[415] In edit. 1621, "any man."
[416] In edit. 1621, "when it seeth profite and honour thereto annexed; and."
[417] See note 1, page 196.
[418] There were persons styled Exhorters, employed in the Church about this time: see next paragraph.
[419] In edit. 1621, "shall be perpetually sustained."
[420] In edit. 1621, "or mair or less."
[421] The edit. 1722, supplies the words, "ought to [compell to work, or then] punish."
[422] In edit. 1621, "fallen into decay and poverty."
[423] In this place of the MS. 1566, a blank space occurs, at the conclusion of one of the re-written quires, with the catchword "such provi-," in connexion with the top of the next quire, which is written in a kind of official square hand, and was probably a portion of the copy laid before the Convention, in January 1561. Instead of "Kirk," it will be observed that the word "Church" is now employed; and curiously enough, in Calderwood's edition, 1621, this is reversed, and "Church," which had hitherto been used, gives place to "Kirk."
[424] In edit. 1621, "where they would."