON, ETC. TO TREAT
WITH THE AMBASSADORS OF FRANCE. 1
The quhilk day," 2 in presence of ane rycht Noble Prince,
1 Records of Parliament.
2 [The 10th of December 1543. Acta Pari. Scot, folio, vol. ii. p. 431,