That you stop the Signatures of the Rights of Kintyre, Abbacy of Dear, Abbacy of Scoon, and generally all Acts in favours of Covenanters, so far as you can, without stopping the ordinary course of Justice; and you are to consider withall how His Majesties Right to any of the aforesaids may be put on foot without making interruption to the present Business in hand.
You shall take a course whereby the Rents of all such Bishopricks as are vacant be detained, and either by Warrant of the Incumbent, or by Demission may be collected; and when any person shall be provided to these Benefices so vacant, Our Will is, that you take the same course with the Rents of these, as by these We do command you to doe with the rest of the Rents of the Bishopricks of Scotland, which is this, to cause draw up a formal Assignation to the whole Rents, Fruits, Customs, &c., belonging to the Bishoprick, whereof they are Bishop, to be subscribed by them to and in Our Favour; upon return whereof to you, you shall give Power and Commission to such Persons as you shall receive, under every one of their Hands, to collect and intromet with the aforesaid Rents of the several Bishopricks, and to deliver and be accomptable to you for the same; and, upon your receipt thereof, you are to issue them out immediately again to the aforesaid Bishops, or any having their Warrant to that effect.
You shall hear the Complaints or Petitions of any of Our Subjects, or against any of Our Subjects, but such as you know to be Sufferers for refusing to joyn with the Covenanters in the Covenanting way; and you shall protect all such Persons by all the fair ways you can, and particularly Sir John Hay and Sir Robert Spottiswood.
If any thing occur either in Civil or Ecclesiastical Judicatory, wherein you have not Our express Will and Pleasure signified unto you, wherein you see clearly Our Royal and Princely Power and Authority prejudiced, We will you to acquaint Us therewith before any Proceeding be made.
You shall pay weekly for defence of Our Castle of Edinburgh an hundred Souldiers at eight pence per diem, besides the English Gunners and Artificers, at the Rates set down by the Marquis of Hamilton. And as for Ruthwen himself, you shall assign him the Rents of the Castle; and you shall likewise keep a competent number of Workmen for completing the Fortifications already begun, and shall withall provide the Castle with 6 moneths Victuals for the foresaid number of Souldiers and other Officers.
And as for Dumbriton, you shall pay for the Defence thereof Souldiers at eight pence per diem, to the number of 40; allowing the Rents and other Customs thereof for paying the Captain and other Officers.
At Berwick, the 27ᵗʰ of July 1639.