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130 MANNER OF RYDING THE 1703.
doner's undoubted priviledge ; So that if it were not for the Petitioner's
present incapacity as being under age, and that it appears most reason-
able and proper that the Earl of Forfar, the Petitioner's nearest kinsman
in blood, should officiate in the Petitioner's place and upon the Petition-
er's recommendation ; And whatever the said Lords determine in the
matter, it would, no doubt, be with an express caveat of preserving the
Petitioner's foresaid right and possession to him and his successors in all
time comeing, conform to their said rights and Infeftment. And there-
fore humbly supplicating His Grace and Lordships to the effect after
mentioned.
His Grace Her Majesties High Commissioner, and the Lords of Her
Majesties Privy Councill, having considered the above Petition given
in to them by Archibald Marquis of Douglas, with the report of a Com-
mittee appointed thereanent, with the Charter under the Great Seal and
Instrument of Sasine following thereupon in favour of the Petitioner ;
and the samen being read in their presence, His Grace and the said
Lords, in consideration of the said rights and Infeftments, and of his
recommendation, Allow to the Earl of Forfar, the Petitioner's nearest
kinsman in blood, to carry the Crown in the Petitioner's vice and place,
at the ryding of the ensuing Parliament. Declaring that the samen shall
not prejudge the Petitioner and his successors, their right to cary the
same in time comeing.
His Grace, Her Majesties High Commissioner, and the Lords of Her
Majesties Privy Councill, haveing considered the method and manner
underwritten of ryding the ensueing Parliament, with the Orders and
rules appointed thereanent ; And the samen being read in their presence,
the samen was by their Lordships voted and approven, and ordained to
be printed and recorded. Whereof the tenour follows: —