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a.d. 1677] FORBES BARON COURT BOOK
are lyable in peyment of maill and dewtie within the said
lordshippe and parochens abovewritten, to pay in ther
bygone rests for cropt jmvjc sevintie sex and for bygones,
and that conforme to the penalties and statutes sett
downe in the former acts, viz. for such money as is
restand to pay pownds for merks, and for such meill
and malt as is restand to pay conforme to the last act
for jmvjcsevintie sex, and all wnder the payne off poynding
ther readiest goods and gear therfor at the third pennie
downe.
The said day it is statute and ordanit be the said bailzy
that the wholl tennents and possessoures and wthers
lyand within the said lordshippe and paroehens above-
written to pay in ther maills, fermes, dewties, kaynes,
customes and wthers quhatsomever payable be them to
the said William lord Forbes or his chamberlands, and
that [for] cropt and year jmvjcsevintie sewen in maner fol-
loweing, to witt the meall betuixt Yule and Candellmes
nixt perceisly, wnder the failzie of eight lib. for ilk wnde-
lyverit boll, and the malt payable be the saidis tennents
for the said year ordaines the samen to be peyed att
Dunstane nixt and the Ruide dey imediatly therefter be
equall halffes ; and in caice of failzie to pey ten lib. for
ilk wndelyverit boll of the malt yat beis nocht punctuallie
peyed at the saids deys ; and als decernes the silver
dewties for the said year to be peyed perceesly at the
termes of peyment vsed and wownt, wnder the payne off
poynding and appryseing of ther readiest goods and gear
yerfor at the third pennie downe, the termes of payment
of the samen being alweys being first come and bygone.
The said day it is statute and ordanit be the said
bailzie that ewerie tennent haveing ane hundreth merkis
pay within the said grownd, shall have for ther own
defence and for the good peace and quyet of the covntrey
ane sword and ane hagbutt; and ewerie fiftie merks
pey to have ane sword with ane halbert staff or pitch
fork, and all this to be [in] readynes betuixt and the
last of Februar nixt, and still yerefter when they sail be
called, and that wnder the failzie off fowrtie lib. the

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